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NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 for 

NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ 

NAO216—6—TOC.pdf, and the Council 

on Environmental Quality 

implementation regulations, http:// 

ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/ 

toc_ceq.htm. Consequently, as part of an 

applicant’s package, and under their 

description of their program activities, 

applicants are required to provide 

detailed information on the activities to 

be conducted, locations, sites, species 

and habitat to be affected, possible 

construction activities, and any 

environmental concerns that may exist 

(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous 

or toxic chemicals, introduction of nonindigenous species, impacts to 

endangered and threatened species, 

aquaculture projects, and impacts to 

coral reef systems). In addition to 

providing specific information that will 

serve as the basis for any required 

impact analyses, applicants may also be 

requested to assist NOAA in drafting of 

an environmental assessment, if NOAA 

determines an assessment is required. 

Applicants will also be required to 

cooperate with NOAA in identifying 

feasible measures to reduce or avoid any 

identified adverse environmental 

impacts of their proposal. The failure to 

do so shall be grounds for not selecting 

an application. In some cases if 

additional information is required after 

an application is selected, funds can be 

withheld by the Grants Officer under a 

special award condition requiring the 

recipient to submit additional 

environmental compliance information 

sufficient to enable NOAA to make an 

assessment on any impacts that a project 

may have on the environment. 

Pre-Award Notification Requirements 

for Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

contained in the Federal Register notice 

of December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389) are 

applicable to this solicitation. 

Limitation of Liability 

Funding for the program listed in this 

notice is contingent upon the 

availability of Fiscal Year 2007 

appropriations. In no event will NOAA 

be responsible for proposal preparation 

costs if this program fails to receive 

funding or is cancelled because of other 

agency priorities. Publication of this 

announcement does not oblige NOAA to 

award any specific project or to obligate 

any available funds. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Applications involve collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

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 

requirement of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, unless that collection 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

The following requirements have been 

approved by OMB under control 

number 0648–0459: a Project Proposal 

and Project Application Checklist (up to 

five copies per project), including 

project budget and justification or 

proposed costs, site maps, and 

supporting information such as 

appraisal, title opinion, documentation 

of compliance with Federal laws, 

regulations, policies etc.; and 

documentation of landowner’s 

willingness to sell. 

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 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 comments 

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: November 22, 2005. 

Charles Challstrom, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, National 

Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. E5–6660 Filed 11–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Termination of Further Consideration 

of Requests for Textile and Apparel 

Safeguard Action on Imports from 

China 

November 23, 2005. 

AGENCY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(the Committee). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is terminating 

further consideration of requests for 

safeguard action on imports from China 

of twenty-four textile and apparel 

product categories. 

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 Order 

11651, as amended. 

Background: 

Requests for China textile safeguard 

action based on the existence and/or 

threat of market disruption, on twentyfour textile and apparel product 

categories, were filed between 

November 12, 2004 and October 11, 

2005, by a coalition of textile and 

apparel industry associations and a 

union representing textile and apparel 

industry workers. CITA accepted each 

of these requests for consideration and 

published notices in the Federal 

Register establishing a 30-day public 

comment period. The twenty-four 

product categories are: 

Category Description 

222 ........................... Knit fabric 

226 ........................... Cheesecloth, batistes, 

lawns/voiles 

301 ........................... Combed cotton yarn 

332/432 & 632pt. ..... Cotton, wool & manmade fiber socks 

338/339 .................... Cotton knit shirts & 

blouses 

340/640 .................... Men’s & boys’ cotton & 

man-made fiber 

shirts, not knit 

341/641 .................... Women’s & girls’ cotton & man-made 

fiber shirts & 

blouses, not knit 

342/642 .................... Cotton & man-made 

fiber skirts 

345/645/646 ............. Cotton & man-made 

fiber sweaters 

347/348 .................... Cotton trousers 

349/649 .................... Cotton & man-made 

fiber brassieres & 

other body supporting garments 

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Category Description 

350/650 .................... Cotton & man-made 

fiber dressing gowns 

& robes 

351/651 .................... Cotton & man-made 

fiber nightwear & pajamas 

352/652 .................... Cotton & man-made 

fiber underwear 

359-S/659-S ............ Cotton & man-made 

fiber swimwear 

363 ........................... Cotton terry & other 

pile towels 

369pt./666pt. ............ Curtains & drapery 

443 ........................... Men’s & boys’ wool 

suits 

447 ........................... Men’s & boys’ wool 

trousers 

619 ........................... Polyester filament fabric 

620 ........................... Other synthetic filament fabric 

634/635 .................... Other men’s & boys’

man-made fiber 

coats & women’s & 

girls’ man-made 

fiber coats 

638/639 .................... Man-made fiber knit 

shirts & blouses 

647/648 .................... Man-made fiber trousers 

The Committee’s procedures state that 

it will make a determination within 60 

calendar days of the close of the public 

comment period as to whether the 

United States will request consultations 

with China. The deadlines for 

determination on these cases range from 

November 30, 2005, through February 5, 

2006. 

On November 8, 2005, the 

Governments of the United States and 

the People’s Republic of China signed a 

broad agreement concerning textile and 

apparel products. This Memorandum of 

Understanding was reached with a view 

to further developing the bilateral 

economic and trade relationship 

between the United States and China, 

providing the textile and apparel 

industries in the United States and 

China with a stable and predictable 

trading environment, and resolving 

trade concerns through consultations 

under Paragraph 242 of the Report of the 

Working Party for the Accession of 

China to the World Trade Organization. 

In light of the Memorandum of 

Understanding, and consistent with its 

objectives, the Committee has 

terminated further consideration of all 

textile safeguard requests that were 

pending on the date the Memorandum 

of Understanding was signed, November 

8, 2005. 

James C. Leonard III, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. 05–23460 Filed 11–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OBM Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by December 29, 

2005. 

Title and OMB Number: Corps of 

Engineers Civil Works Questionnaires—

Generic Clearance; OMB Control 

Number 0710–0001. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 185,500. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 185,500. 

Average Burden Per Response: 5 

minutes (average). 

Annual Burden Hours: 17,307. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers utilizes the data 

collected from the questionnaire items 

for planning data to formulate and 

evaluate alternative water resources 

development plans, to determine the 

effectiveness and evaluate the impacts 

of Corps projects, and in case of the 

flood damage mitigation, to obtain 

information on flood damage incurred, 

whether or not a project is being 

considered or exists. All survey 

questionnaires are administered either 

by face-to-face, mail, or telephone 

methods. Public surveys are used to 

gather data for planning and operating 

Corps projects and facilities and to 

determine public preferences and 

satisfaction. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit; 

not-for-profit institutions; farms; and 

state, local or tribal government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. James Laity. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Mr. Laity at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. Written requests for copies of 

the information collection proposal 

should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ 

ESD/Information Management Division, 

1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 

11000, Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: November 21, 2005. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 05–23371 Filed 11–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 06–14] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense 

Security Cooperation Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Public 

Law 104–164 dated 21 July 1996. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

J. Hurd, DSCA/DBO/ADM, (703) 604–

6575. 

The following is a copy of a letter to 

the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, Transmittal 06–14 with 

attached transmittal and policy 

justification. 

Dated: November 21, 2005. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M