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and silk blend and other vegetable fiber 

apparel, produced or manufactured in the 

Philippines and exported during the twelvemonth period which began on January 1, 

2004 and extends through December 31, 

2004.

Effective on December 28, 2004, you are 

directed to adjust the limits for the following 

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay 

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Twelve-month restraint 

limit 1

Levels in Group I

338/339 .................... 3,665,204 dozen.

638/639 .................... 2,980,832 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 

31, 2003.

The Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements has determined that 

these actions fall within the foreign affairs 

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. E4–3871 Filed 12–29–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS

Exempting Certain Textiles and Textile 

Products of the People’s Republic of 

China from Safeguard Import Limits

December 23, 2004.

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA).

ACTION: Exempting Certain Products 

from China Textile Safeguard Import 

Limit.

SUMMARY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA) has determined that certain 

products, exempted from visa and quota 

requirements under previous 

arrangements, should also be exempted 

from limits imposed on textile and 

textile product imports from China 

under paragraph 242 of the Report of the 

Working Party on the Accession of 

China to the World Trade Organization 

(Accession Agreement).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross 

Arnold, Office of Textiles and Apparel, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 

482-3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural 

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); 

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 

amended.

Paragraph 242 of the Report of the 

Working Party on the Accession of 

China to the World Trade Organization 

(WTO) allows WTO Members that 

believe imports of Chinese origin textile 

and apparel products are, due to market 

disruption, threatening to impede the 

orderly development of trade in these 

products to request consultations with 

the People’s Republic of China with a 

view to easing or avoiding such market 

disruption. CITA has imposed limits on 

imports from China pursuant to 

Paragraph 242 (see 68 FR 74944, 68 FR 

74945, 68 FR 74947, and 69 FR 

63371).CITA has in the past exempted 

from quota and visa requirements textile 

and textile products entered under 

certain subheadings of the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTS), including articles, previously 

imported, with respect to which the 

duty was paid upon such previous 

importation or which were previously 

free of duty, entered under HTS 

subheadings 9801.00.20, 9801.00.25, or 

9801.00.26; articles returned to the 

United States after having been exported 

to be advanced in value or improved in 

condition, entered under HTS 

subheadings 9802.00.40 or 9802.00.50; 

certain commercial samples treated to 

be unsuitable for sale or for use 

otherwise than as a sample, to be used 

in the United States only for soliciting 

orders for products of foreign countries 

valued at U.S. $1 or less, entered under 

HTS subheading 9811.00.60; articles to 

be repaired, altered or processed 

(including processes which result in 

articles manufactured or produced in 

the United States), entered under HTS 

subheading 9813.00.05; articles not 

intended for sale or distribution to the 

public that are associated with an 

international athletic event held in the 

United States, such as the Olympics or 

similar international athletic event, 

entered under HTS subheading 

9817.60.00. CITA has also exempted 

properly marked commercial samples 

valued at $800 or less from these 

requirements.

In the directive below, the Chairman 

of CITA directs the Commissioner, 

Customs and Border Protection, to 

exempt such items from limits imposed 

under Paragraph 242.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile 

Agreements

December 23, 2004.

Commissioner,

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, 

Washington, D.C. 20229.

Dear Commissioner: Effective on December 

29, 2004, in accordance with paragraph 242 

of the China Accession Agreement and the 

procedures set forth by the Committee on 

May 21, 2003 (68 FR 27787), as clarified on 

August 18, 2003 (68 FR 49440), the United 

States has established, and may in future 

establish, safeguard limits on certain textile 

and apparel products from China.

Properly marked commercial samples 

valued at U.S.$800 or less and importations 

under HTS items:

9801.00.20

9801.00.25

9801.00.26

9802.00.40

9802.00.50

9811.00.60

9813.00.05

9817.60.00

shall not be charged to applicable quota 

limits.

The Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements has determined that this 

action falls within the foreign affairs 

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 04–28525 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Notice of Designation of Inspector 

General as a Debarring Official for 

Limited Purposes

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to a directive 

included in the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2004 and the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

2005, the Chief Executive Officer of the 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service (CNCS) has 

designated the Inspector General of 

CNCS as a debarring official for grantees 

that administer activities under 

AmeriCorps programs.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Irshad Abdal-Haqq, Associate General 

Counsel, Office of General Counsel, 

1201 New York Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC, 20525, (202) 606–5000 

Ext. 434 (iabdal-haqq@cns.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Corporation has designated its Inspector 

General as a debarring official pursuant 

to the Consolidated Appropriations Act 

of 2004 and the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2005, which 

state, ‘‘[t]he Inspector General of the

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Corporation for National and 

Community Service shall conduct 

random audits of the grantees that 

administer activities under the 

AmeriCorps programs and shall levy 

sanctions in accordance with standard 

Inspector General audit resolution 

procedures which include, but are not 

limited to, debarment of any grantee (or 

successor in interest or any entity with 

substantially the same person or persons 

in control) that has been determined to 

have committed any substantial 

violations of the requirements of the 

AmeriCorps programs, including any 

grantee that has been determined to 

have violated the prohibition of using 

Federal funds to lobby the Congress: 

Provided, That the Inspector General 

shall obtain reimbursements in the 

amount of any misused funds from any 

grantee that has been determined to 

have committed any substantial 

violations of the requirements of the 

AmeriCorps programs.’’

The Inspector General is now a 

debarring official for grantees that 

administer activities under AmeriCorps 

programs. This authority applies to 

AmeriCorps grantees that have been the 

subject of an Office of Inspector General 

(OIG) audit, or the subject of an audit 

and investigation. The Inspector General 

intends to exercise this authority with 

respect to the subject of any audit report 

issued on or after January 23, 2004, the 

date the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act of 2004 became effective. In 

processing debarment actions, the 

Inspector General will follow the 

procedures in the Corporation’s 

debarment and suspension regulation, 

codified in 45 CFR 2542. 

The following programs may trigger 

OIG debarment authority: 

• Any program that receives 

Corporation funds under Section 121 

(Subtitle C State/National) of the NCSA 

(includes the following recipients of 

AmeriCorps funding: States, 

subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, 

nonprofit organizations, and institutions 

of higher education). 

• Any program that receives 

approved AmeriCorps positions 

(includes Education Awards Program, 

AmeriCorps Promise Fellows, and 

AmeriCorps VISTA). 

• Any program that receives 

Planning, Operational, and Replication 

funding authorized under Section 124 of 

the NCSA. 

The following programs will not

trigger OIG debarment authority: 

• Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

funded programs other than AmeriCorps 

VISTA (including Retired and Senior 

Volunteer Program, Special Volunteer 

Program, Foster Grandparent Program, 

and Senior Companion Program). 

• Learn & Serve America. 

• State Commission Administrative 

Program Assistance. 

• Challenge, Next Generation, Martin 

Luther King, Jr. Day, Points of Light 

Foundation, America’s Promise, and 

other earmarked programs outside of 

AmeriCorps. 

• Training & Technical Assistance. 

• Program Development Assistance & 

Training (PDAT). 

• Disability Outreach and Placement. 

If a grantee administers multiple 

programs, only the AmeriCorps 

programs trigger OIG debarment 

authority.

Dated: December 22, 2004. 

Frank R. Trinity, 

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 04–28446 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

Reservation

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EMSSAB), Oak Ridge 

Reservation. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register.

DATES: Wednesday, January 12, 2005; 6 

p.m.

ADDRESSES: DOE Information Center, 

475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat 

Halsey, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM–

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 

576–4025; Fax (865) 576–5333 or e-mail: 

halseypj@oro.doe.gov or check the Web 

site at www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE in the areas of environmental 

restoration, waste management, and 

related activities. 

Tentative Agenda: Overview of the 

2003 Annual Site Environmental 

Report. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Individuals 

who wish to make oral statements 

pertaining to the agenda item should 

contact Pat Halsey at the address or 

telephone number listed above. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comment will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes of this meeting will 

be available for public review and 

copying at the Department of Energy’s 

Information Center at 475 Oak Ridge 

Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN between 8 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, or by writing to Pat Halsey, 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM–

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, or by calling 

her at (865) 576–4025.

Issued at Washington, DC, on December 23, 

2004. 

Rachel M. Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee Management 

Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–28534 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho 

National Engineering and 

Environmental Laboratory

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EMSSAB), Idaho National 

Engineering and Environmental 

Laboratory. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register.

DATES: Tuesday, January 18, 2005; 8 

a.m.–6 p.m.; Wednesday, January 19, 

2005; 8 a.m.–5 p.m. 

Opportunities for public participation 

will be held Tuesday, January 18, from 

12:15 to 12:30 p.m. and 5:45 to 6:00 

p.m.; and on Wednesday, January 19, 

from 11:45 a.m. to 12 noon and 4:00 to 

4:15 p.m. Additional time may be made 

available for public comment during the 

presentations.