Federal Register August 25, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on August 25, 2000

Agriculture Department (4)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (16)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Defense Department (7)
Education Department (3)
Energy Department (7)
Environmental Protection Agency (8)
Federal Communications Commission (4)
Federal Reserve System (1)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (16)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (7)
International Trade Commission (2)
Labor Department (20)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
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Postal Regulatory Commission (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (12)
State Department (2)
Tennessee Valley Authority (1)
Transportation Department (14)
Treasury Department (4)
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United States Institute of Peace (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Electric loans:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Reduction in Minimum TIER Requirements The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby reduces the minimum TIER (Times Interest Earned Ratio) requirement to be met by Distribution Borrowers from 1.50 to 1.25. Reducing TIER to 1.25, while retaining the existing Debt Service Coverage (DSC), Operat...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Bridger-Teton National Forest Oil and Gas Leasing EIS Authorizing BLM To Offer Oil and Gas Leases in Management Areas 21,45,71,72. Bridger-Teton National Forest, Teton, Sublette and Fremont Counties, WY This Federal Register notice revises the Notice of Intent published in the January 15, 1998 Federal Register Volume 63, Number 10. The Bridger-Teton National Forest expects to file the draft EIS with the Environmental Protection Agency and make it av...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Telecommunications standards and specifications:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS RUS Form 397, Special Equipment Contract (Including Installation) The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is amending its regulation on RUS Telecommunications Standards and Specifications for Material, Equipment and Construction to revise RUS Form 397, Special Equipment Contract (including installation). This contract in...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000
Agriculture Department > RUS Telecommunications System Construction Contract and Specifications The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) proposes to amend its regulations on Telecommunications Standards and Specifications for Materials, Equipment and Construction, by revising RUS Contract Form 515, Telephone System Construction Contract, and revising...	Proposed Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Virginia Advisory Committee Virginia	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware From Korea: Extension of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Korea	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone-Waco, TX; Amendment of Application Texas	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments Washington et al.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Deep-Water Species Fishery by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Gulf of Alaska NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the deep-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the third seasonal apportionment of the 2000 Pacific halibut bycat...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Hawaii-based Pelagic Longline Area Closure As ordered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, NMFS issues an emergency interim rule that closes certain waters in the central and north Pacific Ocean to longline fishing, imposes fishing gear restrictions, effort limits, fish sale...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA NOAA Climate and Global Change Program, Program Announcement The Climate and Global Change Program represents a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contribution to evolving national and international programs designed to improve our ability to observe, understand, predict, and respond to cha...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Announcement of Graduate Research Fellowships in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System for Fiscal Year 2001 The Estuarine Reserves Division (ERD) of the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management is soliciting applications for graduate fellowship funding within the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. This notice sets forth funding priorities,...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NIST Announcement of Meeting and Opportunity to Join the Biometric Interoperability, Performance, and Assurance Working Group The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites interested parties to attend the kick-off meeting of the Biometric Interoperability, Performance, and Assurance Working Group on September 12, 2000 at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland fr...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene public meetings.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Enforcement Committee and Advisory Panel in September, 2000. Recommendations from the committee will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration an...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Plan Team for the Bering Sea/Aleutians Islands King and Tanner Crab Fishery Management Plan will meet in Kodiak, Alaska.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Highly Migratory Species Plan Development Team (HMSPDT) will hold a work session which is open to the public.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 358-1585 Notice is hereby given that Wayne L. Regelin (Principal Investigator: Robert Small), Division of Wildlife Conservation, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 333 Raspberry Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99518, has applied in due form for a permit to take harb...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Performance Review Board In conformance with the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the United States Patent and Trademark Office announces the appointment of persons to serve as members of its Performance Review Board.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Trade adjustment assistance eligibility determination petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EDA Notice of Petitions by Producing Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance To give firms an opportunity to comment.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions and Deletions This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List commodities previously furnished by such...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Defense Department

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

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Adaptation of Virus to Vertebrate Cells In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 09/ 534,724 entitled "Adaptation of Virus to Vertebrate Cells", filed March 24, 2000. Foreign rights are also available....	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Defense Department > USA Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Anthrax Vaccine In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 09/ 350,755 entitled "Anthrax Vaccine", filed July 9, 1999. Foreign rights are also available. This patent application ha...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Defense Department > USA Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Attenuated Dengue-1 Virus Vaccine In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 09/ 535,116 entitled "Attenuated Dengue-1 Virus Vaccine", filed March 24, 2000. Foreign rights are also available. This p...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Defense Department > USA Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Attenuated Dengue-2 Virus Vaccine In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 09/ 534,725 entitled "Attenuated Dengue-2 Virus Vaccine", filed March 24, 2000. Foreign rights are also available. This p...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Defense Department > USA Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Attenuated Dengue-3 Virus Vaccine In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 09/ 535,684 entitled "Attenuated Dengue-3 Virus Vaccine", filed March 24, 2000. Foreign rights are also available. This p...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Defense Department > USA Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Attenuated Dengue-4 Virus Vaccine In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 09/ 534,726 entitled "Attenuated Dengue-4 Virus Vaccine", filed March 24, 2000. Foreign rights are also available. This p...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Defense Department > USA Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Multivalent Dengue Virus Vaccine In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 09/ 535,117 entitled "Multivalent Dengue Virus Vaccine", filed March 24, 2000. Foreign rights are also available. This pa...	Notice	Aug 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance; Meeting This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming partially closed meeting of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order to attend the meeting (i.e...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC California Power Exchange Corporation; Notice of Filing California Power Exchange Corp.; correction	Correction	Aug 25, 2000
Energy Department > FERC, Interior Department > FWS Dominion Transmission, Inc. (formerly CNG Transmission Corp.); Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization Dominion Transmission, Inc.; correction	Correction	Aug 25, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC ISO New England Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings ISO New England Inc. et al.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Energy Department > FERC New England Power Pool, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings New England Power Pool et al.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review determinations; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > BPA Tanner Electric Transmission Line Project Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to construct 7 kilometers (4.5 miles) of new 115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line in King County, Washington, which would supply a new substation to be built by its customer, Tanner Electric Cooperative (...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Notice of Availability of Solicitation The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Albuquerque Operations Office (AL), is seeking applications for research and development for natural gas-powered vehicle exhaust particle sampling study. Through this solicitation, DOE seeks to measure representat...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Energy Department Office of Science; Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 00-19: Outstanding Junior Investigator Program The Division of High Energy Physics of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for support under its Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) Program. Applications should be fr...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Quality Assurance Specification and Requirements 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: Title OM...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Action Plan for Alkyl-lead; Notice of Availability and Solicitation of Public Comment EPA has developed a draft National Action Plan to promote further voluntary reductions of use and exposure to alkyl-lead compounds. Alkyl-lead is used as a fuel additive to reduce "knock" in combustion engines and also to help lubricate internal engi...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency National Action Plan for Octachlorostyrene; Notice of Availability and Solicitation of Public Comment EPA has developed a draft National Action Plan to promote further voluntary reductions of release and exposure to octachlorostyrene (OCS). This chemical is a persistent, bioaccululative and toxic halogenated aromatic compound with no known commercial...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA has no objections to the preferred alternative. ERP No. D-NPS-G65075-LA Rating LO, Cane River Creole National Historical Park, General Management Plan, Natchitoches Parish, LA. Summary: EPA has no objection to the selection of the National Park S...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Project XL (excellence and leadership) innovative technology projects:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects EPA is requesting comments on a draft Project XL Final Project Agreement (FPA) for the Chicago Regional Air Quality and Economic Development Project. The FPA is a voluntary agreement developed collaboratively by Chicago Department of Environment (Her...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticides; Protocols for Testing the Efficacy of Disinfectants Against Hepatitis B Virus (HBV); Notice of Availability The Agency is announcing the availability of guidance titled "Protocol for Testing the Efficacy of Disinfectants Used to Inactivate Hepatitis B Virus and Corresponding Label Claims." Through this guidance, EPA expresses its view that the appropriate...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Proposed Settlement Under Section 122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; St. Louis River Site, Duluth, MN Notice of Settlement for recovery of past costs. In accordance with section 122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settle...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Cable Landing Licenses, Correction This document contains corrections to the biennial review of international common carrier regulations (IB Docket No. 98-118, FCC 99- 51), which were published in the Federal Register of April 19, 1999 (64 FR 19057). The regulations related to filing...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Phase I Enhanced 911 Implementation Issues In this document the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on a request filed by the King County, Washington E-911 Program Office for assistance in resolving a conflict related to the implementation of wireless Phase I Enhanced 91...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Radio services, special:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Public Safety 700 MHz Band In this Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (4thNPRM), the Commission proposes rules concerning various technical and operational issues regarding the use of interoperability frequencies in the 764-776 MHz and 794-806 MHz frequency bands (the 700 MH...	Proposed Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Hanna and Baggs, Wyoming The Commission, at the request of Mountain Tower Broadcasting, allots Channel 271C to Hanna, Wyoming, as the community's first local aural service, and, at the request of Mount Rushmore Broadcasting, Inc., allots Channel 277A at Hanna and Channel 277...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

General Services Administration

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Proposed U.S. Courthouse, Springfield, MA Springfield, MA; U.S. Courthouse	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Notification of Request for Emergency Clearance; Modification of OMB No. 0925-0001/Exp. 2/01, “PHS 398 Research and Research Training Grant Applications and Related Forms” In accordance with section 3507(j) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) hereby publishes notification of a request for Emergency Clearance for modification of the information collection related to the Nation...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Presubmission Conferences The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend its new animal drug regulations to describe the procedures to be followed for requesting, conducting, and documenting presubmission conferences. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic A...	Proposed Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Color and food additives:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Substances Approved for Use in the Preparation of Meat and Poultry Products The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations on petitions for the use of food ingredients and sources of radiation. This regulatory change will permit an efficient, joint review by both FDA and the Food Safety and Inspection Ser...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Human drugs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Cold, Cough, Allergy, Bronchodilator, and Antiasthmatic Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Reopening of the Administrative Record for Antihistamine Drug Products The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the administrative record for over-the-counter (OTC) antihistamine drug products to accept comments on recommendations concerning the use of these products to relieve symptoms of sneezing and runny...	Proposed Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC): Meeting Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute; Meeting National Cancer Institute	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Closed Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Closed Meeting National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse; Meeting National Institute on Drug Abuse	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; September 11 and 12, 2000, Meeting of the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council. This meeting is open to the public.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Fernald Health Effects Subcommittee: Meeting Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites Citizens Advisory Committee	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Closed Meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Food and Drug Administration Final Study Report; Feasibility of Appropriate Methods of Informing Customers of the Contents of Bottled Water The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing its final study report on the feasibility of appropriate methods of informing customers of the contents of bottled water, as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments. This final fe...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Research Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is hereby publishing final "National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Research Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells." The Guidelines establish procedures to help ensure that NIH-funded research in this area is...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Vessel sanitation program:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Fees for Sanitation Inspections of Cruise Ships This notice announces fees for vessel sanitation inspections for fiscal year 2001: October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2001.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Longboat Pass and New Pass, Longboat Key, FL In response to a request from Manatee County and after reviewing opening data for the bridges, the Coast Guard proposes to change the regulations governing the operation of the State Road 789 drawbridge across Longboat Pass, Manatee County and New Pa...	Proposed Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Tank vessels; gross tonnage reduction; waiver applications:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Waiver Application; Tank Vessel; Reduction of Gross Tonnage The Coast Guard is requesting comments on the Marine Chemical Navigation Corporation's waiver application to reduce the gross tonnage of the tank ship MARINE CHEMIST, Official Number 529399. Approval of this waiver application will change the vessel'...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Interior Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

No documents available.

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Availability of a Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska and Iowa This notice advises the public that a Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska and Iowa will be available for public review on August 21, 2000. Comments and suggestions are...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of Comment Period and Notice of Availability of Draft Economic Analysis on Proposed Critical Habitat Determination for the San Diego Fairy Shrimp San Diego fairy shrimp; correction	Correction	Aug 25, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Availability of the Record of Decision for the Bal'diyaka Interpretive Center Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Coos Bay District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in cooperation with the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (Confederated...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Acadia National Park Bar Harbor, ME; Acadia National Park Advisory Commission; Meeting Acadia National Park Advisory Commission	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Oil and gas plans of operations; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Western Geophysical Company Padre Island National Seashore Kleberg County, TX; Availability of Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment Phase II-3D Seismic Operation Padre Island National Seashore, TX; 3D seismic operation	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Resource management plans, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent To Amend Land Use Plans The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alturas Field Office (FO), is proposing a Land Tenure Adjustment Action Plan (LTA) for public lands managed by the Alturas FO in Modoc, Lassen, Shasta and Siskiyou Counties. As part of this process, the following...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Telecommunications facilities; construction and operation:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Telecommunications Facilities; Construction and Operation; Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA Public notice is hereby given that the Golden Gate National Recreation Area proposes to consider the application of GTE/Verizon for an amendment extenting an existing agreement for the operation of a wireless communication facility adjacent to the Go...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain Integrated Circuit Chipsets, Components Thereof and Products Containing Same; Notice of Commission Decision Not To Review an Initial Determination Terminating the Investigation Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ's") initial determination ("ID") terminating the investigation in its entirety based on a settlement agree...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
International Trade Commission Stainless Steel Angle From Japan, Korea, and Spain The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-888-890 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673b(a)) (the A...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA The Holmes Group, Rival Division, Warrensburg, Missouri; Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration Holmes Group	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Precision Headed Products et al.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Duke Energy Field Services, Ada, Oklahoma; Termination of Investigation Duke Energy Field Services	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Labor Department > ETA House of Perfection, Inc.; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance House of Perfection, Inc.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Labor Department > ETA PED Oil Corporation Midland, TX; Termination of Investigation PED Oil Corp.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Staffing Solutions Colorado Springs, CO; Termination of Investigation Staffing Solutions	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approvals The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the information collection requirements found in certain sections of 29 CFR parts 1910 and 1915. This document provides the OMB...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Labor Department Office of the Secretary; Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Labor Department Office of the Secretary; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Aliens:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Labor Certification Process for the Permanent Employment of Aliens in the United States The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is in the process of reengineering the permanent alien labor certification process. ETA's goals are to make fundamental changes and refinements that will: Streamline the process; save resources; improv...	Proposed Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Federal-State unemployment compensation program:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program: Availability of Benefit Accuracy Measurement Program Results UI BAM program data for CY 1999 are published as part of the UI PERFORMS Annual Report, which also includes data from the Benefit Timeliness and Quality and Tax Performance System programs. UI PERFORMS is the Department of Labor's management system f...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA Working Group on Long-Term Care Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Labor Department > PWBA Working Group on Benefit Continuity After Organizational Restructuring Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Labor Department > PWBA Working Group on Phased Retirement Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Labor Department > PWBA 111th Full Meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plan; Notice of Meeting Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Charles Craft, Incorporated, Wadesboro, North Carolina; Termination of Investigation Charles Craft, Inc.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Labor Department > ETA House of Perfection, Inc., Williston Manufacturing Co., Williston, South Carolina, House of Perfection, Inc., Manning Manufacturing Co., Manning, South Carolina, and House of Perfection, Inc., Sumter Manufacturing Co., Sumter, South Carolina; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance House of Perfection, Inc.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department State Guidance for Developing Methods of Administration (MOA) Required by Regulations Implementing Section 188 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) The purpose of this notice is to provide interested parties with the final approved Guidance for use by States in submitting their Methods of Administration as required by 29 CFR part 37. That part implements the nondiscrimination and equal opportuni...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

State plans; development, enforcement, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Oregon State Standards; Approval Oregon	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duke Energy Corporation, et al.; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing Duke Energy Corp. et al.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Notice and Order on Omnibus Postal Rate, Fee and Classification Case This document advises the public that the Postal Service has filed a request with the Postal Rate Commission seeking approval of proposed postal rate and classification changes. The changes affect all classes and services of mail. It also announces t...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission First American Insurance portfolios, Inc., et al. Notice of Application for an order pursuant to section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") granting exemptive relief from sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public utility holding company filings	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public utility holding company filings	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Joint industry plan:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Joint Industry Plan; Solicitation of Comments and Order Approving Amendment No. 11 to Reporting Plan for Nasdaq/National Market Securities Traded on an Exchange on an Unlisted or Listed Basis, Submitted by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., and the Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati Stock Exchanges and the Pacific Exchange National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Order Approving a Request for an Extension of Temporary Registration as a Clearing Agency Emerging Markets Clearing Corp.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment Nos. 2 and 3 to the Proposed Rule Change Establishing a Membership Ownership Requirement and a Capitalization Transfer Fee Applicable to Designated Primary Market Makers Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., Relating to the Routing of Cancel Replace Orders Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., Relating to the Exchange's SuperMAX Plus Price Improvement Program and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Relating to Minimum Quotation Size Requirements for OTC Equity Securities National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to a Payment for Order Flow Fee Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., Extending the Pilot Program for Rule 98, Emergency Committee, Until November 17, 2000 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Utopia: The Search for the Ideal Society in the Western World” 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	Aug 25, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation; Meeting Historical Diplomatic Documentation Advisory Committee	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Tennessee Valley Authority

Title	Type	Published
Tennessee Valley Authority Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Frankfort, MI This action modifies Class E airspace at Frankfort, MI. An Area Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (Rwy) 15, and an RNAV SIAP to Rwy 33, have been developed for Frankfort Dow Memorial Airport. Controlled airspac...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; Soldiers Grove, WI This action establishes Class E airspace at Soldiers Grove, WI. A Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (Rwy) 11, and a GPS SIAP to Rwy 29, have been developed for Leeward Farm Airport. Controlled air...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Notice of Information Collection Approval This notice announces OMB approval of information collection requests (ICRs), for OMB No. 2137-0559, "Rail Carriers and Tank Car Tanks Requirements"; OMB No. 2137-0014, "Requirements for Cargo Tanks"; OMB No. 2137-0051, "Rulemaking, Exemption, and Pr...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Transportation Department > FTA Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In accordance 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 extension of a c...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A310 and A300-600 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Airbus Model A310 and A300-600 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacement of the flight control computers (FCC) with new, improved...	Proposed Rule	Aug 25, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 767-200, -300, and -300F Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 767-200, -300, and -300F series airplanes. This action requires a functional check of the shear rivets in all six elevator power control actuator (PCA...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-100, -200, and -200C Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, and -200C series airplanes. This action requires repetitive inspections to detect discrepancies in the upper and lower skins of the fus...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-200 and -300 Series Airplanes Equipped with a Main Deck Cargo Door Installed in Accordance with Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SA2969SO This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting airworthiness directive (AD) 2000-17-51 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of certain Boeing Model 737-200 and -300 series airplanes by individual noti...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement: Teton County, Wyoming The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act for the proposed highway reconstruction in Teton County, Wyoming. The FHWA in cooper...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA; Joint RTCA Special Committee 181/EUROCAE Working Group 13 Standards of Navigation Performance RCTA, Inc.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA; Joint Special Committee 190/EUROCAE Working Group 52 Software Guidance RCTA, Inc.	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Compressed Natural Gas Fuel Containers On December 3, 1998, we published a final rule that deleted the material and manufacturing process requirements in the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on compressed natural gas fuel containers. As part of this final rule, we amended the provisi...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, OH The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to use the revenue from a PFC at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Bu...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Golden Triangle Regional Airport, Columbus, MS The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Golden Triangle Regional Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibu...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Tank vessels; gross tonnage reduction; waiver applications:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Treasury Department [No title available] Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Aug 25, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

U
United States Institute of Peace

Title	Type	Published
United States Institute of Peace Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Veterans Affairs Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee, Meetings Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee	Notice	Aug 25, 2000

Vocational rehabilitation and education:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Veterans Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence Allowance Rates By statute, VA must determine each fiscal year what increase, if any, VA will pay in the monthly rates of basic subsistence allowance payable under 38 U.S.C. chapter 31. The statute provides a formula for this increase. We are changing the regulation...	Rule	Aug 25, 2000