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1The limit has not been adjusted to account for

any imports exported after September 30, 1996.

implementation of certain of its

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 4, 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 September 11, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain wool textile

products, produced or manufactured in the

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and

exported during the period which began on

October 1, 1996 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on November 10, 1997, you are

directed to increase the limit for Category 434

to 13,875 dozen 1, as provided for in the

agreement between the Governments of the

United States and the Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia dated August 6, 1996.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that this

action falls 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. 97–29617 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Wool Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the Slovak Republic

November 4, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, 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 433

and 443 are being increased for swing,

reducing the limit for Category 410 to

account for the increases.

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 55975, published on October

30, 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

November 4, 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 25, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain wool textile

products, produced or manufactured in the

Slovak Republic and exported during the

twelve-month period which began on January

1, 1997 and extends through December 31,

1997.

Effective on November 12, 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

410 ........................... 359,767 square meters.

433 ........................... 12,223 dozen.

443 ........................... 95,508 numbers.

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 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. 97–29618 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m., Tuesday,

November 25, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C. 9th Fl. Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Enforcement Objectives.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–29752 Filed 11–6–97; 12:29 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Notice of Availability of Record of

Decision (ROD) for the Colorado

Airspace Initiative (CAI)

On October, 28, 1997, the Air Force

signed the ROD for the Colorado

Airspace Initiative (CAI). The decision

included in the ROD were made in

consideration of, but not limited to, the

information contained in the Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)

filed with the Environmental Protection

Agency on August 22, 1997.

The decision rendered by the US Air

Force is that the US Air Force will

proceed with modifying existing and

creating new military training airspace.

The actions will take place primarily in

Colorado, and will be used primarily by

the Colorado Air National Guard,

although other military service flying

units will also use the airspace. The CAI

serves to support the National Guard

Bureau’s request for modification to the

National Airspace System administered

by the Federal Aviation Administration

(FAA). Another purpose is to respond to

changes in commercial aircraft arrival

and departure corridors dictated by the

FAA for the operation of the new

Denver International Airport.

The implementation of the CAI will

proceed with minimal adverse impact to
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the environment. This action conforms

with applicable Federal, State and local

statutes and regulation, and all

reasonable and practicable efforts have

been or will be made to minimize any

related impact to the local public and

the environment.

Any questions regarding this matter

should be directed to Mr. Harry

Knudsen, (301) 836–8143.

Correspondence should be sent to:

ANG/CEVP, 3500 Fetchet Avenue,

Andrews Air Force Base, MD 20762–

5157.

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–29521 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board, Education.

ACTION: Notice of closed and partially

closed meetings.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting of the National

Assessment Governing Board. This

notice also describes the functions of

the Board. Notice of this meeting is

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This

document is intended to notify the

general public of their opportunity to

attend.

DATES: November 20–22, 1997.

TIME: November 20—Joint Meeting of

Subject Area Committees #1 and #2,

2:00–3:00 p.m., (open); Design and

Methodology Committee, 2:00–5:00

p.m., (closed), Subject Area Committee

#2, 3:00–5:00 p.m., (open); and

Executive Committee, 5:00–6:00 p.m.,

(open), 6:00–7:00 p.m., (closed).

November 21—Full Board, 8:30–10:00

a.m., (open; Subject Area Committees

#1, 10:15 a.m.–12:00 Noon, (open);

Achievement Levels Committee 10:00

a.m.–12:00 Noon, (open); Reporting and

Dissemination Committee, 10:00 a.m.–

12:00 Noon, (open); Full Board, 12:00

noon–5:00 p.m., (open). November 22—

Nominations Committee, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

(open); Full Board, 9:00 a.m. until

adjournment, approximately 12:00

Noon, (open).

LOCATION: Ritz Carlton Hotel, Pentagon

City, 1250 South Hayes Street,

Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer,

National Assessment Governing Board,

Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20002–4233,

Telephone: (202) 357–6938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Assessment Governing Board

is established under section 412 of the

National Education Statistics Act of

1994 (Title IV of the Improving

America’s Schools Act of 1994) (Pub. L.

103–382).

The Board is established to formulate

policy guidelines for the National

Assessment of Educational Progress.

The Board is responsible for selecting

subject areas to be assessed, developing

assessment objectives, identifying

appropriate achievement goals for each

grade and subject tested, and

establishing standards and procedures

for interstate and national comparisons.

On Thursday, November 20, 1997,

there will be meeting of four committees

of the Governing Board. Subject Area

Committees #1 and #2 will meet in joint

session from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. to receive

an update on the 1998 assessments in

reading, writing, and civics.

The Design and Methodology

Committee will meet in closed session

from 2:00–5:00 p.m. to review the

unreleased NAEP procurement

documents which contain contract

specifications and government cost

estimates for the purpose of determining

the appropriateness of their alignment

with the NAGB redesign policy. This

meeting must be conducted in closed

session because the information

presented for review would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

a proposed agency action. Such matters

are protected by exemption (9)B of

section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.

The Subject Area Committee #2 will

meet in open session from 3:00–5:00

p.m. The Committee will be briefed on

the North Carolina/NAEP Math Content

Analysis project, and discuss issues

related to NAEP redesign.

The Executive Committee will meet

on November 20 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

in open session. In the open session

from 5:00–6:00 p.m., the Executive

Committee will be briefed by staff on

the following items: NAEP and the

Voluntary National Tests initiative, the

status of the grant program for

secondary analysis of the NAEP data,

and NAEP redesign issues.

Then the Executive Committee will

meet in closed session from 6:00 to 7:00

p.m. and the Committee will discuss the

development of cost estimates for NAEP

and future contract initiatives. This

portion of the meeting must be

conducted in closed session because

public disclosure of this information

would likely have an adverse financial

effect on the NAEP program. The

discussion of this information would be

likely to significantly frustrate

implementation of a proposed agency

action if conducted in open session.

Such matters are protected by

exemption 9(B) of Section 552b(c) of

Title 5 U.S.C.

Also, during the same closed session,

the Committee will discuss the

qualifications of individuals to serve as

Vice-Chair of the Governing Board. The

Committee will formulate a

recommendation for action by the full

Board. The discussion would disclose

information of a personal nature where

disclosure would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy if conducted in open session.

Such matters are protected by

exemptions (2) and (6) of Section

552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.

On November 21, the full Board will

convene in open session beginning at

8:30 a.m. The agenda for this session of

the full Board meeting includes

approval of the agenda, introduction of

new members, and election of the

NAGB Vice-Chair. Also, the morning

agenda will include a report from the

Executive Director, administration of

the oath of office to new members and

remarks by the Secretary of Education.

This session will conclude with an

update on the NAEP project.

Between 10:15 a.m. and 12:00 noon,

there will be open meetings of the

following subcommittees: Achievement

Levels, Reporting and Dissemination,

and Subject Area Committee #1. The

Achievement Levels Committee will

discuss the calendar for the upcoming

levels setting process and consider

policy issues for 1998.

Agenda items for the Reporting and

Dissemination Committee include plans

for release and schedule of future NAEP

reports; plans for the development of a

NAEP Resource Kit; and plans for

reporting district-level results from

existing state samples.

There will be two discussion items on

the Subject Area Committee #1 agenda:

(1) issues related to the preparation of

an RFP for a foreign language

assessment, and (2) issues related to the

NAEP redesign.

The full Board will reconvene at 12:00

noon. The agenda items during this

period include: a briefing on the 1996

Science Achievement Levels Report, a

presentation on Redesign Issues, and a

presentation on NAEP activities from

framework development to reporting of

the assessment results. The Board recess

is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.

On Saturday, November 22, the

Nominations Committee will meet in

open session from 8:00–9:00 a.m. to