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and children of employees of U.S.

corporations and foundations abroad.

This meeting will deal with issues

related to the work and the support

provided by the Overseas Schools

Advisory Council to the Americansponsored overseas schools.

Members of the general public may

attend the meeting and join in the

discussion, subject to the instructions of

the Chairman. Admittance of public

members will be limited to the seating

available. Access to the State

Department is controlled and individual

building passes are required for each

attendee. Persons who plan to attend

should so advise the office of Dr. Ernest

N. Mannino, Department of State, Office

of Overseas Schools, SA–29, room 245,

Washington, DC 20522–2902, telephone

703–875–7800, prior to May 31, 1996.

Visitors will be asked to provide their

date of birth and Social Security number

at the time they register their intention

to attend and must carry a valid photo

ID with them to the meeting. All

attendees must use the C Street entrance

to the building.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

Ernest N. Mannino,

Executive Secretary, Overseas Schools

Advisory Council.

[FR Doc. 96–11843 Filed 5–10–96; 8:45 am]

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[Public Notice No. 2384]

Advisory Committee on Private

International Law; Meeting of Study

Group on Electronic Commerce

The Study Group on Electronic

Commerce will hold its next meeting

from 1:00–5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May

21 in Washington, DC at the

International Law Institute. The meeting

will review proposed general rules on

use of computer and related electronic

messaging in international commercial

transactions, which are expected to be

finalized at the upcoming Plenary

session of the United Nations

Commission on International Trade Law

(UNCITRAL) in June, and to discuss

U.S. positions as to future work on

electronic commerce which will also be

considered at that session.

The meeting of the Advisory

Committee Study group is open to the

public, and members of the public who

cannot attend are welcome to comment

on the proposed rules for electronic

commerce and the future work program.

The proposed rules are currently in the

form of a model national law. The

principal background documents, which

are available from the Office of the Legal

Adviser at the address indicated below,

include (1) the report by UNCITRAL on

its 28th plenary session held in May

1995, which considered and revised

certain of the proposed rules, UN Doc.

A/50/Supp. 17; (2) The report of the

UNCITRAL Working Group on

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI),

which met during February–March,

1996, and which considered new draft

rules on transport documents, primarily

electronic maritime bills of lading, as

well as proposals for future work, UN

Doc. A/CN.9/421; and (3) a draft ‘‘guide

to enactment’’ of the UNCITRAL model

law, UN Doc. A/CN.9/426, April 1996,

which will also be considered by the

Commission at the June plenary session.

The proposed rules will apply to

commercial activities, and will include

inter alia legal recognition of data

messages; electronic equivalents of

‘‘writing’’, ‘‘signature’’, and ‘‘original’’;

admissibility and evidential weight;

obligation to retain; attribution;

acknowledgement; time and place of

dispatch and receipt; formation and

validity of contracts; electronic

maritime bills of lading, and other

matters. The rules will not apply to

consumer transactions.

The March 1996 Working Group

recommended that future work include

digital signatures, electronic registries

and consideration of rules applicable to

information service providers. U.S.

positions on those recommendations

will be considered at the May 21st

Study Group meeting; recommendations

for alternate future work topics can also

be considered.

The International Law Institute (ILI) is

located at 1615 New Hampshire

Avenue, NW. Members of the public

may attend up to the capacity of the

meeting room and subject to direction of

the Chair. Persons planning to attend

should advise the Office of the Legal

Adviser or the Institute in advance.

Requests for attendance or background

documents can be made to the Office of

the Legal Adviser (L/PIL) by fax to (202)

776–8482 or by mail to Suite 203, South

Building, 2430 E Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20037–2800, Attention:

Harold S. Burman. Questions

concerning meeting arrangements

should be directed to ILI Executive

Director, Stuart Kerr, (202) 483–8036.

Dated: May 6, 1996.

Peter H. Pfund,

Assistant Legal Adviser for Private

International Law.

[FR Doc. 96–11831 Filed 5–10–96; 8:45 am]

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Tennessee

Valley Authority (Meeting No. 1484).

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m. (CDT), May 15,

1996.

PLACE: TVA Customer Service Center,

310 Research Boulevard, Starkville,

Mississippi.

STATUS: Open.

Agenda

Approval of minutes of meeting held on

April 24, 1996.

New Business

C—Energy

C1. Delegation of authority to the Vice

President, Fuel Supply and Engineering, to

award six 6-year (maximum term) coal

contracts under Requisition 33, and one rail

transportation contract for up to 10 years for

coal supply to Colbert, Johnsonville, and

Widows Creek Fossil Plants.

C2. Delegation of authority to the Vice

President, Fuel Supply and Engineering, to

award Ingram Barge Company a 10-year

contract under Requisition 33 for coal barge

transportation to Gallatin, Cumberland,

Johnsonville, Colbert, and Widows Creek

Fossil Plants.

E—Real Property Transactions

E1. Grant of permanent easements to the

city of Fort Payne, Alabama, affecting

approximately 9.65 acres of land on

Gunterville Lake in Jackson County, Alabama

(Tract No. XTGR–162E), for a raw water

pump station and water line.

E2. Grant of permanent easements to the

Sevier Water Board, Inc., affecting

approximately 2.604 acres of land on Douglas

Lake in Sevier County, Tennessee (Tract No.

XTDR–32E), for a water intake site, transfer

pump station, water line, and access road.

E3. Sale of 30-year easement to Vanguard

Services affecting 9.64 acres of land on

Kentucky Lake in Humphreys County,

Tennessee (Tract No. XGIR–925BT), for a

barge terminal.

Information Items

1. Filing of condemnation cases.

2. Delegation of authority to the Chief

Financial Officer or the Vice President and

Treasurer to enter into contracts for the sale,

purchase, or loan of sulfur dioxide emission

allowances.

For more information: Please call

TVA Public Relations at (423) 632–6000,

Knoxville, Tennessee. Information is

also available at TVA’s Washington

Office (202) 898–2999.

Dated: May 8, 1996.

Edward S. Christenbury,

General Counsel and Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11993 Filed 5–9–96; 3:50 pm]

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