Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 102 / Friday, May 24, 1996 / Notices 26165

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige

National Quality Award

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that there will

be a closed meeting of the Judges Panel

of the Malcolm Baldrige National

Quality Award on Tuesday, June 11,

1996. The Judges Panel is composed of

nine members prominent in the field of

quality management and appointed by

the Director of the National Institute of

Standards and Technology. The purpose

of this meeting is to begin the review

process of the 1996 Award applicants to

be recommended as Award winners.

The applications under review contain

trade secrets and proprietary

commercial information submitted to

the Government in confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene June

11, 1996, at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at

4:00 p.m. on June 11, 1996. The entire

meeting will be closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Administration Building,

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Harry Hertz, Director for Quality

Programs, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899,

telephone number (301) 975–2361.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on March

29, 1996, that the meeting of the Judges

Panel will be closed pursuant to Section

10(d) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, as

amended by Section 5(c) of the

Government in the Sunshine Act, P.L.

94–409. The meeting, which involves

examination of records and discussion

of Award applicant data, may be closed

to the public in accordance with Section

552b(c)(4) of Title 5, United States Code,

since the meeting is likely to disclose

trade secrets and commercial or

financial information obtained from a

person and privileged or confidential.

Dated: May 17, 1996.

Samuel Kramer,

Associate Director.

[FR Doc. 96–13131 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 042996E]

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of photography permit

no. 993 (P597).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Mr. Michael Kundu, Arcturus

Adventure Communications, 1026–A

56th Street SE, Everett, WA 98203, has

been issued a permit to take by Level B

harassment several species of nonthreatened, non-endangered marine

mammals for purposes of commercial

photography.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Director, Alaska Region, P.O. Box

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668 (907/

586–7221); and

Director, Northwest Region, NMFS,

7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN C15700,

Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115–0070 (206/

526–6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

November 15, 1995, notice was

published in the Federal Register (60

FR 57400) that the above-named

applicant had submitted a request for a

permit to take several species of marine

mammals by Level B harassment during

the course of commercial photographic

activities. The requested permit has

been issued, under the authority of

section 104(c)(6) of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).

Dated: May 8, 1996.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–13155 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Extension of an Import Limit for

Certain Wool Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in the

Former Yugoslav Republic of

Macedonia

May 21, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing a

limit.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of this limit, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or

call (202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

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).

Pursuant to section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended,

the Government of the United States is

extending the current limit on Category

434 for an additional one-year period

beginning on May 26, 1996 and

extending through May 25, 1997 at a

level of 8,391 dozen.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 60 FR 65299,

published on December 19, 1995). Also

see 60 FR 57853, published on

November 22, 1995.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

May 21, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Under the terms of

section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); and in

accordance with the provisions of Executive

Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended,

you are directed to prohibit, effective on May