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DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for specific dates and times of the

hearings.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for locations of the

meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathon Krieger -International issues

(301) 713-2276 and/or Sarah

McLaughlin -Domestic issues, (301)

713–2347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meetings are scheduled as follows:

1. Wednesday, September 10, 1997, 7

to 10 p.m., Parkwood Inn, Route 24 at

Cooks Corner, Brunswick, ME 04011;

2. Thursday, September 11, 1997, 7 to

10 p.m., Best Western Sovereign Hotel,

9 Whitehill Avenue, Mystic, CT 06340;

3. Friday, September 12, 1997, 7 to 10

p.m., Holiday Inn, Crown Plaza, 333

Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70130;

4. Wednesday, September 17, 1997, 7

to 10 p.m., Westin Resort Miami Beach,

4833 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL

33140;

5. Wednesday, October 1, 1997, 7 to

10 p.m., Holiday Inn, 290 State Highway

37 East, Toms River, NJ 08753;

6. Friday , October 3, 1997, 7 to 10

p.m., North Carolina Aquarium, Airport

Road, Manteo, NC 27954;

7. The annual ICCAT Advisory

Committee Meeting will be held in the

Silver Spring, MD, November 2–4, 1997.

There will be opportunity for public

comment on the international issues on

Sunday, November 2 from 2–6 p.m. at

NOAA Building 3, room 4527, 1315

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD

20910.

The following topics may be

presented to the public for discussion at

the ICCAT/HMS Regional Advisory

Committee Meetings:

International Issues:

(1) Background on ICCAT

(2) Information on the Advisory

Committee and Commissioners

(3) Status of Highly Migratory Species

Managed by ICCAT

(4) Topics for the 1997 ICCAT Annual

Meeting

Domestic Issues:

(1) Highly Migratory Species

Rulemaking Actions

(2) HMS Activities under the

Magnuson-Stevens Act

(3) Regional Concerns/Issues

Representatives from the U.S. ICCAT

Advisory Committee and NMFS will be

in attendance. The first half of each

regional meeting will be dedicated to

international issues, followed by

domestic issues. There will be an

opportunity for public comment on each

issue. The meetings may be lengthened

or shortened based on the progress of

the discussions. The meeting locations

are physically accessible to people with

disabilities. Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Jonathon Krieger

at (301) 713–2276 at least 5 days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: August 21, 1997.

George Darcy

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–22842 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 082197B]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea

Bass Monitoring Committees will hold a

public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

September 4–5, 1997. On Thursday,

September 4, the Summer Flounder

Monitoring Committee will meet from

10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The Scup

Monitoring Committee will meet from

2:00–5:00 p.m. On Friday, September 5,

1997, the Black Sea Monitoring

Committee will meet from 8:00–11:00

a.m.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held

at the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia

Airport, 500 Stevens Drive,

Philadelphia, PA; telephone: 610–521–

5900.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David R. Keifer, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302–674–2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of these meetings is to set the

summer flounder, scup, and black sea

bass quotas for 1998.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: August 21, 1997.

George H. Darcy,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–22844 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration

Technology Administration

Performance Review Board

Membership, September 1997

The Technology Administration

Performance Review Board reviews

performance appraisals, agreements,

and recommended actions pertaining to

employees in the Senior Executive

Service and reviews performancerelated pay increases for ST–3104

employees. The Board makes

recommendations to the appropriate

Appointing Authority concerning such

matters so as to ensure the fair and

equitable treatment of these individuals.

The following is the full membership

of the Board:

Kelly H. Carnes (NC), Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Technology Policy,

Technology Administration,

Washington, DC 20230, Appointment

Expires: 12/31/98

Karl E. Bell (C), Deputy Director of

Administration, Office of the Director

of Administration, National Institute

of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899,

Appointment Expires: 12/31/99

Elaine Bunten-Mines (C), Director,

Program Office, Office of the Director,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899,

Appointment Expires: 12/31/99

Andrew J. Fowell (C), Associate Director

for Construction and Building,

Building and Fire Research

Laboratory, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899,

Appointment Expires: 12/31/97

Stephen W. Freiman (C), Chief,

Ceramics Division, Materials Science

and Engineering Laboratory, National

Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899,

Appointment Expires: 12/31/99

Kent Hughes, Associate Deputy

Secretary of Commerce, U.S.

Department of Commerce,

Washington, DC 20230, Appointment

Expires: 12/31/99
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Richard F. Kayser (C), Chief, Physical

and Chemical Properties Division,

Chemical Science and Technology

Laboratory, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899,

Appointment Expires: 12/31/98

Ronald E. Lawson (C), Associate

Director for Financial and

Administrative Management, National

Technical Information Service,

Springfield, VA 22161, Appointment

Expires: 12/31/99

Harry I. McHenry (C), Chief, Materials

Reliability Division, Materials Science

and Engineering Laboratory, National

Institute of Standards and

Technology, Boulder, CO 80303,

Appointment Expires: 12/31/97

Rosalie T. Ruegg (C), Director, Economic

Assessment Office, Advanced

Technology Program, National

Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899,

Appointment Expires: 12/31/99

Robert I. Scace, Chair (C), Director,

Office of Microelectronics Programs,

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Laboratory, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899,

Appointment Expires: 12/31/97

Samuel P. Williamson (C), Deputy

Director, Office of Systems

Development, National Weather

Service, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, Silver

Spring, MD 20910, Appointment

Expires: 12/31/98

Graham R. Mitchell,

Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy,

Technology Administration, Department of

Commerce.

[FR Doc. 97–22681 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–18–M

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Bangladesh

August 22, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202)

482094212. 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) 927095850. For information

on embargoes and quota re-openings,

call (202) 482093715.

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 adjusted, variously,

for swing and 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 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

August 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 August 27, 1997, you are

directed to adjust 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

limit1A1

341 ........................... 2,304,795 dozen.

634 ........................... 505,335 dozen.

635 ........................... 327,397 dozen.

641 ........................... 951,772 dozen.

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit1A1

647/648 .................... 1,425,132 dozen.

847 ........................... 309,580 dozen.

11AThe limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1996.

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. 97–22847 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–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

Bangladesh

August 22, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 27, 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 increased for

carryover.

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.