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by an exporter (or a producer if that

producer also exports merchandise from

other suppliers) which were produced

in more than one country of origin, and

each country of origin is subject to a

separate order, then the interested party

must state specifically, on an order-byorder basis, which exporter(s) the

request is intended to cover.

Seven copies of the request should be

submitted to the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, Room B–099,

U.s. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street & Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230. The Department

also asks parties to serve a copy of their

requests to the Office of Antidumping/

Countervailing Enforcement, Attention:

Sheila Forbes, in room 3065 of the main

Commerce Building. Further, in

accordance with section 353.3l(g) or

355.3l(g) of the regulations, a copy of

each request must be served on every

party on the Department’s service list.

The Department will publish in the

Federal Register a notice of ‘‘Initiation

of Administrative Review of

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty

Order, Finding, or Suspended

Investigation,’’ for requests received by

the last day of January 1997. If the

Department does not receive, by the last

day of January 1997, a request for

review of entries covered by an order,

finding, or suspended investigation

listed in this notice and for the period

identified above, the Department will

instruct the Customs Service to assess

antidumping or countervailing duties on

those entries at a rate equal to the cash

deposit of (or bond for) estimated

antidumping or countervailing duties

required on those entries at the time of

entry, or withdrawal from warehouse,

for consumption and to continue to

collect the cash deposit previously

ordered.

This notice is not required by statute,

but is published as a service to the

international trading community.

Dated: January 9, 1997.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Group III.

[FR Doc. 97–996 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 010697A]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit No. 1024 (P772#69)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Southwest Fisheries Science Center,

National Marine Fisheries Service, 8604

La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92038

[Principal Investigators: Dr. Rennie S.

Holt, or his designee(s)] has been issued

a permit to take Antarctic pinnipeds for

purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd.,

Long Beach, CA 90802–4213 (310/980–

4001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

November 18, 1996, notice was

published in the Federal Register (61

FR 58677) that a request for a scientific

research permit to take Antarctic

pinnipeds had been submitted by the

above-named organization. The

requested permit has been issued under

the authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

Dated: December 30, 1996.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–871 Filed 1–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Extension of Restraint Period and

Amendment of Import Limits Under

Bilateral Agreements Governing

Importation of Certain Cotton, Wool,

Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products and Silk Apparel Produced or

Manufactured in the People’s Republic

of China

January 10, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs extending a

restraint period and amending limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Aldrich, 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 or

call (202) 927–6703. 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).

In a memorandum dated December

21, 1996, the Governments of the United

States and the People’s Republic of

China agreed to extend the current

bilateral agreements for one month,

through January 31, 1997.

If no agreement is reached in further

negotiations between the Governments

of the United States and the People’s

Republic of China on new bilateral

agreements, the U.S. Government would

have the authority to implement

unilateral limits at reduced levels and

permanently deny shipments in excess

of those limits.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to extend the

applicable restraint period through

January 31, 1997, at levels adjusted to

reflect the extension.

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 60 FR 65299,

published on December 19, 1995; and

61 FR 66263, published on December

17, 1996). Also see 60 FR 62413,

published on December 6, 1995; and

65292, published on December 19, 1995.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

January 10, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directives

issued to you on December 24, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements, which directed you to

count imports of certain cotton, wool, manmade fiber, silk blend and other vegetable

fiber textiles and textile products and silk

apparel, produced or manufactured in China