Federal Register October 27, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on October 27, 2000

Agriculture Department (4)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (16)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (3)
Defense Department (3)
Energy Department (4)
Environmental Protection Agency (13)
Executive Office of the President (3)
Federal Communications Commission (3)
Federal Reserve System (5)
General Services Administration (2)
Health and Human Services Department (2)
Homeland Security Department (9)
Housing and Urban Development Department (5)
Interior Department (7)
Labor Department (4)
Library of Congress (1)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation (1)
Personnel Management Office (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (9)
Small Business Administration (5)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (2)
Transportation Department (5)
Treasury Department (6)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS, Defense Department > USA, Environmental Protection Agency Tuberculosis in Cattle, Bison, and Captive Cervids; State and Zone Designations State and area classifications; correction	Correction	Oct 27, 2000

Kiwifruit grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Kiwifruit Grown in California; Decreased Assessment Rate The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule which decreased the assessment rate established for the Kiwifruit Administrative Committee (Committee) for the 2000-2001...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS Codex Alimentarius: Meetings of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are sponsoring two public meetings, on November 7 and Novemb...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Agriculture Department > FS Olympic Provincial Interagency Executive Committee (PIEC) Advisory Committee The Olympic PIEC Advisory Committee will meet on November 17, 2000. The meeting will be held at the Olympic National Forest Headquarters office at 1835 Black Lake Blvd., Olympia, Washington. The meeting will begin at 9:00 AM and end at approximately...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Civil Rights Commission

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 27, 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 27, 2000
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order: Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China On August 3, 2000, the Department of Commerce ("the Department"), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), determined that revocation of the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from the People's Repu...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Japan: Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstance Antidumping Duty Review, and Intent To Revoke Order in Part On August 17, 2000, the Department of Commerce ("Department") received a request on behalf of NIPPON Metalworking U.S.A, ("NIPPON") for a changed circumstance antidumping duty ("AD") review and to revoke in part the AD order with respect to certain n...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Japan: Final Results of Changed Circumstance Antidumping Duty Review, and Determination To Revoke Order in Part On September 13, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of a changed circumstances antidumping duty review and preliminary results of review with intent to revoke, in part, the antid...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determinations: Steel Wire Rope From Malaysia and the People's Republic of China Malaysia and China	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Mexico The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is rescinding the review it initiated on October 2, 2000, of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Mexico (65 FR 58733).	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe From Italy; Preliminary Results of Sunset Review of Countervailing Duty Order On July 3, 2000, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated a sunset review of the countervailing duty order on seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe ("seamless pipe") from Italy (65 FR 41053) pursuant to secti...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; 2001 Cage Tags NMFS informs surf clam and ocean quahog allocation owners that they will be required to purchase their fishing year 2001 cage tags from a vendor.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Regulations; Change to the List of Exempted Waters and Request for Comments NMFS proposes to amend the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan (HPTRP) to include Delaware Bay, landward of the 72 COLREGS line (International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972), in the list of exempted waters. Members of the Mid-Atl...	Proposed Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold meetings.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Assignment and the Reaffirmation of Authority to Make Initial Denials Under the Freedom of Information Act This assigns or reaffirms the authority of Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration officials listed in the attachment to make initial decisions with respect to public requests for ITA records under the Freedom of Information Act (F...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Overseas trade missions:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Private Sector Participation in Overseas Trade Missions The Department of Commerce invites U.S. companies to participate in the below listed overseas trade missions. For a more complete description of each trade mission, obtain a copy of the mission statement from the Project Officer indicated for each mi...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 775-1600 Notice is hereby given that Michael Sissenwine, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Room 312, 166 Water St., Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543-1097, has applied in due form for a permit to take seven species of baleen...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Performance Review Board; Membership Performance Review Board; membership	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions The Committee has received proposal(s) to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete commodities previously furnished by such agencies.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions This action adds to the Procurement List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Proposed Additions Procurement List; Correction Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Availability of the Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed Sauquoit Creek Flood Control Project at Whitesboro, NY Sauquoit Creek Flood Control Project, NY; correction	Correction	Oct 27, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Pine Hills Casino and Resort, Located in Harrison County, Mississippi The Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), intends to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to address the potential impacts associated with the construction of the proposed Pine Hills Casino and Resort located on the...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

No documents available.

Military personnel:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USAF Delivery of Personnel to United States Civilian Authorities for Trial The Department of the Air Force is revising 32 CFR Part 884, Delivery of Personnel to United States Civilian Authorities for Trial of the Code of Federal Regulations to reflect current policies. Part 884 is the Air Force Instruction establishing proc...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Colorado Interstate Gas Co.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing Northwest Pipeline Corp.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Cinergy Services, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Cinergy Services, Inc., et al.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Public Access to Information and Electronic Filing; Notice of Electronic Filing Demonstrations Public access to information and electronic filing; electronic filing demonstrations	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans (SIP) for the State of Alabama-Call for 1-Hour Attainment Demonstration for the Birmingham, Alabama Marginal Ozone Nonattainment Area EPA is issuing a State Implementation Plan (SIP) call to require the State of Alabama to submit a 1-hour ozone attainment SIP for the Birmingham marginal nonattainment area within six months of the effective date of this final SIP call. EPA is issuin...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program We are converting our limited approval under the Clean Air Act of the State of Connecticut's State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for an enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M) program, which was granted on March 10, 1999 (64 FR 12005),...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program The EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Connecticut pursuant to the Clean Air Act. This revision establishes and requires implementation of an enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintena...	Proposed Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; New Source Review Revision EPA is proposing to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. These revisions establish and require the implementation of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) requirements regarding New Sour...	Proposed Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; New Source Review Revision EPA is approving State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. These revisions establish and require the implementation of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) requirements regarding New Source Review (...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA raised objections, noting that significant floodplain management issues exist. EPA encouraged the Corps to reevaluate alternatives to lessen impacts. ERP No. D-COE-K36134-CA Rating 3, Murrieta Creek Flood Control and Protection, Implementation, R...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Arizona: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions Arizona has applied to EPA for final authorization of the changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA proposes to grant final authorization to Arizona. In the "Rules and Regulations" section of...	Proposed Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Arizona: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions Arizona has applied to EPA for final authorization of the changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed for final authorization, a...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Assessment of the Worker Protection Program - Workshop #2; Notice of Public Meeting The National Assessment of the Worker Protection Program Workshop #2 will be held in Sacramento, California. Workgroups will be established to further discuss national worker protection implementation andprogram effectiveness as related to training,...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency (N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-(1-methylethyl)-2-[[5-(trifluoromethyl)- 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl]oxy]acetamide; Extension of Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions This regulation extends time-limited tolerances for combined residues of the herbicide (N-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-(1-methylethyl)-2-[[- (trifluoromethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl]oxy]acetamide and its metabolites containing the 4-fluoro-N-methylethyl benzena...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Azoxystrobin; Extension of Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions This regulation extends a time-limited tolerance for residues of the fungicide azoxystrobin methyl (E)-2-(2-(6-(2-cyanophenoxy) pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl)-3-methoxyacrylate and Z-isomer of azoxystrobin, methyl(Z)-2-(2-(6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4- y...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Water supply:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring Arsenic; maximum contaminant level; correction	Correction	Oct 27, 2000

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Amendment to Executive Order 13078, To Expand the Role of the National Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities To Include a Focus on Youth Adults with Disabilities, National Task Force on; amendment (EO 13172)	Presidential Document	Oct 27, 2000
Executive Office of the President Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley Central San Joaquin Valley, Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of, establishment (EO 13173)	Presidential Document	Oct 27, 2000

Special observances

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President United Nations Day, 2000 United Nations Day (Proc. 7369)	Presidential Document	Oct 27, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Petitions for Reconsideration and Clarification of Action in Rulemaking Proceedings Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the P...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Television broadcasting:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment On September 14, 2000, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Report and Order (R&O) on the labeling of digital television (DTV) receivers and other consumer electronics receiving devices. The labeling requirements are designed to ensure tha...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The staff proposes several revisions to the	Notice	Oct 27, 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 27, 2000
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Oct 27, 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 27, 2000

General Services Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Office of Communications Cancellation of Standard Form Because of low usage the Department of Treasury is cancelling the following Standard Form: SF 210, Signature/Designation Card for Certifying Officer.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Federal property management:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Payments to GSA for Supplies and Services Furnished Government Agencies The General Services Administration (GSA) is removing Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) coverage on Payments to GSA for Supplies and Services Furnished Government Agencies. Adequate coverage exists in the Department of Treasury's regulat...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Prevention Education and Access to Care Services for Persons Infected and Affected by HIV; Notice of Availability of Funds Prevention education and access to care services	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Guidance for Industry on Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies for Orally Administered Drug Products-General Considerations; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies for Orally Administered Drug Products--General Considerations." This guidance provides recommendatio...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Hutchinson River, Eastchester Creek, NY The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations for the South Fulton Avenue Bridge, mile 2.9, across the Eastchester Creek in New York. This deviation from the regulations allows t...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Flood elevation determinations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and proposed base flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain mana...	Proposed Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations This interim rule lists communities where modification of the base (1% annual chance) flood elevations is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified base flood eleva...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Final Flood Elevation Determinations Base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are made final for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each c...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Final Flood Elevation Determinations Base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are made final for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each c...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified Base Floo...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified Base Floo...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA National Flood Insurance Program; Desktop Rating of Flood Insurance Policies We (FEMA) will hold a forum on the feasibility of identifying alternative methods for obtaining necessary risk and elevation information to rate flood insurance policies. The goal of the forum is to foster the development of a desktop system that sup...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Merchant marine officers and seamen:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Licensing and Manning for Officers of Towing Vessels The Coast Guard is delaying the effective date of an interim rule with request for comments, published in the Federal Register on November 19, 1999 [64 FR 63213]. An extension of the effective date from November 20, 2000, to May 21, 2001, is necessar...	Rule	Oct 27, 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; Multifamily Default Status 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 27, 2000
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 2000 Survey of Homeless Residential Service Providers 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 27, 2000
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Uniform Physical Standards and Physical Inspection Requirements for Certain HUD Housing, Administrative Process for Assessment of Insured and Assisted Properties 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 27, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Credit Watch Termination Initiative This notice advises of the cause and effect of termination of Origination Approval Agreements taken by HUD's Federal Housing Administration against HUD-approved mortgagees through its Credit Watch Termination Initiative. This notice includes a list o...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Interior Department

Closure of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Emergency Road Closure Emergency closure of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Road No. 29-11-24.0, which is within R.11 W., T.29 S., Sections 23 and 24, Williamette Meridian, in the Coos Bay District, Coos County, Oregon. This action is being taken to prevent further degrada...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Extension of Public Comment Period and Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Critical Habitat for Wintering Piping Plovers We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, provide notice that the public comment period on the proposed rule to designate critical habitat for wintering piping plovers (Charadrius melodius) is hereby extended, and that we will hold an additional public...	Proposed Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Advisory Council	Notice	Oct 27, 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 University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO Notice	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Pipeline right-of-way applications:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Issuance of National Gas Pipeline Permit Notice is hereby given as required under Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 449; 30 U.S.C. 185) as amended by Public Law 93-153, that Gulf Liquids New River Project L.L.C., Gonzalez, Louisiana, has applied for a right-of-way for...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Public land orders:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Order No. 7469; Withdrawal of Public Land for the Indian Pass Area; California This order withdraws 9,360.74 acres of public land from surface entry and mining for a period of 20 years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect the Native American values, cultural resources, and visual quality of the Indian Pass area.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Order No. 7468; Partial Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated January 21, 1927; Oregon This order partially revokes a Secretarial order insofar as it affects 280 acres of National Forest System lands withdrawn by the Bureau of Land Management for use as Power Site Classification No. 164. The lands are no longer needed for the purpose f...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > BLS Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continu...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA Plans Established or Maintained Under or Pursuant to Collective Bargaining Agreements Under Section 3(40)(A) of ERISA This document contains a proposed regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, (ERISA or the Act), setting forth specific criteria that, if met and if certain other factors set forth in the proposed regulation are...	Proposed Rule	Oct 27, 2000
Labor Department > PWBA Procedures for Administrative Hearings Regarding Plans Established or Maintained Pursuant to Collective Bargaining Agreements Under Section 3(40)(A) of ERISA This document contains proposed rules under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), describing procedures for administrative hearings to obtain a determination by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) as to whether a par...	Proposed Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Library of Congress

Digital Millennium Copyright Act:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies This rule designates the classes of copyrighted works that the Librarian of Congress has determined shall be subject to exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protect...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

National Credit Union Administration

Credit unions:

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Organization and Operations of Federal Credit Unions The NCUA Board is amending its chartering and field of membership manual to update chartering policies and further streamline the select group application process. These amendments result from NCUA's experience addressing field of membership issues a...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Freedom of Information; Final Rule This final rule revises the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's ("OPIC," or "the Corporation") Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") regulations by making substantive and administrative changes. These revisions supersede OPIC's current FOIA regul...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Prevailing Rate Systems; Miscellaneous Changes in Certain Federal Wage System Wage Areas The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to add Jefferson County, Washington, as an area of application to the Kitsap, WA, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. We are also renaming the Champaign-Urbana, IL...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Group life insurance, Federal employees:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: Miscellaneous Changes and Clarifications and Plain Language Rewrite The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a complete rewrite of the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) regulations. We are changing the format of the regulations and using plain language to make the regulations easier to unde...	Proposed Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

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 27, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public utility holding company filings	Notice	Oct 27, 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 American Stock Exchange LLC Amending the Alternative Listing Criteria of Section 101(b) of the Amex Company Guide American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by The Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Incorporated To Add CSE Rule 11.9(u) and Interpretation .01 Under the Rule to the Minor Rule Violation Program Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by The Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Incorporated to Reduce the Fee to Members for Professional Agency Transactions Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the International Securities Exchange, LLC Relating to Payment for Order Flow International Securities Exchange, LLC	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. To Delay the Implementation Date of Changes to Riskless Principal Trade Reporting Rules National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Amending Rule 748, Supervision Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of Florida; Amendment #1 Florida	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Small Business Administration State of Florida Florida	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Small Business Administration State of Montana; Amendment #2 Montana	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Small Business Administration State of Ohio; Amendment #1 Ohio	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Small Business Administration State of Wisconsin Wisconsin	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Albany & Eastern Railroad Company-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Union Pacific Railroad Company Union Pacific Railroad Co.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
DOT, STB Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad, Inc.-Operation Exemption-State of Wisconsin and Washburn County Transit Commission Wisconsin and Washburn County Transit Commission	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act:

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Trade Representative, Office of United States United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act; Designation of Qualifying Industrial Zones Under the Unites--Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act ("the "IFTA Act"), products of qualifying industrial zones encompassing portions of Israel and Jordan or Israel and Egypt are eligible to receive duty-free treatment. Effective upon publicat...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

World Trade Organization:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States WTO Consultations Regarding Belgium-Measures Affecting Imported Rice The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice that on October 12, 2000, the United States requested consultations with Belgium under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO), regarding...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Transportation Department

Administrative regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Fees for FAA Services for Certain Flights; Extension of Comment Period On June 6, 2000, the FAA published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) establishing fees for FAA air traffic and related services for certain aircraft that transit U.S.-controlled airspace but neither take off from, nor land in, the United States and invited...	Proposed Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Models PC-12 and PC- 12/45 airplanes. This AD requires you to perform a one-time inspection for abrasion damage, distortion, and proper c...	Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement: Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties, NH The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement (EIS) is being prepared for a proposed highway project in Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties, New Hampshire. A Notice of Intent for the project was previous...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement; Rutland County, VT The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement is no longer being prepared for a previously proposed highway project [FEGC 419-3(44)] in Rutland County, Vermont.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Global positioning system receivers; potential for interference from ultra-wideband devices; test plan

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Test Plan for Determining Potential for Interference From Ultra-wideband Devices (UWB) to Global Positioning System (GPS) Receivers; Response to Comment DOT announced a test program to begin to acquire data on the potential for interference to GPS systems from UWB signals, and sought comment thereon. Only one comment was received, which warrants additional explanation of, but no changes to, the test...	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Merchant marine officers and seamen:

No documents available.

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 Form 706-A 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 27, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Open meeting of Citizen Advocacy Panel, Midwest District A meeting of the Midwest Citizen Advocacy Panel will be held in Omaha, Nebraska.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of South Florida Citizen Advocacy Panel An open meeting of the South Florida Citizen Advocacy Panel will be held in Sunrise, Florida.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Savings and loan holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OTS Savings and Loan Holding Companies Notice of Significant Transactions or Activities and OTS Review of Capital Adequacy The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is proposing to require certain savings and loan holding companies to notify OTS before engaging in or committing to engage in a limited set of debt transactions, transactions that reduce capital, some asset acq...	Proposed Rule	Oct 27, 2000

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Office of the General Counsel; Appointment of Members of the Legal Division to the Performance Review Board Legal Division Performance Review Board; membership	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds-Terminations; Reliance Insurance Company, Reliance Insurance Company of Illinois, Reliance National Indemnity Company, Reliance Surety Company, United Pacific Insurance Company This is Supplement No. 2 to the Treasury Department Circular 570; 2000 Revision, published June 30, 2000, at 65 FR 40868.	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Veterans Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation (VACOR); Notice of Meeting Rehabilitation Advisory Committee	Notice	Oct 27, 2000

Federal Register October 27, 2000

Agencies Publishing on October 27, 2000

Agriculture Department

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

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Meetings:

Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Antidumping:

Countervailing duties:

Fishery conservation and management:

Marine mammals:

Meetings:

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Overseas trade missions:

Permits:

Senior Executive Service:

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Military personnel:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Meetings:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Meetings:

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Water supply:

Executive Office of the President

Special observances

Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Television broadcasting:

Federal Reserve System

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Banks and bank holding companies:

General Services Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Federal property management:

Health and Human Services Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Flood elevation determinations:

Meetings:

Merchant marine officers and seamen:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Interior Department

Closure of public lands:

Endangered and threatened species:

Meetings:

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:

Pipeline right-of-way applications:

Public land orders:

Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

Library of Congress

Digital Millennium Copyright Act:

National Credit Union Administration

Credit unions:

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Personnel Management Office

Group life insurance, Federal employees:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

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