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biopsy of 10 cows with calves or

yearlings (biopsy of calves/yearlings is

not requested); (4) opportunistically

collect biopsy samples from dead

stranded whales and retrieve humpback

whale carcasses for necropsy; (5) add

Southeast Alaska, specifically Frederick

Sound and Stephens Passage as research

locations; and (6) in the requested

Alaska locations, allow the take by

harassment of up to 500 humpback

whales annually, up to 100 of which

may be biopsy sampled annually.

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: May 13, 1996.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–12531 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 051396H]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 928

(P351E)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for

modification.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

North Gulf Oceanic Society, P.O. Box

15244, Homer, Alaska 99603, has

requested a modification to permit No.

928.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before June 14, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The modification request

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);

Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O.

Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668

(907/586–7221).

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 modification request would

be appropriate.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject modification to permit no. 928,

issued on July 18, 1994 (59 FR 37745)

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

part 222).

Permit No. 928 authorizes the Permit

Holder to harass during photoidentification studies up to 100

humpback whales (Megaptera

novaeangliae) annually in Prince

William Sound, Alaska and adjacent

waters. Permit Holder now seeks

authorization to: Increase the number of

humpback whales authorized to be

harassed during photo-identification

activities to 400 annually; biopsy

sample up to 50 of these animals

annually, not to exceed 100 takes in four

years; and to expand the research area

to include all Alaska waters.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permit and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–12532 Filed 5–15–96; 2:18 pm]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Advisory Committee on CFTC-State

Cooperation; May 21, 1996 Public

Meeting

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Correction of time of meeting.

On May 9, 1996, the Commodity

Futures Trading Commission published

a notion in the Federal Register (61 FR

21163) announcing that the

Commission’s Advisory Committee on

CFTC-State Cooperation will conduct a

public meeting on May 21, 1996 that

will begin at 9:00 a.m. and last until

12:00 noon. The time that this May 21,

1996 meeting will be held is from 9:30

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the first floor

hearing room (Room 1000) of the

Commission’s Washington, D.C.

headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, D.C.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 96–12546 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Armed Forces Epidemiological Board

(AFEB); Partially-Closed Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Surgeon General.

ACTION: Notice of partially-closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

10(a)(2) of Public Law 92–463, The

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this

announces the forthcoming AFEB

Meeting. The meeting will be held from

0800–1630, Thursday, June 27, 1996.

The purpose of the meeting is to

complete pending Board issues and to

conduct an executive planning session

of the Board and completion of pending

issues. There will also be a classified

update on biological defense. The

meeting location will be at the Walter

Reed Army Institute of Research,

Washington, D.C., Building 40 Room

3092. This meeting will be partially

closed to the public in accordance with

Section 552b(c) of title 5, U.S.C.

specifically subparagraph (1) thereof

and title 5, U.S.C., appendix 1,

subsection 10(d). The remainder of the

meeting will be open to the public but

limited by space accommodations. Any

interested person may attend, appear

before or file statements with the

committee at the time and in the

manner permitted by the committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

COL Vicky Fogelman, AFEB Executive

Secretary, Armed Force Epidemiological

Board, Skyline Six, 5109 Leesburg Pike,

Room 667, Falls Church, Virginia

22041–3258, (703) 681–8012/3.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–12565 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

Army Science Board; Notice of Closed

Meeting

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(P.L. 92–463), announcement is made of

the following Committee Meeting:

Name of Committee: Army Science Board

(ASB).