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government antitrust actions and from

private, treble damage antitrust actions

for the export conduct specified in the

Certificate and carried out in

compliance with its terms and

conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Act

and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the

Secretary to publish a notice in the

Federal Register identifying the

applicant and summarizing its proposed

export conduct.

Request for Public Comments

Interested parties may submit written

comments relevant to determining

whether the Certificate should be

amended. An original and five (5)

copies should be submitted not later

than 20 days after the date of this notice

to: Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce, Room 1800H, Washington,

DC 20230. Information submitted by any

person is exempt from disclosure under

the Freedom of Information Act (5

U.S.C. 552). Comments should refer to

this application as ‘‘Export Trade

Certificate of Review, application

number 90–5A007.’’

Export Trade Certificate of Review

No. 90–00007, was issued to the U.S.

Surimi Commission (‘‘USSC’’) on

August 22, 1990 (55 FR 35445, August

30, 1990) and previously amended on

December 12, 1990 (55 FR 53031,

December 26, 1990), June 11, 1991 (56

FR 27946, June 18, 1991), May 22, 1992

(57 FR 23078, June 1, 1992), and on

August 12, 1993 (58 FR 44504, August

23, 1993).

Summary of the Application

Applicant: United States Surimi

Commission (‘‘USSC’’), 4200 First

Interstate Center, Seattle, Washington

98104–4082.

Contact: Paul MacGregor, Legal

Counsel, Telephone: 206/624–5950.

Application No.: 90–5A007.

Date Deemed Submitted: May 5, 1995.

Proposed Amendment: USSC seeks to

amend its Certificate to:

1. Add the following companies as

‘‘Members’’ within the meaning of

§ 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 CFR

325.2(1)): Alaska Trawl Fisheries, Inc.,

Edmonds, Washington (controlling

entity: Daerim Corporation, Seoul,

Korea); and Emerald Seafoods, NW.

(controlling entity: Emerald Seafoods,

NW., Limited Partnership).

2. Add the following product to

Export Trade as defined by § 325.2(j) of

the Regulations: White fish meal.

Dated: May 15, 1995.

Jude Kearney,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Service

Industries and Finance.

[FR Doc. 95–12275 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

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Purdue University, Decision on

Application for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to

Section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 AM and 5:00 PM in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 95–004. Applicant:

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

47907. Instrument: Electron Microscope,

Model CM200. Manufacturer: Philips,

The Netherlands. Intended Use: See

notice at 60 FR 9662, February 21, 1995.

Order Date: July 28, 1994.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as this

instrument is intended to be used, was

being manufactured in the United States

at the time the instrument was ordered.

Reasons: The foreign instrument is a

conventional transmission electron

microscope (CTEM) and is intended for

research or scientific educational uses

requiring a CTEM. We know of no

CTEM, or any other instrument suited to

these purposes, which was being

manufactured in the United States at the

time of order of the instrument.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff

[FR Doc. 95–12200 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 040795A]

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Public Hearing

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of additional public

hearing.

SUMMARY: On April 18, 1995, NMFS

published a notice of availability of a

proposed recovery plan for Snake River

salmon protected by the Endangered

Species Act (ESA). In addition, eleven

public hearings were announced. NMFS

is announcing one additional public

hearing.

DATES: The public hearing is scheduled

as follows:

June 21, 1995, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.,

Idaho Falls, ID.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at

the following location:

Idaho Falls—Center for Higher

Education Bldg., 1776 Science Center

Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Jones, Recovery Plan

Coordinator, Environmental and

Technical Services Division, NMFS,

(503) 230–5400.

Dated: May 11, 1995.

Patricia A. Montanio,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–12181 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. 950508132–5132–01; I.D.

010995D]

Information Relating to Bowhead

Whales; U.S. Implementation of

Bowhead Whale Strike Quota

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of information; request

for comments.

SUMMARY: NOAA is soliciting public

comment on the proposed allocation to

U.S. natives of the International

Whaling Commission (IWC) bowhead

whale catch limit.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 19, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

mailed to the Office of International

Affairs, National Marine Fisheries

Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910. A list of documents

reviewed for this action may be

obtained upon request, and the

documents examined during the

comment period during business hours

(9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim

Blankenbeker, 301–713–2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA is

responsible for implementation and

enforcement of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361–1407),

the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C

1531–1543), and the Whaling

Convention Act (16 U.S.C. 916–9161). In

addition, it provides staff support to the
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U.S. Commissioner to the IWC and to

the IWC Interagency Committee.

Consistent with these responsibilities,

NOAA develops positions for

implementation of the aboriginal/

subsistence harvest of bowhead whales

under paragraph 13 of the Schedule to

the International Convention on the

Regulation of Whaling, December 2,

1946, 62 Stat. 1716, T.I.A.S. No. 1849

(entered into force, November 10, 1948).

In order to provide for review and

comment by the public of the data upon

which the U.S. positions are based, the

following information is provided: (1)

The IWC catch level available for the

U.S. aboriginal/subsistence bowhead

whale harvest for 1995–98; (2) a

summary of available bowhead

scientific information, including

estimates of current population level

and annual recruitment rates; (3) a

summary of information on the nature

and extent of aboriginal/subsistence

need; (4) the level of aboriginal/

subsistence harvest limits that could be

implemented domestically; and (5)

notice of the availability of those

documents reviewed by NOAA and

relied on by the Under Secretary of

Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

in making his finding on the range of

harvest limits. NOAA is soliciting

public comment on the proposed

domestic implementation of the IWC

bowhead whale catch limit.

1. Catch Level

At the 46th Annual Meeting of the

IWC in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, May

23–27, 1994, the following catch limit

was established for aboriginal/

subsistence whaling:

For the years 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998,

the number of bowhead whales landed shall

not exceed 204, and the number of bowhead

whales struck shall not exceed 68 in 1995, 67

in 1996, 66 in 1997, and 65 in 1998, except

that any unused portion of the strike quota

for each year shall be carried forward from

that year and added to the strike quota of any

subsequent years, provided that no more than

10 strikes shall be added to the strike quota

for any 1 year.

It was clarified on the floor of the

meeting that if 15 of the allowed strikes

were not used in 1 year, 10 of those

strikes could be carried over to the next

year and the remaining 5 strikes could

be added to another year.

2. Scientific Information

At the 1994 Annual Meeting of the

IWC, an assessment of the status of

bowhead whales was completed using a

series of relative abundance estimates

and an absolute abundance from

acoustic and visual survey data

collected in 1988. The resulting analysis

suggested that the population currently

is increasing at 3.1 percent annually (95

percent confidence interval 1.4 percent

to 4.7 percent), is at 36 percent of its

pre-exploitation abundance (95 percent

confidence interval 0.27–0.44), and has

a median value for the replacement

yield of 199 (95 percent probability

interval 97–300). A minimum

replacement yield was estimated to be

104 animals per year; 104 is the fifth

percentile replacement yield of the

replacement yield distribution.

Projections of population size under

three levels of takes were made,

suggesting that the population likely

would increase at recent levels of

aboriginal catches. Major uncertainties

identified included: (1) Completing the

analysis of the acoustic survey data from

1993, (2) methods of correcting visual

sighting data for distribution away from

the sighting location, (3) prior

distributions for several input

parameters, and (4) the degree of genetic

interchange between this stock and

other more depleted stocks of bowhead

whales.

3. Aboriginal/Subsistence Need

In 1994, in response to a Federal

Register document soliciting comments

on a proposed U.S. position, the Alaska

Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC)

submitted a recalculation of the

aboriginal subsistence and cultural need

for 9 whaling villages using estimated

populations for 1992 provided by the

State Demographer of Alaska. Based on

the 1992 estimated populations, the

calculated need for bowhead whales in

those 9 whaling villages was 50.

At the 1994 Annual Meeting of the

IWC, the United States sought IWC

recognition that the island of Little

Diomede has a subsistence and cultural

need to land 1 bowhead whale per year.

Together with the 50 bowheads needed

for the other whaling villages, the total

needed is 51. Assuming a target

efficiency rate of 75 percent, this would

require a quota of 68 strikes.

In setting a limit of 204 bowhead

whales landed for 4 years (an average of

51 animals per year), the United States

believes that the IWC implicitly

acknowledged the subsistence and

cultural need of Little Diomede to land

1 bowhead whale per year.

4. Domestic Harvest Range

The IWC management scheme for

aboriginal/subsistence whaling provides

(in Schedule paragraph 13(a)(2)):

For stocks below the maximum sustainable

yield (MSY) level but above a certain

minimum level, aboriginal/subsistence

catches shall be permitted so long as they are

set at levels which allow whale stocks to

move to the MSY level.

Given the above-stated minimum

estimate of replacement yields of 104,

an aboriginal/subsistence catch can be

permitted in 1995.

Therefore, the catch limits for

bowhead whales in 1995 shall be such

that no more than a total of 68 bowhead

whales are struck. For the years 1995 to

1998 combined, the number of bowhead

whales landed shall not exceed 204.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 916, 1361–1407,

1531–43.

Dated: May 11, 1995.

Gary Matlock,

Program Management Officer, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–12182 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the South Carolina Advisory

Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the South

Carolina meeting to the Commission

will convene at 10:00 a.m. and adjourn

at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, June 2, 1995, at

the Adams Mark Inn, Meeting Room,

1200 Hampton Street (Downtown),

Columbia, South Carolina. The purpose

of the meeting is to release the report,

Perceptions of Racial Tensions in South

Carolina; discuss civil rights progress

and/or problems in the State; and

discuss future project plans.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact Bobby

D. Doctor, Director of the Southern

Regional Office, 404–730–2476 (TDD

404–730–2481). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least five (5) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, May 4, 1995.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 95–12223 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

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