April 26, 2000 (Volume 65)

Federal Register April 26, 2000

View all documents issued on April 26, 2000. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

131 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on April 26, 2000

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We are advising the public that an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to a program for the control of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora gl...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The original notice of intent (NOI) was published in Federal Register on November 25, 1998 (63 FR 65167). This notice stated that the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) were in the process of preparing a Supplemental EIS (SEIS) consid...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Title Type Published
We are extending the comment period for our advance notice of proposed rulemaking that solicited public comment on our intent to recognize the American Identification Numbering System as a means of providing unique identification for livestock. This...
Proposed Rule Apr 26, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Western Washington Cascades Provincial Interagency Executive Committee Advisory Committee (Provincial Advisory Committee) will meet on Thursday, May 18, 2000, at the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Headquarters, 21905 64th Avenue West, in Mo...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Title Type Published
We are proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow Fuji variety apples grown in certified orchards within approved production areas in the Republic of Korea to be imported into the United States, wit...
Proposed Rule Apr 26, 2000

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce has issued an amendment to the Export Trade Certificate of Review granted to Automotive Services Industry Association ("ASIA") on March 1, 1994. Notice of issuance of the original Certificate was published in the Federal Re...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
NMFS provides notification that the List of Fisheries (LOF) published on February 24, 1999, remains in effect. Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS must place all U.S. commercial fisheries on the LOF, which categorizes those fisheries...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
On December 15, 1999, NMFS proposed to prohibit pelagic longline fishing at certain times and in certain areas within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Southeastern United States and in the Gulf of Mexico (64 FR 6...
Proposed Rule Apr 26, 2000

Marine mammals:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, and with implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that a letter of authorization (LOA) to take ringed and bearded seals incidental to an on-ice shallow-water seismi...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Council's Recreational Fisheries Data Task Force (RFDTF) will hold a meeting.
Notice Apr 26, 2000

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Commission announces the first meeting of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) on diisononyl phthalate (DINP). The Commission appointed this CHAP to advise the Commission on any chronic hazards of cancer, birth defects, and gene mutations ass...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Education Department logo Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Apr 26, 2000
The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Montana Power Company
Notice Apr 26, 2000
New York Power Authority
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Northwest Natural Gas Co.
Notice Apr 26, 2000
PowerGasSmart.com, Inc.
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Transwestern Pipeline Co.
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
Merchant Energy Group of the Americas, Inc., et al.
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Roswell Energy, Inc.
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Title Type Published
California Power Exchange Corporation (CaLPX) has applied for renewal of its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Energy conservation:

Title Type Published
CSA International has petitioned the Department of Energy (Department) to classify its motor efficiency verification service program as a nationally recognized certification program in the United States for the purposes of section 345(c) of the Energ...
Proposed Rule Apr 26, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of an updated version of the Pesticide Data Submitters List which supersedes and replaces all previous versions.
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Air programs:

Title Type Published
This action lists two substitutes for ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) in the fire suppression and explosion protection sector as acceptable (subject to use restrictions) under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Significant New Alterna...
Rule Apr 26, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is hereby given that the Standing Committee on Sectors will meet on the date and time described below. The meeting is open to the public. Seating at the meeting will be a firs...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2) notification is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC),...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Pesticide programs:

Title Type Published
This notices announces the availability of the revised risk assessments and related documents for one organophosphate pesticide, coumaphos. In addition, this notice starts a 60-day public participation period during which the public is encouraged to...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996 amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that over time they continue to meet statutory standards for safety...
Proposed Rule Apr 26, 2000

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the amended filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities.
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of fenpropathrin in or on the cucumber/squash crop subgroup. The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as a...
Rule Apr 26, 2000
This regulation extends a time-limited tolerance for residues of the fungicide thiabendazol and its metabolites in or on lentils at 0.1 part per million (ppm) for an additional 20-month period. This tolerance will expire and is revoked on December 31...
Rule Apr 26, 2000

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government agencies and employees:

Title Type Published
Federal fleet and transportation efficiency (EO 13149)
Presidential Document Apr 26, 2000
Leadership in greening the Government (EO 13148)
Presidential Document Apr 26, 2000
Work force transportation (EO 13150)
Presidential Document Apr 26, 2000

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the P...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
This document announces a free pre-auction seminar scheduled for Thursday, April 27, 2000. This seminar will provide information about pre-auction procedures, service and auction rules, conduct of the auction, and the FCC remote bidding software.
Notice Apr 26, 2000
This document announces a free pre-auction seminar scheduled for Monday, April 24, 2000. This seminar will provide information about pre-auction procedures, service and auction rules, conduct of the auction, and the FCC remote bidding software.
Notice Apr 26, 2000
This document provides additional information concerning the 800 MHz licenses being offered in Auction No. 34 scheduled to commence August 23, 2000. This document also seeks comment on procedural issues related to the auctioning of these licenses in...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Radio service, special:

Title Type Published
This document dismisses or denies fourteen of the fifteen petitions for reconsideration filed against an earlier Federal Communications Commission (Commission) order. The Commission takes this action because most of the issues raised in the petitions...
Rule Apr 26, 2000

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Apr 26, 2000

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Management Regulation:

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration (GSA) is revising the Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) by moving coverage on transportation payment and audit into the Federal Management Regulation (FMR). A cross-reference is added to the FPMR to di...
Rule Apr 26, 2000

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title Type Published
Notice of a Cooperative Agreement with the Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons (ICPS).
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document contains a correction to the Notice that was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. On page 10797, in the State of Colorado, Arapahoe County, in the local community column the following service area should be a...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Health care programs; fraud and abuse:

Title Type Published
This final rule revises the OIG's civil money penalty (CMP) authorities, in conjunction with new and revised provisions set forth in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Among other provisions, this final rulemaking codifi...
Rule Apr 26, 2000

Human drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that manufacturers who were marketing orally administered drug products containing levothyroxine sodium on or before August 14, 1997, may continue to market these products without approved applicat...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Apr 26, 2000
National Cancer Institute
Notice Apr 26, 2000
National Eye Institute
Notice Apr 26, 2000
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Apr 26, 2000
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Apr 26, 2000
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Apr 26, 2000
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Apr 26, 2000
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Apr 26, 2000
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Apr 26, 2000
SAMHSA National Advisory Council
Notice Apr 26, 2000
SAMHSA National Advisory Council
Notice Apr 26, 2000
SAMHSA National Advisory Council et al.; Year 2000 Joint Council meeting on Spirit of Collaboration from Prevention through Treatment
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Scientific Counselors Board
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Scientific Review Center
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Scientific Review Center
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center Board of Governors
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Women's Services Advisory Committee
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to establish a temporary moving safety zone in the Chesapeake Bay and the Port of Baltimore, Maryland during the transit of the sailing vessel Amerigo Vespucci through those waters. This action is necessary to provide for the...
Proposed Rule Apr 26, 2000
The Coast Guard proposes to establish a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) on the Lower Mississippi River and transfer certain vessel traffic management provisions of the Mississippi River, LA--Regulated Navigation Area to the VTS. The Coast Guard would im...
Proposed Rule Apr 26, 2000
The Coast Guard proposes to establish five permanent safety zones for annual fireworks displays located on Sandy Hook Bay, Rondout Creek, Hempstead Harbor, the Arthur Kill, and the Hudson River. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of l...
Proposed Rule Apr 26, 2000

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Boundary establishment, descriptions, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is given that the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been revised to encompass additional lands. The boundary has been revised for the preservation, protection, interpretation and management of the area.
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title Type Published
Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office, Lakewood, Colorado, hereby gives notice to correct the sale date for two notices of coal lease offering by sealed bid published in 65 FR 20827-20828 on April 18, 2000. On page 20827, second column, mi...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Notice is hereby given that certain coal resources in the tract described below in San Juan County, New Mexico, will be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid in accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), are amending the current regulations by removing the entry of the Umpqua River Ecologically Significant Unit (ESU) of the coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki) from the List of Endangered a...
Rule Apr 26, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the date of the thirty-second meeting of the Gettysburg National Military Park Advisory Commission.
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Notice.
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Minerals management:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would add a new subpart to the Bureau of Land Management's oil and gas regulations implementing new statutory authority allowing operators to form units in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska (NPRA). Units allow for the sharing...
Proposed Rule Apr 26, 2000

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title Type Published
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of an amendment to the Alabama regulatory program (Alabama program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Alabama proposes revisions...
Proposed Rule Apr 26, 2000

Royalty management:

Title Type Published
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) is offering five 1-day payor training sessions on its revised Federal oil valuation regulations that are effective June 1, 2000.
Rule Apr 26, 2000

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management proposes to withdraw 17,056.10 acres of public lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws including the mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, to protect and pr...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of an expedited review pursuant to section 751(c)(3) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(3)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on coumarin from China...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the final initial determination (ID) issued by the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) on March 17, 2000, finding a violation of section 337 of the...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Various countries
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Corrections (NIC) announces the availability of funds in FY 2000 for a cooperative agreement to provide Technical Assistance to state correctional agencies in addressing the change of mission in...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is announcing that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the Information Collection Request for the Vinyl Chloride Standard under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This document...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice extends the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program application deadline from May 19, 2000, to June 2, 2000. The notice of availability of funds and request for grant applications was originally published in the Federal Register, 65 FR 17316...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
This notice set forth the procedures for obtaining a solicitation package for the operation of employment and training programs under the Public Law 105-220, Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Section 168-Veterans' Workforce Investment Program (VWIP). T...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Merit Systems Protection Board logo Merit Systems Protection Board

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or the Board) is amending its rules of practice and procedure with respect to attorney fee proceedings to permit reimbursement to a prevailing appellant's attorney at his customary billing rate if that rate is...
Rule Apr 26, 2000

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

Meetings:

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The NRC is announcing the availability of, and requesting comments on, draft NUREG-1556, Volume 17, "Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Special Nuclear Material of Less Than Critical Mass Licenses," dated...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Notice of application for an order pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act" for exemptions from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder.
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Board grants an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502, from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323-25, for Peter A. Gilbertson, H. Terry Hearst, Bruce A. Lieberman, and SouthShore Corporation (collectively petitioners) to acquire control of...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 Apr 26, 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 renewal and commen...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., this notice announces that the information collection abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. Described b...
Notice Apr 26, 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 Apr 26, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing 777 series airplanes, that requires a one- time inspection to detect cracking of the fastener holes common to the upper wing skins and trailing edge panels of both...
Rule Apr 26, 2000
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect damage of certain taxi light assemblies, and replacement...
Rule Apr 26, 2000
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Raytheon Model BAe 125-800A and BAe 125- 800B, Model Hawker 800, and Model Hawker 800XP series airplanes, that currently requires the filling of two tooling hol...
Rule Apr 26, 2000

Coastwise trade laws; waivers:

Title Type Published
As authorized by Public Law 105-383, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request fo...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
As authorized by Public Law 105-383, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for constructing a proposed four-lane Heart of Illinois Highway in north central Illinois. Three feasible corridors identified by Illin...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title Type Published
The FMCSA is granting the application of the General Motors Corporation (GM) for an exemption from certain fuel tank design and certification labeling requirements in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). The exemption enables motor...
Notice Apr 26, 2000
The FMCSA is denying the application of PacifiCorp Electric Operations (PacifiCorp) for an exemption from the FMCSA's controlled substances and alcohol random testing requirements in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). PacifiCorp r...
Notice Apr 26, 2000

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

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