2950 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 8 / Thursday, January 12, 1995 / Notices

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject modifications have been issued

under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

provisions of §§ 216.33 (d) and (e) of 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 provisions of § 222.25 of

the regulations governing the taking,

importing, and exporting of endangered

fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).

Issuance of this permit, as required by

the Endangered Species Act of 1973,

was based on a finding that such permit:

(1) Was applied for in good faith; (2)

will not operate to the disadvantage of

the endangered species which is the

subject of this permit; and (3) is

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

Endangered Species Act.

Dated: December 22, 1994.

William W. Fox, Jr.,

Director, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–731 Filed 1–11–95; 8:45 am]

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National Technical Information Service

NTIS Advisory Board Meeting

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the

National Technical Information Service

Advisory Board (the ‘‘Board’’) will meet

on Monday, February 27, 1995, from

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Tuesday,

February 28, 1995, from 9:00 a.m. to

4:00 p.m. The session on February 28,

1995 will be closed to the Public.

The Board was established under the

authority of 15 U.S.C. 3704b(c), and was

chartered on September 15, 1989. The

Board is composed of five members

appointed by the Secretary of Commerce

who are eminent in such fields as

information resources management,

information technology, and library and

information services. The purpose of the

meeting is to review and make

recommendations regarding general

policies and operations of NTIS,

including policies in connection with

fees and charges for its services. The

agenda will include a progress report on

NTIS activities, an update on NTIS

plans to assist Depository Libraries, an

update on the progress of FedWorld,

and a discussion of NTIS’ long range

plans. The closed session discussion is

scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. and end

at 4:00 p.m. on February 28, 1995. The

session will be closed because

premature disclosure of the information

to be discussed would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

NTIS’ business plan.

DATES: The meeting will convene on

February 27, 1995 at 9:00 a.m. and

adjourn at 4:00 p.m. and convene again

on February 27, 1995 at 9:00 a.m. and

adjourn at 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

Room 2029, U.S. Department of

Commerce, National Technical

Information Service, 5285 Port Royal

Rd., Springfield, VA 22161.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will

be open to public participation on

February 27, 1995 and closed on

February 28, 1995. Approximately thirty

minutes will be set aside on February

27, 1994 for comments or questions as

indicated in the agenda. Seats will be

available for the public and for the

media on a first-come, first-served basis.

Any member of the public may submit

written comments concerning the

Board’s affairs at any time. Copies of the

minutes, of the open session meeting,

will be available within thirty days of

the meeting from the address given

below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Higgins, NTIS Advisory Board

Secretary, National Technical

Information Service, 5285 Port Royal

Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161,

Telephone: (703) 487–4612; Fax (703)

487–4093.

Dated: January 6, 1995.

Donald R. Johnson,

Director.

[FR Doc. 95–836 Filed 1–11–95; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

1995 National Capital Arts and Cultural

Affairs Program

Notice is hereby given that Public

Law 99–190, as amended, authorizing

the National Capital Arts and Cultural

Affairs Program, has been funded for

1995 in the amount of $7,500,000. All

requests for information and

applications for grants should be

addressed to: Charles H. Atherton,

Secretary, Commission of Fine Arts,

Pension Building, Suite 312, 441 F

Street NW., Washington, DC 20001,

Phone: 202–504–2200.

Deadlines for receipt of submission of

grants applications is 15 February 1995.

This program provides grants for

general operating support of

organizations whose primary purpose is

performing, exhibiting, and/or

presenting the arts. To be eligible for

these grants, organizations must be

located in the District of Columbia, must

be not-for-profit, non-academic

institutions of demonstrated national

repute, and must have annual income,

exclusive of federal funds, in excess of

one million dollars for the current year

and for the past three years.

Charles H. Atherton,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–771 Filed 1–11–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Theater Missile Defense Extended Test

Range Final Environmental Impact

Statement

AGENCY: Ballistic Missile Defense

Organization (BMDO).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Final Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Theater

Missile Defense (TMD) Extended Test

Range proposal is now available. The

Final EIS incorporates findings and

public comment information from the

Draft EIS (January 1994) and from the

Supplement to the Draft EIS (July 1994)

that was prepared to analyze additional

booster drop zones associated only with

the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR)

extended test range alternative.

The Final EIS assessed potential

impacts associated with conducting

missile defense tests and associated

sensor system tests at four alternative

extended test range areas: Eglin Air

Force Base, Florida; White Sands

Missile Range, New Mexico; Western

Range (Vandenberg AFB, San Nicholas

Island, and San Clemente Island),

California; and Kwajalein Missile Range

in the mid-Pacific. The TMD program

allows for the development of a means

to protect deployed U.S. forces, as well

as U.S. friends and allies around the

world, against attacks by short- and

medium-range ballistic, cruise, or air-tosurface missiles armed with

conventional, nuclear, biological, or

chemical warheads.

These tests would consist of multiple

demonstration and developmental

missile launches along proposed flight

paths from off-range locations, with

intercepts of targets over existing range

areas or open sea areas located within

and outside of the United States.

Surface-to-surface missile tests were

also considered. These flights would