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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Hood; phone: (727) 824–5305; fax: 

(727) 824–5308; email: 

Peter.Hood@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

5, 2007 (72 FR 9734), NMFS and the 

Council published a Notice of Intent in 

the Federal Register to prepare a draft 

EIS and to announce scoping meetings 

regarding the actions proposed in 

Amendment 30. Amendment 30 was 

being developed to describe and analyze 

management alternatives to manage 

fishing mortality and to establish status 

criteria for greater amberjack, gray 

triggerfish, gag, and red grouper in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. Recent stock assessments 

completed under the Southeast Data, 

Assessment, and Review program 

indicated that management changes 

were warranted for these stocks. 

Based on comments received during 

the scoping process and further analyses 

needed for the gag and red grouper stock 

assessments, Amendment 30 was split 

into Amendments 30A and 30B. This 

allowed proposed actions to revise the 

greater amberjack rebuilding plan, end 

overfishing of gray triggerfish, and 

rebuild the gray triggerfish stock to 

proceed in Amendment 30A while the 

status of the gag and red grouper stocks 

were resolved. A draft supplemental EIS 

was prepared for Amendment 30A, in 

part, due to significant increases in the 

stock biomass of greater amberjack and 

gray triggerfish as the two species 

recover from their respective overfished 

states. A Notice of Availability for the 

draft supplemental EIS analyzing 

impacts on the human environment for 

Amendment 30A was published in the 

Federal Register on December 14, 2007 

(72 FR 71137). 

Actions to be described and analyzed 

in Amendment 30B include: setting gag 

thresholds and benchmarks; 

establishing gag and red grouper total 

allowable catch (TAC), interim 

allocations, and accountability 

measures; ending overfishing of gag; 

managing gag and red grouper 

commercial and recreational harvests 

consistent with TAC; reducing grouper 

discard mortality; establishing marine 

reserves; and requiring compliance with 

Federal fishery management regulations 

by federally permitted reef fish vessels 

when fishing in state waters. Based on 

further analysis of the environmental 

impacts of actions proposed in 

Amendment 30B, NMFS and the 

Council do not anticipate any 

significant impacts on the human 

environment. Although overfishing 

would end for gag based on the 

proposed actions, the stock is not 

considered overfished and significant 

increases in stock biomass are not 

required. Consequently, NMFS and the 

Council are initially preparing an EA 

rather than proceeding with the 

development of a draft EIS. If the EA 

results in a Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI), the EA and FONSI will 

be the final environmental documents 

required by NEPA. If the EA reveals that 

significant environmental impacts may 

be reasonably expected to result from 

the proposed actions, NMFS and the 

Council will develop a draft EIS to 

further evaluate those impacts. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: March 3, 2008. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–4542 Filed 3–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Limitations of Duty-Free Imports of 

Apparel Articles Assembled in 

Beneficiary ATPDEA Countries from 

Regional Country Fabric 

March 4, 2008. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Publishing the 12-Month Cap on 

Duty Free Benefits under the extension 

of the ATPA 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Stetson, International Trade 

Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482-3400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Section 3103 of the Trade Act 

of 2002, P.L. 107-210; Title VII of the Tax 

Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA 

2006), P.L. 109-432; H.R. 1830, 110th Cong. 

(2007) (H.R. 1830); H.R. 5264, 110th Cong. 

(2008) (H.R. 5264); Presidential Proclamation 

7616 of October 31, 2002 (67 FR 67283). 

Section 3103 of the Trade Act of 2002 

amended the Andean Trade Preference 

Act (ATPA) to provide for duty and 

quota-free treatment for certain textile 

and apparel articles imported from 

designated Andean Trade Promotion 

and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) 

beneficiary countries. Section 

204(b)(3)(B)(iii) of the amended ATPA 

provides duty- and quota-free treatment 

for certain apparel articles assembled in 

ATPDEA beneficiary countries from 

regional fabric and components. More 

specifically, this provision applies to 

apparel articles sewn or otherwise 

assembled in one or more ATPDEA 

beneficiary countries from fabrics or 

from fabric components formed or from 

components knit-to-shape, in one or 

more ATPDEA beneficiary countries, 

from yarns wholly formed in the United 

States or one or more ATPDEA 

beneficiary countries (including fabrics 

not formed from yarns, if such fabrics 

are classifiable under heading 5602 and 

5603 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

(HTS) and are formed in one or more 

ATPDEA beneficiary countries). Such 

apparel articles may also contain certain 

other eligible fabrics, fabric 

components, or components knit-toshape. 

The TRHCA of 2006 extended the 

expiration of the ATPA to June 30, 2007. 

See section 7002(a) of the TRHCA 2006. 

H.R. 1830 further extended the 

expiration of the ATPA to February 29, 

2008. See section 1 of H.R. 1830. H.R 

5264 further extended the expiration of 

the ATPA to December 31, 2008. See 

section 2 of H.R. 5264. 

For the period beginning on October 

1, 2007, and extending through 

September 30, 2008, preferential tariff 

treatment is limited under the regional 

fabric provision to imports of qualifying 

apparel articles in an amount not to 

exceed 5 percent of the aggregate square 

meter equivalents of all apparel articles 

imported into the United States in the 

preceding 12-month period for which 

data are available. For the purpose of 

this notice, the 12-month period for 

which data are available is the 12-month 

period that ended July 31, 2007. In 

Presidential Proclamation 7616, 

(published in the Federal Register on 

November 5, 2002, 67 FR 67283), the 

President directed CITA to publish in 

the Federal Register the aggregate 

quantity of imports allowed during each 

period. 

For the period beginning on October 

1, 2007, and extending through 

September 30, 2008, the aggregate 

quantity of imports eligible for 

preferential treatment under the 

regional fabric provision is 

1,247,713,244 square meters equivalent. 

Apparel articles entered in excess of this 

quantity will be subject to otherwise 

applicable tariffs. For the period after 

September 30, 2008, CITA will publish 

a Federal Register Notice establishing a 

new 12-month cap on duty-free benefits. 

This quantity is calculated using the 

aggregate square meter equivalents of all 

apparel articles imported into the 

United States, derived from the set of 

Harmonized System lines listed in the 

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Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 

(ATC), and the conversion factors for 

units of measure into square meter 

equivalents used by the United States in 

implementing the ATC. 

R. Matthew Priest, 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. 

[FR Doc. 08–989 Filed 3–5–08; 1:02 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–D–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the Defense Department 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services (DACOWITS) 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a), 

Public Law 92–463, as amended, notice 

is hereby given of a forthcoming 

meeting of the Defense Department 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of 

the Committee meeting is to receive 

briefings on subject pertaining to the 

2008 topics and review protocols for 

upcoming installation visits. The 

meeting is open to the public, subject to 

the availability of space. 

Interested persons may submit a 

written statement for consideration by 

the Defense Department Advisory 

Committee on Women in the Services. 

Individuals submitting a written 

statement must submit their statement 

to the Point of Contact listed below at 

the address detailed below NLT 5 p.m., 

Friday, March 21, 2008. If a written 

statement is not received by Friday, 

March 21, 2008 prior to the meeting, 

which is the subject of this notice, then 

it may not be provided to or considered 

by the Defense Department Advisory 

Committee on Women in the Services 

until its next open meeting. The 

Designated Federal Officer will review 

all timely submissions with the Defense 

Department Advisory Committee on 

Women in the Services Chairperson and 

ensure they are provided to the 

members of the Defense Department 

Advisory Committee on Women in the 

Services. If members of the public are 

interested in making an oral statement, 

a written statement must be submitted 

as above. After reviewing the written 

comments, the Chairperson and the 

Designated Federal Officer will 

determine who of the requesting 

persons will be able to make an oral 

presentation of their issue during an 

open portion of this meeting or at a 

future meeting. Determination of who 

will be making an oral presentation will 

depend on time available and if the 

topics are relevant to the Committee’s 

activities. Two minutes will be allotted 

to persons desiring to make an oral 

presentation. Oral presentations by 

members of the public will be permitted 

only on Tuesday, March from 4 p.m. to 

5 p.m. before the full Committee. 

Number of oral presentations to be made 

will depend on the number of requests 

received from members of the public. 

Dates & Times: March 25, 2008, 8:30 

a.m.—5 p.m. 

Location: Double Tree Hotel Crystal 

City National Airport, 300 Army Navy 

Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

MSgt Robert Bowling, USAF, 

DACOWITS, 4000 Defense Pentagon, 

Room 2C548A, Washington, DC 20301–

4000. Robert.bowling@osd.mil 

Telephone (703) 697–2122. Fax (703) 

614–6233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting 

agenda. 

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:30 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

Welcome & Administrative Remarks 

Receive briefings: 

—Recruiting, Retention, and Promotion 

Status of Active Duty and Reserve 

Women in the Armed Forces 

—From the National Military Impacted 

Schools Association 

—From the Educational Partnerships’

Directorate, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Military 

Community and Family Policy 

—From the Military Child Education 

Coalition 

Review Protocols for upcoming 

installation visits 

Public Forum 

Note: Exact order may vary. 

Dated: March 3, 2008. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, DoD. 

[FR Doc. E8–4505 Filed 3–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary of Defense 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), 

the Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.65, the Department of 

Defense gives notice that it is renewing 

the charter for the U.S. Army Science 

Board (hereafter referred to as the 

Board). 

The Board is a discretionary federal 

advisory committee established by the 

Secretary of Defense to provide the 

Department of Defense, the Secretary of 

Army, the Assistant Secretary of the 

Army (Acquisition, Logistics and 

Technology), the Chief of Staff of the 

Army, and Army Commanders 

independent advice and 

recommendations on scientific, 

technical, manufacturing, acquisition 

and logistics processes. The Board, in 

accomplishing its mission: (a) Provides 

sound recommendations for Army 

leaders in support of Soldiers, 

warfighters, and national defense; (b) 

conducts science and technology 

initiatives; and (c) provides invaluable 

and unbiased technical advice on 

science and technology systems, 

products, and applications. 

The Board shall be composed of not 

more than 100 members, who are 

distinguished members of the scientific, 

technical, and manufacturing fields. 

Board members appointed by the 

Secretary of Defense, who are not 

federal officers or employees, shall serve 

as Special Government Employees 

under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

Board members shall be appointed on 

an annual basis by the Secretary of 

Defense, and shall serve a term not to 

exceed three years. The Secretary of the 

Army or designed representative, along 

with the Secretary of Defense may 

extend a member’s term on the Board. 

The Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) 

shall select the Chairperson and Vice 

Chairperson from the total Board 

membership. Board members shall with 

the exception of travel and per diem for 

official travel, serve without 

compensation. 

The Board shall be authorized to 

establish subcommittees, as necessary 

and consistent with its mission, and 

these subcommittees or working groups 

shall operate under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the Government in the Sunshine 

Act of 1976, and other appropriate 

federal regulations. 

Such subcommittees or workgroups 

shall not work independently of the 

chartered Board, and shall report all 

their recommendations and advice to 

the Board for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees or 

workgroups have no authority to make 

decisions on behalf of the chartered 

Board nor can they report directly to the 


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