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and to give notice to companies in the

United States and abroad to cease

dealing with these entities in goods and

technical data subject to the

Regulations. I find such renewal is in

the public interest in order to reduce the

substantial likelihood that they will

engage in activities which are in

violation of the Regulations.

Order

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

All outstanding validated export

licenses in which Thane-Coat, Inc.,

12725 Royal Drive, Stafford, Texas; Jerry

Vernon Ford, president, Thane-Coat,

Inc., 12725 Royal Drive, Stafford, Texas

77477, with an address at 7707

Augustine Drive, Houston, Texas 77036;

Preston John Engebretson, vicepresident, Thane-Coat, Inc., 12725 Royal

Drive, Stafford, Texas 77477, with an

address at 8903 Bonhomme Road,

Houston, Texas 77074; Export Materials,

Inc., 3727 Greenbrier Drive, No. 108,

Stafford, Texas 77477; and/or ThaneCoat International, Ltd., Suite C, Regent

Center, Explorers Way, P.O. Box F–

40775, Freeport, The Bahamas, appear

or participate, in any manner or

capacity, are hereby revoked and shall

be returned forthwith to the Office of

Export Licensing for cancellation.

Further, all privileges of T–CF&E, EMI

and TCIL of participating, in any

manner or capacity, in any special

licensing procedure, including, but not

limited to, distribution licenses, are

hereby revoked.

Thane-Coat, Inc., and all of its

successors or assigns, officers,

representatives, agents, and employees

when acting on its behalf; Jerry Vernon

Ford; Preston John Engebretson; Export

Materials, Inc., and all of its successors

or assigns, officers, representatives,

agents, and employees when acting on

its behalf; and Thane-Coat International,

Ltd., and all of its successors or assigns,

officers, representatives, agents, and

employees when acting on its behalf,

may not directly or indirectly,

participate in any way in any

transaction involving any commodity,

software or technology (hereinafter

collectively referred to as ‘‘item’’)

exported from the United States that is

subject to the Regulations, or in any

other activity subject to the Regulations,

including, but not limited to:

A. Applying for, obtaining, or using

any license, License Exception, or

export control document;

B. Carrying on negotiations

concerning, or ordering, buying,

receiving, using, selling, delivering,

storing, disposing of, forwarding,

transporting, financing, or otherwise

servicing in any way, any transaction

involving any item exported or to be

exported from the United States that is

subject to the Regulations, or in any

other activity subject to the Regulations;

or

C. Benefiting in any way from any

transaction involving any item exported,

or to be exported, from the United States

that is subject to the Regulations, or in

any other activity subject to the

Regulations.

No person may, directly or indirectly,

do any of the following:

A. Export or reexport to or on behalf

of any of the denied persons any item

subject to the Regulations;

B. Take any action that facilitates the

acquisition, or attempted acquisition, by

any of the denied persons of the

ownership, possession, or control of any

item subject to the Regulations that has

been or will be exported from the

United States, including financing or

other support activities related to a

transaction whereby any of the denied

persons acquires, or attempts to acquire,

such ownership, possession or control;

C. Take any action to acquire from, or

to facilitate the acquisition or attempted

acquisition from, any of the denied

persons of any item subject to the

Regulations that has been exported from

the United States;

D. Obtain from any of the denied

persons in the United States any item

subject to the Regulations with

knowledge or reason to know that the

item will be, or is intended to be,

exported from the United States;

E. Engage in any transaction to service

any item subject to the Regulations that

has been or will be exported from the

United States and which is owned,

possessed or controlled by any of the

denied persons, or service any item, of

whatever origin, that is owned,

possessed or controlled by any of the

denied persons if such service involves

the use of any item subject to the

Regulations that has been or will be

exported from the United States. For

purposes of this paragraph, servicing

means installation, maintenance, repair,

modification or testing.

After notice and opportunity for

comment, as provided in Section 766.23

of the Regulations, any person, firm,

corporation, or business organization

related to any of the denied persons by

affiliation, ownership, control, or

position of responsibility in the conduct

of trade or related services, may also be

made subject to the provisions of this

Order.

This order does not prohibit any

export, reexport, or other transaction

subject to the Regulations where the

only items involved that are subject to

the Regulations are the foreignproduced direct product of U.S.-origin

technology.

In accordance with the provisions of

Section 766.24(e) of the Regulations,

T–CF&E, EMI, and/or TCIL may, at any

time, appeal this Order by filing a full

written statement in support of the

appeal with the Office of the

Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Coast

Guard ALJ Docketing Center, 40 South

Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202–

4022.

This order is effective immediately

and shall remain in effect for 180 days.

In accordance with Section 766.24 of

the Regulations, the Department may

seek renewal of this TDO by filing a

written request not later than 20 days

before the expiration date. Any

respondent may oppose a request to

renew this TDO by filing a written

submission with the Assistant Secretary

for Export Enforcement, which must be

received no later than seven days before

the expiration of this order.

A copy of this order shall be served

on each respondent and this order shall

be published in the Federal Register.

Entered this 31st day of October 1997.

Frank W. Deliberti,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Export

Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 97–29377 Filed 11–5–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology, National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST), will

meet on Tuesday, December 2 from 8:30

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Visiting

Committee on Advanced Technology is

composed of fifteen members appointed

by the Director of NIST who are eminent

in such fields as business, research, new

product development, engineering,

labor, education, management

consulting, environment, and

international relations. The purpose of

this meeting is to review and make

recommendations regarding general

policy for the Institute, its organization,
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its budget, and its programs within the

framework of applicable national

policies as set forth by the President and

the Congress. On December 2, 1997, the

agenda will include an update on NIST

programs; presentations on the NIST

Advanced Technology Program (ATP),

the Manufacturing Extension

Partnership (MEP); a laboratory tour;

and discussions on the Institute budget

and staffing of management positions.

Discussions on the NIST budget,

including funding levels of the MEP and

ATP programs scheduled to begin at

8:30 a.m. and to end at 9:00 a.m. on

December 2, 1997; and staffing of

management positions at NIST

scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. and to

end at 5:00 p.m. on December 2, 1997,

will be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene on

December 2, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. and will

adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on December 2,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Employees Lounge (seating capacity

80, includes 38 participants),

Administration Building, at NIST,

Gaithersburg, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chris E. Kuyatt, Visiting Committee

Executive Director, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone

number (301) 975–6090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on July

25, 1997, that portions of the meeting of

the Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology which involve discussion of

proposed funding of the Manufacturing

Extension Partnership and the

Advanced Technology Program may be

closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(9)(B), because those portions of

the meetings will divulge matters the

premature disclosure of which would be

likely to significantly frustrate

implementation of proposed agency

actions; and that portions of meetings

which involve discussion of the staffing

issues of management and other

positions at NIST may be closed in

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6),

because divulging information

discussed in those portions of the

meetings is likely to reveal information

of a personal nature where disclosure

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Dated: October 30, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–29381 Filed 11–5–97; 8:45 am]

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Brazil

October 31, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 7, 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 certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for swing and 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 62 FR 66263,

published on December 17, 1996). Also

see 61 FR 59420, published on

November 22, 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 31, 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 18, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Brazil and exported during

the twelve-month period which began on

January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on November 7, 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

(ATC):

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Sublevels in the aggregate

218 ........................... 6,352,800 square meters.

225 ........................... 11,718,341 square

meters.

300/301 .................... 8,615,858 kilograms.

338/339/638/639 ...... 1,801,932 dozen.

347/348 .................... 1,234,657 dozen.

410/624 .................... 11,446,488 square

meters of which not

more than 2,950,338

square meters shall

be in Category 410.

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. 97–29376 Filed 11–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Proposed Amendments to the

Termination of Trading Provision for

Expiring E-Mini Standard & Poor’s 500

Stock Price Index Futures and Futures

Option Contracts

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed amendments to the

termination of trading provision for

expiring E-Mini Standard & Poor’s 500

Stock Price Index futures and futures

option contracts.

SUMMARY: The Chicago Mercantile

Exchange (CME) has submitted

proposed amendments to the

termination of trading provision for