39134 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 122 / Friday, June 23, 2000 / Notices

Monday, July 10, 2000, 10:00 a.m.—

Capacity Committee

Location: Holiday Inn, Mansfield, 31

Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA

02048; telephone (508) 339–2200.

The Capacity Committee will review

analyses of proposals to allow more

flexible transfer of fishing permits

among fisheries and effort allocations in

the multispecies fishery. One proposal

would allow multispecies permit

holders to acquire additional days-at-sea

(DAS) from other permit holders with

different rates of reduction of DAS on

the transfer of active and inactive DAS.

Two other proposals would allow the

transfer of fishing permits among

different fisheries but not allow vessels

in the monkfish, scallop and

multispecies to acquire additional DAS.

A fourth proposal would reduce unused

DAS by a small percentage each year

unless the DAS were put under a freeze

until groundfish stocks were rebuilt.

The committee will make

recommendations on these proposals at

the Groundfish Committee meeting on

July 19, 2000 and at the New England

Council meeting on July 25–27, 2000.

Tuesday, July 11, 2000, 10:00 a.m.—

Scientific and Statistical Committee

Location: Comfort Inn Airport, 1940

Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;

telephone: (401) 732–0470.

The committee will review scientific

information and analyses in the draft

Stock Assessment and Fishery

Evaluation (SAFE) Report for 1999–2000

prepared by the Herring Plan

Development Team (PDT). The

committee also will review and

comment on the annual specifications

recommendations of the PDT for the

2001 fishing year.

Wednesday, July 12, 2000, 9:30 a.m.—

Atlantic Herring Oversight Committee

Location: Comfort Inn Airport, 1940

Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;

telephone: (401) 732–0470.

The committee will review the draft

annual Herring SAFE Report prepared

by the Herring PDT, including the

comments of the Scientific and

Statistical Committee meeting

developed on July 11. The committee

also will review the annual

specifications recommendations of the

PDT on optimum yield from the fishery

(OY) and total allowable catch (TACs)

for each management area for the 2001

fishing year, and develop

recommendations to the Council.

Thursday, July 13, 2000, 9:30 a.m.—

Joint Groundfish Oversight Committee

and Groundfish Advisory Panel

Location: Comfort Inn Airport, 1940

Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;

telephone (401) 732–0470.

The committee and advisors will

conduct a joint meeting to continue

development of management options for

Amendment 13 to the Northeast

Multispecies FMP. If not completed at

the July 6 meeting, they will continue to

refine the alternatives developed within

the context of the status quo measures.

They will also develop area

management and sector allocation

alternatives.

Wednesday, July 19, 2000, 9:30 a.m.—

Joint Groundfish Oversight Committee

and Groundfish Advisory Panel

Location: Holiday Inn Express,

Harborfront Center, 110 Middle Street,

Fairhaven, MA 02719; telephone (508)

997–1281.

The committee and advisors will

conduct a joint meeting to continue

development of management options for

Amendment 13 to the Northeast

Multispecies FMP. They will receive a

report from the Council’s Capacity

Committee that may suggest approaches

for addressing excess capacity and

latent effort issues in the groundfish

fishery. They will review these

proposals and determine which should

be analyzed for inclusion in

Amendment 13. These groups also may

receive reports from the Overfishing

Definition Panel. The committee and

advisors will complete development of

alternatives for Amendment 13 that will

be presented for Council consideration.

Subject to Council approval of the

alternatives, these will be further

analyzed and developed into a

document for public hearings.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

Council action during this meeting.

Council 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

Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the

public has been notified of the Council’s

intent to take final action to address the

emergency.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids, or other special

accommodations, should be directed to

the Council (see ADDRESSES) at least five

days prior to the meeting dates.

Dated: June 19, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–15976 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Sri Lanka

June 19, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, 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 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 limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for swing, carryover, special shift,

folklore adjustment, 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

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 122 / Friday, June 23, 2000 / Notices 39135

see 64 FR 70224, published on

December 16, 1999.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

June 19, 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, 1998, 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 Sri Lanka and

exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 2000 and extends

through December 31, 2000.

Effective on June 23, 2000, you are directed

to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

237 ........................... 420,688 dozen.

314 ........................... 5,196,030 square meters.

331/631 .................... 4,210,579 dozen pairs.

333/633 .................... 23,344 dozen.

334/634 .................... 1,105,018 dozen.

335/835 .................... 241,110 dozen.

336/636/836 ............. 605,773 dozen.

338/339 .................... 1,941,416 dozen.

340/640 .................... 1,705,139 dozen.

341/641 .................... 2,453,612 dozen of

which not more than

1,648,238 dozen

shall be in Category

341 and not more

than 1,610,749

dozen shall be in

Category 641.

342/642/842 ............. 925,809 dozen.

345/845 .................... 198,651 dozen.

347/348/847 ............. 1,956,096 dozen.

350/650 .................... 166,641 dozen.

351/651 .................... 475,468 dozen.

352/652 .................... 1,938,160 dozen.

359–C/659–C 2 ........ 1,346,562 kilograms.

360 ........................... 1,085,802 numbers.

363 ........................... 17,881,387 numbers.

369–D 3 .................... 820,441 kilograms.

369–S4 .................... 1,026,205 kilograms.

434 ........................... 8,776 dozen.

435 ........................... 18,807 dozen.

440 ........................... 9,329 dozen.

611 ........................... 5,033,220 square meters.

635 ........................... 573,850 dozen.

638/639/838 ............. 1,181,981 dozen.

644 ........................... 742,390 numbers.

645/646 .................... 219,720 dozen.

647/648 .................... 1,240,306 dozen.

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

840 ........................... 243,428 dozen.

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

31, 1999. 2 Category 359–C: only HTS numbers

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 and

6211.42.0010; Category 659–C: only HTS

numbers 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

and 6211.43.0010. 3 Category 369–D: only HTS numbers

6302.60.0010, 6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045. 4 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005.

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. 00–15876 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Public Hearings for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for the North Pacific Acoustic

Laboratory (NPAL)

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy,

Office of Naval Research (ONR), has

prepared and filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

a DEIS for the reuse of the sound source

and cable previously installed by the

Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean

Climate (ATOC) Project for the NPAL.

Public hearings will be held to provide

information and to receive oral and

written comments on the DEIS. Federal,

state and local agencies, and interested

individuals are invited to be present or

represented at the hearings.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Public hearings

will be held in: (1) Lihue, Kauai, HI on

July 5, 2000 from 7 PM—9:30 PM at the

Kauai Community College Dining Room,

3–1901 Kaumualii Highway; (2)

Honolulu, HI on July 6, 2000 from 7

PM—9:30 PM at the Hawaii Imin

International Conference Center, EastWest Center, 2nd Floor, Pacific Room,

1777 East-West Road, and (3) Kilauea,

Kauai, HI on July 8, 2000 from 1:30

PM—4 PM at the Kilauea Neighborhood

Center, 2460 Keneke Street.

The evening meetings in Lihue and

Honolulu will consist of an

informational presentation at 7 PM,

followed by a public hearing at 8 PM.

The afternoon meeting in Kilauea will

consist of an informational presentation

at 1:30 PM, followed by a public hearing

at 2:30 PM.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Kathleen Vigness Raposa, telephone

(401) 847–7508.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the requirements of the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4345) and its

implementing regulations (40 CFR parts

1500 to 1508), and in accordance with

the Hawaii Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) Law (Chapter 343,

Hawaii Revised Statutes), ONR has

prepared and filed with the EPA a joint

state-federal DEIS for the reuse of the

sound source and cable previously

installed for use in ATOC research for

NPAL.

A Notice of Intent for this EIS was

published in the Federal Register on

June 15, 1999. Public scoping meetings

were held in Hanalei, Kauai, HI, on June

29, 1999; in Lihue, Kauai, HI, on June

30, 1999; and in Honolulu, HI, on July

1, 1999.

The proposed action is reuse of the

ATOC sound source and cable for

NPAL, an ONR basic research project,

which would combine: a second phase

of research on the feasibility and value

of large-scale acoustic thermometry;

long-range underwater sound

transmission studies; and marine

mammal monitoring and studies.

Under the proposed action, the seabed

power cable and sound source would

remain in their present locations, and

transmissions would continue for a

period of five years with approximately

the same signal parameters and

transmission schedule used in the

ATOC project. The action would be

carried out by Scripps Institution of

Oceanography, University of California,

San Diego, which is the applicant for

necessary state and federal permits, and

by the Applied Physics Laboratory of

the University of Washington.

The DEIS addresses the potential

effects of the transmissions on the

marine environment, including

potential auditory, behavioral, and

physiological effects on marine

mammals and other marine creatures.

Alternatives developed and analyzed in