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(5) Losing loan ceiling reservations.

NMFS intends to ensure that it obligates

this entire fiscal year 2001 loan ceiling

before October 1, 2001. If an applicant

with a loan ceiling reservation does not

comply with NMFS’ loan processing

requirements promptly enough for

NMFS to prospectively achieve this

intention, NMFS may transfer the loan

ceiling reservation to another applicant

who can and will comply.

(6) Applications and waiting list. All

potential applicants must first discuss

their loan projects with the appropriate

NMFS Regional Financial Services

Branch (see ADDRESSES).

If a potential applicant appears to be

ineligible for an FFP loan or unable to

meet the FFP’s loan risk criteria, NMFS

will take no further action.

If, however, a potential applicant

prospectively appears to be both eligible

and able to meet the loan risk criteria,

NMFS will then either advise the

applicant that it may submit an

application and application fee or add

the applicant to the FFP waiting list for

submitting future applications when

lending priorities and/or unreserved

loan ceilings permit.

NMFS will reserve sufficient loan

ceiling for every applicant that submits

an application and application fee after

NMFS advises the applicant that it may

do so.

Although NMFS advises a potential

applicant that it may submit a loan

application and application fee, only

subsequent loan investigation and

analysis will determine whether, and

under what conditions, NMFS will

approve a loan.

Subject to fiscal year 2002 loan

priorities and loan ceilings, NMFS will

consider as FY 2002 application

candidates all parties on the FY 2001

waiting list for whom NMFS did not

reserve FY 2001 loan ceiling. NMFS will

do so in the chronological order in

which parties were added to the waiting

list.

All FFP loans are subject to the FFP

operating rules. Potential applicants

should see these rules (50 CFR part 253,

subpart B) for further eligibility and

qualification details.

IV. Administrative Requirements

The Debt Collection Improvement Act

of 1996 bars additional Federal loans

(other than disaster loans) to delinquent

Federal borrowers (excluding debt

under the Internal Revenue Code of

1986).

Loan applicants are subject to namecheck reviews intended to reveal

whether applicant principals have been

convicted of, or are facing, criminal

charges for fraud, theft, perjury, or other

matters affecting the applicant’s

honesty, integrity, or credit-worthiness.

False application statements can

result in loan denial, loan termination,

and possible punishment by fines or

imprisonment as provided in 18 U.S.C.

1001.

Applicants must complete a Form CD511 because they are subject to 15 CFR

part 26 (Federal assistance debarment)

and the lobbying provisions of 31 U.S.C.

1352 (using appropriated funds to

influence Federal financial

transactions). NMFS will furnish this

form when it advises potential

applicants to submit their applications.

V. Classification

Neither the Administrative Procedure

Act nor any other law requires prior

notice and opportunity for public

comment about this loan notice.

Consequently, the Regulatory Flexibility

Act does not require a regulatory

flexibility analysis.

This notice is not significant for

purposes of Executive Order 12866.

FFP applications are not subject to

Executive Order 12372,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs.’’

This notice refers to collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act. Applications

for FFP loans have been approved by

OMB under control number 0648-0012.

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 11.5 hours per application,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

Send comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden, to

Michael L. Grable (see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above).

Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, no person is required to respond

to, nor shall any person be subject to a

penalty for failure to comply with, a

collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that

collection displays a currently valid

OMB control number.

Dated: February 28, 2001.

William T. Hogarth,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 030101B]

Mid-Atlantic 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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

Information and Education Committee,

Large Pelagic Committee, Executive

Committee, and Law Enforcement

Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Tuesday, March 20, 2001, through

Thursday March 22, 2001. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Golden Inn, Oceanfront at 78th

Street, Avalon, NJ; telephone: 609–368–

5155.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302–674–2331, ext.

19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tuesday,

March 20, 2001, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.—

Information and Education Committee

program.

Wednesday, March 21, 2001, 8 a.m. to

9 a.m.—the Large Pelagics Committee

will meet

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.—Council will meet.

Thursday, March 22, 2001, 8 a.m. to

9 a.m.—the Executive Committee and

Law Enforcement Committee will meet.

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.—Council will meet.

Agenda items for this meeting are:

Review and discuss new bycatch

reduction technologies; review recent

NMFS actions and rules affecting Highly

Migratory Species (HMS); review,

discuss, and adopt Framework 2

management measures regarding

extension of Illex moratorium, Loligo

exemption in Illex fishery, real time

management of Loligo, rule roll-over for

mackerel; address preparation of an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),

or Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement (SEIS), to assess potential

affects on the human environment

owing to initiation of Amendment 13 to

the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery

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Management Plan (FMP), which deals

with new surfclam overfishing

definition, fishing gear impacts on

essential fish habitat (EFH), multi-year

quotas, reversal of the requirement of

regulatory action to suspend the

surfclam size limit, development of a

vessel monitoring system; address

preparation of an EIS, or SEIS, to assess

potential effects on the human

environment owing to initiation of

Amendment 13 to the Summer

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass

FMP, which deals with future

commercial fishery management

measures for black sea bass, and fishing

gear impacts on EFH; the Executive

Committee will review outcomes from

the February Coordinating Council

meeting, and review outcomes from

NMFS meeting on National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

requirements/responsibilities (potential

EFH and EIS impacts); the Law

Enforcement Committee will address

means to better integrate and

synchronize timing of law enforcement

comments regarding proposed

management actions and enforceability;

the Council will hear organizational and

committee reports including the New

England Council’s report where the

Council may address possible actions on

herring, groundfish, monkfish, red crab,

scallops, skates, and whiting. Council

may also address possible actions from

the South Atlantic Council meeting on

dolphin/wahoo; may discuss whiting

management and possible impacts on

the Mid-Atlantic Council fisheries; and

may address and recommend a position

regarding joint venture processing

allocation for mackerel.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before the Council for discussion, these

issues may not be the subject of formal

Council action during this meeting.

Council action will be restricted to those

issues specifically listed in this notice

and any issues arising after publication

of this notice that require emergency

action under section 305(c) of the

Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the

public has been notified of the Council’s

intent to take final actions to address

such emergencies.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: March 1, 2001.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 030101A]

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of committee meetings.

SUMMARY: Two committees of the North

Pacific Fishery Management Council

(Council) will meet in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

March 20-23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hilton Hotel, 500 W. Third Avenue,

Anchorage, AK.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Council Staff, North Pacific Fishery

Management Council; 907–271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Council’s Gulf of Alaska Rationalization

Committee will meet beginning at 8 a.m.

on Tuesday, March 20, and continue on

Wednesday, March 21, until their

agenda is completed. The Committee

will continue discussions on the aspects

of rationalizing the groundfish fisheries

in the Gulf of Alaska, focusing on the

following points:

1. Determine whether rationalization

in the Gulf of Alaska is needed;

2. If so, for what species and/or areas;

3. Determine the need for analyses of

the economic impacts of:

a. individual fishing quotas;

b. processor quotas;

c. cooperatives; and/or

d. community quotas.

The Council’s Bering Sea/Aleutian

Islands Crab Rationalization Committee

will also meet at the hotel, beginning at

10 a.m. on Thursday, March 22,

continuing through Friday, March 23.

The Committee will continue their task

of developing alternatives, elements,

and options for rationalization of the

Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands crab

fisheries. Committee recommendations

will be considered by the Council when

tasking staff with an analysis for future

crab management programs.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this group for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during this meeting. Action will

be restricted to those issues specifically

identified in this notice and any issues

arising after publication of this notice

that require emergency action under

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, provided the public has been

notified of the Council’s intent to take

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Helen Allen, 907-

271-2809, at least 5 working days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: March 1, 2001.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Procedures in Considering Requests

Under the Textile and Apparel ‘‘Short

Supply’’ Provisions of The African

Growth and Opportunity Act and The

United States-Caribbean Basin Trade

Partnership Act

March 2, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

ACTION: Notice of Procedures.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

procedures the Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(the Committee) will follow in

implementing certain provisions of the

Trade and Development Act of 2000 (the

Act). Title I of the Act (the African

Growth and Opportunity Act or the

AGOA) and Title II of the Act (the

United States-Caribbean Basin Trade

Partnership Act or the CBTPA) provide

for quota- and duty-free treatment for

qualifying textile and apparel products

from designated beneficiary countries.

Such treatment is generally limited to

products manufactured from yarns or

fabrics formed in the United States or a

beneficiary country. However, the

AGOA and the CBTPA authorize quotaand duty-free treatment for apparel