Federal Register December 1, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on December 1, 2000

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Agricultural Marketing Service (0)
Agriculture Department (10)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (6)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Defense Department (13)
Energy Department (7)
Environmental Protection Agency (11)
Federal Communications Commission (3)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
General Services Administration (0)
Government Accountability Office (1)
Health and Human Services Department (6)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (5)
International Trade Commission (5)
Justice Department (16)
Labor Department (16)
Library of Congress (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
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National Science Foundation (3)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (4)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Postal Service (3)
Securities and Exchange Commission (14)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (3)
Treasury Department (3)

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Agricultural Marketing Service

Agency designation actions:

No documents available.

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > ARS Notice of Government Owned Invention Available for Licensing The invention listed below is owned by the U.S. Government as represented by the Department of Agriculture and is available for licensing. U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/637,031 entitled "Magnetostrictive Precipitation Gage" is available for l...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Agriculture Department > AMS Livestock and Grain Market News Branch: Livestock Mandatory Reporting This final rule will establish a mandatory program of reporting information regarding the marketing of cattle, swine, lambs, and products of such livestock under the "Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999." This rule requires the reporting of mar...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Agency designation actions:

Title	Type	Published
Agricultural Marketing Service > GIPSA, Agriculture Department Opportunity for Designation in the Fremont (NE), Muncie (IN), and West Lafayette (IN) Areas, and Request for Comments on the Official Agencies Serving These Areas The designations of the official agencies listed below will end in August 2001. GIPSA is asking persons interested in providing official services in the areas served by these agencies to submit an application for designation. GIPSA is also asking for...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Agricultural Marketing Service > GIPSA, Agriculture Department Designation for the Minnesota, Virginia, Frankfort (IN), and Indianapolis (IN) Areas GIPSA announces designation of the following organizations to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act): <bullet> Minnesota Department of Agriculture (Minnesota); <bullet> Virginia Department of Agricultu...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Helena National Forest Travel Plan, Helena National Forest, Broadwater, Lewis and Clark, Meagher and Powell Counties, Montana The Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on a proposal to update travel management and approximately 390,000 acres of National Forest lands on the Townsend, Helena and Lincoln Ranger Districts. These 390,000 acres are the rem...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Field office technical guides; changes:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Notice of Proposed Change to the Natural Resources Conservation Service-Arizona's Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide It is the intention of NRCS Arizona to issue a series of new conservation practice standards in its Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide. These new standards include Nutrient Management (Code 590) and Waste Management System (Code 312).	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Meat and poultry inspection:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS Performance Standards for On-line Antimicrobial Reprocessing of Pre-Chill Poultry Carcasses The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend its poultry products inspection regulations to allow, on a voluntary basis, the on-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses that are accidently contaminated with digestive tract cont...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan; Meeting We are giving notice of a meeting of the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Importation of Artificially Dwarfed Plants in Growing Media From the People's Republic of China We are reopening and extending the comment period for our proposed rule that would amend our regulations to allow artificially dwarfed (penjing) plants of the genera Buxus, Ehretia (Carmona), Podocarpus, Sageretia, and Serissa to be imported into the...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Draft Guideline on Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary Medicinal Products: Management of Adverse Event Reports, VICH Topic GL24 A draft guideline titled "Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary Medicinal Products: Management of Adverse Event Reports" has been developed by the International Cooperation on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medicinal...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Civil Rights Commission

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Commerce Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Membership on the U.S. Automotive Parts Advisory Committee (APAC) The Department of Commerce is currently seeking applications for membership on the APAC. The purpose of the APAC is to advise Department of Commerce officials on issues related to U.S.-made automotive parts and accessories sales in Japanese and other...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Cotton Shop Towels from Pakistan: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on cotton shop towels from Pakistan. This review covers eleven manufacturers/producers a...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Extension of Closed Areas This proposed rule would extend the closure of the Hudson Canyon South and Virginia Beach Sea Scallop Closed Areas for 180 days or until such time that a controlled area access program for these two areas can be implemented through Framework 14 to th...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking of the Cook Inlet (CI), Alaska, Stock of Beluga Whales by Alaska Natives This final agenda governs the formal on-the-record hearing regarding the proposed regulations to limit the taking of CI, AK stock of beluga whales by Alaska Natives.	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NIST Advanced Technology Program; Announcement of Public Meeting The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites interested parties to attend a meeting on "Advanced Technology Development and Commercialization Opportunities." The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) partners with industry on high-ri...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Whaling provisions:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Whaling Provisions: Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas NMFS announces the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for gray whales, and other limitations deriving from regulations adopted at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). For 2000, the quota is zero gray whales landed....	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List commodities and a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments must be Received on or Before: January 2, 2001.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions and Deletions This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List commodities previously furnished by such...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Transfer of the Naval Ammunition Support Detachment Property, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA, the Department of the Navy (the Navy)...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Subcontractor Payments Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
DOD, GSA, NASA Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Rights in Data and Copyrights Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Notice of Closed Meeting Pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d) of section 10 of Public Law 92-463, as amended by section 5 of Public Law 94-409, notice is hereby given that a closed meeting of the DIA Joint Military Intelligence College Board of Visitors has been sche...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Defense Department National Commission on the Use of Offsets in Defense Trade, and President's Council on the Use of Offsets in Commercial Trade This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of the President's Council on the Use of Offsets in Commercial Trade, a federal advisory committee that is being established by Executive Order. The Council will meet jointly with the parallel National Comm...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Office of the Secretary proposes to add a system of records notice to its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Defense Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Office of the Secretary proposes to add a system of records notice to its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Defense Department > DLA Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to alter a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The alteration adds three new categories of individuals covered, a new catego...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Defense Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Defense Finance and Accounting Service proposes to add a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Defense Department > USN Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of the Navy proposes to amend 14 systems of records notices in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Defense Department > USA Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of the Army is amending systems of records notices in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Defense Department > USA Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of the Army is altering a system of records notices in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA); Membership of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Performance Review Board This notice announces the appointment of the members of the Performance Review Board (PRB) of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The publication of PRB membership is required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). The Performance Review Board shall provide fair a...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Cross Bay Pipeline Company, L.L.C. and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Site Visit Cross Bay Pipeline Company, L.L.C., et al.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southern LNG Inc.; Notice of Site Visit Southern LNG, Inc.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers On October 6, 2000, the Department of Energy (DOE or Department) published a Notice of public workshop and availability of the Framework Document for Distribution Transformer Efficiency Standards. 65 FR 59761. The document announced that December 1,...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 01-03; Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology The Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for innovative research on the topic of nanoscale science, engineering and technol...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Energy Department Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) announce the creation of the U.S.-Africa Sustainable Energy Program. Using $400,000.00 in grants and loans to U.S. not-for-profit entities, non-governmental or...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Meeting This notice announces an open meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's Laboratory Operations Board (LOB). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), requires that agencies publish these notices in the Federal Reg...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Power rate adjustments:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > BPA Bonneville Power Administration's Proposed Amendments to 2002 Wholesale Power Rate Adjustment Proposal The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act) provides that Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) must establish and periodically review its rates so that they are adequate to recover, in accordance with sou...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units We are promulgating standards and guidelines for new and existing commercial and industrial solid waste incineration (CISWI) units. These standards and guidelines fulfill the requirements of sections 111 and 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), which requ...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois; Reopening of the Public Comment Period EPA is reopening and extending the public comment period for a proposed rule published on August 31, 2000 (65 FR 52967). In the August 31, 2000 proposed rule, EPA proposed to approve Illinois' regulations for control of Oxides of Nitrogen (NO<INF>X</...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA has no objection to the proposed action. ERP No. D-NOA-L91011-AK, Rating NS, Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Stock, Federal Actions Associated with the Management and Recovery, Implementation, Cook Inlet, AK. Summary: EPA Region 10 used a screening tool...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Hydrogen Peroxide; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of Hydrogen Peroxide, in or on all raw and processed food commodities when used in sanitizing solutions containing a diluted end-use concentration of hydrogen p...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Peroxyacetic Acid; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of peroxyacetic acid, in or on all raw and processed food commodities when used in sanitizing solutions containing a diluted end-use concentration of peroxyacet...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites, Proposed Rule No. 34 The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA" or "the Act"), requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ("NCP") include a list of national priorities among the known releas...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA" or "the Act"), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ("NCP") include a list of national priorities am...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Forty-Sixth Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the Administrator; Receipt of Report and Request for Comments The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) transmitted its Forty-Sixth Report to the Administrator of the EPA on May 25, 2000. In the 46\th\ Report, which is included with this notice, the ITC: Solicits information on...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Forty-Fifth Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the Administrator; Receipt of Report and Request for Comments The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) transmitted its Forty-Fifth Report to the Administrator of the EPA on November 30, 1999. In the 45th Report, which is included with this notice, the ITC: Describes an EPA eff...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Sole Source Aquifer Determination for Western Uinta Arch Paleozoic Aquifer System, Oakley, UT Pursuant to section 1424(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Region VIII has determined that the Western Uinta Arch Paleozoic Aquifer System at Oakley, Utah and the immedi...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval 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	Dec 01, 2000

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Fort Walton Beach, FL The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Television Fit-For-Life, Inc., licensee of station WFGX(TV), NTSC channel 35, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, requesting the substitution of DTV channel 50 for station WFGX(TV)'s assigned DTV channe...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Linden, White Oak, Lufkin, Corrigan, Mount Enterprise, and Pineland, TX and Zwolle, LA This document requests comments on a petition filed by OARA, Inc. proposing the reallotment of Channel 257C2 from Linden, Texas, to White Oak, Texas, as that community's first local service. The coordinates for Channel 257C2 at White Oak are 32-30-32...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Rules and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act; Rules and Regulations Under the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) amends the Rules and Regulations under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Rules) to revise the form for Application for a Registered Identification Number ("RN") in order to facilit...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Government Accountability Office

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Government Accountability Office Commercial Activities Panel Under section 832 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, the Comptroller General is required to convene a panel of experts to study the transfer of commercial activities currently performed by government employees to federal...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval; Suggested Documentation for Demonstrating Compliance With the Channels of Trade Provision The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled "Suggested Documentation for Demonstrating Compliance With the Channels of Trade Provision" has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Color additives:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Luminescent Zinc Sulfide; Correction The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of August 8, 2000 (65 FR 48375). This document amended the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of luminescent zinc sulfide as a...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Microbiology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Cargo Securing on Vessels Operating in U.S. Waters The Coast Guard is proposing regulations to implement cargo securing standards for U.S. and foreign vessels, carrying general cargoes and hazardous materials on international voyages, to parallel the new requirements in Chapter VI and VII of the Inte...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Interior Department

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Availability of Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Summary for Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Cayuga, ND Pursuant to the Refuge Improvement Act of 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published the Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Summary. This Plan describes how the FWS intends to manage the Tewaukon Complex...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Concession contracts and permits:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Extension of Expiring Contracts Up to One Year Pursuant to 36 CFR 51.23, public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to extend the following expiring concession contracts for a period of up to one year.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Extension of the Public Comment Period on the Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Cadiz Groundwater Storage Dry-Year Supply Program Notice is hereby given that the public comment period on the Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Cadiz Groundwater Storage Dry-Year Supply Program has been extended to Monday, January 8,...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Issuance of an Incidental Take Permit for the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan in California This notice advises the public of the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report on the application to incidentally take 16 federally listed species and 26 currently unlisted species should any of them become...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Wild horses removal:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent to Extend the Time Period for Removal of Excess and Stray Wild Horses On June 21, 2000, notice was published in the Federal Register at Vol. 65, No 120, pgs 38572-38573, which stated in part, "* * * the Rawlins and Lander Field Offices of the Bureau of Land Management plan to remove 500-600 excess and stray horses from...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Sanction for Breaches of Commission Protective Order Notice is hereby given of the sanction imposed by the Commission for breaches of the administrative protective order ("APO") issued in Crawfish Tail Meat From China, Inv. No. 731-TA-752 (Final). The Commission found that Steven B. Lehat, Esq., and Su...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
International Trade Commission Grain-Oriented Silicon Electrical Steel From Italy and Japan Revised schedule for full five-year reviews concerning the countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders on grain-oriented silicon electrical steel from Italy and Japan.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Magnetic Resonance Injection Systems and Components Thereof; Notice of Decision to Extend the Deadline for Determining Whether To Review an Initial Determination Granting a Motion for Summary Determination of Invalidity Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to extend the deadline for determining whether to review an initial determination (ID) (Order No. 16) issued by the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) in the abo...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
International Trade Commission Certain Ammonium Nitrate From Ukraine Ukraine	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
International Trade Commission Certain Carbon Steel Products From Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and United Kingdom Various countries	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation The Department of Justice proposes to exempt a Privacy Act system of records from subsections (c) (3) and (4), (d), (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(4)(G) and (H), (e)(5), (f), and (g) of the Privacy Act, 552 U.S.C. 552a. The system of records is: the "United Sta...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000
Justice Department Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation The Department of Justice is exempting a Privacy Act system of records from subsections (c)(3) and (4); (d)(1)(2)(3) and (4); (e)(1), (2), (3), (5), and (8); and (g) of the Privacy Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j) and (k). This system of records is...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000
Justice Department Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation The Department of Justice is exempting a Privacy Act system of records from subsections (c)(3) and (4), (d), (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(5), (e)(8), and (g) of the Privacy Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), (k)(1), and (k)(2). This system of recor...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Requested Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Application for Registration (DEA Form 363); and Application for Registration Renewal (DEA Form 363a).	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Justice Department Criminal Division; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review: extension of a currently approved collection: foreign agents registration act form (Amendment) as required by rule 200(b) of the act.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Justice Department Criminal Division; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection: Foreign Agents Registration Act Form (Supplemental Registration Statement) as required by Rule 200(b) of the Act.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Justice Department Criminal Division; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review; extension of a currently approved collection; foreign agents registration act form (exhibit B) as required by rule 200(b) of the Act.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Justice Department Criminal Division; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review: extension of a currently approved collection: foreign agents registration act form (registration statement) as required by rule 200(b) of the act.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Justice Department Criminal Division; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review: extension of a currently approved collection: foreign agents registration act form (exhibit A) as required by rule 200(b) of the act.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Justice Department Criminal Division; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review: extension of a currently approved collection: foreign agents registration act from (short-form registration statement) as required by rule 200(b) of the act.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > BOP Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Construction of a Federal Correctional Facility in Yuma and/or Tucson, AZ Notice of intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of First Amendment to the Modification of the Work Schedule Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Dover, NH	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act Feinstein Family Partnership et al.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division; Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree Portrait Homes Construction Co.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act Wilkey, Russell	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records Systems of records	Notice	Dec 01, 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	Dec 01, 2000

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance American Garment Finisher Co. et al.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Christina Coat & Suit Corporation, Brooklyn, NY; Notice of Termination of Investigation Christina Coat Suit Corp.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Cookson Semiconductor Packaging Material, a Division of Alpha-Fry Technologies, Warwick, RI; Notice of Termination of Investigation Cookson Semiconductor Packaging Material	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Louisiana Pacific Corporation Western Division Hayden Lake, Idaho; Notice of Termination of Investigation Louisiana Pacific Corp.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Plum Creek Timber, Pablo, Montana; Notice of Termination of Investigation Plum Creek Timber	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Labor Department > ETA S.I. Cutting, Inc., Opalocka, Florida; Notice of Termination of Investigation S.I. Cutting, Inc.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Shipley Ronal, Inc. Freeport, New York; Notice of Termination of Investigation Shipley Ronal, Inc.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Standard on Additional Requirements for Special Dipping and Coating Operations; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) Request OSHA solicits comments concerning the proposed extension of the information collection requirement contained in paragraph (g)(4) of the standard on Additional Requirements for Special Dipping and Coating Operations, 29 CFR 1910.126. Request for Comme...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Labor Department > OSHA Standard on Portable Fire Extinguishers; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) Request OSHA solicits comments concerning the proposed increase in, and extension of, the information collection requirements contained in paragraph (e)(3) of the standard on Portable Fire Extinguishers, 29 CFR 1910.157.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Labor Department Submission for OMBV Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > BLS Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee; Appointment of New Members Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA 2001 National Summit on Retirement Savings; Request for Information This document requests comments from the public for the purpose of developing a comprehensive agenda for the second National Summit on Retirement Savings (2001 National Summit), scheduled to be convened on or after September 1, 2001. The 2001 Nationa...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Labor Department > BLS Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee; Notice of Open Meeting and Agenda Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Jenny K. Fashions, Meriden, Connecticut; Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance Jenny K. Fashions	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Nova Bus, Inc., Roswell, New Mexico; Notice of Termination of Investigation Nova Bus, Inc.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Library of Congress

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Cost of Living Adjustment for Performance of Musical Compositions by Colleges and Universities The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress announces a cost of living adjustment of 3.4% in the royalty rates paid by colleges, universities, or other nonprofit educational institutions that are not affiliated with National Public Radio for the...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Biological Sciences; Notice of Meeting Biological Sciences Special Emphasis Panel	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
National Science Foundation Notice of Meetings Physics Special Emphasis Panel et al.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation U.S. National Assessment Synthesis Team; Notice of Final Report U.S. National Assessment Synthesis Team; final report	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Information Collection; OMB Review; Payment of Premiums A final rule appearing elsewhere in today's Federal Register adopts amendments to regulations of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") on Premium Rates (29 CFR Part 4006) and Payment of Premiums (29 CFR Part 4007) and affects the collecti...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Multiemployer and single-employer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Premium Rates; Payment of Premiums This final rule makes three amendments to the PBGC's premium regulations. One amendment allows plan administrators to pay a prorated premium for a short plan year rather than paying a full year's premium and requesting a refund. A second amendment si...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Single-employer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Disclosure to Participants; Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans This rule amends the appendix to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single- Employer Plans by adding the maximum guaranteeable pension benefit that may be paid by the PBGC with respect to a plan pa...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Valuation of Benefits and Assets; Expected Retirement Age This rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans by substituting a new table that applies to any plan being terminated either in a distress termination or involuntarily by the PBG...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Personnel Management Office

Pay administration:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Pay Under the General Schedule; Locality-Based Comparability Payments The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to change the boundaries of two locality pay areas for 2001 by adding areas of application to the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH- ME-CT, locality pay area and the San Francisco-O...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Invalid Ancillary Service Endorsements On August 2, 2000 (65 FR 47362), the Postal Service published for comment a proposed rule amending the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to eliminate the transitional provisions for the handling of mail bearing invalid ancillary service endorsements. This f...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000
Postal Service Shipping Label Requirements The U.S. Postal Service, in its efforts to make package shipping easier for mailers, is developing standard guidelines for creating package shipping labels. The following changes are proposed to the markings (and endorsements) and Delivery Confirmati...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Privacy Act of 1974; Computer-Matching Program Subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), requires agencies to publish advance notice of any proposed or revised computer-matching program for comment. The United States Postal Service (Postal Service), Office of Insp...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Intermarket Trading System; Order Approving Sixteenth Amendment to the ITS Plan Relating to Decimal Pricing in Listed Securities Intermarket Trading System; plan amendments	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Notice of Order Exempting American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., From Broker-Dealer Registration American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public utility holding company filings	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Options Price Reporting Authority:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Options Price Reporting Authority The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") is adopting amendments to the Options Price Reporting Authority Plan for Reporting of Consolidated Options Last Sale Reports and Quotation Information. The amendments establish a formula,...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Firm Quote and Trade-Through Disclosure Rules for Options The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") is adopting an amendment to Rule 11Ac1-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") to require options exchanges and options market makers to publish firm quotes. The Comm...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Disclosure of Order Execution and Routing Practices The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting two rules to improve public disclosure of order execution and routing practices. Under Rule 11Ac1-5, market centers that trade national market system securities will be required to make available to...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, Brussels Office, as Operator of the Euroclear System and Euroclear Bank, S.A.; Notice of Filing of Application To Modify an Existing Exemption From Clearing Agency Registration Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 to the Proposed Rule Change Relating to Listing Criteria for Index Warrants Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Seeking To Increase the Minimum Clearing Fund Requirement for All EMCC Members to $3,000,000 and To Establish Two Tiers of Inter-Dealer Broker Membership Standards Emerging Markets Clearing Corp.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. To Permit the Inclusion of Certain Unit Investment Trusts in Nasdaq's Mutual Fund Quotation Service National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Submission of Extended Corrections and Time Frames for Confirmation National Securities Clearing Corp.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Adjustments to Options Contracts Options Clearing Corp.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Extending the Pilot Program for Exchange Rule 98, Emergency Committee Until April 30, 2001 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Fox Valley & Western Ltd.-Abandonment Exemption-in Brown and Outagamie Counties, WI Fox Valley Western Ltd.	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Trade Policy Staff Committee:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Notice of Request for Public Comments on the Review and Renegotiation of the United States-Israel Agreement on Trade in Agricultural Products The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is soliciting written comments on U.S. objectives for upcoming negotiations on the renewal of the United States-Israel Agreement on Trade in Agricultural Products (ATAP). Specifically, the TPSC is seeking comme...	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Transportation Department

No documents available.

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model SA.315B, SA.316B, SA.316C, SE.3160, and SA.319B Helicopters This NPRM proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter France (ECF) Model SA.315B, SA.316B, SA.316C, SE.3160, and SA.319B helicopters. That AD requires initial and recurring inspections of the main rotor blade (...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Certification; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Tire Identification and Recordkeeping; Consumer Information Regulations Section 11 of the recently enacted Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act requires the Secretary of Transportation to initiate rulemaking to improve the labeling of tires to assist consumers in identifying ti...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas (Hazardous Liquid Operators With 500 or More Miles of Pipeline) This final rule specifies regulations to assess, evaluate, repair and validate through comprehensive analysis the integrity of hazardous liquid pipeline segments that, in the event of a leak or failure, could affect populated areas, areas unusually s...	Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC Assessment of Fees; National Banks; District of Columbia Banks The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposes to amend its assessment regulation to clarify that the OCC has authority to charge a national bank when the OCC conducts a special examination of a third party that provides services to the...	Proposed Rule	Dec 01, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 01, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 01, 2000

Federal Register December 1, 2000

Agencies Publishing on December 1, 2000

A Agricultural Marketing Service

Agency designation actions:

Agriculture Department

Agency designation actions:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Field office technical guides; changes:

Meat and poultry inspection:

Meetings:

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Countervailing duties:

Fishery conservation and management:

Marine mammals:

Meetings:

Whaling provisions:

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Defense Department

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Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Meetings:

Privacy Act:

Senior Executive Service:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Power rate adjustments:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

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

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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

Superfund program:

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Water pollution control:

Federal Communications Commission

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Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Government Accountability Office

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Color additives:

Meetings:

Homeland Security Department

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Interior Department

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Concession contracts and permits:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Wild horses removal:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Privacy Act:

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

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Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Meetings:

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Library of Congress

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

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Agricultural Marketing Service

N
National Science Foundation

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Trade Representative, Office of United States