24458 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 26, 2000 / Notices

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999). Also

see 64 FR 50495, published on

September 17, 1999.

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

April 20, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on September 13, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in the Dominican Republic

and exported during the twelve-month

period which began on January 1, 2000 and

extends through December 31, 2000.

Effective on May 1, 2000, you are directed

to adjust the current limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

339/639 .................... 1,299,419 dozen.

342/642 .................... 603,326 dozen.

347/348/647/648 ...... 2,747,189 dozen of

which not more than

1,356,395 dozen

shall be in Categories 647/648.

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

31, 1999.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

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

Sincerely,

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–10373 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Restraint

Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Fiji

April 20, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing a

limit.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of this limit, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, call (202) 482–3715.

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.

The current limit for Categories 338/

339/638/639 is being increased for

carryover and the recrediting of unused

carryforward.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999). Also

see 64 FR 70217, published on

December 16, 1999.

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

April 20, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on December 10, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton and manmade fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Fiji and exported during the

twelve-month period which began on January

1, 2000 and extends through December 31,

2000.

Effective on April 27, 2000, you are

directed to increase the limit for the

following categories, as provided for under

the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

338/339/638/639 ...... 1,704,252 dozen of

which not more than

1,235,960 dozen

shall be in Categories 338–S/339–

S/638–S/639–S2.

1The limit has not been adjusted to account

for any imports exported after December 31,

1999. 2 Category 338–S: only HTS numbers

6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010, 6105.10.0030,

6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025,

6110.20.2040, 6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068,

6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category

339–S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060,

6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010, 6106.10.0030,

6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070,

6110.20.1030, 6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075,

6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010

and 6117.90.9020; Category 638–S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.90.1007, 6109.90.1009,

6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category

639–S: all HTS numbers except

6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065

and 6109.90.1070.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that this

action falls within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

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

Sincerely,

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–10374 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Notice of Meeting of Chronic Hazard

Advisory Panel on Diisononyl

Phthalate (DINP)

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Commission announces

the first meeting of the Chronic Hazard

Advisory Panel (CHAP) on diisononyl

phthalate (DINP). The Commission

appointed this CHAP to advise the

Commission on any chronic hazards of

cancer, birth defects, and gene

mutations associated with children’s

products containing DINP.

DATES: The meeting will be held from

8:30 am to 5:00 pm on May 10 and from

8:30 am to 4:00 pm on May 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the fourth floor hearing room in the

Commission’s offices at 4330 East-West

Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marilyn Wind, Directorate for Health

Sciences, Consumer Product Safety

Commission, Washington, DC 20207;

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telephone (301) 504–0477, ext. 1205;

email.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission has been concerned with

potential risks posed to children under

3 years of age by the plasticizer

diisononyl phthalate (DINP), which is

used to soften some children’s teethers,

rattles, and toys made from polyvinyl

chloride (PVC). DINP can leach from

such products when they are mouthed

by children, causing some DINP to be

ingested. DINP has been shown to cause

liver and other organ toxicity in

laboratory animals. The Commission

has also received a petition (No. HP 99–

1) from the National Environmental

Trust and eleven other organizations

asking that the Commission ban PVC in

children’s products.

The Commission appointed a sevenmember CHAP to evaluate the existing

scientific information regarding the

mechanism by which DINP may cause

cancer and the implications of this on

the potential cancer risk to children.

The CHAP members were selected from

scientists recommended by the National

Academy of Sciences. See 15 U.S.C.

2077, 2030(b).

The first meeting of the CHAP on

DINP will be held on May 10 and 11,

2000, in the fourth floor hearing room

at the Commission’s offices at 4330 EastWest Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

The meeting will begin at 8:30 am both

days and is scheduled to end at 5:00 pm

on May 10 and 4:00 pm on May 11.

The meeting is open to the public,

space permitting, but no opportunity for

public participation in the meeting is

scheduled. Such participation shall be

permitted only in the discretion of the

Chairman of the CHAP. There will be an

opportunity in connection with the

second meeting of the CHAP for

presentation of oral and written data

and views (date to be announced).

At the first CHAP meeting, the CHAP

will choose its Chair and Vice Chair and

the CPSC staff will present information

on the history of the DINP project, the

provisions of the Federal Hazardous

Substances Act, the CPSC’s Chronic

Hazard Guidelines, the CPSC staff’s

toxicity review and risk assessment for

DINP, and other work in progress on

DINP. During the remainder of the

meeting, the CHAP will consider how it

will proceed and begin its deliberations.

Dated: April 20, 2000.

Sayde E. Dunn,

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

[FR Doc. 00–10318 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information

Management Group, Office of the Chief

Information Officer invites comments

on the submission for OMB review as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before May 26,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW, Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

DWERFEL@OMB.EOP.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer,

publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g., new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment.

Dated: April 20, 2000.

William Burrow,

Leader, Information Management Group,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Learning Anytime Anywhere

Partnerships Annual Progress Report

Guidelines Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; Individuals or households;

State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or

LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 29;

Burden Hours: 580.

Abstract: These guidelines instruct

LAAP grantees on how to organize and

describe the progress of their projects

over the past year so that Federal

administrators can evaluate progress

and approve or disapprove continuation

of the projects for the coming year.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or the

collection activity requirements should

be directed to Joseph Schubart at (202)

708–9266 or via his internet address

Joe_Schubart@ed.gov. Individuals who

use a telecommunications device for the

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.

[FR Doc. 00–10341 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information

Management Group, Office of the Chief

Information Officer invites comments

on the submission for OMB review as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before May 26,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW, Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically