December 27, 1999 (Volume 64)

Federal Register December 27, 1999

View all documents issued on December 27, 1999. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

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Agencies Publishing on December 27, 1999

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Food and Nutrition Service's (FNS) intention to request OMB review of the Federal-State Special Supplemental Food Program Agreement.
Notice Dec 27, 1999
This rule amends the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) regulations to explicitly authorize the Department and State agencies to assess overclaims against institutions that fail to abide by CACFP recordkeeping requirements. This authority has...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
We are amending the export certification regulations to provide for the establishment of a program under which softwood (coniferous) packing materials used with goods exported from the United States may be certified as having been heat treated. This...
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We are proposing to amend the noxious weeds regulations by adding Homeria spp. (Cape tulips) to the list of terrestrial weeds. Listed noxious weeds may be moved into or through the United States or interstate only under a written permit and under con...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 1999
This rule changes the term of office for the Vidalia Onion Committee (Committee), and the time for conducting and submitting Committee nominations under the Vidalia onion marketing order. The marketing order regulates the handling of Vidalia onions g...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule changing the fiscal period under the Vidalia onion marketing order (order) to January 1-December 31 from September 16-Sep...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice of extension of time limits for preliminary results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review.
Notice Dec 27, 1999
Notice of extension of time limits for final results of antidumping administrative review.
Notice Dec 27, 1999
NMFS proposes regulations to implement cost recovery for the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program for fixed gear halibut and sablefish fisheries in waters in and off of Alaska (IFQ Program). Section 304(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservati...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 1999
The Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS or Sanctuary) was designated in January 1981, and consists of 17 square nautical miles of open ocean and live bottom habitat approximately 17.5 nautical miles east of Sapelo Island, Georgia. The presen...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 1999
On November 3, 1999, the Department of Commerce published a notice of preliminary results of changed circumstances review and intent to revoke the order, in part, of the antidumping duty order on large newspaper printing presses and components thereo...
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Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), NMFS and FWS (collectively, the Services) intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding the proposed issuance of an incidental take permit (Permit) by...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's Ad-Hoc Groundfish Strategic Plan Development Committee has scheduled six 2-day work sessions which are open to the public. The notice was published in the Federal Register.
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NMFS issues an emergency rule to prohibit vessels registered for use under a Hawaii longline limited access permit from fishing with longline gear within the area north of 28 deg. N. lat. and between 168 deg. W. long. and 150 deg. W. long. NMFS is al...
Rule Dec 27, 1999

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List commodities previously furnished by such...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete commodities previously furnished by such agencies.
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules issued by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-15. A companion document, the Smal...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement sections of the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 199...
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to establish deobligation of excess funds as one of the contract administ...
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to update how the public may obtain Department of Defense specifications...
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify policies and procedures concerning foreign acquisition and to...
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add the clause, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers, to the list of c...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule that amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to eliminate the burden on offerors to certify that they do not propos...
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The amendment implements rulings of the United States Court of Appeals a...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement revisions made to Small Business Administration (SBA) regula...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in...
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Section 806 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fi...
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This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation in order to update references and make editorial changes.
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) agreed to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to delete the language pertaining to the Financial Management Systems Software Mandatory Multi...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
This announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) which assesses the potential environmental impacts of the approval of updates to three components of the Fort Huachuca Real Property Master Plan (RPMP), and the author...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
The Department of the Navy, after carefully weighing the operational, environmental, and cost factors associated with the introduction of the V-22 `Osprey' as a replacement for the CH-46E helicopters in present use by the Second Marine Aircraft Wing...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2) and implementing procedures of the National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) for the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (40 U....
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Department of Education has tentatively scheduled eight regional technical assistance workshops between January 18, 2000 and February 8, 2000 to help prospective applicants better understand the Department's approach to implementing the competiti...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
The Chief Information Officer for the Department of Education publishes this notice of new and altered systems of records and corrections.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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This regulation extends time-limited tolerances for combined residues of the herbicide glufosinate ammonium (butanoic acid, 2-amino- 4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)-monoammonium salt and its metabolite, 3- methylphosphinico-propionic acid in or on sweet...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
This regulation extends a time-limited tolerance for combined residues of the fungicide maneb (manganous ethylenebisdithiocarbamate), calculated as zinc ethylenebisdithiocarbamate and its metabolite ethylenethiourea in or on walnuts at 0.05 part per...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites all interested persons to suggest individuals to serve as members of the working groups that will be formed under the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) on specific matters relating...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendment by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations.
Notice Dec 27, 1999
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendment by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations.
Notice Dec 27, 1999
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.
Notice Dec 27, 1999
EPA is today requesting comments on a draft Project XL Final Project Agreement (FPA) for the City of Denton. The FPA is a voluntary agreement developed collaboratively by Denton, stakeholders, the state of Texas, and EPA. Project XL, announced in the...
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the...
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General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Notice Dec 27, 1999
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 4,5-dichloro-2-((5- hydroxy-3-methyl-1-(3-sulfophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)azo)benzenesulfonic acid, calcium salt(1:1), (C.I. Pigment Yellow 1...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of propanoic acid, 3- hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl-, compd. with 1,1',1''- nitrilotris[2-propanol] (1:1) (CAS Reg. No. 221281-21-6) as...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of tetradecanoic acid, lithium salt as a stabilizer for polypropylene and certain polypropylene copolymers intended for use in contact with f...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is withdrawing a guidance for industry entitled ``Selegiline Hydrochloride Tablets: In Vivo Bioequivalence and In Vitro Dissolution Testing.'' This guidance, which was issued in December 1995, is being withdrawn...
Notice Dec 27, 1999

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the Navigation Safety Advisory Council (NAVSAC). NAVSAC advises the Coast Guard on the prevention of vessel collision, rammings, and groundings; Inland Rules of the Road; International Rules of the...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone on the waters of Willamette River in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon from 11:30 p.m. (PST) on December 31, 1999 to 12:30 a.m. (PST) January 1, 2000. The Captain of the Port, Portland, Oregon, is taking t...
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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The purpose of this rule is to establish generally applicable requirements to govern the use of up-front grants and loans in the disposition of HUD-owned multifamily properties by defining the projects, sales, and purchasers eligible for up-front gra...
Rule Dec 27, 1999

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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This interim rule is in response to the issuance of Executive Order 13043 of April 16, 1997, ``Increasing Seat Belt Use in the United States.'' Section 1(c) requires that each Federal agency, in contracts, subcontracts, and grants entered into after...
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Notice Dec 27, 1999
On November 10, 1999, the National Indian Gaming Commission (Commission) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (64 FR 61234, November 10, 1999) proposing regulations that will establish a formal process for the classification of games played on Indi...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 1999
This notice announces the reopening of the public comment period of the draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration. The public comment period will be open until January 20, 2000...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
We, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding for a petition to list the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas anicia cloudcrofti) as an endangered species and designate critical habitat pursuant to the...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 1999
The purpose of this notice is to announce the next meeting of the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee Meeting. The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide informed advice to the Safford Field Manager on management...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is approving part of an amendment to the Illinois regulatory program (Illinois program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Illinois proposed revisions t...
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the National Park Service's (NPS) intention to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend and revise the currently approved information collection budget...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
OSM is announcing the receipt of a proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania Regulatory Program (hereinafter referred to as the Pennsylvania program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq., as amende...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 1999
OSM is approving an amendment to the Virginia permanent regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The amendment consists of the following: a statutory ch...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) of the U.S. Department of the Interior is announcing its intent to solicit applications from eligible, not-for-profit candidates for funding under the Watershed Cooperative Agreement Prog...
Notice Dec 27, 1999

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to extend by seven (7) days, or until January 28, 2000, the deadline for determining whether to review an initial determination (ID) finding no violation of section 33...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
Section 7 of the Steel Trade Liberalization Program Implementation Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2703 note), which concerns local feedstock requirements for fuel ethyl alcohol imported by the United States from CBI-beneficiary countries, requires the Co...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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OSHA solicits comments concerning the proposed reduction in, and extension of, the information collection requirements contained in the Benzene Standard (29 CFR 1910.1028).
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will accept applications for participation in the Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions throughout calendar year 2000, subject to availability of funds. Application procedures f...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
The NCUA is issuing a final rule that amends its regulation regarding secondary capital accounts in low-income designated credit unions to specify that interest on these accounts may be accrued in the account, paid directly to the investor, or paid i...
Rule Dec 27, 1999

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations governing the establishment of an emergency leave transfer program. These regulations permit Federal employees to transfer their unused annual leave to other Federal employees adversely...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
This gives notice of positions placed or revoked under Schedules A and B, and placed under Schedule C in the excepted service, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.
Notice Dec 27, 1999
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim rule that will abolish the Washington, MD, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area, and establish a new Frederick, MD, NAF FWS wage area. The abolishment of the Washingto...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed rule that would redefine Eagle, Garfield, Lake, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, and Routt Counties, Colorado, from the Southern and Western Colorado appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area to...
Proposed Rule Dec 27, 1999
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is amending the October 4, 1999, interim regulations concerning voluntary early retirement authority. The amendment removes paragraphs from 5 CFR 831.114 and 842.213 which were inadvertently retained when the...
Rule Dec 27, 1999

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document corrects information in an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-80 series airplanes and Model MD-88 airplanes. That AD currently requires a one-time visual inspection to determine wh...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
Using data from Management Information System annual reports, FRA has determined that the 1998 rail industry random testing positive rate was .82 percent for drugs and .21 percent for alcohol. Since the industry-wide random drug testing positive rate...
Rule Dec 27, 1999
The OMCS is announcing its proposal to deny the application of Van Wyk Freight Lines, Inc. (Van Wyk) for an exemption from the records of duty status (log book) provisions of the hours-of-service regulations. Van Wyk indicated that its drivers meet a...
Notice Dec 27, 1999
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 27, 1999

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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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 27, 1999
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 27, 1999
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 27, 1999
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 27, 1999
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 27, 1999
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 27, 1999
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 27, 1999
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 27, 1999

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