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Request For Amended Certificate

AIA seeks to amend its Certificate to:

1. Delete the following companies as

‘‘Members’’ of the Certificate:

Aluminum Company of America,

Cleveland, Ohio; Dynamic Engineering

Inc., Newport News, Virginia;

Reflectone, Inc., Tampa, Florida; and

Vought Aircraft Company, Dallas,

Texas.

2. Change the listing of the following

current ‘‘Members’’ as follows: change

the name of HEICO Corporation to

HEICO Aerospace Corporation,

Hollywood, California; DuPont

Company to E.I. du Pont de Nemours

and Company, Wilmington, Delaware;

Williams International to Williams

International Corporation, Walled Lake,

Michigan.

Change the name and address of

Aerojet, a Segment of GenCorp, Rancho

Cordova, California to Aerojet-General

Corporation, Sacramento, California;

AlliedSignal Aerospace Company,

Torrance, California to AlliedSignal,

Inc., Morristown, New Jersey; Dowty

Aerospace Los Angeles, Duarte,

California to Dowty Decoto, Inc.,

Yakima, Washington; Lucas Aerospace,

Inc., Brea, California to Lucas Industries

Inc., Reston, Virginia.

Change the address of Hexcel

Corporation from Dublin, California to

Pleasanton, California; Digital

Equipment Corporation from Marlboro,

Massachusetts to Maynard,

Massachusetts; ITT Defense and

Electronics, Inc. from Arlington,

Virginia to McLean, Virginia; and

Rockwell International Corporation

from El Segundo, California to Seal

Beach, California.

Dated: April 6, 1995.

W. Dawn Busby,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

United States-Canada Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904 Binational

Panel Reviews: Notice of Completion

of Panel Review

AGENCY: North America Free Trade

Agreement (NAFTA), NAFTA

Secretariat, United States Section,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Completion of Panel

Review of the final dumping

determination made by the Deputy

Minister of National Revenue, Customs,

Excise and Taxation, respecting Certain

Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Plate and HighStrength Low-Alloy Plate, Heat-Treated

or not, Originating in or Exported from

the United States of America, Secretariat

File No. CDA–93–1904–04.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Memorandum

Opinion and Order of the Binational

Panel dated February 15, 1995,

affirming the investigating authority’s

determination described above was

completed on March 30, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James R. Hobein, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 15, 1995, the Binational Panel

issued a decision which affirmed the

dumping determination of the Deputy

Minister of National Revenue, Customs,

Excise and Taxation, respecting Certain

Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Plate and HighStrength Low-Alloy Plate, Heat-Treated

or not, Originating in or Exported from

the United States of America. The

Secretariat was instructed to issue a

Notice of Completion of Panel Review

on the 31st day following the issuance

of the Notice of Final Panel Action, if

no Request for an Extraordinary

Challenge was filed. No such request

was filed. Therefore, on the basis of the

Panel Order and Rule 80 of the Article

1904 Panel Rules, the Panel Review was

completed and the panelists discharged

from their duties effective March 30,

1995.

Dated: April 4, 1995.

Caraina L. Alston,

Deputy U.S. Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 95–9033 Filed 4–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–M

United States-Canada Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904 Binational

Panel Reviews: Notice of Completion

of Panel Review

AGENCY: North American Free Trade

Agreement (NAFTA), NAFTA

Secretariat, United States Section,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Completion of Panel

Review of the final injury determination

made by the Canadian International

Trade Tribunal, respecting Certain

Solder Joint Pressure Pipe Fittings and

Joint Drainage, Waste and Vent Pipe

Fittings, made of Cast Copper Alloy,

Wrought Copper Allow or Wrought

Copper, Originating in or Exported from

the United States of America, Secretariat

File No. CDA–93–1904–11.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Memorandum

Opinion and Order of the Binational

Panel dated February 13, 1995,

affirming the investigating authority’s

determination described above was

completed on March 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James R. Holbein, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

1061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 13, 1995, the Binational Panel

issued a decision which affirmed the

injury determination of the Canadian

International Trade Tribunal (‘‘CITT’’)

concerning Certain Solder Joint

Drainage, Waste and Vent Pipe Fittings,

made of Cast Copper Alloy, Wrought

Copper Alloy or Wrought Copper,

Originating in or Exported from the

United States of America. The

Secretariat was instructed to issue a

Notice of Completion of Panel Review

on the 31st day following the issuance

of the Notice of Final Panel Action, if

no Request for an Extraordinary

Challenge was filed. No such request

was filed. Therefore, on the basis of the

Panel Order and Rule 80 of the Article

1904 Panel Rules, the Panel Review was

completed and the panelists discharged

from their duties effective March 28,

1995.

Dated: April 4, 1995

Caratina L. Alston,

Deputy U.S. Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 95–9032 Filed 4–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–M

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 950317077–5077–01]

RIN 0693–AB13

Proposed Revision of Federal

Information Processing Standard

(FIPS) 177, Initial Graphics Exchange

Specification (IGES)

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; Request for comments.

SUMAMRY: NIST is prosing a revision of

FIPS PUB 117, Initial Graphics

Exchange Specification (IGES). IGES

defines a neutral file format for the

exchange of product model data and

representation among differing

computer-aided design and computeraided manufacturing (CA/CAM)

systems. This proposed revision will

provided increased clarification and

enhancement of the existing standard,

and added conformance requirements

and application protocols (APs)

specified within the American National

Standard Digital Representation for
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Communication of Product Definition

Data, ANSI/US PRO/IPO (United States

Product Data Association/IGES PDES

Organization—100–1993, Version 5.2.

Prior to the submission of this

proposed revision to FIPS 177 to the

Secretary of Commerce for review and

approval, it is essential to assure that

consideration is given to the needs and

views of manufacturers, the public, and

State and local governments. The

purpose of this notice is to solicit such

views.

This proposed revision contains two

sections: (1) An announcement section,

which provides information concerning

the applicability, implementation, and

maintenance of the standard; and (2) a

specifications section. Only the

announcement section of the standard is

provided in this notice. Interested

parties may obtain copies of the ANSI/

US PRO/IPO–1993 and the specified

application protocols (Layered Electrical

Product (LEP) Application Protocol; 3–

D Piping Application Protocol; and

Engineering Drawing (Class II) Subset

(MIL–D–28000A)) from the National

Computer Graphics Association, 2722

Merrilee Drive, Suite 200, Fairfax, VA,

22031, telephone: (703) 698–9600.

DATES: Comments on this proposed

revision must be received on or before

July 11, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

concerning the adoption of this

proposed revision should be sent to:

Director, Computer Systems Laboratory,

ATTN: Proposed Revision of FIPS 177,

IGES, Technology Building, Room B154,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

Written comments received in

response to this notice will be made part

of the public record and will be made

available for inspection and copying in

the Central Reference and Records

Inspection Facility, Room 6020, Herbert

C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between

Pennsylvania and Constitution

Avenues, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Lynne Rosenthal, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone

(301) 975–3353.

Executive Order 12866

This FIPS notice has been determined

to be ‘‘not significant’’ for purposes of

E.O. 12866.

Dated: April 4, 1995.

Samuel Kramer,

Associate Director.

Proposed Federal Information

Processing Standards Publication 177–

1

(Date)

Announcing the Standard for Initial

Graphics Exchange Specification

(IGES)

Federal Information Processing

Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are

issued by the National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST) after

approval by the Secretary of Commerce

pursuant to Section 111(d) of the

Federal Property and Administrative

Services Act of 1949 as amended by the

Computer Security Act of 1987, Public

Law 100–235.

1. Name of Standard. Initial Graphics

Exchange Specification (IGES) FIPS

PUB 177–1).

2. Category of Standard. Software

Standard; Graphics and Information

Interchange.

3. Explanation. This publication is a

revision of the FIPS PUB 177 and

supersedes FIPS PUB 177 in its entirety.

It provides a substantial, upwardcompatible enhancement of IGES

Version 4.0. FIPS PUB 177–1 specifies

new conformance requirements, the

addition and use of application

protocols (APs), and increased

enhancement, correction, and

clarification of the existing

specification. It does not contain any

new requirements that would make an

existing conforming implementation

nonconforming.

FIPS PUB 177–1 adopts the American

National Standard Digital

Representation for Communication of

Product Definition Data, ANSI/US PRO/

IPO (United States Product Data

Association/IGES PDES Organization)–

100–1993, Version 5.2, and the specified

application protocols. FIPS PUB 177–1

addresses IGES implementation and

data file acquisition, interpretation, and

conformance.

The purpose of the FIPS for IGES is

to enable the compatible exchange of

product definition data used by

dissimilar computer-aided design and

computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/

CAM) systems. Utilizing a neutral

database format the IGES processor can

create or translate two-dimensional (2–

D) or three-dimensional (3–D) vectorbased digital product model data. The

standard specifies file structure and

syntactical definition, and defines the

representation of geometric, topological,

and nongeometric product definition

data. The exact specification is in

Section 10 of this standard.

4. Approving Authority. Secretary of

Commerce.

5. Maintenance Agency. U.S.

Department of Commerce, National

Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST), Computer Systems Laboratory

(CSL).

6. Cross Index.

a. American National Standard Digital

Representation for Communication of

Product Definition Data, ANSI/US PRO/

IPO–100–1993, Version 5.2.

b. American Society of Mechanical

Engineers/American National Standards

Institute (ASME/ANSI) Y14.26M–1989,

Digital Representation for

Communication of Product Definition

Data, IGES Version 4.0.

c. MIL–D–280000A, Continuous

Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support

Specification, Digital Representation for

Communication of Product Definition

Data: IGES Application Subsets and

IGES Application Protocols, February

10, 1992.

d. American national Standard, 3–D

Piping IGES Application Protocol,

ANSI/US PRO/IPO–110–1994.

e. IGES Layered Electrical Product

Application Protocol, Committee Draft

SAND94–2375, December 1, 1994.

7. Related Documents.

a. Federal Information Resources

Management Regulations (FIRMR)

subpart 201.20.303, Standards, and

subpart 201.39.1002, Federal Standards.

b. Federal ADP and

Telecommunications Standards Index,

U.S. General Services Administration,

Information Technology Management

Service, October 1994 (updated

periodically).

c. FIPS PUB 29–3, Interpretation

Procedures for Federal Information

Processing Standards for Software.

d. NISTIR 4379, IGES Technical

Illustrations Application Guide.

e. NISTIR 4600, IGES 5.0

Recommended Practices Guide.

f. NISTIR 5541, Initial Graphics

Exchange Specification (IGES):

Procedures for the NIST IGES

Validation Test Service.

g. MIL–T–31000, General

Specification for Technical Data

Packages.

8. Objectives. Federal standards for

electronic interchange permit Federal

departments and agencies to exercise

more effective control over the

production, management, and use of the

government’s information resources.

The primary objectives specific to IGES

are to:

—Reduce the overall life-cycle cost for

digital systems by establishing a
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common exchange format that allows

for the transfer of product definition

data across organizational boundaries

and independent of any particular

CAD/CAM system.

—Exchange digital representations of

product definition data in various

forms: illustrations, 2–D drawings, 3–

D edge-vertex models, surface models,

solid models, and complete product

models.

—Provide CAD/CAM implementation

manufacturers with a guideline for

identifying useful combinations of

product definition data capabilities in

any CAD/CAM system.

—Specify Application Protocols that

can be used by Federal departments

and agencies to support the exchange

of product data when applicable.

9. Applicability.

9.1 This FIPS for IGES is intended

for the computer-interpretable

representation and exchange of CAD/

CAM product definition data among

applications and programs that are

either developed or acquired for

government use. Each CAD/CAM

system acquired or developed by a

Federal agency shall include an IGES

preprocessor and IGES postprocessor

capability. FIPS for IGES is designed to

support the exchange of 2–D or 3–D

product definition data with rich

attribute information. It provides a data

format for describing product design

and manufacturing information that has

been created and stored in a computerreadable, device independent form.

9.2 The FIPS for IGES shall be used

when one or more of the following

situations exist:

—The product definition application or

program is under constant review,

and changes may result frequently.

—It is anticipated that the life of the

data files will be longer than the life

of the presently utilized CAD/CAM

system.

—The application is being designed

centrally for a decentralized system

that may employ computers of

different makes and models and

different CAD/CAM devices.

—The product definition application

may run on equipment other than that

on which it was developed.

—The product definition data is to be

used and maintained by other than

the original designer.

—The product definition data is or is

likely to be used by organizations

outside the Federal Government.

—It is desired to have the design

understood by multiple people,

groups, or organizations.

9.3 For layered electrical product

technology, three dimensional piping,

and engineering drawing applications,

the use of the appropriate application

protocol or subset (as described below)

is required for implementation of this

FIPS IGES.

An AP or subset provides a means to

improve the fidelity of the product data

exchanged. APs are developed by

domain experts for the purpose of

defining the processes, information

flows, and functional requirements of an

application. An AP defines the scope,

context, information requirements,

representation of the application

information, and conformance

requirements. Initial release of this FIPS

for IGES publication includes two

application protocols and one

application subset.

—Layered Electrical Product (LEP)

Application Protocol: The LEP AP is

used for the transference of 2–D

electrical and electro-mechanical

product models. This AP is required

for layered electrical products

technology applications, including

specification control drawings,

circuitry, fabrication and final

assembly of a layered product system.

—3–D Piping Application Protocol: The

3–D Piping AP is used for the

exchange of models from one piping

modeling application to another. This

AP is required for 3–D piping and

related equipment models, including

the fabrication and assembly of piping

systems (e.g. pipe, pipe fittings,

attached equipment, piping supports,

and insulation).

—Engineering Drawing (Class II) Subset

(MIL–D–28000A): The Class II subset

is used for exchange of the drawing

model; including geometric and

annotation entities, attributes such as

color and line fonts, and organization

information such as levels and

subfigures. This subset is required for

the exchange of engineering drawings

and product data following MIL–T–

31000 (General Specification for

Technical Data Packages).

10. Specifications. This FIPS adopts

ANSI/US PRO/IPO–100–1993 and the

specified application protocols: Layered

Electrical Product (LEP) Application

Protocol; 3-D Piping Application

Protocol; and Engineering Drawing

(Class II) Subset (MIL–D–28000A). The

ANSI/US PRO/IPO–100–1993 standard

for IGES, defines the communications

file structure and format (i.e., a file of

entities), language format, and the

representation of product definition

data.

New entities and constructs are added

with each revision and are upwardly

compatible. Thus, a processor

conforming to IGES Version 5.2 would

be able to read and process an IGES

Version 4.0 file, but the converse may

not be true. The capabilities brought to

the IGES user implementing the IGES

Version 5.2 standard are:

—A new character set for the European

Community;

—Additional properties to the attribute

table for Architecture/Engineering/

Construction (AEC);

—The addition of a new form of the

drawing entity; and

—The addition of a new class of entity

use, termed construction information.

Conformance Requirements.

Conformance is mandatory for this

standard and is applicable to all Federal

department and agency procurements.

Conforming data files and processors

must adhere to all the rules appropriate

to specific features, such as entities,

defined within ANSI/US PRO/IPO–100–

1993 and any of the specified

application protocols. Vendors of

processors claiming conformance to this

standard shall complete documentation

which accurately indicates the

processor’s support of, and mapping

between, native and IGES entities.

A conforming preprocessor shall

create conforming IGES data files which

represent the native database which was

input to the preprocessor. File content

shall represent the native entities

according to the vendor’s completed

documentation. It is desirable and

recommended that the preprocessor

report on any native feature or entity

which has not been written to the IGES

data file.

A conforming postprocessor shall

translate conforming IGES data files into

the native database form of a specific

CAD/CAM system. It shall convert each

supported entity into native constructs,

which preserve the functionality and

match the geometry, attributes, and

relationships of the IGES entity in the

file. It is desirable and recommended

that the postprocessor report on any

IGES entities or features which have

been discarded.

Any visual presentation produced by

the processor shall accurately and

correctly represent the IGES constructs

contained in the data file and specified

by ANSI/US PRO/IPO–100–1993 and, if

applicable, the AP or subset. For

example, the display of a design which

is filled with a pattern of lines as

indicated by the pattern code of the

Sectioned Area Entity (type 230) shall

resemble the predefined definitions

illustrated in the ANSI/US PRO/IPO–

100–1993 specification.

Conformance Rules for Application

Protocols and Subsets. An application

protocol or subset which claims
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conformance to this standard, must

satisfy the following rule:

—An implementation conforming to an

AP shall satisfy the conformance

requirements specified in the AP as

well as the conformance requirements

in the ANSI/US PRO/IPO–100–1993

specification.

11. Implementation. The

implementation of this standard

involves four areas of consideration:

effective date, acquisition,

interpretation, and validation.

11.1 Effective Date. This publication

is effective six (6) months after date of

publication upon final announcement in

the Federal Register. A transition period

of twelve (12) months, beginning on the

effective date, allows industry to

produce IGES implementations and data

files conforming to this is standard.

Agencies are encouraged to use this

standard for solicitation proposals

during the transition period. This

standard is mandatory for use in all

solicitation proposals for IGES data files

and implementations (i.e., computeraided design and manufacturing

systems) acquired twelve (12) months

after the effective date.

11.2 Acquisition of IGES

Implementations and Data Files.

Conformance to this standard should be

considered whether the CAD/CAM

systems are developed internally,

acquired as part of a system

procurement, acquired by separate

procurement, used under a leasing

agreement, or specified for use in

contracts for programming services.

Recommended terminology for

procurement of FIPS IGES is contained

in the U.S. General Services

Administration publication Federal

ADP and Telecommunications

Standards Index, Chapter 5, Part 1.

11.3 Interpretation FIPS IGES.

Resolutions of questions regarding this

standard will be provided by NIST.

Procedures for interpretations are

specified in FIPS PUB 29–3. All

questions concerning the specifications

and content should be addressed to:

Director, Computer Systems Laboratory,

ATTN: FIPS IGES Interpretation,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

11.4 Validation of IGES

Implementations. Implementations of

FIPS for IGES shall be validated in

accordance with the NIST Computer

Systems Laboratory (CSL) validation

procedures for FIPS for IGES, NISTIR

5541, Procedures for the NIST IGES

Validation Test Service. Recommended

procurement terminology for validation

of FIPS for IGES is contained in the U.S.

General Services Administration

publication Federal ADP and

Telecommunications Standards Index,

Chapter 5, Part 2. This GSA publication

provides terminology for three

validation options: Delayed Validation,

Prior Validation Testing, and Prior

Validation. The agency shall select the

appropriate validation option and shall

specify appropriate time frames for

validation and correction of

nonconformities. The agency is advised

to refer to the NIST publication

Validated Products List for information

about the validation status of IGES

products. This information may be used

to specify validation time frames that

are not unduly restrictive of

competition.

Implementations shall be evaluated

using the NIST IGES Test Suite. The

NIST IGES Test Suite was first released

in October 1994 to assist users and

vendors determine compliance with

FIPS PUB 177 and/or MIL–D–28000,

Class II subset. The results of validation

testing by the NIST IGES Validation

Test Service are published on a

quarterly basis in the Validated

Products List, available from the

National Technical Information Service

(NTIS).

Current information about the NIST

IGES Validation Test Service and

validation procedures for FIPS for IGES

is available from: National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Computer

Systems Laboratory, Graphics Software

Group, IGES Test Service, Building 225,

Room A266, Gaithersburg, MD 20899,

(301) 975–3265.

12. Waivers.

Under certain exceptional

circumstances, the heads of Federal

departments and agencies may approve

waivers to Federal Information

Processing Standards (FIPS). The head

of such agency may redelegate such

authority only to a senior official

designated pursuant to section 3506(b)

of Title 44, U.S. Code. Waivers shall be

granted only when:

a. Compliance with a standard would

adversely affect the accomplishment of

the mission of an operator of a Federal

computer system, or

b. Cause a major adverse financial

impact on the operator which is not

offset by Governmentwide savings.

Agency heads may act upon a written

waiver request containing the

information detailed above. Agency

heads may also act without a written

waiver request when they determine

that conditions for meeting the standard

cannot be met. Agency heads may

approve waivers only by a written

decision which explains the basis on

which the agency head made the

required finding(s). A copy of each such

decision, with procurement sensitive or

classified portions clearly identified,

shall be sent to: National Institute of

Standards and Technology; Attn: FIPS

Waiver Decisions, Technology Building,

Room B–154; Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

In addition, notice of each waiver

granted and each delegation of authority

to approve waivers shall be sent

promptly to the Committee on

Government Operations of the House of

Representatives and the Committee on

Governmental Affairs of the Senate and

shall be published promptly in the

Federal Register.

When the determination on a waiver

applies to the procurement of

equipment and/or services, a notice of

the waiver determination must be

published in the Commerce Business

Daily as a part of the notice of

solicitation for offers of an acquisition

or, if the waiver determination is made

after that notice is published, by

amendment to such notice.

A copy of the waiver, any supporting

documents, the document approving the

waiver and any supporting and

accompanying documents, with such

deletions as the agency is authorized

and decides to make under 5 U.S.C. Sec.

552(b), shall be part of the procurement

documentation and retained by the

agency.

[FR Doc. 95–9007 Filed 4–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–CN–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Notice of Solicitation for Sea Grant

Review Panelists

SUMMARY: This notice responds to

Section 209(c) of the National Sea Grant

College Program Act, 33 U.S.C. 1128,

which requires the Secretary of

Commerce to solicit nominations for

membership on the Sea Grant Review

Panel at least once a year. This advisory

committee provides advice on the

implementation of the National Sea

Grant College Program.

DATES: Resumes should be sent to the

address specified and must be received

by May 12, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Chandrakant

Bhumralkar, Acting Director, National

Sea Grant College Program, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 11618, Silver

Spring, Maryland 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Chandrakant Bhumralkar of the

National Sea Grant College Program at

the address given above; telephone (301)

713–2448, or fax number (301) 713–

0799.