Federal Register September 8, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on September 8, 2000

Agriculture Department (4)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (17)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (7)
Education Department (3)
Energy Department (13)
Environmental Protection Agency (12)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (5)
Federal Housing Finance Board (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (1)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (9)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (17)
Justice Department (3)
Labor Department (3)
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Management and Budget Office (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
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Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (0)
Securities and Exchange Commission (10)
Small Business Administration (4)
Social Security Administration (3)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (7)
Treasury Department (4)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS United States Standards for Grades of Nonfat Dry Milk (Spray Process), United States Standards for Instant Nonfat Dry Milk and United States Standards for Grades of Dry Buttermilk and Dry Buttermilk Product The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting comments on proposals to revise the United States Standards for Grades of Nonfat Dry Milk (Spray Process), the United States Standards for Instant Non...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved information collection for the...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Southwestern Region, Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas and Oklahoma Proposed 69KV Transmission Line Project on the Camino Real Ranger District, Carson National Forest, Taos County, NM Based on a request made by the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, the Carson National Forest is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) to analyze the effects of a proposal to authorize Kit Carson Cooperative to construct, operate and maintai...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Telecommunications loans:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS General Policies, Types of Loans, Loan Requirements-Telecommunications Program The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is amending its regulations to update the criteria for determining "reasonably adequate service" levels for local exchange carriers and providers of specialized telecommunications service. This rule is part of an ong...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the New Hampshire Advisory Committee New Hampshire	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Regulations Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act Governing the Small Take of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specific Activities The Department of Commerce, 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 information collections, a...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request. Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Elemental Sulphur From Canada: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on elemental sulphur from Canada in response to a request from the petitioner, Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur, Inc. ("Freeport"). This review...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products and Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Canada: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Recission of Reviews in Part In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (CORE) and certain cut-to-lengt...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers From the People's Republic of China; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review We preliminarily determine that sales of certain helical spring lock washers from the People's Republic of China were made below normal value during the period October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999. Interested parties are invited to comment on t...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA LDS Hospital (Intermountain Health Care); Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscope LDS Hospital (Intermountain Health Care)	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA University of Washington; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument Washington	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Pure Magnesium and Alloy Magnesium From Canada: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews On May 4, 2000, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the administrative reviews of the countervailing duty orders on pure magnesium and alloy magnesium from Canada for the period J...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Germany; Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting administrative reviews of the countervailing duty order on certain cut- to-length carbon steel plate from Germany for the periods calendar year 1997 and calendar year 1998. For information on...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Export privileges, actions affecting:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EAB Action Affecting Export Privileges; Son Kim Nguyen; Order Denying Export Privileges Nguyen, Son Kim	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Amendment 12 NMFS announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 12 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Secretarial review. Amendment 12 is intended to provide procedures for the Pacific Fishe...	Proposed Rule	Sep 08, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; Control Date This document announces that the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) is considering whether there is a need to impose additional management measures limiting entry into the commercial penaeid shrimp fishery in the South Atlantic exclu...	Proposed Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Exporters' Textile Advisory Committee; Notice of Open Meeting Exporters Textile Advisory Committee	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA President's Export Council: Open Meeting Conference Call of the President's Export Council The President's Export Council (PEC) will hold an open meeting conference call to discuss the PEC's Final Report to the Administration. The PEC was established on December 20, 1973, and reconstituted May 4, 1979, to advise the President on matters re...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review On August 18, 2000, Dofasco, Inc., filed a First Request for Panel Review with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Panel review was requested of the final results of...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Patent cases:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Changes To Implement the Patent Business Goals The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) has established business goals for the organizations reporting to the Commissioner for Patents (Patent Business Goals). The focus of the Patent Business Goals is to increase the level of service...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Membership of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Performance Review Board In accordance with 5 U.S.C., 4314(c)(4), NOAA announces the appointment of persons to serve as members of the NOAA Performance Review Board (PRB). The NOAA PRB is responsible for reviewing performance appraisals and ratings of Senior Executive Servic...	Notice	Sep 08, 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 a proposal to add to the Procurement List commodities to be furnished by a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must Be Received on or Before: October 10, 2000.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions 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.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Defense Production Act Amendments Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a curr...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
DOD, GSA, NASA Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Notification of Ownership Changes Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a curr...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
DOD, GSA, NASA Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Examination of Records by Comptroller General and Contract Audit Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a curr...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Intelligence Agency, Science and Technology Advisory Board Closed Panel Meeting Pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (d) of Section 10 of Public Law 92-463, as amended by Section 5 of Public Law 94-409, notice is hereby given that a closed meeting of the DIA Science and Technology Advisory Board has been scheduled as follows...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Defense Department Defense Intelligence Agency, Science and Technology Advisory Board Closed Panel Meeting Pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (d) of Section 10 of Public Law 92-463, as amended by Section 5 of Public Law 94-409, notice is hereby given that a closed meeting of the DIA Science and Technology Advisory Board has been scheduled as follows...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Defense Department Defense Science Board Task Force on Improving Fuel Efficiency of Weapons Platforms The Defense Science Board Task Force on Improving Fuel Efficiency of Weapons Platforms will meet in closed session on September 19-20, 2000, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Amherst E40-55, Cambridge, MA 30332-0801. The mission of the De...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests 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	Sep 08, 2000
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests 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	Sep 08, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans; Event This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming convening/event of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans (Commission). Notice of this event is required under Section 10(a)(2) of...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff ANR Pipeline Co.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff ANR Pipeline Co.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative, Inc.; Notice of Filing Deseret Generation Transmission Co-operative, Inc.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Negotiated Rate Compliance Filing Dominion Transmission, Inc.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Energy Department > FERC East Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Refund Report East Tennessee Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Energy Department > FERC FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC; Notice of Extension of Deadline for Filing Additional Study Requests, Settlement Agreement Progress Meeting, Public Information Meeting, and Site Visit for the Indian Pond Hydroelectric Project No. 2142-031 FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Site Visit Koch Gateway Pipeline Co.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Energy Department > FERC New York Power Authority; Notice of Meeting To Discuss Settlement for Relicensing of the St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project and Notice Extending Deadline for Filing Requests for Additional Studies and Preliminary Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions New York Power Authority	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Engage Energy US, L.P., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Engage Energy US, L.P., et al.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Pinnacle West Energy Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Pinnacle West Energy Corp. et al.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Energy Department > FERC TransEnergie U.S., et. al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings TransEnergie U.S. et al.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Change in Date for Public Meeting on Wholesale Power Markets and Transmission Services in California California; wholesale power markets and transmission services	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Public Meeting on Wholesale Power Markets and Transmission Services in California California; wholesale power markets and transmission services	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; 2000 Meat Products Industry Surveys (EPA ICR 1961.01) 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: "2000 Me...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning This action promulgates corrections and several clarifications to the amendments to the "National Emission Standards for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning" promulgated on December 3, 1999 (64 FR 67793). The amendments finalized compliance options for cont...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Establishment of Alternative Compliance Periods Under the Anti-Dumping Program The Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 ("the Act") directs the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "we") to issue regulations requiring reformulated gasoline for major metropolitan areas with the worst ozone air pollution problems. Other areas wi...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Establishment of Alternative Compliance Periods Under the Anti-Dumping Program The Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 ("the Act") directs the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "we") to issue regulations requiring reformulated gasoline for major metropolitan areas with the worst ozone air pollution problems. Other areas wi...	Proposed Rule	Sep 08, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Revised Format for Materials Being Incorporated by Reference for Vermont EPA is revising the format of 40 CFR part 52 for materials submitted by the State of Vermont that are incorporated by reference (IBR) into its State Implementation Plan (SIP). The regulations affected by this format change have all been previously su...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Project XL (excellence and leadership) innovative technologies projects:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects EPA is today requesting comments on a draft Monitoring Plan Agreement for Phase 1 of the Fort Worth XL Project.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects EPA is requesting comments on a draft Project XL Final Project Agreement (FPA) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) White Sands Test Facility (WSTF). The FPA is a voluntary agreement developed collaboratively by NASA WSTF, the...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects EPA is today requesting comments on a draft Project XL Final Project Agreement (FPA) for the United Egg Producers (UEP).	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects; Project XL Draft Final Project Agreement: Waste Management, Inc. Landfill Bioreactor Systems EPA is today requesting comments on a draft Project XL Final Project Agreement (FPA) for Waste Management.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticides; Science Policy on Use of Data on Cholinesterase Inhibition in Risk Assessment EPA is announcing the availability of the revised version of the pesticide science policy document entitled "The Use of Data on Cholinesterase Inhibition for Risk Assessments of Organophosphorus and Carbamate Pesticides." This notice is one in a seri...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Administrative Cashout “Ability to Pay” Settlement Under Section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act; In the Matter of Powell Road Landfill, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past and projecte...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Health in Aging Month, 2000 Health in Aging Month (Proc. 7337)	Presidential Document	Sep 08, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Petition for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced Telecommunications Capability This document invites further comment on a number of issues related to the obligation of incumbent LECs to provide collocation. The Second Further Notice responds to the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circ...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced Telecommunications Capability This document strengthens the collocation requirements placed upon incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) pursuant to section 251(c)(6) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The Order on Reconsideration adopts national standards that incum...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Western Wireless Corporation Petition for Preemption of an Order of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission In this document, the Commission provides guidance to remove uncertainty and terminate controversy regarding whether section 214(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, requires a common carrier to provide supported services throughout a...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 This document continues the Commission's efforts to facilitate the development of competition in telecommunications services, particularly local telecommunications. The Commission invites comment on whether it should amend its unbundled network eleme...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Federal Housing Finance Board

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Sunshine Act Meeting; Announcing an Open Meeting of the Board Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 08, 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	Sep 08, 2000

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title	Type	Published
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA New Animal Drugs for Use in Animal Feeds; Chlortetracycline and Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Alpharma, Inc. The NADA provides for use of approved, single-ingredient chlortetracycline (CTC) and ba...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA New Animal Drugs for Use in Animal Feeds; Monensin and Roxarsone The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Alpharma, Inc. The NADA provides for use of approved single-ingredient monensin and roxarsone Type A m...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Food for human consumption:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Food Labeling: Health Claims; Plant Sterol/Stanol Esters and Coronary Heart Disease The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is authorizing the use, on food labels and in food labeling, of health claims on the association between plant sterol/stanol esters and reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). FDA is taking this action in...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Office of Community Services; Program Enhance Supplement The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS), announces that it plans to award a grant under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Program to develop, replicate and disseminate an educational tool...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; Open Town Hall Meeting To Discuss Medicare Policy for Community Mental Health Centers on September 25, 2000 This notice announces a town hall meeting to provide an opportunity for community mental health centers (CMHCs), Medicare beneficiaries, advocates for the mentally ill, and other interested parties to address our staff in an effort to promote full un...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; Meeting of the Medical and Surgical Procedures Panel of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee-October 17 and 18, 2000 This notice announces a public meeting of the Medical and Surgical Procedures Panel of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC). The panel provides advice and recommendations to the agency about clinical issues. The panel will hear and discuss...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft “Guidance for Industry: Considerations for Reproductive Toxicity Studies for Preventive Vaccines for Infectious Disease Indications;” Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft document entitled "Guidance for Industry: Considerations for Reproductive Toxicity Studies for Preventive Vaccines for Infectious Disease Indications" dated August 2000....	Notice	Sep 08, 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	Sep 08, 2000

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Receipt of Application for Endangered Species Permit Notice of receipt.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Receipt of Application for Endangered Species Permit The following applicants have applied for permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If you wish to comm...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Use of Weed-Free Forage on Public Lands in Nevada The State Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Nevada is proposing a requirement that all BLM visitors, permittees, and operators in Nevada use certified noxious weed seed-free hay, straw, or mulch when visiting, or conducting authorize...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published an Information Collection Notice on September 5, 2000 (65 FR 53737), for the Federal Aid Grants Application Booklet. It stated in "Action" that it was for an Information Collection Renewal, it is...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Closure of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Special Fire Restrictions-Restrictions and Conditions of Use in the Lewistown, Butte and Dillon Field Offices, MT Bureau of Land Management Montana State Director Mat Millenbach has initiated Level 4 fire restrictions, effective 12:01 pm Mountain Daylight Time Tuesday, September 5, 2000, on BLM lands in the Montana counties listed below. The Level 4 fire restric...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Special Fire Restrictions-Restrictions and Conditions of Use in the Missoula and Butte Field Offices, Montana. Pursuant to 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 9212.2, the following acts are prohibited on all Bureau of Land Management lands administered by the Missoula Field Office in Missoula, Granite, and Powell counties and all lands administered by the Bu...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Rescindment of Special Fire Closures in Billings, Missoula, Helena, Butte and Dillon Field Offices; MT Pursuant to 43 Code of Federal Regulations 9212.2, the prohibitions listed in Order No. MT-00-03, MT-00-05, MT-00-06, applicable to Bureau of Land Management lands administered by the Billings, Missoula, Helena, Butte and Dillon Field Offices, dated...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Nevada: Emergency Closure of Certain Public Lands in the Winnemucca District for the Management of Lands and Activities Located In and Around the Burning Man Event Site, Pershing County, NV Certain lands would be temporarily closed on an emergency basis, in the Winnemucca District, Pershing and Washoe Counties, Nevada, to public use from 6 a.m., August 28 to 12 pm, September 6, 2000. This emergency closure is being made in the interest...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of Comment Period on the Proposed Threatened Status and Critical Habitat Determination for Silene spaldingii (Spalding's Catchfly) We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), reopen the comment period on the proposal to list Silene spaldingii (Spalding's catchfly) as a threatened species, and our critical ha...	Proposed Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Receipt of Applications for Incidental Take Permits and Availability of an Environmental Assessment Associated With an Amendment to the Ocean Trails Habitat Conservation Plan, City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, CA Ocean Trails, L.P. and the City of Rancho Palos Verdes (Applicants) have applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service for approval of an amendment to the Ocean Trails Habitat Conservation Plan and for issuance of incidental take permits pursuant to secti...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Interior Department > BOR Rio Grande and Low Flow Conveyance Channel Between San Acacia Diversion Dam, NM, and the Narrows of Elephant Butte Reservoir, NM Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (as amended), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on modifications to the Rio Grande and Low...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > USGS MPI Drilling, Inc.; Proposed Cooperative Research and Development Agreement The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is contemplating entering into a CRADA with MPI Drilling, Inc. for the development of improved drilling technology.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Western Regional Panel Meeting This notice announces a meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Western Regional Panel Committee. The meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Realty Action; Direct Sale of Public Lands in Kanabec County, Minnesota The Bureau of Land Management has determined that the below listed public lands located in Kanabec County, Minnesota, are suitable for sale utilizing direct non-competitive procedures, at not less than the fair market value. In accordance with Sectio...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action: Non-Competitive Sale of Public Lands The following described public lands in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada have been examined and found suitable for sale utilizing non-competitive procedures, at not less than the fair market value of $310,000.00. Authority for the sale is section 203...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Pursuant to Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engagin...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Receipt of Application for Approval CITES Management Authority of Argentina	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Office of Justice Programs; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of Information Collection Under Review; (Revision of a currently approved collection); Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program Request for Drawdown.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Justice Department Office of Justice Programs; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of Information Collection Under Review; (Reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired); Juvenile Residential Facility Census.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ANTITRUST United States v. Allied Waste Industries, Inc. and Republic Services, Inc.; Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement Allied Waste Industries, Inc., et al.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
DOL, OSHRC Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
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	Sep 08, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public comment and Recommendations: Mine Rescue Teams; Arrangements for Emergency Medical Assistance; and Arrangements for Transportation for Injured Persons The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

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Management and Budget Office

Commercial activities performance (Circular A-76):

Title	Type	Published
Management and Budget Office Issuance of OMB Circular A-76 Transmittal Memorandum No. 22 The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) publishes technical changes to the OMB Circular A-76 Revised Supplemental Handbook.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Insurance-Partial or Total Immunity From Tort Liability for State Agencies and Charitable Institutions This final rule amends the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to allow State agencies and charitable institutions partial or total immunity from tort liability on NASA contracts.	Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

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National Science Foundation

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request The Reports Clearance Officer invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting the general public and other Federal agencies to comm...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 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	Sep 08, 2000

Petitions; Director's decisions:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; Facility Operating License No. DPR-26, Receipt of Additional Information Relating to Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

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Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

No documents available.

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Intermarket Trading System; Notice of Filing and Temporary Summary Effectiveness of the Sixteenth Amendment to the ITS Plan Relating to Decimal Pricing in Listed Securities Intermarket Trading System; plan amendments	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Intermarket Trading System; Notice of Filing of Fifteenth Amendment to the ITS Plan Relating to Remote Specialists, the National Market System Test System, Trade Adjustment Procedures, and Technical Revisions Intermarket Trading System; plan amendments	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC To Extend for an Additional 90 Days Its Pilot Program Relating to Facilitation Cross Transactions American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to Rules Regarding Decimal Pricing American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; American Stock Exchange LLC.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Reporting of Options Transactions American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc. To Provide Generic Listing Standards for Portfolio Depositary Receipts Pursuant to Rule 19b-4(e) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated To Facilitate the Conversion to Pricing in Decimals Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 08, 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. To Codify the CBOE's Existing Policy Prohibiting Harassment and Certain Other Similar Improper Trading Practices Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Decimal Pricing for Listed Securities National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Decimal Pricing New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of Arizona (And Contiguous Counties in California, Nevada, and Utah) Arizona et al.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Small Business Administration State of North Dakota North Dakota	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Small Business Administration State of West Virginia West Virginia	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Federal Assistance for Women's Business Center (WBC) Program To Provide Financial Counseling and Other Management and Technical Assistance to Women This notice corrects the application period of Program Announcement No. OWBO-2001-15. The previous notice (Doc. 00-20873), published August 17, 2000, stated that the application period will be from late September 2001 to mid-November 2001. The correc...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Social Security Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request Proposed collection and submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority Security and Integrity Center	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; New System of Records and New Routine Use Disclosures In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)) and (e)(11)), we are issuing public notice of our intent to establish a new system of records under the Privacy Act entitled SSA Administrative Sanctions Database. The proposed new system of re...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

State Department

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Designation of Certain Posts for Advance Payment of Immigrant Visa Application Processing Fee Foreign Service posts; designation for advance payment of immigrant visa application processing fees	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Visas; immigrant and nonimmigrant documention:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Documentation of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended-Change in Procedures for Payment of Immigrant Visa Fees This rule adopts a proposed rule published October 28, 1999 [64 FR 58004] to the extent of clarifying that the new requirement that immigrant visa applicants must pay the application processing fee prior to the time of formal application for a visa w...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Modification of the Carload Waybill Sample Reporting Procedures The Surface Transportation Board solicits comments on modifying the Waybill Sample reporting regulations to require all railroads to identify international rail traffic moving from or through the United States and to report such traffic in the Waybil...	Proposed Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Minnesota, Dakota & Western Railway Company-Trackage Rights Exemption-The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company, and Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. et al.	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Department of Transportation Programs In May 1997, the Department issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) to revise its disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) regulation. The SNPRM included proposals for revising the airport concessions portion of the DBE program. Wh...	Proposed Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Aerospatiale Model ATR42 and ATR72 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Aerospatiale Model ATR42 and ATR72 series airplanes, that requires modification of the alerting capability of the anti-icing advisory system to improve crew awareness of icin...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 and A300-600 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Airbus Model A300 and A300-600 series airplanes. This proposal would require verifying the correct location of the labels of the hydraulic pipes suppl...	Proposed Rule	Sep 08, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300, A300-600, and A310 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300, A300-600, and A310 series airplanes, that requires replacement of the transformer rectifier units (TRU) in the avionics compartment with new, improved...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 727 Series Airplanes This document corrects information in an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Boeing Model 727 series airplanes. That AD supersedes an earlier airworthiness directive to require repetitive inspections to detect cracking of th...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for su...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Underwater Abandoned Pipeline Facilities This rule will require the last operator of an abandoned natural gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility that is located offshore or crosses under, over or through a commercially navigable waterway to submit a report of the abandonment to the Secre...	Rule	Sep 08, 2000

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OTS Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Sep 08, 2000
Treasury Department > OCC Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Departmental Offices; Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; System of Records In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of the Treasury gives notice of a proposed new system of records entitled, "Treasury/DO .015--Political Appointee Files."	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Performance Review Board This notice lists the membership to the Departmental Offices' Performance Review Board (PRB) and supersedes the list published in Federal Register page 47230, Vol. 64, No. 167, dated August 30, 1999, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). The purpos...	Notice	Sep 08, 2000

Federal Register September 8, 2000

Agencies Publishing on September 8, 2000

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Telecommunications loans:

Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Antidumping:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Countervailing duties:

Export privileges, actions affecting:

Fishery conservation and management:

Meetings:

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

Patent cases:

Senior Executive Service:

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Meetings:

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Meetings:

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Air programs:

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

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Project XL (excellence and leadership) innovative technologies projects:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Food for human consumption:

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Meetings:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Closure of public lands:

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Meetings:

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

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

Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992:

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:

Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

M Management and Budget Office

Commercial activities performance (Circular A-76):

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

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Management and Budget Office

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National Science Foundation

O
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission