Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 59 / Thursday, March 27, 1997 / Notices 14673

1Category 369–S: only HTS number

6307.10.2005.

2The limits have not been adjusted to account for

any imports exported after December 31, 1996.

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All

statements and opinions contained in

the above application summary are

those of the applicant and do not

necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

Dated: March 21, 1997.

Joseph R. Blum,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–7744 Filed 3–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Rescission, Amendment and

Redesignation of Import Limits for

Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made

Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Apparel Produced or Manufactured in

the Philippines

March 21, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs cancelling,

increasing and amending the coverage

of limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Heinzen, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of this limit, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or

call (202) 927–6713. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

In a Memorandum of Understanding

(MOU) dated March 5, 1997, the

Governments of the United States and

the Republic of the Philippines agreed

to rescind the limit for Category 239 for

the period January 1, 1997 through

December 31, 1997. Also, the two

governments agreed to amend the

coverage of Group II to include

Categories 361, 369–S and 611 and to

increase the 1997 Group II limit.

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 61 FR 66263,

published on December 17, 1996). Also

see 61 FR 64507, published on

December 5, 1996.

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act, the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and

the MOU, but are designed to assist only

in the implementation of certain of their

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

March 21, 1997.

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 November 29, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textiles and textile products

and silk blend and other vegetable fiber

apparel, produced or manufactured in the

Philippines and exported during the twelvemonth period beginning on January 1, 1997

and extending through December 31, 1997.

Effective on March 28, 1997, you are

directed, to rescind the 1997 limit and import

charges for textile products in Category 239,

pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements

Act, the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing and the Memorandum

of Understanding dated March 5, 1997

between the Governments of the United

States and the Republic of the Philippines.

Also, you are directed to amend the Group

II designation to include the coverage of

Categories 361, 369–S 1 and 611. Categories

361, 369–S and 611 shall be sublevels in

Group II. Import charges already made to

these categories shall be moved to Group II.

The 1997 limit for Group II shall be increased

to 164,785,038 square meters equivalent 2.

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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97–7775 Filed 3–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Chicago Board of Trade Futures

Contracts in Corn and Soybeans;

Notice That Delivery Point:

Specifications Must Be Amended

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of, and request for public

comment on, response of the Chicago

Board of Trade to Notification to amend

delivery specifications.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures

Trading Commission (Commission), by

letter dated December 19, 1996, notified

the Board of Trade of the City of

Chicago (CBT), under section 5a(a)(10)

of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act),

7 U.S.C. 7a(a)(10), that the delivery

terms of the CBT corn and soybean

futures contracts no longer accomplish

the objectives of that section of the Act.

Under section 5a(a)(10), the CBT was

required to respond by March 4, 1997,

seventy-five (75) days from the date of

the notice.

By letter dated March 4, 1997, from

Patrick H. Arbor to Chairperson

Brooksley Born, the CBT responded by

providing to the Commission a status

report of its actions. In that response,

the CBT reported that a ‘‘working

alternative’’ had been approved by the

exchange board and would be

forwarded to the membership for a vote.

On March 14, 1997, the Commission

provided notice of the CBT’s working

alternative in order to provide the

public with an opportunity to comment

to the Commission on it (62 FR 12156).

The Commission has determined to

extend the comment period for an

additional fifteen (15) days.

DATES: Comment must be received by

April 15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

mailed to the Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20581, attention, Office

of the Secretariat; transmitted by

facsimile at (202) 418–5521, or

transmitted electronically at

secretary@cftc.gov. Reference should be

made to ‘‘Corn and Soybean Delivery

Points.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Blake Imel, Acting Director, or Paul M.

Architzel, Chief Counsel, Division of

Economic Analysis, Commodity Futures

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20581, telephone (202)

418–5260, or electronically, Mr.

Architzel at Parchitzel@cftc. gov.