Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2001 / Notices 11001

January 20, 2001, Bernard T. Carreau is

fulfilling the duties of the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration.

Dated: February 9, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement II.

[FR Doc. 01–4282 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology, National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST), will

meet Tuesday, March 6, 2001 from 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday, March

7, 2001 from 9:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. The

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology is composed of nine

members appointed by the Director of

NIST; who are eminent in such fields as

business, research, new product

development, engineering, labor,

education, management consulting,

environment, and international

relations. The purpose of this meeting is

to review and make recommendations

regarding general policy for the

Institute, its organization, its budget,

and its programs within the framework

of applicable national policies as set

forth by the President and the Congress.

The agenda will include a briefing on

construction of the Advanced

Measurement Laboratory; a

presentation, ‘‘In the News: What Are

They Saying About NIST?’’; and

participation by members in the NIST

Centennial event, ‘‘NIST and Industry:

Teaming Up in the New Century.’’

Discussions scheduled to begin at 8:30

a.m. end at 10:15 a.m. on March 6, 2001

and to begin at 9:15 a.m. and to end at

11 a.m. on March 7, 2001, on staffing of

management positions at NIST, the

NIST budget, including funding levels

of the Advanced Technology Program

and the Manufacturing Extension

Partnership, and feedback sessions will

be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene March

6, 2001 at 8:30 a.m. and will adjourn at

11 a.m. on March 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Tenth Floor Conference Room,

Administration Building, at NIST,

Gaithersburg, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet R. Russell, Administrative

Coordinator, Visiting Committee on

Advanced Technology, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1004,

telephone number (301) 975–2107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on

February 12, 2001, that portions of the

meeting of the visiting Committee on

Advanced Technology which involve

discussion of proposed funding of the

Advanced Technology Program and the

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Program may be closed in accordance

with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because

those portions of the meetings will

divulge matters the premature

disclosure of which would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

proposed agency actions; and that

portions of meetings which involve

discussion of the staffing issues of

management and other positions at

NIST may be closed in accordance with

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), because divulging

information discussed in those portions

of the meetings is likely to reveal

information of a personal nature where

disclosure would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy.

Dated: February 14, 2001.

Karen H. Brown,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 01–4245 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–CN–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 021301D]

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 a public meeting of its Skate

Oversight Committee and Advisory

Panel, Habitat Oversight Committee,

Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC) and Scallop Committee in March,

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

Tuesday, March 6, 2001 and Monday,

March 12, 2001. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in Warwick, RI, Newburyport, Danvers

and East Boston, 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

Tuesday, March 6, 2001, 10 a.m.—

Scientific and Statistical Committee

Location: Rossi’s, 50 Water Street,

Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone:

(978) 499-0240.

The SSC committee will develop

plans to provide the Council advice on

the priorities identified by the Council.

These include: (1) Review of fishing

mortality and biomass reference points

for selected groundfish species and

skates; (2) Review of changes in the

scallop reference points that might

result from a rotational area

management strategy and the scientific

basis of proposed scallop rotational area

management measures as developed by

the Council and Scallop Plan

Development Team (PDT); (3)

Evaluation of the available information

on the stock structure of monkfish and

its implications for management.

Review of the monkfish assessment

update (to be done by the Monkfish

Monitoring committee, and review of

fishing mortality and biomass reference

points; (4) Review of the update of

whiting status that will be completed by

the Whiting PDT; (5) Other issues that

it might advise the Council on such as

the potential value of marine protected

areas (MPAs) and closed areas (quantify

benefits from existing closed areas) and

multispecies management issues.

Tuesday, March 6, 2001, 9:30 a.m.—

Joint Skate Committee and Advisory

Panel Meeting.

Location: Radisson Airport Hotel,

2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;

telephone: (401) 739-3000.