Federal Register January 3, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on January 3, 2000

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Agricultural Marketing Service (0)
Agriculture Department (5)
Commerce Department (11)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (4)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (5)
Environmental Protection Agency (6)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Housing Finance Board (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Health and Human Services Department (5)
Interior Department (2)
International Trade Commission (1)
Labor Department (2)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Postal Service (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (4)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (1)
Tennessee Valley Authority (1)
Transportation Department (6)
Treasury Department (10)

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Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FAS Announcement of the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program for Fiscal Year 2001 This notice announces the availability of funds for the Fiscal Year 2001 Foreign Market Development Cooperator (Cooperator) Program.	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Agriculture Department > CCC Announcement of the Market Access Program for Fiscal Year 2000 This notice announces the availability of funds for the Fiscal Year 2000 Market Access Program (MAP).	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Agricultural Marketing Service > GIPSA, Agriculture Department Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is proposing an approximate 2.4 percent increase for all hourly rates, certain unit rates, and the administrative tonnage fee. These fees apply to official inspection and weighing se...	Proposed Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Agricultural Marketing Service > GIPSA, Agriculture Department Fees for Rice Inspection The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is proposing an approximate 4.8 percent fee increase for all hourly rates and certain unit rates. The fees apply to Federal Rice Inspection performed under the Agricultural Marketing...	Proposed Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Agriculture Department > AMS Soybean Promotion and Research: The Procedures To Request a Referendum; Correction. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is redesignating the section numbers in a final rule published in the Federal Register on August 20, 1999.	Rule	Jan 03, 2000

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Designated Critical Habitat: Reproposed Critical Habitat for Johnson's Seagrass; Extension of Public Comment Period NMFS is extending the public comment period on the reproposed rule to designate critical habitat for Johnson's seagrass (Halophila johnsonii).	Proposed Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered and Threatened Species; Proposed Rule Governing Take of Seven Threatened Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) of West Coast Salmonids: Oregon Coast Coho; Puget Sound, Lower Columbia and Upper Willamette Chinook; Hood Canal Summer-run and Columbia River Chum; and Ozette Lake Sockeye Under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) is required to adopt such regulations as he deems necessary and advisable for the conservation of species listed as threatened. This proposed ESA 4(d) rule...	Proposed Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Interim 2000 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish NMFS issues interim 2000 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for each category of groundfish, Community Development Quota (CDQ) amounts, and prohibited species catch (PSC) amounts for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands mana...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Closures of Specified Groundfish Fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands NMFS is closing specified groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the prohibited species bycatch allowances and directed fishing allowances specified for the 20...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Closures of Specified Groundfish Fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska NMFS is closing specified groundfish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the directed fishing allowances specified for the 2000 interim total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for the GOA.	Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Interim 2000 Harvest Specifications NMFS issues interim 2000 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for each category of groundfish and specifications for prohibited species bycatch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Without interim specifications in effect...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Orders NMFS publishes the Fraser River salmon inseason orders regulating fisheries in U.S. waters. The orders were issued by the Fraser River Panel (Panel) of the Pacific Salmon Commission (Commission) and subsequently approved and issued by NMFS during the...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA International Whaling Commission; Meetings NOAA makes use of a public Interagency Committee to assist in preparing for meetings of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). This notice sets forth guidelines for participating on the Committee and a tentative schedule of meetings and of impor...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Limitation on Section 9 Protections Applicable to Salmon Listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), for Actions Under Tribal Resource Management Plans (Tribal Plans) The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to modify the ESA section 9 take prohibitions applied to threatened salmonids by creating a new limitation on those prohibitions. NMFS does not find it necessary and advisable to impose prohibitio...	Proposed Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Bulk Aspirin From the People's Republic of China	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Tuna Purse Seine Vessels in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) NMFS issues an interim final rule to implement provisions of the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (IDCPA). This interim final rule allows the entry of yellowfin tuna into the United States under certain conditions from nations fully com...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List Additions and Deletions This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List commodities and a service previously furnished by such ag...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions The Committee has received a proposal to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Household Products Containing Hydrocarbons The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or ``Commission'') has reason to believe that child-resistant packaging may be needed to protect children from serious illness or injury from products that contain low-viscosity hydrocarbons. This noti...	Proposed Rule	Jan 03, 2000

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Science Board; Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings The Defense Science Board Task Force on Air Force Space Launch Facilities will meet in closed session on February 24, 2000, Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral, FL, and March 24, 2000, at The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA. The mission of th...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Defense Department Meeting of the United States Commission on National Security/21st Century The United States Commission on National Security/21st Century will meet in closed session on 10 and 11 January 2000. The Commission was originally chartered by the Secretary of Defense on 1 July 1998 (charter revised on 18 August 1999) to conduct a...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Defense Department Proposed Information Collection Available for Public Comment Notice.	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Defense Department Revised Non-Foreign Overseas Per Diem Rates The Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee is publishing Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 212. This bulletin lists revisions in the per diem rates prescribed for U.S. Government employees for official travel in Alaska, Haw...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Education Department President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Meeting This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this meeting is required under Sectio...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Frontera Generation Limited Partnership, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Applications Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Transfer of Licenses, Substitution of Relicense Applicant, and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Filing	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Energy Department > FERC State of Maine; Notice of Intent Not To Issue Annual License	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plan: Illinois EPA is proposing to approve an Illinois' State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request affecting air permit rules, submitted on July 23, 1998. In the final rules section of this Federal Register, the EPA is approving the State's request as a direc...	Proposed Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plan; Illinois EPA is approving an Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request affecting air permit rules, submitted on July 23, 1998. The submittal includes several ``clean up'' amendments to existing permitting rules. These amendments group similar...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan Revision for Montana; Revisions to the Missoula County Air Quality Rules EPA proposes to approve the State implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Governor of Montana with a letter dated November 14, 1997. This submittal consists of several revisions to Missoula County Air Quality Control Program regulations,...	Proposed Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan Revision for Montana; Revisions to the Missoula County Air Quality Rules EPA approves the State implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Governor of Montana with a letter dated November 14, 1997. This submittal consists of several revisions to Missoula County Air Quality Control Program regulations, which were...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Microbial and Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Advisory Committee; Notice of Meetings Under section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 920423, ``The Federal Advisory Committee Act,'' notice is hereby given of a series of meetings of the Microbial and Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Advisory Committee established under the Safe Drinking Wate...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan List Update The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 announces the deletion of the PAB Oil and Chemical Services, Inc. Superfund Site (the ``Site'') located in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated pu...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Continuation of Libyan Emergency	Presidential Document	Jan 03, 2000

Federal Housing Finance Board

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Powers and Responsibilities of Federal Home Loan Bank Boards of Directors and Senior Management The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is proposing new regulations to set forth the responsibilities of the boards of directors and senior management of the Federal Home Loan Banks (Banks) as a means of ensuring that they fulfill their du...	Proposed Rule	Jan 03, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Competitive Comprehensive Grants Preview (1999 FY) Availability In the Federal Register issue of Thursday, August 18, 1999, make the following correction:	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft ``Guidance for Industry: Changes to an Approved Application: Biological Products: Human Blood and Blood Components Intended for Transfusion or for Further Manufacture;'' Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance document entitled ``Guidance for Industry: Changes to an Approved Application: Biological Products: Human Blood and Blood Components Intended for Transfusion or...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Over-The-Counter Human Drugs; Labeling Requirements; Final Rule; Technical Amendment The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the regulation that established a standardized format and standardized content requirements for the labeling of over-the-counter (OTC) drug products, and is amending several related OTC drug product...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rule To List the Sierra Nevada Distinct Population Segment of the California Bighorn Sheep as Endangered We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) for the Sierra Nevada distinct population segment of California bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Marine Mammals; Incidental Take During Specified Activities This proposed rule would extend our existing rule issued Thursday, January 28, 1999 (64 FR 4328), and codified at 50 CFR Part 18, Subpart J to authorize the incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walrus during oil...	Proposed Rule	Jan 03, 2000

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain Steel Wire Rope From Japan, Korea, and Mexico	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy; Meeting Notice	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Labor Department Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Moab Mill Reclamation Trust; Notice of Order and an Opportunity for a Hearing Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has signed an Order (copy attached) dated December 27, 1999, transferring Source Material License SUA-917 for the Moab, Utah, facility and site from Atlas Corporation (Atlas) to...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Risk-Informed Revisions to Technical Requirements; Workshop and Website The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has instructed its staff to explore changes to specific technical requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, to incorporate risk-informed attributes. The staff is studying the ensemble of technical requirements contained in 10...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Postal Service

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Privacy Act of 1974, System of Records The purpose of this document is to publish notice of amendments to Privacy Act system of records USPS 140.020, Postage-- Postage Meter Records, renamed by this notice as USPS 140.020, Postage--Postage Evidencing System Records. The change is necessar...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Postal Service Quality Control Reviews for Discounted Letters (Presorted/ Automation Rate Mail) The Postal Service is implementing more efficient quality control procedures to check letter mail preparation for rates claimed on postage statements. An automated, in-depth review of selected letter size mailings will be conducted using the Mail Qua...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission IDS Life Insurance Company, et al. Notice of Application for an order under Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``1940 Act'') granting exemptions from the provisions of Sections 2(a)(32), 22(c), and 27(i)(2)(A) of the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder to permit the recapture of credits applied to contributions made under certain deferred variable annuity contracts.	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Nationwide Life Insurance Company, et al. Notice of Application for an order pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``1940 Act'') granting exemptions from the provisions of Sections 2(a)(32), 22(c), and 27(i)(2)(A) of the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder to permit the recapture of credits applied to purchase payments made under certain variable annuity contracts.	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to a Pilot Program to Impose Fees For Computer Equipment Services, Repairs or Replacements and Relocation of Computer Equipment	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change on an Accelerated Basis Relating to Exchange Rule 98, Emergency Committee	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Determination Under Section 2(b)(1)(B) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as Amended	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Tennessee Valley Authority

Title	Type	Published
Tennessee Valley Authority Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as Amended by Public Law 104-13; Proposed Collection, Comment Request The proposed information collection described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). The Tennessee Valley Authority is so...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Meeting This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking Advisory Committee.	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time detailed visual inspection to detect corrosion on the outer surface of...	Proposed Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement: Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments, Marion County, OR The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this notice of intent to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for a proposed new bridge across the Willamette River in the City of Salem, Marion County, O...	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Transportation Department > FHWA National Standards for Traffic Control Devices; the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; Standards for Center Line and Edge Line Markings This document contains amendments to the MUTCD as adopted by the FHWA. The MUTCD is incorporated by reference in 23 CFR part 655, subpart F and recognized as the national standard for traffic control devices on all public roads. The amendments herein...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Powered by Rolls-Royce RB211-535C/E4/E4B Turbofan Engines This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 757-200, -200PF, and -200CB series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections of the engine thrust control cable system to detect discrepancies of the w...	Rule	Jan 03, 2000
Transportation Department > Office of Motor Carrier Safety Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision The OMCS announces its decision to exempt 40 individuals from the vision requirement in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10).	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request For Regulation Project 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	Jan 03, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request For Regulation Project 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	Jan 03, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 1120X 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	Jan 03, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 706-CE 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	Jan 03, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8709 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	Jan 03, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8832 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	Jan 03, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project 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	Jan 03, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Jan 03, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Jan 03, 2000

Federal Register January 3, 2000

Agencies Publishing on January 3, 2000

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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Defense Department

Education Department

Energy Department

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Executive Office of the President

Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department

Interior Department

International Trade Commission

Labor Department

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Postal Service

Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration

State Department

Tennessee Valley Authority

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