Announcement of Availability of Public Comments for Viewing and Extension of Hours of Hearing and the Deadline for Submitting Testimony

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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Availability of Public Comments for Viewing and

Extension of Hours of Hearing and the Deadline for Submitting Testimony

March 2, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of public comments, extension of hours

of the public hearing and extension of the deadline for submitting

testimony for the public hearing on integration.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Carducci, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202)482-3588.

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).

The Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC),

approved by Congress as part of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act,

provides for the integration of the textiles and clothing sectors into

the World Trade Organization.

On January 30, 1995, the Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements (CITA) published a Federal Register notice (60 FR

5625) announcing the proposed list of products for integration in the

second and third phases of the integration. CITA requested interested

parties to submit comments on the proposed list and announced a hearing

to address any significant issues related to the second and third

phases of the integration. Comments submitted in response to 60 FR 5625

will be available for public viewing as of the date of publication of

this notice. Parties wishing to view the comments should contact Julie

Carducci to make an appointment.

The deadline for submitting testimony to be presented at the public

hearing on integration on March 20, 1995, will be extended (from the

original deadline of on or before March 2) to March 15, 1995.

Therefore, all written testimony and other comments to be presented at

the hearing must be received in triplicate by the Chairman of CITA on

or before March 15, 1995. Submissions in triplicate should be addressed

to the Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements, room 3001, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

The length of the hearing on integration has been extended three

hours, and will now be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 20, 1995,

in the Main Commission Hearing Room at the International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC.

Rita D. Hayes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 95-5497 Filed 3-2-95; 10:54 am]

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