Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 118 / Tuesday, June 19, 2001 / Notices 32937

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Louisiana Regional Restoration

Planning Program: Notice of Intent to

Prepare a Programmatic

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCIES: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce; United States Department of

the Interior (DOI); Louisiana Oil Spill

Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO);

Louisiana Department of Environmental

Quality (LDEQ); Louisiana Department

of Natural Resources (LDNR); and

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and

Fisheries (LDWF).

ACTION: Notice of intent to begin scoping

to prepare the Louisiana Regional

Restoration Planning Program (RRP

Program)/Programmatic Environmental

Impact Statement (PEIS).

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 15 CFR 990.23 &

990.56, notice is hereby given that a

document entitled, ‘‘Public Review

Document of the Louisiana Regional

Restoration Planning Program’’ will be

available for public review and

comment on or before July 2, 2001. This

document has been prepared by the

state and federal natural resource trustee

agencies listed above to address natural

resource damages in the State of

Louisiana caused by discharges of oil,

which are actionable under the Oil

Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), 33 U.S.C.

2701 et seq. Pursuant to OPA, the above

natural resource trustee agencies claim

damages from responsible parties to

restore, rehabilitate, replace or acquire

the equivalent of natural resources and

services injured by oil spills. The

purpose of the RRP Program is to

develop an institutional framework and

procedures that will enable the trustees

to select and implement projects in

Regional Restoration Plans (RRPs) that

compensate the public and environment

for losses of natural resources and

services from unauthorized discharges

of oil in a consistent and predictable

manner. The purpose of the RRPs will

be to identify, on a regional basis in the

State of Louisiana, existing, planned, or

proposed projects that may provide

appropriate restoration alternatives for

natural resources injured by oil spills

and to enhance resolution of claims for

natural resource damages caused by oil

spills in a more expeditious and costeffective manner. The trustees seek

public involvement in the development

of the RRP Program, RRPs and PEIS.

Opportunities for public comment are

provided through public review and

comment on documents contained in

the Administrative Record as well as on

the Public Review Document, Draft and

Final Environmental Impact Statement

when prepared.

DATES: Comments on the ‘‘Public

Review Document of the Louisiana

Regional Restoration Planning Program’’

must be submitted in writing on or

before August 20, 2001. Public meetings

will be held on July 17–19 and 24–26.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

‘‘Public Review Document of the

Louisiana Regional Restoration Planning

Program’’ should be sent to Karolien

Debusschere, Deputy Coordinator,

Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office,

Office of the Governor, 625 N. 4th

Street, Suite 800, Baton Rouge, LA

70802; Kdebusschere@losco.state.la.us

or Ann H. Berger, DARP Coordinator,

NOAA/Office of General Counsel, 1305

East-West Highway, SSMC #4, Silver

Spring, MD, 20910;

ann.berger@noaa.gov. Written

comments on the program should be

sent either to LOSCO or NOAA to the

persons at addresses listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Traditionally, Louisiana’s economy has

been based on the state’s vast natural

resources. Both renewable (hunting,

fishing, forest products) and

nonrenewable (cultural, oil, natural gas)

resources are important, and the

industries associated with each have

coexisted for years. Although

Louisiana’s oil and gas industry tries to

avoid adverse impacts on renewable

natural resources, injuries do occur as a

result of oil spills. The cumulative

impact of these incidents on fish,

wildlife and the environment can be

significant and adversely affect the

industries and communities depending

on natural resources for commerce and

recreation.

Federal and state agencies have begun

a collaborative process with the public

and industry to develop the RRP

Program and RRPs for the State of

Louisiana. Currently, the restoration

planning process is conducted on a

case-by-case basis. The goal of the

proposed RRP Program and RRPs is to

identify and select feasible restoration

projects prior to a spill incident, thereby

shortening the restoration planning

process, lowering its cost, and restoring

lost resources sooner. The state will be

divided into planning regions. For each

region, an RRP will identify suitable

restoration projects for restoring natural

resources and services. Additionally,

each RRP will provide an opportunity

for trustees to pool restoration

recoveries from multiple incidents

towards larger, more cost-effective, and

beneficial restoration projects. The RRP

Program and RRPs will benefit the

public, industry and natural resource

trustees by increasing the efficiency of

the restoration planning process.

NOAA, DOI, LOSCO, LDEQ, LDNR

and LDWF are natural resource trustees

designated pursuant to 33 U.S.C.

2706(c); Executive Order 12777; and the

National Contingency Plan, 40 CFR

300.600 and 300.605. Pursuant to La.

Rev. Stat. 30:2460, the State of

Louisiana Oil Spill Contingency Plan

(September 1995) describes the state

trust resources which include the

following: vegetated wetlands, surface

waters, ground waters, air, soil, wildlife,

aquatic life, and the appropriate habitats

on which they depend. DOI has been

designated as trustee for the natural

resources that it manages or controls.

Examples of those resources as

described in the National Contingency

Plan, 40 CFR 300.600(b)(2) and (3),

include the following and their

supporting ecosystems: migratory birds,

anadromous fish, endangered species

and marine mammals, federally owned

minerals, certain federally managed

water resources, and natural resources

located on, over, or under land

administered by DOI. NOAA’s trust

resources include, but are not limited to,

commercial and recreational fish

species, anadromous and catadromous

fish species, marshes and other coastal

habitats, marine mammals, and

endangered and threatened marine

species.

Pursuant to 15 CFR 990.56, the

natural resource trustees are authorized

to develop regional restoration plans as

part of OPA’s mandate for the trustees

to restore, rehabilitate, replace, or

acquire the equivalent of natural

resources and services injured by oil

spills and to compensate for interim

losses of such resources and services.

The natural resource trustees also

announce their intent to integrate the

RRP Program with a Draft Programmatic

Environmental Impact Statement

(DPEIS). The National Environmental

Policy Act, NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et

seq., and Council on Environmental

Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing

NEPA, 40 CFR Chapter V, apply to

restoration actions by federal trustees.

Pursuant to NEPA and the CEQ

regulations, the purpose of a DEIS is to

involve the public and facilitate the

decision making process in the trustees’

analysis of alternatives for regional

restoration planning.

In compliance with 15 CFR 990.45,

the trustees will open an Administrative

Record (Record). The record will

include documents that the trustees

relied upon during the development of

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the RRP Program and PEIS. Pursuant to

15 CFR 990.23 and 990.56, the trustees

seek public involvement in developing

the RRP Program and RRPs, through

public review and comment of the

documents contained in the Record

(which will be maintained in the NOAA

Damage Assessment Center, SSMC #4,

1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,

Maryland, 20910–3281, and duplicate

copies will be maintained in Baton

Rouge at the Louisiana Oil Spill

Coordinator’s Office, Suite 800, 626 N.

Street, Baton Rouge, LA), as well as the

‘‘Public Review Document of the

Louisiana Regional Restoration Planning

Program’’ and the Draft and Final

Louisiana Regional Restoration Planning

Program/Environmental Impact

Statements when these documents have

been prepared. The Record and the

above documents will also be available

at the following website: http://

www.darp.noaa.gov/. The ‘‘Public

Review Document of the Louisiana

Regional Restoration Planning Program’’

will be released by July 2, 2001, and

will be available at the listed addresses

and website for public review and

comment. The Public Review Document

will provide the public with an early

opportunity to review proposals for the

RRP Program in order for the trustees to

receive comments on the RRP Program’s

and RRPs development prior to the

completion of the Draft RRP Program/

EIS.

Public Meetings: The following are the

dates and locations of public meeting

scheduled (6:00 to 9:00 PM) to seek

comments on the Public Review

Document Draft of the Louisiana

Regional Restoration Planning Program

and input for the RRP Program/PEIS:

July 17, 2001, Shreveport, State Office

Building, 1525 Fairfield Avenue,

Room 205, Shreveport, LA

July 18, 2001, Monroe, Monroe City

Hall, Council Chamber, 1st Floor, 400

Lea Joyner Expressway, Monroe, LA

July 19, 2001, Alexandria, Louisiana

Convention Center, 2225 N.

MacArthur Drive, Alexandria, LA

71303

July 24, 2001, New Orleans, Joseph S.

Yenni Bldg., 1221 Elmwood Park

Blvd., Jefferson Parish Council

Chamber, 2nd Floor, Jefferson, LA

70123

July 25, 2001, Lake Charles, Burton

Business Center, McNeese State

University, 350 Lawton Drive, Lake

Charles, LA 70609

July 26, 2001, Baton Rouge, Department

of Wildlife & Fisheries, 2000 Quail

Drive, 1st Floor, Louisiana Room,

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karolien Debusschere at 225/219–5800;

Kdebusschere@losco.state.la.us or Ann

H. Berger at 301/713–3038 x192;

ann.berger@noaa.gov.

Dated: June 13, 2001.

Captain Ted I. Lillestolen,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management.

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BILLING CODE 3510–JE–U

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

the Dominican Republic

June 14, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 20, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, 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 re-openings, refer

to the Office of Textiles and Apparel

website at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.

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 limit for Category 433 is

being increased for special shift,

reducing the limit for Category 633 to

account for the special shift being

applied.

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 65 FR 82328,

published on December 28, 2000). Also

see 65 FR 75671, published on

December 4, 2000.

D. Michael Hutchinson

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

June 14, 2001.

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 November 28, 2000, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in the Dominican Republic

and exported during the twelve-month

period which began on January 1, 2001 and

extends through December 31, 2001.

Effective on June 20, 2001, you are directed

to adjust the current limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

433 ........................... 25,680 dozen.

633 ........................... 189,625 dozen.

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

31, 2000.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 01–15427 Filed 6–18–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–S

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Director, Administration and

Management, Office of the Secretary of

Defense, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with section

35006(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Director,

Administration and Management

announces a 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 any Defense Agency or DoD