34422 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 128 / Tuesday, July 2, 1996 / Notices

Deputy Minister of Revenue Canada

concerning bacteriological culture

media originating in or exported from

the United States of America. The

Canadian Section assigned Secretariat

File No. CDA–96–1904–01 to this

request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James R. Holbein, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter

19 of the North American Free-Trade

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) established a

mechanism to replace domestic judicial

review of final determinations in

antidumping and countervailing duty

cases involving imports from a NAFTA

country with review by independent

binational panels. When a Request for

Panel Review is filed, a panel is

established to act in place of national

courts to review expeditiously the final

determination to determine whether it

conforms with the antidumping or

countervailing duty law of the country

that made the determination.

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,

which came into force on January 1,

1994, the Government of the United

States, the Government of Canada and

the Government of Mexico established

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).

These Rules were published in the

Federal Register on February 23, 1994

(59 FR 8686).

A first Request for Panel Review was

filed with the Canadian Section of the

NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article

1904 of the Agreement, on June 6, 1996,

requesting panel review of the final

determination described above.

The Rules provide that:

(a) A Party or interested person may

challenge the final determination in

whole or in part by filing a Complaint

in accordance with Rule 39 within 30

days after the filing of the first Request

for Panel Review (the deadline for filing

a Complaint is July 8, 1996);

(b) A Party, investigating authority or

interested person that does not file a

Complaint but that intends to appear in

support of any reviewable portion of the

final determination may participate in

the panel review by filing a Notice of

Appearance in accordance with Rule 40

within 45 days after the filing of the first

Request for Panel Review (the deadline

for filing a Notice of Appearance is July

22, 1996); and

(c) The panel review shall be limited

to the allegations of error of fact or law,

including the jurisdiction of the

investigating authority, that are set out

in the Complaints filed in the panel

review and the procedural and

substantive defenses raised in the panel

review.

Dated: June 18, 1996.

James R. Holbein,

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 96–16845 Filed 7–1–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D.062596C]

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries

Organization Annual Meeting; Public

Information and Preparatory Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting;

request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a public

meeting to review issues expected to

come before the 18th Annual Meeting of

the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries

Organization (NAFO), which will occur

September 9–13, 1996, in St. Petersburg,

Russia, and to receive comments from

members of the interested public. Any

member of the public is welcome to

attend. To accommodate people unable

to attend a hearing or wishing to

provide additional comments, NMFS

also solicits written comments.

DATES: The public meeting will be held

Monday, July 22, 1996, from 10 a.m. to

4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be

held at the Holiday Inn, Logan Airport,

225 McClellan Highway, East Boston,

MA (phone 617–569–5159). Written

comments should be sent by August 9,

1996, to Will Martin, U.S.

Commissioner to NAFO, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, Herbert C. Hoover

Building, Room 5809, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

D.C. 20230, with a copy to Dean

Swanson, National Marine Fisheries

Service, Room 14141, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dean Swanson at 301–713–2276; Allen

E. Peterson, Jr., at 508–548–5123, Ext.

367.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA

will host an informal meeting to review

the United States accession to NAFO.

Officials from NOAA and the U.S.

Department of State will discuss steps

that have been initiated to join NAFO

and preparations for participation in the

18th Annual Meeting of NAFO, which

will occur September 9–13, 1996, in St.

Petersburg, Russia.

All interested parties are invited to

attend this informational meeting and

provide comment. For those unable to

attend, written comments may be

submitted through August 9 (see

ADDRESSES).

The agenda for the public meeting is

as follows:

10:00 Registration (no charge)

10:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:30 What is NAFO?

10:45 U.S. Implementing Legislation

11:00 Current Status of Appointments

11:15 Schedule of Events

11:30 U.S. Activities and Position

12:30 Break

1:30 Review of Morning Issues/

Comments

2:00 Comments/Discussion of

possible U.S. Position

3:40 Actions/Assignments

4:00 Adjournment

Dated: June 25, 1996.

Gary Matlock, Ph.D.,

Program Management Officer, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–16788 Filed 7–1–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 061796E]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 837

(P771#67)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Scientific research permit

modification.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for modification of scientific

research permit no. 837 submitted by

the National Marine Mammal

Laboratory has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification 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, Suite 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O.

Box 21688, Juneau, AK 99802–1668

(907/586–7221); and

Director, Northwest Region, NMFS,

7600 Point Way NE, BIN C15700,

Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115–0070

(206/526–6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 6,

1996, notice was published in the

Federal Register (61 FR 20244) that a

modification of permit no. 837, issued