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values should be listed for pending

support.

(8.) List of suggested reviewers: The

cover letter may include a list of

individuals qualified and suggested to

review the proposal. It also may include

a list of individuals that applicants

would prefer to not review the proposal.

Such lists may be considered at the

discretion of the Program Officer.

(c) Other requirements:

(1.) Applicants may obtain a standard

NOAA application kit from the Program

Office.

Primary applicant Certification—All

primary applicants must submit a

completed Form CD–511. ‘‘Certification

Regarding Debarment, Suspension and

Other Responsibility Matters; Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements and

Lobbying’’. Applicants are also hereby

notified of the following:

1. Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension—Prospective participants

(as defined at 15 CFR Part 26, section

105) are subject to 15 CFR Part 26,

‘‘Nonprocurement Debarment and

Suspension,’’ and the related section of

the certification form prescribed above

applies;

2. Drug Free Workplace—Grantees (as

defined at 15 CFR part 26, section 605)

are subject to 15 CFR Part 26, Subpart

F, ‘‘Governmentwide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)’’ and the

related section of the certification form

prescribed above applies;

3. Anti-Lobbying—Persons (as defined

at 15 CFR Part 28, section 105) are

subject to the lobbying provisions of 31

U.S.C. 1352, ‘‘Limitation on use of

appropriated funds to influence certain

Federal contracting and financial

transactions,’’ and the lobbying section

of the certification form prescribed

above applies to applications/bids for

grants, cooperative agreements, and

contracts for more than $100,000, and

loans and loan guarantees for more than

$150,000, or the single family maximum

mortgage limit for affected programs,

whichever is greater; and

4. Anti-Lobbying Disclosures—Any

applicant that has paid or will pay for

lobbying using any funds must submit

an SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities,’’ as required under 15 CFR

part 28, appendix B.

Lower Tier Certifications—Recipients

must require applicants/bidders for

subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, or

lower tier covered transactions at any

tier under the award to submit, if

applicable, a completed Form CD–512,

‘‘Certifications Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered

Transactions and Lobbying’’ and

disclosure form SF–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure of

Lobbying Activities.’’ Form CD–512 is

intended for the use of recipients and

should not be transmitted to DOC. SF–

LLL submitted by any tier recipient or

subrecipient should be submitted to

DOC in accordance with the

instructions contained in the award

document.

(2.) Recipients and subrecipients are

subject to all applicable Federal laws

and Federal and Department of

Commerce policies, regulations, and

procedures applicable to Federal

financial assistance awards.

(3.) Preaward Activities—If applicants

incur any costs prior to an award being

made, they do so solely at their own risk

of not being reimbursed by the

Government. Notwithstanding any

verbal assurance that may have been

received, there is no obligation to the

applicant on the part of Department of

Commerce to cover preaward costs.

(4.) This program is subject to the

requirements of OMB Circular No. A–

110, ‘‘Uniform Administrative

Requirements for Grants and Other

Agreements with Institutions of Higher

Education, Hospitals, and Other NonProfit Organizations,’’ and 15 CFR Part

24, ‘‘Uniform Administrative

Requirements for Grants and

Cooperative Agreements to State and

Local Governments,’’ as applicable.

Applications under this program are not

subject to Executive Order 12372,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs.’’

(5.) All non-profit and for-profit

applicants are subject to a name check

review process. Name checks are

intended to reveal if any key individuals

associated with the applicant have been

convicted of, or are presently facing

criminal charges such as fraud, theft,

perjury, or other matters which

significantly reflect on the applicant’s

management, honesty, or financial

integrity.

(6.) A false statement on an

application is grounds for denial or

termination of funds and grounds for

possible punishment by a fine or

imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C.

1001.

(7.) No award of Federal funds shall

be made to an applicant who has an

outstanding delinquent Federal debt

until either:

(i) The delinquent account is paid in

full,

(ii) A negotiated repayment schedule

is established and at least one payment

is received, or

(iii) Other arrangements satisfactory to

the Department of Commerce are made.

(8.) Buy American-Made Equipment

or Products—Applicants are encouraged

that any equipment or products

authorized to be purchased with

funding provided under this program

must be American-made to the

maximum extent feasible.

(9.) The total dollar amount of the

indirect costs proposed in an

application under this program must not

exceed the indirect cost rate negotiated

and approved by a cognizant Federal

agency prior to the proposed effective

date of the award or 100 percent of the

total proposed direct cost dollar amount

in the application, whichever is less.

(d) If an application is selected for

funding, the Department of Commerce

has no obligation to provide any

additional future funding in connection

with the award. Renewal of an award to

increase funding or extend the period of

performance is at the total discretion of

the Department of Commerce.

(e) In accordance with Federal

statutes and regulations, no person on

grounds of race, color, age, sex, national

origin or disability shall be excluded

from participation in, denied benefits of,

or be subjected to discrimination under

any program or activity receiving

financial assistance from the NOAA

Climate and Global Change Program.

The NOAA Climate and Global Change

Program does not have direct TDD

(Telephonic Device for the Deaf)

capabilities, but can be reached through

the State of Maryland supplied TDD

contact number, 800–735–2258,

between the hours of 8:00 a.m.–4:30

p.m.

Classification: This notice has been

determined to be not significant for

purposes of Executive Order 12866. The

standard forms have been approved by

the Office of Management and Budget

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction

Act under OMB approval number 0348–

0043, 0348–0044, and 0348–0046.

Dated: June 2, 1996.

J. Michael Hall,

Director, Office of Global Programs, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Extension of Staged Entry Period for

Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber,

Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products and Silk

Apparel Products Produced or

Manufactured in the People’s Republic

of China

June 12, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs amending

earlier directives with respect to textile

products from China.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Aldrich, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212.

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).

At the request of the Office of the U.S.

Trade Representative, a notice

published in the Federal Register on

May 17, 1996 (61 FR 24919) amended

previous directives which established

limits for certain textile products,

produced or manufactured in China and

exported during 1996. (Also see 61 FR

25000, published on May 17, 1996.)

The Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative has decided to extend

the staged entry period of certain goods

produced or manufactured in China and

exported from China for an additional

30-day period beginning on June 14,

1996.

This action is being taken to facilitate

implementation of a further request to

CITA from the Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative in accordance with

section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as

amended.

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).

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

June 12, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directives

issued to you on November 30, 1995 and

December 13, 1995, by the Chairman,

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements (CITA). Those directives concern

imports of certain silk apparel and certain

cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and

other vegetable fiber textile products,

produced or manufactured in the People’s

Republic of China and exported from China

during the twelve-month period beginning on

January 1, 1996 and extending through

December 31, 1996.

The above directives are hereby amended

to the extent necessary to facilitate

implementation of the directive of the Office

of the U.S. Trade Representative to the

Commissioner of Customs regarding textile

products from China dated June 12, 1996,

issued pursuant to section 301 of the Trade

Act of 1974, as amended. For your

information, entry of the following categories

of textile products, produced or

manufactured in the People’s Republic of

China, is hereby limited, over the 30-day

period (commencing with exports from China

on or after June 14, 1996) to the following

amounts:

Category Amount to be entered

Sublevels in Group I

218 ........................... 1,631,752 square meters.

317/326 .................... 2,961,510 square meters.

338/339 .................... 355,559 dozen.

341 ........................... 97,889 dozen.

347/348 .................... 360,698 dozen.

352 ........................... 270,175 dozen.

359–V1 .................... 122,273 kilograms.

360 ........................... 1,076,438 numbers.

361 ........................... 601,945 numbers.

447 ........................... 11,595 dozen.

448 ........................... 3,259 dozen.

638/639 .................... 354,776 dozen.

641 ........................... 194,097 dozen.

642 ........................... 45,002 dozen.

647 ........................... 226,428 dozen.

648 ........................... 161,781 dozen.

649 ........................... 131,463 dozen.

650 ........................... 16,367 dozen.

652 ........................... 376,963 dozen.

659–S2 .................... 87,044 kilograms.

840 ........................... 69,473 dozen.

842 ........................... 38,367 dozen.

847 ........................... 183,392 dozen.

Category Amount to be entered

Silk Apparel Group

733, 734, 735, 736,

738, 739, 740,

741, 742, 743,

744, 745, 746,

747, 748, 750,

751, 752, 758 and

759, as a group.

51,915,694 square

meters equivalent.

Specific Limit within

Group

740 (Men’s and boys’

shirts, not knit).

495,543 dozen.

741 (Women’s and

girls’ shirts/

blouses, not knit).

1,236,580 dozen.

1 Category 359–V: only HTS numbers

6103.19.2030, 6103.19.9030, 6104.12.0040,

6104.19.8040, 6110.20.1022, 6110.20.1024,

6110.20.2030, 6110.20.2035, 6110.90.9044,

6110.90.9046, 6201.92.2010, 6202.92.2020,

6203.19.1030, 6203.19.9030, 6204.12.0040,

6204.19.8040, 6211.32.0070 and

6211.42.0070. 2 Category 659–S: only HTS numbers

6112.31.0010, 6112.31.0020, 6112.41.0010,

6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030, 6112.41.0040,

6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020, 6211.12.1010

and 6211.12.1020.

Goods exported in excess of the amounts

allowed during the previous 30-day staged

entry period, beginning on May 15, 1996 and

extending through June 13, 1996 (see letter

dated May 15, 1996) may be entered during

the June 14, 1996 through July 13, 1996

period.

Textile products in the above group and

categories will be sublimits to the calendar

year limits for the same group and categories

established in the directives dated November

30, 1995 and December 13, 1995.

Categories 740 and 741 will be subject to

specific limits for the June 14, 1996 through

July 13, 1996 period,and subject to the Silk

Group limit for the same period. The June 14,

1996 through July 13, 1996 period for the

Silk Group, however, shall be a sublevel of

the Silk Group for the 1996 calendar year.

Charges for the 1996 calendar year limits for

Categories 740 and 741 will be provided by

CITA for goods exported during the June 14,

1996 through July 13, 1996 period.

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.

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