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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.

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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.
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The range of alternatives being

considered in the EIS will not change.

Thus, the EIS does not need to go

through another scoping process as a

result of only covering naval spent

nuclear fuel. The six container system

alternatives being considered are:

(1) No-Action Alternative—Use of

existing technology to handle, store, and

subsequently transport naval spent

nuclear fuel to a geologic repository

using the M–140 transportation cask.

Prior to shipment to a repository, naval

spent nuclear fuel would be stored at

INEL in water pools or dry containers,

then loaded into M–140 transportation

casks. At the repository, the naval spent

fuel would be unloaded from the M–140

transportation casks and placed in a

geologic repository’s surface facilities

for loading into disposal containers.

Following unloading, the M–140

transportation casks would be returned

to INEL for reuse.

(2) Multi-Purpose Canister

Alternative—Use of 125-ton multipurpose canisters currently being

designed under a DOE contract for

storage, transportation, and disposal of

naval spent nuclear fuel, without

repackaging or further handling of bare

spent nuclear fuel. In addition to the

sealed metal canisters, specialized casks

or overpacks would be required for

different stages of the process, such as

intra-site transfer, dry storage, inter-site

transportation, and disposal.

(3) Current Technology/

Supplemented by High Capacity Rail

Alternative—Use of existing M–140

transportation casks, but with

redesigned internal structures to

accommodate a larger amount of naval

spent nuclear fuel per cask, thus

reducing the total number of shipments

required.

(4) Transportable Storage Cask

Alternative—Use of existing,

commercially available casks for storage

at INEL and shipment of naval spent

nuclear fuel to a geologic repository. At

the repository, the naval spent fuel

would be unloaded from the casks and

placed in a geologic repository’s surface

facilities for loading into disposal

containers. The unloaded transportable

storage casks could be returned to INEL

for further storage and transport.

(5) Dual-Purpose Canister

Alternative—Use of an existing,

commercially available canister and

overpack system for storage at INEL and

shipment of naval spent nuclear fuel to

a geologic repository. At the repository,

the naval spent fuel would be unloaded

from the canisters and placed in a

geologic repository’s surface facilities

for loading into disposal containers.

(6) Small Multi-Purpose Canister

Alternative—Use of smaller, 75-ton,

multi-purpose canisters currently being

designed under a DOE contract rather

than the 125-ton multi-purpose

canisters.

The Draft EIS will not contain a

preferred alternative. Instead, the Navy

will use public comments on the Draft

EIS to help identify a preferred

alternative for the Final EIS. Consistent

with this approach, the subject EIS is

being renamed as ‘‘The Department of

the Navy Environmental Impact

Statement for a Container System for the

Management of Naval Spent Nuclear

Fuel.’’

DATES: The Navy plans to issue the Draft

EIS by about April 30, 1996. Issuance of

the Draft EIS will be announced in the

Federal Register. A 45 day comment

period will be provided following

issuance of the Draft EIS. Public

hearings will be held during the 45 day

comment period. The locations and

dates of these public hearings will be

announced in the Federal Register

when the Draft EIS is issued. The Navy

plans to issue the final EIS by November

30, 1996, and plans to issue a Record of

Decision by December 31, 1996.

ADDRESSES: To receive a copy of the

Draft EIS, please provide your address

to: Argonne National Laboratory, EAD,

Building 900, Mail Stop 1, 9700 South

Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, ATTN:

Naval Spent Fuel Container System EIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information on this EIS please

contact: Mr. William Knoll of the Naval

Nuclear Propulsion Program at

Department of the Navy, Code NAVSEA

08U, 2531 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA 22242–5160, Telephone:

703–602–8229.

Dated: December 1, 1995.

B. DeMars,

Admiral, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear

Propulsion Program.

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Notice of Availability of Inventions for

Licensing; Government Owned

Inventions

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are assigned to the United States

Government as represented by the

Secretary of the Navy and are available

for licensing by the Department of the

Navy. Requests for copies of the patent

applications cited should be directed to

the Office of Naval Research, ONR

OOCC, Ballston Tower One, 800 North

Quincy Street, Arlington, Virginia

22217- 5660 and must include the

application serial number or Navy case

Number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

R.J. Erickson, Staff Patent Attorney,

Office of Naval Research, ONR, OOCC,

800 North Quincy Street, Arlington,

Virginia 22217–5660, telephone (703)

696- 4001.

Patent Application Serial No. 08/

342,451: MOBILE SAFETY

STRUCTURE FOR CONTAINMENT

AND HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS

MATERIALS; filed November 14, 1994;

Patent Application Serial No. 08/514/

888: AMMUNITION CARTRIDGE WITH

REDUCED PROPELLANT CHARGE;

filed August 14, 1995;

Patent Application Serial No. 08/514/

570: COMBINATION PIN FOR

ATTACHING TRIGGER ASSEMBLY

AND SAFING SMALL ARM: filed

August 14, 1995;

Patent Application Serial No. 08/

514,576: SINGLE SPRING BOLT LOCK

AND CARTRIDGE EJECTOR; filed

August 14, 1995;

Patent Application Serial No. 08/

514,573: SPOTTING ROUND BORE

ALIGNMENT MECHANISM FOR

ROCKET LAUNCHER; filed August 14,

1995;

Patent Application Serial No. 08/

514,883: SINGLE TRIGGER DUAL

FIRING MECHANISM; filed August 14,

1995;

Patent Application Serial No. 08/

514,884: BREECH BOLT AND LOCK

ASSEMBLY; filed August 14, 1995;

Patent Application Serial No. 08/

514,885: COMBINATION OPTICAL

AND IRON SIGHT SYSTEM FOR

ROCKET LAUNCHER; filed August 14,

1995;

Design Patent Application Serial No.

29/042,682: IMPROVED SHOULDERFIRED WEAPON; filed August 14, 1995;

Patent Application Serial No. 08/

514,575: SHOULDER-LAUNCHED

MULTIPLE-PURPOSE ASSAULT

WEAPON; filed August 14, 1995;

Patent Application Serial No. 08/

375,997: LIQUID CRYSTAL

COMPOSITION AND ALIGNMENT

LAYER; filed January 20, 1995; and

Patent Application entitled:

QUANTITATIVE MOBILITY

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS OF MAGNETIC

FIELD-DEPENDENT HALL AND

RESISTIVITY DATA; filed October 4,

1995, Navy Case No. 77,263.

Dated: November 27, 1995.

M. A. Waters,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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