34798 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 3, 1996 / Notices

following HTS item numbers:

8482.10.10, 8482.10.50, 8482.80.00,

8482.91.00, 8482.99.10, 8482.99.70,

8483.20.40, 8483.20.80, 8483.30.40,

8483.30.80, 8483.90.20, 8483.90.30,

8483.90.70, 8708.50.50, 8708.60.50,

8708.99.50. This review covers all of the

subject bearings and parts thereof

outlined above with certain limitations.

With regard to finished parts (inner

race, outer race, cage, rollers, balls,

seals, shields, etc.), all such parts are

included in the scope of this review. For

unfinished parts (inner race, outer race,

rollers, balls, etc.), such parts are

included if (1) they have been heat

treated, or (2) heat treatment is not

required to be performed on the part.

Thus, the only unfinished parts that are

not covered by this review are those

parts which will be subject to heat

treatment after importation.

[FR Doc. 96–17015 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 960516133–6133–01]

RIN 0693–XX19

Announcement of Amendments to

Voluntary Product Standard PS 20–94

American Softwood Lumber Standard

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice, announcement of

amendments to Voluntary Product

Standard PS 20–94.

SUMMARY: The American Lumber

Standard Committee (ALSC), acting as

the Standing Committee for Voluntary

Product Standard PS 20–94 American

Softwood Lumber Standard, approved

two amendments to the standard on

November 17, 1995 at its annual

meeting in Corpus Christi, TX:

Amendment 1 pertains to the

certification functions of the Board of

Review with regard to grading rules and

revises § 10.2.3 as follows:

The originating agency shall make the rules

fully and fairly available to all

manufacturers, distributors, users, and

consumers of lumber on equal terms and

conditions and without discrimination.

Amendment 2 pertains to the

membership of the American Lumber

Standard Committee and revises § 9.3.7

as follows:

Balance of representation—Upon request,

the Secretary of Commerce may consider

making changes in the constitution of the

Committee or making additional

appointments to ensure that the Committee

has a balance of interest and is not

dominated by a single interest category. In

such considerations, the Secretary of

Commerce shall consult the Committee for

advice regarding balance and the criteria by

which it may be determined.

Until the standard is republished, the

amendments shall be listed as an

addendum to the standard.

ADDRESSES: Standards Management

Program, Office of Standards Services,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara M. Meigs, Office of Standards

Services, National Institute of Standards

and Technology, telephone: (301) 975–

4025, fax: (301) 926–1559.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST

announced on October 23, 1995, at 60

FR 54338–54339, that the ALSC would

consider three proposed amendments to

Voluntary Product Standard PS 20–94 at

its annual meeting on November 17,

1995. Proposed Amendments 1 and 2

were approved by the Committee;

proposed Amendment 3 pertaining to

Canadian representation was rejected.

Voluntary Product Standard PS 20–94

American Softwood Lumber Standard

was developed under procedures

published by the Department of

Commerce in part 10, title 15, of the

Code of Federal Regulations. In accord

with the provisions of the procedures,

this announcement is to provide public

notice of these amendments to PS 20–

94 and to indicate that the amendments

shall be listed an addendum to the

standard until the standard is

republished.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272 and 15 CFR part

10.

Dated: June 27, 1996.

Samuel Kramer,

Associate Director.

[FR Doc. 96–17032 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061196A]

RIN 0648–AC73

Fishing Vessel and Gear Damage

Compensation Fund Program

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the

Fishing Vessel and Gear Damage

Compensation Fund’s (Fund) capital

will be depleted before the end of this

fiscal year. There are no alternative

sources of capital, and the Fund will

cease to do business.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael L. Grable, Chief, Financial

Services Division (301–713–2390).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 10

of the Fishermen’s Protective Act

established this fund. This fund has

since 1979 paid fishermen’s claims for

damage to their vessels and gear caused

by the actions of other vessels. Claims

have typically involved the unobserved

loss of fixed fishing gear presumptively

caused by other vessels transiting

through fixed-gear deployment areas.

The Fund’s only significant source of

capital has been the statutory ability to

levy a surcharge of up to 20 percent on

fees imposed on foreign fishing vessels

formerly fishing in the U.S. exclusive

economic zone (EEZ). The last levy

occurred in 1984, and foreign fishing in

the EEZ has since virtually ceased. The

Fund has, since 1984, been husbanding

capital reserved from earlier surcharges.

There are now enough claims on hand

to potentially deplete the Fund’s

remaining capital.

Although the Fund has statutory

authority to borrow up to $5,000,000

from the U.S. Treasury with which to

pay claims, it cannot do so, because it

has no source of funds with which to

repay the borrowing.

NMFS will, consequently:

1. Accept no further claim

applications against the Fund (NMFS

will return to claimants all claim

applications submitted after the date of

this notice).

2. Pay claims already submitted,

provided sufficient Fund capital is

available, in the chronological order in

which claimants’ applications are

determined by NMFS to be complete for

processing and are approved by NMFS

(NMFS may return claim applications

when NMFS determines there is

insufficient Fund capital available).

3. Refund claim application fees to

applicants whose claims NMFS cannot

process due to insufficient Fund capital.

4. Maintain a list of returned claims,

and advise claimants, in chronological

order of claim submission, to resubmit

them if unobligated Fund capital proves

sufficient to pay additional claims.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

The Fishing Vessel and Gear Damage

Compensation Fund Program is listed in

the Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance under number 11.409.