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Comments must be in English and

provided in fifteen copies. A person

requesting that information contained in

a comment submitted by that person be

treated as confidential business

information must certify that such

information is business confidential and

would not customarily be released to

the public by the commenter.

Confidential business information must

be clearly marked ‘‘BUSINESS

CONFIDENTIAL’’ in a contrasting color

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A person requesting that information

or advice contained in a comment

submitted by that person, other than

business confidential information, be

treated as confidential in accordance

with section 135(g)(2) of the Trade Act

of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155)—

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or advice;

(2) must clearly mark the material as

‘‘CONFIDENTIAL’’ in a contrasting

color ink at the top of each page of each

copy; and

(3) is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the

information or advice.

Pursuant to section 127(e) of the

URAA, USTR will maintain a file on

this dispute settlement proceeding,

accessible to the public, in the USTR

Reading Room, Room 101, Office of the

United States Trade Representative, 600

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20508. The public file will include a

listing of any comments made to USTR

from the public with respect to the

proceeding; the U.S. submissions to the

panel in the proceeding; the

submissions, or non-confidential

summaries of submissions, to the panel

received from other participants in the

dispute, as well as the report of the

dispute settlement panel and, if

applicable, the report of the Appellate

Body. An appointment to review the

public file (Docket WTO/D–6, ‘‘U.S.–EC:

Hormones Directive’’), may be made by

calling Brenda Webb, (202) 395–6186.

The USTR Reading Room is open to the

public from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1

p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Jennifer Hillman,

General Counsel.

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BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Excepted Service

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This gives notice of positions

placed or revoked under Schedules A

and B, and placed under Schedule C in

the excepted service, as required by

Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from

the Competitive Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia Paige, (202) 606–0830.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Personnel Management published its

last monthly notice updating appointing

authorities established or revoked under

the Excepted Service provisions of 5

CFR 213 on June 4, 1996 (61 FR 28251).

Individual authorities established or

revoked under Schedules A and B and

established under Schedule C between

May 1, 1996, and May 31, 1996, appear

in the listing below. Future notices will

be published on the fourth Tuesday of

each month, or as soon as possible

thereafter. A consolidated listing of all

authorities as of June 30 will also be

published.

Schedule A

No Schedule A authorities were

established.

The following Schedule A authorities

were revoked:

Smithsonian Institution

Not to exceed 25 positions at grades

GS–11 and below which support

planning and production of the annual

American Folklife Festival. Employment

under this authority may not exceed 6

months in connection with any one

Festival. Effective May 5, 1996.

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers. Nonsupervisory

trades, crafts, and manual labor

positions at grades WG–6 and below on

survey, construction, short-term

maintenance, or floating operations,

where because of turnover, lack of

housing facilities, mobility of work site,

or remoteness of personnel servicing

facilities an adequate labor force can be

recruited only by immediate gate hiring

on a local basis. Effective May 22, 1996.

Schedule B

No Schedule B authorities were

established or revoked in May 1996.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C authorities

were established in May 1996:

Agency for International Development

Special Assistant to the Assistant

Administrator. Effective May 17, 1996.

Commission on Civil Rights

Special Assistant to the

Commissioner. Effective May 17, 1996.

Council on Environmental Quality

Special Assistant to the Chair.

Effective May 24, 1996.

Department of Agriculture

Senior Policy Director to the

Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service. Effective May 1,

1996.

Deputy Administrator for Policy and

Planning to the Administrator, Policy

and Planning. Effective May 1, 1996.

Special Assistant to the

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service. Effective May 1,

1996.

Staff Assistant to the Secretary of

Agriculture. Effective May 3, 1996.

Department of Commerce

Confidential Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary, Legislative and Interagency

Affairs. Effective May 1, 1996.

Special Assistant to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Basic Industries.

Effective May 3, 1996.

Confidential Assistant to the Deputy

Press Secretary. Effective May 17, 1996.

Special Assistant to the Under

Secretary for International Trade,

International Trade Administration.

Effective May 31, 1996.

Confidential Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for International Economic

Policy, International Trade

Administration. Effective May 31, 1996.

Department of Defense

Confidential Assistant to the Deputy

Advisor for National Security Affairs.

Effective May 3, 1996.

Staff Specialist to the Deputy Under

Secretary for Logistics. Effective May 17,

1996.

Department of Education

Special Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary, Office of Special Education

and Rehabilitative Services. Effective

May 9, 1996.

Department of Health and Human

Services

Confidential Assistant (Advance) to

the Director of Scheduling and

Advance. Effective May 3, 1996.

Special Assistant to the

Commissioner, Administration for

Children and Families. Effective May 9,

1996.

Congressional Liaison Specialist to

the Deputy Assistant for Legislation,

(Congressional Liaison). Effective May

9, 1996.

Confidential Assistant to the

Associate Administrator for External

Affairs. Effective May 22, 1996.
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Department of Housing and Urban

Development

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Public

Housing Investments to the Assistant

Secretary, Public and Indian Housing.

Effective May 3, 1996.

Special Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing. Effective May 17, 1996.

Executive Assistant to the President,

Government National Mortgage

Association. Effective May 29, 1996.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Long

Range Planning to the Deputy Secretary.

Effective May 29, 1996.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public

Affairs to the Deputy Secretary.

Effective May 29, 1996.

Department of Justice

Special Assistant to the Assistant

Attorney General, Environmental and

Natural Resources Division. Effective

May 24, 1996.

Department of Labor

Legislative Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for Congressional and

Intergovernmental Affairs. Effective May

2, 1996.

Deputy Chief of Staff to the Chief of

Staff. Effective May 3, 1996.

Special Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for Congressional and

Intergovernmental Affairs. Effective May

9, 1996.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Women’s Bureau. Effective May 17,

1996.

Special Assistant to the Secretary of

Labor. Effective May 22, 1996.

Special Assistant to the Executive

Secretary. Effective May 30, 1996.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Women’s Bureau. Effective May 30,

1996.

Department of Transportation

Special Assistant to the Special

Assistant for Scheduling and Advance.

Effective May 7, 1996.

Department of Veterans Affairs

Special Assistant to the Secretary of

Veterans Affairs. Effective May 22, 1996.

Federal Communications Commission

Chief, Office of Public Affairs to the

Chairman, Federal Communications

Commission. Effective May 9, 1996.

Federal Trade Commission

Director of Public Affairs (Supervisory

Public Affairs Specialist) to the

Chairman. Effective May 22, 1996.

General Services Administration

Deputy Chief of Staff to the Chief of

Staff. Effective May 3, 1996.

National Credit Union Administration

Executive Assistant to the Board

Member. Effective May 1, 1996.

Office of Management and Budget

Confidential Assistant to the

Associate Director, National Resources

Energy and Science. Effective May 3,

1996.

Selective Service System

Confidential Assistant to the Director

of Selective Service. Effective May 7,

1996.

Small Business Administration

Director of Intergovernmental Affairs

to the Associate Administrator for

Communications and Public Liaison.

Effective May 10, 1996.

Social Security Administration

Speech Writer to the Deputy

Commissioner for Communications.

Effective May 30, 1996.

United States Information Agency

Director, Office of Support Services to

the Associate Director of the Bureau of

Information. Effective May 9, 1996.

Public Affairs Specialist to the

Director, New York Foreign Press

Center, New York, NY. Effective May

30, 1996.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O.

10577, 3 CFR 1954–1958 Comp., P.218.

Office of Personnel Management.

Lorraine A. Green,

Deputy Director.

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BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Rel. No. IC–22034; 812–9998]

Qualivest Funds, et al.; Notice of

Application

June 20, 1996.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’).

ACTION: Notice of Application for

Exemption Under the Investment

Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’).

APPLICANTS: Qualivest Funds (the

‘‘Trust’’) and Qualivest Capital

Management, Inc. (‘‘QCMI’’).

RELEVANT ACT SECTION: Order requested

under section 17(d) of the Act and rule

17d–1 thereunder.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants

request an order to permit certain

investment companies to deposit their

uninvested cash balances in one or more

joint accounts to be used to enter into

short-term investments.

FILING DATES: The application was filed

on February 20, 1996, and amended on

May 17, 1996. Applicants agree to file

an additional amendment, the substance

of which is incorporated herein, during

the notice period.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An

order granting the application will be

issued unless the SEC orders a hearing.

Interested persons may request a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary and serving applicants with a

copy of the request, personally or by

mail. Hearing requests should be

received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on July

15, 1996, and should be accompanied

by proof of service on applicants in the

form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a

certificate of service. Hearing requests

should state the nature of the writer’s

interest, the reason for the request, and

the issues contested. Persons who wish

to be notified of a hearing may request

notification by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 5th

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

Applicants: the Trust, 3435 Stelzer

Road, Columbus, Ohio 43219; QCMI,

P.O. Box 2758, 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue,

Portland, Oregon 97208.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sarah A. Buescher, Staff Attorney, at

(202) 942–0573, or Robert A. Robertson,

Branch Chief, (202) 942–0564 (Office of

Investment Company Regulation,

Division of Investment Management).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following is a summary of the

application. The complete application

may be obtained for a fee at the SEC’s

Public Reference Branch.

Applicants’ Representations

1. The Trust, organized as a

Massachusetts business trust, is an

open-end management investment

company currently comprised of eleven

series (the ‘‘Funds’’). QCMI serves as

investment adviser to the Trust, and is

an affiliate of U.S. Bank, a whollyowned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp.

BISYS Fund Services, a division of the

BISYS Group, Inc., acts as administrator

for each Fund of the Trust, and acts as

the Trust’s principal underwriter and

distributor.

2. The assets of the Funds of the

Trust, except for Qualivest International

Opportunities Fund are held by U.S.

National Bank of Oregon as custodian.

The assets of Qualivest International

Opportunities Fund are held by The

Bank of New York. Applicants request

that any relief granted pursuant to the

application also apply to any future