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DoC will reimburse the Recipient shall

be the lesser of:

(a) the Federal Share of the total

allocable indirect costs of the award

based on the negotiated rate with the

cognizant Federal agency as established

by audit or negotiation; or

(b) the line item amount for the

Federal share of indirect costs contained

in the approved budget of the award.

For the Physics, MSEL, ITL, BFRL, and

EEEL SURF Programs, no Federal funds

will be authorized for Indirect Costs

(IDC) nor fringe benefits; however, an

applicant may provide for IDC and/or

fringe benefits under his/her portion of

Cost Sharing.

Purchase of American-made

Equipment and Products: Applicants

are hereby notified that they are

encouraged, to the greatest practicable

extent, to purchase American-made

equipment and products with funding

provided under this program.

Federal Policies and Procedures:

Recipients and subrecipients under each

of the above grant programs shall be

subject to all Federal laws and Federal

and Departmental regulations, policies,

and procedures applicable to financial

assistance awards, including 15 CFR

Part 14 and 15 CFR Part 24, as

applicable.

Each of the above grant programs does

not directly affect any state or local

government.

Applications under these programs

are not subject to Executive Order

12372, ‘‘Intergovernmental Review of

Federal Programs.’’

Executive Order Statement: This

funding notice was determined to be

‘‘not significant’’ for purposes of

Executive Order 12866.

Dated: January 4, 2001.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 01–836 Filed 1–10–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 010501B]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council) Highly

Migratory Species Plan Development

Team (HMSPDT) will hold a work

session, which is open to the public.

DATES: The HMSPDT will meet on

Monday, February 5, 2001 through

Thursday, February 8, 2001, from 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m. each day. On Friday, February

9, 2001, the HMSPDT will meet from 8

a.m. until business for the day is

completed.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be

held in the large conference room at

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science

Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive,

Room D-203, La Jolla, CA 92038-0271;

(619) 546-7000.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan

Waldeck, Pacific Fishery Management

Council; (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

primary purpose of the work session is

to continue review and revision of the

draft fishery management plan (FMP)

for highly migratory species (HMS); the

draft FMP is scheduled for review by

the Council in March 2001.

The proposed FMP and its associated

regulatory analyses would be the

Council’s fourth FMP for the exclusive

economic zone off the West Coast.

Development of the FMP is timely,

considering the new mandates under

the Magnuson-Stevens Act, efforts by

the United Nations to promote

conservation and management of HMS

resources through domestic and

international programs, and the

increased scope of international

activities related to HMS fisheries in the

eastern Pacific Ocean.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in the HMSPDT meeting

agenda may come before the HMSPDT

for discussion, those issues may not be

the subject of formal HMSPDT action

during this meeting. HMSPDT action

will be restricted to those issues

specifically listed in this document and

any issues arising after publication of

this document that require emergency

action under section 305(c) of the

Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the

public has been notified of the

HMSPDT’s intent to take final action to

address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms.

Carolyn Porter at (503) 326-6352 at least

5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: January 5, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–911 Filed 1–10–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-22-S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and

Man-Made Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in

Cambodia

January 8, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, 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, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, 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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of

January 20, 1999, between the

Governments of the United States and

Cambodia establishes limits for the

period January 1, 2001 through

December 31, 2001.

These limits may be revised if

Cambodia becomes a member of the

World Trade Organization (WTO) and

the United States applies the WTO

agreement to Cambodia.

In addition, these limits include a

nine percent (9%) increase to all of

Cambodia’s quotas under the Labor

Standards provision of the U.S.-

Cambodia bilateral textile agreement

(see Federal Register notice 64 FR

60428, published on November 5, 1999).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to establish

the 2001 limits.

Carryforward used in the year 2000 is

being deducted from the 2001 limits.

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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 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999).

Information regarding the 2001

CORRELATION will be published in the

Federal Register at a later date.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

January 8, 2001.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229. 

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; and the

Bilateral Textile Agreement, dated January

20, 1999, between the Governments of the

United States and Cambodia, you are

directed to prohibit, effective on January 11,

2001, entry into the United States for

consumption and withdrawal from

warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool

and man-made fiber textile products in the

following categories, produced or

manufactured in Cambodia and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 2001 and extending through

December 31, 2001, in excess of the following

levels of restraint:

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit

331/631 .................... 1,890,086 dozen pairs.

334/634 .................... 197,391 dozen.

335/635 .................... 79,607 dozen.

338/339 .................... 2,902,810 dozen.

340/640 .................... 918,543 dozen.

345 ........................... 115,124 dozen.

347/348/647/648 ...... 3,483,372 dozen.

352/652 .................... 734,834 dozen.

438 ........................... 94,618 dozen.

445/446 .................... 122,310 dozen.

638/639 .................... 1,045,012 dozen.

645/646 .................... 306,181 dozen.

The limits set forth above are subject to

adjustment pursuant to the provisions of the

current bilateral agreement between the

Governments of the United States and

Cambodia.

Products in the above categories exported

during 2000 shall be charged to the

applicable category limits for that year (see

directive dated December 10, 1999) to the

extent of any unfilled balances. In the event

the limits established for that period have

been exhausted by previous entries, such

products shall be charged to the limits set

forth in this directive.

These limits may be revised if Cambodia

becomes a member of the World Trade

Organization (WTO) and the United States

applies the WTO agreement to Cambodia.

Moreover, these limits may be revised in

light of the U.S. determination as to whether

working conditions in the Cambodian textile

and apparel sector substantially comply with

Cambodian labor law and internationally

recognized core labor standards (see Federal

Register notice 64 FR 60428, published on

November 5, 1999).

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe

entry into the United States for consumption

to include entry for consumption into the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 01–1009 Filed 1–9–01; 11:28 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of closed teleconference

meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming teleconference meeting of

the Executive Committee of the National

Assessment Governing Board. This

notice also describes the functions of

the Board. Notice of this meeting is

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Date: January 22, 2001.

Time: 4 p.m., adjournment,

approximately, 5 p.m. (closed).

Location: National Assessment

Governing Board; 800 North Capitol

Street, NW., Suite #825, Washington,

DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray

Fields, Assistant Director for Policy,

National Assessment Governing Board,

800 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite

825, Washington, DC 20002–4233,

Telephone: (202) 357–6938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Assessment Governing Board

is established under section 412 of the

National Education Statistics Act of

1994 (Title IV of the Improving

America’s Schools Act of 1994) (Pub. L.

103–382).

The Board is established to formulate

policy guidelines for the National

Assessment of Educational Progress.

The Board is responsible for selecting

subject areas to be assessed, developing

assessment objectives, identifying

appropriate achievement goals for each

grade and subject tested, and

establishing standards and procedures

for interstate and national comparisons.

Under Pub. L. 105–78, the National

Assessment Governing Board is also

granted exclusive authority over

developing the Voluntary National Tests

pursuant to contact number RJ9753001.

On Monday, January 22, the Executive

Committee will hold a closed

teleconference meeting from 3 to 5 p.m.

to review and discuss the qualifications

of individuals to fill two vacant

National Assessment Governing Board

staff positions. Based upon these

discussions, the Executive Committee

will approve the hire of the individuals

selected to fill the position Assistant

Director for Psychometrics and the

position Operations Officer. This

meeting will relate solely to the internal

personal rules and practices of an

agency and will disclose information of

a personal nature where disclosure

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy, and, as

such, is protected by exemptions (2) and

(6) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.

A summary of the activities of the

closed teleconference, and other related

matters which are informative to the

public and consistent with the policy of

the section 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), will be

available to the public within 14 days

after the meeting. Records are kept of all

Board proceedings and are available for

public inspection at the U.S.

Department of Education, National

Assessment Governing Board, Suite 825,

800 North Capitol Street, NW.,

Washington, DC, from 8:30 a.m. to 5

p.m.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 01–795 Filed 1–10–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4001–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science Financial Assistance

Program Notice 01–08; Scientific

Discovery Through Advanced

Computing: Computational Chemistry

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice inviting research grant

applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Basic Energy

Sciences of the Office of Science (SC),

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),

hereby announces its interest in

receiving applications for projects in

theory, modeling, and simulation