28182 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 108 / Tuesday, June 4, 1996 / Notices

Council address: South Atlantic

Fishery Management Council, One

Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston,

SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Buchanan, Public Information

Officer; telephone: (803) 571-4366; fax:

(803) 769-4520; E-mail:

Susan_Buchanan@safmc.nmfs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

June 10, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Scientific and Statistical

Committee will meet to discuss Snapper

Grouper Amendments 8 & 9 options;

review the Gag Grouper Assessment;

hear a report on the economic

assessment of commercial reef

fishermen; review the 1996 Wreckfish

Assessment; hear a summary report on

a wreckfish paper entitled, ‘‘The

Demand for ITQs: The Puzzle of the

Atlantic Wreckfish Industry’’; and

discuss the NMFS proposal to

discontinue the Spiny Lobster Fishery

Management Plan (FMP).

June 11, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon

The Scientific and Statistical

Committee will meet to receive a

mackerel stock assessment presentation.

June 11, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Mackerel Advisory Panel will

meet to develop recommendations for

total allowable catch (TAC) and bag

limits for the 1997 fishing year, and

develop advisory panel

recommendations on other items.

June 12, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon

The Mackerel Advisory Panel will

meet jointly with the Mackerel

Committee to review the status of king

mackerel trip limits, develop committee

recommendations for TACs and bag

limits, and discuss issues pertaining to

Spanish mackerel.

June 12, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The full Council will convene to

receive the Mackerel Committee report.

At 1:45 p.m. the Council will hear

public comment on TACs and bag

limits.

The Council will then set the annual

TACs and bag limits for king and

Spanish mackerel, and discuss other

framework actions.

June 12, 1996, 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Council will receive the Snapper

Grouper Committee Report and approve

Amendment 8 to the Snapper Grouper

FMP for public hearing.

June 13, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon

The full Council will convene to

receive the Controlled Access

Committee report and approve

Amendment 9 to the Snapper Grouper

FMP for public hearing.

June 13, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The full Council will convene to

receive the Executive and Finance

Committee reports, and approve the

supplemental fiscal year 1996 and 1997

activities schedules and budgets.

June 13, 1996, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The full Council will review the

recreational sale issue, and develop a

Council position on the sale of bag limit

(recreational) caught fish.

June 13, 1996, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The full Council will receive the

NMFS logbook review presentation.

June 14, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

The full Council will convene to

receive a lobster trap composition

presentation; review the status of the

Golden Crab FMP, Amendment 1 to the

Shrimp FMP (Rock Shrimp),

consolidated regulations, and

withdrawal of the Spiny Lobster FMP;

receive agency and liaison reports, and

discuss other business and upcoming

meetings.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to the Council office

(see ADDRESSES) by June 5, 1996.

Dated: May 28, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–13845 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 052896F]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of modification 7 to

permit 795 (P503A) and modification 2

to permit 844 (P503I).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

NMFS has issued a modification to a

permit that authorizes takes of an

Endangered Species Act-listed species

for the purpose of scientific research/

enhancement and a modification to a

permit that authorizes takes of

Endangered Species Act-listed species

incidental to sport-fishing activities,

subject to certain conditions set forth

therein, to the Idaho Department of Fish

and Game at Boise, Idaho (IDFG).

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the following offices, by

appointment:

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301-713-1401);

and

Environmental and Technical

Services Division, 525 NE Oregon

Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232–

4169 (503–230–5400).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

modifications to permits were issued

under the authority of section 10 of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

(16 U.S.C. 1531–1543) and the NMFS

regulations governing ESA-listed fish

and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217–

222).

Notice was published on March 12,

1996 (61 FR 9979) that an application

had been filed by IDFG (P503A) for

modification 7 to scientific research/

enhancement permit 795. Modification

7 to permit 795 was issued to IDFG on

April 30, 1996. Permit 795 authorizes

IDFG takes of endangered Snake River

sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

associated with a captive broodstock

program. The captive broodstock

program is helping to perpetuate the

species and will provide Snake River

sockeye salmon for future recovery

actions. For Modification 7, IDFG is

authorized to release juvenile sockeye

progeny of ESA-listed adults into net

pens in Redfish Lake, ID from JuneOctober annually and to release those

fish from the net pens directly into the

lake in October each year. IDFG is also

authorized an increase in the annual

number of ESA-listed juvenile fish to be

captured, handled, tagged with passive

integrated transponders, and released

during the annual juvenile outmigration

to the ocean. Modification 7 is valid for

the duration of the permit. Permit 795

expires on July 31, 1997.

NMFS also amended permit 795 to

authorize the transfers and releases of

ESA-listed sockeye salmon captivebrood progeny from the Oregon

Department of Fish and Wildlife’s

(ODFW) Bonneville Hatchery. In 1995,

NMFS issued an amendment to Permit

795 to allow the Coastal Zone and

Estuarine Studies Division of the

Northwest Fisheries Science Center,

NMFS (CZESD) to transfer ESA-listed

juvenile fish, captive-brood sockeye
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salmon progeny suspected of being

exposed to bacterial kidney disease

(BKD), from the University of

Washington’s Big Beef Creek Hatchery

in Seattle to ODFW’s rearing facility at

Bonneville Hatchery for final rearing

(FR 60 17316, April 5, 1995). Both

CZESD and ODFW are authorized to act

as agents of IDFG under permit 795. Due

to the fact that ODFW needed the space

at Bonneville Hatchery by May 1 of this

year, permit 795 was amended to allow

ODFW and CZESD to transfer the ESAlisted juvenile fish at the hatchery to

IDFG for release at Redfish Lake Creek

if the progeny did not exhibit clinical

signs of BKD. Any ESA-listed juvenile

progeny that were determined to be at

risk for BKD were authorized to be

released in the mainstem Columbia

River at Bonneville Hatchery. These fish

transfers and releases are valid in 1996

only.

Notice was published on March 12,

1996 (61 FR 9979) that an application

had been filed by IDFG (P503I) for

modification 2 to incidental take permit

844. Modification 2 to permit 844 was

issued to IDFG on May 24, 1996. Permit

844 authorizes IDFG an incidental take

of adult and juvenile, threatened, Snake

River spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and adult,

threatened, Snake River fall chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with the State of Idaho’s

sport-fishing activities. For modification

2, IDFG is authorized an incidental take

of unmarked residual, ESA-listed, Snake

River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus

nerka) associated with a kokanee fishery

in Redfish Lake from May 25 to August

7, 1996. The purpose of the fishery is to

reduce the kokanee population in

Redfish Lake since kokanee are a direct

competitor with captive-brood sockeye

salmon for habitat and food. IDFG have

amended the Conservation Plan for

permit 844 by outlining a monitoring

strategy of the potential take of ESAlisted species resulting from the Redfish

Lake kokanee fishery. The amended

Conservation Plan includes the scheme

that anglers will be directed to avoid

harvesting fish marked with external

hatchery indications. Modification 2 is

valid in 1996 only. Permit 844 expires

on April 30, 1998.

Issuance of the permit modifications,

as required by the ESA, was based on

a finding that such actions: (1) Were

requested in good faith, (2) will not

operate to the disadvantage of the ESAlisted species that are the subject of the

permits, and (3) are consistent with the

purposes and policies set forth in

section 2 of the ESA and the NMFS

regulations governing ESA-listed

species permits.

Dated: May 28, 1996.

Margaret Lorenz,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–13844 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits

for Certain Cotton, Wool and ManMade Fiber Textile Products Produced

or Manufactured in Guatemala

May 30, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 3, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Aldrich, 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.

The current 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 60 FR 62398, 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.

Donald R. Foote,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

May 30, 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 Guatemala and exported

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 1996 and extending through

December 31, 1996.

Effective on June 3, 1996, you are directed

to increase the limits for the following

categories, as provided for by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

342/642 .................... 448,910 dozen.

347/348 .................... 1,543,623 dozen.

351/651 .................... 271,942 dozen.

443 ........................... 76,810 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 of the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Donald R. Foote,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96–13976 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Thailand

May 30, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs reducing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 3, 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