31510 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 120 / Thursday, June 20, 1996 / Notices

appropriation, procedures for evaluating

the Sea Grant programs, and how to

envision Sea Grant’s role in the next

Century.

DATES: The announced meeting is

scheduled during two days: July 29 and

30, 1996.

ADDRESSES: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, Silver

Spring Metro Center Building III, 1315

East-West Highway, Room 4527, Silver

Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Ronald C. Baird, Director, National Sea

Grant College Program, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 11716, Silver Spring,

MD 20910, (301) 713–2448.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel,

which consists of balanced

representation from academia, industry,

state government, and citizen’s groups,

was established in 1976 by Section 209

of the Sea Grant Improvement Act (Pub.

L. 94–461, 33 U.S.C. 1128) and advises

the Secretary of Commerce, the Under

Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere,

also the Administrator of NOAA, and

the Director of the National Sea Grant

College Program with respect to

operations under the act, and such other

matters as the Secretary refers to the

Panel for review and advice. The agenda

for the meeting is:

Monday, July 29, 1996

8:30 a.m. Opening Formalities

9:00 a.m. Role and Operation of the Panel

10:30 a.m. Setting the Direction

12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Setting the Direction

(continued)

3:00 p.m. Meeting with Under Secretary

Baker to Discuss His Vision on the

Future Function of NOAA and the Role

of Sea Grant

4:00 p.m. Consideration of Position Paper

for Allocation of Sea Grant Funds

Part One: Description

5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Tuesday, July 30

8:30 a.m. Review of Sea Grant

Authorization/Appropriation Status

9:15 a.m. Consideration of Position Paper

for Allocation of Sea Grant Funds

Part Two: Discussion

10:30 a.m. Evaluation of Sea Grant

Programs

12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Consideration of Position Paper

for Allocation of Sea Grant Funds

Part Two: Discussion

1:45 p.m. Environmental Issues in the Next

Century: How to Envision Sea Grant’s

Role?

2:15 p.m. Summarize Action Items

2:45 p.m. Set Meeting Schedule for SGRP

and Its Committees

3:00 p.m. Adjourn

The meeting will be open to the

public.

Dated: June 14, 1996.

Alan R. Thomas,

Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and

Atmospheric Research.

[FR Doc. 96–15734 Filed 6–19–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–12–P

[I.D. 061296B]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for an

incidental take permit (P510C).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes at Fort

Hall, ID (SBT) have applied in due form

for a permit that would authorize an

incidental take of a threatened species.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on this application

must be received on or before July 22,

1996.

ADDRESSES: The application 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: SBT

requests a permit under the authority of

section 10 of the Endangered Species

Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543)

and the NMFS regulations governing

ESA-listed fish and wildlife permits (50

CFR parts 217–227).

SBT (P510C) requests a 5-year permit

for an annual incidental take of juvenile,

threatened, Snake River spring/summer

chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha) associated with a study

designed to determine the distribution

and abundance of bull trout (Salvelinus

confluentus) in the Herd Creek

watershed of the East Fork Salmon River

and Burnt Creek of the Pahsimeroi

River. SBT propose to electrofish at a

total of about 25 reaches in both creeks

to obtain depletion estimates of the

number of fish. The work in Herd Creek

would provide information to the Herd

Creek Watershed Analysis, an

interagency effort lead by the U.S.

Bureau of Land Management and the

U.S. Forest Service, to establish a

scientifically-based understanding of

the natural ecology of the watershed and

to provide management

recommendations. The work in Burnt

Creek would provide information on the

cumulative effects of fencing off the

riparian zones on fish habitat, a

response to the heavy impact of cattle

grazing in the area. The Burnt Creek

study would also allow a comparison

between heavily-grazed and natural

riparian conditions as related to bull

trout abundance and distribution. The

Burnt Creek study has the potential to

provide information that can be used to

design habitat improvements for

resident fish species subjected to

anthropogenic impacts.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set out

the specific reasons why a hearing on

this application 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

this application summary are those of

the applicant and do not necessarily

reflect the views of NMFS.

Dated: June 14, 1996.

Robert C. Ziobro,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–15673 Filed 6–19–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Partnership Council Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense

(DoD) announces a meeting of the

Defense Partnership Council. Notice of

this meeting is required under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This

meeting is open to the public. The

topics to be covered are Human

Resource initiatives in the area of

performance management and action

items related to the Defense Partnership

Council Plan of Action.

DATES: The meeting is to be held

Wednesday, July 17, 1996, in room

1E801, Conference Room 7, the

Pentagon, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Comments should be received by July

12, 1996, in order to be considered at

the July 17 meeting.

ADDRESSES: We invite interested

persons and organizations to submit

written comments or recommendations.