60066 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 215 / Thursday, November 6, 1997 / Notices

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]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

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
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1The final settlement price is a special opening

quotation of the S&P 500 index and reflects the

opening prices of the component stocks.

expiring the E-Mani Standard & Poor’s

500 Stock Price Index (E-Mini S&P 500)

futures and futures option contracts.

The Director of the Division of

Economic Analysis (Division) of the

Commission, acting pursuant to the

authority delegated by Commission

Regulation 140.96, has determined that

publication of the proposals for

comment is in the public interest, will

assist the Commission in considering

the views of interested persons, and is

consistent with the purposes of the

Commodity Exchange Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before November 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st

Street NW, Washington, DC 20581. In

addition, comments may be sent by

facsimile transmission to facsimile

number (202) 418–5521 or by electronic

mail to secretary@cftc.gov. Reference

should be made to the proposed

amendments to the termination of

trading provision of the E-Mini S&P 500

futures and futures option contracts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Michael Penick of the

Division of Economic Analysis,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581, telephone 202–

418–5279. Facsimile number: (202) 418–

5527. Electronic mail:

mpenick@cftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

current rules, trading in expiring CME

E-Mini S&P 500 futures and options

terminates at the close of the regular

trading session (i.e., 4:15 p.m. Eastern

time) on the business day immediately

preceding the day scheduled for

determination of the final settlement

price.1 That is, trading in expiring

futures contracts ceases on the business

day before the third Friday of the

contract month. Under the proposal,

trading in expiring futures and options

would terminate on the following day—

i.e., at the opening of trading at the New

York Stock Exchange (9:30 a.m. Eastern

time) on the third Friday of the contract

month, which is the day scheduled for

determination of the final settlement

price. The Division requests comment

on this proposed change to the

termination of trading provision.

Copies of the proposed amendments

will be available for inspection at the

Office of the Secretariat, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, 1155 21st

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20581.

Copies of the terms and conditions can

be obtained through the Office of the

Secretariat by mail at the above address

or by phone at (202) 418–5100.

Other materials submitted by the CME

in support of the proposals may be

available upon request pursuant to the

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.

552) and the Commission’s regulations

thereunder (17 CFR Part 145 (1987)),

except to the extent they are entitled to

confidential treatment as set forth in 17

CFR 145.5 and 145.9. Requests for

copies of such materials should be made

to the FOI, Privacy and Sunshine Act

Compliance Staff of the Office of the

Secretariat at the Commission’s

headquarters in accordance with 17 CFR

145.7 and 145.8.

Any person interested in submitting

written data, views, or arguments on the

proposed amendments, or with respect

to other materials submitted by the CME

should send such comments to Jean A.

Webb, Secretary, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20581 by the

specified date.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 31,

1997.

John R. Mielke,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 97–29356 Filed 11–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Proposed Amendments to Minneapolis

Grain Exchange Barley Futures

Contract

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed amendments.

SUMMARY: The Minneapolis Grain

Exchange (MGE or Exchange) has

proposed amendments to Minneapolis

Grain Exchange barley futures contract.

The primary amendment will change

the par delivery location for barley from

Tulare, California, to Portland, Oregon.

Another amendment will provide the

issuers of barley shipping certificates

the opportunity to declare unit train

delivery. The proposal was submitted

under the Commission’s 45-day Fast

Track procedures. The Acting Director

of the Division of Economic Analysis

(Division) of the Commission, acting

pursuant to the authority delegated by

Commission Regulation 140.96, has

determined that publication of the

proposals for comment is in the public

interest, will assist the Commission in

considering the views of interested

persons, and is consistent with the

purpose of the Commodity Exchange

Act.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before November 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should

submit their views and comments to

Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. In addition,

comments may be sent by facsimile

transmission to facsimile number (202)

418–5521, or by electronic mail to

secretary@cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to the MGE barley.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact John Bird of the Division

of Economic Analysis, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, 20581, telephone (202)

418–5274. Facsimile number: (202) 418–

5527. Electronic mail: jbird@cftc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:The

proposed amendments were submitted

pursuant to the Commission’s Fast

Track procedures for streamlining the

review of futures contract rule

amendments (62 FR 10434). Under

those procedures, the proposal, absent

any contrary action by the Commission,

may be deemed approved at the close of

business on December 15, 1997, 45 days

after receipt of the proposal. In view of

the limited review period provided

under the Fast Track procedures, the

Commission has determined to publish

for public comment notice of the

availability of the terms and conditions

for 15 days, rather than 30 days as

provided for proposals submitted under

the regular review procedures.

Copies of the proposed amendments

will be available for inspection at the

Office of the Secretariat, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. Copies of the

proposed amendments can be obtained

through the Office of the Secretariat by

mail at the above address, by phone at

(202) 418–5100, or via the internet on

the CFTC website at www.cftc.gov

under ‘‘What’s Pending’’.

Other materials submitted by the MGE

in support of the proposal may be

available upon request pursuant to the

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.

552) and the Commission’s regulations

thereunder (17 CFR Part 145 (1987)),

except to the extent they are entitled to

confidential treatment as set forth in 17

CFR 145.5 and 145.9. Requests for

copies of such materials should be made

to the FOI, Privacy and Sunshine Act

Compliance Staff of the Office of