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pp. 66177–66178, for additional 

information. Organizations can receive a 

DUNS number at no cost by calling the 

dedicated toll-free DUNS Number 

request line at 1–866–705–5711 or via 

the Internet (http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com). 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

NOAA must analyze the potential 

environmental impacts, as required by 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), for applicant projects or 

proposals which are seeking NOAA 

federal funding opportunities. Detailed 

information on NOAA compliance with 

NEPA can be found at the following 

NOAA NEPA Web site: http:// 

www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including our 

NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 for 

NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ 

NAO216_6_TOC.pdf, and the Council 

on Environmental Quality 

implementation regulations, http:// 

ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/ 

toc_ceq.htm Consequently, as part of an 

applicant’s package, and under their 

description of their program activities, 

applicants are required to provide 

detailed information on the activities to 

be conducted, locations, sites, species 

and habitat to be affected, possible 

construction activities, and any 

environmental concerns that may exist 

(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous 

or toxic chemicals, introduction of nonindigenous species, impacts to 

endangered and threatened species, 

aquaculture projects, and impacts to 

coral reef systems). In addition to 

providing specific information that will 

serve as the basis for any required 

impact analyses, applicants may also be 

requested to assist NOAA in drafting of 

an environmental assessment, if NOAA 

determines an assessment is required. 

Applicants will also be required to 

cooperate with NOAA in identifying 

feasible measures to reduce or avoid any 

identified adverse environmental 

impacts of their proposal. The failure to 

do so shall be grounds for not selecting 

an application. In some cases if 

additional information is required after 

an application is selected, funds can be 

withheld by the Grants Officer under a 

special award condition requiring the 

recipient to submit additional 

environmental compliance information 

sufficient to enable NOAA to make an 

assessment on any impacts that a project 

may have on the environment. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

contained in the Federal Register notice 

of December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389), are 

applicable to this solicitation. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This document contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

use of Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, 

SF–LLL, and CD–346 has been approved 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) under the respective 

control numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044, 

0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0605–0001. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, no person is required to respond to, 

nor shall any person be subject to a 

penalty for failure to comply with, a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the PRA unless that 

collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Prior notice and an opportunity for 

public comment are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other law for rules concerning public 

property, loans, grants, benefits, and 

contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because 

notice and opportunity for comment are 

not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or 

any other law, the analytical 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are 

inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has not been 

prepared. 

Dated: January 22, 2007. 

David M. Kennedy, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, National Ocean 

Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–1314 Filed 1–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Amendment of Limitation of Duty- and 

Quota-Free Imports of Apparel Articles 

Assembled in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan 

African Countries from Third-Country 

Fabric 

January 23, 2007. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Amending the 12-Month Cap on 

Duty- and Quota-Free Benefits. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 29, 2007. 

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: Title I, Section 112(b)(3) of the 

Trade and Development Act of 2000, as 

amended by Section 3108 of the Trade Act 

of 2002, Section 7(b)(2) of the AGOA 

Acceleration Act of 2004, and Section 6002 

of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 

(TRHCA 2006); Presidential Proclamation 

7350 of October 4, 2000 (65 FR 59321); 

Presidential Proclamation 7626 of November 

13, 2002 (67 FR 69459). 

Title I of the Trade and Development 

Act of 2000 (TDA 2000) provides for 

duty- and quota-free treatment for 

certain textile and apparel articles 

imported from designated beneficiary 

sub-Saharan African countries. Section 

112(b)(3) of TDA 2000 provides dutyand quota-free treatment for apparel 

articles wholly assembled in one or 

more beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries from fabric wholly formed in 

one or more beneficiary countries from 

yarn originating in the U.S. or one or 

more beneficiary countries. This 

preferential treatment is also available 

for apparel articles assembled in one or 

more lesser-developed beneficiary subSaharan African countries, regardless of 

the country of origin of the fabric used 

to make such articles, subject to 

quantitative limitation. Title VI of the 

TRHCA 2006 extended this special rule 

for lesser-developed countries through 

September 30, 2012. Further, this Act 

amended the percentage to be used in 

calculating the quantitative limitation 

for preferential treatment available for 

apparel articles entered under this 

special rule for lesser-developed 

Countries for the 12-month period 

beginning on October 1, 2006 and 

extending through September 30, 2007. 

See Limitations of Duty-and Quota-Free 

Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled 

in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African 


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Countries from Regional and ThirdCountry Fabric, published in the 

Federal Register on September 26, 2006 

(71 FR 56112). 

Title VI of the TRHCA 2006 provides 

that the quantitative limitation for 

apparel imported under the special rule 

for lesser-developed countries for the 

twelve-month period beginning October 

1, 2006 will be an amount not to exceed 

3.5 percent of the aggregate square meter 

equivalents of all apparel articles 

imported into the United States in the 

preceding 12-month period for which 

data are available. See Section 6002(a) 

of TRHCA 2006. Presidential 

Proclamation 7350 directed CITA to 

publish the aggregate quantity of 

imports allowed during each 12-month 

period in the Federal Register. The 

purpose of this notice is to amend the 

quantitative limitation previously 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 26, 2006 (71 FR 56112). 

For the one-year period, beginning on 

October 1, 2006, and extending through 

September 30, 2007, the aggregate 

quantity of imports eligible for 

preferential treatment under the 

provision for apparel articles wholly 

assembled in one or more beneficiary 

sub-Saharan African countries from 

fabric wholly formed in one or more 

beneficiary countries from yarn 

originating in the U.S. or one or more 

beneficiary countries is 1,498,846,694 

square meters equivalent. Of this 

amount, 815,001,892 square meters 

equivalent is available to apparel 

articles imported under the special rule 

for lesser-developed countries. Apparel 

articles entered in excess of these 

quantities will be subject to otherwise 

applicable tariffs. 

These quantities are calculated using 

the aggregate square meter equivalents 

of all apparel articles imported into the 

United States, derived from the set of 

Harmonized System lines listed in the 

Annex to the World Trade Organization 

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 

(ATC), and the conversion factors for 

units of measure into square meter 

equivalents used by the United States in 

implementing the ATC. 

R. Matthew Priest, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. 07–350 Filed 1–24–07; 1:41 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Estuary Habitat Restoration Council; 

Open Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

105(h) of the Estuary Restoration Act of 

2000, (Title I, Pub. L. 106–457), 

announcement is made of the 

forthcoming meeting of the Estuary 

Habitat Restoration Council. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

February 13, 2007, from 9:30 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be in room 

3M60/70 in the GAO building located at 

441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Ellen Cummings, Headquarters, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, 

DC 20314–1000, (202) 761–4750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Estuary Habitat Restoration Council 

consists of representatives of five 

agencies. These agencies are the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, Environmental 

Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Department of 

Agriculture, and Army. The duties of 

the Council include, among others, 

soliciting, reviewing, and evaluating 

estuarine habitat restoration project 

proposals, and submitting to the 

Secretary of the Army a prioritized list 

of projects recommended for 

construction. 

Agenda topics will include decisions 

on recommending additional proposals 

to the Secretary of the Army for funding 

and a brief update on projects 

previously recommended and funded. 

Current security measures require that 

persons interested in attending the 

meeting must pre-register with us before 

2 p.m. February 9, 2007. We cannot 

guarantee access for requests received 

after that time. Please contact Ellen 

Cummings to pre-register. When leaving 

a voice mail message please provide the 

name of the individual attending, the 

company or agency represented, and a 

telephone number, in case there are any 

questions. The public should enter on 

the ‘‘G’’ Street side of the GAO building. 

All attendees are required to show 

photo identification and must be 

escorted to the meeting room by Corps 

personnel. Attendee’s bags and other 

possessions are subject to being 

searched. All attendees arriving between 

one-half hour before and one-half hour 

after 9:30 a.m. will be escorted to the 

meeting. Those who are not preregistered and/or arriving later than the 

allotted time will be unable to attend 

the public meeting. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the Chief of Naval 

Operations (CNO) Executive Panel 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. 

SUMMARY: The CNO Executive Panel 

will report on the findings and 

recommendations of the Executive 

Decision Making Subcommittee to the 

CNO. The meeting will consist of 

discussions of the current decision 

making processes of the U.S. Navy’s 

senior leaders. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

February 8, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Center for Naval Analysis 

Corporation Building, 4825 Mark Center 

Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311, Room 

1A01. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LCDR Lester Brown, CNO Executive 

Panel, 4825 Mark Center Drive, 

Alexandria, VA 22311, 703–681–4939. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 

2), these matters constitute sensitive 

information that is specifically 

authorized by Executive Order to be 

kept secret. Accordingly, the Secretary 

of the Navy has determined in writing 

that the public interest requires that all 

sessions of this meeting be closed to the 

public because they will be concerned 

with matters listed in section 552b(c)(1) 

of title 5, United States Code. 

Dated: January 22, 2007. 

M.A. Harvison, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–1325 Filed 1–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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