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extended an additional 18 months if 

circumstances warrant, but may not 

exceed 3 years. CELCP has noted that 

several land acquisition projects funded 

in 2002 will not be completed by the 

end of fiscal year 2005. These awards 

were issued during the first year of the 

Program, prior to the issuance of the 

Final Guidelines in which the three-year 

limit was stipulated. For this reason, 

CELCP is amending the Final 

Guidelines for the Coastal and Estuarine 

Land Conservation Program to allow the 

financial assistance award period for 

awards issued in fiscal year 2002 to be 

extended for an additional two years. 

The maximum award duration for these 

grants is five years and will end on 

September 30, 2007. 

Classification 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism). 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Prior notice and an opportunity for 

public comment are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other law for rules concerning public 

property, loans, grants, benefits, and 

contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because 

notice and opportunity for comment are 

not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or 

any other law, the analytical 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are 

inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has not been 

prepared. 

Dated: September 30, 2005. 

Richard W. Spinrad, 

Assistant Administrator, National Ocean 

Service. 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain 

Wool Textile Products Produced or 

Manufactured in Ukraine 

October 4, 2005. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the 

Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and 

Border Protection adjusting limits. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 11, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross 

Arnold, 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 Bureau 

of Customs and Border Protection 

website (http://www.cbp.gov), or call 

(202) 344-2650. 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 limits for certain 

categories are being adjusted for swing, 

carryover, and carryforward. 

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 (refer to 

the Office of Textiles and Apparel 

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

see Federal Register notice 70 FR 8783, 

published on February 23, 2005. 

James C. Leonard III, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

Committee for the Implementation of Textile 

Agreements 

October 4, 2005. 

Commissioner, 

Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and 

Border Protection, Washington, DC 

20229 

Dear Commissioner: This directive 

amends, but does not cancel, the directive 

issued to you on February 17, 2005, by the 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. That directive 

concerns imports of certain wool textile 

products, produced or manufactured in 

Ukraine and exported during the twelvemonth period which began on January 1, 

2005 and extends through December 31, 

2005. 

Effective on October 11, 2005, you are 

directed to adjust the limits for the following 

categories, as provided for under the terms of 

the current bilateral textile agreement 

between the Governments of the United 

States and Ukraine: 

Category Adjusted twelve-month 

limit 1

435 ........................... 120,212 dozen. 

442 ........................... 19,125 dozen. 

444 ........................... 18,107 numbers. 

Category Adjusted twelve-month 

limit 1

448 ........................... 82,878 dozen. 

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

31, 2004. 

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, 

James C. Leonard III, 

Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. E5–5568 Filed 10–7–05; 8:45 am] 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Solicitation of Public Comments on 

Request for Textile and Apparel 

Safeguard Action on Imports from 

China 

October 5, 2005. 

AGENCY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(the Committee). 

ACTION: Solicitation of public comments 

concerning a request for safeguard 

action on imports from China of combed 

cotton yarn (Category 301). 

SUMMARY: On September 14, 2005, the 

Committee received a request from the 

American Manufacturing Trade Action 

Coalition, the National Council of 

Textile Organizations, the National 

Textile Association, and UNITE HERE 

requesting that the Committee reapply a 

limit on imports from China of combed 

cotton yarn (Category 301). They request 

that a textile and apparel safeguard 

action, as provided for in the Report of 

the Working Party on the Accession of 

China to the World Trade Organization 

(the Accession Agreement), be reapplied 

on imports of combed cotton yarn. The 

current limit on combed cotton yarn 

expires on December 31, 2005. The 

Committee hereby solicits public 

comments on this request, in particular 

with regard to whether imports from 

China of combed cotton yarn are, due to 

the threat of market disruption, 

threatening to impede the orderly 

development of trade in this product. 

Comments must be submitted by 

November 10, 2005 to the Chairman, 

Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements, Room 3001A, 

United States Department of Commerce, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay 

Dowling, Office of Textiles and Apparel, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 

482-4058. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Section 204 of the Agriculture 

Act of 1956, as amended; Executive 

Order11651, as amended. 

Background: 

The Report of the Working Party on 

the Accession of China to the World 

Trade Organization (WTO) provides 

that, if a WTO Member, such as the 

United States, believes that imports of 

Chinese origin textile and apparel 

products are, ‘‘due to market disruption, 

threatening to impede the orderly 

development of trade in these 

products’’, it may request consultations 

with China with a view to easing or 

avoiding the disruption. Pursuant to this 

provision, if the United States requests 

consultations with China, it must, at the 

time of the request, provide China with 

a detailed factual statement showing (1) 

the existence or threat of market 

disruption; and (2) the role of products 

of Chinese origin in that disruption. 

Beginning on the date that it receives 

such a request, China must restrict its 

shipments to the United States to a level 

no greater than 7.5 percent (6 percent 

for wool product categories) above the 

amount entered during the first 12 

months of the most recent 14 months 

preceding the month in which the 

request was made. 

The Committee has published 

procedures (the Procedures) it follows 

in considering requests for Accession 

Agreement textile and apparel safeguard 

actions (68 FR 27787, May 21, 2003; 68 

FR 49440, August 18, 2003), including 

the information that must be included 

in such requests in order for the 

Committee to consider them. 

On September 14, 2005, the 

Committee received a request that an 

Accession Agreement textile and 

apparel safeguard action be reapplied on 

imports from China of combed cotton 

yarn (Category 301). The Committee has 

determined that this request provides 

the information necessary for the 

Committee to consider the request in 

light of the considerations set forth in 

the Procedures. The text of the request 

is available at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov/ 

Safeguard05.htm. 

The Committee is soliciting public 

comments on this request, in particular 

with regard to whether there is a threat 

of disruption to the U.S. market for 

combed cotton yarn and, if so, the role 

of Chinese-origin combed cotton yarn in 

that disruption. To this end, the 

Committee seeks relevant information 

addressing factors such as the following, 

which may be relevant in the particular 

circumstances of this case, involving a 

product under a quota that will be 

removed on December 31, 2005: (1) 

Whether combed cotton yarn imports 

from China are entering, or are expected 

to enter, the United States at prices that 

are substantially below prices of the like 

or directly competitive U.S. product, 

and whether those imports are likely to 

have a significant depressing or 

suppressing effect on domestic prices of 

the like or directly competitive U.S. 

product, or are likely to increase 

demand for further imports from China; 

(2) Whether exports of Chinese-origin 

combed cotton yarn to the United States 

are likely to increase substantially and 

imminently (due to existing unused 

production capacity, to capacity that 

can easily be shifted from the 

production of other products to the 

production of combed cotton yarn, or to 

an imminent and substantial increase in 

production capacity or investment in 

production capacity), taking into 

account the availability of other markets 

to absorb any additional exports; (3) 

Whether Chinese-origin combed cotton 

yarn that are presently sold in the 

Chinese market or in third-country 

markets will be diverted to the U.S. 

market in the imminent future (for 

example, due to more favorable pricing 

in the U.S. market or to existing or 

imminent import restraints into third 

country market); (4) The level and the 

extent of any recent change in 

inventories of combed cotton yarn in 

China or in U.S. bonded warehouses; (5) 

Whether conditions of the domestic 

industry of the like or directly 

competitive product demonstrate that 

market disruption is likely (as may be 

evident from any anticipated factory 

closures or decline in investment in the 

production of combed cotton yarn, and 

whether actual or anticipated imports of 

Chinese-origin combed cotton yarn are 

likely to affect the development and 

production efforts of the U.S. combed 

cotton yarn industry; and (6) Whether 

U.S. managers, retailers, purchasers, 

importers or other market participants 

have recognized Chinese producers of 

combed cotton yarn as potential 

suppliers (for example, through prequalification procedures or framework 

agreements). 

Comments may be submitted by any 

interested person. Comments must be 

received no later than November 10, 

2005. Interested persons are invited to 

submit ten copies of such comments to 

the Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements, 

Room 3001A, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th and Constitution 

Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20230. 

If a comment alleges that there is no 

threat of market disruption or that the 

subject imports are not threatening to 

cause market disruption, the Committee 

will closely review any supporting 

information and documentation, such as 

information about domestic production 

or prices of like or directly competitive 

products. Particular consideration will 

be given to comments representing the 

views of actual producers in the United 

States of a like or directly competitive 

product. 

The Committee will protect any 

business confidential information that is 

marked ‘‘business confidential’’ from 

disclosure to the full extent permitted 

by law. To the extent that business 

confidential information is provided, 

two copies of a non-confidential version 

must also be provided in which 

business confidential information is 

summarized or, if necessary, deleted. 

Comments received, with the exception 

of information marked ‘‘business 

confidential’’, will be available for 

inspection between Monday - Friday, 

8:30 a.m and 5:30 p.m in the Trade 

Reference and Assistance Center Help 

Desk, Suite 800M, USA Trade 

Information Center, Ronald Reagan 

Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW, Washington, DC, (202) 482-3433. 

The Committee expects to make a 

determination within 60 calendar days 

of the close of the comment period as 

to whether the United States will 

request consultations with China. If, 

however, the Committee is unable to 

make a determination within 60 

calendar days, it will cause to be 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register, including the date by which it 

will make a determination. If the 

Committee makes a negative 

determination, it will cause this 

determination and the reasons therefore 

to be published in the Federal Register. 

If the Committee makes an affirmative 

determination that imports of Chinese 

origin combed cotton yarn are, due to 

the threat of market disruption, 

threatening to impede the orderly 

development of trade in these products, 

the United States will request 

consultations with China with a view to 

easing or avoiding the disruption in 

accordance with the Accession 

Agreement and the Committee’s 

Procedures. 

James C. Leonard III, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

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