Federal Register September 20, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on September 20, 2000

Agriculture Department (8)
Commerce Department (14)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (2)
Corporation for National and Community Service (1)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (12)
Environmental Protection Agency (10)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (9)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (4)
Federal Reserve System (3)
Health and Human Services Department (4)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Housing and Urban Development Department (2)
Interior Department (4)
Justice Department (7)
Labor Department (3)
Library of Congress (1)
M
Management and Budget Office (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2)
N
National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Tennessee Valley Authority (1)
Transportation Department (22)
Treasury Department (4)

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSA Request for Revision and Extension of an Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intent of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request an extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of a previously approved information collection...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Crop insurance regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FCIC Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Rice Crop Insurance Provisions The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amends the Rice Crop Insurance Provisions to provide coverage for losses resulting from failure of irrigation water supplies due to drought and intrusion of saline water as mandated by section 508(a)(8) o...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment for Field Testing Salmonella Typhimurium Vaccine, Live Culture We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared a draft environmental assessment concerning authorization to ship for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test, an unlicensed live Salmonella typh...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Woronkofski Environmental Impact Statement The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to provide timber for the Tongass timber sale program. The proposed action is to harvest an estimated 5- 15 million board feet (mmbf) of timber on an...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Importation of Animal Semen We are amending our regulations concerning the importation of animal semen by eliminating importation requirements for all canine semen from anywhere in the world and for equine semen from Canada. We believe these changes are warranted because canine...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Agriculture Department > APHIS Change in Disease Status of East Anglia Because of Hog Cholera We are amending the regulations governing the importation of swine and pork and pork products by removing East Anglia, a region of England that includes the counties of Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk, from the list of regions considered to be free from...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Equine Viral Arteritis We are soliciting public comment to help us develop options for an equine viral arteritis regulatory program for horses within the United States. Equine viral arteritis is primarily a respiratory disease of horses. Equine viral arteritis is not wides...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Importation of Artificially Dwarfed Plants in Growing Media From the People's Republic of China We are proposing to amend our regulations governing the importation of plants and plant products to allow artificially dwarfed (penjing) plants of the genera Buxus, Ehretia (Carmona), Podocarpus, Sageretia, and Serissa to be imported into the United...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EAB Foreign Ocean Carriers' Expenses in the United StatesBE-29 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 20, 2000
Commerce Department > EAB Ocean Freight Revenues and Expenses of United States Carriers-BE-30 U.S. Airline Operators' Foreign Revenues and Expenses-BE-37 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 20, 2000
Commerce Department > EAB Foreign Airline Operators' Revenues and Expenses in the United States-BE-36 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 20, 2000
Commerce Department > NIST Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Commerce Department Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA National Institute of Standards and Technology; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument National Institute of Standards and Technology	Notice	Sep 20, 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; End of the Primary Season and Resumption of Trip Limits for the Shore-based Fishery for Pacific Whiting NMFS announces the end of the 2000 primary season for the shore-based fishery for Pacific whiting (whiting) and resumption of per-trip limits at 6 p.m local time (l.t.) September 15, 2000, because the allocation is projected to be reached. This actio...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Prohibited Species Donation Program NMFS is proposing to permanently extend the temporary regulations that establish and govern the voluntary Pacific halibut donation program. Under this program, Pacific halibut that is taken incidentally in groundfish trawl fisheries off Alaska may be...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery off the Southern Atlantic States; Snowy Grouper; Commercial Trip Limit Reduction NMFS reduces the commercial trip limit for snowy grouper in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the southern Atlantic states to 300 lb (1,134 kg). This trip limit reduction is necessary to protect the snowy grouper resource.	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EDA Economic Adjustment Assistance; Availability of Funds for Norton Sound, Alaska The Economic Development Administration (EDA) announces the availability of $10.0 million for economic adjustment assistance in response to the August 8, 2000, Disaster Declaration by the Secretary of Commerce under the Section 312(a) of the Magnuson...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Patent cases:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Simplification of Certain Requirements in Patent Interference Practice The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) amends its rules of practice in patent interferences to simplify certain requirements relating to the declaration of interferences and the presentation of evidence. USPTO is also revising its CFR...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Commerce Department > PTO Changes to Implement Eighteen-Month Publication of Patent Applications The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is revising the rules of practice in patent cases to implement certain provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999. These provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 19...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS, Commerce Department > NOAA Policy Regarding Controlled Propagation of Species Listed Under the Endangered Species Act This policy, published jointly by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), jointly referred to as the Services, addresses the role of controlled propagation in the conservation and recovery of species list...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Settlement agreements:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission AZ3, Inc., d/b/a/ BCBG Max Azria, Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 C.F.R. 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted S...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Consumer Product Safety Commission Galoob Toys, Inc., a Corporation, Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20. Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlem...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Corporation for National and Community Service

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Defense Department

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Overseas Use of the Purchase Card in Contingency, Humanitarian, or Peacekeeping Operations The Director of Defense Procurement is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to permit contracting officers supporting a contingency, humanitarian, or peacekeeping operation to use the Governmentwide commerc...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Army Science Board; Notice of Closed Meeting Science Board	Notice	Sep 20, 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 20, 2000

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Transfer of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Application Colorado Interstate Gas Co.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Technical Conference Colorado Interstate Gas Co.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Energy Department > FERC City of Hamilton, OH; Notice of Meeting Hamilton, Ohio	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Energy Department Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application Northern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application Northern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Public Service Company of New Mexico, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Public Service Co. of New Mexico et al.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southwestern Power Administration, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Southwestern Power Administration et al.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Cross Bay Pipeline Company, L.L.C. and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Cross Bay Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Cross Bay Pipeline Co., L.L.C., et al.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Natural gas exportation and importation:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Engage Energy US, L.P., et al.; Orders Granting and Vacating Authority To Import and Export Natural Gas, Including Liquefied Natural Gas The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during August 2000, it issued Orders granting and vacating authority to import and export natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG). These Orders are summarized i...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Presidential permit applications:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Application for Presidential Permit; Tucson Electric Power Company Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) has applied for a Presidential permit to construct, connect, operate and maintain a double-circuit, 345,000-volt (345-kV) alternating current electric transmission line across the U.S. border with Mexico.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Hazardous Waste Combustion National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Toolkit; Notice of Availability The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice of the August 10, 2000 release of the Hazardous Waste Combustion NESHAP Toolkit on the Internet. The Toolkit provides implementation guidance and other materials related to the final regul...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Air quality implementation plans:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Amendments to Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Program Requirements Incorporating the Onboard Diagnostic Check This document proposes both substantive and minor revisions to the Motor Vehicle Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) requirements to provide additional flexibility to state I/M programs by allowing such programs to replace traditional I/M tests on model yea...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: Revision to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) Administrative Code for the Air Pollution Control Program The EPA is approving revisions to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management's (ADEM) Administrative Code submitted on January 10, 2000, by the State of Alabama. The revisions comply with the regulations set forth in the Clean Air Act (CAA)....	Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: Revisions to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) Administrative Code for the Air Pollution Control Program The EPA is proposing approval of revisions to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management's (ADEM) Administrative Code submitted on January 10, 2000, by the State of Alabama. The revisions comply with the regulations set forth in the Clean Air...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of the Implementation Plan for the Shelby County, Tennessee Lead Nonattainment Area EPA is approving the lead state implementation plan (SIP) for the Shelby County, Tennessee, lead nonattainment area. The State of Tennessee submitted the lead SIP on March 17, 2000, pursuant to sections 110(a)(2) and 172(c) of the Clean Air Act (CAA)...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of the Implementation Plan for the Shelby County, Tennessee Lead Nonattainment Area The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the lead state implementation plan (SIP) for the Shelby County, Tennessee lead nonattainment area. The Memphis and Shelby County Health Department through the Tennessee Department of Envir...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Chlorpyrifos; Receipt of Requests for Amendments, Cancellations, and Notification of Tolerance Revocation and Modifications The companies that hold the pesticide registrations of manufacturing-use pesticide products containing chlorpyrifos [O,O- diethyl O-(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyl)phosphorothioate] have asked EPA to cancel their registrations for these products. In add...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Vinclozolin; Receipt of Request For Amendments to Delete Uses In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request by BASF Corporation to amend its registrations for products containing 3-(3,5- dichloroph...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish an Exemption from The Requirement of a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations to provide an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Amendment to Executive Order 13147, Increasing the Membership of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy Medicine Policy, White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative; membership (EO 13167)	Presidential Document	Sep 20, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Petitions for Reconsideration and Clarification of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Wickenburg, AZ This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed on behalf of Wickenburg Broadcasting, requesting the allotment of Channel 242C3 to Wickenburg, Arizona, as that community's third local FM transmission service. Coordinates used for...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Royston and Arcade, GA The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Southern Broadcasting of Athens, Inc., licensee of Station WPUP(FM), Channel 279C3, Royston, GA, seeking the reallotment of Channel 279C3 from Royston to Arcade, GA, as the community's first loc...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Pitkin, Lake Charles, Moss Bluff and Reeves, LA., and Crystal Beach, Galveston, Missouri City and Rosenberg, TX At the request of Tichenor License Corporation, this document substitutes Channel 285C3 for Channel 285A at Rosenberg, Texas, reallots Channel 285C3 to Missouri City, Texas, and modifies the Station KOVA license to specify operation on Channel 285C3...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Almont, ND The Commission dismisses the request of Morton County Radio to allot Channel 294A to Almont, ND, as its first local aural service. See 65 FR 3639, June 8, 2000. Neither the petitioner nor any other party filed comments expressing an intention to file...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; George West, Pearsall and Victoria, TX At the request of John R. Furr, this substitutes Channel 281C3 for Channel 281A at Pearsall Texas, and modifies the outstanding construction permit (File No. BPH-960926MF) to operation on Channel 281C3. In order to accommodate this upgrade, this docu...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Valley Mills, Gorman, Hico and Walnut Springs, TX Valley Mills Radio Broadcasting Company proposed the allotment of Channel 237C2 at Valley Mills, Texas. See 65 FR 11537, March 3, 2000. Counterproposals were filed by Valley Mills Radio Broadcasting Company requesting the allotment of Channel 237C2 a...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Jacksonville, GA; Las Vegas, NM; Vale, OR; Waynesboro, GA; Fallon, NV; Weiser, OR The Commission allots: (1) Channel 272A to Jacksonville, GA, as its first local aural service, at the request of Clyde and Connie Lee Scott, d/b/a EME Communications, (2) Channel 224A to Las Vegas, NM, as its fifth local commercial FM service, at the...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Television broadcasting:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Implementation of Video Description of Video Programming This document corrects the effective date of the final rule which was published in the Federal Register of September 11, 2000 (65 FR 54805), regarding the adoption of rules and requirements for television video programming description. The DATES sect...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreement(s) Filed Agreements filed, etc.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Ocean tranportation intermediary licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Applicant Quest Logistics, Inc., et al.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Terminations Chippeys Enterprises, Inc., et al.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Reissuance of License Florida International Forwarders, Inc.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Background. On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

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 20, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Food for human consumption:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Food Labeling; Use of the Term “Fresh” for Foods Processed With Alternative Nonthermal Technologies The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening to November 20, 2000, the comment period for a document published in the Federal Register of July 3, 2000 (65 FR 41029), that announced a public meeting to discuss use of the term "fresh" for foods...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Streamlining the Blood Donor History Questionnaire; Public Workshop Notice.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC): Notice; Correction Notice; correction.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Evaluation of New Vaccines: How Much Safety Data?; Public Workshop Notice of public workshop.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Milford Haven, VA The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, has approved a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the Gwynns Island Drawbridge across Milford Haven, mile 0.1, in Grimstead, Virginia. Beginning at 6 a.m. on September 25, th...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Vessel Traffic Service Lower Mississippi River The Coast Guard announces a public meeting on October 24, 2000, to receive comments on a proposed rulemaking establishing a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) on the Lower Mississippi River. The meeting will be held at the Marine Safety Office in New Orlea...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; HUD 2020 Partners Survey The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Fair Housing Literacy Survey The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Interior Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality regulations and National Park Service policy, the NPS announces the availability of a draft environmental assessment for the Installation of Fire Suppression Systems for 50 Historic Structures at Getty...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Going-to-the-Sun Road Advisory Committee; Meeting This notice announces a scheduled meeting of the Going-to-the- Sun Road Advisory Committee. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463).	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY Notice.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM A Direct Sale of Public Land to Richard Montoya of Santa Fe, NM The following public land has been found suitable for direct sale under Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713) and at no less than the estimated fair market value. The land will not be offere...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Justice Department

Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ANTITRUST United States v. SBC Communications Inc. et al; Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement SBC Communications, Inc., et al.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Proposed Program Guidelines for the Victims of Crime Act Victim Compensation Grant Program The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is publishing Proposed Program Guidelines to implement the victim compensation grant program as authorized by the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA), as amended, 42 U.S...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > BOP Drug Abuse Treatment Programs: Participation Requirements In this document, the Bureau of Prisons is proposing to amend its regulations on participation requirements for the drug abuse education course and the institution residential drug abuse treatment program. The amendment clarifies the distinction betw...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Cantrell et al.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Justice Department Notice of Lodging Consent Decree Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f et. seq. Phoenix, AZ	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Shaffer, Burton, et al.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Warehouse 81 L.P. et al.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Freightliner LLC et al.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance Warner's Distribution et al.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Lear Corp., United Technologies, Automotive, Inc.; Mold and Die Shop, El Paso, TX; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance Lear Corp.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Library of Congress

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Ascertainment of Controversy for the 1996-1998 Satellite Royalty Funds The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress directs all claimants to royalty fees collected under the section 119 statutory license in 1996, 1997 and 1998 to submit comments as to whether a Phase I or Phase II controversy exists as to the distrib...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

M
Management and Budget Office

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

Title	Type	Published
Management and Budget Office Budget Analysis Branch; Sequestration Update Report Pursuant to section 254(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Control Act of 1985, as amended, the Office of Management and Budget hereby reports that it has submitted its Sequestration Update Report to the President, the Speaker of the House of Re...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Priorities and Allocations This is a proposed rule amending the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to specify that use of a priority rating under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) regulation is not required unless the acquisition is in one of the Schedule L categorie...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

N
National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Union Electric Company; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing Union Electric Co.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting Notice Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Meeting of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Meetings Open to the Public: Final Policy Statement The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is finalizing revisions to its "Policy Statement on Staff Meetings Open to the Public," to state that public notice of meetings will be provided primarily through the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov. NRC will also...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Personnel Management Office

Excepted service:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Excepted Service This gives notice of positions placed or revoked under Schedules A and B, and placed under Schedule C in the excepted service, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission PFL Life Insurance Company, et al., Notice of Application Notice of application for an Order of Exemption under Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") granting exemptions from the provisions of Sections 2(a)(32), 22(c), and 27(i)(2)(A) of the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder to permit the recapture of bonus credits applied to premium payments made under certain deferred variable annuity contracts.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Federal Register Citation of Previous Announcement: 65 FR 56351.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Prohibition on the Entry of Certain Electronically Generated Orders Into the Exchange's Order Routing System Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to Continued Listing Standards New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

State Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Shipping Coordinating Committee, Facilitation Committee; Notice of Meeting Shipping Coordinating Committee	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Trackage Rights Exemption-Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company Bessemer Lake Erie Railway Co.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
DOT, STB Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Trackage Rights Exemption-Wisconsin Chicago Link, Ltd. Wisconsin Chicago Link, Ltd.	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee River system; construction approval and regulation of structures:

Title	Type	Published
Tennessee Valley Authority Approval of Construction in the Tennessee River System; Regulation of Structures; Residential Related Use on TVA-Controlled Residential Access Shoreline and TVA Flowage Easement Shoreline TVA is today proposing to amend its regulations under section 26a of the TVA Act governing the construction, operation, or maintenance of any dam, appurtenant works, or other obstruction affecting navigation, flood control, or public lands or reserva...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class D Airspace, Melbourne, FL This action amends Class D airspace at Melbourne International Airport, FL, by lowering the airspace ceiling from 2,500 feet above ground level (AGL) to 1,900 feet AGL. Due to the high number of overflying aircraft, in the interest of safety the airs...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department Docket Management System (DMS) The Office of the Secretary (OST) is requesting the public to comment on the DOT Docket Management System (DMS). Five years ago, DOT consolidated nine separate docket facilities and converted from a paper-based system to an electronic storage system...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Runway Safety Areas Section 514 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2000 requires the FAA to solicit comments on the need for improvement of runway safety areas through the use of engineered material arresting systems, longer runways, and such other alternatives as the Ad...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Agency Information Collection Activities In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.5(b), this notice announces that the information collection requirements (ICRs) listed below have been re-approved by the Office of Management and Budget (...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive inspections to detect wear of the inboard flap trunnions,...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A330 and A340 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A330 and A340 series airplanes. This action requires modifying the bottom skin panel 3 (located aft of the rear spar). This action is necessary to prevent co...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD); applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, - 400, and -500 series airplanes; that currently requires a one-time inspection of the attachment nuts at each end atta...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model CL-600-1A11 (CL-600) and CL-600-2A12 (CL-601) Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Bombardier Model CL-600-1A11 (CL-600) and CL-600-2A12 (CL-601) series airplanes, that requires modification of the main landing gear (MLG) brake units and inboard MLG wheels; and...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, S.A. (EMBRAER), Model EMB-120 Series Airplanes This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all EMBRAER Model EMB-120 series airplanes, that currently requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to include requirements for activation of...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH Model BO-105CB-5 and BO-105CBS-5 Helicopters This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH (ECD) Model BO-105CB-5 and BO-105CBS-5 helicopters that would have superseded an existing AD. The existing AD requires, before further flight, crea...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25C and -114A Series Turboprop Engines This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A-25C and -114A turboprop engines. This proposal would require initial and repetitive visual inspections, and eventual re...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Sino Swearingen, Model SJ30-2; Side-Facing Seat This action proposes special conditions for the Sino Swearingen, Model SJ30-2 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature(s) associated with side-facing seats. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate o...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Airworthiness standards, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Improved Flammability Standards for Thermal/Acoustic Insulation Materials Used in Transport Category Airplanes This document proposes upgraded flammability standards for thermal/acoustic insulation materials typically installed behind interior panels in transport category airplanes, by adopting new flammability test methods and criteria that specifically addr...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Installation of Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) System on Morrow Aircraft Corporation Model MB-300 Airplane These special conditions are issued for the Morrow Aircraft Corporation Model MB-300, which will use a FADEC System. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with the installation of an engine that uses an electronic engin...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Joint Partnership Rail Grade Crossing Safety Project This Notice announces the solicitation of proposals for the deployment of innovative rail transit grade crossing and safety technology through the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Joint Partnership Program (JPP). As the interest in and demand f...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Hazardous materials:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Exemptions In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, exemptions from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardo...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department > RSPA Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Modification of Exemption In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, exemptions from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardo...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee (ATPAC) will be held to review present air traffic control procedures and practices for standardizatio...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 00-02-C-00-FOD To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Fort Dodge Regional Airport, Fort Dodge, IA The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Fort Dodge Regional Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Bud...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals The FAA publishes a monthly notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals and disapprovals under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L. 101-508) and Par...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of FAA Flight Standards Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Division, Air Transportation Division and General Aviation and Commercial Division, Guidance Documents Internet Web Site Availability To Request Comments; Flight Standards Guidance Documents Internet Web Site This notice announces the availability of proposed Flight Standards policy documents. These documents provide information and guidance regarding prospective Airworthiness and Operations procedures to FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors. The public is invi...	Notice	Sep 20, 2000

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Internal Revenue Service; Privacy Act, Implementation In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as amended, the Department of the Treasury gives notice of a final rule to exempt an Internal Revenue Service system of records entitled "IRS Audit Trail and Security Reco...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Financial and accounting procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > Customs Service Endorsement of Checks Deposited by Customs This document amends the Customs Regulations to reflect changes concerning information that authorized Customs employees are required to place on instruments (such as checks) tendered for payment of duties, taxes, and other fees and charges. These ch...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Guidance Under Subpart F Relating to Partnerships A notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of proposed rulemaking by cross-reference to temporary regulations published in the Federal Register on March 26, 1998, providing guidance under subpart F relating to partnerships and branches, were withdraw...	Proposed Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Vessels in foreign and domestic trades:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > Customs Service Vessel Equipment Temporarily Landed for Repair This document amends the Customs Regulations to provide for the temporary landing in the United States of vessel equipment in need of repair, without requiring entry of that equipment under a Temporary Importation Bond (TIB). Instead, such equipment...	Rule	Sep 20, 2000

Federal Register September 20, 2000

Agencies Publishing on September 20, 2000

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Crop insurance regulations:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Fishery conservation and management:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Patent cases:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Settlement agreements:

Corporation for National and Community Service

Defense Department

Acquisition regulations:

Meetings:

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Natural gas exportation and importation:

Presidential permit applications:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Air quality implementation plans:

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

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Federal Communications Commission

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Television broadcasting:

Federal Election Commission

Federal Maritime Commission

Ocean tranportation intermediary licenses:

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Federal Reserve System

Agency information collection activities:

Banks and bank holding companies:

Meetings:

Health and Human Services Department

Food for human consumption:

Meetings:

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Ports and waterways safety:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Interior Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Justice Department

Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Library of Congress

M Management and Budget Office

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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

N National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

M
Management and Budget Office

N
National Science Foundation