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standby an entangled large whale. The 

Committee will receive the report of the 

Advisory Panel and review the 

proposed measures and analyses of the 

impacts of those measures. They will 

develop recommendations for the 

Council’s consideration, which may 

include the identification of preferred 

alternatives and/or modifications to the 

specific measures. The Committee will 

also review a Groundfish Plan 

Development Team evaluation of the 

mortality impacts of proposed 

experimental fishing impacts on 

mortality targets. The Committee will 

meet in a closed session to review 

applications to the Council’s Groundfish 

Advisory Panel, and may consider other 

business.

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens 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: September 23, 2004.

Alan D. Risenhoover,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 092204B]

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council Internet Mapping 

Server (ArcIMS) Workshop.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a workshop to refine the prototype 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council Coral and Benthic Habitats 

Internet Mapping Server. The workshop 

will take place in St. Petersburg, FL. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The workshop will take place 

October 13–14, 2004. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

at the Florida Fish and Wildlife 

Research Institute, 100 Eighth Ave. SE, 

St. Petersburg, FL, 33701; 727/896–

8626; fax: 727/893–2947.

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, One 

Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, 

SC 29407–4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council,; telephone: 843/571–4366 or 

toll free 866/SAFMC–10; fax: 843/769–

4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South 

Atlantic Council ArcIMS Workshop will 

be conducted from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. 

on October 13, 2004 and from 8:30 a.m. 

until 5 p.m. on October 14,2004. The 

workshop will focus on an internet 

mapping server (ArcIMS) being 

developed by the Council in 

cooperation with the Florida Fish and 

Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI). The 

ArcIMS application is located within 

the Council’s Habitat/Ecosystem 

website. Workshop participants will 

review data currently available through 

the ArcIMS, identify data needs, refine 

data presentation with emphasis on 

form, functionality and accessibility. An 

overall goal of this workshop is to 

discuss the availability and initiate 

transfer of data sets applicable to the 

conservation and management of fishery 

resources and habitats they depend 

upon.

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

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 the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) by October 13, 2004.

Dated: September 23, 2004.

Alan D. Risenhoover,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[I.D. 081104G]

Marine Mammals; NMFS Permit No. 

764–1703–01; USFWS Permit No. 

MA068532

AGENCIES: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (USFWS), Interior.

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

The National Museum of Natural 

History, Department of Systematic 

Biology, MRC 108, P.O. Box 37012, 

Washington, D.C. 20013–7012 [Charles 

Potter, Principal Investigator], has been 

issued an amendment to scientific 

research Permit No. 764–1703–00.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ruth Johnson or Jennifer Skidmore, 

(301)713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 9, 2003, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (68 FR 58316) 

that a request for a joint NMFS/USFWS 

scientific research permit to collect, 

obtain, and import/export samples taken 

from marine mammals of the Orders 

Pinnipedia, Cetacea, Sirenia; and 

Carnivora (marine and sea otters) had 

been submitted by the above-named 

organization. The permit 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 Regulations Governing the 

Taking and Importing of Marine 

Mammals (50 CFR parts 18 and 216), the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

the regulations governing the taking, 

importing, and exporting of endangered 

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and threatened species (50 CFR parts 17 

and 222–226), and the Fur Seal Act of 

1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et 

seq.).

On February 5, 2004, a permit was 

issued to take only those species under 

the jurisdiction of the NMFS. This 

permit amendment allows The National 

Museum of Natural History to salvage 

and collect, import/export samples, 

whole carcasses, hard and soft parts 

from the above mentioned species that 

are under USFWS jurisdiction, 

including polar bear that were 

inadvertently omitted from the original 

Federal Register notice. No live animal 

takes are authorized.

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement.

Issuance of this amendment, as 

required by the ESA, was based on a 

finding that such permit: (1) was 

applied for in good faith; (2) will not 

operate to the disadvantage of such 

endangered species; and (3) is 

consistent with the purposes and 

policies set forth in section 2 of the 

ESA.

Documents may be reviewed in the 

following locations:

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376;

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, 

Seattle, WA 98115–0700; phone 

(206)526–6150; fax (206)526–6426;

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone 

(907)586–7221; fax (907)586–7249;

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562)980–4001; 

fax (562)980–4018;

Pacific Islands Region, NMFS, 1601 

Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1110, Honolulu, 

HI 96814–4700; phone (808)973–2937; 

fax (808)973–2941;

Northeast Region, NMFS, One 

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 

01930–2298; phone (978)281–9200; fax 

(978)281–9371;

Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 

Executive Center Drive North, St. 

Petersburg, FL 33702–2432; phone 

(727)570–5301; fax (727)570–5320; and

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Division of Management Authority, 

4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700, 

Arlington, VA 22203 (1–800–358–2104).

Dated: September 16, 2004.

Stephen L. Leathery,

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service.

Dated: September 16, 2004.

Charlie R. Chandler, 

Chief, Branch of Permits, Division of 

Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS

Request for Public Comments on 

Commercial Availability Petition under 

the United States - Caribbean Basin 

Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)

September 23, 2004.

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA).

ACTION: Request for public comments 

concerning a petition for a 

determination that certain circular 

single knit jersey fabric cannot be 

supplied by the domestic industry in 

commercial quantities in a timely 

manner under the CBTPA.

SUMMARY: On September 20, 2004, the 

Chairman of CITA received a petition 

from Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., 

on behalf of Jaclyn, Inc. of New York, 

alleging that certain circular single knit 

jersey fabric of the specifications 

detailed below, classified in subheading 

6006.34.00.80 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), 

cannot be supplied by the domestic 

industry in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner. The petition requests 

that women’s and girl’s nightwear of 

such fabric assembled in one or more 

CBTPA beneficiary countries be eligible 

for preferential treatment under the 

CBTPA. CITA hereby solicits public 

comments on this petition, in particular 

with regard to whether this fabric can be 

supplied by the domestic industry in 

commercial quantities in a timely 

manner. Comments must be submitted 

by October 13, 2004 to the Chairman, 

Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements, Room 3001, United 

States Department of Commerce, 14th 

and Constitution, NW., Washington, 

D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anna Flaaten, International Trade 

Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 213(b)(2)(A)(v)(II) of the 

CBERA, as added by Section 211(a) of the 

CBTPA; Section 6 of Executive Order No. 

13191 of January 17, 2001.

Background:

The CBTPA provides for quota- and 

duty-free treatment for qualifying textile 

and apparel products. Such treatment is 

generally limited to products 

manufactured from yarns or fabrics 

formed in the United States. The CBTPA 

also provides for quota- and duty-free 

treatment for apparel articles that are 

both cut (or knit-to-shape) and sewn or 

otherwise assembled in one or more 

CBTPA beneficiary countries from fabric 

or yarn that is not formed in the United 

States, if it has been determined that 

such fabric or yarn cannot be supplied 

by the domestic industry in commercial 

quantities in a timely manner. In 

Executive Order No. 13191, the 

President delegated to CITA the 

authority to determine whether yarns or 

fabrics cannot be supplied by the 

domestic industry in commercial 

quantities in a timely manner under the 

CBTPA and directed CITA to establish 

procedures to ensure appropriate public 

participation in any such determination. 

On March 6, 2001, CITA published 

procedures that it will follow in 

considering requests. (66 FR 13502).

On September 20, 2004, the Chairman 

of CITA received a petition on behalf of 

Jaclyn, Inc. of New York, alleging that 

certain circular single knit jersey fabric, 

of the specifications detailed below, 

classified HTSUS subheading 

6006.34.00.80, cannot be supplied by 

the domestic industry in commercial 

quantities in a timely manner and 

requesting quota- and duty-free 

treatment under the CBTPA for certain 

apparel articles that are cut and sewn in 

one or more CBTPA beneficiary 

countries from such fabric.

Specifications:

Fabric Description: single knit jersey, jacquard 

geometric rib stitch

Petitioner Style No: 4944

HTS Subheading: 6006.34.00.80

Fiber Content: 64% polyester staple/35.5% - 

35.8% cotton/0.2% - 0.5% 

spandex

Weight: 6.06 sq. meters/kg

Yarn Size: 54.14 metric (32/1 English), 

spun, filament core

Gauge: 28

Finish: (Piece) dyed and printed

Stretch Characteristics:25% from relaxed state; 90% 

recovery to relaxed state

The petitioner emphasizes that the 

fabric must be knit on a jacquard 

machine in order to provide the 

geometric pattern and puckered effect 

apparent in the fabric. Also, the 

petitioner states that it is imperative that