Federal Register October 12, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on October 12, 2000

Agriculture Department (4)
Commerce Department (11)
Commission of Fine Arts (1)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Defense Department (12)
Energy Department (19)
Environmental Protection Agency (4)
Executive Office of the President (8)
Federal Communications Commission (4)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (4)
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (7)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (6)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (15)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (7)
Library of Congress (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (3)
National Archives and Records Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (10)
Social Security Administration (2)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (7)
Treasury Department (16)
United States African Development Foundation (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of 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	Oct 12, 2000
Agriculture Department > AMS Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of 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	Oct 12, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Southwestern Region, Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas and Oklahoma; Proposed 115KV Transmission Line Project on the Tres Piedras 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	Oct 12, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CCC Hurricane Damage Assistance for 1999 Crop This notice announces the intent of the Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to new legislation, to release up to $81 million of loan indebtedness for certain 1999 crop loans made in North Carolina by the Commodity Credit Corporation where the collater...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Commerce Department Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Bar From India; Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the fifth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India. The period of review is February 1, 1999, through January 31, 2000....	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Clad Steel Plate From Japan: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review In response to notification by Dana Glacier Daido America LLC that it is not an interested party in this proceeding, we are rescinding the 1999-2000 administrative review of clad steel plate from Japan.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On June 7, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan (65 FR 36110). The review covers one manufactur...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Polyvinyl Alcohol From Taiwan: Final Results of Third Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Determination Not To Revoke Order in Part On June 6, 2000, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results in the third administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyvinyl alcohol from Taiwan and intent not to revoke the order in part. The review covers Chang Chun P...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fishery; Suspension of Minimum Surf Clam Size for 2001 NMFS suspends the minimum size limit of 4.75 inches (12.07 cm) for Atlantic surf clams for the 2001 fishing year. This action is taken under the authority of the implementing regulations for this fishery, which allow for the annual suspension of the...	Rule	Oct 12, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Amendment 58 To Revise the Chinook Salmon Savings Areas NMFS issues regulations to implement Amendment 58 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Groundfish Fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI). Amendment 58 established a framework to allow NMFS to reduce the annual trawl bycatc...	Rule	Oct 12, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Scup Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for Winter II Period NMFS announces that the Winter II period scup commercial fishery will close 0001 hours November 3, 2000. Federally permitted commercial vessels may not land scup in any state from Maine through North Carolina for the remainder of the 2000 Winter II q...	Rule	Oct 12, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Notice of Meeting of the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council The National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council (Council) will be holding a public meeting. Interested members of the public are invited to attend the meeting.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory entities will hold public meetings.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Commission of Fine Arts

Title	Type	Published
Commission of Fine Arts Notice of Meeting Meetings	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Contract market proposals:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chicago Board of Trade: Proposed Amendments to the Chicago Board of Trade Corn and Soybeans Futures Contracts, Increasing the Maximum Daily Premium Charge, Decreasing the Maximum Number of Shipping Certificates Issuable, and Modifying Certain Loading Requirements The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT or Exchange) has submitted proposed amendments to its corn and soybeans futures contracts which would increase the maximum daily premium charge, decrease the maximum number of shipping certificates issuable, and modif...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Defense Department 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Defense Department 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Defense Department 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Defense Department 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Defense Department 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Defense Department 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Defense Department 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USAF Air University Board of Visitors Meeting Air University Board of Visitors	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Defense Department Defense Partnership Council Meeting The Department of Defense (DoD) announces a meeting of the Defense Partnership Council. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include: an update on the Blue Co...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Defense Department Department of Defense Wage Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings Wage Committee	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation; Proposed Subsequent arrangement This notice has been issued under the authority of Section 131 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2160). The Department is providing notice of a proposed "subsequent arrangement" under the Agreement for Cooperation in the Peacefu...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Declaration of Intention and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

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	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., Notice of Technical Conference Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization Destin Pipeline Co., L.L.C.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Kinder-Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission Co.; Notice of Technical Conference Kinder-Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Midwestern Gas Transmission Co.; Notice of Compliance Filing Midwestern Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Pro Forma Compliance Filing National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corp.; Notice of Correction Filing Northwest Pipeline Corp.; correction	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC PPL Electric Utilities Corporation; Notice to Convene Meeting and Setting Date for Convening Session PPL Electric Utilities Corp.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southern Company Services, Inc.; Notice of Filing Southern Company Services, Inc.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southern Natural Gas; Notice of Tariff Filing Southern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.; Notice of Technical Conference Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.; Notice of Compliance Filing Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Columbia Gulf Transmission Company, Notice of Application Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. et al.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC The Connecticut Light and Power Company, et al. Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Connecticut Light Power Co. et al.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Powerplant and industrial fuel use; new electric powerplant coal capability:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Fossil Energy; Notice of Filings of Coal Capability of Mesquite Power, LLC, GenPower McAdams, LLC, GenPower Dell, LLC, GenPower Kelley, LLC and SRW Cogen. Ltd. Partnership Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act Mesquite Power, LLC, GenPower McAdams, LLC, GenPower Dell, LLC, GenPower Kelley, LLC and SRW Cogen. Ltd. Partnership submitted coal capability self-certifications pursuant to section 201 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amend...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Control of Releases of Materials with Residual Radioactive Contamination from DOE Facilities In July 2000, DOE suspended the unrestricted release of scrap metal for recycling from radiological areas within DOE facilities until improvements in release criteria have been developed and implemented. DOE is proposing criteria for controlling the...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Announcement of an Analysis of Oversight and Review of EPA Information Products This notice is to announce EPA's intent to perform an analysis of oversight and review mechanisms for EPA information products. Oversight and review of EPA information products is an aspect of accountability, which EPA is considering as the Agency de...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Interagency Project To Clean Up Open Dumps on Tribal Lands: Request for Proposals The national Tribal Solid Waste Interagency Workgroup (Workgroup) is soliciting proposals for its Tribal Open Dump Cleanup Project (Cleanup Project) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001. In FY 2000 the Workgroup made $2.4 million available to fund or partially...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meetings Science Advisory Board	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Water quality criteria:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Intent To Develop Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Protection of Human Health-Arsenic, Methylmercury, and Carbofuran; Notice of Data Availability; Request for Data and Information Section 304(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and publish, and from time to time revise, ambient water quality criteria (AWQC) that accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge. Today, EP...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Increasing Opportunities and Access for Disadvantaged Businesses Disadvantaged businesses, increasing opportunities and access (EO 13170)	Presidential Document	Oct 12, 2000
Executive Office of the President Assistance to Small Business Exporters and Dislocated Small business exporters and dislocated workers; assistance (EO 13169)	Presidential Document	Oct 12, 2000

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Afterschool Week, 2000 Afterschool Week (Proc. 7353)	Presidential Document	Oct 12, 2000
Executive Office of the President National Children's Day, 2000 Children's Day, National (Proc. 7356)	Presidential Document	Oct 12, 2000
Executive Office of the President Columbus Day, 2000 Columbus Day (Proc. 7357)	Presidential Document	Oct 12, 2000
Executive Office of the President Fire Prevention Week, 2000 Fire Prevention Week (Proc. 7354)	Presidential Document	Oct 12, 2000
Executive Office of the President Leif Erikson Day, 2000 Leif Erikson Day (Proc. 7358)	Presidential Document	Oct 12, 2000
Executive Office of the President National School Lunch Week, 2000 School Lunch Week, National (Proc. 7355)	Presidential Document	Oct 12, 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	Oct 12, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget Reporting and recordkeeping requirements	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Sibley, IA, and Brandon, SD This document denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed by 21st Century Radio Ventures, Inc. directed to the Report and Order in this proceeding which allotted Channel 261A to Brandon, South Dakota. See 63 FR 64876, November 24, 1998. With this act...	Rule	Oct 12, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Rapid City, South Dakota, Gillette, Wyoming The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Bethesda Christian Broadcasting, Inc. ("petitioner"), licensee of Station KLMP, Rapid City South Dakota, requesting the substitution of Channel 250C for 250C1 at Rapid City, and the modification...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreement(s) Filed Agreements filed, etc.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Reissuance of License APC et al.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Terminations Bahaghari Express Cargo et al.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Applicant Helayel Inc.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals To Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or To Acquire Companies That Are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities Permissible nonbanking activities	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Rules of Practice for Hearings The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) is amending its rules of practice and procedure to adjust the maximum amount, as set by statute, of each civil money penalty (CMP) within its jurisdiction to account for inflation. This...	Rule	Oct 12, 2000

General Services Administration

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Performance Review Board; Membership; Senior Executive Service Notice is hereby given of the names of the members of the Performance Review Board.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

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	Oct 12, 2000

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA New Animal Drugs; Change of Sponsor's Name The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect a change of sponsor's name from Carl S. Akey, Inc., to Akey, Inc.	Rule	Oct 12, 2000

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Safety and Occupational Health Study Section: Notice of Charter Renewal National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Safety and Occupational Health Study Section	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Notice of Meeting Guide to Community Preventive Services Task Force	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Notice of Meeting Safety and Occupational Health Study Section	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Health and Human Services Department National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Vital and Health Statistics National Committee	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Flood insurance program:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); Insurance Coverage and Rates We (the Federal Insurance Administration of FEMA) are changing the Standard Flood Insurance Policy (SFIP). The revisions include rendering the SFIP in "plain language" and restructuring its format to resemble the homeowners policy. We are also making...	Rule	Oct 12, 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; Applications for Housing Assistance Payments 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	Oct 12, 2000

Interior Department

Closure of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Rescindment of Special Fire Restrictions and Closures in the South Dakota Field Office, SD Pursuant to 43 Code of Federal Regulations 9212.2, the prohibitions listed in Order No. MT-00-08 (Fall River, Custer, Pennington, Lawrence, Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins, and Stanley Counties), applicable to Bureau of Land Management lands administe...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Extension of the Current Qualification of the Designated Nine (9) County “Area” of Oklahoma Federal Coal for “Category 5” Royalty Rate Reductions This announcement gives notice that (1) since the Federal coal lands within the nine (9) Oklahoma Counties of Atoka, Coal, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburgh, and Sequoyah were designated in 1990 by the New Mexico State Office...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the California Spotted Owl as Threatened or Endangered We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) as threatened or endangered, under the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Mountain Yellow-legged Frog as Endangered The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces a 90- day finding on a petition to list the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) as endangered, under the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We belie...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: 90-day Finding on a Petition To List the Yosemite Toad as Endangered The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces a 90- day finding on a petition to list the Yosemite toad (Bufo canorus) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We find that the petiti...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Anacapa Island Restoration Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Channel Islands National Park, Ventura County, CA; Notice of Availability Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 81-190 as amended), the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) assessing the potential impa...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Interior Department > NPS Record of Decision; Final Oil and Gas Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas Pursuant to subsection 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, has pr...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Interior Department > NPS Environmental Statements; Availability, etc: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, KS Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the availability of the final general management plan/final environmental impact statement (FGMP/FEIS) for the Tallgrass Prairie National...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Hearings and appeals procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > DOI OHA Special Rules Applicable to Surface Coal Mining Hearings and Appeals; Petitions for Award of Costs and Expenses Under Section 525(e) of the SMCRA This action extends the comment period an additional 30 days on the Department of the Interior's Office of Hearings and Appeals' proposal to amend its rules governing who may receive an award of costs and expenses, including attorney fees, under sect...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Alaska Land Managers Forum This notice is published in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) and 41 CFR 101-6.1015(b). The Department of the Interior hereby gives notice of a public meeting of the Alaska Land Manage...	Notice	Oct 12, 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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Notice.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion of Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY Notice.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action: Segregation Terminated, Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes The following described public land in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada was segregated for exchange purposes on July 23, 1997 under serial number N-61855, on October 19, 1995 under serial number N-60073, and on July 23, 1997 under serial number N-6636...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Realty Action; Conveyance of Public Land; Dona Ana County, NM The following public land in Dona Ana County, New Mexico has been found suitable for conveyance to the Village of Hatch for airport purpose under the Act of May 24, 1928, as amended, and Section 516 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Survey plat filings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Colorado: Filing of Plats of Survey Colorado	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Devices and Modules and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 11, 2000, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Rambus Inc. of Mountain View, California. A su...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Justice Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Installation, Operation, and Maintenance of a Remote Video Surveillance (RVS) System in Whatcom County, WA Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment (EA).	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > NIJ Eleventh Meeting of the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence Held in Conjunction With a DNA Conference Co-Hosted by the Kennedy School of Government; Notice of Meeting Announcement of the eleventh meeting of the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence held in conjunction with a DNA Conference co-hosted with the Kennedy School of Government.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA General Motors Corporation Desert Proving Ground Mesa, Arizona; Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration General Motors Corp.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Tini Industries, Inc., et al.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Evy of California et al.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Wallowa Forest Products et al.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of contractors and subcontractors:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OFCCP Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors; Compliance Evaluations in All OFCCP Programs This proposal would revise certain regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of l973, as amended (Section 503 or the Act). Section 503 requires Government contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to employ and ad...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Employment and Training Administration Office of Workforce Security; Proposed Collection; Comment Request 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	Oct 12, 2000

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Morton Forest Products A.K.A. Tree Source Morton, Washington; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration Morton Forest Products	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Library of Congress

Cable royalty funds:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Distribution of 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 Cable Royalty Funds The Librarian of Congress is announcing initiation of the 180- day arbitration period for the Phase II distribution of the 1997 cable royalty funds for the syndicated programming category.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Space Science Advisory Committee (SScAC); Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Space Science Advisory Committee.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Space Science Advisory Committee (SScAC), Sun-Earth Connection Advisory Subcommittee In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Space Science Advisory Committee, Sun-Earth Connecti...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Space Science Advisory Committee (SScAC), Solar System Exploration Subcommittee In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Space Science Advisory Committee, Solar System Exploration Subco...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

National Archives and Records Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to request use of NATF Form 326, Microfilm Publication Order Form, used by customers/researchers for ordering roll(s) or microfiche of a microfilm publication. The public is invited to comment on...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Meeting Act Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of Management and Budget (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	Oct 12, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Florida Power and Light Company Turkey Point, Units 3 and 4; Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of the Application and Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing Regarding Renewal of License Nos. DPR-31 and DPR-41 for an Additional Twenty-Year Period Florida Power Light Co.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Regulatory agreements:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission State of Oklahoma: Discontinuance of Certain Commission Regulatory Authority Within the State; Notice of Agreement Between the NRC and the State of Oklahoma This notice is announcing that on August 30, 2000, Richard Meserve, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and on September 22, 2000, Governor Frank Keating of the State of Oklahoma signed an Agreement as authorized by section 274b...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Personnel Management Office

Excepted service:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Excepted Service; Consolidated Listing of Schedules A, B, and C Exceptions This gives a consolidated notice of all positions excepted under Schedules A, B, and C as of June 30, 2000, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public utility holding company filings	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company, et al. Notice of application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "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 deduction of a monthly charge upon termination of an Optional Insurance Rider.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission PADCO Advisors, Inc., et al.; Notice of Application Notice of an application for an order under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) and under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Options Price Reporting Authority:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Options Price Reporting Authority; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposal To Amend the Options Price Reporting Authority Plan To Increase the Professional Subscriber Information Fees Professional subscriber information fees; increase	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to Amex Rule 915 American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Electronic Trading Permits for BEACON Remote Units Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Partial Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 thereto by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. Relating to its Rapid Opening System Pilot Program Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 by the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Incorporated, Amending Its Rules To Accommodate the Implementation of Decimal Pricing Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Disqualification of Governors Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Amending Rules 501, 505, and 506 Regarding Allocation and Specialist Appointment, as well as Rule 748, Supervision, To Reflect Current Circumstances on the Equity Foreign Currency Option and Option Trading Floors Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Social Security Administration

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Privacy Act of 1974, As Amended; Computer Matching Program (SSA/Department of Labor (DOL))-Match Number 1003 In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a computer matching program that SSA plans to conduct with DOL.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Social security benefits and supplemental security income:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Mental Disorders and Traumatic Brain Injury; Correction We published in the Federal Register of August 21, 2000, a document concerning revising our regulations for evaluating mental impairments. Inadvertently Secs. 404.1520a and 416.920a each contains a word from the prior rules that we had revised in the...	Rule	Oct 12, 2000

State Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Advisory Committee On International Economic Policy Notice of Committee Renewal International Economic Policy Advisory Committee	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB State of New Hampshire Department of Transportation-Acquisition Exemption-Line of Boston and Maine Corporation Boston Maine Corp.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
DOT, STB Claremont Concord Railroad Corporation-Operation Exemption-Line of the State of New Hampshire Department of Transportation Claremont Concord Railroad Corp.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
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 Part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fr...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Information Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) intentions to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of a currently approved information colle...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model DHC-7-100, -101, -102, and -103 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Bombardier Model DHC-7- 100, -101, -102, and -103 series airplanes. This proposal would require inspecting the endcaps of the main landing gear se...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company (GE) CF-645 and CF6-50 Series Turbofan Engines This document proposes to revise an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain GE turbofan engines. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive inspections of high pressure compressor (HPC) rear shafts and installation of a ce...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Model G-1159A (G-III) Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Gulfstream Model G-1159A (G-III) series airplanes. This proposal would require modification of the master caution panel by installing an additiona...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Model G-IV Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Gulfstream Model G-IV series airplanes. For certain airplanes this proposal would require installation of an additional indicator located on the p...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Raytheon Aircraft Company Beech Models 60, A60, and B60 Airplanes This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Raytheon Aircraft Company (Raytheon) Beech Models 60, A60, and B60 airplanes. The proposed AD would require you to inspect for the existence of any lower f...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request For Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request For Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revenue Procedure 97-48 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revenue Procedure 2000-41 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revenue Procedure 98-46 and Revenue Procedure 97-44 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Financial management services:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Rules and Procedures for Efficient Federal-State Funds Transfers The Financial Management Service (FMS) proposes to revise the regulations implementing the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, as amended (CMIA). These regulations govern the transfer of funds between the Federal Government and States for certai...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Amortization of Intangible Property; Correction This document contains a correction to Treasury Decision 8865, which was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, January 25, 2000 (65 FR 3820), and corrected on March 28, 2000 (65 FR 16318), relating to the amortization of certain intangible pr...	Rule	Oct 12, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of Citizen Advocacy Panel, Brooklyn District An open meeting of the Brooklyn District Citizen Advocacy Panel will be held in Brooklyn, New York.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of Citizen Advocacy Panel, Pacific-Northwest District An open meeting of the Pacific-Northwest Citizen Advocacy Panel will be held in Olympia, Washington.	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Privacy Act of 1974: Computer Matching Program Pursuant to section 552a(e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs, notice is hereby given of the conduct of the Internal Revenue Service Disclosure of...	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Procedure and administration:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Classification of Certain Pension and Employee Benefit Trusts, and Other Trusts This document contains proposed amendments to the regulations defining a domestic or foreign trust for federal tax purposes. The proposed regulations will affect certain specified employee benefit trusts and investment trusts. The proposed amendments...	Proposed Rule	Oct 12, 2000

United States African Development Foundation

Title	Type	Published
United States African Development Foundation Board of Directors Meeting; Sunshine Act Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 12, 2000

Veterans Affairs Department

Vocational rehabilitation and education:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Veterans Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence Allowance Rates Subsistence allowance rates; correction	Correction	Oct 12, 2000