July 27, 2000 (Volume 65)

Federal Register July 27, 2000

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

103 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on July 27, 2000

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Fruits, vegetables, and other products, fresh:

Title Type Published
AMS is withdrawing a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on September 20, 1999 (64 FR 50774). The proposed rule would have revised the regulations governing the inspection and certification for fresh fruits, vegetables and other products...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000

Loan and purchase programs:

Title Type Published
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is considering a new initiative to accelerate the development and use of bio-based technologies which would stimulate the industrial use of agricultural commodities into bio-based fuels and products. Accordingly...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Maintaining Agriculture and Forestry in Rapidly Growing Areas Listening Forums hosted by members of the USDA Policy Advisory Committee on Farmland Protection. The USDA Policy Advisory Committee on Farm and Forest Lands Protection is holding listening...
Notice Jul 27, 2000
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety and the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are sponsoring a public meeting on August 10, 2000. The purpose of the meeting is to provide information and receiv...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Tobacco inspection:

Title Type Published
The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, the regulations for flue-cured tobacco to more accurately describe tobacco as it presently appears at the marketplace. The revision will add a new provision to the official grade...
Rule Jul 27, 2000

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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On behalf of the New Bedford Harbor Trustee Council (Council), NMFS, serving as the Administrative Trustee, announces that the Council is proposing 17 restoration ideas for possible implementation through funding from the AVX Natural Resource Damages...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Export administration regulations:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by reinstating provisions of License Exception AVS for temporary reexports to Serbia of foreign registered aircraft subject to the EAR. This limited act...
Rule Jul 27, 2000

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors:

Title Type Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission") Rule 4.21(a) \1\ currently requires that commodity pool operators ("CPOs") deliver a disclosure document, containing specified information, to prospective participants before soliciting or accepting...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title Type Published
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to explicitly state the right of the contracting officer to unilaterally determine the...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Board of Advisors to the President, Naval War College, will meet to discuss educational, doctrinal, and research policies and programs at the Naval War College. This meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Jul 27, 2000

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

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In accordance with 37 CFR 404, announcement is made of the intent to exclusively license U.S. Navy patent number 5,520,331 entitled "Liquid Atomizing Nozzle". The patent intended to be licensed has been assigned to the United States of America as rep...
Notice Jul 27, 2000
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Marine Desalination Systems, LLC., revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States, to practice the Government-owned invention described in U.S. Patent No. 5,87...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Senior Executive Service:

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Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the Department of the Navy (DON) announces the appointment of members to the DON's numerous Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Boards (PRBs). The purpose of the PRBs is to provide fair and impartial rev...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

D
Denali Commission

Title Type Published
The Denali Commission was established by The Denali Commission Act of 1998 to deliver the services of Federal Government in the most cost-effective manner practicable to communities throughout rural Alaska, many of which suffer from unemployment rate...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Education Department logo Education Department

Postsecondary education:

Title Type Published
The Secretary proposes to amend the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program regulations and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program regulations. The Secretary is amending these regulations to reduce administrative burden fo...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
The Secretary proposes to amend the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program regulations. These proposed regulations are intended to improve collections in the Perkins Loan program by providing greater flexibility in the process of assigning defau...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
The proposed regulations govern the new Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (SLEAP) Program. These proposed regulations would implement changes made to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by the Higher Education Amen...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

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EPA is extending the comment period for its proposed action to find that the San Joaquin Valley serious ozone nonattainment area, which includes eastern Kern County, did not attain the 1-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard by November 15...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000

Hazardous waste:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today is finalizing 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...
Rule Jul 27, 2000

Meetings:

Project XL (excellence and leadership) innovative technologies projects:

Title Type Published
EPA is today requesting comments on a draft Project XLC Final Project Agreement (FPA) and draft SDWA Variance for the City of Columbus, OH. The FPA is a voluntary agreement developed by the City of Columbus and the State of Ohio Department of Health,...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Environmental Protection Agency announces the availability of a nutrient criteria technical guidance manual for Rivers and Streams. This document provides State and Tribal water quality managers and others with guidance on how to develop numeric...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Superfund program:

Title Type Published
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 Jul 27, 2000
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 Jul 27, 2000

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), Public Law 99-499, notice is hereby...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Farm credit system:

Title Type Published
This regulation contains cost-of-living adjustments for all civil money penalties (CMPs) under our jurisdiction. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 requires us to adjust our CMPs at least once every 4 years for inflation to...
Rule Jul 27, 2000

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission clarifies certain aspects of its rules governing the relocation of microwave facilities from the 1850-1990 Megahertz (MHz) band. These rule clarifications are consistent with the Commission's goal of ensuring the effi...
Rule Jul 27, 2000

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
This Order adopts minor amendments to the Commission's computation of time rule. The clarifications will make it easier for the public to interpret the rules thereby providing better service to the public.
Rule Jul 27, 2000

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Electrical engineering:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is reopening the period for public comment on its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on Marine Shipboard Electrical Cable Standards. Because of several requests for additional time to comment, the Coast Guard is reopening the commen...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000

Vessel documentation and measurement:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes amending citizenship requirements for fishing vessels of less than 100 feet in length that are eligible for a fishery endorsement, by increasing the percentage of interest in a vessel required to be owned and controlled by U....
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) is issuing notice of a regulatory project designed to ensure the adoption and implementation of various written policies and procedures for the supervision of Federal National Mortgage Associatio...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Endangered and threatened species permit applications
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Indian Affairs published a document in the Federal Register of June 29, 2000, concerning a submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of a request for reinstatement of OMB No. 1076-0136, "Indian Self-Determination and Educa...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Alaska Native claims selection:

Title Type Published
Gwitchyaazhee Corp.
Notice Jul 27, 2000
Seldovia Native Association, Inc.
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.A. 201(b), and to the regulations adopted as 43 CFR 3410, all interested parties are hereby...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations for a vacancy on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The RAC provides advice and recommendations to the BLM on land use planning and...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) which is available for public review. The DEIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts that may result if a national wildlife refuge is estab...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, 40 CFR 1502.9(c)(1)(ii) this NOI advises the public that we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), intend to prepare a draft and final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Supplement)...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore Advisory Commission
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:

Title Type Published
This document extends to October 19, 2000, the deadline for submitting comments on the proposed rule which restructures the requirements for oil and gas drilling operations on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), adds some new requirements, and convert...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
This final rule will clarify some unresolved regulatory issues involving the 1996 memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) pipelines between the Departments of the Interior (DOI) and Transportation (DOT). It addresses produc...
Rule Jul 27, 2000

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
The following land has been found suitable for direct sale under section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 USC 1713), at not less than the estimated fair market value of $25,400.00. In accordance with sectio...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Wild horses removal:

Title Type Published
The Field Manager for the White River Field Office is rescinding the decision (CO-WRFO-00-133) to gather horses from the West Douglas Herd Area. Rescinding this decision is the result of a lack of funding for the operation. When funding is acquired t...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Notice of intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In notice document 00-18606 on page 45619 in the issue of Monday, July 24, 2000, make the following correction: On page 45619 in the second column, under DATES: the phrase "August 31, 2000" should be changed to read "September 22, 2000".
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council
Notice Jul 27, 2000

M
Mississippi River Commission

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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Chemical and Transport Systems Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Jul 27, 2000
Developmental Mechanism Advisory Panel
Notice Jul 27, 2000
Earth Sciences Proposal Review Panel
Notice Jul 27, 2000
Experimental and Integrative Activities Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Jul 27, 2000
U.S. National Assessment Synthesis Team
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a meeting to develop a Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) for allowing burnup credit in spent fuel shipping casks. PIRTs have been used at NRC since 1988, and they provide a structured way to...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.11 describes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) review process for 10 CFR 2.206 petitions. In a continuing effort to improve the review process, the NRC staff has developed process changes and a draft revision...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Postal Service logo Postal Service

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

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
Missouri
Notice Jul 27, 2000
Wisconsin
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a computer matching program that SSA plans to conduct with State Courts.
Notice Jul 27, 2000

State Department logo State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

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

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Jul 27, 2000
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
Rule Jul 27, 2000

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This announces the availability of Advisory Circular AC 34-1, Fuel Venting and Exhaust Emissions Requirements for Turbine Engine Powered Airplanes. Copies may be requested at the address below. A Notice of Availability of the Draft AC 34-1 was issued...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all British Aerospace Model BAe 146 and certain Model Avro 146-RJ series airplanes, that currently requires a one-time inspection for "drill marks" and...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require an inspection of the one phase remote control circuit breaker (RCCB) i...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time detailed visual inspection to detect discrepancies of all e...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes, that currently requires a one-time inspection to detect discrepancies at certain areas around th...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require modification of the insulation blankets in the area surrounding the ma...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require relocating the B7- 28 bus located in the upper main circuit breaker in...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This action requires an inspection of the powered drive unit power wires within three feet of each affected powered drive...
Rule Jul 27, 2000
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require an inspection to detect chafing or damage of the electrical wires lead...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require an inspection of the electrical wires routed above the door actuation...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes, that currently requires deactivation of the forward and center cargo control units (CCU). That A...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require resistance tests of the brake coils of the auto throttle servo (ATS) a...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacing the ground support bracket(s); and rerouting the ground cabl...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the intent of the FAA to establish an Aircraft Repair and Maintenance Advisory Committee. This notice also announces the FAA's invitation to interested and qualified persons who wish to be appointed by the Administrator as a mem...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Electrical engineering:

No documents available.

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
This document is a supplemental notice proposing to establish two new safety standards: an equipment standard specifying requirements for platform lifts; and a vehicle standard for all vehicles equipped with such lifts. This SNPRM significantly diffe...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2000

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to use the revenue from a PFC at San Angelo Regional Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconci...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice provides clarification of acceptable interim means for demonstrating compliance with the airworthiness standards for seats mounted on adapter plates of transport category airplanes. It is necessary to give the public guidance in this area...
Notice Jul 27, 2000
This notice provides additional clarification on an acceptable means for demonstrating compliance with the airworthiness standards for seats installed on "plinths" and "pallets" of transport category airplanes. It is necessary to give the public guid...
Notice Jul 27, 2000

Vessel documentation and measurement:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

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

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