Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 19, 2017 / Notices 43747 

Emergency Medical Transfer, 2 hours 

each; Application for IFQ/CDQ Hired 

Master Permit, Application for 

Registered Buyer permit, QS/IFQ 

Designated Beneficiary Form, and 

Application for replacement of 

certificates, permits, or licenses, 30 

minutes each; Registered Buyer landing 

report, and Transshipment 

Authorization, 12 minutes each; Prior 

Notice of Landing (PNOL), and IFQ 

Departure Report, 15 minutes each; IFQ 

Administrative Waiver, and Dockside 

Sales Receipt, 6 minutes each. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,930 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $5,127 in recordkeeping/ 

reporting costs. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: September 14, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Limitations of Duty- and Quota-Free 

Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled 

in Beneficiary Sub-Saharan African 

Countries From Regional and ThirdCountry Fabric 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Publishing the new 12-month 

cap on duty- and quota-free benefits. 

DATES: Applicable October 1, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria D’Andrea-Yothers, International 

Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482–1550. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Title I, Section 112(b)(3) of 

the Trade and Development Act of 2000 

(TDA 2000), Public Law (Pub. L.) 106– 

200, as amended by Division B, Title 

XXI, section 3108 of the Trade Act of 

2002, Pub. L. 107–210; Section 7(b)(2) of 

the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004, 

Pub. L. 108–274; Division D, Title VI, 

section 6002 of the Tax Relief and 

Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA 2006), 

Pub. L. 109–432, and section 1 of The 

African Growth and Opportunity 

Amendments (Pub. L. 112–163), August 

10, 2012; Presidential Proclamation 

7350 of October 2, 2000 (65 FR 59321); 

Presidential Proclamation 7626 of 

November 13, 2002 (67 FR 69459); and 

Title I, Section 103(b)(2) and (3) of the 

Trade Preferences Extension Act of 

2015, Pub. L. 114–27, June 29, 2015. 

Title I of TDA 2000 provides for dutyand quota-free treatment for certain 

textile and apparel articles imported 

from designated beneficiary subSaharan African countries. 

Section 112(b)(3) of TDA 2000 

provides duty- and quota-free treatment 

for apparel articles wholly assembled in 

one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan 

African countries from fabric wholly 

formed in one or more beneficiary subSaharan African countries from yarn 

originating in the United States or one 

or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries. 

This preferential treatment is also 

available for apparel articles assembled 

in one or more lesser-developed 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries, regardless of the country of 

origin of the fabric used to make such 

articles, subject to quantitative 

limitation. Public Law 114–27 extended 

this special rule for lesser-developed 

countries through September 30, 2025. 

The AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 

provides that the quantitative limitation 

for the twelve-month period beginning 

October 1, 2017 will be an amount not 

to exceed 7 percent of the aggregate 

square meter equivalents of all apparel 

articles imported into the United States 

in the preceding 12-month period for 

which data are available. See Section 

112(b)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of TDA 2000, as 

amended by Section 7(b)(2)(B) of the 

AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004. Of this 

overall amount, apparel imported under 

the special rule for lesser-developed 

countries is limited to an amount not to 

exceed 3.5 percent of all apparel articles 

imported into the United States in the 

preceding 12-month period. See Section 

112(b)(3)(B)(ii)(II) of TDA 2000, as 

amended by Section 6002(a)(3) of 

TRHCA 2006. The Annex to Presidential 

Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000 

directed CITA to publish the aggregate 

quantity of imports allowed during each 

12-month period in the Federal 

Register. 

For the one-year period, beginning on 

October 1, 2017, and extending through 

September 30, 2018, the aggregate 

quantity of imports eligible for 

preferential treatment under these 

provisions is 2,022,822,376 square 

meters equivalent. Of this amount, 

1,011,411,188 square meters equivalent 

is available to apparel articles imported 

under the special rule for lesserdeveloped countries. Apparel articles 

entered in excess of these quantities will 

be subject to otherwise applicable 

tariffs. 

These quantities are calculated using 

the aggregate square meter equivalents 

of all apparel articles imported into the 

United States, derived from the set of 

Harmonized System lines listed in the 

Annex to the World Trade Organization 

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 

(ATC), and the conversion factors for 

units of measure into square meter 

equivalents used by the United States in 

implementing the ATC. 

Terry Labat, 

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

COUNCIL OF THE INSPECTORS 

GENERAL ON INTEGRITY AND 

EFFICIENCY 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board Membership 

AGENCY: Council of the Inspectors 

General on Integrity and Efficiency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

names and titles of the current 

membership of the Council of the 

Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency (CIGIE) Performance Review 

Board as of October 1, 2017. 

DATES: Applicable: October 1, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Individual Offices of Inspectors General 

at the telephone numbers listed below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

amended, created the Offices of 

Inspectors General as independent and 


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