48612 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 179 / Tuesday, September 16, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Membership of the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration

Performance Review Board

AGENCY: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of membership of NOAA

Performance Review Board.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 5 USC,

4314(c)(4), NOAA announces the

appointment of persons to serve as

members of the NOAA Performance

Review Board (PRB). The NOAA PRB is

responsible for reviewing performance

appraisals and ratings of Senior

Executive Service (SES) members and

making written recommendations to the

appointing authority on SES retention

and compensation matters, including

performance-based pay adjustments,

awarding of bonuses and reviewing

recommendations for potential

Presidential Rank Award nominees. The

appointment of these members to the

NOAA PRB will be for periods of 24

months.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of

service of appointees to the NOAA

Performance Review Board is October 1,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Monica M.P. Matthews, Senior

Executive Service Program Manager,

Human Resources Management Office,

Office of Finance and Administration,

NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 713–

0534 (ext. 204).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

names and position titles of the

members of the NOAA PRB (NOAA

officials unless otherwise identified) are

set forth below:

Rance A. Belapoldi: Chief, Surface and

Microanalysis Science Division,

Chemical Science and Technology

Laboratory (National Institute of

Standards and Technology)

James Belville: Director, NEXRAD

Operational Support Facility,

National Weather Service

Jeffrey R. Benoit: Director, Office of

Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management, National Ocean Service

Margaret A. Davidson: Director, NOAA

Coastal Services Center, National

Ocean Service

David L. Evans: Deputy Assistant

Administrator, National Marine

Fisheries Service

John T. Forsing: Director, Eastern

Region, National Weather Service

Susan B. Fruchter: Counselor to the

Under Secretary, Office of Policy and

Strategic Planning

Margaret F. Hayes: Assistant General

Counsel for Fisheries, Office of the

General Counsel

Jay S. Johnson: Deputy General Counsel

for Fisheries, Enforcement and

Regions, Office of the General Counsel

David M. Kennedy: Chief, Hazardous

Materials Response and Assessment

Division, National Ocean Service

Gerald R. Lucas: Director, Eastern

Center, Office of Finance and

Administration

Gary C. Matlock: Program Management

Officer, National Marine Fisheries

Service

P. Krishna Rao: Senior Scientist for

Environmental Satellite, Data and

Information Service, National

Environmental Satellite, Data and

Information Service

James L. Rasmussen: Director,

Environmental Research Laboratories,

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric

Research

Michael P. Sissenwine: Science and

Research Director, Northeast Region,

National Marine Fisheries Service

Alan R. Thomas: Deputy Assistant

Administrator, Office of Oceanic and

Atmospheric Research

Louis W. Uccellini: Director, Office of

Meteorology, National Weather

Service

James K. White: Executive Director for

the Economics and Statistics

Administration (Economics and

Statistics Administration)

Gregory W. Withee: Deputy Assistant

Administrator, National

Environmental Satellite, Data and

Information Service

Helen M. Wood: Director, Office of

Satellite Data Processing and

Distribution, National Environmental

Satellite, Data and Information

Service

Sally J. Yozell: Deputy Assistant

Secretary, Office of the Assistant

Secretary

Dated: September 19, 1997.

D. James Baker,

Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere.

[FR Doc. 97–24476 Filed 9–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–12–P

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Egypt

September 10, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Helen L. LeGrande, 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 338/

339 is being increased for swing,

carryover and carryforward. The limits

for the Fabric Group and the sublimit

for Category 227 are being reduced to

account for the swing being applied.

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 68242, 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

September 10, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.