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Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96–12064 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

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Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Wool Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the Slovak Republic

May 8, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 15, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, 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 of

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); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

The current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted, variously,

for swing and carryforward.

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 6, 1995). Also

see 60 FR 62409, 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, but

are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their

provisions.

Dated: May 9, 1996.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

May 8, 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 wool textile

products, produced or manufactured in the

Slovak Republic and exported during the

twelve-month period which began on January

1, 1996 and extends through December 31,

1996.

Effective on May 15, 1996, you are directed

to adjust the current limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelvemonth limit 1

410 ............................ 379,110 square meters.

443 ............................ 100,925 numbers.

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. 96–12065 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

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Availability of the Correlation: Textile

and Apparel Categories With the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States for 1996

May 7, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori

E. Mennitt, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–3400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA) announces that the 1996

Correlation, based on the Harmonized

Tariff Schedule of the United States, is

now available. Also, the 1996

Correlation is available on the Internet

via the Wide World Web. The Office of

Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA)

Homepage address is http://ita.doc.gov/

industry/textiles/.

Copies of the Correlation may be

purchased from the U.S. Department of

Commerce, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

NW., room H3100, Washington, DC

20230, ATTN: Correlation, at a cost of

$30 per copy. Checks or money orders

should be made payable to the U.S.

Department of Commerce.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc.96–12063 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Availability of the Department

of the Navy Draft Environmental

Impact Statement for a Container

System for the Management of Naval

Spent Nuclear Fuel; and

Announcement of Public Hearings

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

(Navy) is giving notice of the availability

of the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) for a Container System

for the Management of Naval Spent

Nuclear Fuel.

The draft EIS was prepared in

accordance with the requirements of the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA); Council on Environmental

Quality regulations implementing

NEPA, 40 CFR Parts 1500–1508; and the

Chief of Naval Operations

Environmental and Natural Resources

Program Manual, OPNAV Instruction

5090.1B. The Navy will conduct public

hearings and receive comments on the

draft EIS which addresses the need,

alternatives, and environmental impacts

of manufacturing containers; loading

containers; handling, and storage of

naval spent nuclear fuel at the Idaho

National Engineering Laboratory (INEL);

transportation of naval spent nuclear

fuel loaded containers to a notional

repository or centralized interim storage

site; and the storage, handling, and

transportation of certain radioactive

waste associated with naval spent

nuclear fuel management. The

Department of Energy is a cooperating

agency for this draft EIS.

General distribution of the document

is complete and the Navy has filed the

draft EIS with the Environmental
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Protection Agency prior to publishing

this Notice of Availability in the Federal

Register. The draft EIS is available to

the public in reading rooms and

designated information locations which

are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice.

DATES: The Navy invites interested

agencies, organizations, and the general

public to provide comments on the draft

EIS. The Navy is providing a 45 day

public comment period and all

comments on the draft EIS are due by

July 3, 1996. Oral comments will be

accepted at the public hearings to be

held at the times and locations listed

below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Mr. William Knoll of the Naval

Nuclear Propulsion Program of the

Department of the Navy, Code NAVSEA

08U, 2531 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA 22242–5160, Telephone:

703–602–8229. Copies of the draft EIS

may be obtained by following

instructions given below in the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

Hearing Schedule and Locations: Six

public hearings at three locations will

be held during the 45 day comment

period. The locations and dates of these

public hearings are: (1) Fort Hall, Idaho,

on Monday, June 3, 1996 from 1:00 p.m.

to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

at the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Tribal

Business Center, Pima Drive; (2) Boise,

Idaho, on Wednesday, June 5, 1996 from

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to

11:00 p.m. at The Boise Centre on the

Grove, 850 West Front Street; and (3)

Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, June 7,

1996 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Best

Western Olympus Hotel, 161 West 600

South.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information on this draft EIS,

please contact Mr. William Knoll of the

Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program,

Department of the Navy, Code NAVSEA

08U, 2531 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA 22242–5160, Telephone:

703–602–8229.

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 (centralized interim

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. The total amount of

naval spent nuclear fuel projected to be

in existence by the year 2035 is 65

metric tons heavy metal, which is less

than 0.1% of the commercial spent

nuclear fuel expected by that date

(approximately 85,000 metric tons). In

addition to its responsibility for civilian

spent nuclear fuel, 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).

In October 1995, DOE advised the

Navy that because of insufficient

funding in Congress’ fiscal year 1996

appropriation to the DOE Office of

Civilian Radioactive Waste

Management, DOE would withdraw its

proposal to fabricate and deploy a

multi-purpose canister based system. As

a result, DOE ceased preparation of the

Environmental Impact Statement for a

Multi-Purpose Canister System for

Management of Civilian and Naval

Spent Nuclear Fuel.

The Navy decided to proceed with

that part of the multi-purpose canister

EIS covering naval spent nuclear fuel.

The Navy announced it would assume

lead responsibility for the EIS in the

Federal Register on December 7, 1995

(60 FR 62828). DOE is participating 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 naval

reactors, is shipped to one place, the

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 and

amended Record of Decision issued

March 8, 1996. Therefore, the container

system EIS evaluations for the storage

and transportation of naval spent

nuclear fuel at INEL make use of

information specific to that location.

The range of alternatives considered

in the EIS did not change as a result of

the reduction in scope covering naval

spent fuel only. Thus, no additional

scoping was needed as a result of the

EIS being limited to naval spent nuclear

fuel. The six container system

alternatives considered are:

(1) No-Action Alterative—Use of

existing technology to handle, store, and

subsequently transport naval spent

nuclear fuel to a geologic repository or

a centralized interim storage site using

the Navy M–140 transportation cask.

Prior to shipment to a repository or

centralized interim storage site, naval

spent nuclear fuel would be managed 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 large multi-purpose

canisters, such as those currently being

designed under a DOE contract, for

storage, transportation, and disposal of

naval spent nuclear fuel, without

repackaging or further handling of

individual spent nuclear fuel

assemblies. In addition to the sealed

metal canisters, specialized casks or

overpacks would be required for

different stages of the process, such as

on-site transfer, dry storage,

transportation to a geologic repository or

a centralized interim storage site, 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 an existing,

commercially available cask for storage

at INEL and shipment of naval spent
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nuclear fuel to a geologic repository or

centralized interim storage site. At a

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 or centralized

interim storage site. At a 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 multipurpose canisters, such as those

currently being designed under a DOE

contract, rather than large multi-purpose

canisters. The small multi-purpose

canisters would be similar in design,

operations, and function to the large

multi-purpose canisters, but would offer

a lower weight and size alternative for

transportation and handling at a

geologic repository or centralized

interim storage site.

In addition, the environmental

evaluations in this draft EIS include

several actions which are related to the

container system choice: manufacturing

the container system; handling and

transportation associated with the

container system; modifications at INEL

to support loading naval spent nuclear

fuel into containers for dry storage; the

location of the dry storage at INEL; and

the storage, handling, and transportation

of certain radioactive waste (called

‘‘special case waste’’) associated with

naval spent nuclear fuel management.

The draft EIS does not contain a

preferred alternative. Instead, the Navy

will identify a preferred alternative in

the Final EIS, and select an alternative

in the Record of Decision, taking into

consideration the following factors: (1)

Public comments; (2) protection of

human health and the environment; (3)

cost; (4) technical feasibility; (5)

operational efficiency; (6) regulatory

impacts; and (7) storage or disposal

criteria which may be established for a

repository or centralized interim storage

site outside the State of Idaho.

Availability of Copies of the Draft EIS

Copies of the draft EIS have been

distributed to Federal, State, and local

officials and agencies; and to

organizations and individuals known to

be interested in the EIS. Copies of the

draft EIS are available for public review

at the locations listed below. Copies of

selected reference materials are also

available in Reading Rooms and Other

Information Locations listed below.

Copies of the reference material may

also be obtained upon request from Mr.

Knoll at the address given above (see

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

Requests for copies of the draft EIS

should be directed to: Argonne National

Laboratory, EAD, Building 900, Mail

Stop 1, 9700 South Cass Avenue,

Argonne, IL 60439., ATTN: Naval Spent

Fuel Container System EIS. The draft

EIS, including appendices, is about 300

pages in length. Separately bound

copies of the 20-page Executive

Summary are available for review for

those who do not wish to receive the

entire draft EIS. When requesting copies

of the draft EIS, please indicate whether

you wish to receive only the Executive

Summary, or the entire draft EIS.

Location of Reading Rooms

—Public Reading Room for U.S. DOE

Headquarters; 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW; Room 1E–190; Forestall

Building; Washington, DC

—Public Reading Room for U.S. DOE—

Idaho Operations Office; 1776 Science

Center Drive; Idaho Falls, ID

—Public Reading Room for U.S. DOE—

Nevada Operations Office; 3004 South

Highland Drive; Las Vegas, NV

—Flagstaff Public Library; 300 West

Aspen Street; Flagstaff, AZ

—Sacramento Library; Central Office;

828 I Street; Sacramento, CA

—Denver Public Library; 1357

Broadway; Denver, CO

—Boise Public Library; 715 South

Capital Boulevard; Boise, ID

—Shoshone-Bannock Library; Bannock

and Pima Streets; HRDC Building;

Fort Hall, ID

—Idaho Falls Public Library; 457

Broadway; Idaho Falls, ID

—Pocatello Public Library; 812 East

Clark Street; Pocatello, ID

—Albuquerque Bernalillo County

Library; 501 Copper NW;

Albuquerque, NM

—Deschutes County Library; 507 NW

Wall Street; Bend, OR

—Salt Lake City Public Library; 209 East

500 South; Salt Lake City, UT

—Laramie County Library; 2800 Central

Avenue; Cheyenne, WY

Other Information Locations

—Lost River Community Library; 126

South Front Street; Arco, ID

—Idaho State Library; 325 West State

Street; Boise, ID

—City of Burley, Public Library; 1300

Miller Avenue; Burley, ID

—Coeur d’Alene Public Library; 201

Harrison Avenue; Coeur d’Alene, ID

—City of Emmett, Public Library; 275

South Hayes; Emmett, ID

—City of Gooding Public Library; 306

5th Avenue, West Gooding, ID

—Consolidated Free Library; 8385 North

Government Way; Hayden Branch,

Hayden Lake, ID

—City of Homedale, Public Library; 125

West Owyhee; Homedale, ID

—Idaho Falls Public Library; Reference

Desk; 457 Broadway; Idaho Falls, ID

—Ketchum Public Library; 415 Bruce

North; Ketchum, ID

—University of Idaho Library; Rayburn

Street; Government Documents;

Moscow, ID

—Moscow Public Library; 110 South

Jefferson; Moscow, ID

—Ola District Library; 11475 Ola School

Road; Ola, ID

—Clearwater Memorial Library; 402

Michigan Avenue; Orofino, ID

—Idaho State University; Documents

Department; Pocatello, ID

—Salmon Public Library; 204 Main

Street; Salmon, ID

—Shoshone Public Library; 211 South

Rail Street; Shoshone, ID

—Twin Falls Public Library; 434 2nd

Street, East; Reference Desk; Twin

Falls, ID

—Caliente Public Library; 120 Depot

Avenue; Caliente, NV

—Carson City Public Library; 900 North

Roop Street; Carson City, NV

—Elko Public Library; 720 Court Street;

Elko, NV

—Las Vegas Public Library; 833 Las

Vegas Boulevard, North; Las Vegas,

NV

—Brigham City Library; 20 North Main

Street; Brigham City, UT

—Cedar City Library; 136 West Center;

Cedar City, UT

—Delta City Library; 76 North 200 West;

Delta, UT

—Logan City Library; 255 North Main;

Logan, UT

—Marriott Library; University of Utah;

Salt Lake City, UT

The final EIS is scheduled to be

available no later than November 30,

1996.

Dated: May 3, 1996.

B. DeMars,

Admiral, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear

Propulsion Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.