52976 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 197 / Friday, October 10, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 970326070–7204–02]

Notice of Delayed Termination of

Validation Services for Federal

Information Processing Standards

(FIPS)

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; Delayed termination of

validation services.

SUMMARY: The NIST Information

Technology Laboratory (NIST) is

terminating validation services for FIPS

21–4, COBOL; FIPS 69–1 FORTRAN;

FIPS 128–2, Computer Graphics

Metafile, Air Transport Association

Profile (CGM (ATA)); FIPS 160, C, and

FIPS 151–2, POSIX.

NIST announced by Department

Organization Order 30–2B the formation

of the Information Technology

Laboratory (ITL). Under the new ITL

organization, NIST is refocusing its

program for information technology,

concentrating on the development of

conformance tests for emerging

information technologies rather than the

operation of software testing services.

NIST will assist private industry and

government agencies in establishing

testing programs for these standards by

providing NIST conformance testing

materials to interested parties.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Validation services for

FIPS 151–2. POSIX, will terminate on

December 31, 1997. Validation services

for FIPS 21–4, COBOL; FIPS 69–1,

FORTRAN; FIPS 128–2, CGM (ATA);

and FIPS 160, C, will terminate on or

before September 30, 1998. These

validation services will terminate before

September 30, 1998, if other private

industry and/or government agency

testing programs have been established.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR COMMENTS

CONTACT: Ms. Lynne Rosenthal, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone

(301) 975–3283, email 1sr@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NIST

announced on April 8, 1997, (62 FR

16788–89) that it was considering the

termination of the validation services

for FIPS 21–4, COBOL; FIPS 69–1,

FORTRAN; FIPS 128–2 CGM (ATA);

FIPS 151–2, POSIX; and FIPS 160, C. In

response to comments on the April 8,

1997, announcement, NIST is delaying

termination of these services to give

private industry and/or government

agencies more time to establish their

own validation services. If private

industry and/or government agency

testing programs are established before

September 30, 1998, NIST may

announce an earlier date for terminating

services.

A Director of Conformance Testing

Programs, Products, and Services is

available on the World Wide Web

(WWW) at the Universal Resource

Locator (URL) http://www.nist.gov/

ctdirectory.html. NIST test suites and

testing procedures are distributed freely

and are accessible from the Directory.

Additional conformance testing

information is available on the URL

http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/ctg.

Authority: Federal Information Processing

Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are

issued by the National Institute of Standards

and Technology pursuant to Section 5131 of

the Information Technology Management

Reform Act of 1996 and the Computer

Security Act of 1987, Pub. L. 104–106.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–26878 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–CN–M′

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Thailand

October 6, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

import limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, 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 58044, published on

November 12, 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 6, 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 4, 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 Thailand and

exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 1997 and extending

through December 31, 1997.

Effective on October 14, 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

Level not in a group

239 ........................... 6,383,885 kilograms.

Levels in Group I

200 ........................... 1,173,838 kilograms.

218 ........................... 19,718,381 square

meters.

219 ........................... 5,047,742 square meters.

300 ........................... 4,853,176 kilograms.

301–P2 .................... 4,853,176 kilograms.

301–O 3 .................... 970,636 kilograms.

313 ........................... 22,648,154 square

meters.

314 ........................... 51,767,208 square

meters.

315 ........................... 32,354,504 square

meters.

317/326 .................... 13,582,734 square

meters.

363 ........................... 22,259,429 numbers.

369–D 4 .................... 231,335 kilograms.

369–S5 .................... 261,134 kilograms.