Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 118 / Friday, June 19, 1998 / Notices 33631

The following services have been

proposed for addition to Procurement

List for production by the nonprofit

agencies listed.

Administrative Services

General Services Administration,

Federal Protective Service Division,

450 Golden Gate Avenue, San

Francisco, California

NPA: Jewish Vocational and Career

Counseling Service, Inc., San

Francisco, California

Facilities Services Support

White Sands Missile Range, White

Sands, New Mexico

NPA: Tresco, Inc., Las Cruces, New

Mexico

Food Service

U.S. Marine Corps Base Dining

Facilities, Quantico, Virginia

NPA: Fairfax Opportunities Unlimited,

Inc., Alexandria, Virginia

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 98–16393 Filed 6–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Addition

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Addition to the Procurement

List.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List a service to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 1,

1998, the Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled published a notice (63 FR

24153) of proposed addition to the

Procurement List. After consideration of

the material presented to it concerning

capability of qualified nonprofit

agencies to provide the service and

impact of the addition on the current or

most recent contractors, the Committee

has determined that the service listed

below are suitable for procurement by

the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C.

46–48c and 41 CFR 51–2.4. I certify that

the following action will not have a

significant impact on a substantial

number of small entities. The major

factors considered for this certification

were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

service to the Government.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on current contractors

for the service.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

service to the Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the service proposed

for addition to the Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following service is

hereby added to the Procurement List.

Janitorial/Custodial

Federal Building and Courthouse, 1

North Palafox Street, Pensacola,

Florida

This action does not affect current

contracts awarded prior to the effective

date of this addition or options that may

be exercised under those contracts.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 98–16394 Filed 6–19–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Under Secretary David Aaron’s HighTechnology Trade Mission to

Southeast Asia

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice serves to inform

the public that Ambassador David L.

Aaron, Under Secretary for International

Trade, will lead a High-Technology

Trade Mission to Malaysia, Singapore,

Thailand and the Philippines,

September 7–19, 1998. This notice also

sets forth mission objectives,

application procedures, and

participation criteria.

DATES: Applications should be

submitted to Alain de Sarran by Friday,

July 31, 1998, in order to ensure

sufficient time to obtain in-country

appointments for applicants selected to

participate in the mission. Applications

received after that date will be

considered only if space and scheduling

constraints permit.

ADDRESSES: Request for and submission

of applications—Applications are

available from Alain de Sarran, Deputy

Director, Office of International

Operations, East Asia and the Pacific, at

(202) 482–2422 or via facsimile at (202)

501–6165. Numbers listed in this notice

are not toll-free. An original and two

copies of the required application

materials should be sent to the project

officer noted above. Applications sent

by facsimile must be immediately

followed by submission of the original

application to Mr. de Sarran at the

following address: Office of

International Operations, East Asia and

the Pacific, Room 1223, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Ave., NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alain de Sarran or Paul Kullman at

(202) 482–2422. Information is also

available via the International Trade

Administration’s (ITA) Internet home

page at ‘‘http://www.ita.doc.gov’’

Trade Mission Description

This trade mission is designed to lend

high-profile U.S. Government advocacy

to American companies, particularly

small and medium-sized firms, seeking

business opportunities in hightechnology sectors in Southeast Asia,

and to demonstrate U.S. support of

countries in the region recovering from

the financial crisis. The current

financial problems affecting Southeast

Asia are slowing growth in the short

term. However, as these economies

implement financial reforms, their rates

of economic growth can be expected to

resume a more dynamic pace, thereby

providing U.S. companies with

exceptional high-tech export

opportunities.

Government leaders of Malaysia,

Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines

place many of their hopes for industrial

modernization, increased

competitiveness, and economic recovery

in their high-tech sectors, and they often

look to the United States first to help

fulfill these hopes because U.S.

companies possess cutting-edge

technology and know-how. Guided by

reporting on best export prospects from

the Department’s overseas offices, this

mission endeavors to meet foreign

demand for information technology,

telecommunications and environmental

technology.

The mission will visit Kuala Lumpur

and Penang, September 7–10 ;
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Singapore, September 11; Manila,

September 12–16; and Bangkok,

September 16–19. The program for the

mission includes embassy briefings on

the commercial/economic environment,

meetings with potential buyers, agents,

distributors and strategic alliance

partners, and engagements with Asian

ministers and business leaders as well

as American business executives based

in Southeast Asia.

Trade Mission Goals

The goals of the trade mission are to:

(1) Boost U.S. high-technology exports

and market share in Southeast Asia;

(2) Establish and expand business

relations between U.S. executives and

host-country government and industry

leaders;

(3) Highlight U.S. leadership and

competitiveness in high-technology

sectors;

(4) Identify new and upcoming

commercial high-technology

opportunities in the region;

(5) Achieve greater transparency and

fairness in host-country procurement

and purchasing decisions; and

(6) Demonstrate high-visibility U.S.

support for the Southeast Asian

economies recovering from the recent

economic downturn.

Criteria for Participation

The recruitment and selection of

private sector participants in this

mission will be conducted according to

the Statement of Policy Governing

Department of Commerce Overseas

Trade Missions announced by Secretary

William Daley on March 3, 1997.

Company participation will be

determined on the basis of:

(1) Relevance of the company’s

business line to the trade mission’s

goals;

(2) Potential for sales to the selected

high-technology sectors in the target

countries;

(3) Timeliness of company’s

completed application and payment of

the participation fee;

(4) Certification that the company’s

product or service is manufactured or

produced in the United States, or, if

manufactured/produced outside the

United States, the product/service is

marketed under the name of a U.S. firm

and has U.S. content representing at

least 51 percent of the value of the

finished product or service.

Any partisan political activities of an

applicant, including political

contributions, will be entirely irrelevant

to the selection process. Third parties

may nominate or endorse potential

applicants, but companies that are

nominated or endorsed must themselves

submit an application to be eligible for

consideration. Referrals from political

organizations will not be considered.

Costs

The fee to participate in the trade

mission is $5,500 per person. Each

additional person from the same

company costs $500. This fee does not

cover travel or lodging expenses.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1512.

Dated: June 15, 1998.

Alice Davenport,

Regional Director, Office of East Asia and

the Pacific, International Trade

Administration, Department of Commerce.

[FR Doc. 98–16333 Filed 6–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061598A]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council will convene a

public meeting of a subgroup of the Ad

Hoc Crustacean Stock Assessment Panel

(SAP).

DATES: The meeting of the Crustacean

SAP held June 1–4, 1998, will be

continued on June 30, 1998 with the

subgroup meeting beginning at 9:00 a.m.

and concluding by 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The Crustacean SAP

subgroup meeting will be held at the

Florida Department of Environmental

Protection, Florida Marine Research

Institute, 100 Eighth Avenue, Southeast,

St. Petersburg, FL.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Leard, Senior Fishery Biologist;

telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

subgroup of the SAP will convene to

review stock assessment information on

spiny lobster and to develop alternatives

for determining the overfishing criteria

as required by the Sustainable Fisheries

Act in accordance with the original

Federal Register Notice published May

8, 1998.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before the

subgroup for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation Act, those issues may not

be the subject of formal action during

this meeting. Panel action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

A copy of the agenda can be obtained

by contacting the Gulf Council (see

ADDRESSES).

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by June 16, 1998.

Dated: June 15, 1998.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–16374 Filed 6–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061598D]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of applications for

scientific research permits (1156, 1159);

Issuance of scientific research permits

(1095, 1120, 1140) and a modification to

a scientific research permit (994).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following actions regarding permits for

takes of listed species for the purposes

of scientific research and/or

enhancement: NMFS has received

permit applications from: U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency at

Corvallis, OR (EPA) (1156) and Robert L.

Brownell, Jr., Southwest Fisheries

Science Center, National Marine

Fisheries Service, La Jolla, CA (SWFSC)

(1159); NMFS has issued permits to:

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at Denver,

CO (USBR) (1095); Idaho Department of

Fish and Game at Boise, ID (IDFG)

(1120); and the Environmental

Conservation Division, Northwest

Fisheries Science Center, National

Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA

(NWFSC-ECD) (1140); and NMFS has

issued a modification to a scientific

research permit to the Idaho