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(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 through the

use of automated collection techniques

or 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 also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–25192 Filed 9–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 091697B]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council will convene a

public meeting of the Reef Fish Stock

Assessment Panel.

DATES: This meeting will begin at 8:30

a.m. on Monday, October 6 and

conclude by 12:00 noon on Thursday,

October 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science

Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami,

FL.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Atran, Population Dynamics

Statistician; telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Reef

Fish Stock Assessment Panel members

will meet to review new stock

assessments prepared by NMFS for red

snapper and gag in the Gulf of Mexico,

and to review available biological

information and landings data for gray

triggerfish. In addition, the Panel is

tentatively scheduled to review an

independent red snapper stock

assessment prepared by Dr. Brian

Rothschild of the University of

Massachusetts. All scheduled

presentations will be given during the

first two days of the meeting.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before the

Panel for discussion, in accordance with

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation Act, those issues may not

be the subject of formal Panel action

during this meeting. Panel action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by September 29, 1997.

Dated: September 17, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–25245 Filed 9–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 091697A]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council will convene a

public meeting of the Socioeconomic

Assessment Panel (SEP).

DATES: A joint meeting of the SEP Reef

Fish Subgroup and the Reef Fish Stock

Assessment Panel will be held

beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday,

October 8 and will conclude by 5:00

p.m. on Thursday, October 9, 1997. On

Friday, October 10, the entire SEP will

hold their meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science

Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami,

FL.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist;

telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP

members will meet to review available

social and economic data on red

snapper and gag and to determine the

social and economic implications of the

levels of acceptable biological catches

(ABC) recommended by the Council’s

Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel

(RFSAP). The SEP may recommend to

the Council total allowable catches

(TAC) for the 1998 fishing year. Specific

TAC recommendations for gag will

depend on whether an ABC range is

recommended by the RFSAP.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before the

Panel for discussion, in accordance with

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation Act, those issues may not

be the subject of formal Panel action

during this meeting. Panel action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

A copy of the agenda can be obtained

by contacting the Gulf Council (see

ADDRESSES).

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by October 1, 1997.

Dated: September 17, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–25246 Filed 9–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Cancellation of an Import Limit,

Guaranteed Access Level and Visa

Requirements for Certain Wool

Produced or Manufactured in

Honduras

September 17, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs cancelling a

limit, guaranteed access level and visa

requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212.
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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 United States Government has

decided to cancel the limit and

guaranteed access level (GAL) on

imports of wool textile products in

Category 435 from Honduras established

for the period beginning on January 1,

1997 and extending through December

31, 1997. A visa will no longer be

required for textile products in Category

435, regardless of the date of export.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs, effective on

September 30, 1997, to cancel the 1997

limit and GAL for Category 435. Also,

U.S. Customs Service is directed not to

sign the form ITA–370P for export of

U.S. formed and cut parts in Category

435.

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 38236, published on July 23,

1996; and 61 FR 59865, published on

November 25, 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 17, 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 November 19, 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 Honduras and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on September 30, 1997, you are

directed to cancel the current limit and

guaranteed access level for Category 435. A

visa will no longer be required for shipments

of goods in Category 435 which are produced

or manufactured in Honduras, regardless of

the date of export.

Also effective on September 30, 1997, U.S.

Customs Service is directed to no longer sign

the form ITA–370P for export of U.S. formed

and cut parts in Category 435.

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. 97–25206 Filed 9–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products and Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Apparel Produced or Manufactured in

the Philippines

September 19, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

import limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 23, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Heinzen, 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 adjusted, variously,

for swing, special shift 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 64507, published on

December 5, 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, 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 19, 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 November 29, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textiles and textile products

and silk blend and other vegetable fiber

apparel, produced or manufactured in the

Philippines and exported during the twelvemonth period beginning on January 1, 1997

and extending through December 31, 1997.

Effective on September 23, 1997, you are

directed to adjust the current limits for the

following categories, pursuant to the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Levels in Group I

237 ........................... 1,358,802 dozen.

331/631 .................... 5,654,141 dozen pairs.

333/334 .................... 242,549 dozen of

which not more than

40,848 dozen shall

be in Category 333.

335 ........................... 77,287 dozen.

338/339 .................... 2,380,268 dozen.

345 ........................... 191,417 dozen.

359–C/659–C 2 ........ 1,454,874 kilograms.

433 ........................... 3,712 dozen.

445/446 .................... 33,634 dozen.

447 ........................... 8,971 dozen.

633 ........................... 37,332 dozen.

634 ........................... 621,397 dozen.

635 ........................... 415,492 dozen.

636 ........................... 1,745,780 dozen.

638/639 .................... 2,364,122 dozen.

645/646 .................... 769,333 dozen.

649 ........................... 7,425,078 dozen.

847 ........................... 235,498 dozen.