53822 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Thursday, October 16, 1997 / Notices

to 1 p.m. Written comments should be

received no later than October 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

NOAA Headquarters, 1315 East-West

Highway (Silver Spring Metro Center

Building 3), Silver Spring, MD 20910 in

conference room 4527. Written

comments should be sent to Kim

Blankenbeker, Executive Secretary to

the Advisory Committee, NOAA -

Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, MD 20910. Copies of the

Advisory Committee’s SOPP also can be

requested by writing the Committee’s

Executive Secretary.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim

Blankenbeker, (301) 713-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section

to ICCAT will meet in two open

sessions to consider information being

presented on stock status of highly

migratory species and 1997 management

recommendations of ICCAT’s Standing

Committee on Research and Statistics

(SCRS). Also in the open sessions, the

Advisory Committee will review and

consider 1996 ICCAT meeting

accomplishments, reports of ICCAT’s

intersessional meetings, results of the

Committee’s regional meetings, and

implementation of 1996 and prior

ICCAT recommendations and

resolutions. Furthermore, the

Committee will review highly migratory

species research and management

activities, including an overview of the

status of recommendations resulting

from the Advisory Committee’s 1997

Species Working Group Workshop. Both

sessions will be open to the public;

however, the November 2 session will

be the only opportunity for public

comment. Written comments are

encouraged and, if mailed, should be

received by October 31, 1997, (See

ADDRESSES). They can also be submitted

during the open sessions of the

Advisory Committee meeting.

The Advisory Committee will meet in

closed session to discuss sensitive

information, the discussion of which

relates to U.S. negotiating positions to

be taken at the Fifteenth Regular

Meeting of the Commission to be held

in Madrid, Spain, November 14–21,

1997. The Advisory Committee will

discuss various options for the U.S.

negotiating position during the closed

sessions. Accordingly, the

determination has been made that the

Committee shall go into executive

session for the afternoon session of

November 3 and for the entire

November 4 session.

The Atlantic Tunas Convention Act

requires that the Advisory Committee

draft its SOPP and make the document

available to the general public. The

Advisory Committee has finalized this

document. It specifies the processes

governing the Committee as a whole, its

sub-groups, and its meetings, and it

spells out Committee member functions.

Members of the public that are

interested in receiving a copy of the

SOPP should write to the Advisory

Committee’s Executive Secretary (see

ADDRESSES).

Special Accommodations

The meeting locations are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Kim Blankenbeker

at (301) 713–2276 at least 5 days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: October 10, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries.

[FR Doc. 97–27357 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

Notice of Meeting

The Commission of Fine Arts’

meeting scheduled for October 16, 1997

has been cancelled. The next meeting is

scheduled for November 20, 1997 at 10

a.m. in the Commission’s offices in the

Pension Building, Suite 312, Judiciary

Square, 441 F Street, NW., Washington,

DC 20001 to discuss various projects

affecting the appearance of Washington,

DC.

Inquiries regarding the agenda and

requests to submit written or oral

statements should be addressed to

Charles H. Atherton, Secretary,

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above

address or call 202–504–2200.

Dated in Washington, DC, October 8, 1997.

Charles H. Atherton,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27326 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6330–01–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

Qatar

October 9, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 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 Categories 340/

640, 341/641 and 347/348 are being

increased for carryover.

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 58390, published on

November 14, 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 9, 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 7, 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 Qatar and exported during

the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 1997 and extending through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on October 16, 1997, you are

directed to increase the current limits for the

following categories, as provided for under

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing: