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status for the oil refinery complex of

Basis Petroleum, Inc. (Basis) (formerly

Phibro Energy USA, Inc.), located in

Texas City, Texas. The application was

submitted pursuant to the provisions of

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the

regulations of the Board (15 CFR part

400). It was formally filed on April 11,

1996.

The refinery complex (130,000 BPD,

310 acres) is located at 1301 Loop 197

South, Texas City (Galveston County),

Texas, some 40 miles southeast of

Houston. The refinery (400 employees)

is used to produce fuels and

petrochemical feedstocks. Fuels

produced include gasoline, jet fuel,

distillates, naphthas, and residual fuels.

Petrochemical feedstocks and refinery

by-products include methane, ethane,

propane, butane, propylene and sulfur.

About 85 percent of the crude oil (95

percent of inputs), and some feedstocks

and motor fuel blendstocks used in

producing fuel products are sourced

abroad.

Zone procedures would exempt the

operations involved from Customs duty

payments on the foreign products used

in its exports. On domestic sales, the

company would be able to choose the

finished product duty rate

(nonprivileged foreign status—NPF) on

certain petrochemical feedstocks and

refinery by-products (duty-free). The

duty on crude oil ranges from 5.25¢/

barrel to 10.5¢/barrel. The application

indicates that the savings from zone

procedures would help improve the

refinery’s international competitiveness.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment is invited from

interested parties. Submissions (original

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the

Board’s Executive Secretary at the

address below. The closing period for

their receipt is June 24, 1996. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to July 8, 1996).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce District

Office, #1 Allen Center, Suite 1160,

500 Dallas, Houston, Texas 77002.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: April 12, 1996.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–9986 Filed 4–22–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 960212025–6025–01]

RIN 0693–XX14

Approval of Federal Information

Processing Standards Publication

177–1, Initial Graphics Exchange

Specification (IGES)

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce that the Secretary of

Commerce has approved a revision of

Federal Information Processing

Standard (FIPS) 177, Initial Graphics

Exchange Specification (IGES), which

will be published as FIPS Publication

177–1. This revision adopts the

American National Standard Digital

Representation for Communication of

Product Definition Data, ANSI/US PRO/

IPO (United States Product Data

Association/IGES PDES Organization)–

100–1993, Version 5.2, and the specified

application protocols. FIPS PUB 177–1

addresses IGES implementation and

data file acquisition, interpretation, and

conformance.

On April 12, 1995, notice was

published in the Federal Register (60

FR 18583–18586) that a revision of

Federal Information Processing

Standard (FIPS) 177, Initial Graphics

Exchange Specification (IGES), was

being proposed for Federal use.

The written comments submitted by

interested parties and other material

available to the Department relevant to

this standard were reviewed by NIST.

On the basis of this review, NIST

recommended that the Secretary

approve the revised standard as Federal

Information Processing Standards

Publication (FIPS PUB) 177–1, and

prepared a detailed justification

document for the Secretary’s review in

support of that recommendation.

The detailed justification document

which was presented to the Secretary,

and which includes an analysis of the

written comments received, is part of

the public record and is available for

inspection and copying in the

Department’s Central Reference and

Records Inspection Facility, Room 6020,

Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street

between Pennsylvania and Constitution

Avenues, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

This FIPS contains two sections: (1)

an announcement section, which

provides information concerning the

applicability, implementation, and

maintenance of the standard; and (2) a

specifications section, which deals with

the technical requirements of the

standard. Only the announcement

section of the standard is provided in

this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This revised standard

becomes effective November 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may

purchase copies of this revised

standard, including the technical

specifications section, from the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS).

Specific ordering information from

NTIS for this standard is set out in the

Where to Obtain Copies Section of the

announcement section of the standard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms

Lynne Rosenthal, telephone (301) 975–

3353, National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

20899.

Dated: April 16, 1996.

Samuel Kramer,

Associate Director.

Federal Information Processing

Standards Publication 177–1

Announcing the Standard for Initial

Graphics Exchange Specification

(IGES)

Federal Information Processing

Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are

issued by the National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST) after

approval by the Secretary of Commerce

pursuant to Section 5131 of the

Information Technology Management

Reform Act of 1996 and the Computer

Security Act of 1987, Public Law 104–

106.

1. Name of Standard. Initial Graphics

Exchange Specification (IGES) (FIPS

PUB 177–1).

2. Category of Standard. Software

Standard; Graphics and Information

Interchange.

3. Explanation. This publication is a

revision of the FIPS PUB 177 and

supersedes FIPS PUB 177 in its entirety.

It provides a substantial, upwardcompatible enhancement of IGES

Version 4.0. FIPS PUB 177–1 specifies

new conformance requirements, the

addition and use of application

protocols (APs), and increased

enhancement, correction, and

clarification of the existing

specification. It does not contain any

new requirements that would make an
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existing conforming implementation

nonconforming.

FIPS PUB 177–1 adopts the American

National Standard Digital

Representation for Communication of

Product Definition Data, ANSI/US PRO/

IPO (United States Product Data

Association/IGES PDES Organization)–

100–1993, Version 5.2, and the specified

application protocols. FIPS PUB 177–1

addresses IGES implementation and

data file acquisition, interpretation, and

conformance.

The purpose of the FIPS for IGES is

to enable the compatible exchange of

product definition data used by

dissimilar computer-aided design and

computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/

CAM) systems. Utilizing a neutral

database format the IGES processor can

create or translate two-dimensional (2–

D) or three-dimensional (3–D) vectorbased digital product model data. The

standard specifies file structure and

syntactical definition, and defines the

representation of geometric, topological,

and nongeometric product definition

data. The exact specification is in

Section 10 of this standard.

4. Approving Authority. Secretary of

Commerce.

5. Maintenance Agency. U.S.

Department of Commerce, National

Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST), Computer Systems Laboratory

(CSL).

6. Cross Index.

a. American National Standard Digital

Representation for Communication of

Product Definition Data, ANSI/US PRO/

IPO–100–1993, Version 5.2.

b. American Society of Mechanical

Engineers/American National Standards

Institute (ASME/ANSI) Y14.26M–1989,

Digital Representation for

Communication of Product Definition

Data, IGES Version 4.0.

c. MIL–D–28000A, Continuous

Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support

Specification, Digital Representation for

Communication of Product Definition

Data: IGES Application Subsets and

IGES Application Protocols, February

10, 1992.

d. American National Standard, 3–D

Piping IGES Application Protocol,

ANSI/US PRO/IPO–110–1994.

e. IGES Layered Electrical Product

Application Protocol, Committee Draft

SAND94–2375, December 1, 1994.

7. Related Documents.

a. Federal Information Resources

Management Regulations (FIRMR)

subpart 201.20.303, Standards, and

subpart 201.39.1002, Federal Standards.

b. Federal ADP and

Telecommunications Standards Index,

U.S. General Services Administration,

Information Technology Management

Service, October 1994 (updated

periodically).

c. FIPS PUB 29–3, Interpretation

Procedures for Federal Information

Processing Standards for Software.

d. NISTIR 4379, IGES Technical

Illustrations Application Guide.

e. NISTIR 4600, IGES 5.0

Recommended Practices Guide.

f. NISTIR 5541, Initial Graphics

Exchange Specification (IGES):

Procedures for the NIST IGES

Validation Test Service.

g. MIL–T–31000, General

Specification for Technical Data

Packages.

8. Objectives. Federal standards for

electronic interchange permit Federal

departments and agencies to exercise

more effective control over the

production, management, and use of the

government’s information resources.

The primary objectives specific to IGES

are to:

—Reduce the overall life-cycle cost for

digital systems by establishing a

common exchange format that allows

for the transfer of product definition

data across organizational boundaries

and independent of any particular

CAD/CAM system.

—Exchange digital representations of

product definition data in various

forms: illustrations, 2–D drawings, 3–

D edge-vertex models, surface models,

solid models, and complete product

models.

—Provide CAD/CAM implementation

manufacturers with a guideline for

identifying useful combinations of

product definition data capabilities in

any CAD/CAM system.

—Specify APs that can be used by

Federal departments and agencies to

support the exchange of product data

when applicable.

9. Applicability.

9.1 This FIPS for IGES is intended for

the computer-interpretable

representation and exchange of CAD/

CAM product definition data among

applications and programs that are

either developed or acquired or

developed by a Federal agency shall

include an IGES preprocessor and IGES

postprocessor capability. FIPS for IGES

is designed to support the exchange of

2–D or 3–D product definition data with

rich attributable information. It provides

a data format for describing product

design and manufacturing information

that has been created and stored in a

computer-readable, device independent

form.

9.2. The FIPS for IGES shall be used

when one or more of the following

situations exist:

—The product definition application or

program is under constant review,

and changes may result frequently.

—It is anticipated that the life of the

data files will be longer than the life

of the presently utilized CAD/CAM

system.

—The application is being designed

centrally for a decentralized system

that may employ computers of

different makes and models and

different CAD/CAM devices.

—The product definition application

may run on equipment other than that

on which it was developed.

—The product definition data is to be

used and maintained by other than

the original designer.

—The product definition data is or is

likely to be used by organizations

outside the Federal Government.

—It is desired to have the design

understood by multiple people,

groups, or organizations.

For layered electrical product

technology, three dimensional piping,

and engineering drawing applications,

the use of the appropriate AP or subset

(as described below) is required for

implementation of this FIPS IGES.

An AP or subset provides a means to

improve the fidelity of the product data

exchanged. APs are developed by

domain experts for the purpose of

defining the processes, information

flows, and functional requirements of an

application. An AP defines the scope,

context, information requirements,

representation of the application

information, and conformance

requirements. Initial release of this FIPS

for IGES publication includes two APs

and one application subset.

—Layered Electrical Product (LEP)

Application Protocol: The LEP AP is

used for the transference of 2-D

electrical and electro-mechanical

product models. This AP is required

for layered electrical products

technology applications, including

specification control drawings,

circuitry, fabrication and final

assembly of a layered product system.

—3-D Piping Application Protocol: The

3-D Piping AP is used for the

exchange of models from one piping

modeling application to another. This

AP is required for 3-D piping and

related equipment models, including

the fabrication and assembly of piping

systems (e.g. pipe, pipe fittings,

attached equipment, piping supports,

and insulation).

—Engineering Drawing (Class II) Subset

(MIL–D–28000A): The Class II subset

is used for the exchange of the

drawing model; including geometric

and annotation entities, attributes
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such as color and line fonts, and

organization information such as

levels and subfigures. This subset is

required for the exchange of

engineering drawings and product

data following MIL–T–31000 (General

Specification for Technical Data

Packages).

10. Specifications. This FIPS adopts

ANSI/US PRO/IPO–100–1993 and the

specified APs: Layered Electrical

Product (LEP) Application Protocol; 3-D

Piping Application Protocol; and

Engineering Drawing (Class II) Subset

(MIL–D–28000A). The ANSI/US PRO/

IPO–100–1993 standard for IGES,

defines the communications file

structure and format (i.e., a file of

entitles), language format, and the

representation of product definition

data.

New entities and constructs are added

with each revision and are upwardly

compatible. Thus, processor conforming

to IGES Version 5.2 would be able to

read and process an IGES Version 4.0

file, but the converse may not be true.

The capabilities brought to the IGES

user implementing the IGES Version 5.2

standard are:

—A new character set for the European

Community;

—additional properties to the attribute

table for Architecture/Engineering/

Construction (AEC);

—the addition of a new form of the

drawing entity; and

—the addition of a new class of entity

use, termed construction information.

Conformance Requirements.

Conformance is mandatory for this

standard and is applicable to all Federal

department and agency procurements.

Conforming data files and processors

mush adhere to all the rules appropriate

to specific features, such as entities,

defines within ANSI/US PRO/IPO–100–

1993 and when applicable, one of the

APs or subset identified in this

standard. Vendors of processors

claiming conformance to this standard

shall complete documentation which

accurately indicates the processor’s

support of, and mapping between,

native and IGES entities.

A conforming preprocessor shall

create conforming IGES data files which

represent the native database which was

input to the preprocessor. File content

shall represent the native entities

according to the vendor’s completed

documentation. Unsupported native

entities shall be reported.

A conforming postprocessor shall be

capable of reading any complying data

file without halting or aborting,

including data files containing

unprocessible entitles. All

unprocessible entities shall be ignored.

A conforming postprocessor shall

translate conforming IGES data files into

the native database form of a specific

CAD/CAM system. It shall convert each

supported entity into native constructs,

which preserve the functionality and

match the geometry, attributes, and

relationships of the IGES entity in the

file. The postprocessor shall report on

any IGES entities or features which have

been discarded.

Any visual presentation of supported,

displayable entities that is produced by

the processor, shall represent a visual

appearance equivalent to the examples

appearing in ANSI/US PRO/IPO–100–

1993 and, if applicable, the AP or

subset. The visual appearance shall

depict the functional intent of the

database.

Conformance Rules for Application

Protocols and Subsets. An application

protocol or subset which claims

conformance to this standard, must

satisfy the following rule:

—An implementation conforming to an

AP shall satisfy the conformance

requirements specified in the AP as

well as the conformance requirements

in the ANSI/US PRO/IPO–100–1993

specification.

11. Implementation. The

implementation of this standard

involves four areas of consideration:

effective date, acquisition,

interpretation, and validation.

11.1 Effective Date. This publication

is effective November 1, 1996. A

transition period of twelve (12) months,

beginning on the effective date, allows

industry to produce IGES

implementations and data files

conforming to this standard. Agencies

are encouraged to use this standard for

solicitation proposals during the

transition period. This standard is

mandatory for use in all solicitation

proposals for IGES data files and

implementations (i.e., computer-aided

design and manufacturing systems)

acquired twelve (12) months after the

effective date.

11.2 Acquisition of IGES

Implementations and Data Files.

Conformance to this standard should be

considered whether the CAD/CAM

systems are developed internally,

acquired as part of a system

procurement, acquired by separate

procurement, used under a leasing

agreement, or specified for use in

contracts for programming services.

Recommended terminology for

procurement of FIPS IGES is contained

in the U.S. General Services

Administration publication Federal

ADP and Telecommunications

Standards Index, Chapter 5, Part 1.

11.3 Interpretation of FIPS IGES.

Resolutions of questions regarding this

standard will be provided by NIST.

Procedures for interpretations are

specified in FIPS PUB 29–3. All

questions concerning the specifications

and content should be addressed to:

Director, Computer Systems Laboratory,

ATTN: FIPS IGES Interpretation,

Building 820, Room 562, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

11.4 Validation of IGES

Implementations. Validation of IGES

implementations is not mandatory at

this time. Testing of an

implementation’s conformance to this

FIPS IGES will be optional by the

agency. Government agencies acquiring

implementations in accordance with

this standard may wish to require

testing for conformance,

interoperability, and performance. The

tests to be administered and the testing

organization are at the discretion of the

agency Acquisition Authority.

12. Waivers. Under certain

exceptional circumstances, the heads of

Federal departments and agencies may

approve waivers to Federal Information

Processing Standards (FIPS). The head

of such agency may redelegate such

authority only to a senior official

designated pursuant to section 3506(b)

of Title 44, U.S. Code. Waivers shall be

granted only when:

a. Compliance with a standard would

adversely affect the accomplishment of

the mission of an operator of a Federal

computer system, or

b. Cause a major adverse financial

impact on the operator which is not

offset by Governmentwide savings.

Agency heads may act upon a written

waiver request containing the

information detailed above. Agency

heads may also act without a written

waiver request when they determine

that conditions for meeting the standard

cannot be met. Agency heads may

approve waivers only by a written

decision which explains the basis on

which the agency head made the

required finding(s). A copy of each such

decision, with procurement sensitive or

classified portions clearly identified,

shall be sent to: National Institute of

Standards and Technology; ATTN: FIPS

Waiver Decisions, Building 820, Room

509; Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

In addition, notice of each waiver

granted and each delegation of authority

to approve waivers shall be sent

promptly to the Committee on

Government Operations of the House of

Representatives and the Committee on

Governmental Affairs of the Senate and

shall be published promptly in the

Federal Register.
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When the determination on a waiver

applies to the procurement of

equipment and/or services, a notice of

the waiver determination must be

published in the Commerce Business

Daily as a part of the notice of

solicitation for offers of an acquisition

or, if the waiver determination is made

after that notice is published, by

amendment to such notice.

A copy of the waiver, any supporting

documents, the document approving the

waiver and any supporting and

accompanying documents, with such

deletions as the agency is authorized

and decides to make under 5 U.S.C. Sec.

552(b), shall be part of the procurement

documentation and retained by the

agency.

13. Where to Obtain Copies. Copies of

this publication are for sale by the

National Technical Information Service,

U.S. Department of Commerce,

Springfield, VA 22161. (Sale of the

included specifications document is by

arrangement with the National

Computer Graphics Association and the

American National Standards Institute.)

When ordering, refer to Federal

Information Processing Standards

Publication 177–1 (FIPSPUB177–1), and

title. Payment may be made by check,

money order, or NTIS deposit account.

[FR Doc. 96– 9941 Filed 4–22–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–CN–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary Advisory Council; Meeting

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary Advisory Council Open

Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Advisory Council was

established in December 1993 to advise

NOAA’s Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division regarding the management of

the Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary. The Advisory Council was

convened under the National Marine

Sanctuaries Act.

TIME AND PLACE: Friday, April 26, 1996,

from 10:00 until 3:00. The meeting will

be held at the Montaro Point

Lighthouse, Highway #1, Montaro,

California.

AGENDA: General issues related to the

Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary are expected to be discussed,

including an update from the Sanctuary

Manager, reports from the working

groups, a discussion of Sanctuary

management options, a report on the

elephant seal population at Piedras

Blancas, and a discussion of kelp

harvesting in the Sanctuary.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will

be open to the public. Seats will be

available on a first-come, first-served

basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

Delay at (408) 647–4246 or Elizabeth

Moore at (301) 713–3141.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number

11.429

Marine Sanctuary Program

Dated: April 17, 1996.

David L. Evans,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone

Management.

[FR Doc. 96–9987 Filed 4–22–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

[Docket No. 960412111–6111–01; I.D.

040596B]

RIN 0648–ZA20

West Coast Salmon Fisheries;

Northwest Emergency Assistance Plan

(NEAP)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: On August 2, 1995, the

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)

declared that a fishery resource disaster

still persists in the Pacific States of

California (north of San Francisco),

Oregon, and Washington (excluding

Puget Sound). Pursuant to this

declaration, the Secretary has provided

an additional $13 million in assistance

to the affected fishermen in the Pacific

Northwest. The additional funds will be

used to continue funding the Northwest

Emergency Assistance Plan (NEAP). The

purpose of this action is to notify the

public of new aspects of the NEAP and

to solicit comments on proposed

changes to the NEAP.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by May 23,1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Stephen P. Freese, Northwest

Emergency Assistance Plan, Trade and

Industry Services Division, Northwest

Regional Office, National Marine

Fisheries Service, BIN C15700, 7600

Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Freese, (206) 526–6113.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On May 26, 1994, the Secretary

declared a fishery resource disaster, and

authorized the expenditure of $12

million in financial assistance for the

NEAP, under the authority of section

308(d) of the Interjurisdictional

Fisheries Act (IFA); (16 U.S.C. 1407(d)).

Pursuant to the Secretary’s declaration,

NMFS established three NEAP

programs: (1) A habitat restoration jobs

program ($6 million), administered by

the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s

Natural Resources Conservation Service

(USDA/NRCS); (2) a salmon fishing

license buy out program ($4 million),

which has been completed by the

Washington Department of Fish and

Wildlife (WDFW); and (3) a data

collection jobs program ($2 million),

administered by the Pacific States

Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC).

These programs provided financial

assistance to the fishermen who suffered

losses due to the fishery resource

disaster that arose from factors that

included drought, flooding, minimal

snowpack, and an extreme El Nin ̃o

ocean warming event.

On August 2, 1995, the Secretary

declared that the fishery resource

disaster continued in 1995 for the

salmon fisheries of the Pacific States of

California (north of San Francisco),

Oregon, and Washington, excluding

Puget Sound. In extending the disaster

and determining its impacts, the

Secretary considered the magnitude of

the disaster in economic and social

terms, in addition to the various natural

factors causing the fishery resource

disaster. Salmon stocks along the West

Coast remain extremely depressed, and

the fishery disaster has caused high

levels of economic damage and social

disruption. Therefore, NMFS will

continue the NEAP to encompass the

disaster period that extends from

January 1, 1991 through December 31,

1995, and will continue to provide

funding pursuant to the Federal

Register notice that established the

NEAP, published on October 11, 1994

(59 FR 51419), with subsequent minor

amendments published on January 31,

1995, and June 22, 1995 (60 FR 3908, 60

FR 32507). The original NEAP terms

and conditions will be in effect until the

proposed revisions to the NEAP that are

contained in this notice are finalized

and implemented.

Of the $13 million in additional

NEAP funding, NMFS will transfer $4.8

million to USDA/NRCS to continue its

role as administrative intermediary for