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the standard should be reaffirmed,

amended, revised, or withdrawn.

DATES: Written comments should be

supported by written data, views, or

arguments and must be received on or

before January 23, 1998 to be assured of

consideration.

ADDRESSES: Written comments are to be

directed to Barbara M. Meigs, Technical

Standards Activities Program, Office of

Standards Services, Building 820, Room

164, National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for a copy of PS 2–92 or for

additional information are to be directed

to Barbara M. Meigs, Technical

Standards Activities Program, Office of

Standards Services, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, telephone:

301–975–4025, fax: 301–926–1559; email: barbara.meigsnist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Voluntary

Product Standard PS 2–92 establishes

inspection, test, and labeling procedures

for assessing the acceptability of woodbased structural-use panels for

construction sheathing and single-floor

applications for a variety of products;

namely, plywood, wafer board, oriented

strand board, structural particle board,

and composite panels. It provides

performance requirements, adhesive

bond durability, panel construction and

workmanship, dimensions and

tolerances, marking, and moisture

content of structural-use panels. The

Standard classifies panels by exposure

durability and by grade. It provides test

methods, a glossary of trade terms and

definitions, and a quality certification

program whereby agencies can inspect,

sample, and test products for

qualification under this Standard.

Information regarding reinspection

practices is provided in an appendix.

PS 2–92, published in 1992, was

developed and is maintained in

accordance with Department

‘‘Procedures for the Development of

Voluntary Product Standards’’

established in Part 10, Title 15, of the

Code of Federal Regulations (15 CFR

Part 10, as amended; 51 FR 119 dated

June 20, 1986).

Section 10.10 of the Procedures

requires that each VPS standard be

reviewed by the Department with such

assistance of the Standing Committee

(responsible for maintaining the

standard) or others, as may be deemed

appropriate by the Department, within

five years after initial issuance or last

revision of the standard.

Upon completion of the review of PS

2–92, the Standing Committee for PS 2–

92 and NIST will act to reaffirm, amend,

revise, or withdraw the standard, as

appropriate.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272.

Dated: November 17, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Director, Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–30717 Filed 11–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

National Estuarine Research Reserve

System

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and

Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental

Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act and

with section 315 of the Coastal Zone

Management Act of 1972; as amended,

the State of Florida and the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) intend to

conduct a public scoping meeting on the

proposed Guana Tolomato Matanzas

(GTM) National Estuarine Research

Reserve (NERR) in Florida to solicit

comments on significant issues related

to the preparation of a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

and Draft Management Plan (DMP). The

DEIS and DMP address research,

monitoring, education and resource

protection needs for the reserve.

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, December

10, 1997 at 7:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: St. Johns County

Auditorium, Government Complex,

4020 Lewis Speedway, St. Augustine,

Florida 32095.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anna Marie Hartman, Bureau of Coastal

and Aquatic Managed Areas, Division of

Marine Resources, Department of

Environmental Protection at (850) 488–

3456; or Nathalie Peter, Sanctuaries and

Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management, NOAA,

at (301) 713–3132, ext. 119.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In October

1997, NOAA Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division (SRD) approved the

nomination of the Guana Tolomato

Matanzas (GTM) estuarine systems as a

proposed National Estuarine Research

Reserve. Research reserves provide

natural coastal habitats as field

laboratories for baseline ecological

studies and education programs.

Research and monitoring programs are

designed to enhance scientific

understanding of the coastal

environment and aid in resource

management decision making.

The proposed GTM Reserve

encompasses approximately 53,333

acres of publicly owned lands and

waters in St. Johns and Flagler Counties

on the east coast of Florida. It consists

of two sites: the Guana River and

Tolomato River estuarine system located

north of St. Augustine and the Matanzas

River south of St. Augustine. The

proposed reserve is an area important to

many resident and migratory fish and

waterfowl and a variety of threatened

and endangered species, including the

manatee, the least tern, and the

loggerhead, green and leatherback

turtles. Major habitat types include

beach dunes, salt and freshwater

marshes, cypress and hardwood

swamps, shell mounds, and xeric

hammocks. The Matanzas Inlet is the

last naturally occurring inlet on the east

coast of Florida that has not been

subject to dredging and other manmade

disturbances.

The Department of Environmental

Protection (DEP) has developed a draft

management plan for the NERR which

identifies specific needs and priorities

related to research, monitoring,

education, and stewardship at the

proposed site. It also presents draft

action plans for administration, a

volunteer program, public access,

facilities/construction, and boundaries/

land acquisition.

At the public meeting, DEP and

NOAA will provide a synopsis of the

draft management plan and will solicit

comments on significant environmental

issues that will be incorporated into a

DEIS.

The public meeting will be held in St.

Augustine, Florida at the St. Johns

County Auditorium, Government

Complex, 4020 Lewis Speedway, on

December 10, 1997, from 7:00 p.m. to

9:00 p.m.

Interested parties who wish to submit

suggestions, comments or substantive

information regarding the scope or

content of the proposed DEIS/DMP are

invited to attend the above meeting.

Parties who wish to respond in writing

should do so by December 26, 1997, to

Anna Marie Hartman, Department of

Environmental Protection, Division of

Marine Resources, Bureau of Coastal

and Aquatic Managed Areas, 3900

Commonwealth Boulevard, MS 235

Tallahassee, Florida 32399–3000, or

Nathalie Peter, NOAA Sanctuaries and
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Reserves Division, 1305 East-West

Highway N/ORM2, Silver Spring, MD

20910.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number

11.420 (Coastal Zone Management) Research

Reserves

Dated: November 19, 1997.

Captain Evelyn J. Fields,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone

Management.

[FR Doc. 97–30829 Filed 11–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made

Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable

Fiber Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in

Bangladesh

November 19, 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

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: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The import restraint limits for textile

products, produced or manufactured in

Bangladesh and exported during the

period January 1, 1998 through

December 31, 1998 are based on the

limits notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body pursuant to the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing (ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the limits for the 1998 period. The 1998

limits for all categories except 331, 341

and 641 have been reduced for

carryforward applied to the 1997 limits.

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).

Information regarding the 1998

CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 19, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 1998, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, man-made fiber, silk blend and

other vegetable fiber textile products in the

following categories, produced or

manufactured in Bangladesh and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 1998 and extending through

December 31, 1998, in excess of the following

levels of restraint:

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

237 ........................... 483,925 dozen.

331 ........................... 1,229,621 dozen pairs.

334 ........................... 140,004 dozen.

335 ........................... 251,378 dozen.

336/636 .................... 449,849 dozen.

338/339 .................... 1,303,162 dozen.

340/640 .................... 2,945,879 dozen

341 ........................... 2,580,983 dozen.

342/642 .................... 422,226 dozen.

347/348 .................... 2,196,353 dozen.

351/651 .................... 670,582 dozen.

352/652 .................... 10,004,398 dozen.

363 ........................... 24,995,418 numbers.

369–S1 .................... 1,675,461 kilograms.

634 ........................... 489,811 dozen.

635 ........................... 317,340 dozen.

638/639 .................... 1,652,648 dozen.

641 ........................... 1,080,730 dozen.

645/646 .................... 388,106 dozen.

647/648 .................... 1,381,355 dozen.

847 ........................... 733,449 dozen.

1 Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005.

The limits set forth above are subject to

adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the

ATC and administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported

during 1997 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated December 20, 1996) to the

extent of any unfilled balances. In the event

the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such

products shall be charged to the limits set

forth in this directive.

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall 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. 97–30843 Filed 11–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Wool and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Bulgaria

November 19, 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: 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: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The import restraint limits for textile

products, produced or manufactured in

Bulgaria and exported during the period

January 1, 1998 through December 31,

1998 are based on limits notified to the

Textiles Monitoring Body pursuant to

the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing (ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the 1998 limits.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel