75676 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 233 / Monday, December 4, 2000 / Notices

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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,

Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–30800 Filed 12–01–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits and Guaranteed Access Levels

for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made

Fiber and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Jamaica

November 28, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits and guaranteed access levels.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

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 import restraint limits and

Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs) for

textile products, produced or

manufactured in Jamaica and exported

during the period January 1, 2001

through December 31, 2001 are based on

limits notified to the Textiles

Monitoring Body pursuant to the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing (ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

limits and guaranteed access levels for

the period January 1, 2001 through

December 31, 2001.

These specific limits and guaranteed

access levels do not apply to goods that

qualify for quota-free entry under the

Trade and Development Act of 2000.

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).

Information regarding the 2001

CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

Requirements for participation in the

Special Access Program are available in

Federal Register notice 63 FR 16474,

published on April 3, 1998.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 28, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), you are directed to prohibit,

effective on January 1, 2001, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, wool, man-made fiber and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products in

the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Jamaica and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 2001 and extending through

December 31, 2001, in excess of the following

levels of restraint:

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

331/631 .................... 893,817 dozen pairs.

338/339/638/639 ...... 1,762,373 dozen.

340/640 .................... 824,132 dozen of

which not more than

697,342 dozen shall

be in shirts made

from fabrics with two

or more colors in the

warp and/or the filling in Categories

340–Y/640–Y1.

341/641 .................... 1,034,857 dozen.

345/845 .................... 255,355 dozen.

347/348/647/648 ...... 1,902,262 dozen.

352/652 .................... 2,842,337 dozen.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

445/446 .................... 55,706 dozen.

1 Category 340–Y: only HTS numbers

6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2046,

6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category

640–Y: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010,

6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and

6205.30.2060.

The limits set forth above are subject to

adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the

ATC and administrative arrangements

notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body.

Products in the above categories exported

during 2000 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated September 22, 1999) to the

extent of any unfilled balances. In the event

the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such

products shall be charged to the limits set

forth in this directive.

Also pursuant to the ATC; and under the

terms of the Special Access Program, as set

forth in 63 FR 16474 (April 3, 1998), you are

directed to establish guaranteed access levels

for properly certified cotton, wool, man-made

fiber and other vegetable fiber textile

products in the following categories which

are assembled in Jamaica from fabric formed

and cut in the United States and re-exported

to the United States from Jamaica during the

twelve-month period which begins on

January 1, 2001 and extends through

December 31, 2001:

Category Guaranteed access Level

331/631 .......... 1,320,000 dozen pairs.

336/636 .......... 125,000 dozen.

338/339/638/

639.

1,500,000 dozen.

340/640 .......... 300,000 dozen.

341/641 .......... 375,000 dozen.

342/642 .......... 200,000 dozen.

345/845 .......... 50,000 dozen.

347/348/647/

648.

2,000,000 dozen.

352/652 .......... 10,500,000 dozen.

447 ................. 30,000 dozen.

Any shipment for entry under the Special

Access Program which is not accompanied

by a valid and correct certification in

accordance with the provisions of the

certification requirements established in the

directive of February 19, 1987 (52 FR 6049)

shall be denied entry unless the Government

of Jamaica authorizes the entry and any

charges to the appropriate specific limits.

Any shipment which is declared for entry

under the Special Access Program but found

not to qualify shall be denied entry into the

United States.

These specific limits and guaranteed access

levels do not apply to goods that qualify for

quota-free entry under the Trade and

Development Act of 2000.

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 233 / Monday, December 4, 2000 / Notices 75677

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–30801 Filed 12–01–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

December 1, 2000.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 00–30855 Filed 11–30–00; 10:46

am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

December 8, 2000.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 00–30856 Filed 11–30–00; 10:46

am]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

December 15, 2000.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 00–30857 Filed 11–30–00; 10:46

am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

December 22, 2000.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 00–30858 Filed 11–30–00; 10:46

am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Friday,

December 29, 2000.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance

Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 00–30859 Filed 11–30–00; 10:46

am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the Design, Construction, and

Operation and Closure of a Facility for

the Destruction of Chemical Agents

and Munitions at Blue Grass Army

Depot (BGAD), Kentucky

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: This announces the Army’s

intent to prepare a site-specific EIS on

the potential impacts of the design,

construction, operation and closure of a

facility to destroy all of the chemical

agents and munitions currently stored at

the BGAD, Kentucky. The EIS will

examine potential environmental

impacts of the following destruction

facility alternatives: a baseline

incineration facility; a full-scale facility

to pilot test an alternative technology

successfully demonstrated by the

Assembled Chemical Weapons

Assessment (ACWA) Program; and no

action (an alternative that will continue

the storage of the chemical agent and

munitions at the BGAD). If any

reasonable alternatives are identified

during the environmental analysis

process, they will be considered as

alternative courses of action.

The United States has a statutory and

international treaty obligation to destroy

its stockpile of chemical weapons,

including those at the BGAD. The

technique of using incineration (herein

referred to as baseline incineration) has

already been tested safely and

successfully in full-scale facilities.

Alternatives to baseline incineration

have been tested at the demonstration

level, but not in pilot scale or full-scale

facilities. Before additional federal

funds can be spent on any alternative

technology, sec. 142 of the Strom

Thurmond National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999,

Pub. L. 105–261, requires that three

findings be made. First, an alternative

technology would have to be

determined to be as safe as and as cost

effective as baseline incineration.

Second, it must also be capable of

completing destruction of the stockpile

by the later of either the Chemical

Weapons Convention destruction date

or the date the BGAD stockpile would

be destroyed if baseline incineration

were used. Finally, it must comply with

Federal and State health and safety

laws.

DATES: Written comments must be

received not later than February 2, 2001

in order to be considered in the Draft

EIS.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

forwarded to the Program Manager for

Chemical Demilitarization, Public

Outreach and Information Office

(ATTN: Mr. Gregory Mahall), Building

E–4585, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

21010–4005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Gregory Mahall by mail at the above

listed address, by phone at 410–436–