Federal Register May 16, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on May 16, 2000

Agriculture Department (2)
Commerce Department (17)
Commission of Fine Arts (1)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (5)
Defense Department (7)
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (1)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (32)
Environmental Protection Agency (6)
Federal Communications Commission (4)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (11)
Homeland Security Department (5)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (17)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (4)
Labor Department (3)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (2)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Postal Service (1)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (2)
Small Business Administration (1)
Social Security Administration (1)
Transportation Department (7)
Treasury Department (6)
Veterans Affairs Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CSREES Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) implementing regulations, this notice announces the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service's (CSREES) intention to revise and exten...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Market Promotion Funding-Lamb Meat Adjustment Assistance Measures Program Interested parties are invited to submit proposals for the availability of approximately $4 million in competitive cooperative agreements to carry out "The Summary of Assistance Measures" of the Domestic Lamb Industry Adjustment Assistance proposal....	Notice	May 16, 2000

Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review Notice of opportunity to request administrative review of antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended investigation.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers From the People's Republic of China; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain helical spring lock washers from the People's Republic of China in the Federal Register on July 13, 1999. This review c...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware From China; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On January 7, 2000, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on porcelain-on-steel ("POS") cooking ware from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). The merchandise covered by...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 106-Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Application for Subzone, Conoco Inc. (Oil Refinery Complex), Ponca City, Oklahoma Conoco Inc.; oil refinery complex	Notice	May 16, 2000
Commerce Department > FTZB Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Firmenich, Inc. (Flavor and Fragrance Products), Plainsboro and Port Newark, New Jersey Firmenich, Inc.; flavor and fragrance products manufacturing facilities	Notice	May 16, 2000
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 8-Toledo, Ohio; Application for Subzone, Sunoco Inc. (Oil Refinery Complex), Toledo, Ohio Sunoco Inc.; oil refinery complex	Notice	May 16, 2000
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 160-Anchorage, Alaska; Application for Subzone, Tesoro Petroleum Corporation (Oil Refinery Complex), Kenai, Alaska. Tesoro Petroleum Corp.; oil refinery complex	Notice	May 16, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Fisheries by Vessels Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Gulf of Alaska NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for groundfish by vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), except for sablefish or demersal shelf rockfish. This action is necessary because the second seasonal halibut bycatch mortality allow...	Rule	May 16, 2000
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 In accordance with the framework procedure for adjusting management measures (framework procedure) of the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP), NMFS proposes the following:...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; License Limitation Program NMFS issues a final rule to amend the regulations implementing the License Limitation Program (LLP) to include provisions inadvertently omitted that would have made area endorsements and area/ species endorsements specified on a license non-severable...	Rule	May 16, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Prohibition of Nonpelagic Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Pollock Fishery NMFS issues regulations to implement Amendment 57 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP). This action consists of three regulatory changes. First, it prohibits the use of nonpelagic...	Rule	May 16, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Maximum Retainable Bycatch Percentages, Gulf of Alaska; Correction This document contains a correction to the final rule for maximum retainable bycatch (MRB) percentages for the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), which was published in the Federal Register on December 6, 1999.	Rule	May 16, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Highly Migratory Species Plan Development Team (HMSPDT) will hold a work session which is open to the public.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad-Hoc Marine Committee (MRC) to hold a work session that is open to the public.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel will hold a work session which is open to the public.	Notice	May 16, 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 an application for an ESA section 10(a)(1)(A) scientific re...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Exempted Fishing Permits NMFS requests comment on its intent to issue Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) to qualifying holders of Atlantic Swordfish and Shark limited access permits who held an Atlantic Tunas permit in a commercial category other than the Longline category at t...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Commission of Fine Arts

Title	Type	Published
Commission of Fine Arts Notice of Meeting Meetings	Notice	May 16, 2000

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	May 16, 2000
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	May 16, 2000
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	May 16, 2000
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	May 16, 2000
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	May 16, 2000

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Application Guidelines for Archeological Research Permits on Ship and Aircraft Wrecks Under the Jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy This final rule adds guidelines for obtaining Department of the Navy (DON) archeological research permits for those applying for permission to conduct research on, and/or recover, ship or aircraft wrecks under the jurisdiction of the DON. This permit...	Rule	May 16, 2000

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > DLA DLA Acquisition Directive: Alternative Dispute Resolution This proposed rule would add a new provision to DLA solicitations concerning the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The purpose is to establish ADR as the initial dispute resolution method, except for certain circumstances, to increase coop...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Proposed collection; comment request Notice.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Office of the Secretary On May 5, 2000 (65 FR 26190), the Department of Defense published a notice to announce a meeting of the Defense Partnership Council meeting to be held on May 23, 2000. This notice is to announce the cancellation of the meeting due to conflicts in mem...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Defense Department The Joint Staff; National Defense University (NDU), Board of Visitors (BOV); Meeting The President, National Defense University has scheduled a meeting of the Board of Visitors.	Notice	May 16, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USAF Notice of Intent to Grant an Exclusive Patent License Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing, Inc.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Title	Type	Published
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	May 16, 2000

Education Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board; Quarterly Meeting This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming quarterly meeting of the National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board. Notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee A...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order, and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Motion for Declaratory Order, and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Request To Surrender Exemption and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order, and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Motion for Declaratory Order, and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Draft License Application and Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (PDEA) and Request for Preliminary Terms and Conditions Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order, and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Technology Demonstration Technology demonstration; e-commerce technologies and Internet use to develop markets for various power products	Notice	May 16, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing CNG Transmission Corp.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Interruptible Sharing Report Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Entergy Services, Inc.; Notice of Filing Entergy Services, Inc.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Entergy Services; Inc.; Notice of Filing Entergy Services, Inc.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC K N Wattenberg Transmission Limited Liability Co.; Notice of Tariff Filing KN Wattenberg Transmission LLC	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Tariff Filing Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Mansfield Municipal Electric Department and North Attleborough Electric Department, Complainants, v. New England Power Company, Respondent; Notice of Complaint Mansfield Municipal Electric Department et al.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline, LLC	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Nautilus Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Nautilius Pipeline Company, L.L.C.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Meetings Pacific Gas Electric Co.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Providence Gas Company; Notice of Filing Providence Gas Co.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC City of Tacoma; Notice of Extension of Time To File Motions To Intervene and Protests, and Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations and Prescriptions Tacoma, WA	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Texas Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Filing Texas Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Filing Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Consumers Energy Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Consumers Energy Co. et al.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Philbro Power LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Philbro Power LLC et al.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Application To Export Electric Energy; Idaho Power Company Idaho Power Company (IPC) has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Nonproliferation and National Security Advisory Committee This notice announces a meeting of the Nonproliferation and National Security Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 sec. 10(a)(2) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). Under authority of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the...	Rule	May 16, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern amended volatile organic compound definitions and a rule res...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000

Hazardous waste:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste Final Exclusion The EPA (also, "the Agency" or "we" in this preamble) is granting a petition submitted by General Motors Corporation, Lansing Car Assembly--Body Plant (GM) in Lansing, Michigan, to exclude (or "delist") certain solid wastes generated by its wastewate...	Rule	May 16, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Project XL Proposed Site-Specific Rule for the International Paper Androscoggin Mill Facility in Jay, ME; Project XL Draft Final Project Agreement for Effluent Improvement Project at International Paper Androscoggin Mill Facility in Jay, ME The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today is proposing this rule to provide site-specific regulatory flexibility under the Clean Water Act (CWA) as part of an XL Project with International Paper's Androscoggin Mill pulp and paper manufacturing...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Clear Air Act Advisory Committee Notice of Meeting The Environmental Protection Agency established the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on November 19, 1990, to provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on policy issues associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990. The Comm...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Public Meetings on Electronic Submission of Environmental Reports EPA will hold approximately four public meetings to solicit comments on the Agency's proposed rule for the electronic submission of environmental reports and the Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Record-keeping Rule (CROMERRR). The meeting will al...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Kimberly, ID This document denies a petition for rule making filed by Mountain West Broadcasting proposing the allotment of FM Channel 291C3 to Kimberly, Idaho, as that locality's first local aural transmission service. See 64 FR 31176, June 10, 1999. Evidence pr...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Drummond and Victor, MT This document allots Channel 268C to Drummond, Montana, in response to a petition filed by the Battani Corporation and allots Channel 250C3 to Victor, Montana, in response to a petition filed by Mountain West Broadcasting. See 64 FR 24996, May 10, 19...	Rule	May 16, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Shiner, TX This document dismisses a petition for rule making filed by Elgin FM Limited Partnership requesting the allotment of Channel 232C3 at Shiner, Texas. See 64 FR 68662, December 8, 1999. Elgin FM Limited Partnership withdrew its interest in the allotmen...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Cheyenne, Wyoming and Gering, Nebraska. The Allocations Branch at the request of petitioner, TSB II, Inc. allots Channel 280C2 at Cheyenne as that community's 12th local aural service, substitutes Channel 239C3 for Channel 280C1 at Gering, Nebraska and modifies Station's KOLT-FM license ac...	Rule	May 16, 2000

Federal Maritime Commission

Carrier automated tariffs and tariff systems:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Public Access Charges to Carrier Automated Tariffs and Tariff Systems Under the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 The Federal Maritime Commission is concerned that certain tariff access charges and minimum monthly subscription requirements may limit the public's ability to access tariffs and tariff systems, contrary to the requirements of the Ocean Shipping Refo...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000

General Services Administration

Federal Management Regulation:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Disposition of Excess Personal Property The General Services Administration (GSA) is revising the Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) by moving coverage on the disposition of excess personal property into the Federal Management Regulation (FMR). A cross-reference is added to the...	Rule	May 16, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Healthy People 2010 Certain program announcements by the Department of Health and Human Services have included references to the principles and objectives of Healthy People 2000, the national health promotion and disease prevention initiative in effect during the decade...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Food Additives and Food Additive Petitions The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval; Irradiation in the Production, Processing, and Handling of Food The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled "Irradiation in the Production, Processing, and Handling of Food" has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduct...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	May 16, 2000

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Office of Minority Health; Notice of a Cooperative Agreement with The National Alliance for Hispanic Health. Notice of a Cooperative Agreement with The National Alliance for Hispanic Health.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 Funding Opportunities The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announces the availability of FY 2000 funds for grants for the following activity. This activity is discussed in more detail under Sect...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Rhode Island Senior Citizens; Notice of Availability of Funds Rhode Island senior citizens; health promotion and disease prevention	Notice	May 16, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Integration of Viral Hepatitis Prevention Services Into Existing Prevention Programs; Notice of Availability of Funds Viral hepatitis prevention services; integration into existing prevention programs	Notice	May 16, 2000

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; Criteria for Making Coverage Decisions On April 27, 1999, we published a notice in the Federal Register that announced the process we use to make national coverage decisions under the Medicare program. We also announced that we would not be adopting, as final, a 1989 proposed rule that se...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Science Advisory Board to the National Center for Toxicological Research Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Health and Human Services Department National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Vital and Health Statistics National Committee	Notice	May 16, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Anchorage regulations and ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Tall Ships Delaware, Delaware River, Wilmington, DE The Coast Guard is establishing temporary regulations in the Delaware River, Wilmington, Delaware, for Tall Ships Delaware activities. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters before, during, and after Tall Ships...	Rule	May 16, 2000

Anchorage regulations and regattas and marine parades:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department OPSAIL 2000, Port of San Juan, PR The Coast Guard is establishing temporary regulations in the Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico for OPSAIL 2000 activities from 17 May through 29 May 2000. The Coast Guard is establishing temporary limited access areas and Special Local Regulations to con...	Rule	May 16, 2000

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Kansas; Major Disaster and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Kansas (FEMA-1327-DR), dated May 3, 2000, and related determinations.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Disaster assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Disaster Assistance; Debris Removal We (FEMA) propose to change the scope of activities that are determined to be in the public interest following a declared disaster. We propose to provide funding for the removal of debris and wreckage when communities convert property acquired throug...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000

Regattas and marine parades:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department OPSAIL 2000, Port of Hampton Roads, VA The Coast Guard is establishing temporary regulations in the Port of Hampton Roads, Virginia and adjacent areas on the James and Elizabeth Rivers for OPSAIL 2000 activities. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable wate...	Rule	May 16, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Announcement of Funding Awards for FY 1999 Public and Indian Housing Economic Development and Supportive Services Carryover In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 to housing agencies (HAs), Tribes and Tribally Designated...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Notice of Near-Reservation Designations for California Tribes This notice is published in exercise of authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs. Pursuant to 25 CFR 20.1(r), notice is hereby given of the near-reservation designations for certain Indian tribal...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request This notice announces that the Information Collection Request for the Payment for Appointed Counsel in Involuntary Indian Child Custody Proceedings in State Courts requires renewal. Before submitting a request for extension of this collection to the...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Closure of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Temporary Closure of Public Lands; Washoe County, Nevada The Carson City Field Office Manager announces the temporary closure of selected public lands under his administration. This action is being taken to provide for public safety during the 2000 Pylon Racing Seminar and 2000 Reno National Championship A...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan and Receipt of an Application for a Permit for the Incidental Take of the Houston Toad (Bufo houstonensis) During Construction of One Single Family Residence on 0.5 Acres of the 2.0-Acre Lot 102, Section 1, in the Circle D Country Acres Subdivision, Bastrop County, Texas Brandon and Letty Pettit (Applicants) have applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The Applicant has been assigned permit number TE-025656-0....	Notice	May 16, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan and Receipt of an Application for a Permit for the Incidental Take of the Houston Toad (Bufo houstonensis) During Construction of One Single Family Residence on 0.5 Acres of the 1.02-Acre Lot 4, Section 3, in the Circle D Country Acres Subdivision, Bastrop County, Texas Elliot and Rebecca Manferd (Applicants) have applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The Applicant has been assigned permit number TE-025655-...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan for Issuance of an Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(A) Permit for the Incidental Take Permit of the Houston Toad (Bufo houstonensis) During Construction of One Single Family Residence on Lots 247-248, Unit 2, Block 3 in the Tahitian Village Subdivision in Bastrop County, Texas Richard Hyatt (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The Applicant has been assigned permit number TE-025653-0. The requeste...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan for Issuance of an Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit for the Incidental Take of the Houston Toad (Bufo houstonensis) During Construction of One Single Family Residence on 0.5 Acres of Each of 3 Lots in the Circle D Country Acres Subdivision, Bastrop County, Texas Cornerstone Construction Company (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The Applicant has been assigned permit number TE-266...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Interior Department > NPS Availability of Maurice National Scenic and Recreational River Draft Comprehensive Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement The National Park Service, in cooperation with its partners, has prepared and released a draft Comprehensive Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the management, protection, and use of the Maurice National Scenic and Recreational Ri...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan and Receipt of Application for an Incidental Take Permit for the Construction and Operation of a Mixed-Use Development on a Portion of the 201.7-Acre Crossings Property, Travis County, Texas Kenneth Beck (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The Applicant has been assigned permit number TE-024619-0. The requested...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Land resource management:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Permits for Recreation on Public Lands This proposed rule would update the regulations of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that tell how to obtain recreation permits for commercial recreational operations, competitive events and activities, organized group activities and events, and in...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting Locations and Times In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C., the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), council meeting of the Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resourc...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Interior Department > NPS Advisory Commission for the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Public Meeting San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Advisory Commission	Notice	May 16, 2000
Interior Department > NPS Meeting: Committee for the Preservation of the White House White House Preservation Committee	Notice	May 16, 2000

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification and Application; Colorado The following lands in LaPlata County, Colorado have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease and conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (R&PP), as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The purpose o...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Repayment contract negotiations:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Bostwick Division, Frenchman-Cambridge Division, and Kanaska Division, Almena Unit Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program Pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1956 (Administration of Contracts under Section 9, Reclamation Project Act of 1939), contractors of federally developed irrigation water hold a first right to renew long-term water service contracts and/or to convert wa...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Pursuant to Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class II...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Pursuant to Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class II...	Notice	May 16, 2000

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Glycine From China 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 glycine from China w...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Report of Mail Order Transactions.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Justice Department > DEA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review; extension of a currently approved collection; Annual Reporting Requirement for Manufacturers of Listed Chemicals.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Justice Department > DEA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review; extension of a currently approved collection: Collection of Laboratory Analysis Data on Drug Samples Tested by Non-Federal (State and Local Government) Crime Laboratories.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Alcohol, tobacco, and other excise taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Implementation of Public Law 105-33, Section 9302, Relating to the Imposition of Permit Requirements on the Manufacturer of Roll-Your-Own Tobacco (98R-370P) This document corrects a section of regulations that was erroneously revised in a temporary rule (T.D. ATF-424) published in the Federal Register of December 22, 1999, regarding the imposition of permit requirements on manufacturers of roll-your-own...	Rule	May 16, 2000

Labor Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > BLS Labor Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meetings and Agenda Labor Research Advisory Council	Notice	May 16, 2000
Labor Department > OSHA National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting Occupational Safety and Health National Advisory Committee	Notice	May 16, 2000
Labor Department Secretary of Labor's Advisory Committee for Veterans' Employment and Training; Notice of Open Meeting Veterans Employment and Training Advisory Committee	Notice	May 16, 2000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Contract Financing This final rule amends the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to: provide guidance on administering progress payments on indefinite- delivery contracts; delete outdated performance-based payments guidance; and provide guidance on using performance-based payme...	Rule	May 16, 2000

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Institute of Museum and Library Services, Office of Museum Services; Proposed Collection, Comment Request; Technology and Digitization Surveys The Institute of Museum and Library Services 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...	Notice	May 16, 2000
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has submitted the following public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval as required by the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Meeting of the Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Revised Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	May 16, 2000

Memorandums of understanding:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Memorandum of Understanding Between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regarding Nuclear Threat Incidents Involving NRC Licensed Facilities, Materials, or Activities The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1979. The MOU delineated the responsibilities of each agency regarding nuclear threat incidents involving NRC-l...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Sack Preparation Changes for Periodicals Nonletter-Size Pieces and Periodicals Prepared on Pallets This proposed rule would revise the standards for the preparation of nonautomation nonletter-size carrier route Periodicals prepared in sacks and the preparation of Periodicals packages and bundles on pallets. For Periodicals carrier route mail in sa...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000

R
Railroad Retirement Board

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...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change Amending Exchange Rules 902, 903 and 906 New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 2 to the Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to Its Competing Specialist Program Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Small Business Administration

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Notice Seeking Exemption Under Section 312 of the Small Business Investment Act, Conflicts of Interest TD Origen Fund, L.P., et al.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Social Security Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Emergency Consideration Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	May 16, 2000

Transportation Department

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Advisory Circular 25-XX, Sustained Engine Imbalance This notice announces the availability of and requests comments on a proposed advisory circular (AC) which provides methods acceptable to the Administrator related to the aircraft design for sustained engine rotor imbalance conditions provisions of 1...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Ethiopia This action prohibits certain flight operations within the territory and airspace of Ethiopia north of 12 degrees north latitude by any United States air carrier or commercial operator, by any person exercising the privileges of an airman certificate...	Rule	May 16, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300-600 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Airbus Model A300-600 series airplanes. This proposal would require repetitive high frequency eddy current (HFEC) or rototest inspections to detect cr...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 series airplanes that have been converted from a passenger to a cargo-carrying ("freighter") configuration. This prop...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000

Anchorage regulations and ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Anchorage regulations and regattas and marine parades:

No documents available.

Exemption petitions, etc:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Texas Mexican Railway Co.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA General Motors North America, Notice of Application for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance General Mortors North America	Notice	May 16, 2000

Motor vehicle theft prevention standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Petition for Exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft Prevention Standard; Volkswagen This document grants in full the petition of Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VW) for an exemption of a new high-theft line, the Audi allroad Quattro, from the parts-marking requirements of the Federal motor vehicle theft prevention standard. The petitio...	Notice	May 16, 2000

Regattas and marine parades:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Alcohol, tobacco, and other excise taxes:

No documents available.

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Certain Corporate Reorganizations Involving Disregarded Entities This document contains proposed regulations that provide guidance to corporations and their shareholders about whether certain transactions qualify as corporate reorganizations. The proposed regulations apply to certain mergers under state or Federal...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Applying Section 197 to Partnerships; Hearing Cancellation This document provides notice of cancellation of a public hearing on proposed regulations relating to the application of section 197 to partnerships.	Proposed Rule	May 16, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Reorganizations; Nonqualified Preferred Stock This document contains final regulations relating to nonqualified preferred stock and rights to acquire nonqualified preferred stock. The regulations are necessary to reflect changes to the law concerning these instruments that were made by the Taxpa...	Rule	May 16, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Guidance Under Section 1032 Relating to the Treatment of a Disposition by An Acquiring Entity of the Stock of a Corporation in a Taxable Transaction This document contains final regulations relating to the treatment of a disposition by a corporation or partnership (the acquiring entity) of the stock of a corporation (the issuing corporation) in a taxable transaction. The final regulations interpr...	Rule	May 16, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of Citizen Advocacy Panel, Brooklyn District An open meeting of the Brooklyn District Citizen Advocacy Panel will be held in Flushing, New York.	Notice	May 16, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of Citizen Advocacy Panel, Pacific-Northwest District An open meeting of the Pacific-Northwest Citizen Advocacy Panel will be held in Juneau, Alaska.	Notice	May 16, 2000

Veterans Affairs Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...	Notice	May 16, 2000
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...	Notice	May 16, 2000

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Agencies Publishing on May 16, 2000

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Antidumping:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Fishery conservation and management:

Meetings:

Permits:

Commission of Fine Arts

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Defense Department

Acquisition regulations:

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

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

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Education Department

Meetings:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Meetings:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Hazardous waste:

Meetings:

Federal Communications Commission

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Federal Maritime Commission

Carrier automated tariffs and tariff systems:

General Services Administration

Federal Management Regulation:

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Medicare:

Meetings:

Homeland Security Department

Anchorage regulations and ports and waterways safety:

Anchorage regulations and regattas and marine parades:

Disaster and emergency areas:

Disaster assistance:

Regattas and marine parades:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Closure of public lands:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Land resource management:

Meetings:

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Repayment contract negotiations:

Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Alcohol, tobacco, and other excise taxes:

Labor Department

Meetings:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Agency information collection activities:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Memorandums of understanding:

Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

R Railroad Retirement Board

Agency information collection activities:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

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Railroad Retirement Board