Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 101 / Thursday, May 25, 1995 / Notices 27723

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instruments described below, for such

purposes as each is intended to be used,

is being manufactured in the United

States.

Docket Number: 94–149. Applicant:

The Scripps Research Institute, LaJolla,

CA 92037. Instrument: Microvolume

Stopped Flow Spectrofluorimeter,

Model SX.17MV. Manufacturer:

Applied Photophysics, United

Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60

FR 3394, January 17, 1995. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides: (1)

multiple component mixing, (2)

automatic acquisition of time-resolved

emission spectra and, (3) 150W Xenon

source covering the entire UV-VIS

wavelength range. Advice Received

From: The National Institutes of Health,

March 21, 1995.

Docket Number: 95–007. Applicant:

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

43210. Instrument: Frequency

Synthesizer. Manufacturer: KVARTZ

Measuring Instruments & Systems, CIS.

Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 9662,

February 21, 1995. Reasons: The foreign

instrument provides: (1) swept

frequency over the range 118 to 178

GHz, (2) 100 Hz resolution and (3)

output power to 25 mW for pumping

and observing specific molecular

absorptions. Advice Received From:

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, April 5, 1995 and Los

Alamos National Laboratory, April 11,

1995.

The National Institutes of Health,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology and Los Alamos National

Laboratory advise that (1) these

capabilities are pertinent to each

applicant’s intended purpose and (2)

they know of no domestic instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

for the intended use of each instrument.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus being manufactured in the

United States which is of equivalent

scientific value to either of the foreign

instruments.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary Advisory Council Open

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.

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, June 23, 1995,

from 9:00 until 4:30. The meeting will

be held at the Crossroads Community

Room, Carmel, 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, an update on the Water Quality

Protection Program, a status report on

the California Mussel Watch Program,

and an update on the Vessel Traffic

Report.

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: May 22, 1995.

W. Stanley Wilson,

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services

and Coastal Zone Management.

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Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify

permit no. 917 (P774#2).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

John B. Pearce, NMFS, Northeast

Fisheries Science Center, 166 Waters

Street, Room 312, Woods Hole, MA

02543–1097, has requested a

modification to permit No. 917.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing must be received on or

before June 26, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The modification request

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, Northeast Region, NMFS,

One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930–2298 (508/281–9250).

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, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kellie Foster, (301/713–1401).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Those

individuals requesting a hearing should

set forth the specific reasons why a

hearing on this particular modification

request would be appropriate.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

The subject modification to permit

No. 917, issued on May 11, 1994 (59 FR

25891) is requested under the authority

of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.), the Regulations Governing the

Taking and Importing of Marine

Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and

the regulations governing the taking,

importing, and exporting of endangered

fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).

Permit No. 917 authorizes the permit

holder to conduct a number of studies

on several cetacean species as well as

gray and harbor seals in the notheastern

U.S. and Canadian waters. The research

activities include: Vessel surveys, aerial

surveys and photogrammetry, photoidentification studies, and the collection

of biopsies. The permit holder requests

additional authorization to collect

biopsy samples from sei whales for

genetic analyses, which will provide

information on stock structure.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits & Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–12722 Filed 5–24–95; 8:45 am]

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