Federal Register December 21, 1999 (Volume 64)

Agencies Publishing on December 21, 1999

Agriculture Department (15)
Commerce Department (15)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (4)
Energy Department (13)
Environmental Protection Agency (9)
Executive Office of the President (3)
Farm Credit Administration (0)
Federal Communications Commission (3)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (0)
Federal Housing Finance Board (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (20)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Interior Department (8)
International Trade Commission (6)
Justice Department (6)
Labor Department (18)
Merit Systems Protection Board (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
National Archives and Records Administration (2)
National Credit Union Administration (0)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (8)
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Science and Technology Policy Office (0)
Securities and Exchange Commission (4)
State Department (3)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (16)
Treasury Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Alabama Electric Cooperative; Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is issuing an environmental assessment with respect to the potential environmental impacts related to the construction and operation of a 496 megawatt combined cycle electric generation pl...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > FS Bark Beetle Analysis Environmental Impact Statement Medicine Bow- Routt National Forests, Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District, Routt County, CO The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The EIS will assess and disclose the environmental effects of an imminent bark beetle analysis. The area...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > FCIC Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Potato Crop Insurance Certified Seed Endorsement The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes specific provisions that amend the Potato Crop Insurance Certified Seed Endorsement. The intended effect of this action is to improve the insurance coverage to better meet the needs of the insur...	Rule	Dec 21, 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 21, 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 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > APHIS Mexican Fruit Fly; Regulated Areas, Regulated Articles, and Treatments We are amending the Mexican fruit fly regulations by adding a portion of San Diego and Riverside Counties, CA, to the list of areas regulated because of the Mexican fruit fly. This action is necessary on an emergency basis to prevent the spread of th...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > FSA National Drought Policy Commission The National Drought Policy Commission (Commission) will continue discussion on its draft report of the Commission findings. They will also discuss the status of Commission activities and other committee business. This notice announces three meetings...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Availability of Funding and Requests for Proposals for Guaranteed Loans Under the Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program This Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA or Notice) announces the timeframe to submit proposals in the form of ``NOFA responses'' for the section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP). Eligible lenders are invited to submit NOFA proposals...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Availability of Funds; Multi-Family Housing, Single Family Housing The Rural Housing Service (RHS) announces the availability of housing funds for fiscal year 2000 (FY 2000). This action is taken to comply with 42 U.S.C. 1490p which requires that RHS publish in the Federal Register notice of the availability of any...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the section 515 Rural Rental Housing Program for Fiscal Year 2000 This NOFA announces the timeframe to submit applications for section 515 Rural Rental Housing (RRH) loan funds and section 521 Rental Assistance (RA) for new construction, including applications for the nonprofit set-aside for eligible nonprofit enti...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) For Section 533 Housing Preservation Grants The Rural Housing Service (RHS) announces that it is soliciting competitive applications under its Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program. The HPG program is a grant program which provides qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations,...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for Section 514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Section 516 Farm Labor Housing Grants for Off-Farm Housing for Fiscal Year 2000 This NOFA announces the timeframe to submit applications for section 514 Farm Labor Housing loan funds and section 516 Farm Labor Housing grant funds for new construction of off-farm units for farmworker households. Applications may also include requ...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > FS Pendola Fire Restoration Project, Tahoe National Forest, Yuba County, CA The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed timber salvage, wildlife habitat improvement, and non- native and invasive plant control projects within the...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > APHIS Pine Shoot Beetle; Regulated Articles We propose to amend the pine shoot beetle regulations by removing pine wreaths and garlands from the list of regulated articles. We believe that these commodities do not present a risk of spreading pine shoot beetle. This action would eliminate restr...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Agriculture Department > FCIC Request for Public Comment on Information Collections Related to Pilot and Private Crop Insurance Policies In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C., chapter 35), this notice announces Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's (FCIC) public comment period on the information collection requests (ICRs) associated with new crop insurance p...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe From Korea: Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review Notice of Extension of Time Limits For Preliminary Results of Administrative Review.	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Commerce Department > USBC Evaluation of the Census 2000 Census in Schools 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 21, 1999
Commerce Department > USBC Evaluation of the Census 2000 Partnership 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 21, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; 1999-2000 Catch Specifications for Gulf Group King and Spanish Mackerel In accordance with the framework procedure for adjusting management measures of the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP), NMFS proposes to increase the total allowable catc...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Amendment 58 to Revise the Chinook Salmon Savings Areas NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 58 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI) (FMP) and associated recommendations from the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (C...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Inshore Fee System for Repayment of the Loan to Harvesters of Pollock from the Directed Fishing Allowance Allocated to the Inshore Component under Section 206(b)(1) of the American Fisheries Act (AFA) NMFS proposes regulations to implement an inshore fee system for all pollock harvested under the inshore component (IC) of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BS/AI) directed fishing allowance under the AFA. The AFA authorized a $75 million loan to redu...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for New Jersey. NMFS announces that the summer flounder commercial quota available to the State of New Jersey has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in New Jersey for the...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries-Socioeconomic Impacts of Marine Reserves 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 21, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a number of public meetings of its oversight committees in January, 2000 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Highly Migratory Species Plan Development Team (HMSPDT) will hold a work session which is open to the public.	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Commerce Department > ITA Professional Electric Cutting Tools From Japan: Final Results of the Fifth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Revocation of the Antidumping Duty Order, in Part On August 10, 1999, the U.S. Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the fifth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on professional electric cutting tools from Japan (64 FR 43346). This revie...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Commerce Department > PTO Revised Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. Sec. 112, para. 1 ``Written Description'' Requirement; Request for Comments The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) requests comments from any interested member of the public on the following Revised Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications Under the 35 U.S.C. 112, para. 1 ``Written Description'' Requirement (...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Commerce Department > PTO Revised Utility Examination Guidelines; Request for Comments The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) requests comments from any interested member of the public on the following Revised Utility Examination Guidelines. The PTO is publishing a revised version of guidelines to be used by Office personnel in their re...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Commerce Department > NOAA Socioeconomic Monitoring Program for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary 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 21, 1999
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department National Reconnaissance Office Freedom of Information Act Program Regulation This final rule establishes the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) regulation governing the disclosure of information under the Freedom of Information Act. This part is reissued pursuant to the Department of Defense rule, which implements the Freed...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Defense Department National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) Freedom of Information Act Program This rule revises the National Security Agency/Central Security Services (NSA/CSS) regulation governing disclosure of information under the Freedom of Information Reform Act of 1986. As a component of the Department of Defense, the Departmental rules...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Bilingual Education: Career Ladder Program Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2000.	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Education Department Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations governing the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) program. These amendments are needed because the current regulations applied only to the fiscal year 1999 competi...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 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 21, 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 21, 1999

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > EIA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is soliciting comments on the proposed revision and extension of approval to the Form EIA-902, ``Annual Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey.''	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Alabama Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Allison Lake Hydro; Notice of Surrender of Preliminary Permit	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Cocheco Falls Associates; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Nevada Test Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB) Oak Ridge. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Fede...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Rocky Flats This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Rocky Flats. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the F...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Georgia Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Jones Black River Services, Inc; Notice of Withdrawal	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted For Filing With The Commission and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protest	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Public Meetings; Wisconsin Electric Power Co. and Norway, WI; Upper Menominee River Basin Projects	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Telephone Conference	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Energy Department > FERC Virginia Power and Electric Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; the SunWise School Program 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): The SunWise Scho...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Allergenicity Assessment of Cry9C BT Corn Plant Pesticide The Agency is soliciting input on the assessment of the potential for allergenicity of non-digestible proteins expressed as plant-pesticides. The specific case in question concerns the Cry9C insecticidal protein derived from Bacillus thuringiensis an...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Elimination of Special Treatment for Category of Confidential Business Information: Extension of the Comment Period On October 25, 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice in the Federal Register (64 FR 57421) proposing to amend its regulations to eliminate the special treatment given to a category of confidential business information (CB...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Interim Guidance on the CERCLA Section 101(10)(H) Federally Permitted Release Definition for Certain Air Emissions The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comments on its interim guidance on the CERCLA section 101(10)(H) federally permitted release definition for certain air emissions. The interim guidance is published as an Appendix to this notice.	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Radon-222 Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice to extend the public comment period for the proposed rule that would provide a multimedia approach to reducing radon risks in indoor air (where the problem is greatest), while prote...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Crews Plating Su...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed partial consent decree, which was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by the U...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Revision to Promulgation of Federal Implementation Plan for ArizonaMaricopa Nonattainment Area; PM-10 Under the authority of section 110(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or ``the Act''), EPA is finalizing proposed amendments to the moderate area federal implementation plan (FIP) for the Phoenix PM-10 nonattainment area. These amendments modify the fug...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Environmental Protection Agency Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment; Extension of Comment Period On October 21, 1999 (64 FR 56918), EPA reopened the comment period on the proposed rule ``Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment''(59 FR 6712, February 11, 1994) to obtain comment on four specific issues. EPA is extending the comment peri...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President 55th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge	Presidential Document	Dec 21, 1999
EOP, OSTP Request for Comment on Proposed Statement of Principles of the Government-University Research Partnership An April 27, 1999 Presidential Memorandum directed that the National Science and Technology Council ``in consultation with research universities and other stakeholders in the Federal science and technology enterprise, shall develop a statement of pri...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Executive Office of the President Wright Brothers Day, 1999	Presidential Document	Dec 21, 1999

Farm Credit Administration

No documents available.

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Local Multipoint Distribution Service The Commission's rules for the Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) prohibit an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC) or incumbent cable company, or any entity with an attributable interest in these incumbents, from having an attributable in...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Federal Communications Commission Making the Frequency 156.250 MHz Available for Port Operations Purposes in Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA Ports The Order portion of this document states that the Commission generally holds in abeyance and will not process pending applications for public safety pool frequencies of 156.240 and 156.2475 MHz within 100 miles of the geographic center of Los Angele...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Federal Communications Commission Making the Frequency 156.250 MHz Available for Port Operations Purposes in Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA Ports This document proposes to amend the Commission's rules to designate marine VHF Channel 05A for port operations communications in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California ports. The effect of this rule is that it will foster reliable marine communicatio...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

No documents available.

Federal Housing Finance Board

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Devolution of Corporate Governance Responsibilities The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is amending its regulations to devolve certain corporate governance responsibilities from the Finance Board to the Federal Home Loan Banks (Banks), pursuant to the requirements of the Federal Home Loa...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Establishment of the Federal Trade Commission Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security and Request for Nominations The Federal Trade Commission (``Commission'' or ``FTC'') has established an Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security (``Advisory Committee''). The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Commission re...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Federal Trade Commission Miscellaneous Rules The Federal Trade Commission Rules of Practice are being amended to reflect a reconfiguration of the Commission's Regional Office structure and operations.	Rule	Dec 21, 1999

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Expansion of Small Business Participation in Ten (10) Targeted Industry Categories Under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program The General Services Administration (GSA) is publishing its revised list of the ten (10) targeted industry categories for expanded small business participation in acquisitions. Title VII of the ``Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988''...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request This notice announces that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is planning to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow a proposed information collection of the ``1999- 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insuran...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center For Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidance on the Labeling for Over-the-Counter Sample Collection Systems for Drugs of Abuse Testing; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled ``Guidance on Labeling for Over-the-Counter Sample Collection Systems for Drugs of Abuse Testing.'' This guidance is neither final nor is it in effec...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department Federal Health Care Program: Fraud and Abuse; Statutory Exception to the Anti-Kickback Statute for Shared Risk Arrangements; Correction This document contains corrections to the interim final regulations which were published in the Federal Register on Friday, November 19, 1999 (64 FR 63504). These regulations established two new safe harbors from the anti-kickback statute (section 11...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Aging; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Notice of Establishment	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; Final Rule Amendment, Stay of Final Rule, and Additional Comment Period Section 413 of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, signed into law by the President on December 17, 1999, provides that the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Final Rule published on April 2, 1998, togeth...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Premarket Notification; Requirement for Redacted Version of Substantially-Equivalent Premarket Notification The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend its premarket notification regulations to require applicants to submit a redacted version of each premarket notification submission for which FDA has issued an order declaring a device to b...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Health and Human Services Department > FDA United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service; Filing of Food Additive Petition The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to increase the maximum dose of ion...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Massachusetts; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of an Emergency Declaration This notice amends the notice of an emergency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-3153-EM), dated December 6, 1999, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Suspension of Community Eligibility This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are suspended on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, comment, and app...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Interior Department > NIGC Fee Rates Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 25 CFR 514.1(a)(3), that the National Indian Gaming Commission has adopted final annual fee rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.08% (.0008) for tier 2 for calendar year 1999. These rates shall apply to all assessable g...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Interior Department > OST Notice of Agency Information Collection: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Direct Deposit Trust Funds Form In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces OST's plan to submit the following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Direct Deposit Trust Funds...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Interior Department > OST Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (OST) announces a request for public comment from Indian Tribes concerning the renewal of Information Collection authorizat...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Order No. 7421; Partial Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated November 24, 1933; Montana This order revokes a Secretarial order insofar as it affects 40 acres of public land withdrawn for the Bureau of Land Management's Public Water Reserve No. 107, Interpretation No. 192. The land does not qualify for a public water reserve and the revo...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Order No. 7422; Withdrawal of National Forest System Lands for the Diamond Fork System, Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project; Utah This order withdraws approximately 2,795 acres of National Forest System lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws, for a 20-year period, for the Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office to protec...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Interior Department > NPS Record of Decision, General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Gettysburg National Military Park, Adams County, PA Pursuant to section 102 (2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, has prepared...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Interior Department > NPS Simplified Standard Concession Contracts The National Park Service (NPS) authorizes certain business entities to operate concessions in areas of the national park system. The agreements embodying these authorizations consist primarily of standard language that incorporate NPS terms and cond...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain CD-ROM Controllers and Products Containing The SameII; Denial of Motion for Sanctions; Vacatur of Recommended Determination Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to deny respondents' motion for monetary sanctions and to vacate the presiding administrative law judge's (``ALJ'') recommended determination (``RD'') on monetary sanc...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
International Trade Commission Certain Carbon Steel Products From Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and United Kingdom The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders on certain...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
International Trade Commission Circular Seamless Stainless Steel Hollow Products From Japan	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
International Trade Commission Database on Trade and Investment in Services, Part II Following receipt of a request dated November 22, 1999, from the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Commission instituted investigation No. 332-408, Database on Trade and Investment in Services, Part II, under section 332(g) of the Tariff...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
International Trade Commission Stainless Steel Plate From Sweden On August 6, 1999, the Department of Commerce published notice of the revocation of the antidumping finding on stainless steel plate from Sweden (64 FR 42922). The revocation of the antidumping finding renders moot the Commission's suspended changed...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
International Trade Commission Tin- and Chromium-Coated Steel Sheet From Japan	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Authorizing Collection of the Fee Levied on F, J, and M Nonimmigrant Classifications Under Public Law 104-208 This rule proposes to amend the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (Service) regulations to: Establish a $95 fee, that schools and exchange visitor programs must collect and remit on behalf of F-1, J-1, and M-1 nonimmigrants who are subject to...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Justice Department Notice of Consent Judgments Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA'')	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Justice Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Justice Department > NIC Solicitation for a Cooperative Agreement``Development of Training Curriculum for Delivery of Executive Training to Newly Appointed Wardens'' This cooperative agreement is made available for the development of a core curriculum for the training of newly appointed prison wardens/superintendents. The award recipient will develop a 32- hour training curriculum including an instructors' guide,...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Birth and Adoption Unemployment Compensation; Correction This document corrects the preamble to a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register of December 3, 1999 (64 FR 67971), concerning Birth and Adoption Unemployment Compensation. The preamble to the notice of proposed rulemaking pro...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Camp-Hill Corporation, McKeesport, Pennsylvania; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Energizer Power Systems; Eveready Battery Company Now Known as Moltech Power Systems, Gainesville, FL; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Fashions Apparel, Inc., El Paso, TX; Notice of Termination of Investigation	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Bellingham, WA; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Jockey International, Carlisle Textile Plant, Carlisle, KY; Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports This final rule makes several minor and technical revisions to the annual financial reporting forms which labor organizations are required to file under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended (LMRDA). It also makes seve...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Levi Strauss & Company	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Levingston Engineers, Inc., Sulphur, LA; Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Moltech Power Systems, Gainesville, Florida; Notice of Termination of Investigation	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Philips Lighting Company; Fairmont, WV; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Reef Gear Manufacturing, Incorporated, Plant II, Marine City, Michigan; Notice of Termination of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Russell Corporation; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Trade Adjustment Assistance/NAFTA Financial Status Report/Request for Funds; Comment Request 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 proposed and/or cont...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Wabash Technologies, Wabash Magnetics Automotive Product Group, Huntington, Indiana; Notice of Termination of Investigation	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Westinghouse Electric Company Energy Systems Business Unit (ESBU) Including Leased Workers of Landrum Staff Services and CDI/Pensacola, Pensacola, FL; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Labor Department > ETA Williams Advanced Materials, Incorporated, Buffalo, New York; Notice of Termination of Investigation	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

Merit Systems Protection Board

Title	Type	Published
Merit Systems Protection Board Privacy Act Regulations; Correction Correction of Final Rule.	Rule	Dec 21, 1999

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Meritorious Claims Which Result From the Conduct of NASA Functions The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) proposes to amend its rules regarding the submission and processing of meritorious claims under section 203 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended. NASA regulations curre...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999

National Archives and Records Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to request extension of a currently approved information collection for requesting permission to use privately-owned equipment to microfilm archival holdings in the National Archives of the United...	Notice	Dec 21, 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 21, 1999

National Credit Union Administration

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advance Notification to Native American Tribes of Transportation of Certain Types of Nuclear Waste The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering an amendment to its regulations that would require NRC licensees to notify Native American Tribes of shipments of certain types of high-level radioactive waste, including spent nuclear fuel, prio...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards and Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Joint Subcommittee Meeting; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Alfonso DeLeo, Jr., P.O. Box 312, Ardmore, PA 19003; Order Modifying Order Suspending License (Effective Immediately) and Order Revoking License	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Carolina Power & Light Company; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duke Power Company; Notice of Availability of the Final Supplement 2 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Entergy Operations, Inc.; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Nuclear Regulatory Commission General Electric Company; Designation of Presiding Officer	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

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Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Registered Public-Utility Holding Companies and Internationalization We are seeking comment on various issues surrounding the acquisition of United States utilities by foreign companies that will register as holding companies following the transaction.	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Amending the Exchange's Audit Committee Requirements and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Amendments No. 1 and No. 2 Thereto	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Amending Its Audit Committee Requirements and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Amendments No. 1 and No. 2 Thereto	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Amending the Exchange's Audit Committee Requirements and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Amendments No. 1 and No. 2 Thereto	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs NIS Secondary School Partnership Program The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State announces an open competition for the NIS Secondary School Partnership Program. Public and private no...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: ``Walker Evans'' Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.), Delegati...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
State Department FY 2000 Ron Brown Fellowship Program; Request for Proposals Subject to the availability of funds for FY 2000, the Office of Academic Programs of the United States Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the Ron Brown Fellowship Program. The Bure...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Union Pacific Railroad CompanyTrackage Rights ExemptionCBEC Railway, Inc.	Notice	Dec 21, 1999

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee (ATPAC) will be held to review present air traffic control procedures and practices for standardizatio...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 B2 and B4 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 B2 and B4 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect cracking of the inner skin panel of the longitudinal lap joint; and repair, o...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 B2, A300-B2K, A300 B4-2C, A300 B4-100, and A300 B4-200 Series Airplanes This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A300 B2, A300 B2K, A300 B2-200, A300 B4, A300 B4-100, and A300 B4-200 series airplanes, that currently requires certain structural insp...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A310 and A300-600 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A310 and A300-600 series airplanes, that requires replacement of the rudder trim switch in the flight compartment with a new switch having a longer shaft; mo...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747-200, -300, and -400 Series Airplanes This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747- 200, -300, -400 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive high frequency eddy current (HFEC) inspections to detect...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 Series Turbofan Engines This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 series turbofan engines, that requires initial and repetitive fluorescent magnetic particle inspections or fluorescent penetrant inspections of the combu...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department Aviation Proceedings, Agreements filed during the week ending December 10, 1999	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Certification Basis for Garlick Helicopters, Inc. Model GH205A Helicopters This document establishes the type certification basis for Garlick Helicopters, Inc. Model GH205A helicopters. It is published in the interest of keeping the public informed and to advise all interested persons of the airworthiness standards applicab...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: Heavy Vehicle Antilock Brake System (ABS) Performance Requirement On March 10, 1995, NHTSA published a final rule amending the hydraulic and air brake standards to require medium and heavy vehicles to be equipped with antilock brake systems (ABS) to improve the directional stability and control of these vehicles du...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FHWA Intelligent Transportation Society of America; Public Meeting The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS AMERICA) will hold a meeting of its Board of Directors on Thursday, January 13, 2000. The meeting begins at 2:00 p.m. The letter designations that follow each item mean the following: (I) is an `...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Chicago Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Chicago Midway Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget R...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart Q during the Week Ending December 10, 1999	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application (00-05-C-YKM) To Impose and Use, and Impose Only, the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field, Submitted by the Yakima Air Terminal Board, Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field, Yakima, Washington The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use, and impose only, PFC revenue at Yakima Air Terminal-Mcallister Field under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (1...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FHWA Revision of the Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices; Regulatory Signs, Low Volume Rural Roads, and Traffic Control for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings The MUTCD is incorporated by reference in 23 CFR part 655, subpart F, approved by the Federal Highway Administrator, and recognized as the national standard for traffic control on all public roads. The FHWA announced its intent to rewrite and reforma...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FHWA Right-of-Way Program Administration This document amends the right-of-way regulations for federally assisted transportation programs administered under title 23, United States Code. The FHWA clarifies and reduces Federal regulatory requirements and places primary responsibility for a n...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999
Transportation Department > FHWA Traffic Control Devices on Federal-Aid and Other Streets and Highways; Color Specifications for Retroreflective Sign and Pavement Marking Materials The FHWA proposes to revise its color specifications for retroreflective signing materials. This revision would include daytime and nighttime specifications for both assigned and unassigned colors found in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Device...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 1999

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC, OTS, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Joint Comment Request In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the OTS, the Board, and the FDIC (collectively, the ``agencies'') hereby give notice that they plan to submit to the Office of Management and...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Treasury Department Departmental Offices; International Financial Institution Advisory Commission Under section 603 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999, the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission (the ``Commission'') shall advise and report to the Congress on the future role a...	Notice	Dec 21, 1999
Treasury Department > OCC, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, National Credit Union Administration Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards The Agencies jointly are making technical amendments to their regulations on loans in areas having special flood hazards. This action removes an outdated cross-reference to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regulations that had contained the...	Rule	Dec 21, 1999

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