3996 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 17, 2001 / Notices

telephone: (843) 571-4366; fax: (843)

769-4520; email: kim.iverson@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Marine Reserves Committee will meet to

develop recommendations to send to the

full Council. The Committee will review

the Council’s current definition of a

marine reserve, review the Council’s

goals for marine reserves, establish

criteria necessary to meet the goals and

draft an outline for the scoping

document that will be used in the next

phase of the process for utilizing marine

reserves.

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

identified in this notice and any issues

arising after publication of this notice

that require emergency action under

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, provided the public has been

notified of the Council’s intent to take

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to the Council office

(see ADDRESSES) by February 1, 2001.

Dated: January 10, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–1375 Filed 1–16–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Coverage of Import

Limits for Certain Part-Categories

Produced or Manufactured in the

People’s Republic of China and

Uruguay

January 10, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs amending

coverage for import limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori

E. Mennitt, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–3400.

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.

Certain tariff and statistical

annotations have been amended in the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTS) in implementing

Title V of the Trade and Development

Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–2000). To

facilitate implementation of the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles

and Clothing and other textile

agreements based upon the HTS, the

tariff numbers in part-Category 410 B,

which apply to imports from China and

Uruguay, are being changed, as is a

number in Category 440–M, which

applies to imports from China. This

change applies to imports entered for

consumption or withdrawn from

warehouse for consumption on and after

December 1, 2000, regardless of the date

of export.

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to amend

import controls for 2000 and 2001 for

China and Uruguay and the current visa

arrangement for China.

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

January 10, 2001.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directives

issued to you on December 6, 1999, and

December 20, 2000, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements, which established import

controls for the People’s Republic of China

for agreement years 2000 and 2001,

respectively. This directive also amends, but

does not cancel, the directive issued to you

on March 27, 1997, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements. That directive established an

export visa arrangement for certain silk

apparel, cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk

blend, and other vegetable fiber textiles and

textile products, produced or manufactured

in the People’s Republic of China.

In addition, this directive amends, but does

not cancel, the directives issued to you on

October 21, 1999, and on November 2, 2000,

by the Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements,

which established import controls for

Uruguay for agreement years 2000 and 2001,

respectively.

Effective on December 1, 2000, you are

directed to make the changes shown below

in the aforementioned directives for products

entered in the United States for consumption

or withdrawn from warehouse for

consumption on and after December 1, 2000,

for part-Categories 410–B and 440–M,

regardless of the date of export:

Category HTS change

410–B

.............. Delete 5112.11.2030 and replace with 5112.11.3030 and

5112.11.3060.

.............. Delete 5112.11.2060 and replace with 5112.11.6030 and

5112.11.6060.

.............. Delete 5112.19.9010 and replace with 5112.19.6010 and

5112.19.9510.

.............. Delete 5112.19.9020 and replace with 5112.19.6020 and

5112.19.9520.

.............. Delete 5112.19.9030 and replace with 5112.19.6030 and

5112.19.9530.

.............. Delete 5112.19.9040 and replace with 5112.19.6040 and

5112.19.9540.

.............. Delete 5112.19.9050 and replace with 5112.19.6050 and

5112.19.9550.

.............. Delete 5112.19.9060 and replace with 5112.19.6060 and

5112.19.9560.

440–M ...... Delete 6203.21.0030 and replace with 6203.21.9030.

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,

Richard B. Steinkamp,

Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 01–1314 Filed 1–16–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Coverage of an Import

Limit and Visa and Certification

Requirements for a Certain PartCategory Produced or Manufactured in

the People’s Republic of China

January 10, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs amending

coverage for an import limit and visa

and certification requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori

E. Mennitt, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and