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of the provisions of the bilateral, but are

designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of its

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

October 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 December 5, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton and manmade fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Nepal and exported during

the twelve-month period which began on

January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on October 21, 1997, you are

directed to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for in the bilateral

agreement between the Governments of the

United States and the Kingdom of Nepal:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

336/636 .................... 234,214 dozen.

340 ........................... 280,779 dozen.

341 ........................... 913,818 dozen.

369–S2 .................... 954,000 kilograms.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1996. 2 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005.

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.97–27981 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Sri Lanka

October 17, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 21, 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 Category 347/

348/847 is being increased for

additional special shift and additional

special carryforward, reducing the limit

for Category 647/648 to account for the

increase in special shift.

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 68246, 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

October 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 December 20, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Sri Lanka and

exported during the period which began on

January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on October 21, 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 1

347/348/847 ............. 1,883,722 dozen.

647/648 .................... 1,095,301 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

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.97–27979 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Deputy Chief of Staff for

Personnel (DAPE–ZXI–RM), U.S. Army.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department

of the Army announces a proposed

public information collection and seeks

public comment on the provisions

thereof. Comments are invited on: (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the proposed

information collection; (c) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the

information collection on respondents,

including through the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by December 22,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Department of the Army and Air Force

National Guard Bureau, 111 South

George Mason Drive, Arlington, Virginia

22202–1382 ATTN: (Major R. Jolly

Brown). Consideration will be given to
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all comments received within 60 days of

the date of publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write the above address, or call

Department of the Army Reports

clearance officer at (703) 614–0454.

Title: Research to Develop a Profile of

Army National Guard Members.

Needs and Uses: This research will be

a mail survey among Army National

Guard members. The research will assist

the Army National Guard (ARNG) in

making the most effective use of its

public relations, advertising and

marketing budget for recruiting efforts.

The research will help the ARNG and its

advertising agency prioritize activities,

focus their messages and understand the

various segments of Guard members.

Affected Public: Individual or

Households.

Annual Burden Hours: 1500.

Number of Respondents: 6000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

public relations, advertising and

marketing activities can have a

significant impact on recruiting and

retention of Guard members. Recruiting

and retention have been areas of

concern in recent years for the Army

National Guard. This research will assist

the Army National Guard in making the

most effective use of its budget for

public relations, advertising and

marketing activities.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–27880 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers

Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS), Devils Lake,

North Dakota, Emergency Outlet

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The 1997 Emergency

Supplemental Appropriations Act,

Public Law (Pub. L.) 105–18, directed

the Secretary of the Army to conduct

preconstruction engineering and design

(PED) for an emergency outlet from

Devils Lake, North Dakota, to the

Sheyenne River. The PED authorization

also required that an EIS be prepared.

The construction of an emergency outlet

was not authorized by Pub. L. 105–18.

Devils Lake is a terminal lake located

in northeastern North Dakota. Devils

Lake has a long history of a wide range

of fluctuating lake levels. Since 1993,

the lake has risen about 20 feet. Rising

lake levels have resulted in damage to

houses, businesses, infrastructure,

transportation systems, and land uses.

Significant expenditures of Federal,

State, and local funds have been

required to relocate structures and to

raise and strengthen roads and levees.

While these efforts will provide

immediate protection, there is great

concern that the lake could continue to

rise. The Devils Lake Basin is a subbasin

of the Hudson Bay drainage system,

although Devils Lake has not

contributed to the Hudson Bay drainage

for many centuries.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions concerning the DEIS can be

directed to: Colonel J.M. Wonsik,

District Engineer, St. Paul District,

Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Mr. Robert

Whiting, 190 Fifth Street East, St. Paul,

Minnesota 55101–1638.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS

will assess impacts, identify areas of

potential impact, identify mitigation

features, discuss monitoring activities,

and identify future activities associated

with an emergency outlet from Devils

Lake.

Significant issues and resources to be

identified in the DEIS will be

determined through coordination with

responsible Federal, State, Canadian,

and local agencies; the general public;

interested private organizations and

parties; and affected Native Americans.

Anyone who has an interest in

participating in the development of the

DEIS is invited to contact the St. Paul

District, Corps of Engineers.

Significant issues identified to date

for discussion in the DEIS are as

follows:

1. Natural resources including:

fishery, wildlife, vegetation, wetlands,

and riparian areas;

2. Cultural resources;

3. Water quality and quantity,

groundwater, erosion, and

sedimentation;

4. Federally and State listed

threatened or endangered plant or

animal species;

5. Social and economic resources;

6. Downstream intrastate, interstate,

and international resources;

7. Native American and Tribal Trust

resources and responsibilities.

Additional issues of significance may

be identified through public and agency

meetings. A notice of those meetings

will be provided to interested parties

and to local news media.

Construction of an emergency outlet

would be considered major in scope. An

outlet to the Sheyenne River has the

potential to result in significant impacts.

Our environmental review will be

conducted according to the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969,

National Historic Preservation Act of

1966, Council on Environmental Quality

Regulations, Endangered Species Act of

1973, Section 404 of the Clean Water

Act, and applicable laws and

regulations.

We anticipate that the DEIS will be

available to the public in the fall of

1998.

Dated: September 30, 1997.

J.M. Wonsik,

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.

[FR Doc. 97–27879 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–CY–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery Program

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record

of Decision (ROD).

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of the ROD to implement the

Proposed Action Alternative of the Nez

Perce Tribal Hatchery Program in the

Clearwater River Subbasin in Idaho.

This decision is based on the analysis of

the alternatives in the Final

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery (DOE/

EIS–0213, July 1997). In the proposed

action, BPA would build and the Nez

Perce Tribe would operate two central

incubation and rearing hatcheries and

six satellite facilities. Spring and fall

chinook salmon would be reared and

acclimated to different areas in the

Subbasin and released at the hatcheries

and satellite sites or in other

watercourses throughout the Subbasin.

Fish would return to reproduce

naturally in the areas where they are

released.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS

may be obtained by calling BPA’s tollfree document request line: 1–800–622–

4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Leslie Kelleher—ECN–4, Bonneville