58516 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 190 / Friday, September 29, 2000 / Notices

adult salmon not retained for

broodstock above the adult trap to

spawn naturally. ESA-listed adult

salmon retained for broodstock will be

transported to WDFW’s Tucannon River

Fish Hatchery and/or Lyons Ferry Fish

Hatchery and spawned. The resulting

progeny will be reared in the hatcheries

and released as smolts when ready to

outmigrate to the ocean. For the captive

broodstock program, ESA-listed juvenile

fish will be retained in the hatcheries,

reared to adulthood, and spawned in the

hatchery environment as a means of

protecting the genetic integrity of the

run. Permit 1129 also allows a limited

use of remote site incubators to reseed

the uppermost reaches of the Tucannon

River with spring chinook salmon eggs

and fry to aid in the long-term recovery

and rebuilding of the run. Annual

incidental takes of endangered SnR

sockeye salmon, threatened SnR fall

chinook salmon, and threatened SnR

steelhead associated with WDFW’s

hatchery operations and juvenile fish

releases from WDFW’s hatchery

supplementation program are also

authorized. Permit 1129 expires on

December 31, 2003.

Notice was published on February 16,

2000 (65 FR 7854) that Mr. Joseph

Hightower, of NCCFWR applied for a

scientific research permit (1234). The

applicant has requested a 5-month

permit to take up to 10 shortnose

sturgeon in the Roanoke River, North

Carolina. The take is needed to answer

questions regarding impacts of the

Roanoke and Gaston dams on

anadromous fishes are required by the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

relicensing process. No shortnose

sturgeon have been recorded as being

taken from the Roanoke River; however,

sampling effort has been low. The North

Caroline Department of Marine

Fisheries captured one shortnose

sturgeon in Bachelor’s Bay (in western

Albemarle Sound, near the mouth of the

Roanoke River) in April 1998. The Final

Recovery Plan for shortnose sturgeon

mandates that surveys be conducted to

identify and determine the status of

extant populations of shortnose

sturgeon. Permit 1234 was issued on

September 19, 2000, authorizing take of

listed species. Permit 1234 expires April

30, 2001.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Wanda L. Cain,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–25042 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Wool Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in

Guatemala

September 25, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 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 limits for Categories 347/

348 and 443 are being increased for

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 54868, published on October

8, 1999.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements

September 25, 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 October 4, 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 Guatemala and exported

during the period which began on January 1,

2000 and extends through December 31,

2000.

Effective on September 29, 2000, you are

directed to increase 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

347/348 .................... 2,219,448 dozen.

443 ........................... 81,719 numbers.

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

31, 1999.

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.

[FR Doc. 00–25007 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Sri Lanka

September 26, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 2000.

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, 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.