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pending scope clarification requests.

Any comments should be submitted to

the Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, Room B–099, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

Dated: April 17, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–10108 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 032996A]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of public

meetings.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council has cancelled

public meetings of the Mackerel

Advisory Panel (AP), and the Standing

and Special Mackerel Scientific and

Statistical Committee (SSC) that were

scheduled for April 29 and 30, 1996.

The meetings were announced in the

Federal Register on April 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council, telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The initial

notice published on April 8, 1996 (61

FR 15469). Because of data deficiencies,

the Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel

(SAP) was unable to develop an

allowable biological catch range or

report for Gulf group king mackerel.

Therefore, the AP and SSC meetings

scheduled to review the SAP report are

cancelled.

All other information pertaining to

the other meetings announced in the

previous notice remains unchanged.

Dated: April 22, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–10313 Filed 4–22–96; 4:21 pm]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Amendment of Import Limits for

Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Burma (Myanmar)

April 19, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 1996.

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 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).

The U.S. Government has decided to

increase the 1995 and 1996 base limits

for textile products, produced or

manufactured in Burma (Myanmar), as

provided for under the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

(ATC).

In the letter published below, the

Chairman of CITA directs the

Commissioner of Customs to increase

the limits for the 1996 quota period.

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 60 FR 65299,

published on December 19, 1995). Also

see 60 FR 62405, published on

December 6, 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

(ATC), but are designed to assist only in

the implementation of certain of their

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

April 19, 1996.

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 November 29, 1995, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Burma (Myanmar) and

exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1996 and extends

through December 31, 1996.

Effective on April 25, 1996, you are

directed to increase the limits for the

following categories, as provided for under

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and

Clothing (ATC)

Category Amended twelvemonth limit 1

340/640 .................... 95,864 dozen.

342/642 .................... 25,893 dozen.

347/348 .................... 134,306 dozen.

351/651 .................... 40,695 dozen.

448 ........................... 2,362 dozen.

647/648/847 ............. 25,045 dozen.

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

31, 1995.

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,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.96–10275 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Amendment of an Import Restraint

Limit for Certain Cotton and Man-Made

Fiber Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in El Salvador

April 19, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing a

limit.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and