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and Budget (OMB) and assigned OMB

control number 0640–0006.

Awards under this program shall be

subject to all Federal laws, and Federal

and Departmental regulations, policies,

and procedures applicable to Federal

financial assistance awards.

Pre-Award Costs—Applicants are

hereby notified that if they incur any

costs prior to an award being made, they

do so solely at their own risk of not

being reimbursed by the Government.

Notwithstanding any verbal assurance

that an applicant may have received,

there is no obligation on the part of the

Department of Commerce to cover preaward costs.

Outstanding Account Receivable—No

award of Federal funds shall be made to

an applicant who has an outstanding

delinquent Federal debt until either the

delinquent account is paid in full,

repayment schedule is established and

at least one payment is received, or

other arrangements satisfactory to the

Department of Commerce are made.

Name Check Policy—All non-profit

and for-profit applicants are subject to a

name check review process. Name

checks are intended to reveal if any key

individuals associated with the

applicant have been convicted of or are

presently facing criminal charges such

as fraud, theft, perjury or other matters

which significantly reflect on the

applicant’s management honesty or

financial integrity.

Award Termination—The

Departmental Grants Officer may

terminate any grant/cooperative

agreement in whole or in part at any

time before the date of completion

whenever it is determined that the

award recipient has failed to comply

with the conditions of the grant/

cooperative agreement. Examples of

some of the conditions which can cause

termination are failure to meet costsharing requirements; unsatisfactory

performance of the MBDC work

requirements; and reporting inaccurate

or inflated claims of client assistance.

Such inaccurate or inflated claims may

be deemed illegal and punishable by

law.

False Statements—A false statement

on an application for Federal financial

assistance is grounds for denial or

termination of funds, and grounds for

possible punishment by a fine or

imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C.

1001.

Primary Applicant Certifications—All

primary applicants must submit a

completed Form CD–511,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension and Other Responsibility

Matters; Drug-Free Workplace

Requirements and Lobbying.’’

Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension—Prospective participants

(as defined at 15 CFR Part 26, Section

26.105) are subject to 15 CFR Part 26,

‘‘Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension—and the related section of

the certification form prescribed above

applies.

Drug Free Workplace—Grantees (as

defined at 15 CFR Part 26, § 26.605) are

subject to 15 CFR Part 26, Subpart F,

‘‘Governmentwide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)’’ and the

related section of the certification form

prescribed above applies.

Anti-Lobbying—Persons (as defined at

15 CFR Part 28, § 28.105) are subject to

the lobbying provisions of 31 U.S.C.

1352, ‘‘Limitation on use of

appropriated funds to influence certain

Federal contracting and financial

transactions,’’ and the lobbying section

of the certification form prescribed

above applies to applications/bids for

grants, cooperative agreements, and

contracts for more than $100,000, and

loans and loan guarantees for more than

$150,000 or the single family maximum

mortgage limit for affected programs,

whichever is greater.

Anti-Lobbying Disclosures—Any

applicant that has paid or will pay for

lobbying using any funds must submit

an SF-LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities,’’ as required under 15 CFR

Part 28, Appendix B.

Lower Tier Certifications—Recipients

shall require applications/bidders for

subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, or

other lower tier covered transactions at

any tier under the award to submit, if

applicable, a completed Form CD–512,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered

Transactions and Lobbying’’ and

disclosure form, SF-LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities.’’ Form CD–512 is

intended for the use of recipients and

should not be transmitted to DOC. SFLLL submitted by any tier recipient or

subrecipient should be submitted to

DOC in accordance with the

instructions contained in the award

document.

Buy American-made Equipment or

Products—Applicants are hereby

notified that they are encouraged, to the

extent feasible, to purchase Americanmade equipment and products with

funding provided under this program in

accordance with Congressional intent as

set forth in the resolution contained in

Public Law 103–121, Sections 606 (a)

and (b).

11.800 Minority Business Development

Center (Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance)

Dated: December 1, 1995.

Donald L. Powers

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Minority

Business Development Agency.

[FR Doc. 95–29885 Filed 12–06–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–21–P

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Malaysia

December 1, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 4, 1995.

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 Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of of each Customs port or call

(202) 927–6712. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854).

The current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for swing, special shift, carryforward,

carryover and special swing.

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 (see

Federal Register notice 59 FR 65531,

published on December 20, 1994). Also

see 60 FR 17332, published on April 5,

1995.

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, but

are designed to assist only in the
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implementation of certain of their

provisions.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

December 1, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on March 30, 1995, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textiles and textile products

and silk blend and other vegetable fiber

apparel, produced or manufactured in

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

1995 and extends through December 31,

1995.

Effective on December 4, 1995, you are

directed to amend the March 30, 1995

directive to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the terms of

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

336/636 .................... 429,346 dozen.

338/339 .................... 1,083,807 dozen.

340/640 .................... 1,254,819 dozen.

341/641 .................... 1,243,498 dozen of

which not more than

521,158 dozen shall

be in Category 341.

347/348 .................... 471,623 dozen.

350/650 .................... 104,018 dozen.

351/651 .................... 254,028 dozen.

445/446 .................... 33,945 dozen.

638/639 .................... 429,759 dozen.

645/646 .................... 214,277 dozen.

647/648 .................... 1,384,138 dozen of

which not more than

1,011,957 dozen

shall be in Category

647–K2 and not

more than 1,011,957

dozen shall be in

Category 648–K3.

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

31, 1994. 2 Category 647–K: only HTS numbers

6103.23.0040, 6103.23.0045, 6103.29.1020,

6103.29.1030, 6103.43.1520, 6103.43.1540,

6103.43.1550, 6103.43.1570, 6103.49.1020,

6103.49.1060, 6103.49.8014, 6112.12.0050,

6112.19.1050, 6112.20,.1060 and

6113.00.9044. 3 Category 648–K: only HTS numbers

6104.23.0032, 6104.23.0034, 6104.29.1030,

6104.29.1040, 6104.29.2038, 6104.63.2010,

6104.63.2025, 6104.63.2030, 6104.63.2060,

6104.69.2030, 6104.69.2060, 6104.69.8026,

6112.12.0060, 6112.19.1060, 6112.20.1070,

6113.00.9052 and 6117.90.9070.

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,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95–29886 Filed 12–06–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Assumption of Lead Responsibility for

an Environmental Impact Statement

Evaluating Container Systems for the

Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

(Navy) announces its plan to assume

lead responsibility for preparation of an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

evaluating container systems for the

management of naval spent nuclear fuel.

This EIS (previously titled

Environmental Impact Statement for a

Multi-Purpose Canister System for

Management of Civilian and Naval

Spent Nuclear Fuel) was being prepared

by the Department of Energy (DOE),

with the Navy participating as a

cooperating agency, pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., in

accordance with the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations for

implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts

1500–1508). DOE is halting its proposal

to fabricate and deploy a multi-purpose

canister based system and the Office of

Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

will cease preparation of the multipurpose canister EIS which was to

include both civilian and naval spent

nuclear fuel. DOE will be a cooperating

agency in the preparation of the EIS for

naval spent nuclear fuel.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 24, 1994, the DOE published in

the Federal Register (59 FR 53442) a

Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for a

multi-purpose canister system for the

management of civilian spent nuclear

fuel. Under the Nuclear Waste Policy

Act of 1982, as amended (42 U.S.C.

10101 et seq.), DOE is responsible for

disposal of civilian spent nuclear fuel

and high-level radioactive waste in a

geologic repository. DOE is also

responsible for any monitored

retrievable storage prior to disposal, and

transportation of civilian spent nuclear

fuel in connection with disposal or

storage. As part of carrying out these

responsibilities, DOE was in the process

of evaluating in an EIS the

environmental impacts of fabricating

and deploying a standardized container

system to enable storage, transportation,

and possible disposal of spent nuclear

fuel.

During the scoping process for the

multi-purpose canister EIS, the scope of

the EIS was broadened, based on a

comment by the Navy, to include naval

spent nuclear fuel. In addition to its

responsibility for civilian spent nuclear

fuel, the DOE is also responsible for the

management of spent nuclear fuel

derived from atomic energy defense

activities, including that from the Naval

Nuclear Propulsion Program (42 U.S.C.

2121(a)(3)). Since naval spent nuclear

fuel is rugged, well characterized, and

compatible with standardized container

system technology, DOE determined

that naval spent fuel should be included

in the EIS. This determination was

announced in the Implementation Plan

issued by DOE in August 1995 under

DOE’s NEPA regulations. The

availability of the Implementation Plan

was announced in the Federal Register

on August 30, 1995 (60 FR 45147).

DOE has advised the Navy that

because of insufficient funding in

Congress’ recent fiscal year 1996

appropriation to the DOE Office of

Civilian Radioactive Waste

Management, DOE at the present time is

halting its proposal to fabricate and

deploy a multi-purpose canister based

system. As a result, DOE will cease

preparation of the Environmental

Impact Statement for a Multi-Purpose

Canister System for Management of

Civilian and Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel.

The Navy has decided that it will

proceed with that part of the multipurpose canister EIS covering naval

spent nuclear fuel. This will be done by

the Navy becoming the lead agency for

the EIS. DOE will participate as a

cooperating agency since naval spent

nuclear fuel is managed at DOE

facilities. Unlike civilian spent nuclear

fuel which is stored in plants

throughout the country, all naval spent

nuclear fuel, after removal from the

reactor, is shipped to one place, the

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

(INEL), for examination and temporary

storage as set forth in the Department of

Energy Programmatic Spent Nuclear

Fuel Management and Idaho National

Engineering Laboratory Environmental

Restoration and Waste Management

Programs Final Environmental Impact

Statement and in the associated Record

of Decision issued June 1, 1995.

Therefore, the container system EIS

evaluations for the storage and

transportation of naval spent nuclear

fuel at INEL will make use of

information specific to that location.