29538 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 113 / Tuesday, June 11, 1996 / Notices

Public Comment

Parties to the proceeding may request

disclosure of the calculation

methodology and interested parties may

request a hearing not later than 10 days

after the date of publication of this

notice. Interested parties may submit

written arguments in case briefs on

these preliminary results within 30 days

of the date of publication. Rebuttal

briefs, limited to arguments raised in

case briefs, may be submitted seven

days after the time limit for filing the

case brief. Parties who submit argument

in this proceeding are requested to

submit with the argument (1) a

statement of the issue and (2) a brief

summary of the argument. Any hearing,

if requested, will be held seven days

after the scheduled date for submission

of rebuttal briefs. Copies of case briefs

and rebuttal briefs must be served on

interested parties in accordance with 19

CFR 355.38.

Representatives of parties to the

proceeding may request disclosure of

proprietary information under

administrative protective order no later

than 10 days after the representative’s

client or employer becomes a party to

the proceeding, but in no event later

than the date the case briefs, under 19

CFR 355.38, are due. The Department

will publish the final results of this

administrative review including the

results of its analysis of issues raised in

any case or rebuttal brief or at a hearing.

This administrative review and notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)).

Dated: May 29, 1996.

Paul L. Joffe,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–14741 Filed 6–10–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 060496D]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as

follows: Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP)

July 8, 1996, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00

p.m.; Standing and Special Mackerel

Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC), July 9, 1996, from 10:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Mackerel AP and SSC

meeting will be held at the Ponchartrain

Hotel, 2031 St. Charles Avenue, New

Orleans, LA 70104; telephone: 800–777–

6193.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 5401

West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331,

Tampa, FL 33609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Leard, Senior Fishery Biologist;

telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Mackerel AP during its meeting on July

8, 1996 and the SSC during its meeting

on July 9, 1996 will review the

following mackerel assessment

information and develop their

recommendations to the Council: A

stock assessment for the fishery

prepared by NMFS; a report of the

Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel

which will recommend the range of

allowable biological catch of Gulf group

king mackerel for the 1996–97 season;

and a report of a scientific

socioeconomic panel which examines

social and economic impacts of various

levels of total allowable catch (TAC) for

the 1996–97 season.

The Council will consider these

recommendations when it sets TAC and

trip and bag limits for king and Spanish

mackerel for the 1996–97 mackerel

season at the Council meeting on July

17–18, 1996 in Tampa, FL.

The SSC consists of scientists, and the

Mackerel AP is made up of fishermen

and other users who advise the Council

on fishery issues.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Anne Alford at the

Council (see ADDRESSES) by July 1, 1996.

Dated: June 5, 1996.

Richard H. Schaefer,

Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and

Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 96–14732 Filed 6–10–96; 8:45 am]

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[I.D. 060496C]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Mackerel Socioeconomic Panel (SEP)

will convene a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held

beginning at 11:00 a.m. on July 1, 1996

and will conclude at 5:00 p.m. on July

2, 1996.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn, 7700

Courtney Campbell Causeway, Tampa

FL; 813–281–8900.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 5401

West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331,

Tampa, FL 33609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist;

telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the meeting will be to review

available social and economic data on

the Gulf of Mexico king mackerel

fishery and to determine the social and

economic implications of the levels of

acceptable biological catch

recommended by the Council’s

Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel. The

SEP may recommend to the Council a

total allowable catch level for the 1996–

97 fishing year.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by June 24, 1996.

Dated: June 5, 1996.

Richard H. Schaefer,

Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and

Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 96–14733 Filed 6–10–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of an Import Limit for

Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced of

Manufactured in Malaysia

June 5, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs reducing a

limit.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 1996.
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1The limit has not been adjusted to account for

any imports exported after December 31, 1995.

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 this limit, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of of each Customs port or call

(202) 927–6712. 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 limit for Categories 340/

640 is being reduced for carryforward

used during the previous 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 62394, 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

June 5, 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 textiles and textile products

and silk blend and other vegetable fiber

apparel, produced or manufactured in

Malaysia and exported during the twelvemonth period which began on January 1,

1996 and extends through December 31,

1996.

Effective on June 6, 1996, you are directed

to reduce the limit for Categories 340/640 to

1,161,772 dozen 1, as provided for under the

terms of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

and the Uruguay Round Agreement on

Textiles and Clothing.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that this

action falls 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.96–14709 Filed 6–10–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Notice of Determination of Need

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

SUMMARY: The Director of Defense

Procurement has determined that a need

exists to facilitate the private financing

of defense contracts, particularly

contracts to be performed by small

businesses, by using provisions

precluding reductions or setoffs in

defense contracts containing the

Assignment of Claims clause when

claims have been assigned.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John Galbraith, (703) 697–6710.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

2451 of the Federal Acquisition

Streamlining Act of 1994 amended

Section 3737 of the Revised Statutes (41

U.S.C. 15) to authorize use of ‘‘nosetoff’’ provisions in contracts

authorizing contractor assignments of

claims, upon a determination of need.

The President delegated the authority to

make these determinations of need to

the Secretaries of Defense and Energy,

the Administrator of General Services,

and the heads of all other departments

and agencies, and authorized further

redelegation.

A provision in DoD contracts limiting

reduction or setoff as provided in

Section 3737 of the Revised Statutes

facilitates the use of private financing of

DoD contracts, and therefore facilitates

the participation of businesses,

especially small businesses, in the

procurements of DoD thereby increasing

competition in these procurements, to

the benefit of DoD.

Pursuant to the Presidential

delegation dated October 3, 1995, the

Secretary of Defense delegation dated

February 5, 1996, and the Under

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and

Technology delegation dated February

23, 1996, the Director of Defense

Procurement on May 10, 1996, made the

following determination and ordered its

publication in the Federal Register in

accordance with the authorizing statute:

Determination of Need Under Section

3737 of the Revised Statutes

Pursuant to section 2451 of the

Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of

1994, Public law 103–355 (41 U.S.C.

15), and in accordance with the

authority delegated to me by the Under

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and

Technology on February 23, 1996, I

determine that a need exists to facilitate

the private financing of defense

contracts, particularly contracts to be

performed by small businesses.

Consequently, any contract of the

Department of Defense, except any such

contract under which full payment has

been made, may provide or be amended

without consideration to provide that

payments under such contract shall not

be subject to reduction or setoff.

Michele P. Peterson,

Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council.

[FR Doc. 96–14713 Filed 6–10–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

International Energy Agency meetings

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Meetings.

SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board

to the International Energy Agency will

meet June 17–18, 1996, in Paris, France,

to permit attendance by representatives

of U.S. company members of the IAB at

a meeting of the IEA’s Standing Group

on Emergency Questions on June 17 and

on June 18 at a joint meeting of the

IEA’s Governing Board and the SEQ.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Samuel M. Bradley, Acting Assistant

General Counsel for International and

Legal Policy, Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585, 202–586–6738.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i)

of the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i)), the

following meeting notices are provided:

I. A meeting of the Industry Advisory

Board (IAB) to the International Energy

Agency (IEA) will be held on June 17,

1996, at the Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD)

offices at 2, rue Andre-Pascal, Paris,

France, beginning at 2:30 p.m. The

purpose of this meeting is to permit

attendance by representatives of U.S.

company members of the IAB at a

meeting of the IEA’s Standing Group on

Emergency Questions (SEQ) which is

scheduled to be held at the OECD on the

same date, including a preparatory