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in 1993 (Subzone 124C, Board Order

667, 59 FR 60, 1/3/94; and Subzone

116A, Board Order 668, 59 FR 61, 1/3/

94). The approvals were subject to

certain standard restrictions, including

one that required the election of

privileged foreign status on incoming

foreign merchandise.

The companies are now requesting

that this restriction be modified so that

they would have the option available

under the FTZ Act to choose nonprivileged foreign (NPF) status on

foreign refinery inputs used to produce

certain petrochemical feedstocks and

by-products including the following:

benzene, toluene, xylenes, hydrocarbon

mixtures, distillates/residual fuel oils,

kerosene, naphthas, ethane, propane,

butane, ethylene, propylene, butylene,

butadiene, petroleum coke, asphalt,

sulfur, and sulfuric acid.

The requests cite the FTZ Board’s

recent decision in the Amoco, Texas

City, Texas case (Board Order 731, 60

FR 13118, 3/10/95) which authorized

subzone status with the NPF option

noted above. In the Amoco case, the

Board concluded that the restriction that

precluded this NPF option was not

needed under current oil refinery

industry circumstances.

Public comment on the proposal is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and 3 copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is [30 days from date of

publication].

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at the following

location: Office of the Executive

Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,

U.S. Department of Commerce, Room

3716, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: March 22, 1995

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–7497 Filed 3–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS-P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 031695C]

South Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

Committees will hold public meetings

on April 10–14, 1995, at the Holiday Inn

Savannah-Midtown, 7100 Abercorn

Expressway, Savannah, GA 31406;

telephone: 1–800–255–8268 or 1–912–

352–7100.

The Golden Crab Committee will meet

on April 10, from 1:30 p.m. until 5:00

p.m., to discuss options for a Fishery

Management Plan (FMP) and to approve

FMP options for public hearings.

On April 11, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00

p.m., the Scientific and Statistical

Committee (SSC) will discuss the

Wreckfish Assessment Report, the

Mackerel Assessment Report and

options for Amendment 8 to the

Mackerel FMP. The SSC will review

Golden Crab FMP options, SnapperGrouper Amendment 8 options,

Snapper-Grouper controlled access

options and Shrimp Amendment 1. The

SSC will discuss ways of managing

fisheries in the face of declining data

and research. It also will hear

presentations on a definition of

overfishing and a report on social

impact assessments.

At 6:30 p.m., the Council will receive

scoping comments on finfish bycatch in

the shrimp fishery and on developing an

FMP for the calico scallop fishery.

On April 12, from 8:30 a.m. until

12:00 noon, the Mackerel Committee

will meet jointly with the Mackerel

Advisory Panel (AP) to review the

mackerel stock assessment and total

allowable catch, quotas and bag limits

options. It will discuss options for the

next mackerel amendment (Amendment

8), including several options for trip

limits, boundary allocations between

the South Atlantic and the Gulf groups

of king mackerel, commercial transfers

of Spanish mackerel, entry regulations,

net lengths, cobia management ranges

and trip limits, adding African pompano

to the management unit of the plan, and

allowable gear regulations. The AP also

will review other modifications

concerning how the Councils manage

the coastal pelagics fisheries, including

changes to the framework procedure.

The Mackerel Committee will meet

from 1:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., to set

total allowable catch limits, quotas and

bag limits. It will also choose items for

Amendment 8 to go to public hearings.

The Shrimp Committee will meet

from 3:00 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., for a

briefing on the ad-hoc Rock Shrimp

AP’s progress in providing information

and additional management options for

consideration in Amendment 1. The

Shrimp Committee will also discuss

research efforts and options to address

bycatch in the South Atlantic shrimp

fishery.

On April 13, the AP Selection

Committee will conduct a closed

meeting to consider new appointments

and reappointments to the Habitat and

Environmental Protection AP, the

Mackerel AP, the Shark AP, the

Snapper-Grouper AP, the Spiny Lobster

AP, the Sea Scallop AP and the

Wreckfish AP. The SSC Selection

Committee will also conduct a closed

meeting to review the current SSC

membership and to consider new

appointments.

The full Council will convene on

April 13, from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.,

and April 14, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00

noon, to hear Committee reports and

recommendations. The Council will

approve golden crab options for public

hearings, mackerel total allowable catch,

quota and bag limits, and Mackerel Draft

Amendment 8 for public hearings. It

will also make appointments to the APs

and the SSC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon Coste, South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council; One Southpark

Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407–

4699; telephone: (803) 571–4366 or

(803) 769–4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

meeting is physically accessible to

people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to the

Council office at the above address by

March 23, 1995.

Dated: March 20, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–7396 Filed 3–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

Patent and Trademark Office

Proposed Determination of New

Expiration Dates of Certain Patents

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office,

Commerce.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark

Office (PTO) intends to determine and

publish the new expiration dates of

patents that, (1) are in force on June 8,

1995, (2) are entitled to a term of 20

years from filing, and (3) have received

a term extension under either section

155 or 156 of title 35, United States

Code. The PTO seeks written comments

on its intended course of action.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before April 26, 1995.
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ADDRESSES: Address written comments

to the Commissioner of Patents and

Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231,

Attention: H. Dieter Hoinkes, Office of

Legislative and International Affairs,

Crystal Park 2, Suite 902, or by facsimile

to (703) 305–8885.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

H. Dieter Hoinkes by telephone at (703)

305–9300, by facsimile at (703) 305–

8885, or by mail marked to his attention

addressed to the Commissioner of

Patents and Trademarks, Box 4,

Washington, DC 20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

section 156 of title 35, United States

Code, patent term extensions are issued

for eligible patents from the original

expiration date of the patent. Since this

provision was enacted in 1984, the PTO

has issued 195 certificates of patent

term extension in accordance with

section 156. Under the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’), Public Law

103–465, patents in force on June 8,

1995, are entitled to a patent term of 17

years from grant or 20 years from their

earliest filing date, whichever is greater

(see 35 U.S.C. 154(c)(1)). It is estimated

that 94 patents whose terms were

extended under section 156 are entitled

to such a longer patent term.

On February 16, 1995, the PTO held

a public hearing to elicit comments on

what action it should take regarding

patents that are entitled to a longer

patent term under the URAA and that

had previously been extended under

section 156. (See 60 Fed. Reg. 3398 (Jan.

17, 1995)). After having considered all

the comments, both written and oral,

the PTO intends to publish the new

expiration date of all patents that fall

into the category mentioned above. The

determination of the new expiration

dates will be based on the following

three considerations:

(1) A patent that would have expired

under the original 17-year patent term

before June 8, 1995, but that has

received a patent term extension for a

period beyond June 8, 1995, is a patent

‘‘in force’’ on June 8, 1995, even though

the rights derived from that patent are

circumscribed by section 156(b) of title

35.

(2) The ‘‘original expiration date of

the patent’’ referred to in section 156(a)

of title 35 is the date on which the

patent would have expired if it had not

been extended under section 156 to

expire at a later date. Therefore, the

‘‘original expiration date’’ of the patents

under consideration is the date on

which the 20-year term from filing

terminates.

(3) The extension already issued on

the basis of the 17-year term will be

added to the 20-year term, subject to the

limitation imposed by section 156(c)(3)

of title 35. That provision limits the

period remaining in the term of an

extended patent to fourteen years

counted from the date on which the

product under review received approval

for commercial marketing by the

relevant regulatory authority.

In addition, it should be noted that

under the provisions of section 155 of

title 35, 33 patents were extended, each

for a period of five years, ten months

and 17 days. Of the 32 patents in force

on June 8, 1995, 20 are entitled to the

longer term of 20 years from their

relevant filing date. Their new

expiration date, taking into account the

term of extension provided by 35 U.S.C.

155, is also intended to be published.

Comments are invited on the course

of action the PTO intends to undertake

with respect to the new expiration dates

of patents in the category discussed

above. In issuing its final determination,

the PTO will respond to significant

comments received.

Dated: March 20, 1995.

Bruce A. Lehman,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce and

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.

[FR Doc. 95–7388 Filed 3–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–M

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

the People’s Republic of China

March 21, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs reducing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of these limits, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or

call (202) 927–6703. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

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 current limits for certain

categories are being reduced for

carryforward used during 1994.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 59 FR 65531,

published on December 20, 1994). Also

see 59 FR 65760, published on

December 21, 1994.

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the Memorandum of

Understanding dated January 17, 1994,

but are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of its

provisions.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

March 21, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on December 16, 1994, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in the People’s Republic of

China and exported during the twelve-month

period which began on January 1, 1995 and

extends through December 31, 1995.

Effective on March 28, 1995, you are

directed to amend the directive dated

December 16, 1994 to reduce the limits for

the following categories, as provided under

the terms of the Memorandum of

Understanding dated January 17, 1994

between the Governments of the United

States and the People’s Republic of China:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Sublevels in Group I

340 .......................... 786,355 dozen of

which not more than

405,245 dozen shall

be in Category 340–

Z.2

617 .......................... 15,431,268 square meters.

634 .......................... 553,806 dozen.

636 .......................... 505,085 dozen.

638/639 ................... 2,272,199 dozen.

643 .......................... 463,884 numbers.

670–L 3 .................... 14,276,734 kilograms.