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6216, February 11, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides systematic

triggering of kinematic data acquisition

for reliability and recording of

movement events with durations as

short as 40 ms. Advice received from:

National Institutes of Health, June 26,

1997.

Docket Number: 97–039. Applicant:

University of California, San Diego, San

Diego, CA 92121. Instrument: Wave

Measurement Equipment. Manufacturer:

Datawell bv, The Netherlands. Intended

Use: See notice at 62 FR 32766, June 17,

1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) more reliable wave

direction estimates at frequencies under

1.0 Hz and over 3.0 Hz with less

variability within the range, and (2)

better wave spread estimates than

comparable domestic equipment.

Advice received from: Two domestic

manufacturers of similar equipment,

April 23, 1997 (comparable case).

Docket Number: 97–047. Applicant:

Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.

Instrument: Slice Physiology Setup,

Model 240. Manufacturer: Luigs and

Neumann, Germany. Intended Use: See

notice at 62 FR 34691, June 27, 1997.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides positioning of a group of

microelectrodes for single-cell neuronal

recording under an optical microscope

with placement precision of 0.1 μm.

Advice received from: National

Institutes of Health, June 26, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–049. Applicant:

California State Polytechnic University,

Pomona, CA 91768. Instrument:

Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model

SX.18MV. Manufacturer: Applied

Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR

36261, July 7, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides: (1)

sequential mixing capability, (2) dead

time of 1.3 ms, and (3) a cell volume of

20 μl with a flow circuit volume of 100

μl. Advice received from: National

Institutes of Health, June 26, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–050. Applicant:

University of Pennsylvania,

Philadelphia, PA 19104. Instrument:

Mass Spectrometer, Model AutoSpec.

Manufacturer: Micromass, United

Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 62

FR 36261, July 7, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides a high

resolution double focussing magnetic

sector analyzer with 3-sector geometry.

Advice received from: National

Institutes of Health, June 26, 1997.

The National Institutes of Health and

two domestic manufacturers of similar

equipment advise that (1) the

capabilities of each of the foreign

instruments described above are

pertinent to each applicant’s intended

purpose and (2) they know of no

domestic instrument or apparatus of

equivalent scientific value for the

intended use of each instrument.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus being manufactured in the

United States which is of equivalent

scientific value to any of the foreign

instruments.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–21711 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 080697F]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

September 8–11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held

at the Adam’s Mark Hotel, 64 South

Water Street, Mobile, AL; telephone:

334–438–4000.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director;

telephone: (813) 228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

September 10

8:30 a.m.—Convene.

8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.—Hear

presentation on Marine Fisheries

Reserves.

10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.—Hear

presentation on Use of Satellite

Transponders.

1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.—Hear

presentation on NOAA Enforcement

Policy.

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Mackerel Management

Committee.

3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Reef Fish Management

Committee.

September 11 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.—

Receive a report of the Data Collection

Committee.

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Coral Management

Committee.

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Habitat Protection

Management Committee.

9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.--Receive a report

on the Structure of the Socioeconomic

Panel.

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Highly Migratory Species

Billfish Advisory Panel Meeting.

9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Highly Migratory Species

Longline Advisory Panel Meeting.

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.—Receive a

report of the U.S. Coast Guard

Enforcement Meeting.

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.—Receive a

report on the South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council Liaison.

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.—Receive

Enforcement Reports.

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.— Receive

Director’s Reports.

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.—Other

business to be discussed.

Committees

11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.—Hold

Chairmen’s Election.

September 8

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon—Hold

Orientation Session for new Council

members.

1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Convene the

Mackerel Management Committee to

review Draft Amendment 9/Regulatory

Impact Review (RIR) and an options

paper for Draft Amendment 10.

September 9

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.—Convene the

Coral Management Committee to review

an issue related to losses of cultured live

rock due to red tide.

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.—Convene the

Habitat Protection Committee to review

the status of a generic amendment to

Gulf Fishery Management Plans (FMPs)

addressing essential fisheries habitat

(EFH) and selection of technical review

panel for EFH amendment.

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.—Convene the

Data Collection Committee to review the

Recreational and Commercial Fisheries

Initiative programs.

1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Convene the

Reef Fish Management Committee to

review Draft Amendment 16/RIR, a

schedule for preparation of Draft

Amendment 17, a summary of the Red

Snapper Peer Group reviews, and an

updated projection of recreational

landings of red snapper for 1997. The

Committee will also select public

hearing locations for Draft Amendment

16.
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Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Anne Alford at the

Council (see ADDRESSES) by August 29,

1997.

Dated: August 11, 1997.

Gary C. Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–21665 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Pakistan

August 11, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 18, 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 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 increased,

variously, for carryover and 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 61 FR 66263,

published on December 17, 1996). Also

see 61 FR 68245, 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

August 11, 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 and manmade fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Pakistan and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on August 18, 1997, you are

directed to increase the limits the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted limit 1

219 ........................... 8,256,340 square meters.

226/313 .................... 121,600,260 square

meters.

237 ........................... 401,558 dozen.

239 ........................... 1,890,536 kilograms.

314 ........................... 6,004,610 square meters.

315 ........................... 80,931,186 square

meters.

317/617 .................... 32,267,768 square

meters.

331/631 .................... 2,159,709 dozen pairs.

335/635 .................... 366,281 dozen.

339 ........................... 1,168,372 dozen.

340/640 .................... 631,013 dozen of

which not more than

217,058 dozen shall

be in Category 340–

D/640–D 2.

341/641 .................... 722,805 dozen.

342/642 .................... 357,751 dozen.

359–C/659–C 3 ........ 1,445,610 kilograms.

360 ........................... 4,649,160 numbers.

361 ........................... 6,000,660 numbers.

369–F/369–P4 ......... 2,219,916 kilograms.

369–S5 .................... 650,774 kilograms.

613/614 .................... 24,077,967 square

meters.

615 ........................... 25,614,854 square

meters.

Category Adjusted limit 1

625/626/627/628/629 78,779,850 square

meters of which not

more than

35,486,420 square

meters shall be in

Category 625; not

more than

35,486,420 square

meters shall be in

Category 626; not

more than

35,486,420 square

meters shall be in

Category 627; not

more than 7,342,018

square meters shall

be in Category 628;

and not more than

35,486,420 square

meters shall be in

Category 629.

647/648 .................... 868,060 dozen.

666–P6 .................... 732,470 kilograms.

666–S7 .................... 4,235,760 kilograms.

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

31, 1996. 2 Category 340–D: only HTS numbers

6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2025

and 6205.20.2030; Category 640–D: only HTS

numbers 6205.30.2010, 6205.30.2020,

6205.30.2030, 6205.30.2040, 6205.90.3030

and 6205.90.4030. 3 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. 4 Category 369–F: only HTS number

6302.91.0045; Category 369–P: only HTS

numbers 6302.60.0010 and 6302.91.0005. 5 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005. 6 Category 666–P: only HTS numbers

6302.22.1010, 6302.22.1020, 6302.22.2010,

6302.32.1010, 6302.32.1020, 6302.32.2010

and 6302.32.2020. 7 Category 666–S: only HTS numbers

6302.22.1030, 6302.22.1040, 6302.22.2020,

6302.32.1030, 6302.32.1040, 6302.32.2030

and 6302.32.2040.

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.

[FR Doc. 97–21648 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

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