August 3, 2000 (Volume 65)

Federal Register August 3, 2000

View all documents issued on August 3, 2000. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

122 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 3, 2000

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared a draft environmental assessment concerning authorization to ship for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test, an unlicensed live Salmonella typh...
Notice Aug 03, 2000
It is the intention of NRCS in Oregon to issue a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Williamson River Delta Restoration Project in Oregon. An Environmental Assessment (EA) was previously prepared with the required public involvement and comment...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Notice is hereby given that the USDA, Forest Service will prepare a revised draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) to establish management direction for the John Muir, Ansel Adams, and Dinkey Lakes Wilderness areas. Notices of Intent published i...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Grants:

Title Type Published
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) is proposing to amend the regulations for allocating program funds to its State Offices. This action is needed to add the Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) Program and update the formulas used for th...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 2000

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Title Type Published
We are amending the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Louisiana from Class A to Class Free. We have determined that Louisiana meets the standards for Class Free status. This action...
Rule Aug 03, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management published a notice of availability of a Congressionally-required report in the April 25, 2000, Federal Register (Volume 65, Number 80, page 24174). The notice specified a 120-day period for public revi...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 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...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
On April 3, 2000, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the notice of initiation of sunset review of the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China ("China") (65 FR 17484) pursuant to section 751(c)...
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Indonesia
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice advises the public that the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (NCDMF) has submitted an application to NMFS for an incidental take permit (Permit) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). As required by t...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by "open access" vessels (i.e., those vessels that are not fishing in cooperatives), which are catching pollock for processing by the inshore component in the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and A...
Rule Aug 03, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in conjunction with the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Management Division of NMFS announces the schedule of regional public mee...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The invention listed below is assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and is available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/195,159 entitled "Desalination Thro...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

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

Title Type Published
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Marine Desalination Systems, LLC, a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States to practice the Government-Owned invention described in U.S. Patent Applicat...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Education Department logo Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Leader, Regulatory 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 Aug 03, 2000

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title Type Published
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending the General Instructions of 18 CFR part 101 to establish, for those public utilities and licensees that are subject to part 101, standards for determining depreciation for accounting p...
Rule Aug 03, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
Off-the-record communications
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Voluntar...
Notice Aug 03, 2000
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) entitled: Data Call-Ins for the Special Review and Registration Review Programs (EPA ICR No. 0922.06, OMB No....
Notice Aug 03, 2000
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: The SunWise School Pr...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
This notice announces EPA's finding that there are no hexachlorobenzene (HCB) emissions from tire production manufacturing. Tire production was listed in the Federal Register on April 10, 1998 (63 FR 17838) as a source category to be regulated to mee...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:

Title Type Published
On June 2, 2000, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (see 65 FR 35430) proposing changes to standards for heavy-duty engines and sulfur fuel controls for highway diesel fuel. In th...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 2000

Air programs:

Title Type Published
In this document, EPA is notifying the public that we have found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets in the following submitted Colorado maintenance plans are adequate for conformity purposes: The Denver carbon monoxide maintenance plan, the Pag...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

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

Title Type Published
EPA is reopening the public comment period for a proposed rule published on April 17, 2000 (65 FR 20404). In the April 17, 2000 proposed rule, EPA proposed to approve the Illinois and Missouri 1-hour ozone attainment demonstration State Implementatio...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 2000

Hazardous waste:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that an exemption to the land disposal restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act has been granted to Amoco Petroleum Products (Amoco) for three Class I inject...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the forthcoming special meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
This document amends certain liability rules, grants in part petitions for reconsideration of our Slamming proceeding. We believe these modifications will strengthen the ability to deter slamming, while addressing concerns raised with respect to our...
Rule Aug 03, 2000

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Bank holding companies and change in bank control (Regulation Y):

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, proposes to determine by rule that acting as a finder is an activity that is financial in nature or incidental to a financial activity and th...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 2000

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice Aug 03, 2000
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 Aug 03, 2000
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled "Interstate Shellfish Dealer's Certificate" has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 03, 2000
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations to reclassify sheep as a minor species for all data collection purposes. This reclassification will allow sponsors of new animal drug applications (NADA's) to extrapolate human food s...
Rule Aug 03, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of funds and award procedures for FY 2000 targeted assistance grants for services to refugees under the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP). These grants are for service provision in localities with large refugee...
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This notice establishes the allocations to States of FY 2000 funds for social services under the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP). This notice includes a $15.5 million set-aside to: (1) Provide outreach and referral services to ensure that eligible...
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Sub-Saharan African countries and India; leadership and investment in fighting epidemic; global AIDS activity
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Medical devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of June 23, 2000 (65 FR 39098). The document classified devices to relieve acute upper airway obstruction. These type devices were classified into...
Rule Aug 03, 2000

Medicare:

Title Type Published
This interim final rule with comment period changes one criterion and postpones the effective date for two other criteria that a new device, drug, or biological must meet in order for its cost to be considered "not insignificant" for purposes of dete...
Rule Aug 03, 2000
This proposed rule would revise the criteria related to provider-based status requirements for hospitals excluded from the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) under section 4417 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA). We are proposi...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 03, 2000
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 03, 2000
National Center for Research Resources
Notice Aug 03, 2000
National Center for Research Resources
Notice Aug 03, 2000
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Aug 03, 2000
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Aug 03, 2000
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Aug 03, 2000
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Aug 03, 2000
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Aug 03, 2000
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Aug 03, 2000
National Library of Medicine
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Scientific Review Center
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Scientific Review Center
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Scientific Review Center
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center Scientific Counselors Board
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Women's Health Research Advisory Committee
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has submitted the following proposed information collection to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C....
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-1333-DR), dated June 27, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Minnesota, (FEMA-1333-DR), dated June 27, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New York (FEMA-1335-DR), dated July 21, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota, FEMA-1334-DR, dated June 27, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1334-DR), dated June 27, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota FEMA-1334-DR, dated June 27, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Wisconsin (FEMA-1332-DR), dated June 23, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Wisconsin (FEMA-1332-DR), dated June 23, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Wisconsin (FEMA-1332-DR), dated June 23, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Wisconsin (FEMA-1332-DR), dated June 23, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Wisconsin (FEMA-1332-DR), dated June 23, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Flood insurance program:

Title Type Published
We (FEMA) give notice of the Cooperating Technical Communities initiative that will recognize and encourage participation by states, regional agencies, and communities in the flood hazard mapping process.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
This document corrects the notice published on Wednesday, May 3, 2000 (65 FR 25728). The correction relates to fees for paper copies of FHBM, FIRM, DFIRM, or FBFM panels.
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
FEMA announces the following open meeting.
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Aug 03, 2000
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces its intention to request renewal of existing approval to collect certain information from any person, association, or corporation, or any subsidiary...
Notice Aug 03, 2000
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are soliciting comments on an information collection titled, Solid Minerals Production and Royalty Report, MMS-4430. We will submit an information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Manage...
Notice Aug 03, 2000
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, and the National Resource Conservation Service announce its intention to request approval for the collection of new information. The Burea...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Boundary establishment, descriptions, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice is to publish the official map and boundary description of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, established by Presidential Proclamation on June 9, 2000.
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Minerals Management Service (MMS), in accordance with Federal Regulations (40 CFR 1501.4 and 1506.6) that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), announces the availability of NEPA-related Site-Specific Environmental Assessments (...
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Public Meeting to gather public comments on the Timbisha Homeland Legislative EIS.
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
In accordance with Section 203(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and Section 102(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Bureau of Land Management will prepare a supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Sta...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Financial activities:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), proposes to revise its regulations in the area of its administration of the Alaska Resupply Operation. The USMS North Star was decommissioned in 1984. However, the need for a resupply op...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 2000

Motor vehicle use restrictions:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that all motorized and mechanized travel is prohibited on specific roads in the recently established Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. The affected land is located southeast of Ashland, Oregon in Jackson County. This prohibit...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
COC-62979 Recreation and Public Purpose Classification. The following public lands are classified as suitable for lease and patent under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (R&PP) of July 14, 1926, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq., and the regula...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to 43 CFR.9212.2, the following acts are prohibited on public lands within the Spokane District, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) including Juniper Forest/Juniper Dunes Recreation Area, and areas surrounding Hog Canyon, Miller Ranch/Fishtrap,...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Resource management plans, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carlsbad Field Office, is initiating the preparation of an RMPA which will include an EA for the possible disposal by direct sale at fair market value of 40 acres of BLM-administered public land in Eddy County in...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Notice of Information Collection under Review: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection; COPS Grant Status Survey.
Notice Aug 03, 2000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Administrative authority and policy:

Title Type Published
NASA published on January 19, 2000 an "Interim rule with request for comments," titled "Inspection of Persons and Personal Effects on NASA Property." NASA received and considered one letter in response to the request for comments on the interim rule....
Rule Aug 03, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Discrimination Task Group; meeting
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its 1979 policy statement on the medical use of byproduct material. These revisions are one component of the Commission's overall program for revising its regulatory framework for medical use, inclu...
Rule Aug 03, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Adviser Registration Depository:

Title Type Published
The Commission is designating NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASDR) to establish and maintain a new electronic filing and disclosure system for investment advisers. The new system is called the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD). The Commissio...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. Applicant has never made a public offering of its securities and does not propose to make any public offering or engage in business of any kind. Filing Dates: The appl...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

S
Selective Service System

Advisory opinions:

Title Type Published
This technical amendment to the rule on advisory opinions changes the Selective Service System (SSS) address for persons to request an advisory opinion regarding the liability or obligation to register under the Military Selective Service Act. The pr...
Rule Aug 03, 2000

Registration administration:

Title Type Published
This technical amendment to the rule on administration of registration changes the Selective Service System (SSS) address for registrants to contact if they do not receive a verification notice from SSS within 90 days after completing and submitting...
Rule Aug 03, 2000

State Department logo State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, announces an open competition for an assistance award program. U.S. public or private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions describ...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed construction and operation of a natural gas-fired generating plant in Mississippi. The plant would supply peaking capacity to the TVA electric...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Free Trade Area of Americas:

Title Type Published
The Joint Committee on Electronic Commerce was established by the 34 countries in the Western Hemisphere participating in the Free Trade Area of the Americas. The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) seeks to identify a U.S. private sector expert on c...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Fairchild Aircraft SA226 and SA227 series airplanes. The proposed AD would require you to replace the brake shuttle valves with parts of improved design; a...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 2000
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 series airplanes that have been converted from a passenger to a cargo-carrying ("freighter") configuration. This amendment requires a revisio...
Rule Aug 03, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed transportation project in Dallas County, Texas.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a supplemental draft environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Forsyth County, North Carolina.
Notice Aug 03, 2000
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for a proposed bridge project in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 1) the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) is giving notice of a meeting of the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC) to...
Notice Aug 03, 2000

Position reporting system:

Title Type Published
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is updating information regarding an address change for the availability of the "AMVER Bulletin". The intended effect of this technical amendment is to provide accurate information for the availability of the "AMVE...
Rule Aug 03, 2000

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 03, 2000
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 03, 2000

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