Federal Register December 7, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on December 7, 2000

Agriculture Department (3)
Commerce Department (11)
Defense Department (1)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (19)
Environmental Protection Agency (7)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (6)
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (1)
Health and Human Services Department (30)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (7)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (5)
Labor Department (3)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
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National Transportation Safety Board (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Personnel Management Office (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
State Department (3)
Surface Transportation Board (3)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (5)

Agriculture Department

Emergency declarations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Office of the Secretary; Declaration of Emergency Because of Rabies Rabies in raccoons, gray foxes, and coyotes	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Milk marketing orders:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Milk in the Northeast and Other Marketing Areas; Tentative Decision on Proposed Amendments and Opportunity To File Written Exceptions to Tentative Marketing Agreements and to Orders This tentative decision responds to a Congressional mandate to reconsider the Class III and Class IV pricing formulas included in the final rule for the consolidation and reform of Federal milk orders. The mandate was included in the Consolidated App...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Citrus Canker; Payments for Recovery of Lost Production Income We are proposing to amend our citrus canker regulations to establish provisions under which eligible owners of commercial citrus groves could, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, receive payments to recover production income lost as a...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Notice of Indirect Cost Rates for the Damage Assessment and Restoration Program NOAA's Damage Assessment and Restoration Program (DARP) is announcing new indirect cost rates and a policy on the recovery of indirect costs for its component organizations invovled in natural resource damage assesment and restoration activities. The...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Iron Construction Castings from Canada In response to a request from respondent Canada Pipe Company Limited ("Canada Pipe"), the Department of Commerce ("the Department") is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on iron construction castings ("ICCs") from Canad...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On August 8, 2000, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China. The review covers three producers/exporters of subject mer...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Export licensing:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EAB General Order Concerning Shaykh Hamad bin Ali bin Jaber Al-Thani, Gulf Falcon Group, Ltd., and Related Entities The Bureau of Export Administration is issuing General Order No. 3 which imposes a license requirement for exports and reexports of all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that are on the Commerce Control List destined to or...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Atlantic Tunas Reporting, Fishery Allocations and Regulatory Adjustments NMFS proposes to amend the regulations governing the Atlantic HMS fisheries to require mandatory dealer reporting of all purchases of Atlantic bigeye, albacore, yellowfin, and skipjack (BAYS) tunas; adjust the north-south dividing line for the Atlant...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; A Cost Recovery Program for the Individual Fishing Quota Program The National Marine Fisheries Service publishes IFQ standard prices and notification of adjustment of the IFQ fee percentage for the IFQ Cost Recovery Program in the halibut and sablefish fisheries of the North Pacific. This action is intended to pro...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for New York NMFS announces that the summer flounder commercial quota available to the State of New York has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in New York for the rema...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for Virginia NMFS announces that the summer flounder commercial quota available to the State of Virginia has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in Virginia for the rema...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Patent cases:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Rules to Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the Office) is amending its rules of practice in patent cases to provide revised procedures for the reexamination of patents and thereby implement certain provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 19...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered Species; Permits Notice is hereby given of the following actions regarding permits for takes of endangered and threatened species for the purposes of scientific research and/or enhancement: NMFS has received a permit application from the North Carolina Aquarium Divis...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Surveys, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > USBC Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing Area The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is conducting the 2000 Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing Area. The 2000 Annual Surveys consist of the Current Industrial Reports surveys, the Annual Survey of Manufactures, the Survey of Industrial Research...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Defense Department

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Corps of Engineers; Grant of Partially Exclusive License In accordance with 37 CFR 404.7(b)(1)(i), announcement is made of a prospective partially exclusive license of U.S. Patent No. 5,202,034 entitled "Apparatus and Method for Removing Water from Aqueous Sludges," issued April 13, 1993.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Request To Use Alternative Procedures in Preparing a License Application Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Algonquin Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Algonquin Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Algonquin LNG, Inc.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Algonquin LNG, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Consumers Energy Company Michigan Electric Transmission Company; Notice of Filing Consumers Energy Co. et al.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department > FERC East Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff East Tennessee Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Maine Public Service Company; Notice of Filing Maine Public Service Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Maritimes Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Pontook Operating Limited Partnership, Complainant, v. Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Respondent; Notice of Complaint Pontook Operating L.P.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Sea Robin Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Sea Robin Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Sithe Fore River Development LLC and Sithe Mystic Development LLC; Notice of Issuance of Order Sithe Fore River Development LLC et al.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southern Company Energy Marketing L.P., et al.; Notice of Issuance of Order Southern Co. Energy Marketing L.P. et al.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Canal Emirates Power International, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Canal Emirates Power International, Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Williams Energy Marketing Trading Co. et al.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Record of Decision; JEA Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor Project, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared an environmental impact statement (EIS) (DOE/EIS-0289) to assess the environmental impacts associated with a proposed project that would be cost-shared by DOE and JEA (formerly the Jacksonville Electric Aut...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Line No. 2039 Pipeline Relocation Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues El Paso Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Golden Field Office; Fiscal Year 2001 Broad Based Solicitation for Submission of Financial Assistance Applications Involving Research, Development and Demonstration The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing its intention to issue the Fiscal Year 2001 Broad Based Solicitation for Submission of Financial Assistance Applications Involving Research, Development and Demonstration (herein referred to as Broad...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Energy Department Office of Science; Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program-Notice 01-01 The Office of Science of the Department of Energy hereby announces its continuing interest in receiving grant applications for support of work in the following program areas: Basic Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Advanced Scien...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Regulations Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice Off-the-record communications	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

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 07, 2000

Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Control of Emissions From New Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines Rated Above 19 Kilowatts and New Land-Based Recreational Spark-Ignition Engines We find that land-based nonroad spark-ignition (SI) engines rated above 19 kilowatts (kW), as well as all land-based recreational nonroad spark-ignition engines, cause or contribute to air quality nonattainment in more than one ozone or carbon monoxi...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Control of Emissions From Nonroad Large Spark Ignition Engines, Recreational Engines (Marine and Land-Based), and Highway Motorcycles With this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), we are continuing with our process of establishing standards for nonroad engines and vehicles that cause or contribute to air pollution. The ANPRM addresses nonroad engines and vehicles that ha...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Final Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Ventura County Air Pollution District EPA is finalizing limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) proposed in the Federal Register on March 9, 2000. This limited approval and limited disapproval action will incorporate Rules 1...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Hearing This Notice announces that Kanoria Chemicals and Industries, Ltd., (Kanoria), has filed objections to a Notice of Intent to Suspend Registration of Pesticide Product(s) Containing Lindane, namely Lindane Technical Crystals (EPA Reg. No. 66951-1) and...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Voda Petroleum Sup...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Water supply:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Radionuclides; Final Rule Today, EPA is finalizing maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs), maximum contaminant levels (MCLs), and monitoring, reporting, and public notification requirements for radionuclides. Today's rule is only applicable to community water systems. Today'...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve; establishment (EO 13178)	Presidential Document	Dec 07, 2000

Special observances

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, 2000 Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, National (Proc. 7384)	Presidential Document	Dec 07, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Petitions for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority, Comments Requested The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
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 07, 2000
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 07, 2000
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 07, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval The Federal Communications Commissions, 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...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are owned by agencies of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Fo...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > IHS Request for Public Comment: 60-Day; Proposed Collection: IHS Scholarship Program Application In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, to provide a 60-day advance opportunity for public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) is publishing for comment a summa...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Customer and Other Partners Satisfaction Surveys In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for the opportunity for public comment on the proposed data collection projects, the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center (CC), the National Institute...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval; Guidance for Industry on How to Use E-Mail to Submit Information to the Center for Veterinary Medicine The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled "Guidance for Industry on How to Use E-Mail to Submit Information to the Center for Veterinary Medicine" has been approved by the Office of Management and...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Agency information collection request:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Proposed Collection: Comment Request; Revision of OMB No. 0925-0001/exp.02/28/01, “Research and Research Training Grant Applications and Related Forms” In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Office of Extramural Research, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) wi...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute; Call for Nominations for the National Cancer Institute Director's Liaison Group National Cancer Institute Director's Liaison Group	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Notice of Closed Meeting National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department Meeting of the National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee. The meeting will be open to the public, with attenda...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institue of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Notice of Close Meeting National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Mental Health	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Closed Meeting National Library of Medicine	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Closed Meeting National Library of Medicine	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings. Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Methods and Compositions for the Detection and Treatment of Insulin Dependent Diabetes This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license worldwide to practice the inventi...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Compositions and Methods for the Stimulation of Proliferation and Differentiation of Pancreatic Cells Ex Vivo This notice in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive world-wide license to practice the inventio...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing (SACGT) was chartered to advise the Department of Health and Human Services on the medical, scientific, ethical, legal, and social issues raised by the development and use of genetic tests. SACGT...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Health and Human Services Department Final PHS Policy for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) in collaboration with the Agency Research Integrity Liaison Officers for each of the Public Health Service (PHS) Operating Divisions, announced on July 21, 2000, (65 FR 45381) the availability for public comment...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Vessel documentation and measurement:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Citizenship Standards for Vessel Ownership and Financing; American Fisheries Act The Coast Guard amends citizenship requirements for fishing vessels of less than 100 feet in length that are eligible for a fishery endorsement, by increasing the percentage of interest in a vessel required to be owned and controlled by U.S. citizens...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Community Planning and Development Formula Programs: Assisting Persons With Disabilities-Recipients' Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Responsibilities and Involvement of Persons With Disabilities in Planning Actions The purpose of this notice is to reemphasize the responsibility of Community Planning and Development formula grant program recipients to: (1) Affirmatively further fair housing which includes analyzing compliance with the multifamily design and cons...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit Endangered and threatened species permit applications	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals Marine mammal permit applications	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Human services:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Financial Assistance and Social Services Programs; Correction This document contains corrections to the final regulations which were published Friday, October 20, 2000 (65 FR 63144). The regulations amended the existing regulations to incorporate new service delivery systems within the Financial Assistance and...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Indian tribes, acknowledgment of existence determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Receipt of Petitions for Federal Acknowledgment of Existence as an Indian Tribe Notice.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Great Lakes Panel Meeting This notice announces meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force Great Lakes Panel. The meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Migratory bird hunting:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Migratory Bird Hunting; Temporary Approval of Tin Shot as Nontoxic for Hunting Waterfowl and Coots During the 2000-2001 Season The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) amends 50 CFR 20.21(j) to grant temporary approval of tin shot as nontoxic for hunting waterfowl and coots during the 2000-2001 season only. Acute toxicity studies revealed no adverse effects over a...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Public land orders:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Order No. 7470; Partial Revocation of Executive Order Dated April 17, 1926; New Mexico This order partially revokes an Executive order insofar as it affects 39.91 acres of land withdrawn for the Bureau of Land Management's Public Water Reserve No. 107. The land does not meet the criteria for a public water reserve. This action will ope...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain Expandable Polystyrene Resins From Korea On November 16, 2000, the Department of Commerce published notice in the Federal Register of a negative final determination of sales at less than fair value in connection with the subject investigation (65 FR 69284). Accordingly, pursuant to Sec. 207...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Justice Department

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 225); Application for Registration Renewal (DEA Form 225a); and Affidavit for Chain Renewal (DEA Form 225B).	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
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 224); Application for Registration Renewal (DEA Form 224a); and Affidavit for Chain Renewal (DEA Form 224B).	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection Comment Request Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Revision of a currently approved collection; Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program Request for Drawdown.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Justice Department Agency Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Extension of currently approved information collection; Complaint Form, Coordination and Review Section, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Immigration:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Asylum and Withholding Definitions This rule proposes to amend the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations that govern establishing asylum and withholding eligibility. This rule provides guidance on the definitions of "persecution" and "membership in a particular...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Labor Department

Safety and health standards:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Occupational Exposure to Cotton Dust OSHA is proposing to amend the Cotton Dust Standard to add batch kier washed cotton to the types of washed cotton granted partial exemption from the Cotton Dust Standard, because those methods greatly reduce the risk of byssinosis when that cotton is...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2000
Labor Department > OSHA Occupational Exposure to Cotton Dust OSHA is issuing a direct final rule amending its occupational health standard for Cotton Dust, which was issued in 1978 and amended in 1985, to add cotton washed in a batch kier system to the types of washed cotton partially exempt from the cotton du...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000
Labor Department > OSHA Occupational Exposure to Cotton Dust: Notice of the Availability of a Lookback Review Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has completed a lookback review of its Cotton Dust Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1043, pursuant to Sec. 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and Sec. 5 of Executive Order 12866. That review, "Regulato...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Emergency Medical Services and Evacuation This proposed rule would amend the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) by adding a prescription and clause requiring contractors to make all arrangements for emergency medical services and evacuation for its employees when performing a NASA contract outside th...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2000

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National Transportation Safety Board

Aircraft accidents; hearings, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
National Transportation Safety Board Public Hearing Port Hueneme, CA; Alaska Airlines Flight 261; accident	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the Proposed Information Collection Initiative The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has prepared a proposed initiative for the voluntary submittal of information by external stakeholders about the impact that licensing actions and other regulatory activities have on maintaining safe...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of Mr. William Kimbley Mrs. Joan Kimbley; Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC-Licensed Activities (Effective Immediately) Kimbley, William, et al.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Management Company, LLC; Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Nuclear Management Co., LLC	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent storage; licensing requirements:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC-UMS Revision The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations revising the NAC International (NAC) Universal Storage System (NAC-UMS) listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to include Amendment No. 1 to the Cer...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC-UMS Revision The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations revising the NAC International (NAC) Universal Storage System (NAC-UMS) listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to include Amendment No. 1 to the Certificate o...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Personnel Management Office

Excepted service:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Excepted Service This gives notice of positions placed or revoked under Schedules placed under Schedule C in the excepted service, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program Between the Office of Personnel Management and the Social Security Administration OPM is publishing notice of its computer matching program with SSA to meet the reporting and publication requirements of Public Law 100-503, the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988. In this match, SSA records are used in redeterminin...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Advantus Series Fund, Inc., et al. Notice of application for an order under Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), for exemptions from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a), and 15(b) of the 1940 Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation of Alternative Trading Systems; Extension of Temporary Stay of Effectiveness The Securities and Exchange Commission extends the stay of effectiveness of Rules 301(b)(5)(i)(D) and (E) and 301(b)(6)(i)(D) and (E) until December 1, 2001. These provisions relate to alternative trading systems that trade certain categories of debt...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC To Extend for an Additional 90 Days Its Pilot Program Relating to Facilitation Cross Transactions American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., Relating to Membership Fees Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by the Depository Trust Company Relating to a New Tax Service Called DALI Depository Trust Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to Audit Committee Requirements for Listed Companies Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: Summer Institute on Education Reform for Nigerian Tertiary Education Administrators and Policy Makers The African Programs Branch of the Office of Academic Exchange Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for a Summer Institute on Education Reform for Nigerian Tertiary Education Administrators and Poli...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; College and University Affiliations Program for Algeria; Request for Grant Proposals The Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for an assistance award program to support the development of programs of instruction and faculty training at one or more univer...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; Project in Curriculum Development and Faculty Training at the University of Pristina, Kosovo; Request for Grant Proposals The Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Department of State announces an open competition for an assistance award to support the development of programs of instruction and faculty training at...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB V and S Railway, Inc.-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Central Kansas Railway, L.L.C. Central Kansas Railway, L.L.C.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
DOT, STB County of Coahoma, MS-Acquisition Exemption-Line of Illinois Central Railroad Company Illinois Central Railroad Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
DOT, STB Kern W. Schumacher and Morris H. Kulmer-Continuance in Control Exemption-V and S Railway, Inc. VS Railway, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

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Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Notice of Meeting of the Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Services (ISAC-13) The Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Services will hold a meeting on December 12, 2000, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The meeting will be opened to the public from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., and closed to the public from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Major Capital Investment Projects The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) requires the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to issue regulations on the manner in which candidate projects for capital investment grants and loans for new fixed guideway systems and ex...	Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Docket RSPA-98-4957; Notice 24 Notice of Request To Extend Existing Information Collection As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) is publishing its intention to combine two existing information collections into one. OPS is combining Manag...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Transportation Department > RSPA Extension of Existing Information Collection: Public Comment Request and OMB Approval This is the second notice of requests for public participation in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval process for extension of an existing Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) collection of information. RSPA is requestin...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000
Transportation Department > MARAD Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The nature...	Notice	Dec 07, 2000

Hazardous materials transportation:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Hazardous Materials: Temporary Reduction of Registration Fees Because there is an unexpended balance in the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grants fund, RSPA proposes to temporarily lower the registration fees paid by persons who transport or offer for transportation in commerce certain categories an...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2000

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Vessel documentation and measurement:

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Federal Register December 7, 2000

Agencies Publishing on December 7, 2000

Agriculture Department

Emergency declarations:

Milk marketing orders:

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Export licensing:

Fishery conservation and management:

Patent cases:

Permits:

Surveys, determinations, etc.:

Defense Department

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Education Department

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Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Practice and procedure:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:

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

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

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

Water supply:

Executive Office of the President

Special observances

Federal Communications Commission

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Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Health and Human Services Department

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Agency information collection request:

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Meetings:

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Homeland Security Department

Vessel documentation and measurement:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Interior Department

Human services:

Indian tribes, acknowledgment of existence determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

Migratory bird hunting:

Public land orders:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Immigration:

Labor Department

Safety and health standards:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

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Aircraft accidents; hearings, etc.:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent storage; licensing requirements:

Personnel Management Office

Excepted service:

Privacy Act:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Securities:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

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National Transportation Safety Board

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Trade Representative, Office of United States