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PART 219—SMALL BUSINESS

PROGRAMS

1. On page 64137, middle column,

section 219.7202, paragraph (c)(1), is

corrected to read as follows:

219.7202 Applicability.

* * * * *

(c) * * *

(1) The contracting activity will meet

its goal for SDB concerns, established

pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2323 and

Departmental procedures, during the

current fiscal year, without this

preference;

* * * * *

2. On page 64137, middle column,

section 219.7203, paragraphs (b) and (d),

are corrected to read as follows:

219.7302 Procedures.

* * * * *

(b) Evaluate total offers. If the

apparently successful offeror is an SDB

concern, no preference-based evaluation

is required under this subpart.

* * * * *

(d) When using the procedures in

236.303–70, additive or deductive

items, the evaluation preference in this

subpart shall be applied.

3. On page 64137, last column,

section 219.7204, paragraph (2), is

corrected to read as follows:

219.7204 Contract clause.

* * * * *

(2) Where work is to be performed

inside the U.S., its territories or

possessions, Puerto Rico, the Trust

Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the

District of Columbia.

PART 236—CONSTRUCTION AND

ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTS

4. On page 64137, last column,

section 236.303–70, paragraph (c)(2), is

corrected to read as follows:

236.303–70 Additive or deductive items.

* * * * *

(c) * * *

(2) Evaluate all bids, including those

using the procedures in 219.7203, on

the basis of the same additive or

deductive bid items.

* * * * *

PART 252—SOLICITATION

PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT

CLAUSES

5. On page 64138, first column,

section 252.219–7010, paragraphs (b)(2)

and (b)(3)(i) are corrected to read as

follows:

252.219–7010 Notice of evaluation

preference for small disadvantaged

business concerns—construction

acquisitions—Test program.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(2) Offers will be evaluated initially

based on their total prices. If the

apparently successful offeror is an SDB

concern, no preference-based evaluation

will be conducted.

(3) * * *

(i) Offers from SDBs which have not

waived the evaluation preference; and

* * * * *

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BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 571

[Docket No. 95–28; Notice 5]

RIN 2127–AF73

Lamps, Reflective Devices and

Associated Equipment; Advisory

Committee Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA); DOT.

ACTION: Notice; schedule of advisory

committee meetings.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

final dates and locations of the three

remaining series of meetings of

NHTSA’s Advisory Committee on

Regulatory Negotiation (concerning the

improvement of headlamp aimability

performance and visual/optical

headlamp aiming).

DATES: Tuesday-Thursday, January 16–

18, 1996; Monday-Wednesday, March

4–6, 1996; Tuesday-Thursday, April 23–

25, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The January and March

1996 meetings of the Advisory

Committee will be held at the

Department of Transportation, Room

2230, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh

Street SW., Washington, DC. The April

1996 meeting will be held at the Federal

Mediation and Conciliation Service,

2100 K Street NW., Washington, DC.

Meetings will begin at 9:00 a.m., except

for the meeting of Tuesday, January 16,

1996, which will begin at 10:00 a.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jere

Medlin, Office of Vehicle Safety

Standards, NHTSA (Phone: 202–366–

5276; FAX: 202–366–4329). Mediator:

Lynn Sylvester, Federal Mediation and

Conciliation Service, (phone: 202–606–

9140; FAX: 202–606–3679).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

16, 1995, the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA)

published a tentative schedule for its

early 1996 meetings of the Advisory

Committee on Regulatory Negotiation

(concerning the improvement of

headlamp aimability performance and

visual/optical headlamp aiming) (60 FR

42496)). The notice announced that this

schedule was subject to confirmation or

modifications at the Committee’s

November 1995 meeting. It announced

that if there were changes or additions

to the schedule, NHTSA would publish

a notice informing the public of the

changes.

At its meeting on November 30, 1995,

in order to complete its tasks by the end

of April 1996, the Committee decided to

expand its three remaining series of

meetings from a schedule of two days

each to one of three days each, to be

held on the days and in the locations

shown above. The dates are

approximately those announced in the

August notice.

The meetings are open to the public.

Issued: December 15, 1996.

Barry Felrice,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 95–31051 Filed 12–20–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Parts 642 and 659

[I.D. 120695B]

South Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Public Hearings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Public hearings.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold 13 public hearings on Draft

Amendment 8 to the Fishery

Management Plan for Coastal Migratory

Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico

and South Atlantic (FMP). In

conjunction with these hearings, the

Council will also hold seven public

hearings to solicit comments on

management measures for Draft

Amendment 2 to the Fishery

Management Plan for the Shrimp

Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

(FMP). Both Draft Amendment 8 and
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Draft Amendment 2 include

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statements (SEISs).

DATES: Written comments will be

accepted until 5 p.m., January 19, 1996.

The hearings will be held from January

1 to January 5, 1996, and from January

8 to January 12, 1996. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft

amendments are available from Susan

Buchanan, Public Information Officer, at

(803) 571-4366. Written comments may

be faxed or sent to Bob Mahood,

Executive Director, South Atlantic

Fishery Management Council, One

Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston,

SC 29407. Fax: 813–225–7015. The draft

amendments will be available to the

public at the hearings.

The hearings for draft Amendment 8

(Coastal Pelagics) will be held in

Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North

Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New

Jersey, and New York. The hearings for

draft Amendment 2 (Shrimp) will be

held in South Carolina, Florida, Georgia,

and North Carolina. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for locations of the

hearings and special accommodations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Buchanan, 803-571-4366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

hearings are scheduled to begin at 7

p.m. and will end when all business is

completed. The dates and locations are

scheduled as follows:

1. Tuesday, January 2, 1996, (Coastal

Pelagics) Ft. Pierce—Holiday Inn, 7151

Okeechobbe Road, Ft. Pierce, FL;

telephone: (407) 464-5000;

2. Tuesday, January 2, 1996, (Coastal

Pelagics & Shrimp) Murrell’s Inlet—

Murrell’s Inlet Community Center, 4450

Murrell’s Inlet Road, Murrell’s Inlet, SC;

telephone: (803) 651-7373;

3. Wednesday, January 3, 1996,

(Coastal Pelagics & Shrimp)

Jacksonville—Sea Turtle Days Inn, 10

Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, FL;

telephone: (904) 249-7402;

4. Wednesday, January 3, 1996,

(Coastal Pelagics & Shrimp)

Wilmington—Holiday Inn, 1706 N.

Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach,

NC; telephone: (910) 256-2231;

5. Thursday, January 4, 1996, (Coastal

Pelagics & Shrimp) Brunswick—Comfort

Inn--I95, 5308 New Jesup Highway,

Brunswick, GA; telephone: (912) 264-

6540;

6. Thursday, January 4, 1996, (Coastal

Pelagics & Shrimp) Morehead City—

Carteret Community College, 3505

Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC;

telephone: (919) 247-3094;

7. Friday, January 5, 1996, (Coastal

Pelagics & Shrimp) Savannah—Holiday

Inn-Mid-Town, 7100 Abercorn Street,

Savannah, GA; telephone: (912) 352-

7100;

8. Monday, January 8, 1996, (Coastal

Pelagics & Shrimp) Charleston—Town &

Country Inn, 2008 Savannah Highway,

Charleston, SC; telephone: (803) 571-

1000;

9. Monday, January 8, 1996, (Coastal

Pelagics) Ronkonkoma—Holiday Inn,

3845 Veterans Memorial Highway,

Ronkonkoma, NY; telephone: (516) 585-

9500;

10. Tuesday, January 9, 1996, (Coastal

Pelagics) Tom’s River—Holiday Inn, 290

Route 37 East, Tom’s River, NJ;

telephone: (908) 244-4000;

11. Wednesday, January 10, 1996,

(Coastal Pelagics) Salisbury—Holiday

Inn, 2625 N. Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury,

MD; telephone: (410) 742-7194;

12. Thursday, January 11, 1996,

(Coastal Pelagics) Norfolk—Quality Inn

Lake Wright, 6280 Northampton Blvd,

Norfolk, VA; telephone: (804) 461-6251;

13. Friday, January 12, 1996, (Coastal

Pelagics) Manteo—North Carolina

Aquarium, Airport Road, Manteo, NC;

telephone: (919) 473-3494;

Draft Amendment 8 to the Coastal

Migratory Pelagic FMP

The South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico

and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Councils will hold public hearings on

draft Amendment 8 to the FMP and the

draft SEIS. Amendment 8 proposes

management measures for the fisheries

for king and Spanish mackerel, cobia,

and dolphin (fish). Amendment 8

proposes measures that (1) apply only to

the South Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic

Council’s jurisdiction, (2) apply only to

the Gulf Council’s jurisdiction, or (3)

apply to the three Councils’

jurisdictions.

Proposed actions that would affect

only the stocks and area under the

jurisdiction of the South Atlantic and

Mid-Atlantic Council are as follows:

Harvest Spanish mackerel only with

hook and line, run-around nets and stab

nets (nets shall not exceed 600 yd (549

m) in length), and along Florida’s east

coast nets are limited to 1 hour soak

time; harvest king mackerel with hook

and line only; allow the harvest of other

directed coastal pelagics with surface

longline, hook and line including

manual, electric, or hydraulic rod and

reels, and bandit gear only; allow the

use of cast nets and other nets with

mesh sizes no larger than 2 1/2–inch

(6.35 cm) stretch mesh and no longer

than 50 yd (46 m) for the purpose of

catching bait; allow the introduction of

experimental gear; provide that nonconforming gear be limited to the bag

limit for species with a bag limit; allow

the transfer at sea of Spanish mackerel

between permitted vessels; establish a 5-

year moratorium beginning on October

16, 1995 on the issuance of commercial

vessel permits with a king mackerel

endorsement; provide for the transfer of

vessel permits to other vessels; require

that anyone applying for a commercial

vessel permit demonstrate that 25

percent of annual income or $5,000 is

from commercial fishing; require that as

a condition for a Federal commercial or

charter vessel permit, the applicant

comply with the more restrictive of state

or Federal rules when fishing in state

waters; extend the range of cobia

management through New York;

establish the following commercial trip

limits for Atlantic king mackerel of

3,500 lb (1.6 mt) for Volusia/Flagler

County, FL to the New York/

Connecticut border from April 1 - March

31, a 3,500 lb (1.6 mt) limit for Volusia/

Flagler to Brevard/Volusia, FL from

April 1 to October 31, and a 50–fish

limit for Brevard/Volusia to Dade/

Monroe, FL from April 1 to October 31.

Amendment 8 also includes the

following measures that apply to the

three Councils’ jurisdictions: Require

commercial dealer permits to buy and

sell coastal pelagic fish managed under

the FMP and require that dealers keep

and make available records of purchase

by vessel; recreational bag and

commercial trip limit alternatives for

cobia and dolphin (fish); retention of

king mackerel damaged by barracuda

bites by vessels under commercial trip

limits; an alternative trip limit for

Atlantic group king mackerel for

Monroe County, FL of 125 fish from

April 1 to October 31; changes to

procedures used to set total allowable

catch; and changes to definitions of

overfishing and optimum yield.

Proposed measures in Amendment 8

applying only to the area and stocks

under the jurisdiction of the Gulf of

Mexico Council were published in the

Federal Register on December 5, 1995.

Draft Amendment 2 to the Shrimp FMP

At its meeting of August 21-25, 1995,

the Council approved draft Amendment

2 to the Shrimp FMP for public hearing.

At its October 23-27 meeting, at the

request of the Director, Southeast

Region, NMFS (Regional Director), the

Council approved additional options

concerning a bycatch reduction device

(BRD) certification protocol for

inclusion in Amendment 2.

The Council is holding public

hearings to solicit views on certain

management measures in the draft

amendment that are intended to reduce
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bycatch in South Atlantic penaeid

shrimp fisheries included in the

amendment.

Draft Amendment 2 would also

modify the management unit to include

the populations of brown and pink

shrimp occurring along the U.S. Atlantic

coast from the east coast of Florida,

including the Atlantic side of the

Florida Keys, to the North Carolina/

Virginia border. This amendment

includes measures to reduce bycatch

only in the penaeid shrimp fishery.

Shrimp trawls have a significant

bycatch of non-target finfish and

invertebrates, most of which are

discarded dead. This may reduce

ecosystem diversity, adversely impact

other fauna, and significantly reduce

yield in other fisheries directed at these

discarded species. The Council is

proposing regulations to address a

mandate established by the Atlantic

States Marine Fishery Commission to

minimize the impact of bycatch on

Spanish mackerel and weakfish

resources.

Also, the South Atlantic states, North

Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and

Florida are directed under the

interjurisdictional weakfish

management plan to implement

management measures that will reduce

bycatch of weakfish in shrimp trawls by

50 percent for the 1996 shrimp season.

The Council, in order to create

compatible regulations with the South

Atlantic states, is addressing bycatch in

Federal waters to ensure effective

reduction of weakfish bycatch

throughout the range of the species.

Management Measures under

Consideration

The following management measures

are under consideration by the Council

for inclusion in Amendment 2 to the

Shrimp FMP:

1. Add brown and pink shrimp to the

management unit,

2. Define overfishing for brown and

pink shrimp,

3. Define optimum yield for the pink

and brown shrimp fisheries,

4. Require the use of certified BRDs in

all penaeid shrimp trawls in the South

Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone

(EEZ). All shrimp nets (any net with

mesh less than 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm)

stretch mesh) and all nets greater than

15 ft (4.6 m) in footrope length (or

compatible with Turtle Excluder Device

requirements for try nets) that are used

as try (test) nets would be required to

use a certified BRD.

A. Upon implementation of

Amendment 2, BRDs that have passed

the operational testing phase of the

NMFS cooperative bycatch research

program (fish eyes, extended funnels

and large mesh) are de facto certified for

use in the EEZ.

B. Other BRDs will subsequently be

certified according to procedures and

criteria specified in item 5.

5. Establish a BRD certification

process and specify certification criteria

for new or modified BRDs. The Council

is specifically requesting input from

industry members concerning protocol

options for future BRD certification of

new or modified BRDs:

A. The following are options for BRD

certification protocol being considered

by the Council:

Option 1: The Council makes final

recommendations for certification to the

NMFS Regional Director;

Option 2: The Regional Director

makes the decision based on direct

application to NMFS; and

Option 3: BRDs developed, tested and

approved by state agencies, meeting the

criteria specified in the amendment,

may be used in the EEZ in lieu of BRDs

certified by NMFS.

Three geographical sub-options are

identified for Option 3 to specify where

state-approved BRDs would be allowed

for use in the EEZ:

i: Adjacent to the state in which the

BRD was approved,

ii: Throughout the EEZ in the South

Atlantic region, or

iii: In the EEZ by vessels registered in

the state where BRDs have been

approved.

B. The Amendment will also establish

certification criteria for new or modified

BRDs. New or modified BRDs must be

certified or approved by NMFS for use

in the South Atlantic penaeid shrimp

fishery based on the following criteria:

i. The BRD must reduce the bycatch

component of fishing mortality for

Spanish mackerel and weakfish by 50

percent, and

ii. The shrimp loss rate (by weight)

must be acceptable to fishermen.

The Council intends to finalize both

Amendments at its meeting in St.

Augustine, FL, from February 12-16,

1996. The public will have an

opportunity to comment at the full

Council session before the Council takes

final action to adopt the amendment’s

management measures. Once finalized,

the amendment will be submitted to

NMFS for review, approval and

implementation. NMFS will provide a

60-day public comment period on the

amendment and a 45-day public

comment period on the proposed

implementing rule during its 110-day

review period.

Special Accommodations

These hearings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to the Council office

(see ADDRESSES) by December 27, 1995.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: December 15, 1995.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

50 CFR Part 655

[Docket No. 951211295–5295–01; I.D.

111595C]

RIN 0648–XX37

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and

Butterfish Fisheries; 1996

Specifications

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed 1996 initial

specifications; request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes initial

specifications for the 1996 fishing year

for Atlantic mackerel, squid, and

butterfish (SMB). Regulations governing

these fisheries require NMFS to publish

specifications for the upcoming fishing

year and provide an opportunity for the

public to comment. This action is

intended to promote the development of

the U.S. SMB fisheries.

DATES: Public comments must be

received on or before January 17, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Mid-Atlantic

Fishery Management Council’s quota

paper and recommendations are

available from David R. Keifer,

Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic

Fishery Management Council, Room

2115, Federal Building, 300 South New

Street, Dover, DE 19901.

Comments should be sent to Dr.

Andrew A. Rosenberg, Director,

Northeast Region, NMFS, 1 Blackburn

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Please

mark the envelope ‘‘Comments—1996

SMB specifications.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Myles Raizin, 508–281–9104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations implementing the Fishery

Management Plan for Atlantic Mackerel,

Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries (FMP)