Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 25, 1996 / Notices 32773

sales documentation and service, and

export sales financing).

(3) Farmers’ Rice Cooperative may

negotiate with the Members to provide,

and may provide, the storage, shipping

and delivery, and associated services

needed for each sale.

(4) Farmers’ Rice Cooperative and/or

one or more of the Members may, with

respect to each bid, refuse to include in

their bid any other company having rice

and rice products for export.

(5) Farmers’ Rice Cooperative may

solicit Non-member Suppliers to sell

their Products through the certified

activities of Farmers’ Rice Cooperative

and its Members.

4. Under the heading ‘‘Terms and

Conditions of Certificate’’, delete section

(a) and replace sections (b) and (c) with

the following:

(a) Except as provided in paragraph

(2) above, Farmers’ Rice Cooperative

and the Members shall not intentionally

disclose, directly or indirectly, to each

other or to any Non-member Supplier

any information about their costs,

output, capacity, inventories, domestic

prices, domestic sales, domestic orders,

terms of domestic marketing or sale, or

United States business plans, strategies,

or methods that is not already generally

available to the trade or public.

(b) Farmers’ Rice Cooperative and the

Members will comply with requests

made by the Department of Commerce

on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce

or the Department of Justice on behalf

of the Attorney General for information

or documents relevant to conduct under

the Certificate. The Secretary of

Commerce will request such

information or documents when either

the Attorney General or the Secretary of

Commerce believes that the information

or documents are required to determine

that the Export Trade, Export Trade

Activities or Methods of Operation of an

entity protected by this Certificate of

Review continue to comply with the

standards of Section 303(a) of the Act.

5. Delete the heading ‘‘Members’’ and

its accompanying text.

6. Add a new heading, ‘‘Definitions’’,

with the following text: (1) Members,

within the meaning of Section 325.2(l)

of the Regulations, means American

Rice, Inc. and California Pacific Rice

Milling, Ltd. Firms may withdraw from

Member status by notifying the

Department of Commerce in writing.

(2) Non-member Supplier shall mean

any producer (including farmers and

farm cooperatives), miller, or broker of

California rice and rice products, apart

from Farmers’ Rice Cooperative,

American Rice, Inc., and California

Pacific Rice Milling, Ltd.

Dated: June 19, 1996.

W. Dawn Busby,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 96–16043 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

Export Trade Certificate of Review

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of revocation of Export

Trade Certificate of Review No. 94–

00006.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce

issued an export trade certificate of

review to P & B International. Because

this certificate holder has failed to file

an annual report as required by law, the

Secretary is revoking the certificate.

This notice summarizes the notification

letter sent to 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’’) [Pub. L. No. 97–290, 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 (1986). 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

to submit to the Department of

Commerce annual reports that update

financial and other information relating

to business activities covered by its

certificate (section 308 of the act, 15

U.S.C. 4018, section 235.14(a) of the

regulations, 15 CFR 325.14(a)). The

annual report is due within 45 days

after the anniversary date of the

issuance of the certificate of review

[§ 325.14(b) of the regulations, 15 CFR

325.14(b)). Failure to submit a complete

annual report may be the basis for

revocation (Sections 325.10(a) and

325.14(c) of the Regulations, 15 CFR

325.10(a)(3) and 325.14(c)).

On January 11, 1996, the Department

of Commerce sent to P & B International

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 from P & B

International to any of these letters.

On May 14, 1996, and in accordance

with § 325.10(c)[2] of the regulations,

[15 CFR 325.10(c)(2)], the Department of

Commerce sent a letter by certified mail

to notify P & B International that the

Department was formally initiating the

process to revoke its certificate for

failure to file an annual report. In

addition, a summary of this letter

allowing P & B International thirty days

to respond was published in the Federal

Register on May 20, 1996 at 61 FR

25207. Pursuant to 325.10(c)(2) of the

Regulations (15 CFR 325.10(c)(2)), the

Department considers the failure of P &

B International to respond to be an

admission of the statements contained

in the notification letter.

The Department has determined to

revoke the certificate issued to P & B

International for its failure to file an

annual report. The Department has sent

a letter, dated June 20, 1996, to notify

P & B International of its determination.

The revocation is effective thirty (30)

days from the date of publication of this

notice. Any person aggrieved by this

decision may appeal to an appropriate

U.S. district court within 30 days from

the date on which this notice is

published in the Federal Register

325.10(c)(4) and 325.11 of the

Regulations, 15 CFR 324.10(c)(4) and

325.11 of the Regulations, 15 CFR

325.10(c)(4) and 325.11.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

W. Dawn Busby,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 96–16176 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

President’s Export Council; Meeting

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: The President’s Export

Council (PEC) will hold a full Council

meeting to discuss topics related to

export expansion. The closed session

will include briefings on trade

negotiations with China, barriers to

trade and other sensitive matters

properly classified under Executive

Order 12958. The portion of the meeting

that will be open to the public will

provide an overview of Commerce

Secretary Kantor’s recent trip to the

ASEAN countries.

The President’s Export Council was

established on December 20, 1973, and

reconstituted May 4, 1979, to advise the

President on matters relating to U.S.

trade. It was most recently renewed on

September 29, 1995, by Executive Order
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12974. A Notice of Determination to

close meetings or portions of meetings

of the Council to the public on the basis

of 5 U.S.C. 5522b(c)(1) has been

approved in accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act. A

copy of the notice is available for public

inspection and copying in the Central

Reference and Records Inspection

Facility, Room 6204, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 202–482–4115.

DATES: July 1, 1996.

TIME: 2:00 P.M.–3:30 P.M.; Closed

Meeting. 3:30 P.M.–4:00 P.M.; Open

Meeting.

ADDRESSES: The Secretary’s Conference

Room, Room 5851, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

This program is physically accessible to

people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Linda Breslau, President’s Export

Council, Room 2015B, Washington DC

20230. Seating is limited and will be on

a first come, first serve basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sylvia Prosak or Linda Breslau,

President’s Export Council, Room

2015B, Washington D.C. 20230.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

Sylvia Lino Prosak,

Staff Director and Executive Secretary,

President’s Export Council.

[FR Doc. 96–16175 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 021095B]

Atlantic Striped Bass Fishery; 1994

Survey of Atlantic Striped Bass

Fisheries

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the

availability, and summarizes the results,

of a survey of the Atlantic coast striped

bass fisheries for 1994. The Atlantic

Striped Bass Conservation Act (Act),

requires NMFS to provide information

on the status of the fisheries.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the survey results

are available from Paul Perra, NOAA/

NMFS/FCM3, 1315 East-West Highway,

Room 14837 Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Perra, (301) 713–2339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Act requires the Secretary of

Commerce, and the Secretary of the

Interior, to conduct a comprehensive

annual survey of the Atlantic striped

bass fisheries. The following is a

summary of the survey for 1994.

Management measures severely

restricting the harvest of striped bass by

commercial and recreational fisheries

remained in place during 1994, as the

stocks continue to rebuild.

The 1994 commercial harvest of

striped bass was 1,923,000 lb (872.3 mt),

an increase of 13.6 percent above the

landings of 1,695,000 lb in 1993. The

Chesapeake Bay area (Maryland,

Virginia, and the Potomac River)

accounted for 72 percent of the 1994

commercial landings.

The recreational catch in 1994 was an

estimated 8.1 million striped bass, of

which 591,000 were harvested (7.3

percent of the catch); the remaining 7.5

million were released alive. The

estimated weight of the recreational

harvest was 6.9 million lb (3,125 mt),

about three and one half times that of

the commercial harvest.

Juvenile production in 1994 was

lower than in 1993, but remained at

levels well above the long term averages

for Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia.

The Delaware production index of 2.3,

while not higher than the long term

average, was higher than any available

annual index recorded prior to 1989.

Information from sampling the

population of striped bass shows an

increased relative abundance from

recent year classes. Copies of the survey

are available upon request (see

ADDRESSES).

Dated: June 19, 1996.

Richard H. Schaefer,

Office of Fisheries Conservation and

Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 96–16081 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

Notice of Withdrawal of the Waimanu

Valley National Estuarine Research

Reserve From the National Estuarine

Research Reserve System

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 (DOC).

ACTION: Public notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Waimanu Valley National Estuarine

Research Reserve (NERR) is withdrawn

from the NERR System, established by

section 315 of the Coastal Zone

Management Act of 1972, as amended.

The Waimanu Valley NERR, located on

the windward side of the Island of

Hawaii, was designated in 1978 as the

second NERR in the system. Serious

budget cuts within the State have

hindered efforts to adequately staff the

Waimanu Valley NERR and complete a

site management plan, which are

required by the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to

be in compliance with regulations

governing the NERR System. In

addition, the remoteness and relative

inaccessibility of the Waimanu Valley

NERR, and the inability of the State of

Hawaii to secure adequate protection of

200 acres of property in the WVNERR

due to ownership by the Department of

Hawaiian Homelands, renders the

Waimanu Valley NERR unable to meet

the research, education, and

management purposes of the NERR

System. After much effort to seek

alternatives to withdrawal from the

NERR System, both the State of Hawaii

and NOAA agree that the only feasible

solution at this time is to withdraw the

Waimanu Valley NERR from the NERR

System.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nina Garfield, NOAA/NOS/OCRM/SRD,

1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4 12th

Floor, Silver Spring, MD. 20910; Phone

(301) 713–3141, ext. 171.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number

11.420 (Coastal Zone Management) Estuarine

Sanctuaries.

Dated: June 12, 1996.

David L. Evans

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone

Management.

[FR Doc. 96–15960 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

[I.D. 061196B]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit (P466B)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for a

scientific research permit (P5I).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Scott D. Kraus, New England Aquarium,

Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110–3309,

has applied in due form for a permit to

conduct scientific research on North

Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena

glacialis).

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before July 25, 1996.