Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 94 / Tuesday, May 15, 2001 / Notices 26841

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The

use of Standard Forms 424, 424A, and

SF–LLL have been approved by OMB

under their respective control numbers

0348–0043, 0348–0044, and 0348–0046.

Notwithstanding any other provision of

law, no person is required to respond to

nor shall any person be subject to a

penalty for failure to comply with a

collection of information subject to the

requirements of the PRA unless that

collection-of-information displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

Dated: May 9, 2001.

William T. Hogarth,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries

[FR Doc. 01–12219 Filed 5–14–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 050701D]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling a public meeting of its Skate

Oversight Committee in May, 2001.

Recommendations from the committee

will be brought to the full Council for

formal consideration and action, if

appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will held on

Wednesday, May 30, 2001, at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 Post

Road, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone:

(401) 739–7000.

Council address: New England

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water

Street, Newburyport, MA 01950;

telephone: (978) 465–0492.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

J. Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council;

(978) 465–0492. Requests for special

accommodations should be addressed to

the New England Fishery Management

Council (see ADDRESSES).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

committee will review the Skate Plan

Development Team Report. The agenda

will include finalization of draft Skate

Fishery Management Plan alternatives

for public hearings for Council approval

at the June 13-14, 2001 Council meeting;

alternatives may include specifications

for a skate permit and catch reporting

system, prohibitions on the possession

of certain skate species, management

measures for the bait and/or wing

fishery, possession limits, modification

of regulations pertaining to the current

southern New England skate exemption

areas, gear restrictions, and/or any other

appropriate measures. The committee

will also discuss a control date for skate

fishing.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this group for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during this meeting. Action will

be restricted to those issues specifically

listed in this notice and any issues

arising after publication of this notice

that require emergency action under

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Act, provided the public has been

notified of the Council’s intent to take

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5

days prior to the meeting dates.

Dated: May 10, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Request for Public Comment on Short

Supply Request Under the United

States–Caribbean Basin Trade

Partnership Act (CBTPA)

May 11, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Request for public comments

concerning a request for a determination

that microfilament fabric of continuous

polyester and nylon filaments with

average size of 0.02 to 0.8 decitex

cannot be supplied by the domestic

industry in commercial quantities in a

timely manner under the CBTPA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Heinzen, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–3400.

SUMMARY: On May 8, 2001 the Chairman

of CITA received a petition on behalf of

The Freudenberg Nonwovens Group

alleging that microfilament fabric of

continuous polyester and nylon

filaments with average size of 0.02 to 0.8

decitex, classified in subheading

5603.11.0090, 5603.12.0090,

5603.13.0090 or 5603.14.9090 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS), cannot be

supplied by the domestic industry in

commercial quantities in a timely

manner. It requests that the President

proclaim that apparel articles of such

fabrics be eligible for preferential

treatment under the CBTPA. CITA

hereby solicits public comments on this

request, in particular with regard to

whether microfilament fabric of

continuous polyester and nylon

filaments with average size of 0.02 to 0.8

decitex can be supplied by the domestic

industry in commercial quantities in a

timely manner. Comments must be

submitted by May 30, 2001 to the

Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements,

Room 3001, United States Department

of Commerce, 14th and Constitution,

NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 213(b)(2)(A)(v)(II) of the

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, as

added by Section 211(a) of the CBTPA;

Section 6 of Executive Order No. 13191 of

January 17, 2001.

BACKGROUND: The CBTPA provides

for quota- and duty-free treatment for

qualifying textile and apparel products.

Such treatment is generally limited to

products manufactured from yarns or

fabrics formed in the United States or a

beneficiary country. The CBTPA also

provides for quota- and duty-free

treatment for apparel articles that are

both cut (or knit-to-shape) and sewn or

otherwise assembled in one or more

CBTPA beneficiary countries from fabric

or yarn that is not formed in the United

States or a CBTPA beneficiary country,

if it has been determined that such

fabric or yarn cannot be supplied by the

domestic industry in commercial

quantities in a timely manner and the

President has proclaimed such

treatment. In Executive Order No.

13191, the President delegated to CITA

the authority to determine whether

yarns or fabrics cannot be supplied by

the domestic industry in commercial

quantities in a timely manner under the

CBTPA and directed CITA to establish

procedures to ensure appropriate public

participation in any such determination.

On March 6, 2001, CITA published

procedures that it will follow in

considering requests. (66 FR 13502).