Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 15, 1995 / Notices 8633

Taking, Importing, and Exporting of

Endangered Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR

part 222).

Permit no. 873 authorizes the permit

holder to biopsy several species of

cetaceans off the coasts of Washington,

Oregon, California, Mexico, and in the

Southern Ocean; to import biopsy

tissues collected outside of U.S. waters;

and to conduct photo-identification and

photogrammetry studies on these

species. The permit holder requests

authorization to add several additional

species to the permit authority; to

import biopsy tissues from these

additional species; to expand the study

area to include the Indian Ocean; to

biopsy gray whales (including animals

accompanying calves), fin, sei, minke,

and right whales; and to employ photoidentification and photogrammetry

techniques to study both gray whales

and the additional species mentioned

above.

Dated: February 9, 1995.

P.A. Montanio,

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–3696 Filed 2–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

National Endowment for Children’s

Educational Television Advisory

Council on Children’s Educational

Television; Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: National Telecommunications

and Information Administration (NTIA).

ACTION: Notice is hereby given of a

meeting of the Advisory Council on

Children’s Educational Television,

created pursuant to the National

Endowment for Children’s Television

Act of 1990.

SUMMARY: Congress established the

National Endowment for Children’s

Educational Television under the

direction of the Secretary of Commerce.

Authority to administer this program is

further delegated to the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration. Congress mandated

creation of the Advisory Council to

advise on the making of grants and

contracts for the purpose of creating and

producing television programming

specifically directed toward the

development of fundamental

intellectual skills of our nation’s

children.

Authority: Public Law 101–437, 104 Stat.

997, approved October 18, 1990, codified at

47 U.S.C. 394.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Monday, March 6, 1995, from 1:00 p.m.

to 2:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

via telephone conference call in Room

4898 of the Herbert C. Hoover

Commerce Building, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Heather Birnie; Acting Director,

National Endowment for Children’s

Educational Television (NECET);

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration (NTIA);

U.S. Department of Commerce, Room

4096; 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Telephone: 202/482–5802.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Council was chartered on September 13,

1993 pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 394 to

advise the Secretary of Commerce on

matters related to the making of grants

and contracts that would enhance the

education of children through the

creation and production of television

programming specifically directed

toward the development of fundamental

intellectual skills.

Agenda

1. Opening Introductions and Remarks

by Larry Irving, Assistant Secretary

of Communications and

Information.

2. Discussion and Recommendations on

Issues:

a. Whether there is a specific age

group that is currently considered

to be most under-served by

children’s educational television

that should serve as the focus of the

NECET grant round for Fiscal Year

1995;

b. Whether there are specific subject

matter areas that should be

designated as priorities for the

Fiscal Year 1995 grant round.

3. Other Items for Discussion.

Public Participation

The meeting will be open to the

public, with limited seating available on

a first-come, first-served basis. Speaker

telephones will be available to the

public.

Larry Irving,

Assistant Secretary for Communications and

Information.

[FR Doc. 95–3750 Filed 2–14–95; 8:45 am]

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Minority Business Development

Agency

Business Development Center

Applications: Boston, Massachusetts

AGENCY: Minority Business

Development Agency, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice (Cancellation).

SUMMARY: The Minority Business

Development Agency (MBDA) is

cancelling the announcement to solicit

competitive applications under its

Minority Business Development Center

(MBDC) Program to operate a Boston,

Massachusetts MBDC (closing date,

December 16, 1994). Refer to the

Federal Register dated, October 25,

1994.

11.800 Minority Business Development

Center (Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance)

Dated: February 9, 1995.

Donald L. Powers,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority

Business Development Agency.

[FR Doc. 95–3792 Filed 2–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–21–P

Business Development Center

Applications: Portland, Oregon

AGENCY: Minority Business

Development Agency, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive

Order 11625 and 15 U.S.C. 1512, the

Minority Business Development Agency

(MBDA) is soliciting competitive

applications to operate its Portland

Minority Business Development Center

(MBDC).

The purpose of the MBDC Program is

to provide business development

services to the minority business

community to help establish and

maintain viable minority businesses. To

this end, MBDA funds organizations to

identify and coordinate public and

private sector resources on behalf of

minority individuals and firms; to offer

a full range of client services to minority

entrepreneurs; and to serve as a conduit

of information and assistance regarding

minority business. The MBDC will

provide service in the Portland, Oregon

Metropolitan Area. The award number

of the MBDC will be 09–10–95013–01.

DATES: The closing date for applications

is March 17, 1995. Applications must be

received in the MBDA Headquarters’

Executive Secretariat on or before March

17, 1995. A pre-application conference

will be held on March 3, 1995, at 10:00

a.m., at 911 Federal Building,

Conference Room ‘‘B’’, First Floor, 911