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The instrument will be used for studies

of dissolved nitrate in coastal estuaries

or seawater. Experiments will be

conducted at high tide to determine the

quantity of nutrients entering from the

ocean and at low tide to determine the

quantity of nitrate flowing down river.

In addition, the instrument will be used

to train students for ocean nutrient

analyses. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: June 25,

1998.

Docket Number: 98–034. Applicant:

Vanderbilt University, Mechanical

Engineering Department, Box 1592,

Station B, Nashville, TN 37235.

Instrument: Excimer Laser, Model

COMPex 150T. Manufacturer: Lambda

Physik, Germany. Intended Use: The

instrument is intended to be used for

velocity measurements of gaseous

flowfields using photolytic flow tagging

and combustion properties

measurements in high temperature

reacting, gaseous flowfields.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: July 1, 1998.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98–19401 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Evaluation of Coastal Zone

Management Program and National

Estuarine Research Reserves

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management, National Ocean

Service, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

DOC.

ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate.

SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management

(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate

the performance of the Massachusetts

Coastal Zone Management Program and

the Chesapeake Bay (VA) and Waquoit

Bay (MA) National Estuarine Research

Reserves.

These evaluations will be conducted

pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972

(CZMA), as amended. The CZMA

requires a continuing review of the

performance of states with respect to

coastal program and research reserve

program implementation. Evaluation of

Coastal Zone Management Programs and

National Estuarine Research Reserves

require findings concerning the extent

to which a State has met the national

objectives, adhered to its coastal

program document or the Reserve’s final

management plan approved by the

Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to

the terms of financial assistance awards

funded under the CZMA. The

evaluations will include a site visit,

consideration of public comments, and

consultations with interested Federal,

State, and local agencies and members

of the public. Public meetings are held

as part of the site visits.

Notice is hereby given of the dates of

the site visits for the listed evaluations,

and the dates, local times, and locations

of public meetings during the site visits.

The Chesapeake Bay National

Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia

evaluation site visit will be from

September 14–18, 1998. One public

meeting will be held during the week.

The public meeting will be held on

Wednesday, September 16, 1998, at 7:00

p.m., at the Virginia Institute of Marine

Science, Waterman’s Hall Auditorium,

Route 1208—Greate Road, Gloucester

Point, Virginia.

The Massachusetts Coastal

Management Program site visit will be

from September 14–18, 1998. One

public meeting will be held during the

week. This public meeting will be on

Wednesday, September 16, 1998, at 7:00

p.m. in the Massachusetts Maritime

Academy, Room 101, 101 Academy

Drive, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine

Research Reserve in Massachusetts site

visit will be from September 21–25,

1998. One public meeting will be held

during the week. This public meeting

will be on Wednesday, September 23,

1998, at 7:00 p.m. at the Waquoit Bay

Reserve Headquarters, Main House—

Old Sargent Estate, 149 Waquoit

Highway, Waquoit, Massachusetts.

The States will issue notice of the

public meeting(s) in a local

newspaper(s) at least 45 days prior to

the public meeting(s), and will issue

other timely notices as appropriate.

Copies of the State’s most recent

performance reports, as well as OCRM’s

notifications and supplemental request

letters to the States, are available upon

request from OCRM. Written comments

from interested parties regarding these

Programs are encouraged and will be

accepted until 15 days after the public

meeting. Please direct written comments

to Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy

Coordination Division (PCD), Office of

Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland

20910. When the evaluation is

completed, OCRM will place a notice in

the Federal Register announcing the

availability of the Final Evaluation

Findings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy

Coordination Division, Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management,

NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, (301)

713–3090, ext. 126.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419

Coastal Zone Management Program

Administration)

Dated: July 15, 1998.

Nancy Foster,

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services

and Coastal Zone.

[FR Doc. 98–19416 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061898E]

Marine Mammals; File No. 898–1451

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Attractions Hawaii, d.b.a. Sea Life Park,

P.O. Box 1060, Pacific Davies Center,

Honolulu, Hawaii 96808 has been

issued a permit to take Hawaiian monk

seals, Monachus schauinslandi, for

enhancement purposes.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289);

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd.,

Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802–

4213; and Coordinator, Pacific Area

Office, National Marine Fisheries

Service, NOAA, 2570 Dole Street, Room

106, Honolulu, HI 96822–2396.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

28, 1998, notice was published in the

Federal Register (63 FR 23276) that a

request for a scientific research and

enhancement permit to take Hawaiian

monk seals, Monachus schauinslandi,

had been submitted by the above-named

organization. The requested permit has

been issued for enhancement purposes

only under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
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Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.), and the regulations governing

the taking, importing, and exporting of

endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR

parts 217–227).

Issuance of this permit, as required by

the ESA, was based on a finding that

such permit (1) was applied for in good

faith, (2) will not operate to the

disadvantage of the endangered species

which is the subject of this permit, and

(3) is consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA.

Dated: July 13, 1998.

Ann Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–19393 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND PLACE: 2:00 p.m., Monday,

August 3, 1998.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Adjudicatory Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–19526 Filed 7–17–98; 3:32 pm]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND PLACE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

August 7, 1998.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Confernece Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–19527 Filed 7–17–98; 3:32 pm]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND PLACE: 2:00 p.m., Monday,

August 10, 1998.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Adjudicatory Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–19528 Filed 7–17–98; 3:32 pm]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND PLACE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

August 14, 1998.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C. 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–19529 Filed 7–17–98; 3:21 pm]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND PLACE: 2:00 p.m., Monday,

August 17, 1998.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Adjudicatory Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–19530 Filed 7–17–98; 3:21 pm]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND PLACE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

August 21, 1998.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–19531 Filed 7–17–98; 3:21 pm]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND PLACE: 2:00 p.m., Monday,

August 24, 1998.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Adjudicatory Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–19532 Filed 7–17–98; 3:21 pm]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND PLACE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

August 28, 1998.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–19533 Filed 7–17–98; 3:21 pm]

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