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authorizes, funds, or carries out is not 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of any endangered or 

threatened species or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

designated critical habitat. To ensure 

ESA compliance for the issuance of 

IHAs, NMFS consults internally 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species, in 

this case with the West Coast Regional 

Office. 

Two DPSs of humpback whale 

(Central America/Southern Mexico-CA/ 

OR/WA and Mainland Mexico-CA/OR/ 

WA) occur in the project area and are 

listed as endangered and threatened, 

respectively, under the ESA. The NMFS 

West Coast Regional OPR Division 

issued a Biological Opinion on 

September 11, 2025 under section 7 of 

the ESA, on the issuance of an IHA to 

the ACOE under section 101(a)(5)(D) of 

the MMPA by the NMFS Permits and 

Conservation Division. The Biological 

Opinion concluded that the action is not 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of Central America/Southern 

Mexico-CA/OR/WA and Mainland 

Mexico-CA/OR/WA humpback whales 

and is not likely to destroy or adversely 

modify their critical habitat. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 

216–6A, NMFS must evaluate our 

proposed action the issuance of an IHA 

and alternatives with respect to 

potential impacts on the human 

environment. 

This action is consistent with 

categories of activities identified in 

Categorical Exclusion B4 (IHAs with no 

anticipated serious injury or mortality) 

of the Companion Manual for NAO 216– 

6A, which do not individually or 

cumulatively have the potential for 

significant impacts on the quality of the 

human environment and for which we 

have not identified any extraordinary 

circumstances that would preclude this 

categorical exclusion. Accordingly, 

NMFS has determined that the issuance 

of this IHA qualifies to be categorically 

excluded from further NEPA review. 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued an IHA to the ACOE 

for the potential harassment of small 

numbers of eight marine mammal 

species incidental to the pile dike repair 

project in Baker Bay, Oregon, that 

includes the previously explained 

mitigation, monitoring and reporting 

requirements. 

Dated: September 25, 2024. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Limitations of Duty- and Quota-Free 

Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled 

in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African 

Countries From Regional and ThirdCountry Fabric 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Publishing the new 12-month 

cap on duty- and quota-free benefits. 

DATES: The new limitations become 

applicable October 1, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Newberg, International Trade 

Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202)–482–7578. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Title I, section 112(b)(3) of 

the Trade and Development Act of 2000 

(TDA 2000), Public Law (Pub. L.) 106– 

200, as amended by Division B, Title 

XXI, section 3108 of the Trade Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–210; Section 

7(b)(2) of the AGOA Acceleration Act of 

2004, Public Law 108–274; Division D, 

title VI, section 6002 of the Tax Relief 

and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA 

2006), Public Law 109–432, and section 

1 of The African Growth and 

Opportunity Amendments (Public Law 

112–163), August 10, 2012; Presidential 

Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000 

(65 FR 59321); Presidential 

Proclamation 7626 of November 13, 

2002 (67 FR 69459); and title I, section 

103(b)(2) and (3) of the Trade 

Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 

Public Law 114–27, June 29, 2015. 

Title I of TDA 2000 provides for dutyand quota-free treatment for certain 

textile and apparel articles imported 

from designated beneficiary subSaharan African countries. Section 

112(b)(3) of TDA 2000 provides dutyand quota-free treatment for apparel 

articles wholly assembled in one or 

more beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries from fabric wholly formed in 

one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African countries from yarn originating 

in the United States or one or more 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries. This preferential treatment is 

also available for apparel articles 

assembled in one or more lesserdeveloped beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African countries, regardless of the 

country of origin of the fabric used to 

make such articles, subject to 

quantitative limitation. Public Law 114– 

27 extended this special rule for lesserdeveloped countries through September 

30, 2025. 

The AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 

provides that the quantitative limitation 

for the 12-month period beginning 

October 1, 2024 will be an amount not 

to exceed 7 percent of the aggregate 

square meter equivalents of all apparel 

articles imported into the United States 

in the preceding 12-month period for 

which data are available. See section 

112(b)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of TDA 2000, as 

amended by section 7(b)(2)(B) of the 

AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004. Of this 

overall amount, apparel imported under 

the special rule for lesser-developed 

countries is limited to an amount not to 

exceed 3.5 percent of all apparel articles 

imported into the United States in the 

preceding 12-month period. See section 

112(b)(3)(B)(ii)(II) of TDA 2000, as 

amended by section 6002(a)(3) of 

TRHCA 2006. The Annex to Presidential 

Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000 

directed CITA to publish the aggregate 

quantity of imports allowed during each 

12-month period in the Federal 

Register. 

For the one-year period, beginning on 

October 1, 2024, and extending through 

September 30, 2025, the aggregate 

quantity of imports eligible for 

preferential treatment under these 

provisions is 1,757,888,503 square 

meters equivalent. Of this amount, 

878,944,252 square meters equivalent is 

available to apparel articles imported 

under the special rule for lesserdeveloped countries. Apparel articles 

entered in excess of these quantities will 

be subject to otherwise applicable 

tariffs. 

These quantities are calculated using 

the aggregate square meter equivalents 

of all apparel articles imported into the 

United States, derived from the set of 

Harmonized System lines listed in the 

Annex to the World Trade Organization 

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 

(ATC), and the conversion factors for 

units of measure into square meter 

equivalents used by the United States in 

implementing the ATC. 

Tyler Beckelman, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

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