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1This provision is adopted pending the adoption

of a more appropriate definition of a fishing ground

by the Commission.

2The specified period is adopted in accordance

with the reporting period specified in Conservation

Measure 51/XII, pending the adoption of a more

appropriate period by the Commission.

1Pending the provision of a more important

definition, the term fishing ground is defined here

as the area within a single fine-scale grid rectangle

(0.5° latitude by 1° longitude).

another fishing location not closer than

5 n miles distant.1 The fishing vessel

shall not fish within 5 n miles of

location in which the catch of species,

other than the target species, exceeded

5%, for a period of at least five days.2

8. For the purpose of implementing

this Conservation Measure:

(i) the Catch Reporting System set out

in Conservation measure 40/X shall

apply in the 1995/96 season; and

(ii) the Monthly Effort and Biological

Data Reporting System set out in

Conservation Measure 52/XI also shall

apply in the 1995/96 season. For the

purposes of Conservation Measure 52/

XI, the target species is Electrona

carlsbergi, and ‘by-catch species’ are

defined as any cephalopod, crustacean

or fish species other than Electrona

carlsbergi. For the purposes of

paragraph 6(ii) of Conservation Measure

52/XI a representative sample shall be a

minimum of 500 fish.

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Conservation Measure 97/XIV

Limitation of the Total Catch of

Champsocephalus gunnari in Statistical

Subarea 48.3 in the 1995/96 Season

The Commission adopted this

Conservation Measure in accordance

with Conservation Measure 7/V:

1. The total catch of

Champsocephalus gunnari in the 1995/

96 season shall not exceed 1 000 tonnes

in Statistical Subarea 48.3.

2. The fishery for Champsocephalus

gunnari in Statistical Subarea 48.3 shall

close if the by-catch of any of the

species listed in Conservation Measure

95/XIV reaches its by-catch limit or if

the total catch of Champsocephalus

gunnari reaches 1 000 tonnes,

whichever comes first.

3. If, in the course of the directed

fishery for Champsocephalus gunnari,

the by-catch in any one haul of any of

the species named in Conservation

Measure 95/XIV exceeds 5%, the fishing

vessel shall move to another location

not closer than 5 n miles distant.1 The

fishing vessel shall not fish within 5 n

miles of the location in which the bycatch exceeded 5%, for a period of at

least five days.2

4. The use of bottom trawls in the

directed fishery for Champsocephalus

gunnari in Statistical Subarea 48.3 is

prohibited.

5. The fishery for Champsocehalus

gunnari in Statistical Subarea 48.3 shall

be closed from 1 April 1996 until the

end of the Commission meeting in 1996.

6. Any vessel of any Member

intending to participate in the directed

fishery for Champsocephalus gunnari in

Statistical Subarea 48.3 during the 1995/

96 season shall be required to undertake

a scientific survey carried out in

accordance with the survey design

specified in the Draft Manual for Bottom

Trawl Surveys in the Convention Area

(SC–CAMLR–XI, Annex 5, Appendix H,

Attachment E). A list of proposed trawl

survey stations shall be transmitted to

the Executive Secretary at least one

month before the start of the survey.

7. Each vessel participating in the

directed fishery for Champsocephalus

gunnari in Subarea 48.3 in the 1995/96

season shall have a scientific observer,

appointed in accordance with the

CCAMLR Scheme of International

Scientific Observation, on board

throughout all fishing activities within

the fishing period.

8. For the purpose of implementing

paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Conservation

Measure:

(i) the Five-day Catch and Effort

Reporting System set out in

Conservation Measure 51/XII shall

apply in the 1995/96 season; and

(ii) the Effort and Biological Data

Reporting System set out in

Conservation Measure 98/XIV shall

apply for Champsocephalus gunnari. llllllll

Conservation Measure 97/XIV

Effort and Biological Data Reporting

System for Champsocephalus gunnari in

Statistical Subarea 48.3 in the 1995/96

Season

This Conservation measure is adopted

in accordance with Conservation

Measure 7/V:

1. At the end of each Contracting

Party shall obtain from each of its

vessels the haul-by-haul data required to

complete the CCAMLAR fine-scale

catch and effort data form for trawl

fisheries (Form C1, latest version). It

shall transmit those data to the

Executive Secretary not later than the

end of the following month,

2. At the end of each month, each

contracting Party shall obtain from each

of its vessels a representative sample of

length composition measurements from

the fishery (Form B2, latest version). It

shall transmit those data to the

Executive Secretary not later than the

end of the following month.

3. for the purpose of implementing

this Conservation Measure:

(i) length measurements of fish should

be of total length to the nearest

centimeter below; and

(ii) representative samples of length

composition should be taken from a

single fishing ground.1 In the event that

the vessel moves from one fishing

ground to another during the course of

a month, then separate length

compositions should be submitted for

each fishing ground.

4. Should a Contracting Party fail to

transmit the fine-scale catch and effort

data or length composition data to the

Executive Secretary by the deadline

specified in paragraph 2, the Executive

Secretary shall issue a reminder to the

Contracting Party. If at the end of a

further two months those data have still

not been provided the Executive

Secretary shall notify all contracting

parties of the closure of the fishery to

vessels of the Contracting Parry which

has failed to supply the data as required.

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R. Tucker Scully,

Director, Office of Oceans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 95–30248 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45 am]

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[Public Notice No. 2300]

Shipping Coordinating Committee,

Subcommittee for the Prevention of

Marine Pollution; Notice of Meeting

The Subcommittee for the Prevention

of Marine Pollution (SPMP), a

subcommittee of the Shipping

Coordinating Committee, will conduct

an open meeting on January 3, 1996, at

9:30 AM in Room 2415 of U.S. Coast

Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second

Street, SW, Washington, DC.

The purpose of this meeting will be to

inform the public of the

accomplishments at the Marine

Environment Protection Committee

(MEPC) 37, to discuss what will be on

the Agenda at MEPC 38, and set forth a

strategy for establishing the U.S.

position on these issues. MEPC 38 will

take place from July 1–10, 1996 in

London, England.

The major items for discussion will be

the following:

1. The adoption of amendments to

Annex V of the International

Convention for the Prevention of

Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified

by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/

78) to require placards, garbage

management plans and record keeping

on ships;
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2. The approval of a draft Assembly

resolution on follow-up action to the

U.N. Conference on the Environment

and Development (UNCED);

3. The adoption of an MEPC

resolution on Guidelines on the

Application of the Precautionary

Approach;

4. Plans for a special meeting of

entities involved with the carriage of

materials subject to the Irradiated

Nuclear Fuel (INF) Code;

5. The proposed new Annex VI to

MARPOL on prevention of air pollution

from ships;

6. The future work of the committee

on ‘‘The Human Element’’;

7. Port State Control procedures;

8. Unwanted aquatic organisms in

ballast water; and

9. The work plan for the international

Convention on Oil Pollution,

Preparedness, Response and Cooperation (OPRC) intersessional meeting

which will take place from 27

February—1 March 1996 in London,

England.

For further information or

documentation pertaining to the SPMP

meeting, contact Lieutenant Commander

Ray Perry, U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters (G–MOS–4), 2100 Second

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20593–

0001, Telephone: (202) 267–2714,

Facsimile: (202) 267–4690.

Dated: December 1, 1995.

Richard T. Miller,

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating

Committee.

[FR Doc. 95–30120 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45 am]

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TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

SES Performance Review Board

AGENCY: Trade and Development

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

appointment of members of the Trade

and Development Agency’s Performance

Review Board.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deirdre E. Curley, Assistant Director for

Management Trade and Development

Agency, State Annex–16, Room 309,

Washington, D.C. 20523–1602, (703)

875–4357.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

4314(c) (1) through (5), U.S.C. requires

each agency to establish, in accordance

with regulations prescribed by the

Office of Personal Management, one or

more SES performance review boards.

The board shall review and evaluate the

initial appraisal of a senior executive’s

performance by the supervisor, along

with any recommendations to the

appointing authority relative to the

performance of the senior executive.

The following have been selected as

acting members of the Performance

Review Board of the Trade and

Development Agency: Jessalyn L.

Pendarvis, Director of Equal

Opportunity Programs, Agency for

International Development; James D.

Murphy, Deputy Director Office of

Procurement, Agency for International

Development; and Edward Dragon,

former Regional Legal Advisor, Senior

Foreign Service, Agency for

International Development.

Dated: December 6, 1995.

Deirdre E. Curley,

Assistant Director for Management.

[FR Doc. 95–30263 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition

From Robert G. Gingher

This notice sets forth the reasons for

the denial of a petition submitted to the

NHTSA under 49 U.S.C. 30162(a)(2).

In August 1995, Mr. Robert G. Gingher

petitioned the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA) to issue

an order concerning the notification and

remedy of a defect in certain 1987

through 1993 Taurus, Sable, and

Continental model vehicles, produced

by the Ford Motor Company, because of

an alleged defect in the design of the

steering system tie rods. Specifically,

Mr. Gingher alleges that the tie rods can

break, causing loss of control of the

vehicle, and that accidents have

occurred because of this failure. The

petitioner proposes that these vehicles

be recalled and that their tie rods be

replaced by a more recently designed tie

rod.

This matter was the subject of an

investigation by NHTSA (EA94–008)

which was closed on February 27, 1995.

The results of that investigation did not

indicate that a safety-related defect

trend existed. As a result, that

investigation was closed.

Mr. Gingher bases his petition on

several allegations. First, he infers that

the replacement parts sales indicate a

high rate of occurrence of the alleged

safety defect. This is not necessarily

correct because of the existence of more

than one failure mode for the part. The

investigation showed that fracture of the

tie rod was the only failure mode that

had any potential safety consequence,

that fracture was a rare occurrence in

service, and that the tie rods were far

more likely to have been replaced

because of wear, which had no

identified safety consequence.

Accordingly, replacement parts sales do

not accurately reflect the number of

occurrences of this alleged defect.

Second, Mr. Gingher states that ‘‘the

VRTC did not evaluate steering

degradation.’’ The Vehicle Research and

Test Center did, in fact, evaluate

steering performance degradation in

several driving maneuvers, including

straight ahead stopping, various right

and left hand constant radius turns, low

speed steering maneuvers, and several

collision avoidance maneuvers. In only

one condition, the double lane change

maneuver, was the steering performance

of the vehicle degraded with a separated

tie rod.

Mr. Gingher has not presented any

new information which was not already

considered by the agency during its

previous investigation. Accordingly,

there is no reason to reopen the

investigation. Thus, after considering all

of the issues raised by this petition,

recognizing the need to allocate and

prioritize NHTSA’s limited resources to

best accomplish the agency’s safety

mission, the agency has decided to deny

the petition.

Issued on: December 7, 1995.

Michael B. Brownlee,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Assurance.

[FR Doc. 95–30251 Filed 12–11–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Proposed Information Collection

Activity; Public Comment Request:

Certification of Training, Notice of

Intent To Employ a Veteran,

Employer’s Application for Approval of

a Job Training Program, and

Application for a Certificate of

Eligibility; VA Forms 22–8929, 22–8930,

22–8931, and 22–8932

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, Veterans Benefits

Administration (VBA) invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to comment on this

information collection. This request for