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recommendations regarding general

policies and operations of NTIS,

including policies in connection with

fees and charges for its services. The

agenda will include a progress report on

NTIS activities, an update on the

progress of FedWorld, and a discussion

of NTIS’ long range plans. The closed

session discussion is scheduled to begin

at 9:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. on

March 19, 1997. The session will be

closed because premature disclosure of

the information to be discussed would

be likely to significantly frustrate

implementation of NTIS’ business

plans.

DATES: The meeting will convene on

March 18, 1997, at 9:00 a.m. and

adjourn at 4:00 p.m. and convene again

on March 19, 1997, at 9:00 a.m. and

adjourn at 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESS: The meeting will be held in

Room 2029 Sills Building, National

Technical Information Service, 5285

Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia

22161.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will

be open to public participation on

March 18, 1997, and closed on March

19, 1997. Approximately thirty minutes

will be set aside on March 18, 1997, for

comments or questions from the public.

Seats will be available for the public

and for the media on a first-come, firstserved basis. Any member of the public

may submit written comments

concerning the Board’s affairs at any

time. Copies of the minutes of the open

session meeting will be available within

thirty days of the meeting from the

address given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Lucas, NTIS Advisory Board

Secretary, National Technical

Information Service, 5285 Port Royal

Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161.

Telephone: (703) 487–4636; Fax (703)

487–4093.

Dated: February 19, 1997.

Donald R. Johnson,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–4430 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–04–M

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Increase of a Guaranteed Access Level

for Certain Wool Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in

Honduras

February 18, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing a

guaranteed access level.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 24, 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 this level, 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); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

On the request of the Government of

Honduras, the U.S. Government agreed

to increase the 1996 guaranteed access

level for Category 435.

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 38237, published on July 23,

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

February 18, 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 July 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 Honduras and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 1996 and extending through

December 31, 1996.

Effective on February 24, 1997, you are

directed to increase the guaranteed access

level for Category 435 to 50,000 dozen.

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. 97–4448 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. § 552b), notice is hereby given of

the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board’s (Board) meeting described

below.

Time and Date: 9:00 a.m., March 19, 1997.

Place: The Defense Nuclear Facilities

Safety Board, Public Hearing Room, 625

Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 300, Washington,

DC 20004.

Matters to be Considered: The Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board will

reconvene and continue the open meeting

conducted on February 5, 1997, regarding the

status of DOE’s Implementation Plan for

Board Recommendation 95–2, Integrated

Safety Management. Specifically, the Board

will be given status reports by DOE relative

to the Department’s efforts to improve the

technical expertise necessary to review and

implement safety management systems,

including establishment of a Core Technical

group, and the development of guidance for

implementation of the Safety Management

System.

Contact Person for More Information:

Robert M. Andersen, General Counsel,

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625

Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington,

DC 20004, (800) 788–4016. This is a toll-free

number.

Supplementary Information: The Defense

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board reserves its

right to further schedule and otherwise

regulate the course of this meeting, to recess,

reconvene, postpone or adjourn the meeting,

and otherwise exercise its authority under

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Dated: February 20, 1997.

John T. Conway,

Chairman.

[FR Doc. 97–4570 Filed 2–20–97; 10:38 am]

BILLING CODE 3670–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.
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SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Management Group, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: An emergency review has been

requested in accordance with the Act

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507 (j)), since

public harm is reasonably likely to

result if normal clearance procedures

are followed. Approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) has

been requested by March 12, 1997. A

regular clearance process is also

beginning. Interested persons are

invited to submit comments on or before

April 25, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

regarding the emergency review should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Wendy Taylor, Desk Officer:

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

D.C. 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection request

should be addressed to Patrick J.

Sherrill, Department of Education, 7th &

D Streets, S.W., Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, D.C.

20202–4651. Written comments

regarding the regular clearance and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651, or should

be electronic mailed to the internet

address #FIRB@ed.gov, or should be

faxed to 202–708–9346.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 3506 (c)(2)(A) requires that the

Director of OMB provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. The Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) may

amend or waive the requirement for

public consultation to the extent that

public participation in the approval

process would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Director of the

Information Resources Management

Group, publishes this notice containing

proposed information collection

requests at the beginning of the

Departmental review of the information

collection. Each proposed information

collection, grouped by office, contains

the following: (1) Type of review

requested, e.g., new, revision, extension,

existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3)

Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. ED invites

public comment at the address specified

above. Copies of the requests are

available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the

address specified above.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) Is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department, (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner, (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate, (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected, and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: February 18, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: NEW.

Title: Study of Barriers, Benefits, and

Costs of Using Private Schools to

Alleviate Overcrowding in Public

Schools.

Abstract: This congressionallymandated study will examine the extent

to which private schools (including

religious schools) might be used to

alleviate overcrowding in urban public

schools by accepting public school

students in exchange for tuition

reimbursement. The study is examining

the extent of overcrowding in urban

public schools and the extent to which

private schools in these areas have

spaces available that might be used to

accommodate students from

overcrowded public schools. The study

will also examine the costs that would

be involved in such a program

(including tuition reimbursement,

transportation, and administration),

program design and implementation

issues that would need to be considered

in developing such a proposal, and the

constitutional issues and other legal

impediments that might be raised if

such a proposal were adopted.

Additional Information: The study

was mandated in the Conference Report

for H.R. 3610 (Report 104–863,

September 28, 1996, p. 1060) and is due

to the Appropriations Committees by

September 1, 1997. An emergency

clearance is needed in order to meet this

deadline.

Frequency: One Time.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 1,035.

Burden Hours: 345.

[FR Doc. 97–4410 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Management Group, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before March

26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Wendy Taylor, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or