Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 18 / Tuesday, January 28, 1997 / Notices 4033

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

December 16, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–138. Applicant:

University of California, Berkeley,

Procurement and Business Contracts,

Berkeley, CA 94720–5600. Instrument:

(4 each) Broadband Seismometers,

Model STS–2. Manufacturer: G.

Streckeisen AG, Switzerland. Intended

Use: The instruments will be used to

study the high frequency components of

regional earthquakes and the low

frequency (long period) components of

global teleseismic earthquakes. The

instruments are typically deployed in

site specific, specifically constructed

observatories (vaults), and may be

operated continuously for 20–30 years.

Alternatively, they are used to augment

data from permanent seismic

observatories. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December

18, 1996.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–2054 Filed 1–27–97; 8:45 am]

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National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Notice of a Jointly Owned Invention

Available for Licensing

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is

jointly owned by the U.S. Government,

as represented by the Department of

Commerce and the Department of

Defense. The Department of Commerce’s

ownership interest in this invention is

available for licensing in accordance

with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404

to achieve expeditious

commercialization of results of federally

funded research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

this inventions may be obtained by

writing to: Marcia Salkeld, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Office of Industrial Partnerships

Program, Building 820, Room 213,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax 301–869–

2751. Any request for information

should include the NIST Docket No. and

Title for the relevant invention as

indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may

enter a Cooperative Research and

Development Agreement (‘‘CRADA’’)

with the licensee to perform further

research on the invention for purposes

of commercialization. The invention

available for licensing is:

NIST Docket No. 96–031CIP

Title: Ultra-Low Temperature Neck

Bonding Process.

Description: New types of ceramic

structures and ceramic composites are

formed by a low cost, moderate

temperature sintering process using a

pre-ceramic precursor which, upon mild

heating, decomposes to form ‘‘necks’’

between individual ceramic particles.

The properties of the resulting porous

ceramic bodies can be further modified

to form a new class of composite

materials.

Dated: January 22, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Bangladesh

January 22, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs reducing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 1997.

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 these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port or call

(202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

The current limits for certain

categories are being reduced for

carryforward applied in 1996.

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 61 FR 66263,

published on December 17, 1996). Also

see 61 FR 68241, published on

December 27, 1996.

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, but

are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

January 22, 1997.

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 20, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, manmade fiber, silk blend and other vegetable

fiber textiles and textile products, produced

or manufactured in Bangladesh and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on January 28, 1997, you are

directed to reduce the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

237 ........................... 416,177 dozen.

331 ........................... 1,054,366 dozen pairs.

334 ........................... 126,966 dozen.

335 ........................... 227,968 dozen.

336/636 .................... 407,955 dozen.

341 ........................... 2,213,122 dozen.

342/642 .................... 382,905 dozen.

351/651 .................... 608,132 dozen.

352/652 .................... 9,072,698 dozen.

369–S2 .................... 1,519,427 kilograms.

634 ........................... 444,196 dozen.

635 ........................... 287,786 dozen.

641 ........................... 926,697 dozen.

647/648 .................... 1,252,711 dozen.

847 ........................... 665,143 dozen.

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

31, 1996. 2 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 to the rulemaking provisions of 5

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

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

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