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justice. The Commission has broad

authority to investigate allegations of

voting irregularities even when alleged

abuses do not involve discrimination.

Hearing impaired persons who will

attend the hearings and require the

services of a sign language interpreter,

should contact Pamela Dunston,

Administrative Services and

Clearinghouse Division at (202) 376–

8105 (TDD (202) 376–8116), at least five

(5) working days before the scheduled

date of the hearings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Les

Jin, Office of the Staff Director (202)

376–7700.

Dated: February 5, 2001.

Edward A. Hailes, Jr.,

General Counsel.

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BILLING CODE 6335–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

Pursuant to section 6(c) of the

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.

L. 89–651; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part

301), we invite comments on the

question of whether instruments of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instruments

shown below are intended to be used,

are being manufactured in the United

States.

Comments must comply with 15 CFR

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and

be filed within 20 days with the

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00

p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 01–001. Applicant:

St. Louis Science Center, 5050 Oakland

Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110.

Instrument: Universal Planetarium,

Universarium Model IX. Manufacturer:

Carl Zeiss, Germany. Intended Use: The

instrument is a planetarium which will

be used as part of an interactive

educational program to teach visitors to

the center about human space habitation

and space exploration. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

January 9, 2001.

Docket Number: 01–002. Applicant:

The University of Texas at Austin,

Department of Chemistry and

Biochemistry, Welch Hall, Room 3.202,

Austin, TX 78712. Instrument: Electron

Microscope, Model JEM–2010F.

Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan.

Intended Use: The instrument is

intended to be used to study shape and

morphology of small nanoparticles to

determine crystal structure and defects

of nanoparticles and the crystalline

structure of polymers and its aggregates.

In addition, the instrument will be used

for studies of the following: (1) Binding

of nanoparticles to specific sites on

nanoparticles, (2) crystal structure and

chemical composition of nanoparticles

of oxides, (3) friction and defects on

nanodevices including mechanical,

electronic and photonic, (4) chemical

composition and interbond distance on

semiconductor and metallic quantum

dots, and (5) chemical shifts and

bonding in composite, polymer, metal

and nanoparticle materials. The

objectives of these investigations are the

discovery and applications of new

properties of nanoparticles,

semiconductors, polymers and metals.

The instrument will also be used to

provide hands-on training and

utilization for graduate students in

chemistry, engineering and physics.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: January 9, 2001.

Docket Number: 01–003. Applicant:

Children’s Medical Center of Dallas,

1935 Motor Street, Dallas, TX 75235.

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model

H–7500–1. Manufacturer: Hitachi,

Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is

intended to be used to examine

predominantly human tissue biopsies as

part of a diagnostic workup and study

of human disease during the teaching of

pathology residents. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

January 12, 2001.

Docket Number: 01–004. Applicant:

University of California, One Shields

Avenue, Davis, CA 95616–8711 .

Instrument: Multielectrode Neuronal

Manipulator, Model Eckhorn-7.

Manufacturer: UWE Thomas Recording,

Germany. Intended Use: The instrument

is intended to be used to deliver fine

microelectrodes into the brains of

monkeys to study the brain signals that

are generated by social and emotional

interactions among animals. These

studies are aimed at understanding the

brain mechanism that causes emotional

disorders such as depression, anxiety,

social phobia and panic attacks in

people. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: January 19,

2001.

Gerald A. Zerdy,

Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs

Staff.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 020101B]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling public meetings of its

Groundfish Committee, Groundfish

Advisory Panel and Social Sciences

Advisory Committee(SSAC) in

February, 2001 to consider actions

affecting New England fisheries in the

exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

Recommendations from these groups

will be brought to the full Council for

formal consideration and action, if

appropriate.

DATES: The meetings will held between

Thursday, February 22 and Wednesday,

February 28, 2001. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in Peabody and Newburyport, MA. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

locations.

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J.

Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council;

(978)465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

Thursday, February 22, 2001, 9:30

a.m.—Groundfish Advisory Panel

Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury

Street, Route 1, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 535-4600.

The Groundfish Advisory Panel will

review the proposed management

alternatives for Amendment 13 to the

Northeast Multispecies Plan. These

alternatives have been developed by the

Groundfish Plan Development Team

and the Groundfish Oversight

Committee during the past year. The

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Panel will develop its recommendations

on the alternatives for further

consideration by the Groundfish

Oversight Committee. They will review

the biological objectives for the

amendment and will comment on those

objectives. The Advisory Panel will

develop recommendations for an

observer program for the multispecies

fishery, including funding sources. They

will also identify issues that it believes

may need further attention by the

Committee, and may develop suggested

alternatives to the management

measures under development.

Friday, February 23, 2001, 10:00

a.m.—Social Sciences Advisory

Committee Meeting

Location: Council Office, 50 Water

Street, Newburyport, MA 01950;

telephone: (978) 465-0492.

The Committee will review

information collected from public

meetings about the social and

community impacts of Amendment 5,

Amendment 7 and subsequent

framework adjustments to the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

(Multispecies FMP). The Committee

also will review economic information

developed by the Council staff about the

impacts of these measures. The

information about the social, economic,

and community impacts will be used in

the development of Amendment 13 to

the Multispecies FMP. The Committee

also will discuss the organization of

workshops for improving social and

economic analyses.

Tuesday, February 27, 2001, at 9:30

a.m. and Wednesday, February 28,

2001, at 8:30 a.m.—Groundfish

Oversight Committee Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury

Street, Route 1, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 535-4600.

The Groundfish Oversight Committee

Panel will review the proposed

management alternatives for

Amendment 13 to the Northeast

Multispecies Plan. These alternatives

have been developed by the Groundfish

Plan Development Team and the

Groundfish Oversight Committee during

the past year. The Committee will

finalize its recommendation on

management alternatives that will be

presented to the Council for

consideration at the March Council

meeting. The Committee will identify

issues that it believes may need further

attention by the Plan Development

Team, and may develop additional

alternatives to the management

measures under development. The

Committee may discuss all elements of

the alternatives, including the biological

objectives. The Committee will also

receive a report on the social impacts of

management measures that have

adopted since 1994, based on

information collected by the Council

staff in late 2000. Staff will also present

an analysis of groundfish fishing vessel

gross revenues since 1994. This

information will be used by the

Committee in choosing and evaluating

management alternatives.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

Council action during this meeting.

Council action will be restricted to those

issues specifically listed in this notice

and any issues arising after publication

of this notice that require emergency

action under section 305(c) of the

Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the

public has been notified of the Council’s

intent to take final action to address the

emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Paul J. Howard

(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to

the meeting dates.

Dated: February 2, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 020101C]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

advisory entities will hold public

meetings.

DATES: The Council and its advisory

entities will meet March 5-9, 2001. The

Council meeting will begin on Tuesday,

March 6, at 8 a.m., reconvening each

day through Friday. The Council will

meet as late as necessary each day to

complete its scheduled business.

ADDRESSES: The meetings hearing will

be held at the Double Tree Hotel -

Columbia River, 1401 N Hayden Island

Drive, Portland, OR 97217; telephone:

(503) 283-2111.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Donald O. McIsaac, Executive Director;

telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All

meetings are open to the public, except

a closed session will be held from 8 a.m.

until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 7

to address litigation and personnel

matters. The following items are on the

Council agenda, but not necessarily in

this order:

A. Call to Order

1. Opening Remarks, Introductions

2. Roll Call

3. Executive Director’s Report

4. Approve Agenda

5. Approve September and November

Meeting Minutes

B. Salmon Management

1. Report on Federal Regulation

Implementation

2. Review of 2000 Fisheries and

Summary of 2001 Stock Abundance

Estimates

3. Inseason Management

Recommendations for Openings Prior to

May 1 off Oregon

4. Identification of Management

Objectives and Preliminary Definition of

2001 Options

5. Progress Report on the Queets Coho

Overfishing Status Review

6. Update on Snake River Spring

Chinook Salmon Recovery

7. Council Recommendations for 2001

Management Option Analysis

8. Appointment of Officers for March

Salmon Hearings

9. Adoption of 2001 Management

Options for Public Review

C. Habitat Issues

Ongoing and New Habitat Issues

D. Groundfish Management

1. Status of NMFS Research Programs

and Other Nonregulatory Activities

2. Exempted Fishing Permit

Applications

3. Future Groundfish Management

Process and Schedule

4. Implementation of the Groundfish

Strategic Plan

5. Groundfish Informational Reports

E. Highly Migratory Species

Management

1. International Highly Migratory

Species (HMS) Discussions and Actions

2. First Draft of the HMS Fishery

Management Plan