Federal Register May 11, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on May 11, 2000

Agriculture Department (11)
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Amtrak Reform Council (1)
Commerce Department (5)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
Defense Department (3)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (13)
Environmental Protection Agency (12)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Reserve System (4)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
Health and Human Services Department (23)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (3)
Interior Department (10)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (8)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation (1)
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Railroad Retirement Board (5)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
Small Business Administration (1)
Tennessee Valley Authority (1)
Transportation Department (5)
Treasury Department (9)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Revision of Administrative Rules and Regulations Governing Issuance of Additional Allotment Base to New Producers This rule reduces the number of regions established for issuing additional allotment base to new producers from three regions to two regions and revises the procedure used for determining the distribution of additional allotment base to new producers...	Rule	May 11, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSA Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Farm Service Agency (FSA) intends to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclos...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Agriculture Department > APHIS Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of a currently approved information collection in support of animal disease surveillance...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Field office technical guides; changes:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Revision to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide; Oregon and Washington State Pursuant to Section 343 of Subtitle E of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (FAIRA) that requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide public notice and comment under Section 553 of Title 5, United States Code, with regard...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Loan and purchase programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CCC Farm Storage Facility Loan Program This rule implements the Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC's) Farm Storage Facility Loan program utilizing authority in the CCC Charter Act. The program will provide financing for producers to build or upgrade farm storage and handling facilities.	Rule	May 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Burley Tobacco Advisory Committee; Meeting Burley Tobacco Advisory Committee	Notice	May 11, 2000
Agriculture Department > AMS Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee; Meeting Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee	Notice	May 11, 2000
Agriculture Department > APHIS National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee; Meeting We are giving notice of a meeting of the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Imported Fire Ant; Quarantined Areas We are amending the imported fire ant regulations by designating as quarantined areas all or portions of 2 counties in Arkansas, 14 counties in North Carolina, and 19 counties in Tennessee. As a result of this action, the interstate movement of regul...	Rule	May 11, 2000
Agriculture Department > APHIS Imported Fire Ant; Quarantined Areas and Treatment Dosage We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the imported fire ant regulations by designating as quarantined areas portions of two counties in California. As a result of the interim rule, the interstate movement of re...	Rule	May 11, 2000

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Mexican Hass Avocado Import Program The Government of Mexico has requested that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service consider amending its regulations regarding the importation of Hass avocado fruit from Mexico to expand the number of States in which the fruit may be distribu...	Proposed Rule	May 11, 2000

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Amtrak Reform Council

Title	Type	Published
Amtrak Reform Council Notice of Meeting As provided in section 203 of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997, the Amtrak Reform Council (ARC) gives notice of a special public outreach meeting of the Council with representatives from the State of California to discuss Amtrak's Cal...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Format for Petition Requesting Relief Under U.S. Countervailing Duty Law 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 the continuing information collections, as required b...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Catch Specifications for Gulf Group King and Spanish Mackerel In accordance with the framework procedure for adjusting management measures of the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP), NMFS implements increases in the total allowable c...	Rule	May 11, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NTIA Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) previously announced the solicitation of grant applications for the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP). This notice announces the list of applications received and...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee will hold a plenary meeting from 9-4:30 on May 18, 2000. Lunch is not included. The ETTAC was created on May 31, 1994, to advise the U.S. government on policies and programs to expand U.S. expor...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered Species; Permits Notice is hereby given of the following actions regarding permits for takes of endangered and threatened species for the purposes of scientific research and/or enhancement: NMFS has received a permit application from the Columbia River Inter-Tribal F...	Notice	May 11, 2000

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Commander, Navy Recruiting Command The Commander, Navy Recruiting Command announces a proposed extension of an approved public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is nece...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Defense Department > USN Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Commander, Navy Recruiting Command The Commander, Navy Recruiting Command announces a proposed extension of an approved public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is nece...	Notice	May 11, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive License; National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of a prospective license to National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC), 316 Washington Ave, Wheeling, WV 26003 to the Government-owned invention described in U.S. Patent No. 5,601,452 issued on February...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 11, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Change in FERC Gas Tariff ANR Pipeline Co.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff and Requests for Waiver Destin Pipeline Co., L.L.C.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Indianapolis Power & Light Company; Notice of Informal Settlement Conference Indianapolis Power Light Co.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Proposed Change in FERC Gas Tariff Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America	Notice	May 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application Southern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Site Visit Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Indiana Michigan Power Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Indiana Michigan Power Co. et al.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC PPL Montana, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings PPL Montana, LLC, et al.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Notice of Availability of Solicitation The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office (ID), on behalf of the Office of Industrial Technologies, is seeking applications from private and public institutions of higher learning to promote multidisciplinary education and training...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Regulations Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice Off-the-record communications	Notice	May 11, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources Phosphate Fertilizer Industry In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Standard...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)-Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizers Production In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NESHAP--...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources Nonmetallic Minerals Processing Plants In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS Sub...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Alabama: Approval of Revisions to the Alabama State Implementation Plan: Transportation Conformity Interagency Memorandum of Agreement EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Alabama State Implementation Plan (SIP) that contains transportation conformity rules. If EPA approves this transportation conformity SIP revision, the State will be able to implement and enforce the Fede...	Proposed Rule	May 11, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans- Alabama: Approval of Revisions to the Alabama State Implementation Plan: Transportation Conformity Interagency Memorandum of Agreement EPA is approving a revision to the Alabama State Implementation Plan (SIP) that contains the transportation conformity rule pursuant to sections 110(k) and 176 of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (Act). The transportation conformity rule assures...	Rule	May 11, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District EPA is finalizing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This action was proposed in the Federal Register on March 2, 200...	Rule	May 11, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability of Funds for Source Water Protection The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks proposals from organizations interested in working with communities across the nation that are served by public water systems with highly or moderately susceptible drinking water sources to protect thei...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Peer Review Meeting on the Draft Guidance Document Entitled: Human Health Risk Assessment Protocol for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities (Peer Review Draft, July 1998) The Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA" or "the Agency") contractor, Tech Law, is announcing a meeting for the external, scientific peer review of the EPA draft guidance document entitled: Human Health Risk Assessment Protocol for Hazardous Wast...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Microbial and Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Advisory Committee; Notice of Meetings Under section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 920423, "The Federal Advisory Committee Act," notice is hereby given of a series of meetings of the Microbial and Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Advisory Committee established under the Safe Drinking Water...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Pesticide programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Organophosphate Pesticides; Availability of Preliminary Risk Assessments This notice announces the availability of documents that were developed as part of the EPA's process for making reregistration eligibility decisions for the organophosphate pesticides and for tolerance reassessments consistent with the Federal Food,...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites, Proposed Rule No. 32 The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA" or "the Act"), requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ("NCP") include a list of national priorities among the known releas...	Proposed Rule	May 11, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA" or "the Act"), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ("NCP") include a list of national priorities am...	Rule	May 11, 2000

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Global Science and Technology Week, 2000 Science and Technology Week, Global (Proc. 7304)	Presidential Document	May 11, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Sunshine Act Meeting; Open Commission Meeting, Monday, May 15, 2000 The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to streamline Part 68 technical rules and registration process.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Sunshine Act Meeting; Closed Commission Meeting, Monday, May 15, 2000 The Enforcement Bureau will report to the Commission on several pending common carrier investigations.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	May 11, 2000
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	May 11, 2000
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	May 11, 2000
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals To Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or To Acquire Companies That Are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities Permissible nonbanking activities	Notice	May 11, 2000

Federal Trade Commission

Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in labeling and advertising:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Rule Concerning Disclosures Regarding Energy Consumption and Water Use of Certain Home Appliances and Other Products Required Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (“Appliance Labeling Rule”) Federal Trade Commission amends its Appliance Labeling Rule by publishing new ranges of comparability to be used on required labels for clothes washers. These ranges of comparability supersede the ranges published on March 27, 2000, 65 FR 16132, whic...	Rule	May 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Public Forum: Warranty Protection for High-Tech Products and Services The Federal Trade Commission plans to hold a public forum to examine warranty protection for software and other computer information products and services that are marketed to consumers, and seeks academic papers and public comment to inform this exa...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Program Exclusions: April 2000 Notice of program exclusions.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Miniaturized Wearable Transdermal Alcohol Monitor 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 Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the National...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	May 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC HIV; Preventing Transmission Through Transplantation of Human Tissue Organs; U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines; Notice of Meeting Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); transmission through transplantation of human tissue and organs; Public Health Service prevention guidelines	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Notice of Closed Meeting National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department National Center For Research Resources; amended Notice of Meeting National Center for Research Resources	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse; Amended Notice Meeting National Institute on Drug Abuse	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Closed Meeting National Library of Medicine	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center For Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Stigma Meeting Stigma; role in communication with HIV positive and negative persons	Notice	May 11, 2000

National Environmental Policy Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA National Environmental Policy Act; Food Contact Substance Notification System; Companion to Direct Final Rule The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend its regulations on environmental impact considerations as part of the agency's implementation of the FDA Modernization Act (FDAMA) of 1997. FDAMA amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmeti...	Proposed Rule	May 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA National Environmental Policy Act; Food Contact Substance Notification System The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations on environmental impact considerations as part of the agency's implementation of the FDA Modernization Act (FDAMA) of 1997. FDAMA amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the...	Rule	May 11, 2000

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority This Notice amends Part K of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) as follows: Chapter KT, Office of Legislative Af...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety Zone: New York Harbor, Western Long Island Sound, East and Hudson Rivers Fireworks. The Coast Guard proposes to establish 20 permanent safety zones for fireworks displays located on New York Harbor, western Long Island Sound, the East River, and the Hudson River. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigabl...	Proposed Rule	May 11, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Adoption of Revisions to OMB Circular A-110; Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations This interim rule revises HUD's regulations that implement the requirements of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A- 110, "Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals,...	Rule	May 11, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Draft SEQRA/NEPA Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS); City of Yonkers, NY; Affordable Housing Ordinance (AHO) Mandated By a 1988 Federal Long-Term Plan Order The Department of Housing and Urban Development gives this notice to the public that the City of Yonkers, New York, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for a proposed apartment project located at...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Fiscal Year 2000 Notice of Funding Availability for the Indian Housing Drug Elimination Purpose of the Program: To provide grants to eliminate drugs and drug-related crime in American Indian and Alaskan Native communities. Available Funds: Approximately $22,000,000 in FY 1999 ($11 million) and FY 2000 ($11 million) funds is being made a...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit Endangered and threatened species permit applications	Notice	May 11, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Endangered Species Permit Applications The following applicants have applied for a scientific research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10 (a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 USC 1531 et seq.).	Notice	May 11, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, MMS invites the public and other Federal agencies to comment on a proposal to revise the currently approved collection of information discussed below on relief or reduction i...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Horse Creek Federal Coal Lease Application in the Wyoming Powder River Basin Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and implementing regulations, and other applicable statutes, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Horse Cree...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council As provided in Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Fish and Wildlife Service announces a meeting designed to foster partnerships to enhance public awareness of the importance of aquatic resources and the social and economic be...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Public land orders:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Order No. 7443; Partial Revocation of Public Land Order No. 3512; Nevada This order partially revokes a public land order insofar as it affects 700.12 acres of public land withdrawn for use by the Bureau of Reclamation for the Robert B. Griffith Water Project. The land is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Order No. 7444; Revocation of Executive Order Dated January 19, 1917, and Partial Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated January 19, 1917; Oregon This order revokes an Executive order in its entirety and partially revokes a Secretarial order as to 3,690.67 acres of lands withdrawn for Bureau of Land Management Powersite Reserve No. 582 and Water Power Designation No. 3. The lands are no longer...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act Classification; New Mexico The following public lands in Santa Fe County, New Mexico have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance to Santa Fe County under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Realty Actions; Sales, Leases etc; Utah The following public lands in Sanpete County, Utah, have been examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance to Sanpete County Sanitary Landfill Cooperative under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Survey plat filings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Filing of Plat Survey; Wisconsin Wisconsin	Notice	May 11, 2000

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Summary of Commission Practice Relating to Administrative Protective Orders Since February 1991, the U.S. International Trade Commission ("Commission") has issued an annual report on the status of its practice with respect to violations of its administrative protective orders ("APOs") in investigations under Title VII of the...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Justice Department

Temporary protected status program determinations:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Extension of Designation of Honduras Under Temporary Protected Status Program This notice extends the Attorney General's designation of Honduras under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program until July 5, 2001. Eligible nationals of Honduras (or aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Honduras) may re-...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Justice Department > INS Extension of Designation of Nicaragua Under Temporary Protected Status Program This notice extends the Attorney General's designation of Nicaragua under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program until July 5, 2001. Eligible nationals of Nicaragua (or aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Nicaragua) may...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Wolverine Tube, Inc., et al.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Avent Inc.; Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Tuscon, Arizona; Notice of Termination of Investment Avent Inc.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Bigsby Accessories, Inc., et al.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Pennzoil-Quaker State et al.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	May 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting Occupational Safety and Health Federal Advisory Council	Notice	May 11, 2000

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Avent Inc. Kimberly-Clark Corporation Tucson, AZ; Notice of Termination of Investigation Avent Inc.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Swiss-M-Tex et al.	Notice	May 11, 2000

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Cooperative Agreement for: Documentation of Successful ArtsREACH and Creative Links Grant Projects The National Endowment for the Arts is requesting proposals leading to one (1) award of a Cooperative Agreement for an effort to document successful ArtsREACH and Creative Links grant projects for use as case studies by other community-based coalitio...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	May 11, 2000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of a Website for the Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards This notice announces the website for the Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards (ISCORS) at www.iscors.org. ISCORS was formed in response to an October 27, 1994, letter from Senator John Glenn to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Carolina Power Light Co.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pathfinder Mines Corporation Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received, by letter dated April 3, 2000, an application from Pathfinder Mines Corporation to establish Alternate Concentration Limits and, accordingly, amend Condition 47 of...	Notice	May 11, 2000

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Information Disclosure This proposed rule revises the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's ("OPIC") Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") regulations by making substantive and administrative changes. These revisions are intended to supersede OPIC's current FOIA regulati...	Proposed Rule	May 11, 2000

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	May 11, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Proposed Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries o...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Railroad Retirement Board Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and budget for review and approva...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Railroad Retirement Board Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Railroad Retirement Act:

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Application for Annuity or Lump Sum The Railroad Retirement Board hereby proposes to amend its regulations to enable a divorced spouse who remarries the employee within six months of the divorce to use the spouse application to qualify for a divorced spouse annuity for the period prior...	Proposed Rule	May 11, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Warburg, Pincus Trust, et al. Notice of application for an order under 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	May 11, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Maintenance Standards for the Dow Jones High Yield Select Ten Index Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Denial of Access Procedures National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Disclosure Requirements for Transactions Involving Callable Common Stock and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange, Inc; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to NYSE Rule 103A New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment Nos. 4 and 5 to the Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Amending Its Disciplinary Procedures Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of New York (and Contiguous Counties in the State of New Jersey) New York et al.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Tennessee Valley Authority

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Tennessee Valley Authority Addition of Electric Generation for Peaking and Baseload Capacity at Greenfield Sites, Haywood County, Tennessee This notice is provided in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508) and TVA's procedures implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. TVA has decided to adopt the preferred alternative iden...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Transportation Department

Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Changes in Permissible Stage 2 Airplane Operations The FAA is publishing notice of further changes to the Airport Noise and Capacity Act that except certain airplanes from the law and allow operation of Stage 2 airplanes after December 31, 1999, under specified circumstances. This notice is necessita...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement: Faulkner County, Arkansas The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Faulkner County, Arkansas.	Notice	May 11, 2000
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement: Tucker County, West Virginia The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) will be prepared for the Blackwater Avoidance area of the Thomas-to-Davis portion of the Parsons-to-Davis project of the proposed Appalachi...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Northeast Illinois Railroad Corporation; Cancellation of Public Hearing Northeast Illinois Railroad Corp.	Notice	May 11, 2000

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Safety advisories, bulletins, and directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Notice of Safety Advisory 2000-1 FRA is issuing Safety Advisory 2000-1 addressing safety concerns involving Model B1 relays, manufactured by General Railway Signal (GRS), between the years 1960 and 1985, and their potential to stick and remain in the energized position. ALSTOM Signa...	Notice	May 11, 2000

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Regulations Governing Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service This document provides advance notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the regulations governing practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which appear in the Code of Federal Regulations and in pamphlet form as Treasury Department Circular N...	Proposed Rule	May 11, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8752 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8824 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 1120-A The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 6781 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 3520-A The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 5735 and Schedule P (Form 5735) The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 1066 and Schedule Q (Form 1066) The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	May 11, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	May 11, 2000

Federal Register May 11, 2000

Agencies Publishing on May 11, 2000

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Field office technical guides; changes:

Loan and purchase programs:

Meetings:

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

A Amtrak Reform Council

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Fishery conservation and management:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Permits:

C Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

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

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Practice and procedure:

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Pesticide programs:

Superfund program:

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission

Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in labeling and advertising:

Meetings:

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

National Environmental Policy Act; implementation:

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Meetings:

Public land orders:

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Survey plat filings:

International Trade Commission

Justice Department

Temporary protected status program determinations:

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Adjustment assistance:

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

O Overseas Private Investment Corporation

R Railroad Retirement Board

Agency information collection activities:

Railroad Retirement Act:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

A
Amtrak Reform Council

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

R
Railroad Retirement Board