Federal Register January 6, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on January 6, 2000

Commerce Department (9)
Energy Department (10)
Environmental Protection Agency (4)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (3)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
Health and Human Services Department (6)
Homeland Security Department (5)
Interior Department (3)
Labor Department (1)
National Credit Union Administration (2)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (3)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (11)
Treasury Department (5)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, has prepared its annual list of foreign government subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty during the period October 1, 1998 through September...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Brazil, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand On December 3, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the Department''), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), determined that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on certain carbon steel butt-weld...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Export Trade Certificate of Review The Department of Commerce has issued an Export Trade Certificate of Review to California Almond Export Association, LLC (``CAEA''). This notice summarizes the conduct for which certification has been granted.	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Final Results of Full Sunset Review: Brass Sheet and Strip From the Netherlands On August 26, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published a notice of preliminary results of the full sunset review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from the Netherlands (64 FR 46637) pursuant to section 751(...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Determination Not To Revoke the Antidumping Duty Order: Brass Sheet and Strip From the Netherlands On September 8, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from the Netherlands and its notice of intent to revoke the antidu...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Preliminary Results of Full Sunset Review: Mechanical Transfer Presses From Japan On June 1, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on mechanical transfer presses (``MTPs'') from Japan pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA, Interior Department Proposed Changes in Watch, Watch Movement and Jewelry Program for the U.S. Insular Possessions The Departments invite public comment on a proposal to amend the regulations governing duty-exemption allocations for watch producers and duty-refund benefits for watch and jewelry producers in the United States insular possessions (the U.S. Virgin I...	Proposed Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA, Interior Department > FWS Reopening of Public Comment Period for Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Application for an Incidental Take Permit for the Simpson Timber Company, Northwest Operations, Habitat Conservation Plan, Thurston, Mason, and Grays Harbor Counties, Washington NMFS and FWS (the Services) are reopening the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and application for an Incidental Take Permit (Permit) for the Simpson Timber Company, Northwest Operations, Habitat Conservation...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Silicon Metal From Argentina; Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On November 4, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register (64 FR 60161) a notice announcing the initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Argentina. This ad...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Energy East Corporation and CMP Group, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Hanford Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Fe...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Energy Department > BPA Implementation of Regional Fish and Wildlife Policy This notice announces BPA's scoping meeting for its Implementation of Regional Fish and Wildlife Policy Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) being prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). BPA has established a scoping...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Energy Department Notice Inviting Financial Assistance Applications The Department of Energy announces that it intends to conduct a competitive Program Solicitation and award financial assistance (cooperative agreements) for the program entitled ``Development and Demonstration of Black Liquor/Biomass Gasification in...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Energy Department Office of Science; Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee This notice announces a meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Regional Transmission Organizations The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending its regulations under the Federal Power Act (FPA) to advance the formation of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs). The regulations require that each public utility that owns, op...	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Regulations Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Saguaro Power Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Energy Department Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Teleconference Meeting This notice announces an open teleconference meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's National Ignition Facility Laser System Task Force. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92- 463, 86 Stat. 770), requires that agencies publish...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision South Coast Air Quality Management District; Extension of Comment Period EPA is extending the comment period for a proposed rule published December 17, 1999 (64 FR 70652). On December 17, 1999, EPA proposed a disapproval of revisions to the California State Implementation Plan concerning federal recognition of variances i...	Proposed Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Cyanazine; Cancellation Order This order announces the cancellation of all cyanazine registrations as requested by E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company (``DuPont''), and subsequently agreed to by Griffin Corporation (``Griffin'') and accepted by EPA, pursuant to section 6(f) of the...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; the WICO Superfund Site, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past respon...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for Calendar Year 2000: Allocations for Metered-Dose Inhalers and the Space Shuttle and Titan Rockets With this action, EPA is allocating essential-use allowances for calendar year 2000 for ozone depleting substances (ODS) for use in medical devices and for use in the Space Shuttle Rockets and Titan Rockets for the year 2000 control period. Productio...	Rule	Jan 06, 2000

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Drawdown Under Section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, To Provide Emergency Disaster Relief Assistance to Venezuela	Presidential Document	Jan 06, 2000

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals To Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or To Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Federal Trade Commission MacDermid, Inc., et al.; Analysis to Aid Public Comment The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Alcide Corporation; Filing of Food Additive Petition The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Alcide Corp., has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of acidified sodium chlorite solutions as an antimicrobial agent on poult...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > PHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH; National Toxicology Program; Solicitation of Comments on Proposed Peer Review of Low-Dose Issues for Endocrine Disruptors NTP is soliciting comments on the planned scope and process for a proposed peer review of studies bearing on the question of whether endocrine disruptors may cause effects at doses lower than are tested using standard toxicological testing procedures...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Regulations on Statements Made for Dietary Supplements Concerning the Effect of the Product on the Structure or Function of the Body The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing final regulations defining the types of statements that can be made concerning the effect of a dietary supplement on the structure or function of the body. The regulations also establish criteria for...	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Application for Recertification of Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council The Coast Guard announces the availability of the application for recertification submitted by the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (PWSRCAC). A recertification would be valid for a year. Under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Saugus River, MA The Commander, First Coast Guard District has issued a temporary deviation from the existing drawbridge regulations for the Fox Hill SR107 Bridge, mile 2.5, across the Saugus River between Saugus and Lynn, Massachusetts. This deviation allows the bri...	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee The Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) and its working groups will meet to discuss various issues relating to the training and fitness of merchant marine personnel. MERPAC advises the Secretary of Transportation on matters relating...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Review of Cap Increases; Response Plans for Marine Transportation-Related (MTR) Facilities and Tank Vessels Coast Guard response plan regulations contain requirements for on-water oil recovery capacity (referred to as caps). These caps were scheduled to increase by 25 percent on February 18, 1998, provided the Coast Guard completed a review of the cap incr...	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FHWA, Homeland Security Department > USCG Woodrow Wilson Bridge; Potomac River, District of Columbia and Prince George's County, MD The Federal Highway Administration together with the Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District of Columbia Department of Health, Maryland State Highway Administration, Virginia Department of Transportation and Maryland Department of Environ...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > USGS Application Notice Describing the Areas of Interest and Establishing the Closing Date for Receipt of Applications Under the Biological Resource Division Brucellosis Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 Applications are invited for a research projected on the improvements in ballistic delivery systems for brucellosis vaccination of free-ranging elk and bison of the Greater Yellowstone Area. The purpose of this project is to develop methods of ballis...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Interior Department > BIA Information Collection Submission to OMB for Reinstatement Under Paperwork Reduction Act In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as amended (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that an information collection request was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulator...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Reinstatement of Currently Approved Information Collections; Comment Request The NCUA intends to submit the following information collections to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). These information collections...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
National Credit Union Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submissions to OMB for Reinstatement of Currently Approved Information Collections; Comment Request The NCUA intends to submit the following information collections to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). These information collections are...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Carolina Power & Light Company; (Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1); Order Approving Application Regarding Proposed Corporate Restructuring of Carolina Power & Light Company by Establishment of a Holding Company	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commonwealth Edison Company (Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3); Exemption	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of Carolina Power and Light Company; (H.B.* Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation); Order Approving Application Regarding Proposed Corporate Restructuring of Carolina Power & Light Company by Establishment of a Holding Company	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), Agencies are required to publish a Notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the Agency has prepared an information collection request for OMB review and appro...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Joint Industry Plan; Solicitation of Comments and Order Approving Amendment No. 10 to Reporting Plan for Nasdaq/National Market Securities Traded on an Exchange on an Unlisted or Listed Basis, Submitted by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., and the Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Cincinnati Stock Exchanges	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Manufacturers Investment Trust and Manufacturers Securities Services, LLC; Notice of Application Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Act'') for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act.	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission New Covenant Funds and New Covenant Trust Company, N.A.; Notice of Application Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act.	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Decision: Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures and Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
DOT, STB Modification of the Carload Waybill Sample and Public Use File Regulations Modifications to the existing regulations are proposed that would require all railroads to identify contract movements in the annual carload waybill sample. A 30-year limit on the confidentiality of the ``Waybill Sample'' is also proposed.	Proposed Rule	Jan 06, 2000

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Acceptance of Noise Exposure Maps for Lanai Airport, Lanai City, HA The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by the State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, for Lanai Airport under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abat...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A340-211, -212, -213, - 311, -312, and -313 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A340-211, -212, -213, -311, -312, and -313 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive operational tests to ensure proper operation of the act...	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3201 Airplanes This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to all British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3201 airplanes. The proposed AD would require inspecting the fuel quantity indication system for damage to the insulation of...	Proposed Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; CFE Company Model CFE738-1-1B Turbofan Engines This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to CFE Company Model CFE738-1-1B turbofan engines. This AD requires, on certain engines identified by serial numbers: a one-time visual inspection of Stage 2 high pressure turbine (...	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Model F27 Mark 050 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Fokker Model F27 Mark 050 series airplanes. This action requires using a torque wrench to repetitively tighten the screws for the attachment of the leading edges of the eleva...	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company GE90 Series Turbofan Engines This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain General Electric Company GE90 series turbofan engines. This action requires visually inspecting Ps3 and P3B sense lines and full authority digital engine control (...	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Beaumont, TX This document confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Beaumont, TX.	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Bonham, TX This amendment revises the Class E airspace at Bonham, TX. The development of a Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), at Jones Field, Bonham, TX, has made this rule necessary. This action is intended to prov...	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; El Paso, TX This document confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at El Paso, TX.	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Hebbronville, TX This document confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Hebbronville, TX.	Rule	Jan 06, 2000

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Determination of Underwriting Income This document contains final regulations relating to the determination of underwriting income by insurance companies other than life insurance companies. In computing underwriting income, non-life insurance companies are required to reduce by 20 perc...	Rule	Jan 06, 2000
Treasury Department > Customs Service Extension of General Program Test; Quota Preprocessing This notice announces that the testing period for the quota preprocessing program, which allows for the electronic processing of quota-class apparel merchandise, is being extended through the year 2000. The test is being extended and not expanded at...	Notice	Jan 06, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request Forms 5310 and 6088 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 06, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8508 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 06, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Jan 06, 2000

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Per Diem for Nursing Home Care of Veterans in State Homes This document amends regulations regarding the payment of per diem to State homes that provide nursing home care to eligible veterans. The intended effect of the final rule is to ensure that veterans receive high quality care in State homes.	Rule	Jan 06, 2000

Federal Register January 6, 2000

Agencies Publishing on January 6, 2000

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Federal Election Commission

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Federal Trade Commission

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Labor Department

National Credit Union Administration

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Securities and Exchange Commission

Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department

Treasury Department

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