Federal Register December 11, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on December 11, 2000

Agriculture Department (8)
Commerce Department (8)
C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (3)
Education Department (3)
Energy Department (35)
Environmental Protection Agency (8)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (6)
Health and Human Services Department (4)
Homeland Security Department (3)
Interior Department (10)
Justice Department (3)
Labor Department (3)
Library of Congress (3)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (1)
Postal Service (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (12)
State Department (3)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (10)
Treasury Department (4)

Agriculture Department

Cherries (tart) grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin; Secretary's Decision and Referendum Order on Proposed Amendment of Marketing Agreement and Order No. 930 This decision proposes amendments to the marketing agreement and order (order) for tart cherries and provides growers and processors with the opportunity to vote in a referendum to determine if they favor the proposed amendments. The proposed amendme...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Child nutrition programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Certification Integrity This final rule adopts an interim rule amending 7 CFR part 246 which was published on January 21, 2000, at 65 FR 3375 for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). The interim rule and this final rule implement...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS North Elkhorns Project; Including Timber Harvest and Prescribed Fire. Helena National Forest, Jefferson County, Montana. The USDA, Forest Service is gathering information and preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the North Elkhorns Vegetation Project located approximately 9 air miles southeast of Helena, Montana. The Forest Service proposes to thin, usi...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Agriculture Department > FS Maudlow-Toston Post-Fire Salvage, Sale, Townsend Ranger District, Helena National Forest, Broadwater County, Montana The Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on a proposal to harvest merchantable fire-damaged trees from the Maudlow--Toston wildfire area. The proposed action includes salvage timber harvest in roaded areas and stewardship pro...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Research, Education, and Economics; Research Program on Health and Nutrition Effects of Popular Weight-Loss Diets: Notice of Public Meeting The Department of Agriculture (USDA) (a) provides notice of a public meeting on the Research Program on Health and Nutrition Effects of Popular Weight-loss Diets (Program) (b) solicits written comments on the Program, and (c) solicits oral comments o...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Agriculture Department Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area (SRA) Advisory Council An Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area Advisory Council meeting will convene in Salem, Oregon on Saturday, January 6, 2001. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m., and will conclude at approximately 2:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Sal...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Agriculture Department Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area (SRA) Advisory Council An Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area Advisory Council meeting will convene in Stayton, Oregon on Monday, January 22, 2001. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., and will conclude at approximately 8:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the South...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Notice of Availability of a Programmatic Environmental Assessment Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), has prepared a programmatic level analysis of certain environmental effects of combustion turbines utilized for electric utility applications and offers guidance on Sec. 1794.15 of its En...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Export Trade Certificate of Review The Secretary of Commerce issued an export trade certificate of review to U.S. Export & Trading Company. Because this certificate holder has failed to file an annual report as required by law, the Department is initiating proceedings to revoke the ce...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Export Trade Certificate of Review The Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to The Geothermal Energy Association ("GEA") on November 13, 2000. Notice of issuance of the original Certificate was published in the Federal Register on February 9, 199...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Commerce Department > PTO Reopening of the Time Period for Acceptance of Comments on Preliminary Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters On Tuesday, October 17, 2000, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published a notice seeking comments on a convention being negotiated by the Hague Conference on Private International Law that is designed to create common jurisdictional rul...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EAB International Import Certificate The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Commerce Department > EAB One-time Report for Foreign Software or Technology Eligible for De Minimis Exclusion The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fisheries; 2000 Specifications; Adjustment; Closure NMFS adjusts the 2000 annual specifications for the Atlantic herring fishery including total joint venture processing (JVPt), joint venture processing (JVP), internal waters processing (IWP), U.S. at-sea processing (USAP), and total allowable catch (...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000
Commerce Department > NOAA Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan NMFS issues this final rule to implement approved measures contained in the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP). These regulations implement the following measures: A target total allowable catch (TAC) level for each of three management ar...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

International services surveys:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EAB International Services Surveys: BE-82, Annual Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Unaffiliated Foreign Persons These final rules revise regulations for the BE-82, Annual Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Unaffiliated Foreign Persons. The BE-82 survey is mandatory and is conducted annually, in which years t...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Kenya Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mauritius Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Taiwan Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Dec 11, 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 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Web-Based Education Commission; Press Conference This notice announces the press conference of the Web-based Education Commission. Notice of this press conference is in accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This document is intended to notify the general public of...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Special education and rehabilitative services:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Special Demonstration Programs The Secretary issues regulations governing the Special Demonstration Programs. These regulations are needed to implement changes in the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998. The regulations provide definitions and requirements for grants and contrac...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Algonquin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Algonquin Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Bitter Creek Pipelines, LLC; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order Bitter Creek Pipelines, LLC	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Chandeleur Pipe Line Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Chandeleur Pipe Line Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Colorado Interstate Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff El Paso Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Tariff Filing El Paso Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Florida Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership; Notice of Tariff Filing Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC K N Wattenberg Transmission Limited Liability Co.; Notice of Tariff Filing KN Wattenberg Transmission L.L.C.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Tariff Filing Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization Koch Gateway Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing Mississippi River Transmission Corp.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing PGE Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southern Natural Gas Company, Notice of Settlement Compliance Filing Southern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Revised Tariff Sheets Southern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes to FERC Gas Tariff Southern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Cashout Report Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Texas Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes In FERC Gas Tariff Texas Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department Texas Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Texas Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Transwestern Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Transwestern Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Dynegy Midwest Generation, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Dynegy Midwest Generation, Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Indiana Michigan Power Company; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment Indiana Michigan Power Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > BPA Schultz-Hanford Area Transmission Line Project This notice announces BPA's intention to prepare an EIS on the construction, operation, and maintenance of a 59-mile-long 500-kilovolt (kV) single-circuit transmission line in Kittitas, Yakima, Grant, and/ or Benton Counties, State of Washington. In...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department National Energy Technology Laboratory; Notice of Availability of a Financial Assistance Solicitation The Department of Energy announces that it intends to conduct a competitive Program Solicitation, DE-PS26-01NT41094, and award financial assistance (Cooperative Agreements) for the program entitled "Industries of the Future, Emerging Technology Deplo...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department National Energy Technology Laboratory; Notice of Availability of a Financial Assistance Solicitation Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue Financial Assistance Solicitation No. DE-PS26-01NT41104 entitled "Power Plant Improvement Initiative." A draft program solicitation, as a precursor to potentially awarding multiple financial assistance co...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Natural Gas Policy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is amending Sec. 284.12 of its regulations governing standards for conducting business practices and electronic communication with interstate natural gas pipelines to incorporate by reference the most recent v...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Power rate adjustments:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > WAPA Formula Rates for the Central Arizona Project 115-kV/230-kV Transmission System-Rate Order No. WAPA-88 Notice is given of the confirmation and approval by the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) of Rate Order No. WAPA-88 and Rate Schedules CAP-FT1, CAP-NFT1, and CAP-NITS1 placing Formula Rates for firm point-to-point transmission servic...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Energy Department > WAPA Proposed Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects Firm Power Rate Formula Adder The Western Area Power Administration's (Western) Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Management Center (MC) published a Notice of Proposed Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects (SLCA/IP) Firm Power Rate Formula Adder in the Federal Register (65...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Emission Certification and Participation in AB&T for Nonroad CI Engines and Nonroad SI Engines at or Below 19 kW In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Non-road Comp...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Measuring Success of EPA Compliance Assistance In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval: Measuring Success of...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Operating Permits Program; Notice of Comment Period on Program Deficiencies The EPA is announcing a 90-day comment period for members of the public to identify deficiencies they perceive exist in State and local agency operating permits programs required by title V of the Clean Air Act (Act). The deficiencies the public clai...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations; Consistency Update for California EPA is proposing to update a portion of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air Regulations. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of states' seaward boundaries must be updated periodically to remain consistent with the requireme...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District EPA is finalizing a limited approval and limited disapproval of a revision to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District's (VCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This action was proposed in the Federal Register on...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio EPA is redesignating Cuyahoga and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, to attainment for particulate matter nominally 10 microns in aerodynamic diameter and smaller (PM10). EPA is also approving Ohio's plan for maintaining air quality at levels below the applic...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Hazardous waste:

Title	Type	Published
EPA, PBGC, SEC Hazardous Waste Management System; Proposed Exclusion for Identification and Listing Hazardous Waste Exclusions; correction	Correction	Dec 11, 2000

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisi...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Age Discrimination in Employment Act:

Title	Type	Published
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Waivers of Rights and Claims: Tender Back of Consideration The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) is publishing this final regulation stating that, under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, employees cannot be required to tender back the consideration received under a...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Providing Compensation to America's Nuclear Weapons Workers Nuclear weapons workers, providing compensation for (EO 13179)	Presidential Document	Dec 11, 2000
Executive Office of the President Air Traffic Performance-Based Organization Traffic Organization; establishment (EO 13180)	Presidential Document	Dec 11, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Public Information Collection Approved by Office of Management and Budget Reporting and recordkeeping requirements	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Policy Forum on Market Entry Barriers Chairman William E. Kennard and Commissioner Gloria Tristani of the Federal Communications Commission will host a policy forum on market entry barriers faced by small, women- and minority-owned businesses in the communications industry. The purpose o...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Willows and Dunnigans, California This document denies the petition for reconsideration filed by Marysville Radio, Inc. and Roseville Radio, Inc., of our Report and Order, 60 FR 55332 (October 31, 1995) which substituted Channel 288B1 for Channel 288A and reallotted Channel 288B1 fro...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Meeker and Craig, CO This document denies a petition filed on behalf of Western Slope Communications, L.L.C., permittee of Station KAYW, Channel 251C, Meeker, Colorado, requesting the reallotment of Channel 251C from Meeker to Craig, Colorado, and modification of the aut...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Strattanville and Farmington Township, PA The Commission, at the request of West Wind Broadcasting, allots Channel 267A at Strattanville, Pennsylvania, as the community's first local aural transmission service (RM-9461). See 64 FR 8782, February 23, 1999. At the request of Clarion County Bro...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
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 a Notice of Final Disposition of Animals Not Intended for Immediate Slaughter 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 a Notice of Final Disposition of Animals Not Intended For Immediate Slaughter" has been approved by t...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Shipment of a Blood Product Prior to Completion of Testing for Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HbsAg); and Shipment of Blood Products Known Reactive for HBsAg The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Notice of Meetings SAMHSA Special Emphasis Panels	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Findings of Scientific Misconduct Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the following case: Michael K. Hartzer, Ph.D., Oakland University: Based on the report of an investigation conducted...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Hawaii; Major Disaster and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Hawaii (FEMA-1348-DR), dated November 9, 2000, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Oklahoma; Major Disaster and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-1349-DR), dated November 27, 2000, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Oklahoma; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma, (FEMA-1349-DR), dated November 27, 2000, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Number 1004-0107 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing its intention to request extension of an existing approval to collect certain information from respondents identified in 43 CFR 2800 and 2880. T...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Number 1004-0009 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing its intention to request extension of an existing approval to collect certain information from applicants who wish to acquire a Land Use Authori...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Number 1004-0042 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing its intention to request extension of an existing approval to collect certain information from those individuals requesting to adopt a wild hors...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Interior Department > USGS Request for Public Comments on Extension of Existing Information Collection To Be Submitted to OMB for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act The collection of information referred herein applies to a World-Wide Web site that permits individuals who observed malformed amphibians or who inspect substantial numbers of normal or malformed amphibians to report those observations and related in...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Boundary establishment, descriptions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Consideration of the Accuracy of the Eastern Boundary of the Sandia Pueblo Grant and Request for Additional Information The U.S. Department of the Interior announces that it will be considering the accuracy of the eastern boundary of the Sandia Pueblo Grant to determine whether to conduct a resurvey of the boundary. The Department received a request dated November 21,...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Environmental statements, notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Notice of Intent To Discontinue Preparation of an Environmental Assessment for the Conversion of a Portion of Strawberry Valley Project Water from Irrigation to Municipal and Industrial Use Recent discussions among the Department, Strawberry Water Users Association, and the South Utah Valley Municipal Water Association have resulted in a decision to terminate work on contracts to convert Strawberry Valley Project water from agricultural...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Keechelus Dam Safety of Dams Modification, Yakima Project, Washington Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (Draft EIS) to examine the impacts of...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

National Register of Historic Places:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations Pending nominations	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Realty Action: FLPMA Sec. 302 Lease, Iliamna Lake Mr. Ted J. Forsi has submitted an application to lease public land. The lease is to be used in conjunction with an existing Special Recreation Permit (SRP). He has held the SRP since 1992. The Permit allows him to guide hunting and fishing clients. H...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action: Commercial Lease of Public Lands The Notice of Realty Action involves a long term lease of public lands administered by the Bureau of Land management in Clark County, Nevada. The lease is intended to authorize Buffalo Westcliff Ltd. Partnership (N-73883) to utilize the land for a pu...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department 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 11, 2000
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department 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 11, 2000

Schedules of controlled substances:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Schedule of Controlled Substances: Placement of Dichloralphenazone Into Schedule IV This proposed rule is issued by the Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to expressly list dichloralphenazone as a Schedule IV controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This proposed action is based...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > DOL Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Education and training:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Hazard Communication (HazCom) MSHA is announcing a public hearing regarding the Agency's interim final rule on Hazard Communication and extending the comment period. The hazard communication requirements were published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2000 (65 FR 59048). The...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Library of Congress

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings Due to the ruling by the Copyright Office that broadcasters are not exempt from copyright liability when they retransmit over the Internet copyrighted works contained on their AM and FM radio signals, the Library of Congress is providing an additiona...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Copyright office and procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Public Performance of Sound Recordings: Definition of a Service The Copyright Office is amending its regulatory definition of a "Service" for purposes of the statutory license governing the public performance of sound recordings by means of digital audio transmissions in order to clarify that transmissions of a b...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000
Library of Congress > COLC Public Performance of Sound Recordings: Definition of a Service On April 17, 2000, the Digital Media Association ("DiMA") filed a petition with the Copyright Office, requesting that the Office initiate a rulemaking proceeding to amend the rule that defines the term "Service" for purposes of the statutory license...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2000

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice of Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, et al. (Haddam Neck Plant); Notice of Closure of the Public Comment Period for the Haddam Neck Plant License Termination Plan Commonwealth Yankee Atomic Power Co. et al.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Hazardous waste:

No documents available.

Multiemployer and single-employer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Premium Rates; Payment of Premium Correction	Correction	Dec 11, 2000

Postal Service

International Mail Manual:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Global Express Guaranteed: Changes in Postal Rates The Postal Service is changing the rates for Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) Document service and Global Express Guaranteed Non- Document service and announcing the inclusion of GXG in the current U.S. Postal Service collection pickup service.	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 11, 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 11, 2000

Hazardous waste:

No documents available.

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission AIG Life Insurance Company, et al. Notice of application for an order pursuant to Section 26(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("1940 Act") approving certain substitution of securities, and pursuant to Section 17(b) of the 1940 Act exempting related transactions from Section 17(a) of the 1940 Act.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission American United Life Insurance Company, et al. Notice of application for an order pursuant to Section 26(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") approving certain substitutions of securities.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated Relating to the Prohibition Against Electronically Generated and Communicated Orders Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. Relating to Permanent Approval of Live Ammo to RAES Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Extension of the Effective Date of Phase Three for Order Audit Trail System Rules National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Listing and Trading of an Exchange Traded Fund Based on the S&P Global 100 Index New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. To Extend the Pilot Regarding Shareholder Approval of Stock Option Plans Through February 28, 2001 New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Clearing Member Affiliates Options Clearing Corp.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Concerning Reporting, Examination, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements Related to Off-Floor Trading Organizations and Their Affiliated Traders Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Extending the Pilot Program for Exchange Rule 98, Emergency Committee Until April 30, 2001 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.; correction	Correction	Dec 11, 2000

State Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Shipping Coordinating Committee; Renewal of the Shipping Coordinating Committee Shipping Coordinating Committee	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Shipping Coordinating Committee; Subcommittee on Stability of Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety; Notice of Meeting Cancellation Shipping Coordinating Committee	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
State Department Shipping Coordinating Committee; Subcommittee on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping; Notice of Meeting Cancellation Shipping Coordinating Committee	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Fees:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Regulations Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection With Licensing and Related Services-2000 Update The Board adopts its 2000 User Fee Update and revises its fee schedule at this time to recover the cost associated with the January 2000 Government salary increases plus increases to its Federal Register publication costs.	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Texas Pacifico Transportation, Ltd.-Lease 1 and Operation Exemption-State of Texas Texas Pacifico Transportation, Ltd.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment of Class E5 Airspace; Meridian, MS This action makes a technical amendment to the Class E5 airspace at Meridian, MS. The Navy Meridian NDB has been decommissioned. Therefore, the airspace legal description must be amended to reflect this change.	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Model HH-1K, TH-1F, TH-1L, UH-1A, UH-1B, UH-1E, UH-1F, UH-1H, UH-1L, and UH-1P; and Southwest Florida Aviation SW204, SW204HP, SW205, and SW205A-1 Helicopters Manufactured by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. for the Armed Forces of the United States This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2000-22-51, which was sent previously by individual letters to all known U.S. owners and operators of Model HH-1K, TH-1F, TH-1L, UH-1A, UH-...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Raytheon Model Hawker 800A (U-125A) and Hawker 800XP Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Raytheon Model Hawker 800A (U-125A) and Hawker 800XP series airplanes, that requires inspecting the roller clearance in the nose landing gear drag stay and making any nec...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; S.N. CENTRAIR 101 Series Gliders This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain S.N. CENTRAIR 101 series gliders. This AD requires you to inspect the airbrake control system for cracks; and if cracks are detected, replace the airbrake control system...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Boeing Model 777-200 Series Airplanes; Overhead Crew Rest Compartment These special conditions are issued for the Boeing Model 777- 200 series airplanes, modified by Flight Structures, Inc. The modification consists of the installation of a crew rest compartment located in the vicinity of door three in the overhead are...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Fees:

No documents available.

Hazardous materials transportation:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Application by the Kiesel Company for a Preemption Determination as to Missouri Prohibition Against Recontainerization of Hazardous Waste at a Transfer Facility RSPA is reopening the period for interested parties to submit comments on an application by The Kiesel Company (Kiesel) for an administrative determination whether Federal hazardous material transportation law preempts a Missouri regulation prohibiti...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision The FMCSA is publishing the names of persons denied exemptions from the vision standard in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10) and the reasons for the denials.	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Pipeline safety; waiver petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Intent To Approve Waiver and Environmental Assessment of Waiver for Duke Energy The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) is conducting a Risk Management Demonstration Program with pipeline operators to determine how risk management might be used to complement and improve the existing Federal pipeline safety regulatory process. OPS se...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Intent To Consider Waiver and Environmental Assessment of Waiver for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) is conducting a Risk Management Demonstration Program with pipeline operators to determine how risk management might be used to complement and improve the existing Federal pipeline safety regulatory process. OPS se...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA TREAD Insurance Study This notice announces a request for comments to help the agency conduct the study of insurance data mandated by Congress in the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act (Pub. L. 106-414) signed November 1, 2000...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OTS Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; 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 comment on proposed and continuing information collections, as required by the Paperw...	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 11, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB review; comment request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 11, 2000

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC Rules of Practice and Procedure; Civil Money Penalty Inflation Adjustments The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is amending its rules of practice and procedure to adjust the maximum amount, as set by statute, of each civil money penalty (CMP) within its jurisdiction to account for inflation. This action is re...	Rule	Dec 11, 2000

Federal Register December 11, 2000

Agencies Publishing on December 11, 2000

Agriculture Department

Cherries (tart) grown in

Child nutrition programs:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Meetings:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Fishery conservation and management:

International services surveys:

C Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

Special education and rehabilitative services:

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.:

Natural Gas Policy Act:

Power rate adjustments:

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Air pollution control:

Air programs:

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

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Hazardous waste:

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Age Discrimination in Employment Act:

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions:

Homeland Security Department

Disaster and emergency areas:

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Boundary establishment, descriptions, etc.:

Environmental statements, notice of intent:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

National Register of Historic Places:

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Schedules of controlled substances:

Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Education and training:

Library of Congress

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel:

Copyright office and procedures:

National Credit Union Administration

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Hazardous waste:

Multiemployer and single-employer plans:

Postal Service

International Mail Manual:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Hazardous waste:

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

State Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Meetings:

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements