71092 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 230 / Wednesday, November 29, 2000 / Notices

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

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Joanna Davis at

the Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5

days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–30362 Filed 11–28–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 112100D]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling a public meeting of its

Groundfish Committee and Scientific

and Statistical Committee in December,

2000 to consider actions affecting New

England fisheries in the exclusive

economic zone (EEZ).

Recommendations from these groups

will be brought to the full Council for

formal consideration and action, if

appropriate.

DATES: The meetings will held between

Monday, December 18 and Tuesday,

December 19, 2000. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in Newburyport, MA and Portland, ME.

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for

specific locations.

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J.

Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council;

(978)465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

Monday, December 18, 2000, 9:30

a.m. and Tuesday, December 19, 2000,

8:30 p.m.- Groundfish Oversight

Committee Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88

Spring Street, Portland, ME 04101;

telephone: (207) 775-2311.

The Groundfish Oversight Committee

will continue developing its

recommendations for management

alternatives for Amendment 13 to the

Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Management Plan. This will include

recommendations on rebuilding

programs, measures to address capacity

issues, and the four broad approaches to

management that are under

consideration (status quo, adjustments

to the status quo, area management, and

sector allocation). The committees’

recommendations will be reviewed by

the Council at a future date. After

approval by the Council, the proposed

alternatives will be analyzed and a draft

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement and public hearing document

will be prepared. The Committee will

meet in a closed session to review

advisory panel applications.

The Committee will also identify

management alternatives for a

framework adjustment to reduced

discards of Gulf of Maine cod and

ensure mortality objectives are met. The

initial meeting for this framework

adjustment will be the January 23-25,

2000 Council meeting. The final

meeting will not be scheduled until

after receipt of an updated Gulf of

Maine cod assessment in summer, 2001.

Finally, the committee will receive a

report from the state of Maine on an

experimental halibut fishery.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2000, 10 A.M. -

Scientific and Statistical Committee

Location: New England Fishery

Management Council office, 50 Water

Street, Mill ι2, Newburyport, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 465-0492.

Develop priorities in terms of how the

committee might consider or handle the

following issues or questions in the next

year: review management reference

points for monkfish; review

management reference points for

selected groundfish species; identify

scallop assessment, science and

management issues that should be

addressed in the Council’s management

of scallops; review of skate overfishing

definitions (to be developed); discuss

biological-toxin issues such as questions

about whether chemical contaminants

affect the reproductive potential,

survivability, and recruitment of

Council-managed species; discuss

questions about whether the ecosystem

can support all stocks at Bmsy

simultaneously and the feasibility of a

single control rule for the entire

multispecies fishery rather than for

individual stocks; review of the

monkfish assessment update (to be done

by the Monkfish Plan Development

Team); review a DNA study about

monkfish stock delineation. The

committee will also elect a Chair and

Vice-Chair.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council for discussion, those

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 action to address the

emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Paul J. Howard

(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to

the meeting dates.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 111700A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of modifications to

existing permits (1113).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following actions regarding permits for

takes of endangered and threatened

species for the purposes of scientific

research and/or enhancement: NMFS

has issued modifications to scientific

research permits to: Dr. Cheryl

Woodley, NOS-Marine Forensics

Laboratory - Charleston, SC (1113).

ADDRESSES: For permit 1113:

Endangered Species Division, Office of

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Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD,

20910 301-713-1401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terri Jordan, Silver Spring, MD (ph:

301-713-1401, fax: 301-713-0376, e-mail:

Terri.Jordan@noaa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

Issuance of permits and permit

modifications, as required by the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531-1543) (ESA), is based on a

finding that such permits/modifications:

(1) are applied for in good faith; (2)

would not operate to the disadvantage

of the listed species which are the

subject of the permits; and (3) are

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA. Authority to take listed species is

subject to conditions set forth in the

permits. Permits and modifications are

issued in accordance with and are

subject to the ESA and NMFS

regulations governing listed fish and

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222-226).

Species Covered in This Notice

The following species and

evolutionarily significant units (ESU’s)

are covered in this notice:

Sea Turtles

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas),

Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys

imbricata), Kemp’s ridley turtle

(Lepidochelys kempii), Leatherback

turtle (Dermochelys coriacea),

Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), and

Olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys

olivacea).

Fish

All listed ESUs of Chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Chum

salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), Coho

salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch),

Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka),

and Steelhead Trout(Oncorhynchus

mykiss).

Permits and Modifications Issued

NMFS received an application from

Dr. Cheryl Woodley, of NOS - Marine

Forensics Laboratory to modify research

permit ι1113 on August 23, 2000. The

applicant currently possesses a permit

authorizing the possession of tissue

samples from ESA-listed non-marine

mammal and non-reptilian species

under NMFS jurisdiction associated

with genetic research studies and

support of law enforcement actions.

Law enforcement personnel have an

ongoing need for scientific assistance in

cases concerning endangered, protected,

and managed marine species. The

Marine Forensics Center provides

technical/scientific assistance to a

variety of law enforcement agencies

including NMFS Enforcement, U.S.

Customs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, and state wildlife enforcement

agencies. Forensics analyses generally

involve a biochemical or genetic test

when a comparison is made between

evidence and voucher samples. Voucher

samples which are used in a forensics

analysis are collected and maintained

under strict criteria that includes

documentation (species identification

form) from the expert who has

authenticated the samples; a chain of

custody which originates with the

sample collection; and storage under

secure conditions. The research will

provide species identifications and is

expected to extend to addressing other

critical genetics information needs that

will allow monitoring of recovery,

characterization of genetic stocks and

various aspects of genetic health for the

species.

The applicant is not to conduct any

field collection exercises to obtain the

samples. All of the samples must be

obtained from other previously

authorized activities (permitted

scientific research activities, or

specimens confiscated by law

enforcement authorities) and

documented as described above.

Although the activities proposed by

the applicant will not result in the take

of a listed species, NOS - Forensics

center has requested a permit to allow

them to maintain tissues of species that

were taken in violation of the ESA that

may be given to them by law

enforcement authorities.

Modification ι1 requests that marine

reptile species under NMFS jurisdiction

be added to the authorized species

covered under this permit. NMFS has

also added newly listed ESUs of Pacific

Salmon to the permit per permit special

condition 2.e. Modification ι1 to Permit

1113 was issued on November 9, 2000,

authorizing take of listed species. Permit

expires December 31, 2003.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Margaret Lorenz,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits

for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the Federative

Republic of Brazil

November 21, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

commissioner of customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 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.

The current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted for swing

and carryover.

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 57865, published on October

27, 1999.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

November 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 October 21, 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 Brazil and exported during

the twelve-month period which began on