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Forest Service at a time when it can

meaningfully consider them and

respond to them in the final EIS.

Comments received, including names

and addresses of those who comment,

will be considered part of the public

record on this proposed action and will

be available for public inspection.

Comments submitted anonymously will

be accepted and considered; however,

those who submit anonymous

comments will not have standing to

appeal the subsequent decision under

36 CFR parts 215 or 217. Additionally,

pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any person

may request the agency to withhold a

submission from the public record by

showing how the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) permits such

confidentiality. Persons requesting such

confidentiality should be aware that,

under the FOIA, the confidentiality may

be granted in only very limited

circumstances, such as to protect trade

secrets. The Forest Service will inform

the requester of the Agency’s decision

regarding the request for confidentiality,

and where the request is denied, the

agency will return the submission and

notify the requester that the comments

may be resubmitted with or without

name and address within five days.

After the comment period ends on the

revised draft EIS, the comments will be

analyzed and considered by the Forest

Service in preparing the final EIS. the

final EIS is scheduled to be completed

in March 1998. The Forest Service is

required to respond in the final EIS to

the comments received (40 CFR 1503.4).

The responsible official will consider

the comments, responses, disclosure of

environmental consequences, and

applicable laws, regulations, and

policies in making a decision regarding

this proposal. The responsible official

will document the decision and

rationale in the Record of Decision. That

decision will be subject to appeal.

Dated: November 3, 1997.

Raymond E. Laboa,

Acting Forest Supervisor, Eldorado National

Forest.

[FR Doc. 97–29791 Filed 11–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Announcement of a Meeting To

Discuss an Opportunity To Join a

Cooperative Research and

Development Consortium on

Brachytherapy Manufacturing

Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST)

invites interested parties to attend a

meeting on December 9, 1997 to discuss

the possibility of setting up a

cooperative research consortium on

Brachytherapy Manufacturing

Technology. The goal of the consortium

is to identify critical industrial needs for

NIST to be involved in source dosimety

modeling, developing necessary

standards and standard reference

materials, and developing and

disseminating systems for performing

automated high accuracy dosimety

measurements and calculations.

DATES: The meeting will take place on

December 9, 1997 at 10:00 a.m.

Interested parties should contact NIST

to confirm their interest at the address,

telephone number or FAX number

shown below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place

and inquiries should be sent to Room

C301, Building 245, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Christopher

Soares, 301–975–5589; FAX 301–869–

7682

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any

program undertaken will be within the

scope and confines of The Federal

Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (Public

Law 99–502, 15 U.S.C. 3710a), which

provides federal laboratories including

NIST, with the authority to enter into

cooperative research agreements with

qualified parties. Under this law, NIST

may provide ‘‘personnel, service,

facilities, equipment, or other resources

with or without reimbursement (but not

funds to non-federal parties)’’—to the

cooperative research program.

Members will be expected to make a

contribution to the consortium’s efforts

in the form of personnel, data, and/or

funds. This is not a grant program.

The R&D staff of each industrial

partner in the Consortium will be able

to interact with NIST researchers on

generic measurement needs in the

industry for specific brachytherapy

source designs. The industrial partners

will also be able to schedule at NIST

collaborative projects in which they

could participate. All partners will

receive a copy of all non-proprietary

data on all materials measured. All

partners will have a certain amount of

NIST measurements made on materials

they request. All partners have some

influence as to the type and accuracy of

the measurements and calculations

pursued by the consortium.

Development of standard reference

materials suitable for use for the range

of activities and radioisotopes and

photon energies appropriate for use in

brachytherapy in accordance with U.S.

regulatory protocols and accepted

standard protocols is an integral part of

the mission of the NIST Brachytherapy

Manufacturing Technology Consortium.

Dated: November 6, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–29883 Filed 11–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 970828208–7262–02; I.D.

072997C]

Scup and Black Sea Bass; Interstate

Fishery Management Plans;

Cancellation of Moratorium

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of determination of

compliance; cancellation of moratorium.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative

Management Act of 1993 (Act), the

Federal moratorium on fishing for scup

and black sea bass in the coastal waters

of the State of Maryland and the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts that

would have been effective on November

15, 1997, is cancelled. The Secretary

was notified by the Atlantic States

Marine Fisheries Commission

(Commission) that because Maryland

and Massachusetts are now in

compliance with the provisions of the

Commission’s Interstate Fishery

Management Plans (FMPs) for scup and

black sea bass, that it was withdrawing

its findings and determinations of

noncompliance. The Secretary concurs.

Accordingly, the moratorium is

cancelled.

DATES: Effective November 14, 1997.
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1The limit has not been adjusted to account for

any imports exported after December 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard H. Schaefer, Chief, Staff Office

for Intergovernmental and Recreational

Fisheries, NMFS, 301–427–2014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On September 12, 1997, NMFS

published a document in the Federal

Register (FR) (62 FR 48060) announcing

the Secretary’s determination that the

State of Maryland and the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts were

not in compliance with the

Commission’s FMPs for scup and black

sea bass. In the document a moratorium

was declared on fishing for these two

species in Maryland and Massachusetts

state waters, effective November 15,

1997, if Maryland and Massachusetts

were not in compliance by November 1,

1997. Details were provided in the

September 12, 1997, FR document and

are not repeated here.

The Act specifies that, if, after a

moratorium is declared with respect to

a State, the Secretary is notified by the

Commission that it is withdrawing the

determination of noncompliance, the

Secretary shall immediately determine

whether the State is in compliance with

the applicable plan(s). If the State is

determined to be in compliance, the

moratorium shall be terminated.

Activities Pursuant to the Act

On October 31, 1997, the Secretary

received letters from the Commission

prepared pursuant to the Act. The

Commission’s letters stated that the

State of Maryland and the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts had

now in effect regulations on scup and

black sea bass implementing the

provisions of the Commission’s FMPs,

and, therefore, the Commission was

withdrawing its determinations of

noncompliance. In addition, upon

further evaluation of the noncompliance

status of the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts, the Secretary has

determined that Massachusetts had in

place the proper permit and reporting

requirements for scup, and, therefore,

was not out of compliance on these

measures.

Cancellation of the moratorium

Based on the Commission’s October

31, 1997, letter, and information

received from the State of Maryland, the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and

the Department of Interior’s U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, the Secretary has

determined that Maryland and

Massachusetts are now in compliance

with the Commission’s FMPs for scup

and black sea bass. Therefore, the

moratorium on fishing for these species

in Maryland and Massachusetts state

waters is canceled.

Dated: November 6, 1997.

David L. Evans,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–29877 Filed 11–7–97; 4:04 pm]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit for

Certain Cotton Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Bahrain

November 6, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing a

limit.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 13, 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 this limit, 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 limit for Categories 338/

339 is being increased for 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 68241, published on

December 27, 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 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 December 20, 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 textile products, produced or

manufactured in Bahrain and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on November 13, 1997, you are

directed to increase the limit for Categories

338/339 to 581,866 dozen 1, as provided for

under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing.

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.97–29879 Filed 11–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Burma

(Myanmar)

November 6, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

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