Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 20 / Thursday, January 30, 1997 / Notices 4519

Persons who wish to bring urban and

community forestry matters to the

attention of the Council may file written

statements with the Council staff before

or after the meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held

February 28 through March 1, 1997. A

tour of local projects will take place on

February 27, 9:00–3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Fulton Lane Inn, 202 King Street,

Charleston, South Carolina.

Send written statements and/or

proposed agenda items to Suzanne M.

del Villar, Executive Assistant, National

Urban and Community Forestry

Advisory Council, 1042 Park West

Court, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suzanne M. del Villar, Cooperative

Forestry Staff, (970) 928–9264.

Dated: January 24, 1997.

Joan M. Comanor,

Deputy Chief.

[FR Doc. 97–2294 Filed 1–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Economic Impact of Cholesterol SRMs/

Definitive Methods Program; Proposed

Data Collection

ACTION: Proposed data collection;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before March 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Acting

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 5327,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information on

the information collection

instruments(s) and instructions should

be directed to Michael Welch, Chemical

Science and Technology Laboratory,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Building 324 (Chemistry),

Room B–156, Gaithersburg, MD 20899,

Phone: 301–975–3100), e-mail:

michael.welch@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

NIST seeks to assess economic

impacts of its cholesterol SRMs and

related programs. The respondents will

be U.S. clinical laboratories and clinical

instrument producers and their

customers. The results will be used by

NIST for program evaluation purposes.

II. Method of Collection

Personnel of firms in the U.S. clinical

laboratories and clinical instrument

producers and their customers may

respond to questionnaires by mail, fax,

E-mail, or telephone.

III. Data

OMB Number: None.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: None.

Affected Public: Personnel of firms in

the U.S. clinical laboratories and

clinical instrument industries and their

customers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50.

Estimated Time Per Response: 0.5

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 25 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,500

(25 × $100 per hour fully burdened cost

for a senior level technical manager.)

There are no equipment or maintenance

costs associated with this collection.

IV. Requests for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques and

other forms of information technology.

Comments submitted in response to this

notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection.

They will also become a matter of

public record.

Dated: January 24, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–2287 Filed 1–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit for

Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Fiji

January 24, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs reducing a

limit.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 30, 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 sublimit for Categories

338–S/339–S/638–S/639–S is 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 54985, published on October

23, 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 the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing, but are designed to assist only
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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 24, 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 October 16, 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 Fiji and exported during the

twelve-month period which began on January

1, 1997 and extends through December 31,

1997.

Effective on January 30, 1997, you are

directed to reduce the limit 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

338/339/638/639 ...... 1,168,614 dozen of

which not more than

919,492 dozen shall

be in Categories

338–S/339–S/638–

S/639–S2.

1The limit has not been adjusted to account

for any imports exported after December 31,

1996. 2 Category 338–S: only HTS numbers

6103.22.0050, 6105.10.0010, 6105.10.0030,

6105.90.8010, 6109.10.0027, 6110.20.1025,

6110.20.2040, 6110.20.2065, 6110.90.9068,

6112.11.0030 and 6114.20.0005; Category

339–S: only HTS numbers 6104.22.0060,

6104.29.2049, 6106.10.0010, 6106.10.0030,

6106.90.2510, 6106.90.3010, 6109.10.0070,

6110.20.1030, 6110.20.2045, 6110.20.2075,

6110.90.9070, 6112.11.0040, 6114.20.0010

and 6117.90.9020; Category 638–S: all HTS

numbers except 6109.90.1007, 6109.90.1009,

6109.90.1013 and 6109.90.1025; Category

639–S: all HTS numbers except

6109.90.1050, 6109.90.1060, 6109.90.1065

and 6109.90.1070.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that this

action falls 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.97–2274 Filed 1–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Public Information Collection

Requirement

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of emergency submission

for approval of Information Collection

#3038–0023—Regulations and Forms

Relating to Registration with the

Commission.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures

Trading Commission has submitted a

request for emergency approval for

information collection 3038–0023,

Regulations and Forms Relating to

Registration with the Commission. In

compliance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Commission

solicits comments to:

(1) evaluate whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the agency,

including the validity of the methodology

and assumptions used; (2) evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the collection of information

including the validity of the methodology

and assumptions used; (3) enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the information

to be collected; and (4) minimize the burden

of the collection of the information on those

who are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

ADDRESS: Copies of the submission may

be obtained from the CFTC Clearance

Officer, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–5160.

Title: Regulations and Forms Relating

to Registration with the Commission.

Control Number: 3038–0023.

Action: Extension.

Respondents: Commission

Registrants.

Estimated Annual Burden: 27,467

hours.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on January 24,

1997.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary to the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–2250 Filed 1–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

Sunshine Act; Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

February 28, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Fl. Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–2407 Filed 1–28–97; 2:28 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

February 21, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C. 9th Fl. Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–2408 Filed 1–28–97; 2:28 pm]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

February 14, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C. 9th Fl. Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–2409 Filed 1–28–97; 2:28 pm]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

February 7, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington,

D.C., 9th Fl. Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

matters.