Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 131 / Monday, July 8, 1996 / Notices 35727

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is to make

recommendations for the 1997

management measures (possession limit

and quota) for bluefish.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: July 1, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–17274 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

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[I.D. 062896C]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Groundfish Management Team (GMT)

will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will begin on July

15, at 1 p.m. and may go into the

evening until business for the day is

completed. The meeting will reconvene

on July 16 through July 19, at 8 a.m. The

meeting will adjourn on Friday at 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Pacific Fishery Management

Council, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite

224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Glock, Groundfish Fishery Management

Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326–6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

primary purpose of this meeting is to

review the Council’s June 1996

instructions to the GMT and prepare

reports for the August 1996 Council

meeting. The GMT will review several

new groundfish stock assessments and

prepare initial recommendations for

1997 catch levels; review the rate of

groundfish landings through June;

review preliminary analyses of the

Pacific whiting allocation proposal, a

proposal to establish disposition

procedures for salmon bycatch in the

shore-based whiting fishery, and

industry proposals relating to sale of

amounts of fish landed in excess of trip

limits, restrictions on transfers

(including leases) of limited entry

permits, allowing vessels to begin their

landing periods mid-month, and data

collection.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Eric

Greene at (503) 326–6352 at least 5 days

prior to the meeting date.

Dated: July 1, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–17273 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

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Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and

extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

public hearing on an application from

the Oregon Department of Fish and

Wildlife at La Grande, OR (ODFW) for

a scientific research/enhancement

permit has been requested and will take

place. The public comment period for

the permit application is extended.

DATES: The public hearing is scheduled

for July 24, 1996 from 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.,

or until all comments have been heard.

The comment period for the permit

application is extended through July 29,

1996 to allow concerned parties the

opportunity to respond to the testimony

presented at the public hearing.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be

held at the Oregon Department of

Transportation Building, Region 5, 3012

Island Avenue, La Grande, Oregon,

97850. The permit 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).

Send written comments to the Chief,

Endangered Species Division, Office of

Protected Resources at the address

above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice

was published on May 20, 1996 (61 FR

25208) that an application had been

filed by ODFW (P211J) for a scientific

research/enhancement 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). ODFW requests authorization to

collect juvenile, threatened, Snake River

spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated

with a captive broodstock program for

three populations of chinook salmon in

the Grande Ronde River Basin. The

captive broodstock program has been

proposed to forestall the possible

extinction of the local populations and

to preserve the overall stock structure of

Snake River spring/summer chinook

salmon. ODFW proposes to collect

juveniles for the captive broodstock

program annually from tributaries of the

Lostine River, Catherine Creek, and the

upper Grande Ronde River. ODFW

proposes to rear and maintain the ESAlisted fish in hatcheries until mature,

spawn the fish, rear and raise the

resulting progeny to smolts, and release

the offspring in their respective parental

streams.

During the public comment period for

the permit application, NMFS received

the request for a public hearing from the

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla

Indian Reservation at Pendleton, OR.

The Umatilla Tribes are concerned that

the issuance of the permit would be

premature because of the experimental

nature of captive broodstock programs.

They also believe that Rapid River

hatchery stock, determined not to be an

evolutionarily significant unit by NMFS,

should not be omitted from recovery

efforts.

Anyone wishing to make a

presentation at the public hearing

should register upon arrival and be

prepared to provide a written copy of

their testimony at the time of

presentation. Depending on the number

of persons wishing to speak, a time limit

may be imposed. All statements and

opinions summarized in this notice are

those of the applicant and/or concerned

parties and do not necessarily reflect the

views of NMFS.

Special Accommodations

The hearing will be physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Keren Holtz at

(503) 230–5424 at least five days prior

to the date of the hearing.
35728 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 131 / Monday, July 8, 1996 / Notices

Dated: July 1, 1996.

Robert C. Ziobro,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–17272 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, July

16, 1996.

PLACE: 1155 21st St. N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Enforcement matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 96–17488 Filed 7–3–96; 3:57 pm]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday,

July 24, 1996.

PLACE: 1155 21st St. N.W., Washington,

D.C. 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Rule

enforcement review.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 96–17489 Filed 7–3–96; 3:57 pm]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Friday, July

26, 1996.

PLACE: 1155 21st St. N.W., Washington,

D.C. 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Enforcement Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 96–17490 Filed 7–3–96; 8:45 am]

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Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Monday, July

29, 1996.

PLACE: 1155 21st St. N.W., Washington,

D.C. Lobby Level Hearing Room.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Use of

Electronic Media by Commodity Pool

Operators and Commodity Trading

Advisors.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 96–17491 Filed 7–3–96; 8:45 am]

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UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY

OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Uniformed Services University of the

Health Sciences.

TIME AND DATE: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.,

August 5, 1996.

PLACE: Uniformed Services University

of the Health Sciences, Board of Regents

Conference Room (D3001), 4301 Jones

Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814–4799.

STATUS: Open–under ‘‘Government in

the Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)).

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1:00 p.m. Meeting—Board of Regents

(1) Approval of Minutes—May 17, 1996

(2) Faculty Matters

(3) Granting of Degrees

(4) Departmental Reports

(5) Financial Report

(6) Report—President, USUHS

(7) Report—Dean, School of Medicine

(8) Report—Dean, Graduate School of

Nursing

(9) Comments—Chairman, Board of

Regents

(10) New Business

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Bobby D. Anderson, Executive

Secretary of the Board of Regents (301)

295–3116.

Dated: July 3, 1996.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 96–17479 Filed 7–3–96; 3:16 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Postsecondary Education;

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan

Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of interest rates for the

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan

Program for the period July 1, 1996,

through June 30, 1997.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for

Postsecondary Education announces the

interest rates for variable rate loans

made under the William D. Ford Federal

Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program for

the period July 1, 1996, through June 30,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara F. Grayson, Program Specialist,

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan

Program, Policy Development Division,

Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S.

Department of Education, Room 3045,

ROB–3, 600 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20202–5400.

Telephone: (202)708–9406. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

formulas for determining the interest

rates for Direct Loan Program loans are

provided under section 455 of the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended (the Act) (20 U.S.C. 1087e),

and as codified in 34 CFR 685.202(a)

and 685.215(g). Section 455(b) of the

Act provides that a variable interest rate

applies to loans made under the Direct

Loan Program and disbursed on or after

July 1, 1994. The variable rate is

determined annually and applies for

each 12-month period beginning July 1

and ending June 30. For Federal Direct

Stafford/Ford (Direct Subsidized) and

Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford/

Ford (Direct Unsubsidized) Loans, and

Federal Direct Subsidized and Federal

Direct Unsubsidized Consolidation

Loans, the interest rate may not exceed

8.25 percent. For Federal Direct PLUS

and Federal Direct PLUS Consolidation

Loans, the interest rate may not exceed

9 percent.