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of implementing a Limited Access 

Privilege Program (LAP) for the 

commercial snapper grouper fishery in 

the South Atlantic region. 

Items for discussion at the meeting 

include: (1) Review of the revised 

Sustainable Fisheries Act and 

implications for LAPs; (2) Presentations 

on the experiences of other LAPs and 

their success and drawbacks; (3) 

Development of LAP program goals and 

objectives for the snapper grouper 

fishery in the South Atlantic; (4) 

Creation of an advisory panel to help 

address LAP issues; and (5) Review and 

approval of an action plan. 

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. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meetings. 

Dated: January 5, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–129 Filed 1–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Adjustment of the 2007 Quota Period 

and Elimination of Quota, and Visa and 

ELVIS Requirements to Account for 

the Accession of the Socialist Republic 

of Vietnam into the World Trade 

Organization 

January 8, 2007. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the 

Commissioner, Bureau of Customs 

andBorder Protection concerning the 

adjustment of the 2007 quota period and 

elimination of quota, visa and ELVIS 

requirements to account for the 

accession of Vietnam into the world 

Trade Organization (WTO). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 2007. 

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 Bilateral Textile Agreement of 

July 17, 2003, as amended on July 22, 

2004, between the Governments of the 

United States and the Socialist Republic 

of Vietnam, establishes limits, until the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s entry 

into the World Trade Organization 

(WTO), for certain cotton, wool and 

man-made fiber textiles and textile 

products, produced or manufactured in 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and 

exported during the period January 1, 

2007 through December 31, 2007, as 

described in the document published in 

the Federal Register on December 22, 

2006 (71 FR 76998), and amended in the 

document published on December 29, 

2006 (71 FR 78409). 

Vietnam will enter the WTO on 

January 11, 2007. As a result, in the 

letter published below, the Chairman of 

CITA directs the Commissioner, Bureau 

of Customs and Border Protection to 

change the 2007 quota period to January 

1 through January 10, 2007, and 

eliminate quota, and visa and ELVIS 

requirements for goods exported from 

Vietnam on and after January 11, 2007. 

The quota levels set forth and amended 

in the aforementioned documents 

remain the same in the adjusted period. 

Goods exported from Vietnam prior to 

January 11, 2007 will continue to be 

charged to the applicable quota (either 

2006 or January 1 through January 10, 

2007), and paper visa and ELVIS 

requirements will remain in effect for 

goods exported from Vietnam prior to 

January 11, 2007. 

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). 

R. Matthew Priest, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

Committee for the Implementation of Textile 

Agreements 

January 8, 2007 

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 December 19, 2006, 

amended by the document issued to you on 

December 22, 2006, by the Chairman, 

Committee for the Implementation of Textile 

Agreements. Those directives concern 

imports of cotton, wool and man-made fiber 

textiles and textile products produced or 

manufactured in Vietnam and exported 

during the twelve-month period beginning on 

January 1, 2007 and extending through 

December 31, 2007. 

Vietnam will enter the World Trade 

Organization (WTO) on January 11, 2007. 

Effective on January 11, 2007, you are 

directed to change the 2007 quota period to 

January 1 through January 10, 2007 and 

eliminate quota, and visa and ELVIS 

requirements for goods exported from 

Vietnam on and after January 11, 2007. The 

quota levels set forth and amended in the 

aforementioned documents remain the same 

in the adjusted period. 

Shipments exported from Vietnam on and 

after January 11, 2007 will not be charged to 

the adjusted 2007 quota limits. The paper 

visa and ELVIS transmission will not be 

required for shipments exported from 

Vietnam on and after January 11, 2007. 

Goods exported from Vietnam prior to 

January 11, 2007 will continue to be charged 

to the applicable quota (either 2006 or 

January 1 through January 10, 2007), and 

paper visa and ELVIS requirements will 

remain in effect for goods exported from 

Vietnam prior to January 11, 2007. 

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, 

R. Matthew Priest, 

Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. 07–65 Filed 1–8–07; 11:41 am] 

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