Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 2, 1995 / Notices 21503

run-of-the-river fish and anesthetized at

the John Day Handling Facility at John

Day Dam by NMFS personnel under the

authority of permit 822. The NMFS

personnel will then provide OCFRU

personnel with a representative sample

made up of listed and non-listed fish.

Once the fish are provided to OCFRU,

they will be implanted with radio

telemetry transmitters (radio tags), held

for 36-48 hours in tanks supplied with

circulating river water to determine tag

retention and delayed mortality,

released near the mouth of the John Day

River, and tracked electronically to

determine their fate. Permit 950 was

issued to OCFRU on April 19, 1995. The

duration of the study is from April 15

to July 15 in 1995 only.

Issuance of these permits, as required

by the ESA, was based on a finding that

such permits: (1) Were applied for in

good faith, (2) will not operate to the

disadvantage of the listed species which

are the subject of the permits, and (3)

are consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA

and the NMFS regulations governing

listed species permits.

Dated: April 26, 1995.

Russell J. Bellmer,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–10742 Filed 5–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 042595E]

Marine Mammals and Endangered

Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for a

scientific research permit (P771#72).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the National Marine Mammal

Laboratory, has applied in due form for

a permit to take the marine mammals

listed below for the purpose of scientific

research.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before June 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O.

Box 21668, Juneau AK 99802–1668

(907/586–7221);

Written data or views, or requests for

a public hearing on this request, should

be submitted to the Chief, Permits

Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected

Resources, Silver Spring, MD 20910,

within 30 days of the publication of this

notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary

Barone, (301/713–2289).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Those

individuals requesting a hearing should

set forth the specific reasons why a

hearing on this particular request would

be appropriate.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register, the

Secretary of Commerce is forwarding

copies of this application to the Marine

Mammal Commission and its

Committee of Scientific Advisors.

The subject permit is requested under

the authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

The applicant seeks authorization to

biopsy sample 120 beluga whales

(Delphinapterus leucas) and conduct

genetic and dietary analyses on the

samples over a 3-year period. In

addition, the applicant seeks

authorization to take by harassment up

to 2,000 beluga whales incidental to the

sampling. Proposed taking will be by

small boat. Field work will be

conducted from July, 1995 through

October, 1998 in Cook Inlet, Norton

Sound, Bristol Bay, Kotzebue Sound,

and Beaufort Sea, on the west coast of

Alaska. The results of the research will

provide information on the stock

boundaries.

Dated: April 20, 1995.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits & Documentation Division,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–10741 Filed 5–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

Technology Administration

National Medal of Technology

Nomination Evaluation Committee;

Determination for Closure of Meeting

The National Medal of Technology

Nomination Evaluation Committee has

scheduled a meeting for May 3, 1995.

The Committee was established to

assist the Department in executing its

responsibilities under 15 U.S.C. 3711.

Under this provision, the Secretary is

responsible for recommending to the

President prospective recipients of the

National Medal of Technology. The

Committee’s recommendations are made

after reviewing all nominations received

in response to a public solicitation. The

Committee is chartered to have from six

to twelve members, of which ten are

now serving. Two additional Committee

members are in the process of being

appointed.

The meeting will be closed to discuss

the relative merits of persons and

companies nominated for the Medal.

Public disclosure of this information

would be likely to impair the National

Medal of Technology program because

premature publicity about candidates

under consideration for the Medal who

may or may not ultimately receive the

award, would be likely to discourage

nominations for the Medal.

Accordingly, I find and determine,

pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, as amended, that the May 3, 1995,

meeting may be closed to the public in

accordance with Section 552b(c)(9)(B) of

Title 5, United States Code because

revealing information about Medal

candidates would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

a proposed agency action.

Dated: April 27, 1995.

Gloria Gutierrez,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Administration.

Dated: April 26, 1995.

Barbara S. Fredericks,

Assistant General Counsel for

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–10783 Filed 5–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–18–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

New York Cotton Exchange: Proposed

Amendments Relating to the Maximum

Daily Price Fluctuation and the

Minimum Price Fluctuation Limits for

the Cotton No. 2 Futures Contract

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Contract

Rule Change.

SUMMARY: The New York Cotton

Exchange (‘‘NYCE’’) has submitted

proposed amendments to its cotton No.

2 futures contract that will: (1) Increase

to three from two cents per pound the

contract’s base maximum daily price

fluctuation limit (base maximum limit)

for all contract months listed for trading

whenever the settlement price for any

one contract month equals or exceeds 95

cents per pound; (2) provide that the

proposed three-cent-per-pound

maximum limit may be increased to