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1. Plan Team/Advisory Panel

recommendations; and

2. Public comment/hearing.

D. Precious Corals

Plan Team recommendations.

Thursday, July 23, 1998, 8:30 a.m.

E. Crustaceans

1. Annual allocation of bank-specific

harvest guidelines including 1998 bankspecific guidelines and draft framework

regulatory measures for future bankspecific guidelines; and

2. Public comment/hearing.

F. Ecosystems and Habitat

1. Status of Enviromental Impact

Statement on Farallon de Mendinilla,

Northern Mariana Islands; and

2. Current ecosystem and habitat

issues.

G. Other Business

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Council for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal action during this meeting.

Action will be restricted to those issues

specifically identified in the agenda in

this notice.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Kitty M. Simonds, 808–522–8220

(voice) or 808–522–8226 (fax), at least 5

days prior to meeting date.

Dated: June 29, 1998.

Gary C. Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Bahrain

June 29, 1998.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 8, 1998.

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 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 increased for

carryover.

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 67620, published on

December 29, 1997.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

June 29, 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 19, 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 textile products, produced or

manufactured in Bahrain and exported

during the twelve-month period which began

on January 1, 1998 and extends through

December 31, 1998.

Effective on July 8, 1998, you are directed

to increase the limits for the categories listed

below, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve month

limit 1

Group I

237, 239pt. 2, 331–

336, 338, 339,

340–342, 345,

347, 348, 350–

352, 359pt. 3, 431,

433–436, 438,

440, 442–448,

459pt. 4, 631, 633–

636, 638, 639,

640–647, 648,

649, 650–652,

659pt. 5, 831, 833–

836, 838, 840,

842–847, 850–

852, 858 and

859pt. 6, as a

group.

48,027,335 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group I

338/339 .................... 667,350 dozen.

340/640 .................... 320,183 dozen of

which not more than

240,136 dozen shall

be in Categories

340–Y/640–Y7.

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

31, 1997. 2 Category 239pt.: only HTS number

6209.20.5040 (diapers). 3 Category 359pt.: all HTS numbers except

6406.99.1550. 4 Category 459pt.: all HTS numbers except

6405.20.6030, 6405.20.6060, 6405.20.6090,

6406.99.1505 and 6406.99.1560. 5 Category 659pt.: all HTS numbers except

6406.99.1510 and 6406.99.1540. 6 Category 859pt.: only HTS numbers

6115.19.8040, 6117.10.6020, 6212.10.5030,

6212.10.9040, 6212.20.0030, 6212.30.0030,

6212.90.0090, 6214.10.2000 and

6214.90.0090. 7 Category 340–Y: only HTS numbers

6205.20.2015, 6205.20.2020, 6205.20.2046,

6205.20.2050 and 6205.20.2060; Category

640–Y: only HTS numbers 6205.30.2010,

6205.30.2020, 6205.30.2050 and

6205.30.2060.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to 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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