Federal Register October 22, 1999 (Volume 64)

Agencies Publishing on October 22, 1999

Agriculture Department (5)
Commerce Department (8)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (3)
Defense Department (9)
Education Department (4)
Energy Department (17)
Environmental Protection Agency (6)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
Health and Human Services Department (6)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (8)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (11)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (3)
Securities and Exchange Commission (14)
Small Business Administration (1)
State Department (1)
Transportation Department (9)
Treasury Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Asian Longhorned Beetle; Addition to Quarantined Areas We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Asian longhorned beetle regulations by expanding the quarantined areas in the State of New York to include new areas in New York City and in Nassau and Suffolk Counties...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Interior Department > BLM, Agriculture Department > FS Notice of Availability of the Draft Off-Highway Vehicle Environmental Impact Statement and Plan Amendment The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service (FS) have prepared a Draft Off-Highway Vehicle Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Plan Amendment. The Draft EIS/Plan Amendment describes the analysis completed on the proposed management ch...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Agriculture Department Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Conduct an Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR Part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the Office of Outreach's intention to request appro...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Agriculture Department > FS Oregon Coast Provincial Advisory Committee Meeting The Oregon Coast Provincial Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet on November 4, 1999, at the Bureau of Land Management, 1717 Fabry Road (SE), Salem, Oregon. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and continue until 3:30 p.m. Agenda items to be covered inc...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Agriculture Department > AMS Refrigeration Requirements for Shell Eggs The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is revising its regulations governing the voluntary shell egg grading program by adding a definition of the term ``ambient temperature,'' by amending the refrigeration requirements, and by adding a labeling re...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NIST Announcement of a Meeting To Discuss an Opportunity To Join a Cooperative Research and Development Consortium on Characterization and Modeling of the Interface/Interphase of Polymeric Materials and Systems The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites interested parties to attend a meeting on November 30, 1999 and December 1, 1999 to discuss the possibility of setting up a cooperative research consortium on Characterization and Mode...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Carbon Steel Products From Sweden: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review On July 12, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain carbon steel products (``Certain Steel Products'') from S...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Japan: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Review, and Revocation in Part of Antidumping Duty Order On September 7, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation of a changed circumstances antidumping review and preliminary results of review with intent to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty order on certain c...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered Species; Permits Notice is hereby given of the following actions regarding permits for takes of endangered and threatened species for the purposes of scientific research and/or enhancement: NMFS has received a permit application from Dr. Peter Dutton, of NMFS-Southwe...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Final Negative Countervailing Duty Determination; Live Cattle From Canada	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Preliminary Results of Full Sunset Review: Tapered Roller Bearings From the People's Republic of China On April 1, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings (64 FR 15727) pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). On the...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction and Operation of Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms in the Beaufort Sea NMFS has received a revised application for a Letter of Authorization (LOA) from BP Exploration (Alaska), 900 East Benson Boulevard, Anchorage, AK 99519 (BPXA) to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to construction and operation of offsho...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Navy Operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Sonar NMFS has received a request for a Letter of Authorization (LOA) from the U.S. Navy for the take of small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to Navy operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active (L...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions and Deletion This action adds to the Procurement List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List a commodity previously furnished by such...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete commodities previously furnished by such agencies.	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Deletion and Suspension of Effective Date of Addition The Committee has received a proposal to delete a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities and to suspend the effective date of the addition of the service to the Procurement List...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Availability of U.S. Patents for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially-Exclusive Licensing In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability of the following U.S. patent for non-exclusive, partially exclusive or exclusive licensing. The listed patent has been assigned to the United States of America as represented b...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Defense Department > USA Availability of U.S. Patents for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially-Exclusive Licensing In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability of the following U.S. patent for non-exclusive, partially exclusive or exclusive licensing. The listed patent has been assigned to the United States of America as represented b...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Defense Department Defense Partnership Council Meeting The Department of Defense (DoD) announces a meeting of the Defense Partnership Council. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include a discussion of the Defen...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Defense Department Domestic Advisory Panel (DAP) on Early Intervention and Education for Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Children, and Children With Disabilities Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. II), notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Domestic Advisory Panel (DAP) on Early Intervention and Education for Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Children, and Children with Disabilities is...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Defense Department Intent To Prepare a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Proposed Hurricane and Wetland Protection in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, LA, a Component of the Morganza, LA, to the Gulf of Mexico Feasibility Study Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) will prepare a draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to analyze the direct, indirect, and cum...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Defense Department Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Report and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/SEIS) for Proposed Modifications to the Guadalupe River Project, Downtown San Jose, CA The multiple purpose Guadalupe River Project (Project) is under phased construction in downtown San Jose, California. The Project was authorized by Section 401(b) of WRDA 1986 and amended by the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for Fis...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Defense Department > USN Open Meeting of the Naval Research Advisory Committee The Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) Panel on Commercial Science and Technology will meet to review and assess European intermediate to long-term commercial Science and Technology investment strategy in areas related to Department of the Navy...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Defense Department > USN Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The U.S. Marine Corps proposes to amend five systems of records notices in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Defense Department > USA Revision of MTMC Freight Traffic Rules Publication No. 4A, Item 255 and MTMC Guaranteed Traffic Rules Publication No. 50, Item 715, both entitled ``Computation of Freight Charges'' The Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC), as the Department of Defense (DOD) Traffic Management for surface and surface intermodal traffic management services (DTR vol. 1, pg. 101-113), proposes modifying the text of the existing rule, entitled...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology The Secretary proposes regulations for the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology program, which provides grants to consortia that help future teachers become proficient in the use of modern learning technologies. This program provides suppo...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Education Department Rehabilitation Short-Term Training The Secretary proposes a funding priority under the Rehabilitation Short-Term Training program. The Secretary may use this priority for competitions in FY 2000 and in subsequent fiscal years. The Secretary takes this action to support special seminar...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Education Department Student Assistance General Provisions We amend the regulations governing student eligibility for the student financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (title IV, HEA programs). These programs include the Federal Pell Grant Pro...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Education Department Vocational Rehabilitation Service Projects for American Indians With Disabilities	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Boston Edison Company; Notice of Filing	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Chippewa-Flambeau Improvement Company; Notice of Availability of Discussion of Effects From Operation of Rest Lake and Turtle-Flambeau Reservoir on Downstream Hydroelectric Projects Report	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Connecticut Light and Power Co.; Notice of Extension of Time	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes to FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Intent To File an Application for a Subsequent License	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Southern Company Services, Inc., Notice of Extension of Time	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Southern Natural Gas Company, South Georgia Natural Gas Company, Sea Robin Pipeline Company and Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Petition for Waiver	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department Star Natural Gas Company; Orders Granting, Amending and Vacating Authorizations To Import and Export Natural Gas The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that it has issued Orders granting, amending and vacating natural gas import and export authorizations. These Orders are summarized in the attached appendix. These Orders may b...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Termination of Rulemaking Proceedings The Commission has determined that it will take no further action in Docket Nos. RM79-15-001, RM89-67-000, RM91-1-000 and RM91-13- 000, and therefore, the dockets may be closed.	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC United Power, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Order	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC UtiliCorp United Inc. and Allegheny Energy, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Western Systems Power Pool, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Assistance for Local Governments That Wish To Design and Implement Voluntary Environmental Management Systems (EMS) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces its intention to assist up to nine local government entities that wish to design and implement environmental management systems. Assistance, in the form of training and other technical assistance, w...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From 2004 and Later Model Year Highway Engines and Vehicles; Revision of Light-duty Truck Definition This document announces the time and place for a public hearing regarding EPA's proposed rule to implement new emission standards for highway vehicles and engines. The proposed rule was signed by the EPA Administrator on October 6, 1999, and will be...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorit...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites, Proposed Rule No. 30 The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorities among the known...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency State of Alabama; Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Revision; Approval of Alabama's Class II UIC Program Revision EPA announces a proposed rulemaking, public hearing and public comment period regarding approval of Alabama's Class II Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Revision to regulate as ``underground injection'' hydraulic fracturing associated with...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency TSCA Inventory Update Rule Amendments; Extension of Comment Period EPA is extending the comment period for the proposed rule to amend the TSCA Inventory Update Rule (IUR) published on August 26, 1999. In response to several requests, the comment period is being extended by 60 days until December 24, 1999. The commen...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission 1998 Biennial Regulatory ReviewStreamlining of Mass Media Applications, Rules, and Processes This document addresses thirty-eight petitions for reconsideration. The document grants in part several petitions, clarifies certain rules adopted in the Report and Order (hereafter the ``Streamlining Order'') in this proceeding, and denies other pet...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Federal Communications Commission Broadcast Services; Radio Stations, Television Stations This document solicits comment the establishment of a ``Class A'' Low Power Television (LPTV) service that would afford some measure of ``primary'' station status to qualifying stations that would provide them with a degree of protection against chan...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Rescission of Policy Statement Regarding Independent External Auditing Programs of State Nonmember Banks, and Adoption of the Interagency Policy Statement on External Auditing Programs of Banks and Savings Associations In an effort to provide consistent guidance for banks and savings associations regardless of their primary federal supervisor, the FDIC is rescinding its Statement of Policy Regarding Independent External Auditing Programs of State Nonmember Banks (C...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Franchise Rule The Federal Trade Commission (the ``Commission'' or ``FTC'') is commencing a rulemaking to amend its Trade Regulation Rule entitled ``Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising and Business Opportunity Ventures'' (the ``Franchise...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Correction NoticeSchedules of Per-Visit and Per-Beneficiary Limitations on Home Health Agency Costs for Cost Reporting Periods Beginning on or After October 1, 1999 and Portions of Cost Reporting Periods Beginning Before October 1, 2000 (Medical Program)ACTION In the August 5, 1999 issue of the Federal Register (64 FR 42766), we published a notice with comment period setting forth revised schedules of limitations on home health agency costs that may be paid under the Medicare program for cost reporting per...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts for 2000 This notice announces the inpatient hospital deductible and the hospital and extended care services coinsurance amounts for services furnished in calendar year 2000 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (Medicare Part A). The Medicare statute s...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; Monthly Actuarial Rates and Monthly Supplementary Medical Insurance Premium Rate Beginning January 1, 2000 In accordance with section 1839 of the Social Security Act, this notice announces the monthly actuarial rates for aged (age 65 or over) and disabled (under age 65) enrollees in the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) program for 2000. It a...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; Part A Premium for 2000 for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement This notice announces the hospital insurance premium for calendar year 2000 under Medicare's hospital insurance program (Part A) for the uninsured aged and for certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement. The monthly Medicare Pa...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Data Policy and Standards Staff, Announces the Following Meeting	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > ATSDR Research Agenda Subcommittee of the Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Meeting	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Collection of Information by Agency Under Review by Office of Management and Budget In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, the Coast Guard intends to request the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the renewal of two information Collection Requests (ICRs). These ICRs compri...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Vessel Identification System The Coast Guard removes its Guidelines for State Vessel Titling Systems. These guidelines, though in the Code of Federal Regulations since 1995, were never made effective. We now plan to issue a separate document proposing to substantially change the...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Alaska; Notice for Publication, F-14908-B, Alaska Native Claims Selection	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Interior Department Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management's Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council meeting will be held on November 17-18, 1999, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The purpose of this meeting is to provide the Council with an overview of the Resource Advisory Council in...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Listing Priority Guidance for Fiscal Year 2000 We (the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) announce final guidance for assigning relative priorities to listing actions conducted under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended (Act) during fiscal year (FY) 2000. We have returned to a...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Interior Department > OSM Kansas Regulatory Program OSM is announcing the withdrawal of an amendment to the Kansas regulatory program (Kansas program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Kansas proposed to condense and revise its previously approved revegetation succe...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent To Consider Amending the Bishop Resource Management Plan, Bishop Field Office, CA; Notice of R&PP Proposal: Bodie State Park, Mono County, CA The town of Bodie is arguably the largest and best preserved ghost town in the western US. In 1962, the California State Parks acquired 500 acres of the town to create the Bodie State Park. The historic Bodie Mining District (including the town and s...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Resource Development Group Uinta Basin Natural Gas Project, Uintah County, UT Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Vernal, Utah Field Office, will be writing an EIS on proposed natural gas development in 79,800 acres in the Atchees Wash oil and gas...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent: To Amend the Bishop Resource Management Plan, Bishop Field Office, CA The Marble Creek allotment lies on the alluvial fans on the west side and at the foot of the White Mountains, in the ``Tri-Valley'' area of Mono County, north of Bishop. It includes approximately 15,700 acres of public land. The current number of AUM...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Interior Department > OSM Oklahoma Regulatory Program The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of additional information and documentation to support provisions in a previously proposed amendment to the Oklahoma regulatory program (Oklahoma program) under the...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Sunshine Act, Meeting Notice	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Certification of the Attorney General; Tensas Parish, LA	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Justice Department > BOP Notice of Availability and Publication of the Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement (SFEIS) Notice of Availability of the Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement.	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA 108th Meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Job Training Partnership Act: Native American Employment and Training Council Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, and section 401(k)(1) of the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended [29 U.S.C. 1671(k)(1)], notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Native American...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Labor Department > OSHA Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting The Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH), established under Section 7 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to advise the Secretary of Labor on issues relating to occupational safety and health programs,...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Labor Department Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Labor Department > OSHA Permit-Required Confined Spaces for General Industry; Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection Requirements The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is announcing that OMB approved the collections of information found in the standard on Permit-Required Confined Spaces for General Industry (29 CFR 1910.146) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Labor Department > OSHA Personal Protective Equipment for General Industry, Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) Request OSHA solicits comments concerning the proposed extension of the information collection requirements contained in the standard on Personal Protective Equipment for General Industry (PPE), 29 CFR 1910.132 (d)(2) and (f)(4).	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Labor Department > PWBA Proposed Exemptions; Allfirst Bank, et al. This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Inte...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Labor Department > PWBA Working Group Exploring the Possibility of Using Surplus Pension Assets To Secure Retiree Health Benefits Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Labor Department > PWBA Working Group Studying Issues Surrounding the Trend in the Defined Benefit Plan Market With a Focus on Employer-Sponsored Hybrid Plans Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Labor Department > PWBA Working Group on the Benefit Implications Due to the Growth of a Contingent Workforce Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Organization and Operations of Federal Credit Unions; Statutory Lien Pursuant to its practice of periodically reviewing existing regulations and policy statements, NCUA proposed to update, clarify and convert to a regulation the provisions of an existing Interpretive Ruling and Policy Statement implementing the statut...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Applications for Licenses To Export Nuclear Material	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commonwealth Edison Company (Zion Nuclear Power Station Units 1 and 2); Exemption	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Consumers Energy Company, Palisades Plant; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Equity Managers Trust and Neuberger Berman Equity Trust; Notice of Application Notice of an application under section 17(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act.	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Federated Investors, Inc., et al.; Notice of Application Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from sections 18(f) and 21(b) of the Act, under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act for an exemption from section 12(d)(1) of the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(3) of the Act, and under section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act to permit certain joint arrangements.	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (``Act'')	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (Forest Laboratories, Inc., Common Stock, Par Value $.10 per Share, and Associated Rights To Purchase One One-Hundredth Share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, Par Value $1.00 per Share) File No. 1-5438	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application to Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (Gildan Activewear Inc./Les Vetements de Sports Gildan Inc., Class A Subordinate Voting Shares, Without Par Value) File No. 1-14830	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application to Withdraw from Listing and Registration; (Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share; Preferred Stock Purchase Rights; and Class B Shares of Beneficial Interest, Par Value $.01 Per Share) File No. 1-7959	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Requirements for a Class I, II, or III Director	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; MBS Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Market Margin Differential Deposits	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Liability With Respect to Affiliated Entities	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Permanent Approval of the X.Station Enhancement to the Electronic Order Book on the Options Floor	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC to Rescind Exchange Rule 106	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to NYSE Rule 431	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Liability With Respect to Affiliated Entities	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Fees and Charges	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Small Business Administration

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Small Business Size Regulations; Size Standards and the North American Industry Classification System The Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to amend its size regulations by establishing small business size standards for industries defined under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Small business size standards current...	Proposed Rule	Oct 22, 1999

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Advisory Panel to the United States Section of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission; Notice of a Closed Meeting	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A330 and A340 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A330 and A340 series airplanes, that requires a one-time inspection of the rail release pins and parachute pins of the escape slide/raft pack assembly for co...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model DHC-8-102, -103, -106, -201, -202, -301, -311, and -315 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Bombardier Model DHC-8-102, -103, -106, -201, - 202, -301, -311, and -315 series airplanes, that requires modification of the wiring of the emergency lighting system. Thi...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; British Aerospace BAe Model ATP Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain British Aerospace BAe Model ATP airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect chafing on the fuel manifold drain hose and the adjacent access panel; and corre...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A. (CASA), Model CN-235 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all CASA Model CN-235 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive eddy current inspections to detect fatigue cracks in the nose landing gear (NLG) turning tube...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Short Brothers Model SD3-60 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Short Brothers Model SD3-60 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections of the elevator trim control cables for signs of wear damage or broken wires; replacement o...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Transportation Department > RSPA Determining the Extent of Corrosion on Gas Pipelines This final rule requires that when gas pipeline operators find harmful external corrosion on buried metallic pipelines that have been exposed, they must investigate further to determine if additional harmful corrosion exists in the vicinity of the or...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Executive Committee of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Meeting The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Transportation Department > RSPA Notice of Extension of Existing Information Collection Comments As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) is publishing its intention to renew an existing information collection in support of the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) for Management Inf...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Transportation Department > RSPA Notice of New Information Collection Comments As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) is publishing its intention to create a new information collection in support of the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) Damage Prevention Grant...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

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Treasury Department > Customs Service Access to the Customs Electronic Bulletin Board This document announces that future access to the Customs Electronic Bulletin Board (CEBB) will be available only through the Internet. As of January 1, 2000, the CEBB will no longer be accessible through a separate, Customs-maintained, dial-up via a...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999
Treasury Department > OCC, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Extended Examination Cycle For U.S. Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (collectively, the Agencies) are adopting as a joint final rule their joint interi...	Rule	Oct 22, 1999
Treasury Department > Customs Service Quarterly IRS Interest Rates Used in Calculating Interest on Overdue Accounts and Refunds on Customs Duties This notice advises the public of the quarterly Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of Customs duties. For the quarter beginning October 1, 1999, the intere...	Notice	Oct 22, 1999

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