Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 61 / Monday, March 31, 1997 / Notices 15159

1Category 606(1): all HTS numbers except

5403.31.0040 (Category 606(2)).

2Category 606(2): only HTS number

5403.31.0040.

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Suspension of the Group II Restriction

for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

India and Request for Public Comment

March 26, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs suspending

the Group II restriction for certain

products from India.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Heinzen, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212.

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.

The purpose of this notice is to advise

the public that, effective on March 31,

1997, the Group II restriction is

suspended for rayon filament yarn in

HTS number 5403.31.0040 in Category

606 from India. The United States has

conferred with the Government of India

and interested parties regarding this

action. A visa is still required for this

product.

The Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

is considering eliminating permanently

the restriction on these products from

India at the beginning of the next

agreement year (January 1, 1998),

pursuant to Article 2:15 of the

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC).

Anyone wishing to comment or

provide data or information regarding

the treatment of imports in HTS number

5403.31.0040 from India or to comment

on domestic production or availability

of products included in HTS number

5403.31.0040 is invited to submit 10

copies of such comments or information

to Troy H. Cribb, Chairman, Committee

for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;

ATTN: Helen L. LeGrande.

Comments or information submitted

in response to this notice will be

available for public inspection in the

Office of Textiles and Apparel, room

H3100, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.

Further comments may be invited

regarding particular comments or

information received from the public

which the Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

considers appropriate for further

consideration.

The solicitation of comments is not a

waiver in any respect of the exemption

contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) relating

to matters which constitute ‘‘a foreign

affairs function of the United States.’’

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).

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

March 26, 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 December 20, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

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

fiber textiles and textile products, produced

or manufactured in India and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 1997 and extends through

December 31, 1997.

Effective on March 31, 1997, man-made

fiber textile products in HTS 5403.31.0040 in

Category 606, in Group II, produced or

manufactured in India and exported during

the period March 31, 1997 through December

31, 1997, shall not be charged to the Group

II restraint level. A visa is still required for

this product. Import charges already made to

this HTS number shall be retained.

For U.S. Customs’ administrative purposes,

the remaining HTS numbers in Category 606

shall be designated Category 606(1) 1.

To facilitate implementation of the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC), I request that, effective on

March 31, 1997, entry/entry summary

procedures be required, and that you count

imports for consumption and withdrawals

from warehouse for consumption of textile

products in HTS number 5403.31.0040 in

Category 606(2) 2, produced or manufactured

in India and exported during the period

March 31, 1997 through December 31, 1997.

Inasmuch as these imports may later be

charged against the Group II level, it is

important that an accurate count be taken.

This letter will be published in the Federal

Register.

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 97–8046 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Proposed Collection: Comment

Request

March 26, 1997.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National

and Community Service (CNCS), as part

of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a pre-clearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3508(c)(2)(A)). This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden (time and

financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly

understood, and the impact of the

collection requirement on respondents

can be properly assessed. Currently, the

Corporation for National and

Community Service is soliciting

comments concerning proposed

revisions to the National Senior Service

Corps Project Grant Application. Copies

of the draft application can be obtained

by contacting the office listed below in

the address section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addresses section on or before May 30,

1997.

The Corporation for National and

Community Service is particularly

interested in comments which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the Corporation, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the agency

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and