February 9, 2000 (Volume 65)

Federal Register February 9, 2000

View all documents issued on February 9, 2000. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

123 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 9, 2000

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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We are amending the Animal Welfare regulations by clarifying the definition of the term field study. We will clarify that a field study cannot involve an invasive procedure, harm the animals under study, or materially alter the behavior of the animal...
Rule Feb 09, 2000
The Forest Service intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for proposed research activities on the Fernow Experimental Forest. The purpose of the proposed research is to evaluate the effectiveness of silvicultural tools that includ...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
The Hells Canyon Subgroup of the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council will meet on March 9 and 10, 2000, at the Baker Ranger District, 3165 10th Street, Baker City, Oregon. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 5 p.m. the first day...
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This rule establishes the quantity of spearmint oil produced in the Far West, by class, that handlers may purchase from, or handle for, producers during the 2000-2001 marketing year, which begins on June 1, 2000. This rule establishes salable quantit...
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This rule revises the rules and regulations of the marketing orders (orders) for fresh nectarines and peaches grown in California pertaining to reporting requirements. The orders regulate the handling of nectarines and peaches grown in California and...
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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register on January 12, 2000. The notice announces that the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP) was allocated $1,200,000 in the Federal budge...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
Notice is hereby given of the intention of NRCS to issue a series of new or revised conservation practice standards in its National Handbook of Conservation Practices. These standards include Alley Cropping, Constructed Wetland, Firebreak, Forest Sit...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
This rule invites comments on increasing, by approximately 15 percent, the compensation rate for handlers' services performed in connection with reserve raisins covered under the Federal marketing order for California raisins (order). The order regul...
Proposed Rule Feb 09, 2000

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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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 Feb 09, 2000
The U.S. 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 collectio...
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The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan. The review covers one manufacturer/expo...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is rescinding the review it initiated on October 1, 1999 of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Mexico (64 FR 53318).
Notice Feb 09, 2000
On December 29, and December 30, 1999, respectively, 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 order and co...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
Notice is hereby given that The North Gulf Oceanic Society, P.O. Box 15191, Homer, Alaska 99603, has applied in due form for a permit to take North Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) for purposes of scientific research.
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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from Korea. The review of the antidump...
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The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) announces its intention to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the Federal management of precious corals in the Western Pacific Region. The scope of the EIS analysis will include...
Proposed Rule Feb 09, 2000

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or Exchange) has applied for designation as a contract market in futures and options on five year agency notes and ten year agency notes. The proposals were submitted under the Commission's 45-day Fast Tract proce...
Notice Feb 09, 2000

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C., Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission requests comments on a proposed request for extension of approval of a collection of information from manufacturers and importers of residentia...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Secretary of Education announces dates for the submission by state educational agencies (SEAs) of expenditure and revenue data and average daily attendance statistics on ED Form 2447 (the National Public Education Financial Survey) for fiscal yea...
Notice Feb 09, 2000

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc. (TEMI) has applied for renewal of its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico and to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) adopts, with minor changes, an interim final rule published on March 15, 1999, to amend the DOE contractor employee protection program ("whistleblower") regulations.
Rule Feb 09, 2000
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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Rule Feb 09, 2000
Agrium U.S., Inc., has withdrawn its application to register a pesticide product containing the active ingredient Burkholderia cepacia strain Ral-3 (EPA File Symbol 70724-R). The application is withdrawn without prejudice to future filing for registr...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
This notice announces receipt of application 524-EUP-OR from Monsanto Company, 700 Chesterfield Parkway North, St. Louis, Missouri 63198, requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for the Cry1Ac protein and the genetic material necessary for its pr...
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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The FDIC, 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, as required by the...
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Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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The Federal Open Market Committee ("the Committee") is amending its Rules of Procedure to revise and expand upon the means of communication available to the Secretary of the Committee and the members regarding meetings and proposed actions between me...
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General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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The following Standard Form is canceled because of low usage:
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Special Protocol Assessment." This draft guidance is intended to provide guidance for industry on procedures that will be adopted by the...
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This notice implements section 1833(i)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act, which mandates an inflation adjustment to Medicare payment amounts for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) facility services during the years when the payment amounts are not updat...
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is announcing its decision to withdraw the proposal to impose a grant award requirement that would have required HRSA grantees listed in section 340B of the Public Health Service Act and Federal...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Coast Guard intends to request the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the renewal of Information Collection Requests (ICRs). These ICRs comprise: (1) Security of Passe...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
The Commander, First Coast Guard District has withdrawn the temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations for the P.J. McArdle Bridge, mile 0.3, across the Chelsea River between Chelsea and East Boston, Massachusetts. This withdrawal...
Rule Feb 09, 2000
The Coast Guard is removing the drawbridge operation regulations governing the Summer (L) Street Bridge, mile 0.2, across the Reserved Channel in Boston, MA. The bridge has been rebuilt as a fixed bridge and the operating regulations are no longer ne...
Rule Feb 09, 2000
The Coast Guard is holding a public meeting to solicit comments on a proposed change to the licensing requirements for pilots of vessels engaged in foreign trade, under way on the navigable waterways within the State of Maryland. We have proposed to...
Proposed Rule Feb 09, 2000
The Coast Guard amends its vessel inspection regulations to introduce a 5-year Certificate of Inspection cycle in accordance with the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996 to harmonize our inspections with most internationally required certificates....
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Notice of receipt of application.
Notice Feb 09, 2000
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for Thlaspi californicum (Kneeland Prairie penny-cress). Thlaspi californicum is known only from Kneeland...
Rule Feb 09, 2000
Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and National Park Service policy, the National Park Service announces the availability of an Environmental Assessment for the proposed construction of a raised boardwalk and improvements to wil...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is preparing a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Thurston and Pierce Counties, Wa...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
Notice, information collection.
Notice Feb 09, 2000
We will submit the collection of information listed below to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. We have included a copy of the information collection requirement in this notice. If you wish to obtain copies of the p...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), notice is hereby given that the Department of the Interior proposes major changes to a notice describing a system of records managed by the Bureau of Reclamation. The...
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice is hereby given that the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, pursuant to Public Law 105-277, October 19, 1998, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriation Act of 1999, is issuing a solicitation for appl...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
Notice of Information Collection Under Review; New Collection COPS Problem-Solving Management Survey.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Corrections (NIC) announces the availability of funds in FY 2000 for a cooperative agreement to establish and develop "community restorative justice" performance outcome, measurement and evaluati...
Notice Feb 09, 2000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Notice Feb 09, 2000
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 inf...
Notice Feb 09, 2000

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National Science Foundation

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permit applications received pursuant to the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
Notice Feb 09, 2000
The National Science Foundation modified a permit to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-541).
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed significant revisions to its process for overseeing the safety performance of commercial nuclear power plants that include the inspection, assessment, and enforcement program. As part of its propos...
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Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing proposed regulations to expand the use of sick leave for family care purposes. Under the proposed regulations, an employee would be able to use a total of up to 12 weeks of sick leave each year to care fo...
Proposed Rule Feb 09, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Correction Feb 09, 2000
Notice of an application under section 17(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act.
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Notice of an application for an order under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act and under section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act to permit certain joint transactions.
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Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

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Special Counsel Office

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The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) published a notice in the Federal Register on November 19, 1999, relating to the system of records maintained in connection with the agency's program responsibilities. The notice announced administrative changes to...
Notice Feb 09, 2000

State Department logo State Department

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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Correction Feb 09, 2000
This amendment changes the name of Tupelo Municipal--C.D. Lemons Municipal Airport to Tupelo Regional Airport and changes the title of the airspace designation for the Tupelo Regional Airport located at Tupelo, MS, from Tupelo Municipal--C.D. Lemons...
Rule Feb 09, 2000
The U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Defense are conducting an open meeting for all users of U.S. Government-provided radionavigation systems. The purpose of the meeting is to obtain user perspectives on Federal policies a...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
This document responds to two petitions for reconsideration of amendments we made in September 1997 to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Nos. 105 and 135 specifying requirements for brake systems on electric vehicles (EV). In response to the pet...
Rule Feb 09, 2000
Correction Feb 09, 2000
On October 1, 1999, the FAA amended the regulations governing takeoff and landing slots and slot allocation procedures at certain High Density Traffic Airports as a result of the "Open Transborder" Agreement between the Government of the United State...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
This notice is to announce the next public meeting of RSPA's continuing efforts to prevent damage to underground facilities. Last year, RSPA assembled a study team of over 160 industry and government stakeholders to identify best practices for one ca...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the following currently approved information collection activities. Befo...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 and comme...
Notice Feb 09, 2000
The Department is finalizing, with certain exceptions, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (62 FR 5094, Feb. 3, 1997) to revise 14 CFR part 302 in order to eliminate unnecessary verbiage and obsolete provisions and to make technical changes to mak...
Rule Feb 09, 2000
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
Rule Feb 09, 2000
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Feb 09, 2000
The FHWA proposes to amend its regulation prescribing policies, procedures, and reimbursement provisions for the adjustment and relocation of existing utility facilities, and for the accommodation of new utility facilities and private lines on the ri...
Proposed Rule Feb 09, 2000

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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An open meeting of the Midwest Citizen Advocacy Panel will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Notice Feb 09, 2000

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United States Sentencing Commission

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As part of its statutory authority and responsibility to analyze sentencing issues, including operation of the federal sentencing guidelines, and in accordance with Rule 5.2 of its Rules of Practice and Procedure, the Commission proposed, in December...
Notice Feb 09, 2000

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...
Notice Feb 09, 2000

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