Federal Register December 6, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on December 6, 2000

Agency for International Development (1)
Agriculture Department (4)
Commerce Department (12)
Corporation for National and Community Service (0)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (8)
Environmental Protection Agency (19)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (6)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (0)
Federal Election Commission (2)
Federal Maritime Commission (4)
Federal Reserve System (3)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (5)
Homeland Security Department (3)
Housing and Urban Development Department (4)
Interior Department (14)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (11)
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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (0)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (3)
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Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (1)
Postal Service (1)
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Science and Technology Policy Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (4)
Small Business Administration (4)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Tennessee Valley Authority (0)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (11)
Treasury Department (7)
Veterans Affairs Department (0)

Agency for International Development

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities > NEA, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Agriculture Department, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Energy Department, Small Business Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Commerce Department, Tennessee Valley Authority, State Department, Agency for International Development, Justice Department, Labor Department, Veterans Affairs Department, Environmental Protection Agency, General Services Administration, Interior Department, National Science Foundation, Corporation for National and Community Service, Transportation Department Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, or National Origin in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance; Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance; Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance The Agencies propose to amend their regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VI"), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1972 ("Section 504"), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 ("Age Discrimination Act"). Toge...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Agriculture Department

No documents available.

Appealable decisions; legal notice:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Newspapers Used for Publication of Legal Notice of Appealable Decisions for the Intermountain Region; Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by all ranger districts, forests, and the Regional Office of the Intermountain Region to publish legal notice of all decisions subject to appeal under 36 CFR 215 and 36 CFR 217. The intended effect o...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RBS Maximum Dollar Amount on Loan and Grant Awards Under the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2001 The Rural Business-Cooperative Service hereby announces the maximum dollar amount on loan and grant awards under the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program for fiscal year (FY) 2001. The maximum dollar award on zero-interest loans...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS FSIS: The Next Steps The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will hold a public meeting on December 13, 2000, to discuss the Agency's plans to continue to improve the quality and effectiveness of its programs and to work with establishments in the meat and poultry...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Special programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSA Implementation of the Special Apple Loan Program and Emergency Loan for Seed Producers Program This action is being taken to implement provisions of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Act). The intended effect is to assist producers of apples suffering economic loss as a result of low prices and by making low cost loans available to...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Commerce Department

No documents available.

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > USBC Master Address File (MAF) and Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) Update Activities The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea; Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Administrative Review The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from the Republic of Korea. The period of review is November 1, 1998 through October 31, 1999. This review covers...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 3, San Francisco, California California	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 133-Rock Island, Illinois; Application For Foreign-Trade Subzone Status, Deere & Company (Construction Equipment), Davenport, Iowa Deere Co.; Construction equipment	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Commerce Department > FTZB Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 79, Tampa, Florida Florida	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Commerce Department > FTZB Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone; Decatur, Illinois Illinois	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Commerce Department > FTZB Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 22 Chicago, Illinois Illinois	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 44-Mount Olive, New Jersey, Area Application for Expansion; Extension of Public Comment Period New Jersey	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Commerce Department > FTZB Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 86 Tacoma, Washington, Area Washington	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Census 2000:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > USBC Evaluation of Responses to the Question on Race The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Rebuilding Overfished Fisheries NMFS announces the approval of Amendment 15 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (FMP). This amendment is necessary to implement a plan to rebuild the overfished stock of St. Matthew blue king crab. Thi...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Corporation for National and Community Service

No documents available.

Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Meeting of the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Naval Academy The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry as the Board shall deem necessary into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Acad...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Career Clusters-Cooperative Agreements; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Building Linkages Initiatives	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Education Department Office of Elementary and Secondary Education-Public Charter Schools Program (PCSP); Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2001 Public charter schools program	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Recreation Plan and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Proposed Change in Land Rights, and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Madison Gas & Electric Company, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, American Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Filing Madison Gas Electric Co., et al.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application Northern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application Southern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Williams Gas Processing-Gulf Cost Company, L.P.; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order Williams Gas Processing Gulf Coast Co., L.P.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

No documents available.

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology This action proposes amendments to the "generic" maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards to add national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for four additional source categories: Cyanide Chemicals Manufacturing, C...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Deficiency for Clean Air Act Operating Permits Program; Commonwealth of Kentucky Pursuant to its authority at 40 CFR 70.4(i)(1) and 70.10(b)(1), EPA is publishing this Notice of Deficiency for the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permits Program. The Notice of Deficiency is based upon EPA's finding that...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency New Source Performance Standards for New Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units This action reestablishes new source performance standards (NSPS) for new small municipal waste combustion (MWC) units. The NSPS for small MWC units contain stringent emission limits for organics (dioxins/furans), metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, and...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Emission Guidelines for Existing Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units This action reestablishes emission guidelines for existing small municipal waste combustion (MWC) units. The emission guidelines contain stringent emission limits for organics (dioxins/furans), metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, and particulate matter),...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York; Nitrogen Oxides Budget and Allowance Trading Program The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New York. This SIP revision responds to the EPA's regulation entitled, "Finding of Significant Contribution and Rul...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Finding of Attainment for PM-10; Portneuf Valley PM-10 Nonattainment Area, Idaho EPA is proposing to find that the Portneuf Valley nonattainment area in Idaho has attained the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than, or equal to a nominal ten micrometers (PM-1...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC); Notice of Invitation for Nominations of Qualified Candidates to be Considered for Appointment to EPA's PPDC EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is inviting nominations of qualified candidates to consider for appointment to the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC). EPA renewed the Charter for the PPDC in November 1999 for a two-year term. EPA in...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) Aerospace; Transfer of Data This notice announces that pesticide related information submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Chlorpyrifos; Cancellation Order This notice announces a cancellation order that was signed November 27, 2000, announcing the use deletions and cancellations as requested by the companies that hold the registrations of pesticide products containing the active ingredient chlorpyrifos...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendment by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing Pesticide Petitions to Establish Tolerances for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing Pesticide Petitions to Establish and to Extend Tolerances for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Issuance of Experimental Use Permits EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to the following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the limitations in the permit.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Avermectin; Extension of Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions This regulation extends a time-limited tolerance for the combined residues of the insecticide and miticide avermectin [a mixture of avermectins containing greater than or equal to 80% avermectin B<INF>1a</INF> (5-O-demethyl avermectin A<INF>1</INF>)...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Fludioxonil; Extension of Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions This regulation extends a time-limited tolerance for residues of the fungicide fludioxonil in or on caneberries at 2 parts per million (ppm) for an additional 1-year period. This tolerance will expire and is revoked on December 31, 2001. This action...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency ILCO Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed Settlement The United States Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to enter into two settlement agreements with a total of 45 de-minimis parties for response costs pursuant to section 122(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Settlement Under Section 122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), Tokeland Cow Dip Pit CERCLA Site, Pacific County, Washington In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended by the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act ("CERCLA"), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement to resolve a clai...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President National Commission on the Use of Offsets in Defense Trade and President's Council on the Use of Offsets in Commercial Trade Defense Trade, National Commission on the Use of Offsets in, amendment and President's Council on the Use of Offsets in Commercial Trade, establishment	Presidential Document	Dec 06, 2000

Trade:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President To Implement Title V of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 and To Modify the Generalized System of Preferences Generalized System of Preferences; modification and implementation of Title V of Trade and Development Act of 2000	Presidential Document	Dec 06, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission 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(s), as required by th...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Consumer/Disability Telecommunications Advisory Committee This document announces formation of the Consumer/Disability Telecommunications Advisory Committee (hereinafter "the Committee") to make recommendations to the Commission regarding consumer and disability issues within the jurisdiction of the Commiss...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Orono, ME The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation, licensee of noncommercial educational station WMEB-TV, NTSC channel 12, Orono, Maine, proposing the substitution of DTV channel *9 for station WMEB-TV's as...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Hastings, NE The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, licensee of noncommercial educational Station KHNE(TV), NTSC Channel 29, Hastings, Nebraska, requesting the substitution of DTV Channel ...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Weston, WV The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Withers Broadcasting Company of West Virginia, licensee of station WDTV-TV, NTSC channel 5, Weston, West Virginia, requesting the substitution of DTV channel 6 for station WDTV-TV's assigned DTV...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Public Safety National Coordination Committee This document advises interested persons of a meeting of the Public Safety National Coordination Committee ("NCC"), which will be held in Orlando, Florida. The Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, requires public notice of a...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Risk-based capital standards:

No documents available.

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission General Public Political Communications Coordinated With Candidates and Party Committees; Independent Expenditures The Federal Election Commission is adopting new rules to address expenditures for coordinated communications that include clearly identified candidates, and that are paid for by persons other than candidates, candidates' authorized committees, and pa...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Notices Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreement(s) Filed Agreements filed, etc.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Freight forwarder licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Applicant Global Cargo Corp.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Reissuances Air Cargo Centralam, Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocations Amad Forwarding Corp. et al.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Federal Reserve System

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	Dec 06, 2000
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Dec 06, 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	Dec 06, 2000

Risk-based capital standards:

No documents available.

General Services Administration

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Submission for OMB review; comment request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Health and Human Services Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Homeland Security Department

No documents available.

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Mystic River, CT, Drawbridge Operation Regulations: The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations governing the operation of AMTRAK railroad bridge, at mile 2.4, across the Mystic River at Mystic, Connecticut. This deviation allow...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety Zone Regulations: Tampa Bay, Florida The Coast Guard proposes to amend the regulations for floating safety zones around Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessels transiting the waters of Tampa Bay. This action is necessary due to the opening of a new LPG facility in Port Sutton. This propos...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Regattas and marine parades:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Approaches to Annapolis Harbor, Spa Creek, and Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland The Coast Guard is implementing the special local regulations at 33 CFR 100.511 for the Eastport Yacht Club Lighted Boat Parade, a marine event to be held December 9, 2000, on the waters of Spa Creek and the Severn River at Annapolis, Maryland. These...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: 2001 American Housing Survey-National Sample The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Civil money penalties; certain prohibited conduct:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Treble Damages for Failure To Engage in Loss Mitigation; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking This notice announces HUD's intention to issue a proposed rule to amend HUD's Civil Money Penalty regulations to provide for damages of three times the amount of any mortgage insurance benefit claimed by the mortgagee for any mortgage as to which the...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Announcement of Funding Awards-Fiscal Year 2000 Office of Troubled Agency Recovery Cooperative Agreements In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department from funds distributed to the Office of Troubled Agency R...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Deployment of the FHA TOTAL Mortgage Scorecard This notice announces HUD's intention to deploy the FHA TOTAL Scorecard for mortgage industry use. TOTAL refers to "Technology Open To All Lenders." The FHA TOTAL Scorecard, developed by HUD, assesses the credit worthiness of FHA borrowers by evaluat...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Interior Department

No documents available.

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Intent To Issue 2 Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plans and Associated Environmental Assessments for 2 National Wildlife Refuges in the Southwest Region This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has prepared draft Comprehensive Conservation Plans (CCP) and associated Environmental Assessments for the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, Austin, Texas;...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Availability of Draft Economic Analysis for Proposed Critical Habitat Determination for the Zayante Band-winged Grasshopper The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability of a draft economic analysis for the proposed designation of critical habitat for the Zayante band-winged grasshopper (Trimerotropis infantilis). We are opening a 15-day comment...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NIGC Fee Rates Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 25 CFR 514.1(a)(3), that the National Indian Gaming Commission has adopted final annual fee rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.09% (.0009) for tier 2 for calendar year 2000. These rates shall apply to all assessable g...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Land acquisitions into trust:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Land Acquisitions; Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire approximately 1898.16 acres, more or less, of land into trust for the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California on November 30, 2000. This notice is published i...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Alaska Land Managers Forum This notice is published in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) and 41 CFR 101-6.1015(b). The Department of the Interior hereby gives notice of a public meeting of the Alaska Land Manage...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

National Register of Historic Places:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations Pending nominations	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items in the Possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Notice.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Alaska Land Managers Forum This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (1988) and 41 CFR 101-6.1015(a). Following consultation with the General Services Administration and the Office of Management an...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Realty Action; Termination of Classification and Opening Order: Alaska This notice terminates a Small Tract Classification and opens certain lands near Port Moller, Alaska, that were classified for small tract lease under the Small Tract Act of June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 609) as amended. This action would allow the land to...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action: Segregation Terminated, Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes The following described public land in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada was segregated for exchange purposes on July 23, 1997 under serial number N-61855 and on July 23,1997 under serial number N- 66364. The exchange segregations on the subject land w...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Segregation Terminated, Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes The following described public land in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada was segregated for exchange purposes on July 23, 1997 under serial number N-61855 and on July 23, 1997 under serial number N- 66364. The exchange segregations on the subject land...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action: Transfer of Title The following described public land in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, was patented to the Clark County School District on November 27, 1995 under the Recreation and Public Purpose Act for the Silverado High School. The Clark County Fire Department...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Pursuant to Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class I...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Pursuant to section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class I...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Justice Department

No documents available.

Agreements filed, etc.

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request Notice of information collection under review; application for travel document.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Immigration:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Asylum Procedures This final rule amends the Department of Justice regulations implementing the provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), governing asylum claims. Additionally, this rule amends portions of the regu...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Labor Department

No documents available.

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance : International Paper Co. et al.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Labor Department > ETA It's Personal, New York, New York; Notice of Termination of Investigation It's Personal	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Kim Mark Hosiery, Inc. et al.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Labor Department > ETA Nova Bus, Inc., Roswell, New Mexico; Notice of Termination of Investigation Nova Bus, Inc.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA Proposed Exemptions; IRAs for Eldon Nysether and Mark Nysether (the IRAs) This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Inte...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Labor Department > PWBA Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2000-63; [Exemption Application No. D-10651, et al.] Grant of Individual Exemptions; Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (ML&Co.) This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (th...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Cel River Plant et al.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Labor Department > ETA The Garden Grow Co., Lilly Miller Packet Seed Division, Wilsonville, OR; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration Garden Grow Co.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Commission Meeting The Commission will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, December 14, 2000, and Friday, December 15, 2000, at the Ronald Reagan Buildings, International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting is tentatively sche...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

No documents available.

National Credit Union Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Revision to a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request The NCUA intends to submit the following information collections to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

No documents available.

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Energy Northwest; WNP-2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Energy Northwest	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Changes to Quality Assurance Programs; Withdrawal of Remaining Issues Concerning a Petition for Rulemaking The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is terminating its plans to develop a voluntary option alternative to its regulations to allow licensees to make unilateral changes to their quality assurance (QA) program descriptions. This action is being tak...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

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Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Performance Review Board; Membership: Senior Executive Service Notice is hereby given of the names of the members of the Performance Review Board.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Postal Service

International Mail Manual:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Global Express Guaranteed On April 19, 1999, the Postal Service published an interim rule introducing Priority Mail Global Guaranteed service on a test basis. The Postal Service has since amended that interim rule on four occasions, with the last amendment being announced on...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000

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Science and Technology Policy Office

Title	Type	Published
Science and Technology Policy Office Executive Office of the President; Federal Policy on Research Misconduct; Preamble for Research Misconduct Policy The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published a request for public comment on a proposed Federal research misconduct policy in the October 14, 1999 Federal Register (pp. 55722-55725). OSTP received 237 sets of comments before the publi...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission John Hancock Variable Series Trust I, et al.; Notice of Application Notice of an application under Section 17(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") for an exemption from Section 17(a) of the 1940 Act.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Notice of Applications for Deregistration Under Section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On May 5, 2000, applicant made its final liquidating distribution to its shareholders based on net asset value. Expenses of $34,420 incurred in connection with the liq...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Exemption for the Acquisition of Securities During the Existence of an Underwriting or Selling Syndicate The Commission is proposing amendments to the rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that permits a registered investment company ("fund") that has certain affiliations with an underwriting participant to purchase securities during an offering...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 2 to Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Trading in Hot Equity Offerings National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Small Business Administration

No documents available.

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of Oklahoma Oklahoma	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

License surrenders:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Notice of Surrender of License Sundance Venture Partners II, L.P.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Small business investment companies:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Small Business Investment Companies; Increase in Maximum Leverage Ceiling Maximum leverage ceiling increase	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Small business size standards:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Small Business Size Standards; Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule The Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Surge Arresters, Current and Voltage Transformers, Disconnected Switches, Sultotransformers, Power Transformers (multiple winding type), Insulato...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls; Notifications to the Congress of Proposed Commercial Export Licenses Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has forwarded the attached Notifications of Proposed Export Licenses to the Congress on the dates shown on the attachments pursuant to sections 36(c) and 36(d) and in compliance with section 36(e) o...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Fees:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Regulations Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection With Licensing and Related Services-Policy Statement The Surface Transportation Board (Board) announces that henceforth it will apply its rule providing for a waiver of filing fees for state and local government entities only as originally intended. More specifically, the fee waiver rule will apply onl...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Ohio Southern Railroad, Incorporated-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-CSX Transportation, Inc. Ohio Southern Railroad, Inc.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Tennessee Valley Authority

No documents available.

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

World Trade Organization:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States WTO Consultations Regarding Countervailing Duty Measures Concerning Certain Products From the European Communities The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice that on November 13, 2000, the United States received from the European Communities (EC) a request for consultations under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Revision to the Legal Description of the Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport Class D Airspace Area, AZ This action revises the legal description of the Laughlin/ Bullhead International Airport Class D airspace area, AZ, by including that airspace within a 4.2-mile radius of the Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport west of a line 1.8-miles west of a...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment of Time of Use for Restricted Areas R-4501A, B, C, D, and E, Fort Leonard Wood; MO This action amends the times of use for Restricted Areas R- 4501A, B, C, D, and E, Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Specifically, this action reduces and/or increases the published times and/or days the restricted areas are in use. The FAA is taking this actio...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Airport noise compatibility program:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility Program; Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, Texas The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the City of Austin for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C., Chapter 475 and CFR part 150. The...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-81, -9-82, -9-83, and -9-87 Series Airplanes; Model MD-88 Airplanes; and Model MD-90-30 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-81, -9-82, -9-83, and -9-87 series airplanes; Model MD-88 airplanes; and Model MD-90-30 series airplanes. This propos...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Siam Hiller Holdings, Inc. Model UH-12, UH-12A, UH-12B, UH-12C, UH-12D, UH-12E, UH-12E-L, UH-12L, and UH-12L4 Helicopters This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), for Siam Hiller Holdings, Inc. (Hiller), formerly Rogerson Hiller Corporation, Model UH-12, UH-12A, UH-12B, UH-12C, UH-12D, UH-12E, UH- 12E-L, UH-12L, and UH-12L4 helicopters, that requires re...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Turbomeca S.A. Arrius Models 2B, 2B1, 2F Turboshaft Engines This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Turbomeca S.A. Arrius Models 2B, 2B1, and 2F turboshaft engines. This proposal would require the replacement of the right injector half manifold, left inj...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Model G-1159, G-1159A, and G-1159B Series Airplanes as Modified by Duncan Aviation; High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) These special conditions are issued for the Gulfstream Model G-1159, G-1159A, and G-1159B series airplanes modified by Duncan Aviation. These modified airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature(s) associated with new avionics/electronics a...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Fees:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA, Inc.; Government/Industry Free Flight Steering Committee, Revised Agenda RTCA, Inc.	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent to Rule on Application to a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Killeen Municipal Airport, Kileen, TX and Use the Revenue at Killeen Municipal Airport and Robert Gray Army Airfield The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose at Killeen Municipal Airport and use the revenue from a PFC at Killeen Municipal Airport and Robert Gray Army Airfield under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Ca...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Regattas and marine parades:

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Air Traffic Noise Screen This action changes the FAA Air Traffic Noise Screen (ATNS) policy to incorporate an administrative change in the procedures to conduct the ATNS. This action is issued as a Final Notice without prior notice because this change is administrative and/o...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Pilot Program To Permit Cost-Sharing of Air Traffic Modernization Projects On August 14, 2000, the FAA issued proposed program guidance on Section 304 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation and Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21), which authorizes a pilot program for cost-sharing of air traffic modernization projec...	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 06, 2000

Employment taxes and collection of income taxes at source:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Federal Employment Tax Deposits-De Minimis Rule This document contains temporary and final regulations relating to the deposit of Federal employment taxes. The regulations change the de minimis deposit rule for quarterly and annual return periods. The regulations affect taxpayers required to make...	Rule	Dec 06, 2000
Treasury Department > IRS Federal Employment Tax Deposits-De Minimis Rule These proposed regulations affect taxpayers required to make deposits of Federal employment taxes. This document contains proposed regulations which change the de minimis deposit rule for quarterly and annual return periods. In the Rules and Regulati...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Loans From a Qualified Employer Plan to Plan Participants or Beneficiaries; Hearing This document contains a notice of public hearing on proposed regulations relating to loans made from a qualified employer plan to plan participants or beneficiaries.	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Risk-based capital standards:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC, OTS, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Risk-Based Capital Standards: Claims on Securities Firms The Board, OCC, FDIC and OTS (collectively, the Agencies) are proposing to amend their respective risk-based capital standards for banks, bank holding companies, and savings associations (collectively, institutions) with regard to the risk weighting...	Proposed Rule	Dec 06, 2000

Veterans Affairs Department

No documents available.