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Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Group II

201, 218, 220, 222–

224, 226, 227,

237, 239pt. 3, 332,

333, 352, 359–O 4,

362, 363, 369–O 5,

400, 410, 414,

431, 434, 435,

436, 438, 440,

442, 444, 459pt. 6,

464, 469pt. 7, 603,

604–O 8, 606, 607,

621, 622, 624,

633, 649, 652,

659–O 9, 666,

669–O 10, 670–O 11, 831, 833–836,

838, 840, 842–

846, 850–852, 858

and 859pt. 12, as a

group.

112,319,410 square

meters equivalent.

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

31, 1999. 2 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005. 3 Category 239pt.: only HTS number

6209.20.5040 (diapers). 4 Category 359–O: all HTS numbers except

6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034, 6104.62.1020,

6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052,

6203.42.2010, 6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010,

6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025, 6211.42.0010

(Category 359–C); 6112.39.0010,

6112.49.0010, 6211.11.8010, 6211.11.8020,

6211.12.8010, 6211.12.8020 (Category 359–

S); and 6406.99.1550 (Category 359pt.). 5 Category 369–O: all HTS numbers except

6307.10.2005 (Category 369–S);

5601.10.1000, 5601.21.0090, 5701.90.1020,

5701.90.2020, 5702.10.9020, 5702.39.2010,

5702.49.1020, 5702.49.1080, 5702.59.1000,

5702.99.1010, 5702.99.1090, 5705.00.2020

and 6406.10.7700 (Category 369pt.). 6 Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except

6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090,

6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560. 7 Category 469pt.: all HTS numbers except

5601.29.0020, 5603.94.1010 and

6406.10.9020. 8 Category 604–O: all HTS numbers except

5509.32.0000 (Category 604–A). 9 Category 659–O: all HTS numbers except

6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025,

6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014,

6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010,

6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090,

6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010,

6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017, 6211.43.0010

(Category 659–C); 6112.31.0010,

6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020,

6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010,

6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010 and

6211.12.1020 (Category 659–S);

6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540 (Category

659pt.). 10 Category 669–O: all HTS numbers except

6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010,

6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category

669–P); 5601.10.2000, 5601.22.0090,

5607.49.3000, 5607.50.4000, 6406.10.9040

(Category 669pt.). 11 Category 670–O: all HTS numbers except

4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,

4202.92.3031, 4202.92.9026 and

6307.90.9907 (Category 670–L).

12 Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers

6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020, 6212.10.5030,

6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030,

6212.90.0090, 6214.10.2000 and

6214.90.0090.

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. 00–12777 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Romania

May 17, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of these limits, 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 re-openings, 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 limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for carryover, carryforward, swing and

special shift.

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 71116, published on

December 20, 1999.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

May 17, 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 14, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Romania and

exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 2000 and extending

through December 31, 2000.

Effective on May 23, 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

315 ........................... 3,972,521 square meters.

410 ........................... 141,672 square meters.

435 ........................... 13,505 dozen.

443 ........................... 106,580 numbers.

444 ........................... 34,384 numbers.

447/448 .................... 32,456 dozen.

647/648 .................... 243,780 dozen.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–12778 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.926B]

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education—Arts in Education

Competitive Grant Program; Notice

Inviting Applications for New Awards

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000

Purpose of Program

The goal of this grant competition is

to provide assistance to local

educational agencies (LEAs) on behalf of

eligible schools to support media

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literacy projects. ‘‘Media literacy’’ refers

to the ability to understand and

interpret the artistic content of images,

including violent messages, transmitted

through the electronic media.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Many studies have explored the

relationship between children’s viewing

of violence through the media and their

engaging in violent behavior. While

there is little consensus among these

studies regarding the impact that the

electronic media have on youth

violence, the Secretary believes that

instruction that helps young people to

critically analyze media messages about

violence can help to prevent youth

violence. Accordingly, this grant

competition focuses on media literacy

projects that include opportunities for

youth to engage in non-violent,

innovative arts programming. These

projects will support model

partnerships between schools and artsbased organizations to demonstrate new

methods of improving the interpretive

and creative skills of young people in

dealing with the media arts. Young

people will learn how to interpret the

messages they receive on a daily basis

through the media, and also how to

engage in the creative process in

developing better alternatives to media

programming that include violent

content.

Today’s students—tomorrow’s

citizens and leaders in our democracy—

will need a different set of

understandings and skills in

communications if they are to succeed

in the global society and economy that

are fueled by new media technologies.

CD–ROMs, video games, music videos,

interactive communications facilitated

by personal computers, and the World

Wide Web, as well as such older

electronic media as television shows,

movies, and recorded music, command

an increasing amount of the attention

and time of our children. We must help

them learn to ‘‘read’’ and evaluate

images as well as text. These

technologies can be used to create and

communicate ideas that portray

alternatives to violence, drug use, and

disrespect.

Eligible Applicants: LEAs with one or

more schools where 75 percent or more

of the children are from low-income

families, based on the poverty criteria

described in Title I Section 1113(a)(5) of

the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act. Applicants must submit

evidence of their eligibility. For this

purpose applicants may submit records

kept for the purpose of Title I of the

Elementary and Secondary Education

Act that demonstrates that proof of

eligibility.

Note: Potential applicants are reminded

that, under the absolute priority published

elsewhere in this notice, the Secretary will

only fund under this competition media

literacy projects in schools where the number

of children from low-income families equals

or exceeds 75 percent.

Applications Available: May 22, 2000.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Application: July 21, 2000.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: August 21, 2000.

Estimated Available Funds: $990,000.

Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000

to $150,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$100,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 8–10.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice. Funding estimates

are for the first year of the project period

only. Funding for the second and third years

is subject to the availability of funds and the

approval of continuation awards (34 CFR

75.253).

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR Parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85,

86, 97, 98, and 99.

Priority: Absolute Priority: The

Secretary gives absolute priority to

media literacy projects, implemented in

schools where the number of children

from low-income families equals or

exceeds 75 percent, that are designed

both to: (1) enable students in those

schools to critically interpret and

analyze the images, including violent

messages, transmitted through the

electronic media, and (2) help students

in those schools to create their own

media-based arts projects presenting

alternative non-violent messages

through the use of film, video,

hypermedia, website design and other

contemporary communications media.

Applicants should clearly state in the

abstract how their application addresses

both elements of this priority. Only

projects that meet both elements of this

priority will be considered for funding.

Selection Criteria: The Secretary uses

the selection criteria published in 34

CFR 75.209 and 75.210 to evaluate

applications for the Arts in Education

Competitive Grant Program. The

application package includes the

selection criteria and the points

assigned to each criterion.

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: It is

the Secretary’s practice, in accordance

with the Administrative Procedure Act

(5 U.S.C. 553) to offer interested parties

the opportunity to comment on

proposed rules. Section 437(d)(1) of the

General Education Provisions Act

(GEPA), however, exempts from this

requirement rules that apply to the first

competition under a new or

substantially revised program. Funding

was provided for this new initiative in

the fiscal year 2000 appropriations act

enacted in October 1999. The Secretary,

in accordance with section 437(d)(1) of

GEPA, has decided to forego public

comment in order to ensure timely grant

awards.

For Further Information or

Applications: Shelton Allen, U.S.

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, FOB6, Room 3C126,

Washington, DC 20202–6140.

Telephone: (202) 260–2487 or fax: (202)

205–5630. The e-mail address for Mr.

Allen is: shelton—allen@ed.gov

If you use a telecommunications

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call

the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS) at 1–888–877–8339.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternative

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph. Individuals

with disabilities may obtain a copy of

the application package in an alternate

format, also, by contacting that person.

However, the Department is not able to

reproduce in an alternate format the

standard forms included in the

application package.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may view this document, as well

as all other Department of Education

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 8091.

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Dated: May 16, 2000.

Michael Cohen,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and

Secondary Education.

[FR Doc. 00–12760 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DOE Response to Recommendation

2000–2 of the Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board, Configuration

Management, Vital Safety Systems

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board Recommendation

2000–2, concerning the control of safety

system configuration, was published in

the Federal Register on March 16, 2000

(65 FR 14255). Under section 315(b) of

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 2286d(b), the

Department of Energy was required to

transmit a response to the Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board by April

28, 2000. The Secretary’s timely

response follows.

DATES: Comments, data, views, or

arguments concerning the Secretary’s

response are due on or before June 21,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, data,

views, or arguments concerning the

Secretary’s response to: Defense Nuclear

Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana

Avenue NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC

20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Steve Cary, Senior Advisor to the

Assistant Secretary for Environment,

Safety and Health, Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue

SW, Washington, DC 20585.

Issued in Washington, DC on April 28,

2000.

Michael A. Mikolanis,

Office of the Departmental Representative to

the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

The Honorable John T. Conway, Chairman,

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,

625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700,

Washington, DC 20004–2901

Dear Mr. Chairman: The Department of

Energy (DOE) acknowledges receipt of

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

(Board) Recommendation 2000–2, issued on

March 8, 2000, regarding safety systems vital

to the protection of the public, workers, and

the environment. Along with the analysis

contained in the March 2000 assessment

prepared by the Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health

on the impact of safety program weaknesses

upon ventilation and confinement ventilation

systems that perform safety functions, the

DOE has completed a preliminary analysis of

the issues raised in the Board’s

recommendation. The conclusions drawn

from both of these analyses are consistent

with the safety issues described in

Recommendation 2000–2.

The Department accepts the

recommendations contained in

Recommendation 2000–2 and will develop

an implementation plan to accomplish the

following actions:

1. Development of expert-based guidelines

for surveying and assessing confinement

ventilation systems and implementation of a

plan to identify and correct root cause

deficiencies.

2. Incorporation of open commitments

remaining in the action plan addressing

safety issues related to High Efficiency

Particulate Air filters.

3. Evaluation of existing practices and

industry models for use in establishing a

cognizant system engineer concept to

strengthen the engineering resources

available for facility configuration

management.

4. Assessment of the availability and

sufficiency of DOE expertise, identification of

actions necessary to ensure expertise can be

brought to bear in the life-cycle management

of vital safety systems and that Federal

technical expertise on safety systems is

available to interface with operating

contractors when significant system

problems arise.

5. Review of line oversight of contractor

programs to determine whether safety

systems, as well as programs essential to

system operability, are being included in

those programs. As necessary, identify

corrective actions to improve implementation

of line oversight programs.

I have asked Mr. Steven Cary, Senior

Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for

Environment, Safety and Health, to serve as

the responsible manager for this

recommendation. Mr. Cary will be the

principal point of contact with the Board for

this recommendation, and he will work with

you and your staff to develop an acceptable

implementation plan that meets our mutual

expectations. If you have questions, please

contact him at (202) 586–6151.

Yours sincerely,

Bill Richardson

[FR Doc. 00–12761 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Nevada Test Site.

The Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires

that public notice of these meetings be

announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, June 7, 2000: 6:30

p.m.–9 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Amargosa Valley

Community Center, 821 E. Farm Road,

Amargosa Valley, NV 89020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin Rohrer, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Environmental

Management, P.O. Box 98518, Las

Vegas, Nevada 89193–8513, phone:

702–295–0197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Advisory Board is to make

recommendations to DOE and its

regulators in the areas of environmental

restoration, waste management, and

related activities.

Tentative Agenda:

1. Discussion and review of additional

underground water test area funding.

Copies of the final agenda will be

available at the meeting. Public

Participation: The meeting is open to

the public. Written statements may be

filed with the Committee either before

or after the meeting. Individuals who

wish to make oral statements pertaining

to agenda items should contact Kevin

Rohrer, at the telephone number listed

above. Requests must be received 5 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.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585 between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday–Friday, except

Federal holidays. Minutes will also be

available by writing to Kevin Rohrer at

the address listed above.

Issued at Washington, DC on May 16, 2000.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–12762 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Rocky Flats

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental