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Local Governments’’, as applicable.

Applications under this program are not

subject to Executive Order 12372,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs.’’

(5) All non-profit and for-profit

applicants are subject to a name check

review process. Name checks are

intended to reveal if any key individuals

associated with the applicant have been

convicted of, or are presently facing

criminal charges such as fraud, theft,

perjury, or other matters which

significantly reflect on the applicant’s

management, honesty, or financial

integrity.

(6) A false statement on an

application is grounds for denial or

termination of funds and grounds for

possible punishment by a fine or

imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C.

1001.

(7) No award of Federal funds shall be

made to an applicant who has an

outstanding delinquent Federal debt

until either:

(i) The delinquent account is paid in

full,

(ii) a negotiated repayment schedule

is established and at least one payment

is received, or

(iii) Other arrangements satisfactory to

the Department of Commerce are made.

(8) Buy American-Made Equipment or

Products—Applicants are encouraged

that any equipment or products

authorized to be purchased with

funding provided under this program

must be American-made to the

maximum extent feasible.

(9) The total dollar amount of the

indirect costs proposed in an

application under this program must not

exceed the indirect cost rate negotiated

and approved by a cognizant Federal

agency prior to the proposed effective

date of the award or 100 percent of the

total proposed direct cost dollar amount

in the application, whichever is less.

(d) If an application is selected for

funding, the Department of Commerce

has no obligation to provide any

additional future funding in connection

with the award. Renewal of an award to

increase funding or extend the period of

performance is at the total discretion of

the Department of Commerce.

(e) In accordance with Federal

statutes and regulations, no person on

grounds of race, color, age, sex, national

origin or disability shall be excluded

from participation in, denied benefits of,

or be subjected to discrimination under

any program or activity receiving

financial assistance from the NOAA

Climate and Global Change Program.

The NOAA Climate and Global Change

Program does not have direct TDD

(Telephonic Device for the deaf)

capabilities, but can be reached through

the State of Maryland supplied TDD

contact number, 800–735–2258,

between the hours of 8:00 am–4:30 pm.

Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, no person is required to respond

to nor shall a person be subject to a

penalty for failure to comply with a

collection of information subject to the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act unless that collection of

information displays a current valid

OMB control number. The standard

forms have been approved by the Office

of Management and Budget pursuant to

the Paperwork Reduction Act under

OMB approval number 0348–0043,

0348–0044, and 0348–0046.

Classification: This notice has been

determined to be not significant for

purposes of Executive Order 12866.

Dated: September 23, 1997.

J. Michael Hall,

Director, Office of Global Programs, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–25781 Filed 9–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–12–M

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Singapore

September 24, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 2, 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, carryover 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 56523, published on

November 1, 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.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

September 24, 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 October 28, 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 Singapore and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on October 2, 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

limit

331 ........................... 531,568 dozen pairs.

338/339 .................... 1,423,057 dozen of

which not more than

755,394 dozen shall

be in Category 338

and not more than

839,904 dozen shall

be in Category 339.

347/348 .................... 1,121,818 dozen of

which not more than

631,654 dozen shall

be in Category 347

and not more than

491,287 dozen shall

be in Category 348.

604 ........................... 976,975 kilograms.

631 ........................... 619,405 dozen pairs.

639 ........................... 3,790,643 dozen.

1The 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
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exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97–25799 Filed 9–29–7; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Chicago Board of Trade Futures

Contracts in Corn and Soybeans;

Proposed Disapproval of Exchange

Listing for Trading of January 1999

Soybean Futures Contract and March

1999 Corn Futures Contract

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of, and Request for

Public Comment on, Proposed

Disapproval of Contract Listing and

Proposed Disapproval and Proposed

Order to Change and to Supplement

Chicago Board of Trade Proposal on

Contract Specifications.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’)

has issued a Proposed Order to the

Board of Trade of the City of Chicago

(‘‘CBT’’), under sections 5a(a)(10) and

15 of the Commodity Exchange Act

(‘‘Act’’), 7 U.S.C. 7a(a)(10) and 19, to

change and to supplement its proposal

regarding the delivery terms of the CBT

corn and soybean futures contracts.

Notice of the Commission’s Proposed

Order was published in the Federal

Register on Monday, September 22,

1997. 62 FR 49474. The Proposed Order

proposed a number of changes and

supplements to the CBT proposal for its

corn and soybean futures contracts. The

Commission also proposed to

disapprove, to change and to

supplement the terms of the July and

December 1999 corn futures contracts

and the July and November 1999

soybean futures contracts proposed by

the CBT.

The Commission has become aware

that the Board of Trade of the City of

Chicago (CBT) notified its members on

September 19, 1997, of its intent to

propose listing for trading the January

1999 soybean futures contract and the

March 1999 corn futures contract. By

letter dated September 23, 1997, the

Commission notified the CBT that the

Commission is proposing under sections

5a(a)(10), 5a(a)(12), 8a(7) and 15 of the

Act to disapprove the listing for trading

and to disapprove, to change and to

supplement the terms of the January

1999 soybean futures contract and the

March 1999 corn futures contract on the

same basis and for the same reasons as

it has determined in its Proposed Order

of September 15, 1997, to propose to

disapprove, to change and to

supplement the July and December 1999

corn futures contracts and the July and

November 1999 soybean futures

contracts.

The Commission has determined that

publication of the notice to the CBT

proposing to disapprove the listing and

to disapprove, to change and to

supplement the terms of the January

1999 soybean futures contract and the

March 1999 corn futures contract is in

the public interest, will assist the

Commission in considering the views of

interested persons, and is consistent

with the purposes of the Commodity

Exchange Act.

DATES: Comment must be received by

October 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

mailed to the Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20581, attention:

Office of the Secretariat; transmitted by

facsimile at (202) 418–5521; or

transmitted electronically at

[secretary@cftc.gov]. Reference should

be made to ‘‘Corn and Soybean Delivery

Points—Additional Delivery Months.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Mielke, Acting Director, or Paul M.

Architzel, Chief Counsel, Division of

Economic Analysis, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20581, (202) 418–

5260, or electronically, Mr. Architzel at

[PArchitzel@cftc.gov].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

5a(a)(10) of the Act provides that as a

condition of contract market

designation, boards of trade are required

to:

permit the delivery of any commodity, on

contracts of sale thereof for future delivery,

of such grade or grades, at such point or

points and at such quality and locational

price differentials as will tend to prevent or

diminish price manipulation, market

congestion, or the abnormal movement of

such commodity in interstate commerce. If

the Commission after investigation finds that

the rules and regulations adopted by a

contract market permitting delivery of any

commodity on contracts of sale thereof for

future delivery, do not accomplish the

objectives of this subsection, then the

Commission shall notify the contract market

of its finding and afford the contract market

an opportunity to make appropriate changes

in such rules and regulations. If the contact

market within seventy-five days fails to make

the changes which in the opinion of the

Commission are necessary to accomplish the

objectives of this subsection, then the

Commission after granting the contract

market an opportunity to be heard, may

change or supplement such rules and

regulations of the contract market to achieve

the above objectives * * * .

The Commission, on September 15,

1997, issued a Proposed Order under

sections 5a(a)(10) and 15 of the Act to

change and to supplement the proposal

of the CBT relating to the delivery

specifications of the corn and soybean

futures contracts. That proposal was

submitted in response to prior

Commission notification to the CBT that

its futures contracts for corn and

soybeans no longer were in compliance

with the requirements of section

5a(a)(10) of the Act. The text of the

Proposed Order was published in the

Federal Register, and public comment

was requested thereon. 62 FR 49474

(September 22, 1997).

The Commission has become aware

that the CBT notified its members on

September 19, 1997, of its intent to

propose listing for trading of the January

1999 soybean futures contract and the

March 1999 corn futures contract. By

letter dated September 23, 1997, the

Commission notified the CBT that it is

proposing under sections 5a(a)(10),

5a(a)(12), 8a(7) and 15 of the Act to

disapprove the listing for trading and to

disapprove, to change and to

supplement the terms of the January

1999 soybean futures contract and the

March 1999 corn futures contract on the

same basis and for the same reasons as

it has determined in its Proposed Order

of September 15, 1997, to propose to

disapprove, to change and to

supplement the July and December 1999

corn futures contracts and the July and

November 1999 soybean futures

contracts.

A public hearing on the Proposed

Order has been scheduled for October

15, 1997, (or at an earlier date if the CBT

requests) at the Commission’s

Washington, D.C. office. The CBT also

will have an opportunity at that public

hearing to make an oral presentation

before the Commission on the matters

raised in this notice to disapprove the

listing and to disapprove, to change and

to supplement the January 1999 soybean

futures contract and the March 1999

corn futures contract. The Commission

will also accept written comments from

the CBT on this issue on or before the

date of the hearing. The text of this

notification is as follows:

September 23, 1997.

Mr. Patrick Arbor,

Chairman of the Board, Board of Trade of the

City of Chicago, 141 W. Jackson Blvd.,

Chicago, Illinois 60604–2994.