51400 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 213 / Monday, November 6, 2017 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF803 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings; Cancellation 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of public 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) has 

cancelled its 172nd meeting that was 

scheduled between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. 

(Hawaii Standard Time (HST)) and 

between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. (American 

Samoa Standard Time (ASST)) on 

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 and 

between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. (Marianas 

Standard Time (MST)) on Thursday, 

November 16, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 

telephone: (808) 522–8220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The initial 

notice for this public meeting published 

in the Federal Register on October 31, 

2017 (82 FR 50411). The purpose of the 

meeting was to consider amendments to 

the swordfish trip limit for the 

American Samoa longline fishery. This 

action will be rescheduled for a later 

regularly scheduled meeting and 

announced in the Federal Register. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: November 1, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24062 Filed 11–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Request for Public Comment on a 

Commercial Availability Request Under 

the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Request for public comments 

concerning a request for modification of 

the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement 

(USMFTA) rules of origin for certain 

knit apparel made from certain knit 

fabrics. 

SUMMARY: The Government of the 

United States received a request from 

the Government of Morocco on October 

10, 2017, on behalf of SALSABILE to 

initiate consultations under Article 4.3.3 

of the USMFTA. The Government of 

Morocco is requesting that the United 

States and Morocco (‘‘the Parties’’) 

consider revising the rules of origin for 

certain knit apparel to address 

availability of supply of certain knit 

fabrics in the territories of the Parties. 

The President of the United States may 

proclaim a modification to the USMFTA 

rules of origin for textile and apparel 

products after the United States reaches 

an agreement with the Government of 

Morocco on a modification under 

Article 4.3.6 of the USMFTA to address 

issues of availability of supply of fibers, 

yarns, or fabrics in the territories of the 

Parties. CITA hereby solicits public 

comments on this request, in particular 

with regard to whether certain knit 

fabrics can be supplied by the U.S. 

domestic industry in commercial 

quantities in a timely manner. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

January 5, 2018 to the Chairman, 

Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements, Room 30003, 

United States Department of Commerce, 

Washington, DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Martinich, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482–3588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Section 203 (j)(2)(B)(i) of 

the United States-Morocco Free Trade 

Agreement Implementation Act (19 

U.S.C. 3805 note) (USMFTA 

Implementation Act); Executive Order 

11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended. 

Background: Article 4.3.3 of the 

USMFTA provides that, on the request 

of either Party, the Parties shall consult 

to consider whether the rules of origin 

applicable to a particular textile or 

apparel good should be revised to 

address issues of availability of supply 

of fibers, yarns, or fabrics in the 

territories of the Parties. In the 

consultations, pursuant to Article 4.3.4 

of the USMFTA, each Party shall 

consider data presented by the other 

Party that demonstrate substantial 

production in its territory of a particular 

fiber, yarn, or fabric. The Parties shall 

consider that there is substantial 

production if a Party demonstrates that 

its domestic producers are capable of 

supplying commercial quantities of the 

fiber, yarn, or fabric in a timely manner. 

The USMFTA Implementation Act 

provides the President with the 

authority to proclaim as part of the 

HTSUS, modifications to the USMFTA 

rules of origin set out in Annex 4–A of 

the USMFTA as are necessary to 

implement an agreement with Morocco 

under Article 4.3.6 of the USMFTA, 

subject to the consultation and layover 

requirements of Section 104 of the 

USMFTA Implementation Act. See 

Section 203(j)(2)(B)(i) of the USMFTA 

Implementation Act. Executive Order 

11651 established CITA to supervise the 

implementation of textile trade 

agreements and authorizes the 

Chairman of CITA to take actions or 

recommend that appropriate officials or 

agencies of the United States take 

actions necessary to implement textile 

trade agreements. 37 FR 4699 (March 4, 

1972). 

The Government of the United States 

received a request from the Government 

of Morocco on October 10, 2017, on 

behalf of SALSABILE, requesting that 

the United States consider whether the 

USMFTA rule of origin for certain knit 

apparel should be modified to allow the 

use of certain knit fabrics that are not 

originating under the USMFTA. The 

fabrics subject to this request, according 

to the fabric number in the request and 

organized by specific apparel end-use, 

are: 

Knit apparel classified in chapter 61 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTSUS): 

Fabric 7: Dyed knit fabric of cotton 

(51–60%), rayon (30–40%), and nylon 

(4–10%), classified in subheading 

6006.22 of the HTSUS. 

Knit apparel and accessories 

classified in chapter 61 of the HTSUS, 

except babies’ socks and booties of 

heading 6111 and hosiery of heading 

6115: 

Fabric 8: Knit fabric of rayon (50– 

84%), polyester (14–49%), and 

elastomeric (1–10%), classified in 

subheadings 6004.10, 6005.41, 6005.42, 

6005.43, 6005.44, 6006.41, 6006.42, 

6006.43, and 6006.44 of the HTSUS; 

Fabric 9: Knit fabric of polyester (50– 

65%), rayon (30–49%), and elastomeric 

(1–10%), classified in subheadings 

6004.10, 6005.36, 6005.37, 6005.38, 

6005.39, 6006.31, 6006.32, 6006.33, and 

6006.34 of the HTSUS; 

Fabric 10: Knit fabric of rayon (90– 

99%) and elastomeric (1–10%), 

classified in subheadings 6004.10, 

6005.41, 6005.42, 6005.43, 6005.44, 

6006.41, 6006.42, 6006.43, and 6006.44 

of the HTSUS; 

Fabric 11: Knit fabric of rayon (51– 

84%) and polyester (16–49%), classified 

in subheadings 6005.41, 6005.42, 

6005.43, 6005.44, 6006.41, 6006.42, 

6006.43, and 6006.44 of the HTSUS; 

Fabric 12: Knit fabric of polyester (51– 

65%) and rayon (35–49%), classified in 

subheadings 6005.36, 6005.37, 6005.38, 


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