Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 116 / Friday, June 15, 2001 / Notices 32601

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.

L. 89–651; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301), we invite comments on the

question of whether an instrument of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instrument

shown below is intended to be used, is

being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and

be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00

P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 01–012. Applicant:

Rutgers University, Department of

Physics and Astronomy, 136

Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ

08854–8019. Instrument: Floating-Zone

Optical Furnace, Model FZ–T–10000–

H–VI–VP. Manufacturer: Crystal

Systems, Inc., Japan. Intended Use: The

instrument is intended to be used to

grow oxide single crystals such as

(La,Ca)MnOq3, SrTiO3, CuGeO3, and

La2CuO4 to investigate new magnetic

and electronic ground states using the

floating-zone crystal growth technique.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: May 9, 2001.

Gerald A. Zerdy,

Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs

Staff.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Announcement of Public Meeting of

the National Conference on Weights

and Measures

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the annual meeting of the National

Conference on Weights and Measures

will be held July 22 through July 26,

2001, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel,

Washington, DC. The meeting is open to

the public. The National Conference on

Weights and Measures is an

organization of weights and measures

enforcement officials of the States,

counties, and cities of the United States,

private sector representatives. The

annual meeting of the Conference brings

together enforcement officials, other

government officials, and

representatives of business, industry,

trade associations, and consumer

organizations to discuss subjects that

relate to the field of weights an

measures technology and

administration. Pursuant to (15 U.S.C.

271(b)(6)), the National Institute of

Standards and Technology supports the

National Conference on Weights and

Measures in order to promote

uniformity among the States in the

complex of laws, regulations, methods,

and testing equipment that comprises

regulatory control by the States of

commercial weighing and measuring.

DATES: The meeting will be held July

22–July 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H Street,

NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Henry V. Oppermann, Chief, NIST,

Office of Weights and Measures, 100

Bureau Drive, Stop 2350, Gaithersburg,

MD 20899–2350. Telephone (301) 975–

4004, or E-mail owm@nist.gov.

Karen H. Brown,

Acting Director.

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Call for Applications for Native

Hawaiian Representative to the Coral

Reef Ecosystem Reserve Council for

the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve

AGENCY: Office of National Marine

Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice and request for

applications.

SUMMARY: On December 4, 2000,

Executive Order 13178 established the

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral

Reef Ecosystem Reserve (Reserve). The

Executive Order requires the Secretary

of Commerce or his or her designee

(hereafter Secretary) to establish a Coral

Reef Ecosystem Reserve Council

(Reserve Council) to provide advice and

recommendations on the development

of the Reserve Operations Plan and the

designation and management of a

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

National Marine Sanctuary by the

Secretary. The Secretary, through the

Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

(ONMS), established the Reserve

Council and is now seeking applicants

for one Native Hawaiian representative

seat on the Reserve Council. Previous

applicants and current Alternate

Council Representatives interested in

serving as a full Council member must

reapply specifically for this seat in order

to be considered in the competitive

pool.

DATES: Completed applications must be

received by July 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be

obtained from Robert Smith or ‘Aulani

Wilhelm, Northwest Hawaiian Islands

Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, National

Ocean Service, P.O. Box 43, Hawaii

National Park, Hawaii 96718–0043, or

online at: http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov.

Completed applications should be

sent to the same address as above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

‘Aulani Wilhelm at (808) 295–1234, or

aulani.wilhelm@noaa.gov, or visit the

web site at: http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 4, 2000, Executive Order

13178 established the Northwestern

Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem

Reserve, pursuant to language contained

in the National Marine Sanctuaries

Amendments Act of 2000. The Reserve

encompasses an area of the marine

waters and submerged lands of the

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands,

extending approximately 1200 nautical

miles long and 100 nautical miles wide.

The Reserve is adjacent to and seaward

of the seaward boundary of Hawaii State

waters and submerged lands and the

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge,

and includes the Hawaiian Islands

National Wildlife Refuge to the extent it

extends beyond Hawaii State waters and

submerged lands. The Reserve will be

managed by the Secretary of Commerce

pursuant to the National Marine

Sanctuaries Act and the Executive

Order. The Secretary has also initiated

the process to designate the Reserve as

a National Marine Sanctuary. The

management principles and

implementation strategy and

requirements for the Reserve are found

in the Executive Order, which is part of

the application kit and can be found on

the web site listed above.

In designating the Reserve, the

Secretary of Commerce was directed to

establish a Coral Reef Ecosystem

Reserve Council, pursuant to section

315 of the National Marine Sanctuaries

Act, to provide advice and

recommendations on the development

of the Reserve Operations Plan and the

designation and management of a

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

National Marine Sanctuary by the