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the applicant and do not necessarily

reflect the views of NMFS.

Dated: June 27, 1996.

Robert C. Ziobro,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–17051 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

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[I.D. 062096A]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 987

(P598)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Scientific research permit

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for amendment of scientific

research permit no. 987 submitted by

Dr. Jim Darling, P.O. Box 384, Tofino,

British Columbia, Canada VOR 2Z0, has

been granted.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

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 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668

(907/586–7221);

Director, Southwest Region, NMFS,

501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long

Beach, CA 90802–4213 (310/980–4001);

and

Coordinator, Pacific Area Office,

NMFS, 2570 Dole Street, Room 106,

Honolulu, HI 96822–2396 (808/973–

2987).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May

20, 1996, notice was published in the

Federal Register (61 FR 25209) that an

amendment of permit No. 987, issued

March 1, 1996 (61 FR 9438), had been

requested by the above-named

individual. The requested amendment

has been granted under the authority of

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.), the provisions of paragraphs (d)

and (e) of § 216.33 of the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),

and the provisions of § 222.25 of the

regulations governing the taking,

importing, and exporting of endangered

fish and wildlife (50 CFR parts 222).

Permit No. 987 authorizes the taking

(i.e., harassment) of up to 200

humpback whales (Megaptera

novaeangliae) in the course of

behavioral and photo-identification

studies and biopsy sampling, in the

waters around the main Hawaiian

Islands, primarily off of Maui, Hawaii,

over a period of 2 years. Amendment

No. 1 to Permit No. 987, authorizes: 1)

An increase in the total number of

harassment takes authorized from 200 to

up to 1000 animals annually, in Hawaii

waters, up to 100 of which may be

biopsy sampled annually; 2) an increase

in the duration of the permit from two

to three years; 3) the biopsy of 10 cows

with calves or yearlings (biopsy of

calves/yearlings is not requested); 4) the

opportunistic collection of biopsy

samples from dead stranded whales and

retrieve humpback whale carcasses for

necropsy; 5) the inclusion of Southeast

Alaska, specifically Frederick Sound

and Stephens Passage as research

locations; and 6) in the requested Alaska

locations, the take by harassment of up

to 500 humpback whales annually, up

to 100 of which may be biopsy sampled

annually.

Issuance of this Permit as required by

the ESA of 1973 was based on a finding

that the permit: (1) was applied for in

good faith; (2) will not operate to the

disadvantage of the endangered species

which is the subject of this permit; and

(3) is consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in Section 2 of the

ESA.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

William Windom,

Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation

Division, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–16945 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

Patent and Trademark Office

Renewal and Amendment of the

Charter of the Public Advisory

Committee for Trademark Affairs

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1976),

and after consultation with GSA, it has

been determined that the renewal and

amendment of the charter of the Public

Advisory Committee for Trademark

Affairs is in the public interest in

connection with the performance of

duties imposed on the Department by

law. The charter was renewed on May

23, 1996. Charter amendments will

allow the Assistant Secretary of

Commerce and Commissioner of Patents

and Trademarks (Assistant Secretary) to

select organizations which are

representative of the Intellectual

Property community. Each selected

organization will, in turn, be able to

appoint a designated number of

members to the Committee. Committee

membership will be limited to no more

than 15 members. These members will

serve staggered 3-year terms.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Committee was first chartered in

January 1973 and is now being renewed

and its charter amended. The

Committee’s purpose is to advise the

Patent and Trademark Office (Office) on

ways to increase the Office’s efficiency

and effectiveness and to provide a

continuing flow of knowledge from the

private sector or the Office in the area

of international and domestic trademark

law.

The Office is amending the charter of

the Committee to make the Committee

more diverse and more representative of

trademark owners, trademark

practitioners and the Intellectual

Property community as a whole. The

Assistant Secretary will select

representative organizations from

among intellectual property

organizations, bar groups, businessrelated organizations and academia, and

determine the number of Committee

members each organization can choose.

Allowing each representative

organization to select its own

Committee member(s) will ensure that

the Committee represents the concerns

of each member organization. Members

will serve staggered three-year terms. No

member may serve more than two

consecutive terms.

The size of the Committee is being

reduced from its former level of 18

members to 15 members. After

experience with both an 18-member and

a 15-member Committee, the smaller

number seems to work better.

The Committee Chair will be selected

by the Assistant Secretary and will serve

a one-year term. No individual may be

the Chair for more than two consecutive

terms.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lynne G. Beresford at (703) 308–8900,

by fax at (703) 308–7220, or by mail

marked to her attention and addressed

to:

Assistant Commissioner for

Trademarks, 2900 Crystal Drive,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3513. Any

organization which has an interest in

the Committee should contact Ms.

Beresford. A list of interested
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1Rule 1.47 of the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa

Exchange, Inc., permits a full or associate member

to lease his membership to another individual. Rule

1.47 states, among other things, that ‘‘a Full

Membership so leased shall be utilized for the

limited purpose of trading in commodity contracts

and an Associate Membership so leased shall be

utilized for the limited purpose of trading in

options on or subject to the Rules of the [Coffee,

Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc.,] and in such other

contracts as may be specified by the Board from

time to time.’’

2The CSC proposal includes amended and newly

proposed definitions and amendments to existing

Rule 1.47.

3Under Exchange Rule 1.21, a partnership,

corporation, limited liability company, or other

entity is eligible to apply for member firm

privileges. Applicants for member firm privileges

must meet certain qualifying criteria and are subject

to approval by the Board of the Exchange.

4Under CSC Rule 1.14, a clearing member

guarantor is obligated to the Exchange and its

members for the performance, payment, and

discharge of all contracts, obligations, and liabilities

of the guaranteed member.

organizations will be maintained in the

Office of the Assistant Commissioner for

Trademarks.

Dated: June 26, 1996.

Bruce A. Lehman,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce and

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.

[FR Doc. 96–16938 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc.,

Proposed Rule Amendments to

Require that Membership Lessees

Soliciting or Executing Customer

Orders Affiliate with Member Firms

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rule

amendments of the Coffee, Sugar &

Cocoa Exchange, Inc., to require that

membership lessees soliciting or

executing customer orders affiliate with

member firms.1

SUMMARY: The Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa

Exchange, Inc., (‘‘CSC’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’)

has submitted proposed rule

amendments and other materials to

require that lessees soliciting or

executing customer orders affiliate with

member firms.2 Acting pursuant to the

authority delegated by Commission

Regulation 140.96, the Division of

Trading and Markets has determined to

publish the CSC proposal for public

comment. The Division believes that

publication of the CSC proposal is in the

public interest and will assist the

Commission in considering the views of

interested persons.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before August 2, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Clarence Sanders, Attorney, Division of

Trading and Markets, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. Telephone:

(202) 418–5484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Description of Proposed Rule

Amendments

By a letter dated April 18, 1996, the

CSC submitted proposed rule

amendments pursuant to Section

5a(a)(12)(A) of the Commodity Exchange

Act (‘‘Act’’) and Commission Regulation

1.41(b). The proposed amendments

would require that lessees soliciting or

executing customer orders affiliate as

employees or principals of member

firms.3 Thus, the proposed affiliation

requirement would prohibit a lessee

from soliciting or executing customer

orders unless the lessee serves as an

employee or principal of a member firm.

The Exchange states that the purpose

of the proposed affiliation requirement

is ‘‘to [establish] a regulatory structure

in which a member firm is specifically

responsible for the lessee’s day to day

activities on the Exchange.’’ The

Exchange asserts that, as mandated by

the proposal, ‘‘the [member] firm with

which a lessee is affiliated is in the best

position to effectively supervise [the

lessee].’’

In further support of the proposal, the

Exchange states that a lessor typically

does not employ or have any other

relationship with the individual to

whom a membership is leased and, for

that reason, is not in a position to

effectively oversee a lessee’s trading

activities or practices. The Exchange

also notes that a clearing member

guarantor of a lessee is not well situated

to carry out supervisory responsibilities

over lessees because the guarantor is

functionally capable of monitoring a

lessee’s trading activity only after the

fact.4

The Exchange states that it proposes

to defer implementation of the proposal

‘‘in order to give the affected lessees and

floor brokerage firms sufficient time to

make appropriate arrangements and to

become member firms.’’ Thus, the

Exchange proposes to implement the

proposal on September 20, 1996.

II. Request for Comments

The Commission requests comments

on any aspect of the CSC’s proposed

rule amendments that members of the

public believe may raise issues under

the Act or Commission regulations. In

particular, the Commission requests

comments regarding the proposal’s

competitive effects, impact on

supervisory oversight of lessees, and

implementation schedule.

Copies of the proposed rule

amendments and related materials are

available for inspection at the Office of

the Secretariat, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. Copies also may

be obtained through the Office of the

Secretariat at the above address or by

telephoning (202) 418–5100. Some

materials may be subject to confidential

treatment pursuant to 17 CFR 145.5 or

145.9.

Any person interested in submitting

written data, views, or arguments on the

proposed rule amendments should send

such comments to Jean A. Webb,

Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC

20581, by the specified date.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 27,

1996.

Alan L. Seifert,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 96–16979 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Public Information Collection

Requirement Submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

Review

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title and OMB Control Number:

Plebe-Parent Weekend Questionnaire.

Type of Request: New collection.

Number of Respondents: 1,203.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 1,203.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 301.

Needs and Uses: The information

collected by this questionnaire is

utilized by the U.S. Military Academy to

improve the support provided parents of

cadets who attend this weekend

activity. Questions relate to parent

experiences during the event and their

insights into necessary improvements.

The answers are used to evaluate