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an annual report as required by law, the

Department is initiating proceedings to

revoke the certificate. This notice

summarizes the notification letter sent P

& B International.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.

Dawn Busby, Director, Office of Export

Trading Company Affairs, International

Trade Administration, (202) 482–5131.

This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (‘‘the Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 4011–21)

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to

issue export trade certificates of review.

The regulations implementing Title III

(‘‘the Regulations’’) are found at 15 CFR

part 325. Pursuant to this authority, a

certificate of review was issued on

December 30, 1994 to P & B

International.

A certificate holder is required by law

(Section 308 of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 4018)

to submit to the Department of

Commerce annual reports that update

financial and other information relating

to business activities covered by its

certificate. The annual report is due

within 45 days after the anniversary

date of the issuance of the certificate of

review [Sections 325.14 (a) and (b) of

the Regulations]. Failure to submit a

complete annual report may be the basis

for revocation. [Sections 325.10 (a) and

325.14(c) of the Regulations].

The Department of Commerce sent to

P & B International on January 11, 1996,

a letter containing annual report

questions with a reminder that its

annual report was due on February 13,

1996. Additional reminders were sent

on March 13, 1996, and on April 19,

1996. The Department has received no

written response to any of these letters.

On May 14, 1996, and in accordance

with Section 325.10 (c)[1] of the

Regulations, a letter was sent by

certified mail to notify P & B

International that the Department was

formally initiating the process to revoke

its certificate. The letter stated that this

action is being taken because of the

certificate holder’s failure to file an

annual report.

In accordance with Section

325.10(c)(2) of the Regulations, each

certificate holder has thirty days from

the day after its receipt of the

notification letter in which to respond.

The certificate holder is deemed to have

received this letter as of the date on

which this notice is published in the

Federal Register. For good cause shown,

the Department of Commerce can, at its

discretion, grant a thirty-day extension

for a response.

If the certificate holder decides to

respond, it must specifically address the

Department’s statement in the

notification letter that it has failed to file

an annual report. It should state in

detail why the facts, conduct, or

circumstances described in the

notification letter are not true, or if they

are, why they do not warrant revoking

the certificate. If the certificate holder

does not respond within the specified

period, it will be considered an

admission of the statements contained

in the notification letter (Section

325.10(c)[2] of the Regulations).

If the answer demonstrates that the

material facts are in dispute, the

Department of Commerce and the

Department of Justice shall, upon

request, meet informally with the

certificate holder. Either Department

may require the certificate holder to

provide the documents or information

that are necessary to support its

contentions (Section 325.10(c)[3] of the

Regulations).

The Department shall publish a notice

in the Federal Register of the revocation

or modification or a decision not to

revoke or modify (Section 325.10(c)[4]

of the Regulations). If there is a

determination to revoke a certificate,

any person aggrieved by such final

decision may appeal to an appropriate

U.S. district court within 30 days from

the date on which the Department’s

final determination is published in the

Federal Register (Sections 325.10(c)(4)

and 325.11 of the Regulations).

Dated: May 14, 1996.

W. Dawn Busby,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 96–12547 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Notice; Meeting of the Olympic Coast

National Marine Sanctuary Advisory

Council

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Department of

Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Advisory Council was

established in December 1995 to advise

NOAA’s Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division regarding the management of

the Olympic Coast National Marine

Sanctuary. The Advisory Council was

convened under the National Marine

Sanctuaries Act.

TIME AND PLACE: Friday, May 24, 1996,

from 9:00 until 4:00. The meeting will

be held in the Coast Guard Group Port

Angeles Air Station, Port Angeles,

Washington.

AGENDA: A facilitated panel discussion

of current marine transportation issues

affecting the Sanctuary will be held.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will

be open to the public. Seats will be

available on a first-come, first-served

basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Beres at (360) 457–6622 or

Elizabeth Moore at (301) 713–3141.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)

Dated: May 14, 1996.

David L. Evans,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone

Management.

[FR Doc. 96–12542 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

[I.D. 051396C]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of two applications for

scientific research/enhancement permits

(P503S and P211J).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Idaho Department of Fish and Game

in Boise, ID (IDFG) and the Oregon

Department of Fish and Wildlife in La

Grande, OR (ODFW) have applied in

due form for permits to take a

threatened species for the purpose of

scientific research/enhancement.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on either of these

applications must be received on or

before June 19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the following offices, by

appointment:

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301–713–

1401); and

Environmental and Technical

Services Division, 525 NE Oregon

Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232–

4169 (503–230–5400).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing should be submitted to

the Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IDFG and

ODFW request permits under the

authority of section 10 of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)
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(16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) and the NMFS

regulations governing ESA-listed fish

and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217–

227).

IDFG (P503S) requests a permit to

take threatened Snake River spring/

summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha) associated with a captive

rearing program for three populations of

chinook salmon in Idaho. The captive

rearing program has been proposed as

an effort to forestall the extinction of the

local populations and to preserve the

overall stock structure of Snake River

spring/summer chinook salmon. The

long-term objective of the program is to

achieve the sustainable recovery of the

ESA-listed Snake River salmon

populations. IDFG propose to collect

juveniles for the captive rearing program

annually from the upper Salmon River

tributaries of West Fork Yankee Fork,

upper East Fork, and Lemhi River. IDFG

propose to rear and maintain the fish

collected until mature. IDFG intends to

prevent cohort collapse by

supplementing the respective natural

adult spawning populations with adults

from the captive rearing program.

The captive rearing program was

initiated when NMFS issued emergency

permit 972 to IDFG on August 7, 1995

(60 FR 42147, August 15, 1995) to allow

the collection, handling, and rearing of

juvenile, ESA-listed, chinook salmon.

Earlier this year, IDFG requested

modification 1 to permit 972 for

authorization to transfer some of the

ESA-listed juveniles collected last year

to NMFS’s Manchester Marine

Experimental Station in WA (61 FR

14296, April 1, 1996). IDFG also

requested that the NMFS staff at the

laboratory be authorized to rear and

maintain the ESA-listed juvenile fish as

an agent of IDFG under permit 972.

Under their new permit application,

IDFG propose that the ESA-listed fish

being reared by NMFS be transported

back to IDFG when mature to be

released in their natal streams for

spawning. The issuance of modification

1 to permit 972 is pending. Should a

new permit be issued for the captive

rearing program, that permit would

replace permit 972.

ODFW (P211J) requests a permit to

take threatened Snake River spring/

summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha) associated with a captive

broodstock program for three

populations of chinook salmon in

Oregon. The captive broodstock

program has been proposed as an effort

to forestall the extinction of the local

populations and to preserve the overall

stock structure of Snake River spring/

summer chinook salmon. The long-term

objective of the program is to achieve

the sustainable recovery of the ESAlisted Snake River salmon populations.

ODFW propose to collect juveniles for

the captive broodstock program

annually from the Grande Ronde River

Basin tributaries of the Lostine River,

Catherine Creek, and the upper Grande

Ronde River in northeast Oregon.

ODFW propose to rear and maintain the

ESA-listed fish in hatcheries until

mature, spawn the fish, rear and

maintain the resulting progeny to

smolts, and release the offspring in their

respective parental streams and/or other

chinook producing streams within that

drainage. ODFW also propose to

outplant adults and/or progeny as eggs

or parr produced in excess of smolt

needs directly into unseeded historic

production areas and to collect adults

for broodstock beginning in 1997 should

returns allow.

The captive broodstock program was

initiated when NMFS issued emergency

permit 973 to ODFW on August 7, 1995

(60 FR 42147, August 15, 1995) to allow

the collection, handling, and rearing of

juvenile, ESA-listed, chinook salmon.

Earlier this year, ODFW requested

modification 1 to permit 973 for

authorization to transfer some of the

ESA-listed juveniles collected last year

to NMFS’s Manchester Marine

Experimental Station in WA (61 FR

14296, April 1, 1996). ODFW also

requested that the NMFS staff at the

laboratory be authorized to rear and

maintain the ESA-listed juvenile fish as

an agent of ODFW under permit 973.

Under their new permit application,

ODFW propose that the ESA-listed fish

being reared by NMFS be transported

back to ODFW when mature to be

spawned at ODFW’s Bonneville

Hatchery. The issuance of modification

1 to permit 973 is pending. Should a

new permit be issued for the captive

broodstock program, that permit would

replace permit 973.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set out

the specific reasons why a hearing on

either of these applications would be

appropriate. The holding of such

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in these application

summaries are those of the applicants

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

Eric H. Ostrovsky,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–12533 Filed 5–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 051096E]

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify

permit no. 987 (P598).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Jim Darling, Box 384, Tofino, B.C.,

Canada V0R 2Z0, has requested a

modification to Permit No. 987.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before June 19, 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); and

Director, Alaska Region, National

Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.

Written data or views, or requests for

a public hearing on this request should

be submitted to the Chief, Permits

Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected

Resources, National Marine Fisheries

Service, 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, 301/713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject modification is requested under

the authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

The Permit Holder is currently

authority to take (i.e., harass) up to 200

humpback whale (Megaptera

novaeangliae) in the course of

behavioral and photo-identification

studies and biopsy sampling, in the

waters around the main Hawaiian

Islands, primarily off of Maui, Hawaii,

over a period of 2 years. The purpose of

the research is to collect genetic

information that will, among other

things, determine the sex and behavior

patterns of individual humpback whales

involved in ‘‘singing’’ behavior.

The Holder is now requesting that the

Permit be modified to: (1) Increase the

total number of harassment takes

authorized from 200 to up to 1000

animals annually, up to 100 of which

may be biopsy sampled annually; (2)

increase the duration of the permit from

two to three years; (3) authorize the