Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 36 / Thursday, February 23, 1995 / Notices 10067

Dated: February 17, 1995.

D. James Baker,

Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere.

Appendix 1—Study Guidelines

Section 1

(a) Modernization of the NWS is essential

to public safety and should proceed without

unnecessary delay.

(b) The WSMA establishes procedures that

assures that the modernization of the NWS

will not result in the degradation of weather

services currently provided to the public but

these procedures do not provide for the

independent review of decisions until shortly

after the actual event; and

(c) It is appropriate to review the adequacy

of the Nation’s overall NEXRAD coverage, to

ensure a solid scientific and technical basis

for the decision-making process, and to

assure meaningful participation by the

public.

Section 2

The purposes of this document are to

provide the fullest opportunity for public

participation in the modernization process

without unduly delaying this process; and to

ensure, through the application of

independent scientific criteria that weather

services provided in each service area will

not be degraded as obsolete radars are

decommissioned or as field offices are

closed, consolidated, relocated or automated.

Section 3

The definitions contained in section 702 of

the WSMA shall apply to the terms in this

document. In addition, the term ‘‘area of

concern’’ means a service area identified in

a timely public comment in response to the

Federal Register notice required by section 4

of this document.

Section 4

Within 30 days the Secretary shall publish

a notice in the Federal Register requesting

comments on service areas where it is

believed that current weather services may be

degraded as existing radars are

decommissioned or as field offices are

closed, consolidated, automated or relocated.

The notice shall allow 60 days for the

submission of comments. Persons submitting

comments shall state the basis for their belief

as fully as possible, and shall include a

description of local weather characteristics

(including unique weather phenomena) and

weather related concerns which involve a

substantial threat to public safety which they

believe affect the weather services provided

in areas of concern. All comments received

by the Secretary shall be provided promptly

to the NRC.

Section 5

(a) Within 30 days the Secretary shall

contract with the NRC, or amend an existing

contract as necessary, to conduct an

independent scientific assessment of

proposed NEXRAD radar coverage and

consolidation of Field Offices in terms of ‘‘no

degradation of services’’ and to establish

criteria for identifying service areas where

the decommissioning of existing radars could

degrade service to affected users.

(b) Within 180 days, but not earlier than 60

days after the close of the comment period

provided in the Federal Register notice of

Section 4, the NRC shall furnish to the

Secretary the assessment and criteria

required by subsection (a) together with

recommendations regarding the need and

timing for any future independent studies by

the NRC.

Section 6

(a) After receipt of the NRC report, the

Secretary shall apply the NRC criteria and

other applicable criteria previously approved

by the NRC pursuant to the WSMA to areas

of concerns and, taking into account the

comments received in response to the

Federal Register notice of Section 4, identify

those where he/she believes that actions to

decommission a radar or to close,

consolidate, relocate, automate a field office

noted in the current version of the NIP are

not likely to satisfy the requirements of the

WSMA. The Secretary shall report the results

of his/her review to the Committee on

Commerce, Science, and Transportation of

the Senate and the Committee on Science of

the House of Representatives. If the Secretary

believes that additional radars are needed to

satisfy the requirements of the WSMA, he/

she shall also identify the number and

location of the radars needed.

(b) Submission of a report under this

section shall not relieve the Secretary from

the requirement of Section 706(b) of the

WSMA to certify no degradation of service

when he/she restructures a field office. If the

field office is located in an area of concern,

the Secretary shall provide all comments

relating to that area of concern received

pursuant to Section 4 to the MTC during the

certification process.

Section 7

(a) The Secretary shall not close,

consolidate, relocate, or automate any field

office or decommission any NWS radar until

the public has had an opportunity to identify

areas of concern.

(b) Regardless of the contents of the most

recent NIP, the Secretary shall not

decommission a radar or close, consolidate,

automate or relocate a field office in an area

of concern unless—

(1) The Secretary has reported to the

Congress as provided in section 6 that he/she

believes that the action contemplated would

not result in a degradation of service; and

(2) 30 days have expired from the date the

report was submitted to Congress.

[FR Doc. 94–4443 Filed 2–22–95, 8:45 am]

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Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for a

scientific research permit (P580).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Ms. Carol Anne Conway, 407 Garces

Drive, San Francisco, CA 94132, has

applied in due form for a permit to

import blue whale (Balaenoptera

musculus) tissue samples from

Newfoundland, Canada, for purposes of

scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before March 27, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application 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); and

Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean

Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213

(310/980–4001).

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, 1335 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910,

within 30 days of the publication of this

notice. Those individuals requesting a

hearing should set forth the specific

reasons why a hearing on this particular

request would be appropriate.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register, the

Secretary of Commerce is forwarding

copies of this application to the Marine

Mammal Commission and its

Committee of Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject permit 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).

The applicant proposes to import blue

whale samples from Canada. The

samples are to be used in a study of the

sexual composition of the blue whale

population off the western coast of the

United States using molecular genetic

techniques. Since the Canadian samples

are from ice-entrapped animals for

which the sex was visually determined,

they will be used as positive controls for

the genetic technique. Samples from

live populations off the western coast

were collected under another permit

(No. 675), and subsamples will be

provided to the applicant by the

permittee.
10068 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 36 / Thursday, February 23, 1995 / Notices

Dated: February 16, 1995.

P.A. Montanio,

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–4370 Filed 2-22-95; 8:45 am]

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Time and Location

of Hearing on Integration of the Textile

and Clothing Sectors Into the World

Trade Organization

February 16, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Notice of the time and location

of the public hearing on integration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Julie Carducci, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–3588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854).

The Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC), approved

by Congress as part of the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act, provides for the

integration of the textiles and clothing

sectors into the World Trade

Organization.

On January 30, 1995, the Committee

for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements (CITA) published a Federal

Register notice (60 FR 5625) announcing

the proposed list of products for

integration in the second and third

phases of the integration. CITA

requested interested parties to submit

comments on the proposed list, and

announced a hearing to address any

significant issues related to the second

and third phases of the integration. The

notice informed interested parties of the

deadlines, given below, for participating

in the hearing and submitting written

testimony.

The hearing will be held from 10 a.m.

to 1 p.m. on March 20, 1995 in the Main

Hearing Room at the International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,

Washington, DC. Parties wishing to

participate in the hearing should contact

Julie Carducci, (202) 482–3588; fax (202)

482–0858, no later than February 23,

1995 to arrange for their appearance.

The time available for individual

presentations will be based on the

number of participants attending the

hearing. Note there will be reasonable

time limits on parties’ participation in

the hearing.

Written testimony and other

comments to be presented at the hearing

must be submitted to the Chairman of

CITA on or before March 2, 1995.

Submissions in triplicate may be

addressed to the Chairman, Committee

for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements, room 3001, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,

DC 20230.

All information submitted in response

to this notice will be available for public

inspection at the same address.

Protection of proprietary or business

confidential information from

disclosure is limited to the requirements

of the Freedom of Information Act (5

U.S.C. 552). Therefore, if a participant

deems it necessary to submit

information intended to be business

confidential, the information must be

designated as such and accompanied by

a non-confidential version. Information

designated business confidential will be

protected from disclosure only to the

extent required by law.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95–4455 Filed 2–22–95; 8:45 am]

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Civilian Community Corps Advisory

Board Meeting

AGENCY: Corporation for National

Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National

and Community Service, gives notice

under Public Law 92–463 (Federal

Advisory Committee Act), that it will

hold a meeting of the Civilian

Community Corps (CCC) Advisory

Board. The board advises the Director of

the CCC concerning the administration

of the program and assists in the

development and administration of the

Corps. This meeting of the Board will

discuss the progress to date and future

direction of the program. The meeting

will be open to the public up to the

seating capacity of the room.

DATES: March 7, 1995, 6:00pm–9:00pm;

March 8, 1995, 9:00 am–5:00pm.

ADDRESSES: Crystal City Doubletree

Hotel, Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

assure adequate accommodation,

contact Ms. Carla Sims, Protocol Officer,

CCC at 1201 New York Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20525; (202) 606–5000

ext. 179 or (202) 606–5000 (TDD) prior

to March 7, 1995.

Donald L. Scott,

Director, NCCC.

[FR Doc. 95–4462 Filed 2–22–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Correction to Notice of Public Hearings

for the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement for the Disposal and Reuse

Naval Hospital Long Beach, Long

Beach, CA

Correction is hereby made to

paragraph seven, first sentence of the

Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

for the disposal and reuse of Naval

Hospital Long Beach, California that

appeared in the Federal Register on

February 14, 1995 (60 FR 8345). The

sentence should read: ‘‘In the interest of

available time, each speaker will be

asked to limit their oral comments to

three minutes’’.

Dated: February 16, 1995.

M.D. Schetzsle,

Lt., JAGC, USNR, Alternate Federal Register

Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–4423 Filed 2–22–95; 8:45 am]

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CNO Executive Panel; Closed Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given

that the Chief of Naval Operations

(CNO) Executive Panel will meet on

March 16, 1995, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00

p.m. The meeting will be held at 4401

Ford Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia. This

session will be closed to the public.

The purpose of this meeting is to

conduct discussions on strategies for an

uncertain future to include current

intelligence, wargaming, and current

Navy Staff hedging strategies. These

matters constitute classified information

that is specifically authorized by

Executive order to be kept secret in the

interest of national defense and are, in

fact, properly classified pursuant to

such Executive order. Accordingly, the

Secretary of the Navy has determined in

writing that the public interest requires

that all sessions of the meeting be closed

to the public because they will be

concerned with matters listed in section

552b(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code.