Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 5, 1995 / Notices 17317

[I.D. 032195A]

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Modification no. 2 to scientific

research permit no. 789 (P135C).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for modification of scientific

research permit no. 789 submitted by

Dr. James H.W. Hain, NMFS, NOAA,

Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166

Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543–

1026, has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modified permit is

available for review by interested

persons in the following offices by

appointment:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Director, Northeast Region, NMFS,

One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930–2298, (508/281–9150); and

Director, Southeast Region, NMFS,

9721 Executive Center Drive, N., St.

Petersburg, FL 33702–2432 (813/893–

3141).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 20, 1995, notice was published

in the Federal Register (60 FR 4148)

that a modification of permit no. 789,

issued August 24, 1992 (57 FR 39672),

and modified January 14, 1993 (58 FR

6116), had been requested by the abovenamed individual. The requested

modification has been granted under the

authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of

§ 216.33(d) and (e) of the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA),

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and

the provisions of § 222.25 of the

Regulations Governing the Taking,

Importing, and Exporting of Endangered

Species (50 CFR part 222).

The modification authorized the

holder to take 5 blue whales

(Balaenoptera musculus), 25 sei whales

(Balaenoptera borealis), 25 killer whales

(Orcinus orca), 25 Mesoplodont beaked

whales (Mesoplodon spp.), 500

saddleback dolphins (Delphinus

delphis), 250 Atlantic white-sided

dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris),

100 Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus),

250 harbor porpoise (Phocoena

phocoena), 1,000 harbor seals (Phoca

vitulina), and 500 gray seals

(Halichoerus grypus) annually for

photo-identification and observational

purposes.

Issuance of this modification, as

required by the ESA, was based on a

finding that such permit: (1) Was

applied for in good faith; (2) will not

operate to the disadvantage of the

endangered species which is the subject

of this permit; and (3) is consistent with

the purposes and policies set forth in

section 2 of the ESA.

Dated: March 30, 1995.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits & Documentation Division,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–8253 Filed 4–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Bahrain

March 30, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Tallarico, 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 each Customs port or

call (202) 927–5850. 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).

Pursuant to the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC) and the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act, the limits agreed upon

by the Governments of the United States

and Bahrain, as notified to the Uruguay

Round Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB),

are being amended for the period

beginning on January 1, 1995 and

extending through December 31, 1995.

Pursuant to the ATC, these new limits

supersede those notified to the TMB

contained in the Bilateral Textile

Agreement, effected by exchange of

notes dated April 4, 1993 and June 9,

1993, between the Governments of the

United States and Bahrain.

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).

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 ATC, but are

designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of its

provisions.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

March 30, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section

204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC);

and in accordance with the provisions of

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended, you are directed to prohibit,

effective on April 21, 1995, entry into the

United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend

and other vegetable fiber textile products in

the following categories, produced or

manufactured in Bahrain and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 1995 and extending through

December 31, 1995, in excess of the following

limits. These limits supersede those

contained in the Bilateral Textile Agreement,

effected by exchange of notes dated April 4,

1993 and June 9, 1993, between the

Governments of the United States and

Bahrain.

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit 1

Group I

237, 239, 330–336,

338, 339, 340–

342, 345, 347,

348–354, 359,

431–436, 438–

440, 442–448,

459, 630–636,

638, 639, 640–

647, 648, 649,

650–654, 659,

831–836, 838,

839, 840, 842–

847, 850–852,

858 and 859, as a

group.

34,185,000 square meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group I

338/339 ................... 475,007 dozen.