Federal Register December 15, 1999 (Volume 64)

Agencies Publishing on December 15, 1999

Agriculture Department (5)
Commerce Department (5)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (2)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (3)
Defense Department (5)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (15)
Environmental Protection Agency (10)
Federal Communications Commission (5)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (3)
Federal Reserve System (6)
Federal Trade Commission (4)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (9)
Interior Department (9)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (3)
Labor Department (4)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (7)
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Office of National Drug Control Policy (1)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (2)
Personnel Management Office (1)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (3)
Small Business Administration (1)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (12)
Treasury Department (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Indiana It is the intention of NRCS in Indiana to issue a new and a revised conservation practice standard in Section IV of the FOTG. The new standard is Manure Transfer (Code 634) and the revised practice standard is Waste Management System (Code 312). Thes...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Agriculture Department > RUS Post-Loan Policies and Procedures Common to Guaranteed and Insured Loans Recent changes in the telecommunications industry, including deregulation and technological developments, have caused Rural Utilities Service (RUS) borrowers and other organizations providing telecommunications services to consider undertaking projec...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Agriculture Department > FSIS, Health and Human Services Department > CDC, FDA, Environmental Protection Agency President's Council on Food Safety; Notice of Meeting The President's Council on Food Safety was established in August 1998 under Executive Order 13100 to strengthen and focus our efforts to coordinate food safety policy and resources. The Council was directed to develop a comprehensive Federal food saf...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Agriculture Department > RHS, RUS, FSA Reengineering of the Section 502 Guaranteed Rural Housing (GRH) Program The Rural Housing Service proposes to streamline and reengineer its regulations for the administration of its Guaranteed Rural Housing (GRH) Program. This action is taken to reduce regulations, improve customer service, and improve the Agency's abili...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Agriculture Department > RUS Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS or Agency) is proposing to amend regulations for the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) Program. This action is part of a reinvention laboratory initiative of the Department of Agriculture an...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Pelagic Longline Management NMFS proposes to prohibit pelagic longline fishing at certain times and in certain areas within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Southeastern United States and in the Gulf of Mexico. This proposed rule is necessa...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Northern Anchovy/Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery; Amendment 8 NMFS issues regulations to implement Amendment 8 to the Northern Anchovy Fishery Management Plan. This rule removes jack mackerel north of 39 deg. N. lat. from the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan and adds four species to the manageme...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Pelagic Sargassum Habitat in the South Atlantic; Fishery Management Plan NMFS has disapproved the Fishery Management Plan for Pelagic Sargassum Habitat of the South Atlantic Region (FMP) submitted by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council). Under the procedures of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Commerce Department > NIST Procedures for Implementation of the Fastener Quality Act The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States Department of Commerce, and the Under Secretary of the Bureau of Export Administration, United States Department of Commerce, and the Assistant Secretary of Comm...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Commerce Department Proposed Foreign-Trade ZoneRiverside County, California Application and Public Hearing	Notice	Dec 15, 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 and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing limits.	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a limit.	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Proposed Collection; Comment RequestCitizens Band Base Station Antennas As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission requests comments on a proposed extension of approval of a collection of information from manufacturers and importers of citizens band b...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Consumer Product Safety Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment RequestFlammability Standards for Children's Sleepwear In the Federal Register of October 6, 1999 (64 FR 54276), the Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to seek...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Consumer Product Safety Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment RequestRequirements for Baby-Bouncers, Walker-Jumpers, and Baby-Walkers In the Federal Register of October 4, 1999 (64 FR 54621), the Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to seek...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement - Atlantic Coast of Long Island, From Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point, NY, Reach 1 - Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet; Interim Plan for Storm Damage Protection	Correction	Dec 15, 1999
Defense Department Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); TRICARE Family Member Dental Plan On Wednesday, November 24, 1999, (64 FR 66126), the Department of Defense published a proposed rule on TRICARE Family Member Dental Plan. This document is published to extend the public comment period.	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Competition Under Multiple-Award Contracts The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify what contracting officers should consider when planning for multiple awards...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Propsed Development of Corridor O, S.R. 0322, Section B02, in Centre and Clearfield Counties, PA	Correction	Dec 15, 1999
Defense Department > COE Proposal To Issue and Modify Nationwide Permits In Part III of the July 21, 1999, issue of the Federal Register (64 FR 39252), the Corps of Engineers (Corps) published its proposal to issue five new Nationwide Permits (NWPs), to modify six existing NWPs, and add three new NWP general conditions to...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Strengthening Institutions Program and Developing Hispanic- Serving Institutions Program We amend the regulations governing the Strengthening Institutions and Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Programs to conform them to statutory changes made to those programs by the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (1998 Amendments). We...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Algonquin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department > WAPA Boulder Canyon Project-Base Charge and Rates Notice is given of the confirmation and approval by the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) placing the Base Charge and Rates for the Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) firm power into effect for the fifth rate year under the current rate me...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department > FERC City of Kaukauna; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department > SWPA Integrated System Rate Schedules Pursuant to Sections 301(b) and 302(a) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. 95-91) and Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s) the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy has approved and placed into effect o...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Northeast Generation Company; Notice of Filing	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; General Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for Nuclear Waste Repositories; Yucca Mountain Site Suitability Guidelines On November 30, 1999, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend the general guidelines for evaluating the suitability of Yucca Mountain, Nevada as a site for development of a nuclear waste rep...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 00-06; Energy Biosciences The Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites preapplications from potential applicants for research funding in the Energy Biosciences program area. The intent in asking for a preapplicatio...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department > FERC PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation; Notice of Proposed Change in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department > FERC PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation; Notice of Proposed Change in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Reesor, Laura Lee; Notice of Complaint	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this Record of Decision on the continued operation of the Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (SNL/NM) in the State of New Mexico. This Record of Decision is based on the information and analysis con...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Southhaven Power, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Southwest Gas Storage Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Technical Conference	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Willamette Falls Hydroelectric Project, Portland General Electric Company, and Smurfit Newsprint Corporation; Notice of Scoping Meetings Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for an Applicant Prepared Environmental Assessment	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; A Pilot Study of Children's Total Exposure to Persistent Pesticides and Other Persistent Organic Pollutants (CTEPP) 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: A Pilot...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation 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: Contrac...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Health Protection Survey of Beaches 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: Nationa...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Proposed Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards and Gasoline Sulfur Control Requirements	Correction	Dec 15, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Disclosure of Information Obtained Regarding Unreasonable Adverse Effects of Pesticides on the Environment; Class Determination This document announces a class determination by EPA that safety and efficacy information submitted under section 6(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is not entitled to confidential treatment. This determination...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Helix; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment EPA has received a specific exemption request from the North Dakota Department of Agriculture to use the pesticide product Helix, containing the registered active ingredients difenoconazole (CAS No. 119446-68-3), fludioxonil (CAS No. 131341-86-1), an...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Prior Informed Consent for Chemicals in International Trade; Notice of Public Meeting EPA announces a public meeting to review and discuss the provisions of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, and the issues which will be discusse...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Settlement Under Section 122 (h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to enter into an administrative settlement to resolve certain claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA). Not...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Test Guidelines; Notice of Availability and Request for Comments EPA has established a unified library for test guidelines issued by the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) for use in testing chemical substances to develop data for submission to EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Prospective Purchaser Agreement and Covenant Not To Sue Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Regarding the Mechanic Street Realty Corporation Superfund Site, Perth Amboy, NJ In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') announces a proposed administ...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Correction; Petitions for Reconsideration and Clarification of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Communications Commission Establishment of a Medical Implant Communications Service in the 402-405 MHz Band This document establishes a Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS) operating in the 402-405 MHz band. MICS operations will consist of high-speed, ultra-low power, non-voice transmissions to and from implanted medical devices such as cardiac pa...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Communications Commission NGSO FSS Results From the Conference Preparatory Meeting on Technical, Operational and Regulatory/Procedural Matters This document seek comments on Non-geostationary Satellite Orbit (NGSO), Geostationary Satellite Orbit (GSO), Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) results from the Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM) on Technical, Operational and Regulatory/Procedural Matt...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Communications Commission Preemption of Local Zoning Regulation of Satellite Earth Stations and Restrictions on Over-the-Air Reception Devices: Television Broadcast Service, Direct Broadcast Satellite and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service This document denies three petitions seeking reconsideration of the Second Report and Order in which the Over-the-Air Reception Devices rule was expanded to apply to antenna restrictions on rental property where the viewer has exclusive use or contro...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Communications Commission Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Notice of a Matter To Be Withdrawn From the Agenda for Consideration at an Agency Meeting	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Notices	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreement(s) Filed	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Freight Forwarder License Revocations	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Reserve System Equal Credit Opportunity; Electronic Fund Transfers; Consumer Leasing; Truth in Lending; Truth in Savings On September 14, 1999, the Board published for public comment revised proposals that would permit electronic delivery of federally mandated disclosures under five consumer protection regulations: B (Equal Credit Opportunity), E (Electronic Fund Trans...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 15, 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 15, 1999
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The FTC is submitting the information collection requirements of its Pay-Per-Call Rule, including certain proposed amendments, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act.	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

General Services Administration

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Health and Human Services Department Call for Comments on Draft Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Health Care and Announcement of Regional Informational Meetings on Draft Standards The DHHS Office of Minority Health announces the publication of an solicitation of public comments on draft national standards on culturally and linguistically appropriate health care. The 120-day comment period, beginning January 1, 2000, will inclu...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Head Start Program The Administration on Children, Youth and Families is amending the Head Start regulations governing policies and procedures on selection and funding of grantees. The amendment removes the section on priority for previously selected Head Start agencie...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Indirect Food Additives: Paper and Paperboard Components The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 4,5-dichloro-1,2- dithiol-3-one (also known as 4,5-dichloro-3H-1,2-dithiol-3-one) as a slimicide in the manufacture of food-contact paper...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Treasury Department > IRS, Labor Department > PWBA, Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Notice of Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding among the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services The Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services (the Departments) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) effective April 21, 1999. The purpose of the MOU is to implement section 104 o...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Health and Human Services Department Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information This notice extends the comment period on a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on November 3, 1999 (64 FR 59918). The original date that the comment period would end was January 3, 2000. That date will now be extended until February 17,...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Alaska Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region Offshore Advisory Committee; Notice and Agenda for Meeting The Alaska OCS Region Offshore Advisory Committee of the Minerals Management Service will meet on Thursday, January 6, 2000 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The agenda will cover the following principal subjects:	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Interior Department > MMS Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes This document makes technical amendments to regulations that were published in the Federal Register (61 FR 60019, November 26, 1996; redesignated and amended at 63 FR 26367, May 12, 1998; 63 FR 29479, 29484, May 29, 1998; 63 FR 37068, July 9, 1998) a...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications; Notice of Receipt of Applications The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Plan of Operations for Oil and Gas Exploration Within Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida The Preserve has received a Plan of Operations (Plan) for the exploration for nonfederal oil and gas from Collier Resource Company. The Plan was submitted pursuant to Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 9, Subpart B (36 CFR 9B). The Nat...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan and Receipt of an Application for Incidental Take Permit During Construction of a Single Family Residence on 0.75 acres of the 3.88-Acres on Lot 14, Westcliff Subdivision, 8004 Two Coves Drive, Austin, Texas David Anderson (Applicant) has applied for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The Applicant has been assigned permit number TE- 019709-0. The reque...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan and Receipt of an Application for Incidental Take Permit for Houston Toad (Bufo houstonensis) During Construction of a Single Family Residence on 5.068 Acres on Lot 13 in the Circle D Country Estates Subdivision in Bastrop County, Texas Shelby Gregory (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The Applicant has been assigned permit number TE-020080-0. The request...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan and Receipt of an Application for Incidental Take Permit for Houston Toad During Construction of a Single Family Residence on 0.5 Acre of the 6.517-acre Lot 7 in the Overlook Subdivision in Bastrop County, Texas Tamera Smith (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The Applicant has been assigned permit number TE-020079-0. The requested...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent To Prepare Land Use Plan Amendments for Land Tenure Adjustment and New Designations of Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) Within the Upper Snake River District (USRD), Shoshone Field Office in Southern Idaho Pursuant to 43 CFR 1600, the USRD, Shoshone Field Office proposes to amend the Field Office's existing MFPs and RMP to identify public lands retention and transfer zones within the USRD, Shoshone Field Office area. Also pursuant to 43 CFR 1610, new a...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Interior Department > BLM Recreation Management This notice affects public lands under the administrative responsibility of the Bureau of Land Management, El Centro Field Office and is know as the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area. The boundary is delineated by in the following townships and ran...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

International Trade Commission

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International Trade Commission Certain Rare-Earth Magnets and Magnetic Materials and Articles Containing Same; Notice of Issuance of General Exclusion Order and Cease and Desist Orders; Termination of the Investigation Notice is hereby given that, having found violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1337, the Commission issued a general exclusion order and cease and desist orders directed to three domestic respondents, and terminated the inve...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
International Trade Commission Cotton Shop Towels From Peru On November 30, 1999, the Department of Commerce published notice in the Federal Register of its negative final determination of the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy in connection with the subject five-year review...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Justice Department

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Justice Department > INS Adjustment of Small Volume Application Fees of the Immigration Examinations Fee Account This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (Service) fee schedule of the Immigration Examinations Fee Account (IEFA) for certain small volume immigration adjudication and naturalization applications and petitions (Forms I-360, N-30...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, 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 collection...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, 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 collection...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Labor Department

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Labor Department > PWBA Cross-Trades of Securities by Investment Managers This document provides notice of a public hearing regarding standards and safeguards upon which exemptive relief should be conditioned for cross-trades of securities by investment managers with respect to any account, portfolio or fund holding ``plan...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Labor Department > MSHA Petitions for Modification	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Labor Department > PWBA Proposed Class Exemption for Cross-Trades of Securities by Index and Model-Driven Funds This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed class exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act or ERISA), the...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Labor Department > OSHA Reports of Injuries to Employees Operating Mechanical Power Presses (29 CFR 1910.217(g)); 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 requirement contained in the standard on Mechanical Power Presses (Reports of Injuries to Employees Operating Mechanical Power Presses), 29 CFR 1910.217(g).	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

No documents available.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duke Energy Corporation; Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Houston Lighting and Power Company City Public Service Board of San Antonio Central Power and Light Company City of Austin, Texas STP Nuclear Operating Company (South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2); Order Extending the Effectiveness of the Approval of the Indirect Transfer of Licenses (Merger of Central and South West Corporation and American Electric Power Company)	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hydro Resources, Inc.; Notice of Reconstitution	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (NNECO), et al., Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 3, Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact (correction)	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

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Office of National Drug Control Policy

Title	Type	Published
Office of National Drug Control Policy Freedom of Information Act The Office of National Drug Control Policy revises this rule to comply with the Electronic Freedom of Information Act. The rule defines records as defined in the Act, establishes an electronic reading room, institutes an expedited process for handlin...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribes interest assumptions for valuing benefits under terminating single-employer plans. This final rule amends the regulation to adopt intere...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Interest Assumption for Determining Variable-Rate Premium; Interest Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan Valuations Following Mass Withdrawal This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or are derivable from rates published elsewhere), but...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Payments During Evacuation The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed regulations to raise the age requirement for payment of the maximum per diem rate for a dependent of an evacuated civilian employee from age 11 to age 12. This would apply to evacuations in...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Amending Rule A-4(d), ``Action Without a Meeting''	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Withdrawal of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Assessment of a Capital Funding Fee	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Unlisted Trading Privileges The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing a change to Rule 12f-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which governs unlisted trading privileges (``UTP'') in listed initial public offerings (``IPOs''). Under the proposed rule change, a...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999

Small Business Administration

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Regulatory Changes to Business Loan Program On November 8, 1999, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (64 FR 60735) that would amend the regulations governing Certified Development Companies (``CDCs''). SBA will hold a public hearing to...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Imposition of Lethal Military Equipment Sanctions Against the Government of Kazakhstan and Partial Waiver of These Sanctions The United States Government has determined that the Government of Kazakhstan transferred lethal military equipment to a country determined by the Secretary of State to be a state sponsor of terrorism. The United States Government determined that, de...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
State Department Overseas Schools Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Surface Transportation Board

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DOT, STB Norfolk Southern CorporationControlNorfolk and Western Railway Company and Southern Railway Company (Arbitration Review) The Transportation <bullet> Communications International Union (TCU) has filed with the Board an appeal of an arbitration panel's decision holding that the Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) is not required to pay displacement allowances to claim...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

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Trade Representative, Office of United States Notice of Meeting of the Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business (ISAC-14) The Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business (ISAC-14) will hold a meeting on December 13, 1999, from 9:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. The meeting will be open to the public from 9:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and closed to the public from 12...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Transportation Department

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Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747 and 767 Series Airplanes Powered by General Electric Model CF6-80C2 Series Engines This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747 and 767 series airplanes, that currently requires revising the FAA- approved Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to prohibit the use o...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; British Aerospace Model BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all British Aerospace Model BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time inspection to detect cracking or corrosion of...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Transport Airplane and Engine IssuesNew Task Notice is given of a new task assigned to and accepted by the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC). This notice informs the public of the activities of ARAC.	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Transportation Department Federal Aviation Administration Policy and Final Guidance Regarding Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) on Airport Capacity Projects for FAA Decisions on Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Discretionary Grants and Letters of Intent (LOI) On June 24, 1997, the FAA issued an interim policy notice requiring airport sponsors to submit BCAs when requesting AIP grants or LOIs to be awarded for capacity projects at the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation. The FAA now is (1) Provid...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Transportation Department > NHTSA Ford Motor Co.; Grant of Application for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance	Notice	Dec 15, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal...	Notice	Dec 15, 1999

Treasury Department

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Treasury Department > IRS Adjustments Following Sales of Partnership Interests This document finalizes regulations relating to the optional adjustments to the basis of partnership property following certain transfers of partnership interests under section 743, the calculation of gain or loss under section 751(a) following the s...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999

Veterans Affairs Department

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Veterans Affairs Department VA Acquisition Regulation: Simplified Acquisition Procedures This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) concerning simplified acquisition procedures. It amends VAAR provisions to conform to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, to update references and section titles, a...	Rule	Dec 15, 1999

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System

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International Trade Commission

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T Trade Representative, Office of United States

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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