Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 188 / Wednesday, September 27, 2000 / Notices 58047

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Sanderling Inn Resort & Conference

Center, 1461 Duck Road, Duck, NC;

telephone: 252-449-6664.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: 302-

674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302-674-2331, ext.

19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.—the

Comprehensive Management Committee

will meet.

From 11 a.m. to noon—the Executive

Committee will meet.

From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.—the Law

Enforcement Committee with the

Advisory Panel will meet.

From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.—the Demersal

Committee will meet concurrently.

From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.—there will be

a public hearing for Draft Amendment

13 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and

Black Sea Bass Fishery Management

Plan (FMP).

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

From 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.—the SquidMackerel-Butterfish Committee will

meet.

From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.—the Habitat

Committee will meet concurrently.

11 a.m.—the Council will convene at

11:00 a.m. and depart for the U.S.Coast

Guard Air Station at Elizabeth City, NC,

for an overview of law enforcement

operations for the remainder of the day.

Thursday, October 12, 2000

8 a.m.—the Council will convene and

is scheduled to adjourn at 1 p.m.

Agenda items for this meeting are:

Review and approve generic framework

measure to authorize quota set aside for

non Individual Transferable Quota

MAFMC species, review and discuss

quota set aside request for proposals;

review state proposals for MAFMC

funding, review annual work plan

developed at Committee Chairmen’s

meeting; review and evaluate Fishery

Achievement Award nominations,

review status of law enforcement (state/

Federal) capabilities, develop committee

strategy to review and comment on

enforceability of Council’s FMPs and

related management measures, review

Magnuson-Stevens Act National

Standard 10, i.e., safety concerns

inherent in FMPs and related

management measures; review Summer

Flounder Working Group’s

recommendations and develop

committee’s position on proposed

action, review Summer Flounder

Workshop results and determine a

recommended course of action; convene

public hearing for Draft Amendment 13

to the Summer Flounder, Scup, Black

Sea Bass FMP; finalize management

measures for Amendment 9 to the

Squid-Mackerel-Butterfish Plan, review

proposed 2001 specifications for

Atlantic mackerel, review and develop

recommendations regarding Lithuanian

Total Allowable Level of Foreign

Fishing application, comment on action

taken by Monitoring Committee

regarding fall 2000 quota allocation;

review NMFS Northeast Regional

Office’s essential fish habitat General

Concurrence with Philadelphia Army

Corps of Engineers, address issues

regarding New York harbor spoil

disposal; hear organization and

committee reports.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before the Council for discussion, these

issues may not be the subject of formal

Council action during this meeting.

Council action will be restricted to those

issues specifically listed in this notice

and any issues arising after publication

of this notice that require emergency

action under section 305(c) of the

Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the

public has been notified of the Council’s

intent to take final actions to address

such emergencies.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the MAFMC (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: September 22, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–24853 Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-22-S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits and

Increase of Guaranteed Access Levels

for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the Dominican

Republic

September 21, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, 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,

call (202) 927–5850, or refer to the U.S.

Customs website at http://

www.customs.gov. 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 current limit for Categories 338/

638 is being increased for the

recrediting of special shift, reducing the

limit for Categories 339/639 to account

for the special shift being recredited.

Upon the request of the Government

of the Dominican Republic, the U.S.

Government has agreed to increase the

current Guaranteed Access Levels for

textile products in Categories 339/639

and 347/348/647/648.

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 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999). Also

see 64 FR 50495, published on

September 17, 1999.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

September 21, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

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20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on September 13, 1999, 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 the Dominican Republic

and exported during the twelve-month

period which began on January 1, 2000 and

extends through December 31, 2000.

Effective on September 28, 2000, you are

directed to adjust the current limits for the

following categories, as provided for under

the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

338/638 .................... 1,333,592 dozen.

339/639 .................... 1,191,907 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1999.

Also effective on September 28, 2000, you

are directed to increase the Guaranteed

Access Levels for the categories listed below

for the period beginning on January 1, 2000

and extending through December 31, 2000.

Category Guaranteed access

level

339/639 .................... 5,150,000 dozen.

347/348/647/648 ...... 10,550,000 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,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–24830 Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textiles

and Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in India

September 21, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 27, 2000.

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, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, 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 current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted for swing,

special shift and carryforward.

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 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999). Also

see 64 FR 70220, published on

December 16, 1999.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

September 21, 2000.

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 10, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, manmade fiber, silk blend and other vegetable

fiber textiles and textile products, produced

or manufactured in India and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 2000 and extends through

December 31, 2000.

Effective on September 27, 2000, you are

directed to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Levels in Group I

219 ........................... 79,493,376 square

meters.

313 ........................... 49,845,550 square

meters.

314 ........................... 9,879,531 square meters.

317 ........................... 45,194,716 square

meters.

326 ........................... 13,026,312 square

meters.

363 ........................... 57,260,894 numbers.

369–D 2 .................... 1,825,625 kilograms.

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

369–S3 .................... 770,885 kilograms.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1999. 2 Category 369–D: only HTS numbers

6302.60.0010,–6302.91.0005 and

6302.91.0045. 3 Category 369–

S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.

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,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–24828 Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in

Indonesia

September 21, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 27, 2000.

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, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, 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 current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted for swing,

special shift, carryover and

carryforward.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the