62000 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 224 / Thursday, November 20, 1997 / Notices

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Increase of Guaranteed Access Levels

for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Costa Rica

November 14, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing

guaranteed access levels.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 20, 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 levels, 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.

Upon a request from the Government

of Costa Rica, the U.S. Government has

agreed to increase the current

guaranteed access levels for Categories

347/348 and 447.

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 69081, published on

December 31, 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.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 14, 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 24, 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 Costa Rica and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on November 20, 1997, you are

directed to increase the guaranteed access

levels for the following categories:

Category Guaranteed Access

Level

347/348 .................... 2,800,000 dozen.

447 ........................... 18,000 dozen.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0066]

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Professional

Employee Compensation Plan

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments regarding an extension to an

existing OMB clearance (9000–0066).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Professional Employee

Compensation Plan. The clearance

currently expires on March 31, 1998.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before January 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack

O’Neill, Federal Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 501–3856.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden,

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405.

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0066,

Professional Employee Compensation

Plan, in all correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

OFPP Policy Letter No. 78–2, March

29, 1978, requires that all professional

employees shall be compensated fairly

and properly. Implementation of this

requires a total compensation plan

setting forth proposed salaries and

fringe benefits for professional

employees with supporting data be

submitted to the contracting officer for

evaluation.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 30 minutes per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

5,340; responses per respondent, 1; total

annual responses, 5,340; preparation

hours per response, .5; and total

response burden hours, 2,670..

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (VRS),

Room 4037, 1800 F Street, Washington,

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755.

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0066,

Professional Compensation Plan, in all

correspondence.

Dated: November 13, 1997.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

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