April 27, 2000 (Volume 65)

Federal Register April 27, 2000

View all documents issued on April 27, 2000. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

103 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on April 27, 2000

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Voluntary Foreign Aid Advisory Committee
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
This proposed rule contains the policy and procedures pertaining to 20 new rural enterprise communities designated by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Secretary) as authorized by the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2000

Broadcasting Board of Governors logo Broadcasting Board of Governors

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 Apr 27, 2000
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 Apr 27, 2000
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 Apr 27, 2000
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 Apr 27, 2000

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative review.
Notice Apr 27, 2000
On March 30, 2000, the Department of Commerce published its final determination of sales at less than fair value of certain polyester staple fiber from Taiwan (see 65 FR 16877). The petitioners and Nan Ya Plastics Corporation filed allegations of min...
Notice Apr 27, 2000
On January 26, 2000, in response to a request made by respondent Ta Chen Stainless Steel Pipe, Ltd. ("Ta Chen"), the Department of Commerce ("Department") published the notice of initiation of an antidumping duty administrative review on certain weld...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS is closing directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the portion of the 2000 total allowable catch (TAC) of P...
Rule Apr 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene public meetings.
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
This rule sets forth regulations pertaining to the Department of the Navy's Freedom of Information Act Program. This rule adds regulations regarding indexing, public inspection, and publication of documents affecting the public.
Rule Apr 27, 2000

D
Delaware River Basin Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings and hearings
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Education Department logo Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Postsecondary education:

Title Type Published
The Secretary amends the regulations governing the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) program. These amendments are needed because the current regulations applied only to the fiscal year 1999 competition. These...
Rule Apr 27, 2000

E
Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 27, 2000

E
Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co.
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Egan Hub Partners, L.P.
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Indianapolis Power Light Co.
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America et al.
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Northwest Pipeline Corp.
Notice Apr 27, 2000
OkTex Pipeline Co.
Notice Apr 27, 2000
DOE, NRC
PECO Energy Co. et al.
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Southern Natural Gas Co.
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office (ID), on behalf of the Office of Industrial Technologies, is seeking applications for innovative cost-shared research, development and demonstration of technologies that will enhance econom...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
Off-the-record communications
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Land Disposal Re...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Clean Air Act:

Title Type Published
EPA, DOJ
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are proposing a rule that would provide for access to information concerning the potential off-site consequences of hypothetical accidental chemical releases from industria...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the EPA is soliciting pre- proposals from organizations interested in convening a National Watershed Forum and that are eligible to receive Federal assistance awards under the Clean Water Act Section 104(b)(3). Eligible en...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App 2) notification is hereby given of an open meeting of the Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board (ELAB).
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., notice is hereby given that a proposed Agr...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Toxic substances:

Title Type Published
EPA proposes to modify a previously published proposed rule to amend the Asbestos Worker Protection Rule (WPR). This modified proposal would protect State and local government employees from the health risks of exposure to asbestos to the same extent...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2000

Water programs:

Title Type Published
This rule specifies that new and revised standards adopted by States and authorized Tribes after the effective date of today's rule become "applicable standards for Clean Water Act purposes" only when approved by EPA. To facilitate transition to this...
Rule Apr 27, 2000

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Burma; conditions and U.S. policy (Memorandum of April 19, 2000)
Presidential Document Apr 27, 2000
Palestine Liberation Organization; U.S. relations (Presidential Determination No. 2000-19 of April 21, 2000)
Presidential Document Apr 27, 2000

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission published in the Federal Register of April 12, 2000 (65 FR 19675) final rules in 47 CFR 1, Subpart U, concerning data collection. As such, the document, as published, inadvertently assigned portions of the final...
Rule Apr 27, 2000

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by WTKR- TV, Inc. licensee of station WTKR-TV, NTSC Channel 3, Norfolk, Virginia, requesting the substitution of DTV Channel 40 for station WTKR-TV's assigned DTV Channel 58. DTV Channel 40 can be...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2000

Radio and television broadcasting:

Title Type Published
The Commission adopted new broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) rules and policies and amended its cable EEO rules and policies. Certain rules contained new and modified information collection requirements and were published in the Federal Re...
Rule Apr 27, 2000

Television broadcasting:

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on compatibility between cable television systems and consumer electronics equipment. The NPRM is designed to resolve outstanding compatibility issues, in partic...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2000

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Investigations, hearings, petitions, etc.:

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title Type Published
Trans Pacific Inc. et al.
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 27, 2000

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration has submitted an emergency processing information collection to the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). OMB approval has been requested by May 3,...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
School-Based Injury Prevention Program
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Sexual violence and intimate partner violence among racial and ethnic minority populations; early intervention and prevention
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Medicare:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would amend the Medicare regulations to permit Medicare suppliers to furnish upgraded durable medical equipment (DME) on an assignment basis. Medicare payment would be made to the supplier as if the DME were non-upgraded DME; and t...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the Citizens Advisory Panel on Medicare Education (the Panel) on May 12, 2000. This Committee advises and makes recommendations to the Secretar...
Notice Apr 27, 2000
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public hearing about the agency's approach to regulating over-the-counter (OTC) drug products. The purpose of the hearing is to solicit information from, and the views of, interested persons, inc...
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Notice.
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
The Commander, First Coast Guard District has issued a temporary 90 day deviation from the existing drawbridge operation regulations for the Metro-North Bridge, mile 1.0, at Greenwich, Connecticut. This deviation will require the bridge to open on si...
Rule Apr 27, 2000
The Commander, First Coast Guard District has issued a temporary 90 day deviation from the existing drawbridge operation regulations for the Northern Avenue Bridge, mile 0.1, at Boston, Massachusetts. This deviation will require the bridge to open on...
Rule Apr 27, 2000
The Coast Guard is changing the drawbridge operation regulations for the Newburyport US1 Bridge, mile 3.4, across the Merrimack River between Newburyport and Salisbury, Massachusetts. The bridge owner asked the Coast Guard to change the regulations t...
Rule Apr 27, 2000
The Coast Guard proposes to change the operating rules for four New York City bridges across the Gowanus Canal; the Ninth Street Bridge, at mile 1.4, the Third Street Bridge, at mile 1.8, the Carroll Street Bridge, at mile 2.0, and the Union Street B...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 Apr 27, 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 Apr 27, 2000

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will hold a field-trip and meeting on May 25, 2000. The field-trip will commence at 9:00 a.m., at the Spokane District Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 1103 N. Fancher, Spokane, WA...
Notice Apr 27, 2000
The OCS Policy Committee of the Minerals Management Advisory Board will meet at the Atlantic Oakes Hotel in Bar Harbor, Maine, on May 16-17, 2000. The agenda will cover the following principal subjects: National Energy Overview. This presentation wil...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Survey plat filings:

Title Type Published
The plats of the following described lands were officially filed in the Idaho State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, Idaho, effective 9:00 a.m., on the dates specified: The field notes representing the correction and superceding of original...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992:

Title Type Published
Abbate, G.A.
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Clean Air Act:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Board
Notice Apr 27, 2000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committ...
Notice Apr 27, 2000
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committ...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title Type Published
NASA hereby gives notice that Knowledge Technologies, Inc., of Miami, FL, has applied for an exclusive copyright license in North, Central and South America, to ARC-15008, "Postdoc," which is assigned to the United States of America as represented by...
Notice Apr 27, 2000
NASA hereby gives notice that Reality Capture Technologies, Inc., of San Jose, CA, has applied for a worldwide exclusive copyright license to ARC-14345, "MarsMap," ARC-14326, "Mars Virtual Explorer Control Program," and ARC-15008, "Postdoc," which ar...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

N
National Science Foundation

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Environmental Research and Education Advisory Committee
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent storage; licensing requirements:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to revise the Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates (PSNA) VSC- 24 cask system listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to include Amendment No. 1 to the Certificat...
Rule Apr 27, 2000

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The revisions result from a review of agency information practices conducted in accordance with the President's May 14, 1998, memorandum on privacy and information in federal records. The revisions reflect the changes and clarify OPM's Governmentwide...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system:

Title Type Published
We are modernizing our Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. We are implementing the next stage of modernization (EDGAR Release 7.0) for filers to begin using on May 30 of this year. In this release, we are adopting amend...
Rule Apr 27, 2000

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
The proposed rule would create a new Part in the Code of Federal Regulations. The new part would provide standards in the administration of grants and agreements with institutions of higher education, hospitals, other non-profit organizations, and co...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2000

State Department logo State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.), Delegati...
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.), Delegati...
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.), Delegati...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Global Educational Programs/Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in IRS...
Notice Apr 27, 2000

S
State Justice Institute

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 27, 2000

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections or checks to detect broken H-11 steel bolts at the wing rear spar side-of-body on the lower chord...
Rule Apr 27, 2000

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 27, 2000
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Apr 27, 2000

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