Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 174 / Tuesday, September 9, 1997 / Notices 47471

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: On

Tuesday, September 23, 1997, the

Information and Education Committee

will meet from 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.;

the Council will meet from 9:30 a.m.

until 4:00 p.m. jointly with the Atlantic

States Marine Fisheries Commission

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea

Bass Board and the Executive

Committee will meet from 4:00 p.m.

until 6:00 p.m. On Wednesday,

September 24, 1997, the Council will

meet from 8:00 a.m. until noon jointly

with the Atlantic States Marine

Fisheries Commission Summer

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass

Board; the full Council will meet from

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and there will be

a scoping meeting for the Dogfish

Fishery Management Plan beginning at

7:00 p.m. On Thursday, September 25,

1997, the full Council will begin

meeting at 8:00 a.m. and is scheduled to

adjourn at approximately noon.

The purpose of these meetings is to

review the Council’s information and

education program; to adopt

recommended recreeational harvest

limits, commercial quotas, and other

commercial fishery management

measures for 1998 for summer flounder,

scup, and black sea bass; to review and

possibly revise the Council’s surfclam

quota recommendation for 1998; adopt

the Council’s budget request for 1998;

possibly adopt a Council policy for

adopting quota recommendations;

possibly adopt interim management

measures for the monkfish fishery; hold

a scoping meeting for the dogfish fishery

management plan; and other fishery

management matters.

The above agenda items may not be

taken in the order in which they appear

and are subject to change as necessary;

other items may be added. This meeting

may also be closed at any time to

discuss employment or other internal

administrative matters.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Council for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Council action during this

meeting. Council action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are 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) at least 5

days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: September 3, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–23735 Filed 9–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 080597C]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit PHF# 782–1384

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

National Marine Fisheries Service,

Alaska Fisheries Science Center,

National Marine Mammal Laboratory,

7600 Sand Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA

98115 (Principal Investigator: Dr.

Howard Braham; Co Investigators: Dr.

Thomas R. Loughlin and Mr. David E.

Withrow), has been issued a permit to

take gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus)

for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289); and

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand

Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA 98115 (tel:

206/526–6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

30, 1997, notice was published in the

Federal Register (62 FR 35156) that a

request for a scientific research permit

to take gray whales had been submitted

by the above-named organization. The

requested permit has been issued under

the authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

Dated: September 4, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–23776 Filed 9–8–97; 8:45 am]

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Wool Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia

September 3, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 9, 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).

The current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for carryforward and swing.

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 48889, published on

September 17, 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 bilateral, but are

designed to assist only in the