25846 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 101 / Thursday, May 23, 1996 / Notices

Form Number: Agency—ITA–4134P.

Type of Review: Renewal—Regular

submission.

Affected Public: Business and other

for profit and non-profit entities in the

United States.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50.

Estimated Time per Response: average

12 hours per response.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 600.

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$21,000—Respondents will not need to

purchase equipment or materials to

respond to this collection.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: May 20, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 96–13044 Filed 5–22–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 051796B]

Atlantic Offshore Fisheries Take

Reduction Team Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Take Reduction Team

(TRT) to address bycatch of Atlantic

offshore cetaceans in the U.S. Atlantic

large pelagics pair trawl fishery, the U.S.

Atlantic longline fishery, and the U.S.

Atlantic large pelagic drift gillnet

fishery will hold its first meeting to

develop a Take Reduction Plan (TRP) as

described in the Marine Mammal

Protection Act (MMPA) focusing on

reducing bycatch in these fisheries.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

29–30, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The TRT meeting will be

held at the Government Center Holiday

Inn, Boston, MA 20010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Beach, (508) 281–9254, or

Victoria Cornish, (301) 713–2322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

30, 1994, the 1994 Amendments to the

MMPA were signed into law. Section

117 of the MMPA requires that NMFS

complete stock assessment reports for

all marine mammal stocks within U.S.

waters. Each stock assessment report is

required to categorize the status of the

stock as one that either has a level of

human-caused mortality and serious

injury that is not likely to cause the

stock to be reduced below its optimum

sustainable population; or is a strategic

stock, with a description of the reasons

therefore; and estimate the potential

biological removal (PBR) level for the

stock, describing the information used

to calculate it, including the recovery

factor. Stock Assessment Reports and

the calculated PBR were published by

NMFS in July 1995.

The MMPA defines a ‘‘strategic stock’’

as a marine mammal stock for which the

level of direct human-caused mortality

exceeds the PBR level; which, based on

the best available scientific information,

is declining and is likely to be listed as

a threatened species under the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

within the foreseeable future; which is

listed as a threatened species or

endangered species under the ESA, or is

designated as depleted under the

MMPA. The MMPA further defines the

term ‘‘potential biological removal,’’ or

PBR, as ‘‘the maximum number of

animals, not including natural

mortalities, that may be removed from a

marine mammal stock while allowing

that stock to reach or maintain its

optimum sustainable population.’’

The U.S. Atlantic large pelagics pair

trawl fishery, the U.S. Atlantic longline

fishery, and the U.S. Atlantic large

pelagic drift gillnet fishery interact with

several strategic marine mammal stocks

including: Long-finned and short-finned

pilot whales, common dolphins,

Atlantic spotted dolphins, and the

offshore stock of bottlenose dolphin.

The U.S. Atlantic large pelagic drift

gillnet fishery also interacts with three

species of endangered large whales; the

humpback whale, the northern right

whale, and the sperm whale (supporting

documentation at 60 FR 67063,

December 28, 1995).

These stocks are considered strategic

under the MMPA because they are

either listed as an endangered or

threatened species under the ESA or

because the level of human-caused

mortality is greater than their PBR

levels.

Section 118(f) of the MMPA requires

NMFS to establish a TRT to prepare a

draft TRP designed to assist in the

recovery or prevent the depletion of

each strategic marine mammal stock

that interacts with certain fisheries.

Section 118(f)(6)(C) requires that

members of the TRTs have expertise

regarding the conservation or biology of

the marine mammal species that the

TRP will address, or the fishing

practices that result in the incidental

mortality and serious injury of such

species. The MMPA further specifies

that members of the TRT shall include

representatives of Federal agencies, each

coastal state with fisheries that interact

with the species or stock, appropriate

Regional Fishery Management Councils,

interstate fisheries commissions,

academic and scientific organizations,

environmental groups, all commercial

and recreational fisheries groups and

gear types which incidentally take the

species or stock, Alaska Native

organizations, or Indian tribal

organizations, and others as deemed

appropriate.

As a result of stock assessment reports

developed under section 117 of the

MMPA, and an extended interview

process conducted by a NMFScontracted facilitator, NMFS, through a

letter dated April 15, 1996, has asked

the following individuals to be a

member of the TRT, which will focus on

reducing bycatch of the strategic marine

mammals stocks taken as bycatch in the

U.S. Atlantic large pelagics pair trawl

fishery, the U.S. Atlantic longline

fishery, and the U.S. Atlantic large

pelagic drift gillnet fishery:

Douglas Beach, National Marine

Fisheries Service; Nelson Biederman,

Blue Water Fishermen’s Association; Joe

DeAlteris, Rhode Island Sea Grant; Pete

Dupuy, Ocean Pacific Seafood; Cliff

Goudy, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology Sea Grant; John Hoey,

National Fisheries Institute; Thomas

Hoff, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Gail Johnson, Maine

Fishermen’s Wives Association; Bob

Kenney, University of Rhode Island;

Fred Mattera, Northeast Atlantic

Swordfish Netters Association; Hans

Neuhauser, Georgia Land Trust; Ralph

Owen, Great Circle Fisheries; Mark

Phillips, F/V ILLUSION; Andrew Read,

Duke University Marine Laboratory;
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 101 / Thursday, May 23, 1996 / Notices 25847

1Category 666–P: only HTS numbers

6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020, 6302.22.2010,

6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and

6302.32.2020.

2Category 666–S: only HTS numbers

6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040, 6302.22.2020,

6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and

6302.32.2040.

3Category 666–O: only HTS numbers

6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020, 6302.22.2010,

6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010 and

6302.32.2020 (Category 666–P); 6302.22.1030,

6302.22.1040, 6302.22.2020, 6302.32.1030,

6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030 and 6302.32.2040

(Category 666–S).

John Reimer, Offshore Resource

Management Corporation; Sharon

Young, Humane Society of the United

States; Nina Young, Center for Marine

Conservation; April Valliere, Rhode

Island Division of Fish and Wildlife;

and Billy Gell, Northeast Atlantic

Swordfish Netters Association. Other

individuals from NMFS, state and

Federal agencies may be present as

observers or for their scientific

expertise. The TRT will be facilitated by

Susan Podziba and Associates,

Brookline, MA.

NMFS fully intends to convene a TRT

process in a way that provides for

national consistency yet accommodates

the unique regional needs and

characteristics of any one team. TRTs

are not subject to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C.).

Meetings are open to the public.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1387.

Dated: May 17, 1996.

Patricia A. Montanio,

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–12925 Filed 5–22–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Export Visa

Requirements for Certain Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Pakistan

May 17, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs amending

visa requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ross Arnold, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854).

Effective on June 1, 1996, for goods

produced or manufactured in Pakistan

and exported from Pakistan on and after

June 1, 1996, part-category visas will be

required for Categories 666–P, 666–S

and 666–O. During the period June 1,

1996 through June 30, 1996, textile

products in Category 666 may be visaed

as Category 666 or the correct part

category. Goods in Category 666

exported on and after July 1, 1996 shall

be denied entry if not visaed as 666–P,

666–S or 666–O.

See 48 FR 25257, published on June

6, 1983; and 52 FR 21611, published on

June 8, 1987.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

May 17, 1996.

Commissioner of Customers

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on May 27, 1983, as amended,

by the Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements. That

directive directs you to prohibit entry of

certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend

and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile

products, produced or manufactured in

Pakistan which were not properly visaed by

the Government of Pakistan.

Effective on June 1, 1996, goods produced

or manufactured in Pakistan and exported

from Pakistan on and after June 1, 1996, in

Category 666 shall required a 666–P,1 666–

S 2 and 666–O 3 visa. During the period June

1, 1996 through June 30, 1996, you are

directed to accept shipments visaed as 666,

666–P, 666–S and 666–O. Goods in Category

666 exported on and after July 1, 1996 shall

be denied entry if not visaed as partCategories 666–P, 666–S or 666–O.

Shipments entered or withdrawn from

warehouse according to this directive which

are not accompanied by an appropriate

export visa shall be denied entry and a new

visa must be obtained.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that this

action falls within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96–13045 Filed 5–22–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Applications of the New York

Mercantile Exchange for Designation

as a Contract Market in Alberta Natural

Gas Futures and Option Contracts

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

terms and conditions of proposed

commodity futures and option

contracts.

SUMMARY: The New York Mercantile

Exchange (NYMEX or Exchange) has

applied for designation as a contract

market in futures and futures options on

Alberta natural gas. 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 June 24, 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 NYMEX Alberta

natural gas contract futures and option

contracts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Joseph Storer of the

Division of Economic Analysis,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

21st Street, Washington, DC, 20581,

telephone 202–418–5282.

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

NYMEX 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 CFR Part 145 (1987)),

except to the extent they are entitled to