Federal Register August 15, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on August 15, 2000

Agriculture Department (3)
Commerce Department (9)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Congressional Budget Office (1)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (2)
Defense Department (5)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (12)
Environmental Protection Agency (4)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Maritime Commission (2)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Health and Human Services Department (3)
Housing and Urban Development Department (4)
Interior Department (11)
Justice Department (6)
Labor Department (4)
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National Transportation Safety Board (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (2)
Small Business Administration (2)
Transportation Department (15)
Treasury Department (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Food stamp program:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Food Stamp Program: Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Systems Interoperability and Portability The purpose of this interim rule is to implement legislation requiring interoperability of Food Stamp Program Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Systems and portability of electronically-used benefits nationwide. The rule revises Food Stamp Program re...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; List of Consistent States We are proposing to establish a list of States that conduct an active State scrapie program that is consistent with Federal requirements. This list of "Consistent States" will be referred to in addressing interstate movement restrictions for sheep an...	Proposed Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant and Fetal Nutrition; Notice of Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., this notice announces a meeting of the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition. Date and Time: September 19-21, 2000, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Place: Food and Nutrition Se...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order: Paper Clips From the People's Republic of China On July 5, 2000, the Department of Commerce ("the Department"), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), determined that revocation of the antidumping duty order on paper clips from the People's Republic...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order: Extruded Rubber Thread From Malaysia On March 7, 2000, the Department of Commerce ("the Department"), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), determined that revocation of the antidumping duty order on extruded rubber thread from Malaysia,...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From South Africa; Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review In response to a request by petitioners Allegheny Ludlum, AK Steel Corporation (formerly Armco, Inc.), J&L Specialty Steel, Inc., North American Stainless, Butler-Armco Independent Union, Zanesville Armco Independent Union, and the United Steelworker...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Closure of Critical Habitat Pursuant to a Court Order NMFS issues interim regulations to close waters within critical habitat in the exclusive economic zone off Alaska west of 144 deg.W. long. to all commercial groundfish fishing with trawl gear. This action is necessary to comply with a United States D...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NTIA Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) previously announced the solicitation of grant applications for the Pan-Pacific Education and Communications Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT) Program to compete for funds from t...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Extension of Comment Period for Proposed Rule Governing the Approach to Humpback Whales in Alaska NMFS is extending the public comment period, published in the June 26, 2000 Federal Register, for its Proposed Rule Governing the Approach to Humpback Whales in Alaska from August 10, 2000, to October 15, 2000.	Proposed Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 87-1593 Notice is hereby given that Dr. Daniel P. Costa, Department of Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, has applied in due form for a permit to take California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) for purposes of scientific research.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 473-1433-01 Notice is hereby given that Jan Straley, Assistant Professor of Marine Biology, University of Southeast Alaska, 1332 Seward Avenue, Sitka, Alaska 99835-9498, has requested an amendment to Scientific Research Permit No. 473-1433-01.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 731-1509-01 Notice is hereby given that Robin Baird, Ph.D., 2 Supanee Court, French's Road, Cambridge CB4 3LB, UNITED KINGDOM, has requested an amendment to Scientific Research Permit No. 731-1509-01.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Contract market proposals:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Application of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago (CBOT) for Designation as a Contract Market in Dow Jones Internet Composite Index Futures and Futures Options The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago (CBOT or Exchange) has applied for designation as a contract market in Dow Jones Internet Composite Index futures and futures options. The Acting Director of the Division of Economic Analysis (Division) of th...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Congressional Budget Office

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings):

Title	Type	Published
Congressional Budget Office Notice of Transmittal of Sequestration Update Report for Fiscal Year 2001 to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget Sequestration update report for 2001 FY; transmittal to Congress and OMB	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Proposed Collection of Information; Comment Request-Amended Interim Safety Standard for Cellulose Insulation As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission requests comments on a proposed extension of approval of a collection of information from manufacturers and importers of cellulose insul...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Settlement agreements:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Royal Sovereign Corp., a corporation, Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order A Settlement Agreement provisionally accepted by the Consumer Produce Safety Commission was inadvertently published on August 9, 2000 (pages 48680-48682) separate from a preamble notice about the agreement published on August 8, 2000 (page 48488). Th...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Defense Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Introduction of the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle to First Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Stateme...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Defense Department > USAF Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Jinapsan Beach Properties Access, Guam Jinapsan Beach Properties access, GU	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Office of the Secretary; Board of Visitors Meeting The next meeting of the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Board of Visitors (BoV) will be held at the Packard Conference Center, Building 184, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia on Wednesday September 6, 2000 from 0900 until 1500. The purpose of this meeting i...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Defense Department Office of the Secretary; Executive Committee Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) This notice is hereby given of a forthcoming Quarterly Executive Committee Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of the Executive Committee Meeting is to review the responses to the recommendations...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Military traffic management:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Proposed Mandatory Use of USBank's PowerTrack System by DOD Freight Carriers USBank's PowerTrack system; mandatory use by DOD freight carriers; correction	Correction	Aug 15, 2000

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation; Proposed Subsequent Arrangement This notice is being issued under the authority of section 131 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2160). The Department is providing notice of a proposed "subsequent arrangement" under the Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Civ...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Commonwealth Edison Company; Commonwealth Edison Company of Indiana; Notice of Filing Commonwealth Edison Co. et al.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application El Paso Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Kansas Pipeline Company; Notice of Revised Tariff Filing Kansas Pipeline Co.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Norteno Pipeline Company; Notice of Petition for Waiver of Orders No. 637 and 637-A Norteno Pipeline Co	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Energy Department > FERC ONEOK Midstream Pipeline Inc.; Notice of Application ONEOK Midstream Pipeline, Inc.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Williams Gas Pipeline-Central, Inc.; Notice of Superseding Offer of Settlement Williams Gas Pipelines-Central, Inc.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Filing Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Compliance Filing Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Eastchester Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting and Site Visit Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Millennium Pipeline Company, L.P.; Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Millennium Pipeline Project, as Amended; Request for Comments on Environmental Issues; and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting and Site Visit Millennium Pipeline Co., L.P.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Federal Plan Requirements for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators Constructed On or Before June 20, 1996 On September 15, 1997, EPA adopted emission guidelines for existing hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators (HMIWI). Sections 111 and 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) require States with existing HMIWI subject to the emission guidelines to submi...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability for Draft Guidance on Design of Flexible Air Permits (White Paper Number 3) As part of EPA's ongoing efforts to improve implementation of the air permitting programs, we are making available for public review a draft of our pending guidance on the design of flexible air permits (White Paper Number 3). This document provides...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to delete the Warwick Landfill Site (Site), which is located in the Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The N...	Proposed Rule	Aug 15, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region II, announces the deletion of the Warwick Landfill Superfund Site (Site) from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B of the Natio...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Schedule of Application Fees The Commission has amended its Schedule of Application Fees to adjust the fees for processing applications and other filings. Section 8(b) of the Commission Act requires the Commission to adjust its application fees every two years after October 1, 1...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Television broadcasting:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in Markets for the Delivery of Video Programming The Commission is required to report annually to Congress on the status of competition in markets for the delivery of video programming. On July 25, 2000, the Commission adopted a Notice of Inquiry to solicit information from the public for use in pr...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal claims collection:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties This final rule implements the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. The rule adjusts the amount of each statutory civil penalty subject to Federal Maritime Commission jur...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Investigations, hearings, petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Universal Logistic Forwarding Co., Ltd.-Possible Violations of Sections 10(a)(1) and 10(b)(1) of the Shipping Act of 1984; Notice of Investigation and Hearing Universal Logistic Forwarding Co., Ltd.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Office of the Secretary; Meeting of the Secretary's Council on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2010 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing notice that the Secretary's Council on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2010 will hold its fourth annual meeting, as mandated by its charter. Council member...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department PHS Policy for Instruction in the Responsibile Conduct of Research; Extension of Comment Period The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) in collaboration with the Agency Research Integrity Liaison Officers for each of the PHS Operating Divisions, announced on July 21, 2000, (65 Fed. Reg. 45381) the availability for public comment of a new Draft P...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Fair Housing Initiatives Program Application Kit The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA) The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Study of Rent Burden of Residents Living in HOME-Assisted Rental Units The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Announcement of Funding Awards for FY 1999 Public and Indian Housing New Approach Anti-Drug Program (Formerly Known as the Safe Neighborhood Grant Program) 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 decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the FY 1999 Super Noti...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Information Collection submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Renewal Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) The Service submitted the forms for the collection of information listed below to OMB for renewal approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Copies of the forms and related material may be obtained by contacting the Service Information Collection Cl...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Extension Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) The Service submitted the forms for the collection of information listed below to OMB for renewal approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Copies of the forms and related material may be obtained by contacting the Service Information Collection Cl...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Extension of Public Comment Period and Notice of Availability of Draft Economic Analysis for Proposed Critical Habitat Determination for the Arkansas River Basin Population of the Arkansas River Shiner We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of the draft economic analysis for the proposed designation of critical habitat for the Arkansas River basin population of the Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi). We also provide...	Proposed Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Minerals Management Service (MMS) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Region, Proposed Use of Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Systems on the Central and Western GOM OCS Notice of availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and locations and dates of public hearings for the EIS on the proposed use of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) systems in the central and western GOM OCS.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Land use plans:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Invitation of the Public To Review and Comment on Recommended Recreation Guidelines To Meet Land Health Standards The BLM has recommended recreation guidelines to meet land health standards for lands administered by BLM in Colorado. This notice serves to announce that the recommended recreation guidelines are available for review and comment by the public.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS National Capital Memorial Commission; Notice of Public Meeting National Capital Memorial Commission	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Utah Resource Advisory Council Meeting The Bureau of Land Management's Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will be meeting on August 30, in Provo, Utah. The purpose of this meeting is to finalize the guidelines for recreation management on BLM lands in Utah. The meeting will be...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects from San Diego County, CA in the Possession of the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, U.S. Marine Corps, San Diego County, CA Notice.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and an Associated Funerary Object from Rhode Island in the Possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Notice.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the University Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR Notice.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Proposed Withdrawal; Arizona The Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw approximately 299,952.41 acres of Federal lands and minerals to protect the native biodiversity and the ecological richness of the Paria Plateau area in northwestern Arizona. This notice segregates t...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection Notice of review of a revision of a currently approved collection school crime survey (SCS).	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Justice Department Office of Justice Programs, Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review; (new collection) State Police traffic stop data collection procedures, 2000.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Justice Department Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review; new collection COPS School-Based Partnership Response Phase Report.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Justice Department Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Request OMB emergency approval; COPS School-Based Partnership Implementation Report.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act E.I. du Pont de Nemours	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) Yaworski, Inc., et al.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Cross Creek Apparel, Inc., Walnut Cove, North Carolina and Hillsville Sewing Plant, Hillsville, Virginia; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Cross Creek Apparel, Inc.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Office of the Secretary; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health; Notice of Open Meeting OSHA is notifying the public that ACCSH will meet September 14-15, 2000 at the Holiday Inn Capital at the Smithsonian, 550 C Street SW., Washington, DC. This meeting is open to the public.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA AII Technologies, Inc.; El Paso, Texas; Notice of Termination of Investigation AII Technologies, Inc.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

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National Transportation Safety Board

Title	Type	Published
National Transportation Safety Board Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multiemployer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Interest Assumption for Determining Variable-Rate Premium; Interest Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan Valuations Following Mass Withdrawal This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or are derivable from rates published elsewhere), but...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Single employer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-e...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (The Cooper Companies, Inc., Common Stock, $.10 Par Value,) Cooper Companies, Inc.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Amendment Nos. 5, 6, and 7 to Proposed Rule Change by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Establishment of Nasdaq Order Display Facility and to Modifications of the Nasdaq Trading Platform National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Small Business Administration

License surrenders:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Revocation of License of Small Business Investment Company Capital Impact Corp.	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Small business size standards:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Small Business Size Standards; General Building Contractors, Heavy Construction, Except Building, Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities, Special Trade Contractors, Garbage and Refuse Collection, Without Disposal, and Refuse Systems; Correction This is a technical correction to the final rule that the Small Business Administration (SBA) published in the Federal Register (65 FR 37689) on June 16, 2000. In that rule, the Small Business Administration established higher size standards in annua...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Transportation Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000
Transportation Department Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3501, et seq.) this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review a...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Airport property release:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent to Rule on Request to Release Airport Property at the Laredo International Airport, Laredo, Texas The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the release of land at Laredo International Airport under the provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21).	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Agusta S.p.A. Model A109A and A109A II Helicopters This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model A109A and A109A II helicopters. This AD requires radiographic inspections of the internal surface of each main rotor blade spar (spar) for corrosion. This AD is...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (BHTC) Model 430 Helicopters This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for BHTC Model 430 helicopters. That AD currently requires inspecting all four main rotor adapter assemblies for evidence of flapping and lead-lag contact. That AD also requires insta...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-145 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain EMBRAER Model EMB-145 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacement of defective hydraulic tubing in the left and right wings with new...	Proposed Rule	Aug 15, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 series airplanes, that requires replacement of certain ground block screws with new screws; and retermination of the circuit ground wires...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 Series Airplanes This document corrects information in an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 series airplanes that have been converted from a passenger to a cargo-carrying ("freighter") configuration. That AD cu...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney PW4164, PW4168, and PW4168A Series Turbofan Engines This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Pratt & Whitney PW4164, PW4168, and PW4168A series turbofan engines. The current AD requires initial and repetitive torque checks for loose or broken bolts used to secu...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Schweizer Aircraft Corporation Model 269A, 269A-1, 269B, 269C, 269C-1, 269D, and TH-55A Helicopters This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Schweizer Aircraft Corporation (Schweizer) Model 269A, 269A-1, 269B, 269C, 269C-1, 269D helicopters. That AD requires inspecting the tail rotor swashplate shaft (shaft...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Hazardous materials:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Hazardous Materials: Availability of Information for Hazardous Materials Transported by Aircraft RSPA solicits comments and suggestions on ways to implement a recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to require that air carriers transporting hazardous materials have the means to quickly retrieve and provide information...	Proposed Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Hours of Service of Drivers; Driver Rest and Sleep for Safe Operations The FMCSA announces it is holding three public roundtables, each focusing on specific topics identified in the comment process on the proposed revisions to its hours-of-service (HOS) regulations. The format for the roundtables is two-day sessions des...	Proposed Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 1995-2000 Mazda Xedos 9 Passenger Cars Are Eligible for Importation This notice announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 1995- 2000 Mazda Xedos 9 passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor ve...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties; Delegations Concerning the Hazardous Materials Transportation Programs The Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) is updating the delegations of authority from the Secretary to five Operating Administrations and the Associate Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of Intermodalism, in response to the Secretary's...	Rule	Aug 15, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Intelligent Transportation System; Architecture and Standards On May 25, 2000, FTA issued a notice requesting comments on the proposed National Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architecture Policy for project development, requesting comments to be submitted by August 23, 2000. This document extends this...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OTS Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information collections, as required by the Paperw...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Veterans Affairs Department

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Computer Matching Program Between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to conduct a recurring computer matching program. This will match personnel records of the Department of Defense (DOD) with VA records of benefit recipients under the Montgom...	Notice	Aug 15, 2000

Federal Register August 15, 2000

Agencies Publishing on August 15, 2000

Agriculture Department

Food stamp program:

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Meetings:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Fishery conservation and management:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Marine mammals:

Permits:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Contract market proposals:

Congressional Budget Office

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings):

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Settlement agreements:

Defense Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Meetings:

Military traffic management:

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Superfund program:

Federal Communications Commission

Practice and procedure:

Television broadcasting:

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal claims collection:

Investigations, hearings, petitions, etc.:

Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Land use plans:

Meetings:

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

N National Transportation Safety Board

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multiemployer plans:

Single employer plans:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Small Business Administration

License surrenders:

Small business size standards:

Transportation Department

Agency information collection activities:

Airport property release:

Airworthiness directives:

Hazardous materials:

Motor carrier safety standards:

Motor vehicle safety standards:

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National Transportation Safety Board