Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 31 / Friday, February 14, 1997 / Notices 6949

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lawrence D. Six, Executive Director,

Pacific Fishery Management Council,

2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224,

Portland, OR; telephone: (503) 326–

6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following items are on the Council

agenda:

A. Call to Order

B. Salmon Management

1. Review of 1996 Fisheries and

Summary of 1997 Stock Abundance

Estimates

2. Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC) Methodology Reviews

3. Preliminary Definition of 1997

Management Options

4. Comprehensive Plan Amendment

and Environmental Impact Statement

Process

5. Report on the Status of Puget

Sound Salmon Stocks

6. Adoption of 1997 Management

Options for Analysis

7. Adopt Options for Public Review

8. Schedule of Hearings and

Appointment of Hearing Officers

C. Habitat Issues

1. Report of Steering Group

2. Membership of Steering Group

D. Dungeness Crab/Shellfish

Management - Determine Whether or

not to Develop a Fishery Management

Plan

E. Coastal Pelagic Species

Management - Amend or Drop Anchovy

Plan

F. Groundfish Management

1. Fixed Gear Sablefish Management

for 1998 and Beyond

2. Reconsideration of 1997 Fixed Gear

Sablefish Management Regime

G. Pacific Halibut Management

1. Status of Implementation of

Council Recommendations for 1997

Fisheries.

2. Results of International Pacific

Halibut Commission Annual Meeting

3. Status of Estimate of Area 2A

Bycatch

4. SSC Review of New Assessment

Model and Bycatch Compensation

Procedure

5. Incidental Catch in the Troll

Salmon Fishery

H. Administrative and Other Matters

1. Report of the Budget Committee

2. Status of Legislation

3. Implementation of MagnusonStevens Act

4. Changes to Statement of

Organization, Practices, and Procedures

5. Appointments

6. Draft Agenda for April 1997

Other meetings:

The Trawl Buyback Committee will

meet on Monday, March 3, at 1 p.m. to

begin development of trawl buyback

program.

The Salmon Technical Team will

convene as necessary Monday, March

3–7 to address salmon management

items on the Council agenda.

The Scientific and Statistical

Committee will convene on Monday,

March 3, at 10 a.m. and Tuesday, March

4, at 8 a.m. to address scientific issues

related to Council agenda items.

The Habitat Steering Group will

convene on Monday, March 3 at 10 a.m.

to address issues affecting the habitat of

Council-managed species.

The Salmon Advisory Panel will

convene on Monday, March 3, at 9 a.m.

and will continue to meet throughout

the week as necessary to address salmon

management items on the Council

agenda.

The Budget Committee will convene

on Monday, March 3, at 3 p.m. to

review the status of 1996 and 1997

Council budgets.

The Enforcement Consultants meet on

Tuesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. to address

enforcement issues related to Council

agenda items.

The U.S. Coast Guard will hold an

open forum to discuss on going

enforcement activities on Monday,

March 3, at 7 p.m.

Detailed agendas for the above

advisory meetings will be available after

February 21, 1997.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Eric W. Greene at

(503) 326–6352 at least 5 days prior to

the meeting date.

Dated: February 10, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

[I.D. 020397C]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit No. 1026 (P772#70)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Southwest Fisheries Science Center,

National Marine Fisheries Service, 8604

La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla,

California 92038–0271, or its designated

agent, has been issued a permit to take

marine mammal specimens and parts

for the purpose of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

(see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for

addresses).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 3, 1996, notice was published

in the Federal Register (61 FR 64070)

that a request for a scientific research

permit to take marine mammals had

been submitted by the above-named

organization. The requested permit has

been issued under the authority of the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (ESA, 16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.), and the regulations governing

the taking, importing, and exporting of

endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR

parts 222.25), and the Fur Seal Act of

1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et

seq.).

Issuance of this permit as required by

the ESA, was based on a finding that

such permit: (1) Was applied for in good

faith; (2) will not operate to the

disadvantage of the endangered species

which is the subject of this permit; and

(3) is consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the Act.

Addresses: Documents may be

reviewed in the following locations:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, VA 22203 (703/358–2104);

Regional Administrator, Northwest

Region, NMFS, 7600 Sandpoint Way,

NE BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA

98115–0070 (206/526–6150);

Regional Administrator, Alaska

Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau,

AK 99802–1668 (907/586–7221);

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd.,

Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213

(310/980–4001);

Regional Administrator, Northeast

Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive,

Gloucester, MA 01930–2298 (508/281–

9250); and
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Regional Administrator, Southeast

Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center

Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702–2432

(813/570–5301).

Dated: February 4, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

Dated: February 7, 1997.

Margaret Tieger,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 020797D]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 873

(P773#63)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Scientific research permit

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for amendment of scientific

research permit no. 873 submitted by

the Southwest Fisheries Science Center,

NMFS, P.O. Box 271, La Jolla, CA

92038–0271, has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Suite 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289); and

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean

Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA

90802, (310/980–4016).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 9, 1996, notice was published

in the Federal Register (61 FR 64857)

that an amendment of permit no. 873,

issued July 28, 1993 (58 FR 34038), had

been requested by the above-named

organization. The requested amendment

has been granted under the authority of

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.), the provisions of § 216.39 of the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.), and the provisions of § 222.25

of the Regulations Governing the

Taking, Importing, and Exporting of

Endangered Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR

part 222.23).

Permit no. 873 authorized the permit

holder to biopsy several species of

cetaceans off the Pacific, Southern, and

Indian Oceans, as well as U.S. territorial

waters of the Pacific and Southern

Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico; and to

import biopsy tissues collected outside

of U.S. waters. The permit has been

amended to authorize the attachment of

radio tags to up to 20 sperm whales

(Physeter macrocephalus) per year in

the eastern north Pacific Ocean.

Issuance of this amendment, as

required by the ESA, was based on a

finding that such amendment: (1) Was

applied for in good faith; (2) will not

operate to the disadvantage of the

endangered species which are the

subject of this permit; and (3) is

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA.

Dated: February 10, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Establishment of Import Limits for

Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber,

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products and Silk

Apparel Produced or Manufactured in

the People’s Republic of China

February 10, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Aldrich, 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) 927–6703. 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).

In a Memorandum of Understanding

dated February 1, 1997, the

Governments of the United States and

the People’s Republic of China agreed to

effectuate a Bilateral Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textile Agreement and

a Silk Apparel Agreement. The textile

agreement is for a four-year period,

through December 31, 2000; the silk

apparel agreement is for a one-year

period, through December 31, 1997.

In the letter published below from the

Chairman of CITA, the Commissioner of

Customs is directed to establish limits

for the period beginning on January 1,

1997 and extending through December

31, 1997.

Should China become a member of

the World Trade Organization (WTO)

and should the United States apply the

Agreement establishing the WTO to

China, the limits set forth above may be

subject to adjustment pursuant to the

provisions of the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and

any administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring

Body.

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 59 FR 15381,

published on April 1, 1994; and 61 FR

66263, published on December 17,

1996). Also see 62 FR 1875, published

on January 14, 1997.

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 bilateral, but are

designed to assist only in the

implementation of its provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

February 10, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive cancels

and supersedes the directive issued to you on

January 10, 1997, 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 textiles and

textile products and silk apparel, produced