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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: January 19, 1995.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–1148 Filed 1–22–96; 1:37 pm]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 011796D]

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) will

hold public meetings of its Advisory

Panel Selection, Snapper-Grouper,

Mackerel, and Shrimp Committees;

Wreckfish Advisory Panel; and a

Council session.

DATES: The meetings will be held from

February 12 to February 14, 1996. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Ponce de Leon, 4000 U.S. Highway

1 North, St. Augustine, FL 32095;

telephone: (800) 228–2821.

Council address: South Atlantic

Fishery Management Council; One

Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston,

SC 29407–4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Buchanan, Public Information

Officer; telephone: (803) 571–4366; fax:

(803) 769–4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

February 12, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00

p.m.—Mackerel Committee;

The Mackerel Committee will review

public hearing comments and NMFS

informal review comments for Draft

Amendment 8 to the fishery

management plan (FMP) for Coastal

Migratory Pelagics. The Committee will

develop recommendations that the

Council will discuss at the April 8–12,

1996 Council meeting in Jekyll Island,

GA. In addition, the Committee will

develop recommendations for daily

commercial trip limits for Atlantic

group king mackerel. The Council will

consider the options included in the

public hearing draft of Amendment 8.

Trip limits will be discussed and action

will possibly be taken at this meeting.

Options for the trip limit in Monroe

County, FL, range from 50 to 125 fish.

Should the Council approve a trip limit

at the February Council meeting, the

Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, Dr.

Andrew Kemmerer, has indicated that

the trip limit could be implemented by

the start of the fishing year on April 1,

1996.

February 13, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00

noon—Wreckfish Advisory Panel (AP)

and Snapper Grouper Committee;

The Snapper-Grouper Committee will

meet with the Wreckfish AP to review

the wreckfish stock assessment. The AP

and the Committee will make

recommendations concerning the total

allowable catch (TAC) for the upcoming

1996–97 fishing year. The Council may

also consider changes to the maximum

sustainable yield (MSY), acceptable

biological catch (ABC), trip limits,

minimum size limits, gear restrictions,

and seasonal or area closures as allowed

by the framework procedure included in

the FMP.

February 13, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00

p.m.—Shrimp Committee;

The Shrimp Committee will review

public hearing comments and NMFS

informal review comments for Draft

Amendment 2 (Bycatch) to the Shrimp

FMP. The Committee will develop final

recommendations for the Council for

approval of Draft Amendment 2.

February 13, 1996, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00

p.m.—Advisory Panel (AP) Selection

Committee;

February 14, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 9:00

a.m.—Council session;

The Council will hear a report from

the AP Selection Committee and will

appoint AP members during a closed

session.

February 14, 1996, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00

noon—Council session;

The Council will convene and receive

reports from the Mackerel, SnapperGrouper, and Shrimp Committees. The

Council will set TAC and make any

other necessary changes for wreckfish,

and it may take final action on Atlantic

group king mackerel trip limits. The

Council will also take final action on

Shrimp Amendment 2 (Bycatch) for

formal submission to the Secretary of

Commerce.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to the Council office

(see ADDRESSES) by February 5, 1996.

Dated: January 19, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–1147 Filed 1–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 011896B]

Marine Mammals and Endangered

Species

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for a

scientific research permit (P598).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Jim Darling, P.O. Box 384, Tofino,

British Columbia, CANADA VOR 2ZO

has applied in due form for a permit to

take by harassment up to 200 humpback

whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in

waters off Maui, Hawaii for purposes of

scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before February 26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Director, Southwest Region, NMFS,

501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 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 Director, Office of

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13130, Silver

Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals

requesting a hearing should set forth the

specific reasons why a hearing on this

particular request would be appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeannie Drevenak, Permits Division,

301/713–2289.

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 parts 217–

222).

The permit application requests

authorization to take up to 200
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humpback whales (Megaptera

novaeangliae) over a 2-year period by

harassment and biopsy darting off west

Maui, Hawaii. The objective of this

research is to determine the sex and

behavior patterns of individual

humpback whales that interact with

singers. The applicant proposes to

initiate this research on February 1,

1996.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

Dated: January 18, 1996.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–1125 Filed 1–22–96; 1:37pm]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

THE COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

National Capital Arts and Cultural

Affairs 1996 Grant Program

Though the 1996 budget is not

complete, it seems prudent to begin a

process which would allow the NCACA

Program to be prepared if and when an

appropriation is made. There is no

guarantee that the program will be able

to proceed, nor that funds will be

available for grants. If your organization

is interested in receiving an application

package, however, please request one in

writing.

Questions can be referred to Don

Myer on the Commission staff at 202–

504–2200.

Charles H. Atherton,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1095 Filed 1–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6330–01–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Application of the Chicago Mercantile

Exchange for Designation as a

Contract Market in Futures and

Options on the Nasdaq 100 Index

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

terms and conditions of proposed

commodity futures and option

contracts.

SUMMARY: The Chicago Mercantile

Exchange (CME or Exchange) has

applied for designation as a contract

market in futures and futures options on

the Nasdaq 100 Index. The Acting

Director of the Division of Economic

Analysis (Division) of the Commission,

acting pursuant to the authority

delegated by Commission Regulation

140.96, has determined that publication

of the proposals for comment is in the

public interest, will assist the

Commission in considering the views of

interested persons, and is consistent

with the purposes of the Commodity

Exchange Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before February 26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. Reference

should be made to the CME Nasdaq 100

Index futures and options.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Stephen Sherrod of the

Division of Economic Analysis,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

21st Street, Washington, DC 20581,

telephone 202–418–5277.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

the terms and conditions will be

available for inspection at the Office of

the Secretariat, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 21st Street Washington, DC

20581. Copies of the terms and

conditions can be obtained through the

Office of the Secretariat by mail at the

above address or by phone at (202) 418–

5097.

Other materials submitted by the CME

in support of the applications for

contract market designation may be

available upon request pursuant to the

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.

552) and the Commission’s regulations

thereunder (17 C.F.R. Part 145 (1987)),

except to the extent they are entitled to

confidential treatment as set forth in 17

C.F.R. 145.5 and 145.9. Requests for

copies of such materials should be made

to the FOI, Privacy and Sunshine Act

Compliance Staff of the Office of the

Secretariat at the Commission’s

headquarters in accordance with 17

C.F.R. 145.7 and 145.8.

Any person interested in submitting

written data, views, or arguments on the

proposed terms and conditions, or with

respect to other materials submitted by

the CBT and CME, should send such

comments to Jean A. Webb, Secretary,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581

by the specified date.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 19,

1996.

John R. Mielke,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 96–1078 Filed 1–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Carbon Monoxide Detectors; Public

Hearing

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of rescheduled public

hearing.

SUMMARY: The Commission has

rescheduled a public hearing

concerning carbon monoxide (CO)

detectors to February 21 and 22, 1996.

The purpose of the hearing, originally

scheduled for January 23 and 24, 1996,

is to receive scientific, medical, and

other technical information about CO

detectors and a voluntary standard for

CO detectors.

DATES: The hearing will begin at 9:30

a.m. on February 21, 1996, and will

conclude on February 22, 1996.

Additional written comments and new

requests to make oral presentations

must be received by the Office of the

Secretary not later than February 1,

1996. Persons who submit a new request

to make an oral presentation must

submit a brief written summary of that

presentation not later than February 1,

1996. Persons who submitted a request

to make an oral presentation at this

hearing and a summary in response to

the Federal Register notice of October

24, 1995, need not submit another

request or summary. Individuals

planning to testify at the hearing should

submit 10 copies of the entire text of

their prepared remarks to the

Commission on or before February 7,

1996, and provide an additional 50

copies for dissemination on the date of

the hearing. The Commission reserves

the right to limit the number of persons

who testify and the duration of their

testimony.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be in room

420 of the East-West Towers Building,

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,

Maryland. Written comments, new

requests to make oral presentations, and

summaries of oral presentations should

be captioned ‘‘Carbon Monoxide

Detectors’’ and mailed to the Office of

the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety

Commission, Washington, DC 20207, or

delivered to that office, room 502, 4330

East West Highway, Bethesda,

Maryland.