Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 24, 1995 / Notices 27491

Food and Drug Administration (FDA),

U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS); and the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) are sponsoring

a public meeting on June 7, 1995, from

9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in the Washington

Rooms, Hyatt Regency—Crystal City,

2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Crystal

City, Virginia. The meeting will provide

information and solicit public

comments and suggestions on U.S.

participation in activities of the Codex

Alimentarius Commission. The cosponsors of this public meeting

recognize the importance of providing

interested parties the opportunity to

obtain background information on

Codex, to discuss current Codex issues,

and to address U.S. participation in the

Codex process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Marvin A. Norcross, U.S. Coordinator

for Codex Alimentarius, USDA, Food

Safety and Inspection Service, Room

311-West End Court, Washington, DC

20250–3700, telephone (202) 254–2517;

Fax (202) 254–2530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Codex was

established in 1962 by two United

Nations’ organizations, the Food and

Agriculture Organization and the World

Health Organization, to encourage fair

international trade in food and to

promote the health and economic

interests of consumers worldwide.

Codex provides a forum for the

world’s leading experts to discuss,

debate, and often reach scientific

consensus on food safety issues that

affect trade. There are currently 151

member nations of Codex that work to

develop Standards, Codes of Practice,

and Guidelines dealing with basic

principles, technical specifications for

products, and good manufacturing

practices.

With the signing of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA), the successful conclusion of

the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade

negotiations, and the formation of the

World Trade Organization, the role of

Codex as an international standardsetting body has become much more

visible and critical to U.S. interests.

On January 1, 1995, the Uruguay

Round Agreement of the General

Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was

implemented by the United States. One

part of this is the Agreement on Sanitary

and Phytosanitary Measures elevating

the significance of Codex standards and

requiring that a country scientifically

justify its actions to achieve its level of

food safety, if higher than Codex

recommendations. The Agreement on

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

recognizes three international standardsetting organizations. The three are the

Codex for food safety, the International

Plant Protection Convention for plant

health, and the Office of International

Epizootics for animal health.

Within the United States, Codex

activities are carried out by officials

from USDA, FDA, EPA, and the

National Marine Fisheries Service who

serve as U.S. Delegates and Alternate

Delegates to various Codex Committees.

Dr. Marvin A. Norcross, Food Safety and

Inspection Service, USDA, assisted by a

Codex staff, serves as the U.S.

Coordinator for Codex Alimentarius. A

Steering Committee made up of Senior

Executives from USDA, FDA, and EPA

provides direction for all U.S. Codex

activities.

Meeting Agenda

The following specific issues will be

discussed during the public meeting:

1. The implications of NAFTA and

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act for

Codex and U.S. participation.

2. The draft ‘‘U.S. Codex Strategic

Plan.’’ (copies available see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.)

3. The paper ‘‘Role of Science in the

Codex Decision-Making Process.’’

(copies available see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.)

4. An overview of matters to be

addressed during the upcoming 21st

session of the Codex Alimentarius

Commission.

5. Issues raised by public comments

relating to Codex.

Attendance

The meeting will be open to all

interested parties on a space available

basis. All persons wishing to give a

presentation at the meeting should

submit a written request that includes

the participant’s name and organization,

address, telephone and facsimile

numbers, and a copy of the remarks to

be presented. Send your request to Dr.

Marvin Norcross (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT).

All information and comments

presented will be carefully reviewed

and taken into consideration for future

Codex activities. A summary of the

meeting and copies of information

submitted during the meeting will be

available for review in the FSIS Docket

Clerk’s Office, Room 4352, South

Building, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Washington, DC. 20250.

Done at Washington, DC, on: May 17, 1995.

Michael R. Taylor,

Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection

Service.

[FR Doc. 95–12749 Filed 5–23–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development

Administration

Petitions by Producing Firms for

Determination of Eligibility To Apply

for Trade Adjustment Assistance

AGENCY: Economic Development

Administration (EDA), Commerce.

ACTION: To give firms an opportunity to

comment.

Petitions have been accepted for filing

on the dates indicated from the firms

listed below.

LIST OF PETITION ACTION BY TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR PERIOD 04/18/95–05/15/95

Firm name Address

Date petition accepted

Product

Plastic Design, Inc ...................... 111 Industrial Park Road, Middletown, CT 06457.04/18/95 Medical, transportation, automotive, security system and

misc. plastic parts.

E/G Electro-Graph, Inc ............... 2365 Camino Vida Roble, Carlsbad, CA 92009.04/26/95 Semiconductor machinery parts.

Shube’s Manufacturing, Inc ........ 600 Moon Street, S.E. Albuquerque, NM 87123.04/26/95 Pewter figurines made of nonprecious metal.

Pyott-Boone Electronics, Inc ...... P.O. Box 809, Tazewell, VA

24651.

04/28/95 Electronic communications and monitoring equipment and

sub-assemblies for mining industry.

Galax Electronics Tech. Inc ....... 2391 Zanker Road, Suite 340,

San Jose, CA 95031.

04/28/95 Cable harness assemblies.
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LIST OF PETITION ACTION BY TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR PERIOD 04/18/95–05/15/95—Continued

Firm name Address

Date petition accepted

Product

Dia-Netics, Inc ............................ 410 E. Odell Street, Marionville,

MO 65705.

04/28/95 Coils and bobbins for electrical relays.

Ruebush Packing Company ....... 2910 S. Tabor Drive, Silver City,

NM 88061.

05/03/95 Beef.

J.B. Martin Company, Inc ........... 321 East Avenue, Leesville, SC

29070.

05/08/95 Velvet textile fabric of manmade and cotton fiber.

G.J. Nikolas & Company, Inc ..... 2800 Washington Boulevard,

Bellwood, IL 60104.

05/08/95 Lacquer, pigmented enabels, thinners and bronze powders

and dyes.

The petitions were submitted

pursuant to section 251 of the Trade Act

of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341). Consequently,

the United States Department of

Commerce has initiated separate

investigations to determine whether

increased imports into the United States

of articles like or directly competitive

with those produced by each firm

contributed importantly to total or

partial separation of the firm’s workers,

or threat thereof, and to a decrease in

sales or production of each petitioning

firm.

Any party having a substantial

interest in the proceedings may request

a public hearing on the matter. A

request for a hearing must be received

by the Trade Adjustment Assistance

Division, Room 7023, Economic

Development Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

D.C. 20230, no later than the close of

business of the tenth calendar day

following the publication of this notice.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance official program number and

title of the program under which these

petitions are submitted is 11.313, Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

Dated: May 18, 1995.

Lewis R. Podolske,

Acting Director, Trade Adjustment Assistance

Division.

[FR Doc. 95–12649 Filed 5–23–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–24–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 051595F]

Permits; Foreign Fishing

In accordance with a memorandum of

understanding with the Secretary of

State, the National Marine Fisheries

Service publishes for public review and

comment summaries of applications

received by the Secretary of State

requesting permits for foreign fishing

vessels to operate in the Exclusive

Economic Zone (EEZ) under provisions

of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation

and Management Act (Magnuson Act,

16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). This notice

concerns the receipt of an application

from the Government of the Russian

Federation requesting authorization to

conduct a joint venture (JV) in the

Northwest Atlantic Ocean. The

application requests 20,000 metric tons

of Atlantic sea herring be made

available for the JV. The factory trawler

NADIR is identified as the vessel that

will receive sea herring from U.S.

vessels. While no Fishery Management

Plan for Atlantic sea herring has yet

been implemented, based on receipt of

the Russian application, and in

accordance with section 201(h) of the

Magnuson Act, necessary regulatory

actions are being effected and a

Preliminary Fishery Management Plan

(PMP) for Atlantic sea herring is being

developed. Approvability of the

proposed JV to have the foreign vessel

NADIR receive Atlantic sea herring from

U.S. fishing vessels in the EEZ will be

contigent on specifications under the

PMP that would make available an

amount of U.S.-harvested herring for

such operations, and on other issues

that bear on the approval of foreign

fishing permits. Send comments on this

application to:

NOAA—National Marine Fisheries

Service, Office of Fisheries Conservation

and Management, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 and/

or, to one or both of the Regional

Fishery Management Councils listed

below:

Douglas G. Marshall, Executive

Director, New England Fishery

Management Council, 5 Broadway,

Saugus, MA 01906; 617/231–0422.

David R. Keifer, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council, Federal Building, Room 2115,

300 South New Street, Dover, DE

19901–6790; 302/674–2331.

For further information contact Robert

A. Dickinson, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, (301)

713–2337.

Dated: May 18, 1995.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–12721 Filed 5–23–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 051795A]

Marine Mammals and Endangered

Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of modification request

for a scientific research permit

(P771#67).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the National Marine Mammal

Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE.,

BIN C15700 Building 1, Seattle WA

98115–0070 has requested a

modification to permit 837 to take the

marine mammals listed below for the

purpose of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before June 23, 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);

Director, Northwest Region, NMFS,

7600 Sand Point Way NE., BIN C15700

Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115–0070;

Director, Southwest Region, NMFS,

501 West Ocean Blvd. Suite 4200, Long

Beach, CA 90802–4213;

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,