Federal Register December 8, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on December 8, 2000

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (1)
Agency for International Development (1)
Agriculture Department (3)
Commerce Department (5)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (3)
Defense Department (12)
Energy Department (7)
Environmental Protection Agency (12)
Federal Communications Commission (4)
Federal Reserve System (4)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
Health and Human Services Department (7)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Housing and Urban Development Department (2)
Interior Department (10)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (4)
Labor Department (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
National Archives and Records Administration (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
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National Science Foundation (7)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Postal Service (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (11)
Social Security Administration (1)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (12)
Treasury Department (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (3)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact An environmental assessment on the Council's proposed revisions of its regulations implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq....	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Agency for International Development

Title	Type	Published
Agency for International Development Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance In accordance with Subpart F of the final common rule for the enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended ("Title IX"), this notice lists federal financial assistance administered by USAID that is covered by Title IX. Titl...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Seismic Safety The Rural Utilities Services (RUS) is amending its regulation to update and simplify the requirements of the agency. This final rule provides RUS borrowers, grant recipients, Rural Telephone Bank (RTB) borrowers and the public with updated rules for...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Field office technical guides; changes:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Oregon It is the intention of NRCS in Oregon to issue revisions to Conservation Practice Standards 327, Conservation Cover, and 328, Conservation Crop Rotation, in section IV of the State Technical Guide in Oregon. These practices may be used in conservatio...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Notice of the Release of the Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning Technical Guidance The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) released the draft Technical Guidance For Developing Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (CNMPs) for public review and comment in December 1999. Based on th...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Commerce Department

Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Request for Comments on the President's Conservation Measures and Proposal To Make Permanent the Reserve Preservation Areas in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve On December 4, 2000, President William Jefferson Clinton signed Executive Order 13178 establishing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve (Reserve), pursuant to the National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000 (Act). As...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Call for Applications for Representatives to the Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Council for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve On December 4, 2000, President William Jefferson Clinton signed Executive Order 13178 establishing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve (Reserve). The President's Executive Order requires the Secretary of Commerce or his or...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Italy; Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review In response to an August 31, 2000, request made by Acciai Speciali Terni S.p.A, a producer/exporter of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Italy, and Acciai Speciali Terni USA, Inc., a U.S. importer of subject merchandise, on October 2, 200...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Announcement of Funding Opportunity for Research Project Grants The purpose of this document is to advise the public that CSCOR/COP is soliciting 1-year and 2-year proposals for career development programs commencing in late Fiscal Year (FY 2001) with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2001. The purpose of thes...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Ocean and coastal resource management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Coastal Zone Management Act Federal Consistency Regulations The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revises the regulations implementing the federal consistency provision of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA). The Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990, enacted Nove...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments must be received on or before: January 8, 2001.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Proposed Additions; Procurement List; Correction Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Manual for Courts-Martial; Proposed Amendments The JSC is forwarding final proposed amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, (2000 ed.) (MCM) to the Department of Defense. The proposed changes, resulting from the JSC's 2000 annual review of the MCM, concern the rules of procedu...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Medical and Dental Services for Fiscal Year 2001 Notice is hereby given that on September 30, 2000, the Deputy Chief Financial Officer approved the following reimbursement rates for inpatient and outpatient medical care to be provided in FY 2001. These rates were effective October 1, 2000. The FY 2...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Science Board; Meeting The Defense Science Board will meet in closed session on March 7-8, 2001; May 16-17, 2001; and October 24-25, 2001, at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary of Defense and the Under Sec...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Availability of Patents for Exclusive License Reference the previous Federal Register notice (65 FR 68128), Tuesday, November 14, 2000, the notice announces the availability of Patents for Exclusive, Partially Exclusive or Nonexclusive Licenses. However, the notice should have stated: SBCCOM giv...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Defense Department > USA Availability of Patent Application for Exclusive License SBCCOM gives notice that it is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license in the United States and any applicable foreign country to practice the invention embodied in Patent Application Number 09/692,704 filed 10/19/00, entitled, "Method and Ap...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Defense Department > COE Availability of Exclusive or Partially Exclusive Licenses The Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announces the general availability of exclusive, or partially exclusive licenses under the following patents. Any license granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of the Army is altering five systems of records notices in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Defense Department > USA Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of the Army is altering three systems of records notices in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Defense Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to alter a system of records notices in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The system of records identified as DHA 05, Military Depolyment Is...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Applications Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Florida Power Corporation; Notice of Filing Florida Power Corp.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Energy Department > FERC, Justice Department > INS, International Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission Transwestern Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Transwestern Pipeline Co.; correction	Correction	Dec 08, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Geysers Power Company, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Geyers Power Co., LLC, et al.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Update of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Fees Schedule for Annual Charges for the Use of Government Lands On May 8, 1987, the Commission issued its final rule amending Part 11 of its regulations (Order No. 469, 52 FR 18201( May 14, 1987)). The final rule revised the billing procedures for annual charges for administering Part I of the Federal Power Act,...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Energy conservation:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons The Department of Energy is issuing an interim final rule to amend the regulations for the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons to incorporate the regulatory changes proposed in the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the F...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Modified Tampa South Lateral Extension and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Florida Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule; Request for Comment on Renewal of Information Collection Activities In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), EPA is seeking public comment and information on the following Information Collection Request (ICR): TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule (EPA ICR No. 0586.09, OMB No. 2070-00...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Facilities On September 1, 1995, we promulgated the National Emission Standards for Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Facilities. On January 24, 2000, we proposed to amend the standards to include a separate emission limit for exterior primers used for large c...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production This action proposes national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and Copolymers Production source category. These proposed NESHAP require that PVC and copolymers production facilities, which alre...	Proposed Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement, which was filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Settlement Extension: National Ambient Air Quality Standard; Sulfur Oxides Remand In 1998, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit remanded EPA's decision to not revise the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for sulfur oxides for further explanation by EPA. American Lung Association v. Browner, 134 F. 3d 388 (D....	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: Revision to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) Administrative Code for the Air Pollution Control Program The EPA is approving revisions to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management's (ADEM) Administrative Code submitted on August 10, 2000, by the State of Alabama. The revisions comply with the regulations set forth in the Clean Air Act (CAA). I...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: Revisions to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) Administrative Code for the Air Pollution Control Program The EPA is proposing approval of revisions to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management's (ADEM) Administrative Code submitted on August 10, 2000, by the State of Alabama. The revisions comply with the regulations set forth in the Clean Air...	Proposed Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA raised significant objections to the applicant's preferred alternative and other alternatives due to adverse impacts to wetlands and availability of less damaging alternatives. EPA requested additional information regarding alternatives, air qual...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed National Action Plan for Hexachlorobenzene; Notice of Availability and Solication of Public Comment EPA has developed a draft National Action Plan to promote further voluntary reductions of releases and exposure to Hexachlorobenzene (HCB). This Notice announces the availability of the draft HCB National Action Plan for public review and comment. He...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List EPA Region 5 announces the deletion of the University of Minnesota Rosemount Research Center Site (Site) from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The NPL constitutes appendix B of 40 CFR Part 300 which is th...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Superrfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List The EPA proposes to delete the releases from the University of Minnesota Rosemount Research Center Superfund site (Site) from the NPL and requests public comment on this action. The NPL constitutes appendix B to Part 300 of the National and Hazardous...	Proposed Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Petitions For Agreement To Redefine The Service Area Of Frontier Communications of Minnesota, Inc. In this document, the Common Carrier Bureau provides notice that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has filed a petition requesting the Commission's consent to its proposed alternative "service area" definition for Frontier Communications of M...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Services; Richmond, VA The Commission, at the request of Central Virginia Educational Telecommunications Corporation, licensee of noncommercial station WCVE- TV, substitutes DTV Channel 42 for station WCVE-TV's assigned DTV Channel 24a at Richmond, Virginia. See 65 FR 36...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Radio and television broadcasting:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Revision of Broadcast and Cable EEO Rules and Policies This document grants in part, and denies in part, both one petition for partial reconsideration and clarification and one petition for expedited clarification of the Commission's new broadcast and cable Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) rules and po...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Radio services; special:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Maritime Communications In this document, the Commission proposes to amend the rules governing Automated Maritime Telecommunications Systems (AMTS) and high seas public coast stations. The Commission proposes, among other things, to designate licensing regions and authorize...	Proposed Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Dec 08, 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 08, 2000

Federal Trade Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) information collection requirements contained in its Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Trade Regulation...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Animal Drug Availability Act; Veterinary Feed Directive The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the new animal drug regulations to implement the veterinary feed directive (VFD) drugs section of the Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996 (ADAA). A VFD drug is intended for use in animal feed. Its u...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Tolerances for Residues of New Animal Drugs in Food; Moxidectin The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating the animal drug regulations to correctly reflect the tolerance for moxidectin in cow's milk. This document amends the regulations to state the correct tolerance is 40 parts per billion (ppb). This ac...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Medical devices:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Medical Device; Exemption From Premarket Notification; Class II Devices; Barium Enema Retention Catheters and Tips With or Without a Bag The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing an order granting a petition requesting exemption from the premarket notification requirements for barium enema retention catheters and tips with or without a bag with certain limitations. This rul...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Mile 1084.6, Miami, FL Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District is temporarily changing the regulations governing the West 79th Street Causeway Bridge, mile 1084.6 across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Miami, Florida. This temporary rule establishes scheduled opening...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Longboat Pass and New Pass, Longboat Key, FL The Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on 25 August 2000, to change the regulations governing the operation of the State Road 789 drawbridge across Longboat Pass, Manatee County, and the New Pass bridge, Sa...	Proposed Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Housing programs:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Uniform Physical Condition Standards and Physical Inspection Requirements for Certain HUD Housing; Administrative Process for Assessment of Insured and Assisted Properties This rule establishes for multifamily housing certain administrative processes by which HUD will notify owners of HUD's assessment of the physical condition of their multifamily housing; the owners, under certain circumstances, will be provided an op...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Interior Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive (NSLRSDA) Advisory Committee; Notice of Reestablishment National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Intent To Prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the Proposed Grand Kankakee Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois This notice advises the public that the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and an associated environmental document for the proposed Grand Kankakee Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. The Service is f...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for the San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose designation of critical habitat for the San Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami parvus) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). A total of approximately 22,42...	Proposed Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Resource Advisory Council Meeting, Butte, Montana The Western Montana Resource Advisory Council will convene on January 9, 2001, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the BLM Butte Field Office, 106 North Parkmont, Butte, Montana, 59701. The topic for the meeting will be a discussion on future issues to b...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Update of Documents Incorporated by Reference-API Specification 14A, Tenth Edition MMS is updating one document incorporated by reference in regulations governing oil and gas and sulphur operations in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The new edition of this document incorporated by reference will ensure that lessees use the best...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > OSM Pennsylvania Regulatory Program OSM is reopening the public comment period on Pennsylvania's responses to comments we made in regard to a proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania permanent regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1997 (SMCRA). The am...	Proposed Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Public land orders:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Withdrawal of Public Land on the Beaverhead River; Montana This order withdraws approximately 2,244 acres of public land from surface entry and mining for a period of 50 years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect critical resource values along the Beaverhead River. The land has been and will remain o...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability and Comment Period for the Public Review of the Draft, BLM National Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Management Strategy The BLM is developing a Strategy to improve management of vehicle access on the public lands. In response to the first public comment period, BLM has developed a draft strategy document. A public review copy will be available by December 4, 2000 at B...	Notice	Dec 08, 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 (IGRA), 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...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Proposed Withdrawal; Opportunity for Public Meeting; Colorado The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, proposes to withdraw approximately 12,867 acres of National Forest System lands for 20 years to provide management alternatives. This notice closes this land to location and entry under the mining l...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

International Trade Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

No documents available.

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain Carbon Steel Products From Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and United Kingdom Various countries; correction	Correction	Dec 08, 2000

Justice Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

No documents available.

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended Caribe General Electric Products, Inc., et al	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Dow Chemical Co.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Turtle Mountain Manufacturing Co.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Temporary protected status program designations:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Extension of Designation of Somalia Under Temporary Protected Status Program Somalia; correction	Correction	Dec 08, 2000

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Committee; Notice of Establishment Planetary Protection Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

National Archives and Records Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Records Schedules for Electronic Copies Previously Covered by General Records Schedule 20; Availability and Request for Comments The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Institute of Museum and Library Services, Office of Library Services; Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Evaluation Professional Services Program The Institute of Museum Services has submitted the following public information request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) Cu...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and Mechanical Systems; Notice of Meeting Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and Mechanical Systems; Notice of Meeting Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and Mechanical Systems; Notice of Meeting Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and Mechanical Systems; Notice of Meeting Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Computing-Communications Research; Notice of Meetings Computing-Communications Research Special Emphasis Panel	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation; Notice of Meeting Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation Special Emphasis Panel	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
National Science Foundation Oversight Council for the International Arctic Research Center; Notice of Meeting International Arctic Research Center Oversight Council	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of El Paso Electric Company (Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3); Order Approving Application Regarding Proposed Corporate Restructuring and Approving Conforming Amendments El Paso Electric Co.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Department of Energy; Fort St. Vrain and Three Mile Island, Unit 2, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations; Notice of Docketing of Materials Licenses SNM-2504 and SNM-2508 Amendment Applications Energy Department	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Postal Service

International Mail Manual:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service International Mail; Changes in Postal Rates, Fees, and Mail Classifications The Postal Service, after considering the comments on proposed changes in international postal rates, fees, and mail classifications, submitted in response to its request on September 26, 2000, hereby gives notice that it is implementing the proposed...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public utility holding company filings	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Elfun Trusts, et al.; Notice of Application Notice of application for an order under section 6(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act").	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Nations Fund Trust, et al.; Notice of Application Notice of an application under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from section 12(d)(1)(G)(i)(II) of the Act.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Vision Group of Funds, et al.; Notice of Application Notice of an application under section 17(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Net Tel International, Inc.; Order of Suspension of Trading Net Tel International, Inc.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Incorporated; Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change To Include CSE Rule 11.9(u) and Interpretation .01 Thereunder in the Minor Rule Violation Program Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by the International Securities Exchange LLC, Relating to Listing Procedures International Securities Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Investment of Excess Funds and to Procedures Applicable to the Safeguarding of Such Investments Options Clearing Corp.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No.1 to the Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc., Relating to Equity Housekeeping Amendments Pacific Exchange, Inc.; correction	Correction	Dec 08, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. To Disengage Its Automatic Execution System (“AUTO-X”) for a Period of Thirty Seconds After the Number of Contracts Automatically Executed in a Given Option Meets the AUTO-X Minimum Guarantee for That Option Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Social Security Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request Proposed collection and submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB CSX Transportation, Inc.-Trackage Rights Exemption-Ohio Southern Railroad, Incorporated Ohio Southern Railroad, Inc.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Railroad services abandonment:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB CSX Transportation, Inc.-Discontinuance Exemption-in Hudson County, NJ 1 CSX Transportation, Inc.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fr...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption Part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fr...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption Part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fr...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption Part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fro...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Public Notice of Waiver of Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance Lebanon Municipal Airport, West Lebanon, NH The FAA is considering a proposal that a portion of airport property (approximately 2.06 acres located on the South side of the Terminal Road) is no longer needed for aeronautical use, as shown on the Airport Layout Plan. There appear to be no impact...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-145 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain EMBRAER Model EMB-145 series airplanes. This proposal would require inspection of the bolts on the hinge fittings that attach the spring tab and t...	Proposed Rule	Dec 08, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model AS350B, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350BA, AS350C, AS350D, AS350D1, AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1, AS355F2, and AS355N Helicopters This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale (currently Eurocopter France) Model AS350 and AS355 series helicopters. That AD requires inspecting the fuselage frame...	Proposed Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Announcement of I-69 Status The purpose of this announcement is to provide information on the status of Interstate 69, a transcontinental highway corridor designated by the U.S. Congress to extend from the U.S./Canadian border to the U.S./Mexican border. The public is invited t...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Hazardous materials transportation:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Hazardous Materials Transportation: Status of Applications for Preemption Determination This notice advises interested parties that RSPA's Office of the Chief Counsel maintains (on its internet website and in paper form) a chart showing the current status of each administrative proceeding on applications for a determination that Federal...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision The FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 70 individuals from the vision requirement in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10).	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Transportation Department > FMCSA Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision This notice announces the FMCSA's decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10), for two individuals.	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Controlling Corrosion on Hazardous Liquid and Carbon Dioxide Pipelines We are proposing to change some of the corrosion control standards for hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines. The proposed changes are based on our review of the adequacy of the present standards compared to similar standards for gas pipeline...	Proposed Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > BPD Proposed Collection: Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Guidance Regarding Claims for Certain Income Tax Convention Benefits; Correction This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 8889) which were published in the Federal Register on Monday, July 3, 2000 (65 FR 40993). The final regulations relate to claims for certain income tax convention benefits.	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Allowance for Private Purchase of an Outer Burial Receptacle in Lieu of a Government-Furnished Graveliner for a Grave in a VA National Cemetery Public Law 104-275 was enacted on October 9, 1996. It allowed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a monetary allowance towards the private purchase of an outer burial receptacle for use in a VA national cemetery. Under VA regulation (3...	Notice	Dec 08, 2000
Veterans Affairs Department Outer Burial Receptacles By statute the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is authorized to provide a monetary allowance for each new burial in a VA national cemetery where a privately-purchased outer burial receptacle is used in lieu of a government-furnished graveliner. T...	Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Loan guaranty:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Loan Guaranty: Advertising and Solicitation Requirements This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) loan guaranty regulations by prohibiting advertisements or solicitations from lenders that falsely state or imply that they were issued by or at the direction of VA or any other...	Proposed Rule	Dec 08, 2000

Federal Register December 8, 2000

Agencies Publishing on December 8, 2000

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

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Agency for International Development

Agriculture Department

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Commerce Department

Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Countervailing duties:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Ocean and coastal resource management:

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Defense Department

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Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):

Meetings:

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

Privacy Act:

Energy Department

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Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Energy conservation:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Environmental Protection Agency

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Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Air pollution control:

Air programs:

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

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Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Superfund program:

Superrfund program:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Radio and television broadcasting:

Radio services; special:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission

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Health and Human Services Department

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Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Medical devices:

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Housing programs:

Interior Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Endangered and threatened species:

Meetings:

Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Public land orders:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

International Trade Commission

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Import investigations:

Justice Department

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Pollution control; consent judgments:

Temporary protected status program designations:

Labor Department

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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National Archives and Records Administration

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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National Science Foundation