March 24, 2000 (Volume 65)

Federal Register March 24, 2000

View all documents issued on March 24, 2000. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

115 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 24, 2000

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with 16 U.S.C. 1274, the USDA Forest Service has transmitted the final boundary of the East Fork of the Jemez Wild and Scenic River to the Senate and House of Representatives.
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The USDA-Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Gold/Boulder/Sullivan Project to disclose the effects of vegetative management through timber harvest and prescribed fire, and road management including road mainten...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental impacts of authorizing helicopter landing tours on the Icefield adjacent to Juneau, Alaska. A previous Notice Of Intent (...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is increasing the hourly fee rate charged for voluntary Federal seed testing and certification services. The fee rate is increased to cover increases in salaries of Federal employees, rent, supplies, replaceme...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This rule amends a prior interim final rule that increased the quantity of Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil produced in the Far West that handlers may purchase from, or handle for, producers during the 1999-2000 marketing year. The prior interim final...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
On December 14, 1999, a notice of intent for the Mill Creek Timber Sales and Related Activities was published in the Federal Register (64 FR 69691). Further project design, analysis, monitoring of previous actions and scoping have identified changes...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved information collection for tart...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
In accordance with 16 USC 1274, the USDA Forest Service is transmitting the final boundary of the Pecos Wild and Scenic River to the Senate and House of Representatives.
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is issuing this notice to advise the public that meetings of the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (Committee) will be held to discuss ways to increase new farming and ranching opportunities for these...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
Sixteen special import quotas for upland cotton are established in accordance with section 136(b) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act) under Presidential Proclamation 6301 of June 7, 1991, and Presidential Proc...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Pocatello Field Office and the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (FS), Caribou-Targhee National Forest, will jointly prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The Department of Agriculture (Department or USDA), with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing regulations for Department employees that supplement the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
We are correcting an error in a proposed rule that would amend the bovine tuberculosis regulations. This proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2000 (65 FR 11912-11940, Docket No. 99-038-1).
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Advisory Committee on Africa was established to advise the Secretary of Commerce and the Deputy Secretary of Commerce on commercial policy issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Notice Mar 24, 2000
NMFS adjusts the June 1, 1999, through May 31, 2000, directed category quota for North Atlantic swordfish to account for underharvest from the prior fishing year. The directed category annual quota is adjusted to 2,427.38 metric tons dressed weight (...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
The Department of Commerce, on behalf of the Subgroup on Legal Barriers to Electronic Commerce ("Legal Barriers Subgroup") of the U.S. Government Working Group on Electronic Commerce, re-opens for an additional 30 days the response period for our req...
Notice Mar 24, 2000

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 services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete commodities previously furnished by su...
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of the general availability of exclusive or partially exclusive licenses under the following pending patent. Any license granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404. Applications will be...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The CNO Executive Panel is to conduct the final briefing of the Navy and Alliance Structures II Short Study to the Chief of Naval Operations. This meeting will consist of discussions relating to national security issues associated with coalition and...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant Ford Motor Company, a revocable, non-assignable, partially exclusive license in the field of use of all automotive applications for cars and trucks under 30,000 pounds gross vehicl...
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 2000.
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The Assistant Secretary announces a final priority, eligible applicants, and selection criteria for fiscal year (FY) 2000 and, at the discretion of the Assistant Secretary, for subsequent years under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Nat...
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
The intent of this notice is to announce a schedule and invite comment on three upcoming RCRA Cleanup Reforms draft guidance documents and invite additional feedback on the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) Cleanup Reforms announced on July...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
EPA is taking direct final action on revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions concern rules from the following districts: Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD), Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Con...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
EPA is proposing revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from architectural coatings. The intended effect of this action is to regulate emissions of VOCs in ac...
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000
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Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) is a chemical compound that is used as a fuel additive in gasoline. Refiners have primarily added MTBE to gasoline to meet the Clean Air Act (CAA) requirement that areas with severe problems in attaining the Nationa...
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000
EPA is finalizing the update of the Outer Continental Shelf ("OCS") Air Regulations proposed in the Federal Register on November 19, 1999, August 19, 1999, May 27, 1999, August 6, 1998, January 16, 1998, August 23, 1997, July 16, 1997, December 16, 1...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
In accordance with the requirements in section 122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), notice is hereby given of a proposed past cost settlement under section 122(h), concerning the Colorado Sch...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The Agency is providing supplemental information for an existing Notice of Availability and Request for Comment (65 FR 8925, February 23, 2000) and an extension of the original comment period. The original Notice provided an opportunity for the publi...
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commission announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for an extension of the expiration date without change to the existing collection requir...
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Keymarket Licenses, LLC, proposing the reallotment of Channel 252A from Charleroi to Duquesne, Pennsylvania, and the modification of Station WOGI-FM's license accordingly. Channel 252A can be re...
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000
The Commission denies the request of Mountain West Broadcasting to allot Channel 287C1 to Jackpot, NV, as its first local aural service for failure to provide sufficient information to demonstrate that it is a community for allotment purposes. See 64...
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Jodesha Broadcasting, Inc., proposing the reallotment of Channel 249C1 from Raymond to Oakville, Washington, and the modification of Station KFMY(FM)'s license accordingly; the reallotment of Ch...
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Trade Commission has set May 31 and June 1 as the dates for its public workshop examining the appropriate antitrust assessment of slotting allowances, category management, and other grocery marketing practices.
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (FEMA-1320-DR), dated February 28, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Mar 24, 2000
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Virginia, (FEMA-1318-DR), dated February 28, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Van Daele Development Corporation of Riverside, California (Van Daele), has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service for an incidental take permit pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act, 1973, as amended. Van Daele seeks a perm...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
This notice corrects the following Notice of Segregation: (1) Notice of Segregation which was published on February 18, 2000 on page 8440 (65 FR 8440), as FR Doc. 00-3957: On page 8440, in the second column, under T. 26 S., R. 37 E., which reads "Sec...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened status for the contiguous U.S. Distinct Population Segment of the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), with a special rule, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. T...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice of a public hearing on the proposed rule to list the Santa Barbara distinct population of the California tiger salamander. In addition, the comment period which originally closed on March 20,...
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000
On March 3, 2000, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (we or OSM) made available a final petition evaluation document/environmental impact statement (PED/EIS) for a petition to designate certain lands in and near Fall Creek Falls...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, section 10), notice is hereby given that the Concessions Management Advisory Board will hold its second meeting April 11 through April 13, 2000, in S...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), on behalf of the Department of the Interior (DOI), as a natural resource trustee, announces the release for public review of the Draft Natural Resource Restoration Plan (NRRP) for the Saegertown Industria...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
This document makes technical amendments to regulations that were published in a final rule on December 28, 1999 (64 FR 72756). This amendment incorporates the revision of 10 documents previously incorporated by reference in regulations governing oil...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This action corrects Public Land Order No. 6876, 56 FR 46122, published September 10, 1991, as FR Doc. 91-21627. On page 46122, third column, paragraph 1, under T. 40 S., R. 3 W., which reads "Sec. 19, lots 2, 3, 4, and 6." is hereby corrected to rea...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
This order revokes an Executive order and a public land order insofar as they affect 17.15 acres of National Forest System lands withdrawn for the Wise River Ranger Station and the Bureau of Land Management's Phosphate Reserve No. 12--Montana No. 3....
Notice Mar 24, 2000
This order revokes, in their entirety, two Secretarial orders as they affect 2,404.11 acres of lands within the Colville Indian Reservation withdrawn for Bureau of Land Management Powersite Reserve Nos. 536 and 568. The lands are no longer needed for...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
This order revokes a Secretarial order insofar as it affects 382.32 acres of public lands withdrawn for the Bureau of Reclamation's Lower Yellowstone Project. The lands are no longer needed for reclamation purposes. This action will open 222.32 acres...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
This order partially revokes two Secretarial orders which withdrew National Forest System lands for the Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado-Big Thompson Project. These lands are no longer needed for reclamation purposes. This action will open 922.26 acr...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
This order withdraws 1,430.92 acres of public lands from surface entry and mining for a period of 20 years to protect the Whiskey Mountain Bighorn Sheep Winter Range and capital investments in the area. The lands have been and will remain open to min...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
This order withdraws 1,712.74 acres of public lands from mining for a period of 20 years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the Coos Bay North Spit Special Recreation Management Area and Area of Critical Environmental Concern. An additional...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
This order modifies 5 Executive orders to establish a 20-year term as to 8,040.07 acres of lands withdrawn for the Bureau of Land Management for use as Powersite Reserves. This order also partially revokes 3 of the Executive orders insofar as they af...
Notice Mar 24, 2000

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Ch. 35), the Commission intends to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget to survey complainants who obtained exclusion orders that are currently in effect from the United Sta...
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
This rule implements section 902 of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (HRIFA) by establishing procedures for certain nationals of Haiti who have been residing in the United States to become lawful permanent residents of this countr...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This rule implements section 202 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) by establishing procedures for certain nationals of Nicaragua and Cuba who have been residing in the United States to become lawful permanent resid...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This notice advises the public that effective April 1, 2000, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) is delegating to the Director of the Nebraska Service Center the authority to accept and adjudicate requests for advance parole authoriz...
Notice Mar 24, 2000
The purpose of this notice is to announce the meeting of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board. The CJIS Advisory Policy Board is responsible for reviewing policy issues, uniform crime reports, and appropriate technic...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington...
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing proposed regulations to clarify and redefine the limitations on locality rates of pay for categories of non-General Schedule employees approved by the President's Pay Agent to receive locality-based compa...
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Board has approved the second quarter 2000 rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The second quarter 2000 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.050. The second quarter 2000 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.593. The...
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) applicable to Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (BHTI)- manufactured Model HH-1K, TH-1F, TH-1L, UH-1A, UH-1B, UH-1E, UH-1F, UH- 1H, UH-1L, and UH-1P; and Southwest Florida Aviation...
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH (ECD) Model MBB-BK 117 helicopters, that requires changing the retirement life for the tail rotor (output) drive bevel gear (bevel gear). This amendme...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Eurocopter France Model AS332L2 helicopters. This proposal would require inspecting for interference between the transmission flexible mounting plate (pla...
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) applicable to Eurocopter France Model SA330F, SA330G, SA330J, AS332C, AS332L, AS332L1, and AS332L2 helicopters. This action requires replacing certain tail rotor blades before further flight af...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Pratt & Whitney PW4164, PW4168, and PW4168A series turbofan engines. AD 98-04-14 currently requires initial and repetitive torque checks for loose or br...
Proposed Rule Mar 24, 2000
This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which establishes Class E airspace at Stigler, OK.
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This action removes Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 84, which prohibit flight operations within the territory and airspace of Serbia-Montenegro by any United States air carrier or commercial operator, by any person exercising the privi...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This amendment revises the Class D Airspace at Alexandria England Air Force Base (AFB), LA; revokes the Class D Airspace at Alexandria Esler Regional Airport, LA; and revises the Class E Airspace at Alexandria, LA. The closure of England AFB and subs...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class D airspace at Hobbs, NM.
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Corsicana, TX.
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This action amends the language regarding aircraft operating in accordance with Special Visual Flight Rules (SVFR). Specifically, this action will permit a general aviation pilot at a satellite airport where weather reporting is not available, to dep...
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This document contains a correction to the notice issuing final guidance on section 1110 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) for the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program (CMAQ) that was published on Feb...
Notice Mar 24, 2000

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains a correction to final regulations which were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, January 25, 2000 (65 FR 3817), relating to the new mark-to-market election for stock of a passive foreign investment company.
Rule Mar 24, 2000
This document contains a correction to procedural rules which were published in the Federal Register on Monday, December 13, 1999 (64 FR 69398), establishing the procedures under which the IRS may use penalty mail to aid in the location and recovery...
Rule Mar 24, 2000

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