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on February 28, 1986 (51 FR 7097).

Public scoping meetings were

conducted pursuant to notice published

on May 19, 1986 (51 FR 18352). The

scoping meetings were held to allow

NOAA to gather information and

determine the range and significance of

issues related to the potential Sanctuary

designation and management of the

Norfolk Canyon site. A preliminary draft

resource assessment/environmental

impact statement was completed in

1992. No further significant action

toward designation has occurred since

that time.

III. The Site

Norfolk Canyon is located

approximately 60 nautical miles east of

the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay

(offshore Virginia), and is the

southermost of a series of submarine

canyons along the Atlantic continental

margin. This is a deep-water site,

characterized as a non-glaciated area

that is influenced by a major drainage

system (the Chesapeake Bay), and is

habitat for several alcyonarid and

scleractinid corals. The area is

approximately positioned about the

coordinates: 37°03.3n by 74°38.4W.

IV. Action

The SRD has been unuable to actively

pursue designation of this site for

reasons pertaining to availability of

resources and Program priorities. NOAA

has decided to focus its limited

personnel and budgetary resources on

completion of Congressionallydesignated sites; on consideration of

bio-geographic areas not well

represented by the Sanctuary Program;

and on sites that are more significantly

affected by human activities. NOAA’s

resources are being directed at bringing

the management of designated

sanctuaries up to levels consistent with

mandates of the Act. NOAA finds,

through information gathered for the

preliminary draft resource assessment

and environmental impact statement,

that there appears to be the minimal

threat to the Norfolk Canyon site,

relative to other proposed and existing

sites. Human activites are limited

primarily to low levels of commercial

and recreational fishing. No mineral

mining or ocean disposal activity occurs

at the site, and the near-term prospects

of such activities are unlikely.

Accordingly, the site is withdrawn

from Active Candidate status and

further consideration of Norfolk Canyon

for designation as a National Marine

Sanctuary is discontinued.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)

Dated: August 18, 1997.

Captain Evelyn J. Fields,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone

Management.

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BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits and

Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the Dominican

Republic

August 20, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

import limits and Guaranteed Access

Levels.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 26, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, 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 limit for Categories 351/

651 is being increased for special shift,

reducing the limit for 342/642 to

account for the increase.

Upon the request of the Government

of the Dominican Republic, the U.S.

Government has agreed to increase the

current Guaranteed Access Levels

(GALs) for certain textile products.

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 62 FR 66263,

published on December 17, 1996). Also

see 61 FR 65375, published on

December 12, 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 20, 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 6, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in the Dominican Republic

and exported during the twelve-month

period which began on January 1, 1997 and

extends through December 31, 1997.

Effective on August 26, 1997, you are

directed to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted limit 1

342/642 .................... 348,935 dozen.

351/651 .................... 1,076,530 dozen.

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

31, 1996.

The Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for

Categories 342/642 and 351/651 remain

unchanged. You are directed to increase the

current GALs for the following categories:

Category Guaranteed Access

Level

338/638 .................... 4,150,000 dozen.

347/348/647/648 ...... 9,050,000 dozen.

433 ........................... 81,000 dozen.

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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

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