December 2, 1999 (Volume 64)

Federal Register December 2, 1999

View all documents issued on December 2, 1999. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

103 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 2, 1999

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This final rule will revise CCC's regulations setting forth its policies with regard to the debarment and suspension of individuals or firms from participation in Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (...
Rule Dec 02, 1999
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the regulations governing permissive inspection of tobacco to provide for special tests and services requested by the industry. This regulatory change is based on a recommendation by the Burley Tob...
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Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board (CSSPAB) will meet Tuesday, December 7, 1999, and Wednesday, December 8, 1999, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. an...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
On August 24, 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the U.S. Court of International Trade's decisions sustaining the Department of Commerce's final determination in the countervailing duty investigation of certain steel pro...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is amending the rules of practice regarding fees for black and white patent and trademark copies by clarifying the meaning of the term ``regular service.'' For black and white patent copies, the term ``regular se...
Rule Dec 02, 1999
NMFS re-proposes to designate critical habitat for Johnson's seagrass (Halophila johnsonii) pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Johnson's seagrass is found on the east coast of Florida from Sebastian Inlet to central Biscayne B...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 1999
NMFS issues a proposed rule to amend portions of the regulations implementing the equipment and operational requirements for catch weight measurement, observer sampling stations, and observer transmission of data. After the first season of requiring...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 1999
NMFS proposes to amend the existing reporting requirements for dealers and vessels issued a Federal permit to operate in the summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, Atlantic sea scallop, Northeast (NE) multispecies, monkfish, Atlantic mackerel, squid...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 1999
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a public meeting of the Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP).
Notice Dec 02, 1999
NMFS revises the list of authorized fisheries and fishing gear used in those fisheries (LOF) contained in 50 CFR 600.725(v). Effective December 1, 1999, no person or vessel may employ fishing gear or participate in a fishery in the exclusive economic...
Rule Dec 02, 1999
Notice is hereby given that Permit No. 987 issued to Dr. Jim Darling, Box 384, Tofino, B.C., Canada VO4 2Z0, was amended to extend the expiration date to September 30, 2000.
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Notice is hereby given that Dr. Robin Baird, Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J1 Canada, has been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 731- 1509-00.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Spill Pr...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
EPA is proposing to approve several State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Rhode Island. These revisions establish requirements for certain facilities which emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In the Final Rules secti...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 1999
EPA is approving several State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Rhode Island. These revisions establish requirements for certain facilities which emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The intended effect of this action...
Rule Dec 02, 1999
The EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Georgia on July 10, 1998. These revisions adopt two new rules for reducing nitrogen oxides emissions in the Atlanta ozone nonattainment area: a rule r...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 1999
The EPA is approving the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Georgia on July 10, 1998. These revisions adopt two new rules for reducing nitrogen oxides emissions in the Atlanta ozone nonattainment area: a rule requirin...
Rule Dec 02, 1999
Pursuant to 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') proposes to settle its claim for past response costs incurred at the Carolina Creosotin...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
Notice; solicitation of nominees for membership and notice of open meeting.
Notice Dec 02, 1999
In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9600 et seq., notice is hereby given that a proposed p...
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Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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Presidential Document Dec 02, 1999

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by WRUS, Inc., proposing the substitution of Channel 244C3 for Channel 244A at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and the modification of Station WBVR-FM's license accordingly. To accommodate the upgrade, pe...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 1999
This Public Notice announces the auction of certain AM, FM, LPTV and TV broadcast construction permits to commence March 21, 2000. All spectrum to be auctioned is the subject of pending, mutually exclusive applications for referenced broadcast servic...
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Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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An analysis of lodging and meal cost survey data reveals that the listing of maximum per diem rates for locations within the continental United States (CONUS) should be updated to provide for the reimbursement of Federal employees' expenses covered b...
Rule Dec 02, 1999

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``Survey of Food Manufacturing Facilities for Year 2000 Compliance'' has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Red...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The Department of Health and Human Services notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet standards of Subpart C of Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (59 FR 29916, 29925). A similar notice li...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is requesting public comment on a document entitled ``Draft National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Research Involving Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (December 1999).'' The purpose of these draft guidelines...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of acid- catalyzed condensation reaction products of branche...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 7-oxa-3,20- diazadispiro-[5.1.11.2]-heneicosan-21-one,2,2,4,4-tetramethyl- ,hydrochloride, reaction products with epichlorohydrin, hydroly...
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Notice Dec 02, 1999
The purpose of this notice is to invite qualified people to serve as peer reviewers for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) standing committees to review competitive grant and cooperative agreement applications.
Notice Dec 02, 1999

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2, the Bureau of Indian Affairs announces a meeting of the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discuss the impact of Public Law 105-17, the Indiv...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
This notice announces the extension of the public comment period of the draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/EIR) for the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration. The public comment period will be extended from De...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will submit the collection of information listed below to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. A copy of the information collection requirement is included in this notice. If you wis...
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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is contemplating entering into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Swiss Reinsurance Company (``SwissRe'') to conduct a probabilistic study of earthquake hazards in the greater Ista...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is contemplating entering into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with 3DI, LLC to develop a semi-autonomous classification algorithm that can accurately map land cover units using sate...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

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This rule implements a provision in the Legal Services Corporation's (``Corporation'' or ``LSC'') fiscal year 1996 and subsequent fiscal year appropriations acts which authorized the Office of Inspector General (``OIG'') to remove, suspend, or bar an...
Rule Dec 02, 1999

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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NARA is issuing revised regulations updating the standards that records center storage facilities must meet to store Federal records. Since the regulations were last updated in 1982, there have been a number of advances in sprinkler systems and other...
Rule Dec 02, 1999
NARA is amending its records management regulations governing records creation, maintenance, and disposition to update provisions relating to the storage of Federal records. Current regulations focus on the use of NARA records centers for off-site st...
Rule Dec 02, 1999

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Postal Regulatory Commission

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This document adopts final changes to rules on the use of library references. The changes clarify and improve administrative aspects of this practice.
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Science and Technology Policy Office

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This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a meeting of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Adviso...
Notice Dec 02, 1999

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) 99-22-01, which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH (ECD) Model EC135 P1 and T1 helicopters by in...
Rule Dec 02, 1999
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that a 1996 Ford Escort manufactured for sale in Nicaragua that was not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable F...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 1998-2000 Volvo S70 passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehic...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
As part of its Congressional mandate to conduct a Risk Management Demonstration Program, the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) has been authorized to conduct demonstration projects with pipeline operators to determine how risk management might be used...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
This action proposes to revoke the Sacramento McClellan AFB, CA, Class C airspace area, establish a Class E surface area at Sacramento McClellan AFB, and modify the Sacramento International Airport, CA, Class C airspace area. Specifically, the FAA is...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 1999
Notice Dec 02, 1999
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
Rule Dec 02, 1999
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Dec 02, 1999

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (``FinCEN'') invites the general public and other governmental agencies to comment on its proposal to revise the collection of inform...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
Authorized IRS e-file Providers, Form 1040 On-Line Transmitters and financial institutions may apply to obtain a Debt Indicator for their customer/client taxpayers in exchange for actively screening individual income tax returns and return informatio...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
This document amends the Customs Regulations on an interim basis to set forth the form and manner by which an importer establishes that a valid export certificate is in effect for certain fresh, chilled or frozen lamb meat that is the subject of a ta...
Rule Dec 02, 1999
This document amends the Customs Regulations by imposing emergency import restrictions on certain Khmer stone archaeological material of the Kingdom of Cambodia of the 6th century through the 16th century A.D. These restrictions are being imposed pur...
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Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal a...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The Office of General Counsel (OGC), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agenci...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Dec 02, 1999
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to amend its adjudication regulations concerning a claimant's statutory responsibility to support his or her claim with adequate evidence to make the claim ``well grounded.'' The proposed rule also...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 1999

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