Federal Register December 13, 1999 (Volume 64)

Agencies Publishing on December 13, 1999

Agriculture Department (9)
Commerce Department (15)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (2)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (20)
Environmental Protection Agency (8)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (10)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (7)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (5)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (5)
National Archives and Records Administration (2)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (2)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (20)
Treasury Department (3)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Avocados Grown in South Florida; Relaxation of Container and Pack Requirements This rule changes the container and pack requirements currently prescribed under the Florida avocado marketing order. The marketing order regulates the handling of avocados grown in South Florida and is administered locally by the Avocado Administrat...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Agriculture Department > RUS Information Collection Activity; Comment Request In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information collection for which RUS intends to request approval from the Office of Management and B...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Agriculture Department > FS Loon Mountain Ski Resort Development and Expansion Project The USDA Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) rather than a Supplement to the Loon Mountain Ski Area South Mountain Expansion Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) to disclose the environmental effects of...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Agriculture Department > AMS Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Salable Quantities and Allotment Percentages for the 2000-2001 Marketing Year This rule would establish the quantity of spearmint oil produced in the Far West, by class, that handlers may purchase from, or handle for, producers during the 2000-2001 marketing year, which begins on June 1, 2000. This rule invites comments on the...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Agriculture Department > FS National Forest System Land and Resource Management Planning On October 5, 1999, the Forest Service published a proposed rule to guide land and resource management planning on national forests and grasslands. On October 19, 1999, the agency published a notice of 23 national town meetings to be held for purpose...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Agriculture Department > AMS Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Changes to Pack Requirements The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule which changed the pack requirements prescribed under the marketing order covering oranges and grapefruit grown in the Low...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Agriculture Department > AMS Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida; Modification of Procedures for Limiting the Volume of Small Red Seedless Grapefruit The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule modifying the procedures used in limiting the volume of small red seedless grapefruit prescribed under the marketing orde...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Agriculture Department > FS Starbucky Restoration Project; Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho County, Idaho The project area is located in the Buckhorn, Santiam, Rabbit, and Center Star watersheds, along with South Fork Clearwater River face drainages, T28N, R6E, Sections 1 and 12; T28N, R7E, Sections 3-10; T29N, R6E, Section 36; T29N, R7E, Sections 23 and...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Agriculture Department > AMS Vidalia Onions Grown in Georgia; Increased Assessment Rate This proposal would increase the assessment rate established for the Vidalia Onion Committee (Committee) for fiscal period 2000 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.07 to $0.10 per 50-pound bag of Vidalia onions handled. The Committee is responsible...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Thailand; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On August 6, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published preliminary results of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings (pipe fittings) from Thailand. This review covers T...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On June 7, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan (64 FR 30306). The review covers four manufactu...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Designated Critical Habitat: Re-Proposed Critical Habitat for Johnson's Seagrass In the proposed rule on designating critical habitat for Johnson's seagrass, published on December 2, 1999, the Figures beginning on page 67542 did not have complete latitude and longitude designations. This document corrects the proposed rule.	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > USBC Evaluation of the Census 2000 Telephone Questionnaire Assistance (TQA) Program The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Proposed 2000 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish NMFS proposes 2000 harvest specifications, prohibited species bycatch allowances, and associated management measures for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits a...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of Alaska; Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone; Gulf of Alaska; Proposed 2000 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish NMFS proposes 2000 harvest specifications, reserves, and apportionments for groundfish; Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) limits; and assumed mortality rates for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessar...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > EAB MK Technology Associates, Ltd., Respondent; Decision and Order	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Canned Pineapple Fruit From Thailand On June 8, 1999, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on canned pineapple fruit from Thailand. This review covers five producers/exporters of the subject merchandise....	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Pasta from Turkey On August 9, 1999, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Turkey. This review covers shipments to the United States by two respondents during the p...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors From Korea In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216, Micron Technology Inc. (``Micron''), a U.S. producer of dynamic random access memory semiconductors (``DRAMs'') and the petitioner in the less-than-fair- value (``LTFV'') investigation of DRAMs from Korea, requested...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determination: Certain Cold-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From Slovakia	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Persulfates from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On August 6, 1999, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of its first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on persulfates from the People's Republic of China. See Persulfates from the People's Republic of China:...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > PTO Practitioner Records Maintenance and Disclosure Before the Patent and Trademark Office The Department of Commerce (DOC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing and proposed information collection, as required by the P...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Sea Turtle Conservation; Shrimp Trawling Requirements NMFS is imposing, for a 30-day period, an additional restriction on shrimp trawlers required to have a turtle excluder device (TED) installed in each net that is rigged for fishing, operating in Atlantic offshore waters out to 10 nautical miles (nm)(...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Sebacic Acid From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On Friday, August 6, 1999, the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on sebacic acid from the People's Republic of China. See Sebacic Acid from the...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Taiwan Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Baby's Dream Furniture, Inc., Corporation, Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20. Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlem...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USAF Corrected Air Force A-76 Initiatives Cost Comparisons and Direct Conversions (As of 30 Sep 1999)	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Defense Department > COE St. Marys Falls Canal and Locks, Michigan; Use, Administration and Navigation The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is amending its regulations on procedures to navigate the St. Marys Falls Canal and Soo Locks at Sault St. Marie, Michigan to incorporate changes in navigation procedures published in Notice to Navigation Interests ov...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Intent to Compromise Claim Against the Puerto Rico Department of Education The United States Department of Education (Department) intends to compromise a claim against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of Education (Puerto Rico) now pending before the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ), Docket No. 97-170-R...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Amana Company, L.P.; Notice of Filing	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Chandeleur Pipe Line Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > DOE Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures and Efficiency Standards for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces; Efficiency Certification, Compliance, and Enforcement Requirements for Commercial Heating, Air Conditioning and Water Heating Equipment The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (EPCA), establishes energy efficiency standards and test procedures for certain commercial equipment, including commercial warm air furnaces. In today's rule the Department of Energy (DOE or the Depa...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Grand River Dam Authority; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc., Notice of Tariff Filing	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C.; Notice of Applications for Certificates	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff and Filing of Non-Conforming Service Agreements	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company; Notice of Tariff Filing	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Filing and Request for Waiver	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Transok, LLC; Notice of Petition for Rate Approval	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid; Re-establishment of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions This regulation re-establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) in or on wild rice at 0.1 parts per million. This tolerance expired on August 31, 1998. This action is in response to EPA's gr...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Health Effects of Particulate Matter and Co-Pollutant Exposures Near the El Paso/Juarez Border Crossings In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Health Effects o...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information Collection Activities Associated With EPA's SFINF6/INF Emissions Reduction Partnership for Electric Power Systems In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Information Coll...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District; Reopening of Comment Period EPA is reopening the comment period for a proposed rule published October 28, 1999 (64 FR 58008). On October 28, 1999, EPA proposed a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the California State Implementation Plan for the San Joaqui...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, Project XL Site-specific Rulemaking for Imation Corp. Camarillo Plant EPA is finalizing the approval of revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) proposed in the Federal Register on September 8, 1999. The revisions concern Rule 37 ``Project XL'' from the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisi...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Clomazone; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerances for residues of clomazone in or on rice (grain and straw). This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodent...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Summary of the U.S. EPA Workshop on the Relationship Between Exposure Duration and Toxicity The notice announces the availability of a final report, Summary of the U.S. EPA Workshop on the Relationship Between Exposure Duration and Toxicity (EPA/600/R-99/081, September 1999). This report was prepared by Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), f...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Sunshine Act Meeting The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry concerning the public interest obligations of television broadcast licensees. 2............................... Enforcement....... Title: Enforcement of Section 277 of the Act. Summary: The Commission w...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation The FTC amends its Privacy Act rules to include a new exempt system of records that will be used to compile and maintain identity theft complaint data. This system implements the requirements of the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 199...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Performance Review Board; Membership; Senior Executive Service Notice is hereby given of the names of the members of the Performance Review Board.	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Avecia Inc.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive petition (FAP 6B4516) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 2-methyl-4,5-tr...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Changes to a Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 Funding Opportunities Notice This notice is to inform the public that certain requirements/ statements in the SAMHSA/CSAT Program Announcement 99-050 entitled, Comprehensive Community Treatment Program for the Development of New and Useful Knowledge (Short Title: Community Treat...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Grants for Education Programs in Occupational Safety and Health To Prepare Health Services Researchers, Program Announcement 00012	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Hematology and Pathology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; Meeting of the Medical and Surgical Procedures Panel of the Medicare Coverage Advisory CommitteeJanuary 19 and 20, 2000 This notice announces a public meeting of the Medical and Surgical Procedures Panel of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC). The panel provides advice and recommendations to the agency about clinical coverage issues. The panel will hear an...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee: Meeting	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute: Opportunity for a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for the Further Development and Commercialization of Methods Designed To Screen and Use Modulators of Nitric Oxide Synthase 2 (NOS2) Activity for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer The National Cancer Institute (NCI) seeks a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) Collaborator to aid NCI in the identification and characterization of modulators of nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) activity and in the development, eva...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Health and Human Services Department Program Exclusions: November 1999 Notice of program exclusions.	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > ATSDR Solicitation of Interested Persons To Serve as Special Consultants to the Community/Tribal Subcommittee of the ATSDR Board of Scientific Counselors This notice announces ATSDR's intent to fill 3 special consultant vacancies on the Community/Tribal Subcommittee of ATSDR's Board of Scientific Counselors.	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Secretarial Authorization for Certain Members and Employees of the U.S. Coast Guard to Serve on the Board of Control, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance The Commandant of the Coast Guard, exercising authority delegated by the Secretary of Transportation, has authorized certain military members and employees to serve, without compensation, on the Board of Control of Coast Guard Mutual Assistance, a no...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Funding Availability for the Community Development Work Study Program Fiscal Year 2000 This NOFA announces the availability of approximately $3.0 million for the Community Development Work Study Program (CDWSP). Purpose of the Program: To provide assistance to economically disadvantaged and minority graduate students who participate in...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Availability of Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment Phase II3D Seismic Operation; Western Geophysical Company, Padre Island National Seashore, Kleberg County, Tx	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Intent to Prepare a Planning Amendment to the Lahontan Resource Management Plan; Nevada; Correction This action corrects errors in the acreage and land descriptions in the notice published as FR Doc. 98-18016, 63 FR 36937- 36940, July 8, 1998. On page 36937, third column, between lines 12 and 13 from the bottom of the column, add ``Sec. 7, lots 9-1...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Interior Department Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore The National Park Service (NPS) will prepare a wilderness suitability study to evaluate portions of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore for possible designation as wilderness. The study will be included as part of a General Management Plan (GMP), curre...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Interior Department > NPS Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the availability of the Draft Historic Properties Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DHPMP/DEIS) for Sleeping Bear Dun...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Interior Department > OSM Virginia Regulatory Program OSM is approving an amendment to the Virginia permanent regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The amendment provides clarification of an existing Sta...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Interior Department > NPS Winter Use Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, Wyoming The National Park Service is extending the public review period to December 15, 1999 for the DEIS for the Winter Use Plan for the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, Wyoming. The notice of availa...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Contingency Plans for Year 2000 In light of the possibility that computer or operational difficulties may arise due to the transition to the year 2000, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is detailing its contingency plans for the Year 2000. In consultation with the regulated...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Justice Department > NIJ National Institute of Justice Announcement of the Eighth Meeting of the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence Announcement of the eighth meeting of the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence.	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Curtis-Straus LLC., Application for Recognition This notice announces the application of Curtis-Straus LLC. for recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under 29 CFR 1910.7, and presents the Agency's preliminary finding. This preliminary finding does not constitute an inter...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Labor Department > MSHA Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Hearing Conservation Plans The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on continuing collectio...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Task Force on International Space Station Operational Readiness; Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces an open meeting of the NAC Task Force on International Space Station Operational Readiness (IOR).	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Patent License NASA hereby gives notice that Tyco Healthcare Group LP, of Mansfield, MA, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,738,441, Canadian Patent Application No. 2,226,506, European Patent Application No...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Patent License NASA hereby gives notice that Cyrospace Technologies of Houston, TX, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 5,894,223 entitled ``Non-Intrusive Cable Tester'' which is assigned to the Un...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Privacy Act; Annual Notice and Amendment to Systems of Records Each Federal agency is required by the Privacy Act of 1974 to publish a description of the systems of records it maintains containing personal information when a system is substantially revised, deleted, or created. In this notice, NASA provides the...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Requiring Information Other Than Cost or Pricing Data; Correction of Inconsistency This final rule amends the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to identify a FAR exception to NASA's prohibition against requesting information other than cost or pricing data in a solicitation when a firm-fixed-price competition is involved.	Rule	Dec 13, 1999

National Archives and Records Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Records Schedules for Electronic Copies Previously Covered by General Records Schedule 20; Availability and Request for Comments The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
National Archives and Records Administration Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities SES Performance Review Board This notice announces the membership of the Performance Review Board of the National Endowment for the Humanities.	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Correction to Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for a Hearing	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Development of Guidelines for Voluntary Industry Initiatives and Notice of Public Meeting With the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and Members of the Public The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requests public participation and input in the development of Guidelines for Voluntary Industry initiatives. The NRC in a staff requirements memorandum (SRM) dated May 27, 1999 (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/COMMISSIO...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Determination of Quarterly Rate of Excise Tax for Railroad Retirement Supplemental Annuity Program	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Collection; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission SAFECO Life Insurance Company and SAFECO Life Deferred Variable Annuity Account Notice of application for an order pursuant to Section 26(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (``1940 Act'') approving the proposed substitution of securities.	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Yorkrail, Inc. Intracorporate Family Transaction Exemption	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300, A310, A300-600 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300, A310, A300-600 series airplanes, that currently requires a one-time operational test and repetitive functional tests of the free fall control...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737 Series Airplanes This document corrects and clarifies information in an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Boeing Model 737 series airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive displacement tests of the secondary slide in the dual concentric...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; CFM International CFM56-2, -2A, 2B, -3, -3B, and -3C Series Turbofan Engines This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to CFM International CFM56-2, -2A, - 2B, -3, -3B, and -3C series turbofan engines. This proposal would require a one-time eddy current inspection (ECI) for c...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Model F27 Mark 050 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Fokker Model F27 Mark 050 series airplanes. This action requires the removal of tapered nylon shims from under the seat rails from fuselage station 14025 to the aft end o...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Model F27 Mark 050 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Fokker Model F27 Mark 050 series airplanes. This action requires a one-time inspection to verify the tension values of the aileron control cables of the left-and right-ha...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and MD- 11F Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and MD-11F series airplanes, that requires a one-time inspection to determine if metallic transitions are installed on wire harnesses of the...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Communications/Surveillance Operational Implementation Team (C/ SOIT) Hosted Forum on the Operational Implementation of Satellite Communications and Data Link Technologies for Aviation Applications in the National Airspace System (NAS) The FAA C/SOIT will be hosting a 3-day public forum to discuss the FAA's Controller-Pilot Data Link Communication (CPDLC) program. Formal presentations will be provided followed by a question and answer session. Working group sessions will be held to...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Financial Responsibility Requirements for Licensed Reentry Activities The FAA is soliciting comments on proposed financial responsibility and allocation of risk requirements for reentry activities carried out under an FAA license. An additional comment period extending through January 21, 2000, on the notice of propose...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > MARAD Information Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved information collection.	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals The FAA publishes a monthly notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals and disapprovals under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L. 101-508) and par...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > NHTSA Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 1990-1991 Toyota MR2 Passenger Cars Are Eligible for Importation This notice announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 1990- 1991 Toyota MR2 passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehic...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > NHTSA Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 1995-1996 Audi Cabriolet Passenger Cars Are Eligible for Importation This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 1995-1996 Audi Cabriolet passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Candidates for System Integrity Inspection Pilot Program The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) has completed an initial screening of three candidate companies for the System Integrity Inspection (SII) Pilot Program. They are Conoco Pipe Line Company, El Paso Natural Gas Company, and Portland Pipe Line Corpor...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Holy Cross, AK This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Holy Cross, AK. The establishment of Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approach procedures at Holy Cross Airport have made this action necessary. The Holy Cross Airport status will change...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Kipnuk, AK This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at Kipnuk, AK. The establishment of a Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approach procedures to runway (RWY) 15 at Kipnuk Airport has made this action necessary. Adoption of this proposal would...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > Office of Motor Carrier Safety Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision The OMCS announces its decision to exempt James F. Durham from the vision requirement in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10).	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements Before a Federal Agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and the Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Fe...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > RSPA Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders This is to notify the public that high-pressure, compressed gas cylinders were marked but may not have been tested by Fire Extinguisher Sales & Service (FESS), 1100 Weimer Road, Bloomington, Indiana. Those cylinders may pose a safety risk to the publ...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Boeing Model 777 Series Airplanes; Seats With Inflatable Lapbelts This notice proposes special conditions for Boeing Model 777 series airplanes. These airplanes as modified by BF Goodrich Aerospace will have novel and unusual design features associated with seats with inflatable lapbelts. The applicable airworthine...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: CASA Model C-295 Airplane; Automatic Takeoff Thrust Control System This notice proposes special conditions for the CASA Model C- 295 airplane. This airplane will have an unusual design feature associated with an Automatic Takeoff Thrust Control System (ATTCS), for which the applicable airworthiness regulations do no...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > Customs Service Extension of Customs Approval as a Commercial Gauger and Customs Accreditation as a Commercial Laboratory for Saybolt, Inc. Saybolt Inc. of Houston, Texas, an approved Customs gauger and accredited laboratory, has applied to U.S. Customs to extend its approval to gauge petroleum and petroleum products under Sec. 151.13 of the Customs Regulations (19 CFR 151.13) and to ext...	Notice	Dec 13, 1999
Treasury Department Federal Benefit Payments Under Certain District of Columbia Retirement Plans The Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices, is issuing proposed regulations to implement the provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, as amended (Act). The Act assigns the Secretary of the Treasury responsibility for payment of benefi...	Proposed Rule	Dec 13, 1999
Treasury Department > IRS Use of Penalty Mail in the Location and Recovery of Missing Children This rule establishes the procedures under which the IRS may use penalty mail to aid in the location and recovery of missing children. The IRS can participate in this cause as a result of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. P...	Rule	Dec 13, 1999

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee, Notice of Availability of Annual Report	Notice	Dec 13, 1999

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