24292 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 94 / Tuesday, May 14, 1996 / Notices

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 62408, 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.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

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,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Korea and

exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 1996 and extends

through December 31, 1996.

Effective on May 16, 1996, you are directed

to reduce the 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 twelve-month

limit 1

Sublevel within

Group I

200 ........................... 424,728 kilograms.

Sublevels within

Group II

338/339 .................... 1,146,047 dozen.

342/642 .................... 207,676 dozen.

435 ........................... 33,823 dozen.

444 ........................... 53,372 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.96–12062 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Adjustment of Import Limits and

Guaranteed Access Levels for Certain

Cotton, Wool, and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the Dominican

Republic

May 7, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing

import limits and guaranteed access

levels.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 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 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); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

On the request of the Government of

the Dominican Republic, the U.S.

Government agreed to increase certain

1996 Guaranteed Access Levels. Also,

the limits for certain categories are being

increased for carryover.

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 61 FR 1359, published on January

19, 1996.

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 8, 1996.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

May 7, 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 January 11, 1996, 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 the Dominican Republic

and exported during the twelve-month

period which began on January 1, 1996 and

extends through December 31, 1996.

Effective on May 8, 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:

Category Adjusted import restraint limit 1

339/639 ..................... 974,394 dozen.

340/640 ..................... 842,928 dozen.

347/348/647/648 ....... 2,017,807 dozen of

which not more

than 960,368 dozen

shall be in Categories 647/648.

352/652 ..................... 9,744,029 dozen.

433 ............................ 22,763 dozen.

442 ............................ 79,655 dozen.

443 ............................ 143,720 numbers.

444 ............................ 79,655 numbers.

448 ............................ 41,034 dozen.

633 ............................ 120,253 dozen.

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

31, 1995.

The 1996 Guaranteed Access Levels (GALs)

for Categories 340/640, 347/348/647/648,

352/652, 442 and 448 remain unchanged.

The GALs for textile products in the

following categories shall be increased:

Category Amended Guaranteed

Access Level

338/638 ..................... 1,650,000 dozen.

339/639 ..................... 1,650,000 dozen.

433 ........................... 61,000 dozen.

443 ........................... 100,000 numbers.

444 ........................... 130,000 numbers.

633 ........................... 100,000 dozen.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 94 / Tuesday, May 14, 1996 / Notices 24293

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

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

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

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]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–M

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]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

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