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destruction of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Failure to

comply with the regulations and terms

of an APO is subject to sanction.

This order is published pursuant to

section 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR

353.21.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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ICCAT Advisory Committee; Public

Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee to

the U.S. Section to the International

Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), in conjunction

with the Highly Migratory Species

(HMS) Management Division of NMFS,

announces the schedule of regional

public meetings to be held this fall.

DATES: The meetings are scheduled from

August to November 1998. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times of the meetings.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in South Carolina, Florida, U.S. Virgin

Islands, Maryland, Massachusetts, New

York. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for specific addresses of the meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathon Krieger (international issues)

301–713-2276 or Rachel Husted

(domestic issues) 301–713–2347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meetings are scheduled as follows:

Thursday, August 13, 1998, 7 pm to

10 pm - Marine Research Institute

Auditorium, 217 Fort Johnson Road,

Charleston, South Carolina 29412;

Friday, August 14, 1998, 7 pm to 10

pm - Best Western Bayside Inn, 711

West Beach Drive, Panama City, Florida

32401;

Thursday, September 3, 1998, 7 pm to

10 pm - Buccaneer Hotel, Estate Shoyes,

St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00824;

Tuesday, October 6, 1998, 7 pm to 10

pm - Holiday Inn, 2625 North Salisbury

Boulevard, Salisbury, Maryland 21801;

Wednesday, October 7, 1998, 7 pm to

10 pm - Cape Ann Marina Resort, 75

Essex Avenue, Gloucester,

Massachusetts 01930.

Thursday, October 8, 1998, 7 pm to 10

pm - Crown Plaza La Guardia, 104-04

Ditmars Boulevard, East Elmhurst, New

York 11369;

Additionally, the annual fall meeting

of the Advisory Committee will be held

in Silver Spring, Maryland, November

1–3, 1998. There will be an opportunity

for public comment on international

issues on Sunday, November 1, from 2–

6 p.m.

The meeting location is the Holiday

Inn Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia Avenue,

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

Domestic issues will not be discussed at

this meeting.

The following topics may be

presented to the public for discussion at

the regional meetings:

International Issues

1. Background on ICCAT

2. Information on the Advisory

Committee and Commissioners

3. Status of Highly Migratory Species

Managed by ICCAT

4. Topics for the 1998 ICCAT Annual

Meeting

Domestic Issues

1. HMS Rulemaking Actions

2. HMS Activities Under the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

3. Regional Concerns/Issues

Representatives from the Advisory

Committee to the U.S. section to ICCAT

and NMFS will be in attendance at the

regional meetings. There will be an

opportunity for public comment on each

issue. The length of the meetings may be

adjusted based on the progress of the

discussions.

Special Accommodation

The meeting locations are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Jonathon Krieger

at (301) 713–2276 at least 5 days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: July 24, 1998.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Office Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative

Management Act Provisions; Atlantic

Coast Weakfish Fishery; Exempted

Fishing Permits (EFPs)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Applications for Exempted

Fishing Permits (EFPs); request for

comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt

of four applications for EFPs. If granted,

these EFPs would authorize a Flynet

Characterization Study to be conducted

by the North Carolina Division of

Marine Fisheries in a closed area south

of Cape Hatteras. The four participating

flynet vessels, each with its own EFP

and observer aboard, would conduct up

to 12 trips over a 4-month period for a

total of up to 64 trips.

DATES: Written comments on the

applications must be received on or

before August 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Richard

H. Schaefer, Chief, Staff Office for

Intergovernmental and Recreational

Fisheries (Fx2), NMFS, 8484 Georgia

Avenue, Suite 425, Silver Spring, MD

20910. The applications, related

documents and copies of the regulations

under which EFPs are subject may also

be requested from this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Meyer, 301–427–2014; FAX:

301–427–2014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These

EFPs are requested under the Atlantic

Coastal Fisheries Cooperative

Management Act (Atlantic Coastal Act),

16 U.S.C. 5101 et seq., and regulations

at 50 CFR 697.6 concerning the

acquisition of information and data

activities that are otherwise prohibited

by the regulations in this part. Since

regulations under the Atlantic Coastal

Act must be consistent with the national

standards set forth in section 301 of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801

et seq., EFPs requested under the

Atlantic Coastal Act need to be

addressed in the same manner as EFPs

requested under the Magnuson-Stevens

Act, and regulations at 50 CFR 600.745

concerning scientific research activity,

exempted fishing, and exempted

educational activity.