71088 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 226 / Friday, November 25, 2005 / Notices 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802-4213; phone (562)980–4001; 

fax (562)980–4018; 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ruth Johnson or Tammy Adams 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 3, 2005, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (70 FR 57566) 

that an amendment of Permit No. 774–

1649–02 had been requested by the 

above-named organization. The 

requested amendment has been granted 

under authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations 

Governing the Taking and Importing of 

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216). 

The amended permit authorizes the 

Holder to administer isotopes (doublylabeled water (DLW)) to and collect 

serial blood samples from up to 15 

Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus 

gazelle) females and 30 pups to study 

female/pup energetics and maternal 

investment. 

Dated: November 21, 2005. 

Stephen L. Leathery, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–23288 Filed 11–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 111605G] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Council task force to 

convene via Conference Call. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

convene a task force comprised of 

Council members, Council staff, and 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) members via conference call to 

address the operations of the SSC 

governing their activities. 

DATES: The Conference Call will be held 

on Monday, December 12, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via conference call and a listening 

station will be available. For specific 

locations see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 

North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, 

FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Wayne Swingle, Executive Director, 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council 

(Council) will convene a task force 

comprised of Council members, Council 

staff and Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) members by 

conference call on December 12, 2005 at 

10 a.m. EST. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

discuss the operations governing 

activities of the SSC and to make 

recommendations to the Council. The 

Council will hear these 

recommendations at the meeting in 

Corpus Christi, TX, scheduled for 

January 9 - 12, 2006. 

A listening station for members of the 

public to hear the discussion will be set 

up at the National Marine Fisheries 

Service Southeast Regional Office, 263 

13th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, 

FL 33701; contact: Virginia Fay; 

telephone: (727) 551–5785. 

A copy of related materials can be 

obtained by calling the Council office at 

(813) 348–1630. 

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 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Dawn Aring at the Council (see 

ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior 

to the meeting. 

Dated: November 18, 2005. 

Emily Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E5–6511 Filed 11–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Amendment to a Determination Under 

the African Growth and Opportunity 

Act (AGOA) 

November 18, 2005. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Directive to the Commissioner 

of Customs and Border Protection. 

SUMMARY: Amendments to CITA’s 

directive that determined certain textile 

and apparel goods from Nigeria be 

treated as ‘‘handloomed, handmade, 

folklore articles, or ethnic printed 

fabrics’’ and qualify for preferential 

treatment under the AGOA. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Flaaten, International Trade 

Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-3400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Sections 112(a) and 112(b)(6) of 

the African Growth and Opportunity Act 

(Title I of the Trade and Development Act of 

2000, Pub. L. No. 106-200) (‘‘AGOA’’), as 

amended by Section 7(c) of the AGOA 

Acceleration Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-274) 

(‘‘AGOA Acceleration Act’’) (19 U.S.C. §§

3721(a) and (b)(6)); Sections 2 and 5 of 

Executive Order No. 13191 of January 17, 

2001; Sections 25-27 and Paras. 13-14 of 

Presidential Proclamation 7912 of June 29, 

2005. 

AGOA provides preferential tariff 

treatment for imports of certain textile 

and apparel products of beneficiary subSaharan African countries, including 

hand-loomed, handmade, or folklore 

articles of a beneficiary country that are 

certified as such by the competent 

authority in the beneficiary country. 

The AGOA Acceleration Act further 

expanded AGOA by adding ethnic 

printed fabrics to the list of textile and 

apparel products made in the 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries that may be eligible for the 

preferential treatment described in 

section 112(a) of the AGOA. CITA 

approved Nigeria for Category 9 

effective August 1, 2005. (70 FR 43397). 

The United States and Nigeria have 

agreed to add Atlantic Textiles 

Manufacturing Co. Ltd. to the list of 

companies in Annex B who are 

producers of ethnic printed fabrics in 

Nigeria. 

CITA notes a technical correction to 

this same notice. The Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

number referenced in Annex B 

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applicable to ethnic printed fabrics is 

5208.52.40, not 5208.32.40. 

James C. Leonard III, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

Committee for the Implementation of Textile 

Agreements 

November 18, 2005. 

Commissioner, 

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, 

Washington, DC 20229. 

Dear Commissioner: The directive issued 

to you on July 21, 2005 regarding articles 

made in Nigeria to be treated as 

‘‘handloomed, handmade, folklore articles, or 

ethnic printed fabrics’’ under the AGOA is 

amended as follows: 

1. Add Atlantic Textiles Manufacturing 

Co. Ltd. to the list of producers of ethnic 

printed fabrics in Nigeria in Annex B. 

2. Strike 5208.32.40 and replace with 

5208.52.40 in Annex B. 

Sincerely, 

James C. Leonard III, 

Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. 05–23280 Filed 11–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Request for Public Comments on 

Commercial Availability Petition under 

the United States - Andean Trade 

Promotion and Drug Eradication Act 

(ATPDEA) 

November 21, 2005. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Request for public comments 

concerning a petition for a 

determination that certain 100 percent 

cotton, 2 x 2 twill weave, flannel fabrics 

cannot be supplied by the domestic 

industry in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner under the ATPDEA. 

SUMMARY: On November 18, 2005, the 

Chairman of CITA received a petition 

from Oxford Industries alleging that 100 

percent cotton woven flannel fabrics, 

made from 21 through 36 NM single 

ring-spun yarns, of 2 X 2 twill weave 

construction, weighing not more than 

200 grams per square meter, classified 

under subheading 5208.43.00 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS), cannot be 

supplied by the domestic industry in 

commercial quantities in a timely 

manner. The petition requests that such 

fabrics, for use in the manufacture of 

shirts, trousers, nightwear, robes and 

dressing gowns and woven underwear 

in an ATPDEA beneficiary country for 

export to the United States, be eligible 

for preferential treatment under the 

ATPDEA. CITA hereby solicits public 

comments on this petition, in particular 

with regard to whether these fabrics can 

be supplied by the domestic industry in 

commercial quantities in a timely 

manner. Comments must be submitted 

by December 12, 2005 to the Chairman, 

Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements, Room 3001, United 

States Department of Commerce, 14th 

and Constitution, NW., Washington, 

D.C. 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria K. Dybczak, International Trade 

Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-3400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Section 204 (b)(3)(B)(ii) of the 

ATPDEA, Presidential Proclamation 7616 of 

October 31, 2002, Executive Order 13277 of 

November 19, 2002, and the United States 

Trade Representative’s Notice of Further 

Assignment of Functions of November 25, 

2002. 

BACKGROUND: 

The ATPDEA provides for quota- and 

duty-free treatment for qualifying textile 

and apparel products. Such treatment is 

generally limited to products 

manufactured from yarns and fabrics 

formed in the United States or a 

beneficiary country. The ATPDEA 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 

ATPDEA beneficiary countries from 

fabric or yarn that is not formed in the 

United States or a 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. Pursuant 

to Executive Order No. 13277 (67 FR 

70305) and the United States Trade 

Representative’s Notice of Redelegation 

of Authority and Further Assignment of 

Functions (67 FR 71606), the President’s 

authority to determine whether yarns or 

fabrics cannot be supplied by the 

domestic industry in commercial 

quantities in a timely manner under the 

ATPDEA has been delegated to CITA. 

On November 18, 2005, the Chairman 

of CITA received a petition from Oxford 

Industries alleging that certain 100 

percent cotton woven flannel fabrics, 

made from 21 through 36 NM single 

ring-spun yarns, of 2 X 2 twill weave 

construction, weighing not more than 

200 grams per square meter, classified 

under HTSUS subheading 5208.43.00, 

cannot be supplied by the domestic 

industry in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner and requesting quotaand duty-free treatment under the 

ATPDEA for such fabrics, for use in the 

manufacture of shirts, trousers, 

nightwear, robes and dressing gowns 

and woven underwear in an ATPDEA 

beneficiary country for export to the 

United States. 

Specifications: 

Fiber Content: 100% Cotton 

Weight: not more than 200 grams/ 

square meter 

Yarn Number: ring spun 21-36 NM 

Weave: 2 x 2 twill woven flannel 

Finish: Yarn dyed, napped on both 

sides 

The petitioner emphasizes that the 

construction of the fabrics must be 

exactly or nearly exactly as specified or 

the fabrics will not be suitable for their 

intended uses. 

CITA is soliciting public comments 

regarding this request, particularly with 

respect to whether these fabrics can be 

supplied by the domestic industry in 

commercial quantities in a timely 

manner. Also relevant is whether other 

fabrics that are supplied by the domestic 

industry in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner are substitutable for the 

fabrics in question for purposes of the 

intended use. Comments must be 

received no later than December 12, 

2005. Interested persons are invited to 

submit six copies of such comments or 

information to the Chairman, Committee 

for the Implementation of Textile 

Agreements, room 3100, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

If a comment alleges that these fabrics 

can be supplied by the domestic 

industry in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner, CITA will closely 

review any supporting documentation, 

such as a signed statement by a 

manufacturer of the fabric stating that it 

produces the fabric that is the subject of 

the request, including the quantities that 

can be supplied and the time necessary 

to fill an order, as well as any relevant 

information regarding past production. 

CITA will protect any business 

confidential information that is marked 

‘‘business confidential’’ from disclosure 

to the full extent permitted by law. 

CITA generally considers specific 

details, such as quantities and lead 

times for providing the subject product 

as business confidential. However, 

information such as the names of 

domestic manufacturers who were 

contacted, questions concerning the 

capability to manufacture the subject 

product, and the responses thereto 

should be available for public review to 

ensure proper public participation in