55788 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 208 / Tuesday, October 28, 1997 / Notices

Dated: September 26, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–28444 Filed 10-27-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–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

October 22, 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 30, 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 for 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 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

October 22, 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 October 30, 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 ........................... 727,157 dozen.

338/339 .................... 2,208,953 dozen.

638/639 .................... 2,535,437 dozen.

Group II

200–229, 300–326,

330, 332, 349,

353, 354, 359–O 2,

360, 362, 363,

369–O 3, 400–414,

432, 434–442,

444, 448, 459,

464–469, 600–

607, 613–629,

630, 632, 644,

653, 654, 659–O 4,

665, 666, 669–O 5,

670–O 6, 831–846

and 850–859, as a

group.

171,119,294 square

meters equivalent.

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

31, 1996. 2 Category 359–O: all HTS numbers except

6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034, 6104.62.1020,

6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052,

6203.42.2010, 6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010,

6211.32.0010, 6211.32.0025 and

6211.42.0010 (Category 359–C). 3 Category 369–O: all HTS numbers except

6307.10.2005 (Category 369–S). 4 Category 659–O: all HTS numbers except

6103.23.0055, 6103.43.2020, 6103.43.2025,

6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038, 6104.63.1020,

6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000, 6104.69.8014,

6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054, 6203.43.2010,

6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010, 6203.49.1090,

6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010, 6210.10.9010,

6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017, 6211.43.0010

(Category 659–C); 6502.00.9030,

6504.00.9015, 6504.00.9060, 6505.90.5090,

6505.90.6090, 6505.90.7090 and

6505.90.8090 (Category 659–H).

5 Category 669–O: all HTS numbers except

6305.32.0010, 6305.32.0020, 6305.33.0010,

6305.33.0020 and 6305.39.0000 (Category

669–P). 6 Category 670–O: all HTS numbers except

4202.12.8030, 4202.12.8070, 4202.92.3020,

4202.92.3030 and 4202.92.9025 (Category

670–L).

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of 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. 97–28501 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0134]

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Environmentally

Sound Products

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments regarding an extension to an

existing OMB clearance.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Environmentally Sound

Products. The clearance currently

expires on February 28, 1998.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before December 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ralph DeStefano, Federal Acquisition

Policy Division, GSA (202) 501–1758.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden,

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405.

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0134,
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 208 / Tuesday, October 28, 1997 / Notices 55789

Environmentally Sound Products, in all

correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

This information collection complies

with Section 6002 of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

(42 U.S.C. 6962). RCRA requires the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

to designate items which are or can be

produced with recovered materials.

RCRA further requires agencies to

develop affirmative procurement

programs to ensure that items composed

of recovered materials will be purchased

to the maximum extent practicable.

Affirmative procurement programs

required under RCRA must contain, as

a minimum (1) a recovered materials

preference program and an agency

promotion program for the preference

program; (2) a program for requiring

estimates of the total percentage of

recovered materials used in the

performance of a contract, certification

of minimum recovered material content

actually used, where appropriate, and

reasonable verification procedures for

estimates and certifications; and (3)

annual review and monitoring of the

effectiveness of an agency’s affirmative

procurement program.

The items for which EPA has

designated minimum recovered material

content standards are (1) cement and

concrete containing fly ash, (2) paper

and paper products, (3) lubricating oil

containing re-refined oil, (4) retread

tires, and (5) building insulation

products. The FAR rule also permits

agencies to obtain pre-award

information from offerors regarding the

content of items which the agency has

designated as requiring minimum

percentages of recovered materials.

There are presently no known agency

designated items.

In accordance with RCRA, the

information collection applies to

acquisitions requiring minimum

percentages of recovered materials,

when the price of the item exceeds

$10,000 or when the aggregate amount

paid for the item or functionally

equivalent items in the preceding fiscal

year was $10,000 or more.

Contracting officers use the

information to verify offeror/contractor

compliance with solicitation and

contract requirements regarding the use

of recovered materials. Additionally,

agencies use the information in the

annual review and monitoring of the

effectiveness of the affirmative

procurement programs required by

RCRA.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 30 minutes per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

64,350; responses per respondent, 1;

total annual responses, 64,350;

preparation hours per response, .5; and

total response burden hours, 32,175.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), Room 4037, 1800 F Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB control No.

9000–0134, Environmentally Sound

Products, in all correspondence.

Dated: October 20, 1997.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 97–28479 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests.

SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief Information

Officer, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, invites comments on the

proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: An emergency review has been

requested in accordance with the Act

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507 (j)), since

public harm is reasonably likely to

result if normal clearance procedures

are followed. Approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) has

been requested by November 10, 1997.

A regular clearance process is also

beginning. Interested persons are

invited to submit comments on or before

December 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

regarding the emergency review should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer:

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

D.C. 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection request

should be addressed to Patrick J.

Sherrill, Department of Education, 7th &

D Streets, S.W., Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, D.C.

20202–4651.

Written comments regarding the

regular clearance and requests for copies

of the proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651, or should

be electronic mailed to the internet

address #FIRB@ed.gov, or should be

faxed to 202–708–9346.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

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

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 3506 (c)(2)(A) requires that the

Director of OMB provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. The Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) may

amend or waive the requirement for

public consultation to the extent that

public participation in the approval

process would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests at the beginning of

the Departmental review of the

information collection. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g., new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. ED invites

public comment at the address specified

above. Copies of the requests are

available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the

address specified above.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department, (2) will

this information be processed and used