28996 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 101 /Wednesday, May 27, 1998 / Notices

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Thailand.

May 20, 1998.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs reducing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, 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) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, 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 reduced for

carryforward used.

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 62 FR 66057,

published on December 17, 1997). Also

see 62 FR 65246, published on

December 11, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

May 20, 1998.

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 5, 1997, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Thailand and

exported during the period January 1, 1998

through December 31, 1998.

Effective on May 27, 1998, you are directed

to reduce the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted limit 1

Levels in Group I

200 ........................... 1,122,570 kilograms.

604 ........................... 704,073 kilograms of

which not more than

475,261 kilograms

shall be in Category

604–A2.

619 ........................... 6,771,341 square meters.

620 ........................... 6,791,544 square meters.

Sublevels in Group II

334/634 .................... 608,167 dozen.

338/339 .................... 1,812,127 dozen.

347/348/847 ............. 785,400 dozen.

435 ........................... 54,015 dozen.

638/639 .................... 2,159,202 dozen.

647/648 .................... 1,081,112 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1997. 2Category 604–A: only HTS number

5509.32.0000.

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Deputy Chief of Staff for

Personnel (DAPE–ZXI–RM).

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department

of the Army announces a proposed

public information collection and seeks

public comment on the provisions

thereof. Comments are invited on: (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of a the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

information collection; (c) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the

information collection on respondents,

including through the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by July 21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water

Resources Support Center Navigation

Data Center, (CEWRSC–NDC), 7701

Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Fort

Belvoir, Virginia 22315–3868, ATTN:

(Virginia R. Pankow). Consideration will

be given to all comments received

within 60 days of the date of publication

of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address, or call

Department of the Army Reports

clearance officer at (703) 614–0454.

Title: Terminal and Transfer Facilities

Description, WRSC Forms 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

and 9, OMB Control Number 0710–0007

Needs and Uses: The data complied

into Port Series Reports are used within

the Corps of Engineers for navigation

and planning functions, by the Coast

Guard for marine safety inspections, by

the Navy for guidance in providing safe

passage in time of national emergency,

by the Army for mission deployment

planning, and by the public for general

reference, planning, and various studies.

Affected Public: Federal Government,

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Annual Burden Hours: 372.

Number of Respondents: 1,489.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Data

gathered, and published as one of the 56

Port Series Reports, relate to terminal,

transfer facilities, storage facilities, and

intermodal transportation. This

information is used in navigation,

planning, safety, National security,

emergency operations, and general

interest studies and activities.

Respondents are the terminal and

transfer facility operators.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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