15126 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 55 / Wednesday, March 22, 1995 / Notices

Dated: March 16, 1995.

Frances B. Douglas,

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer,

Minority Business Development Agency.

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National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Inventions, Government-Owned;

Availability for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Government owned

inventions available for licensing.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are owned by the U.S. Government, as

represented by the Department of

Commerce, and are available for

licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C.

207 and 37 CFR Part 404 to achieve

expeditious commercialization of

results of federally funded research and

development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

these inventions may be obtained by

writing to: Marcia Salkeld, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Office of Technology Commercialization, Physics Building, Room B–256,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax 301–869–

2751. Any request for information

should include the NIST Docket No. and

Title for the relevant invention as

indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

inventions available for licensing are:

NIST Docket No. 93–051

Title: Process For The Chemical

Preparation of Bismuth Telluride and

Bismuth Telluride Composite

Thermoelectric Materials

Description: An aqueous chemical route

to a bismuth telluride precursor is

described. Bismuth telluride is readily

generated from the precursor by

hydrogen reduction at 275 deg C, and

exhibits a particle size of about

100nm. This process provides fineparticle, polycrystalline bismuth

telluride from commonly available

chemicals in yields exceeding 90%.

NIST Docket No. 93–059

Title: Strut Structure and Rigid Joint

Therefor

Description: This NIST invention is a

system of mechanical joints and

clamps for assembling lightweight

struts into a rigid structure. The

system is designed to hold several

large objects, such as telescope

mirrors, in precise and stable

positions relative to each other.

NIST Docket No. 94–005

Title: Particle Calorimeter With Normal

Metal Base Layer

Description: NIST researchers have

designed a microcalorimeter based xray detector using a normal-metal

absorber and a normal-insulatorsuperconductor tunnel junction

thermometer. The detector has very

fast response time, on the order of 10

to 100 microseconds, and is capable

of detecting a minimum energy of 1

eV.

NIST Docket No. 94–008

Title: Josephson D/A Converter With

Fundamental Accuracy

Description: The invention is a

superconducting integrated circuit

that uses a digital input to rapidly

select any one of several thousand

quantized output voltages. The

voltages are generated directly by

microwave synchronized Josephson

junctions and are as accurate as the

externally generated microwave

frequency. The circuit makes fast

voltage comparisons and the digital

synthesis of ultra-accurate AC

waveforms possible. These AC

waveform’s amplitude derives

directly from the internationally

accepted definition of the volt.

NIST Docket No. 94–019

Title: Transparent Carbon Nitride Films,

Process For Making Carbon Nitride

Films And Compositions Of Matter

Comprising Transparent Carbon

Nitride Films

Description: This invention is a novel

process to produce transparent, hard

carbon nitride films. The films are

useful on lenses, windows, and

mirrors where durability is often

limited by scratches or other means of

surface damage.

Dated: March 15, 1995.

Samuel Kramer,

Associate Director.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Scoping

Meetings; SEIS

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a

supplemental environmental impact

statement (SEIS); scoping meetings;

request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the

intention of the New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) to

prepare an SEIS for proposed

Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Sea

Scallop Fishery Management Plan

(FMP). NMFS informs the public

herewith of the opportunity to

participate in the further development

of Amendment 5 to the FMP. All

persons affected by, or otherwise

interested in, the proposed amendment

are invited to participate in determining

the scope of significant issues to be

considered in the SEIS by submitting

written comments. The scoping process

also will identify issues that are not

significant and eliminate them from

detailed study.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for dates and times of scoping meetings.

Written comments must be received by

April 19, 1995.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for meeting locations. Send

written comments on the scoping

process and scope of the SEIS to

Douglas G. Marshall, Executive Director,

New England Fishery Management

Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus, MA

01906–1097.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas G. Marshall, Executive Director,

617–231–0422; FAX: 617–565–8937.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Council will discuss Amendment 5 at

regularly scheduled meetings. The

public will be notified (by a Federal

Register notice) of the specific agendas

at least 2 weeks prior to Council

meetings. There is a preliminary

document available from the Council

that briefly describes the alternatives

currently under consideration.

One of these alternatives is

consolidation. Consolidation means

allowing days at sea (DAS) or other

units of fishing activity to be

redistributed among fewer boats, so the

remaining vessels have more

opportunity to fish. It has already been

discussed at the following Council

meetings:

October 26, 1994, Danvers, MA;

December 8, 1994, Danvers, MA;

January 12, 1994, Danvers, MA; and

February 16, 1995, Danvers, MA.

The currently scheduled scoping

meetings are as follows:

1. March 31, 1995, 4 p.m., Holiday

Inn, Maine Route 3, Ellsworth, ME;

2. April 3, 1995, 4 p.m., Seaport Inn,

110 Middle St., Fairhaven, MA;
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3. April 4, 1995, 7 p.m., Little

Washington, Department of

Environmental, Health and Natural

Resources, 1424 Carolina Avenue,

Washington, NC; and

4. April 5, 1995, 5 p.m., Grand Hotel,

Oceanfront and Philadelphia Avenue,

Cape May, NJ.

Atlantic sea scallop stocks are overexploited and at low levels of

abundance. Amendment 4 to the FMP

was implemented on March 1, 1994 (59

FR 12, January 19, 1994), and was

intended to eliminate overfishing

through an incremental effort reduction

program, gear modifications such as ring

and mesh size increases, and other

measures. It was also expected that the

number of limited access vessels would

remain stable for the duration of the 7-

year schedule.

Amendment 4 to the FMP states that

vessels with a DAS allocation of 150

days per year will yield revenues that

are insufficient, on average, to cover the

fixed costs for vessels larger than 50

gross registered tons. A DAS allocation

of 150 days is projected for year 4 or 5

of the 7-year schedule, depending on

the initial fishing mortality rate. The

amendment further states that if

recruitment falls to what is considered

to be average or below average levels,

many vessel operations will become

uneconomic, regardless of the

management in place at that time.

During 1994, the first year of effort

reduction under Amendment 4,

recruitment has been below average.

The result has been a request by scallop

advisors to redistribute DAS among the

remaining vessels. The amendment will

not do this until the pause in DAS

reductions, which is scheduled for the

third year. The consolidation of DAS is

expected to allow the remaining vessels

to remain economically viable.

The Council’s Scallop Industry

Advisory Committee believes that

consolidation is needed as soon as

possible to minimize financial failures

caused by present and future reductions

in DAS and poor scallop stock

conditions.

The Council is in the process of

identifying management alternatives to

achieve these goals. The current range of

options includes, but is not limited to,

a private program to buy back vessels,

a government buy-back program, limits

on total allowable catch with individual

transferrable quotas, transferrable DAS,

a use-it-or-lose-it provision under which

vessels that do not use their DAS or

quota allocation will lose their scallop

permits, and a prohibition on

shellstocking.

The Council expects that proposed

regulations implementing the

recommendations of the industry

advisors may have significant economic

and social effects. The Council

recognizes that these effects will extend

beyond the individuals, families and

communities that principally depend on

scallops to other fisheries in the region,

due to the displacement of fishing effort

caused by the scallop regulations. This

displacement could also potentially

affect the status of these other fishery

stocks. For this reason the Council has

determined that it will hold scoping

meetings to determine whether or not an

SEIS is appropriate.

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

Dated: March 15, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Committee Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The industry implementation

team for the Sablefish and Halibut

Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program

will hold a meeting, on April 5–6, 1995,

at the NMFS Regional office, 709 W. 9th

Street, Juneau, AK.

The agenda for the meeting will

include the following subjects:

1. Amount of IFQ fish that can be

retained onboard in a particular area,

2. Clarification of ‘‘prelanding written

clearance’’ and ‘‘preclearance reports’’

requirements,

3. Coordination of the IFQ Program

and Research Plan,

4. Vessel and use caps,

5. Certified mail requirement,

6. Sub-leasing of quota shares or IFQs,

7. Shipping report problems,

8. Clarification that vessel caps do not

include Community Development Quota

allocations,

9. Transshipment reports, and

10. Overage provision.

The Implementation Team will

provide a written report of the meeting

to the North Pacific Fishery

Management Council at its meeting the

week of April 17, 1995, in Anchorage.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

DiCosimo, North Pacific Fishery

Management Council, P.O. Box 103136,

Anchorage, AK 99510; telephone: (907)

271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These

meetings are physically accessible to

people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Helen Allen, (907) 271–2809, at least 5

working days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: March 16, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

advisory entities will hold meetings,

April 3–7, 1995, at the Red Lion Hotel

Columbia River, Portland, OR;

telephone: (503) 283–2111.

Council Meetings

On April 4, the Council will meet in

a closed session (not open to the public)

to discuss personnel matters and

litigation from 8:00–8:30 a.m. The open

session will begin at 8:30 a.m. on April

4, and each day thereafter at 8:00 a.m.,

and may continue into the evening

hours, if necessary, to complete

business.

The following items are included on

the Council’s agenda:

A. Call To Order

1. Opening remarks, introductions,

roll call; and

2. Approval of proposed agenda.

B. Salmon Management

1. Tentative adoption of 1995 ocean

salmon management measures for

Salmon Technical Team analysis;

2. Methodology reviews;

3. Clarification of tentative 1995

measures, if necessary;

4. Update of Council salmon

management cycle; and

5. Final action on 1995 measures,

including specification of a halibut to

chinook ratio in the 1995 troll fishery.

C. Habitat Issues

Consider recommendation of the

habitat steering group.