Federal Register December 15, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on December 15, 2000

Agriculture Department (6)
Commerce Department (5)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (3)
Environmental Protection Agency (13)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (5)
Housing and Urban Development Department (3)
Interior Department (17)
Justice Department (1)
Labor Department (2)
Library of Congress (1)
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Management and Budget Office (3)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (2)
Postal Service (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (10)
Small Business Administration (1)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (7)
Treasury Department (5)

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CCC Notice of Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice announces the Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) intention to request a reinstatement of a previously approved information collection under the Sugar Program. The Sugar Program is authoriz...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Availability of an Environmental Assessment, Decision Notice, and Finding of No Significant Impact for An Amendment to the Hoosier National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan; Brown, Crawford, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, and Perry Counties, Indiana On November 22, 2000, Hoosier National Forest Supervisor, Kenneth G. Day (Responsible Official) decided to amend the 1991 Hoosier National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan). Copies of the Environmental Assessment, Plan Amendment...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Southwestern Region, Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas and Oklahoma; Proposed Projects in the Invasive Plant Analysis Area, Carson National Forest, Portions of Rio Arriba, Mora, Taos, and Colfax Counties; Santa Fe National Forest, Portions of Rio Arriba, Los Alamos, Sandoval, San Miquel, and Mora Counties, New Mexico The Carson National Forest, and Santa Fe National Forest will prepare a joint environmental impact statement (EIS) to analyze information relevant to reduce and control existing populations of invasive plants within the boundaries of the two national...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Agriculture Department > FS Griffin Springs Resource Management Project, Dixie National Forest, Garfield County, Utah The Dixie National Forest, Garfield County, Utah, announced November 16, 1998, its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that would analyze management proposals within the Aquarius Ecosystem Restoration Project. Because a portion...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Loan and purchase programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSA, CCC 2000 Marketing Quota and Price Support for Burley Tobacco The purpose of this final rule is to codify determinations made by the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) with respect to the 2000 crop of burley tobacco. In accordance with the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (1938 Act), the Secret...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > ARS Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive License Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Scenturion, Inc., of Clinton, Washington, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/156,348 filed September 18,1998...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Carbon Steel Products from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom The Department of Commerce ("the Department") and the International Trade Commission ("the Commission"), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), determined that revocation of the antidumping and counterv...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Revocation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Carbon Steel Products From Canada, Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, and Sweden Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), the United States International Trade Commission ("the Commission") determined that revocation of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain carbon...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Fresh Atlantic Salmon from Chile On August 8, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh Atlantic salmon from Chile. The review covers nine producers/exporters of the subject...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Commerce Department > ITA Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Korea: New Shipper Review On October 5, 2000, in response to a request made by Hyundai Pipe Co., Ltd. (HDP), the Department of Commerce (Department) published the notice of initiation of a new shipper review regarding cold-rolled carbon steel flat products from the Republic o...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Countervailing Duty Determination: Honey from Argentina. The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of honey from Argentina from January 2, 2001 until no later than March 5, 2001. This extension is made pursuant to secti...	Notice	Dec 15, 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 and Deletions The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete commodity previously furnished by such agencies.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions and Deletions This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List commodities previously furnished by such agencies.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Intent to Renew Collection 3038-0016, Compliance With Requirements for Designation as a Contract Market The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq., Federal agencie...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Notice of Availability of The National Missile Defense Deployment Final Environmental Impact Statement The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) announces the availability of the National Missile Defense (NMD) Deployment Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). The FEIS assesses the potential impacts associated with the deployment of the N...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Implementation of the Army Transformation Campaign Plan (ATCP) The Department of the Army announces its intent to prepare a PEIS to identify and evaluate the environmental effects associated with implementation of the ATCP.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology Program	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department The Use of Tests as Part of High-Stakes Decision-Making for Students: A Resource Guide for Educators and Policymakers The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights announces the availability of a final document entitled "The Use of Tests as Part of High-Stakes Decision-Making for Students: A Resource Guide for Educators and Policymakers." The resource guide is designed t...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Nicole Gas Production, LTD; Notice of Application Nicole Gas Production, Ltd.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Delmarva Power & Light Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Delmarva Power Light Co. et al.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Control Technology Determinations for Constructed and Reconstructed Major Sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants 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 proposed and continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): C...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, and South Coast Air Quality Management District We are proposing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District (ICAPCD) portion, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) portion, and the San Joaquin Valley Unified...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Nitrogen Oxides Budget Program EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland. The revision consists of amendments to Maryland's Nitrogen Oxides ( NO<INF>X</INF>) Budget Program. The revisions implement the Ozone Transport Commission...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Approval of VOC and NOX RACT Determinations for Individual Source EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions establish and require reasonably available control technology (RACT) for 56 major sources of volatile organic compounds (VOC) a...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Approval of VOC and NOX RACT Determinations for Individual Sources EPA is taking direct final action on revisions to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions establish and require reasonably available control technology (RACT) for 56 major sources of volatile organic compound...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA expressed concern regarding sediment production water quality impacts and aquatic monitoring. EPA recommended optimal balancing of environmental and resource trade-offs by developing a modified preferred alternative that reduces sediment producti...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Mobile Source Outreach Assistance Competition Fiscal Year 2001: Solicitation Notice Today's notice announces the availability of funding and solicits proposals from State, local, multi-State, and tribal air pollution control agencies for mobile sources-related public education and outreach projects. The funding will be allocated by...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Pesticide programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Organophosphate Pesticides; Availability of Interim Risk Management Decision Documents This notice announces the availability of the interim risk management decision documents for seven organophosphate and carbamate pesticides: Coumaphos, fenitrothion, mevinphos, oxamyl, phostebupirim, propetamphos, and tribufos. These decision documen...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food; Correction This notice corrects the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application Regarding a Transgenic Plant-Pesticide This notice announces receipt of an application from Mycogen Seeds c/o Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268, to amend 68467-EUP-2 an experimental use permit (EUP) for the plant-pesticide Bacillus thuringiensis delta endo...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Palmyra Atoll; Proposed Notice of Administrative Settlement In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9600 et seq., notice is hereby given that a proposed Agree...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Toxic substances:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Toxic Substances Control Act Test Guidelines This rule establishes 17 new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) health effects test guidelines in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Establishment of these guidelines provides a series of standardized test procedures and is necessary to ensure e...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Adoption of a Mandatory FCC Registration Number The Commission proposes to amend its rules to require persons and entities doing business with the agency to obtain a unique identifying number, called the FCC Registration Number (FRN), through the Commission Registration System (CORES), and to prov...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Home mortgage disclosure (Regulation C):

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Home Mortgage Disclosure The Board is proposing amendments to Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure) and to the commentary that applies and interprets Regulation C. These amendments would simplify the definition of a "refinancing," require lenders to report requests for pre...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Federal Trade Commission

Industry guides:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals and Pewter Industries The Federal Trade Commission (Commission) announces that it is revising Secs. 23.13 and 23.22 of the Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals and Pewter Industries (Jewelry Guides or Guides), 16 CFR Part 23. The Commission has combined Sec. 23.13, whi...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Rules of Practice The Commission is updating and making other technical corrections and changes to the agency's description of its organization and activities in Part 0 of its Rules of Practice.	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

General Services Administration

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Public Buildings Service; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement; Proposed Federal Courthouse and Office Building, Eugene/Springfield Metro Area, Lane County, Oregon Eugene/Springfield, OR; Federal courthouse and office building	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Harmonisation International Conference; guidelines availability:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA International Conference on Harmonisation; Guidance on E11 Clinical Investigation of Medicinal Products in the Pediatric Population; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled "E11 Clinical Investigation of Medicinal Products in the Pediatric Population." The guidance was prepared under the auspices of the International Conference...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Medical devices:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Medical Devices; Exemptions From Premarket Notification; Class II Devices The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a notice announcing that it has received a petition requesting exemption from the premarket notification requirements for pharmacy compounding systems classified within the intravascular administra...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Medical Devices; Availability of Safety and Effectiveness Summaries for Premarket Approval Applications The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a list of premarket approval applications (PMA's) that have been approved. This list is intended to inform the public of the availability of safety and effectiveness summaries of approved PMA's thr...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Recombinant DNA molecules research:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities: Recombinant DNA Research: Proposed Actions Under the NIH Guidelines Proposed; correction	Correction	Dec 15, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidance for Industry on Botanical Drug Products; Availability; Reopening of Comment Period The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period for the draft guidance for industry entitled "Botanical Drug Products" until March 15, 2001. This draft guidance explains the circumstances under which FDA approval of a new drug...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Management Review Report for Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

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 15, 2000

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Credit Watch Termination Initiative This notice advises of the cause and effect of termination of Origination Approval Agreements taken by HUD's Federal Housing Administration against HUD-approved mortgagees through its Credit Watch Termination Initiative. This notice includes a list o...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > OSM Notice of Proposed Information Collection In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing its intention to request renewed approval for the collection of information under 30 CFR part 840, Permanent Program...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are submitting to OMB for review and approval an information collection request (ICR) to conduct a new survey on "Gulf of Mexico Labor Needs." We are also soliciting comments from the publi...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Federal Coal Lease Application Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and implementing regulations and other applicable statutes, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of a DEIS for the North Jacobs Ranch Coal Lease Application, BLM seria...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Intent To Issue a Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Associated Environmental Assessment, and Finding of No Significant Impact for Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in the Southwest Region This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has prepared a Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP), associated Environmental Assessment (EA), and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Sevilleta La...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Concession contract negotiations:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Concession Contract Negotiations; AK The National Park Service proposes to offer a concession contract authorizing lodging, food and beverage, gifts and merchandise, rental of outdoor recreation equipment, ground transportation and other services for the public at Katmai National Park &...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Concession contracts and permits:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Extension of Expiring Contracts For Up to One Year; Correction The National Park Service published notice of its intention to extend certain expiring concession contracts for a period of up to one year in the Federal Register on December 1, 2000 (pages 75296-75300). Certain contracts were incorrectly identified...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Colorado River Interim Surplus Criteria Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the Council on Environmental Quality's Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), has...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Interior Department > BIA Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Colville Indian Reservation Integrated Resource Management Plan, Colville Confederated Tribes, Colville Reservation, Washington This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) intends to file a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for an Integrated Resource Management Plan (IRMP) for the Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, with the U.S. Envi...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Interior Department > MMS Environmental Assessment Preparation for Proposed Lease Sale 180 in the Western Gulf of Mexico (2001) The Minerals Management Service (MMS) is beginning preparation of an environmental assessment (EA) for proposed Lease Sale 180 (scheduled for August 2001) in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. In January 1997, MMS issued a Call for Information...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Interior Department > NPS Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas Record of Decision.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan and Receipt of an Application for a Permit for the Incidental Take of the Bone Cave Harvestman (Texella reyesi) During Construction and Operation of Commercial Developments on Portions of 5.94 acres (Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) at RR 620 and Great Oaks Drive, Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas (Sultan & Kahn). Sultan and Kahn Partnership, Ltd. (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The Applicant has been assigned permit number TE-03...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs; Tribal Self-Governance This is a rule to implement Tribal Self-Governance, as authorized by Title IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. This rule has been negotiated among representatives of Self-Governance and non-Self-Governance Tribes and the...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council Meeting Location and Time In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C., the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council meetings will be held as indicated below. The agen...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Minerals management:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Oil and Gas Leasing; Geothermal Resources Leasing; Coal Management; Management of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal; Mineral Materials Disposal; and Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws This proposed rule would amend Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mineral resources regulations to increase many fees and to impose new fees to cover BLM's costs of processing certain documents relating to its minerals programs. This would include costs...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2000

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

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Leasing of Sulphur or Oil and Gas in the Outer Continental Shelf-Definition of Affected State This proposed rule would eliminate the definition of "Affected State" from Subpart B, the Oil and Gas Leasing Program. This would mean that the definition of "Affected State" in Subpart A would apply and would eliminate the need for unaffected coasta...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > OSM Maryland Regulatory Program This document contains corrections to the final rule [MD-047- FOR], which was published Wednesday, November 8, 2000 (65 FR 66929). The final rule describes Maryland's procedures for financing abandoned mine land reclamation projects that involve the...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Royalty management:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Royalty or Reduction in Royalty Rates-Deep Water Royalty Relief for OCS Oil and Gas Leases Issued After 2000 This document extends to January 9, 2001, the deadline for submitting comments on the proposed rule revising regulations on royalty relief for oil and gas producers on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The proposed rule provides for suspension or re...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Justice Department

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Authority To Compromise and Close Civil Claims This rule restores to the Code of Federal Regulations language regarding the definition of "gross amount of the original claim" that appears to have been omitted through clerical error when the regulation was previously amended. This amendment added...	Rule	Dec 15, 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 15, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Sumbission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Library of Congress

Copyright office and procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Public Performance of Sound Recordings: Definition of a Service This document corrects a footnote to a proposed rule document published in the Federal Register of December 11, 2000, regarding the public performance of sound recordings: definition of a service.	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2000

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Management and Budget Office

Federal Financial Accounting Standards:

Title	Type	Published
Management and Budget Office Preparing and Auditing Direct Loan and Loan Guarantee Subsidies Under the Federal Credit Reform Act This Notice indicates the availability of the third Financial Accounting and Auditing Technical Release, "Preparing and Auditing Direct Loan and Loan Guarantee Subsidies under the Federal Credit Reform Act." The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Management and Budget Office Reporting on Non-Valued Seized and Forfeited Property This Notice indicates the availability of the fourth Financial Accounting and Auditing Technical Release, "Reporting on Non-Valued Seized and Forfeited Property." The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board cleared the technical release on July 3...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Prompt Payment Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Management and Budget Office Prompt Payment The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is issuing an interim final revision to its rules on the Prompt Payment Act (PPA) to implement Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001. Section 1010 requires agencies to pa...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multiemployer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Interest Assumption for Determining Variable-Rate Premium; Interest Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan Valuations Following Mass Withdrawal This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or are derivable from rates published elsewhere), but...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Single employer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-e...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Changes to the Domestic Mail Manual to Implement Docket No. R2000-1 This final rule sets forth the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards adopted by the Postal Service to implement the rate, fee, and classification changes for all classes of mail included in the Decision of the Governors of the Postal Service in Postal...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application to Withdraw from Listing and Registration; (Ramco Energy plc, American Depositary Shares (Representing Ordinary Shares, Nominal Value 10p Per Share) File No. 1-14582 Ramco Energy plc	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (Resource Bankshares Corporation, Common Stock, $1.50 Par Value) File No. 1-14319 Resource Bankshares Corp.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Options Price Reporting Authority:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Options Price Reporting Authority; Order Approving an Amendment to the Options Price Reporting Authority Plan to Establish Standards for Determining a Participation Fee Consolidated options last sale reports and quotation information plan; participation fee payable by new parties	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of A Proposed Rule Change Relating to Service Fees Depository Trust Co.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Relating to the Authority of the Director of Arbitration to Remove Arbitrators for Cause National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 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., Relating to the Adoption of Transaction Fees New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Archipelago Exchange Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Establishing Two Systems Changes and Corresponding Fees to Members and Member Organizations for Receiving Certain Equity Information on a Real-Time Basis Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Listing and Trading of Basket Linked Notes Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of Michigan; Amendment #2 Michigan	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Safe Handling Rail, Inc.-Operation Exemption-Maine Coast Railroad Corporation, Maine Central Railroad Company, Springfield Terminal Railway Company, and State of Maine Department of Transportation Maine Coast Railroad Corp. et al.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
DOT, STB Texas Mexican Railway Company-Purchase Exemption-Union Pacific Railroad Company Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board is granting a petition for exemption from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323-25 for Texas Mexican Railway Company (Tex Mex) to acquire from Union Pacific Railroad Company and operate (1) the Rosenberg...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

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Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Renewal of Treatment on Government Procurement of Products From Countries Designated Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act Renewal of Treatment on Government Procurement of Products from Countries Designated under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Transportation Department

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for su...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for su...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for su...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance South Carolina Railroad Museum, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity This document grants a request to extend the comment period on an agency proposal to amend the rear and side impact test procedures specified in the federal motor vehicle safety standard on fuel system integrity. The proposed amendment would replace...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Continental General Tire, Inc., Receipt of Application for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Continental General Tire, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Sanctions Against Motor Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders for Failure To Pay Civil Penalties The FMCSA implements section 206 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (MCSIA) by amending the penalty provisions of the rules of practice of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). This action prohibits a motor carrier t...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Financial Management Service; Proposed Collection of Information: Management of Federal Agency Disbursements The Financial Management Service, 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 a continuing information collection. By this no...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

Financial and accounting procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > Customs Service Time Limitation for Requesting Refunds of Harbor Maintenance Fee and for Making Other Claims Against Customs This document proposes to amend the Customs Regulations to establish a one year time limit within which a refund request must be filed for overpayments of Harbor Maintenance Fees that were paid quarterly and for making other claims against Customs. T...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Procedure and administration:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Relief for Service in Combat Zone and for Presidentially Declared Disaster This document contains final regulations relating to the postponement of certain tax-related deadlines due either to service in a combat zone or a Presidentially declared disaster. The regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Taxpayer Relie...	Rule	Dec 15, 2000

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OFAC Payments to Persons Who Hold Certain Categories of Judgment Against Cuba or Iran This notice explains the manner in which the Department of the Treasury interprets the direction in Section 2002 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, Public Law No. 106-386 ("Section 2002") to pay post-judgment interest...	Notice	Dec 15, 2000

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Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Loan and purchase programs:

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

Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Antidumping:

Countervailing duties:

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

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

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Pesticide programs:

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Superfund program:

Toxic substances:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Federal Reserve System

Home mortgage disclosure (Regulation C):

Federal Trade Commission

Industry guides:

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General Services Administration

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Health and Human Services Department

Harmonisation International Conference; guidelines availability:

Medical devices:

Recombinant DNA molecules research:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Housing and Urban Development Department

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Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Interior Department

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Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Concession contract negotiations:

Concession contracts and permits:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act:

Meetings:

Minerals management:

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

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Royalty management:

Justice Department

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Labor Department

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Library of Congress

Copyright office and procedures:

M Management and Budget Office

Federal Financial Accounting Standards:

Prompt Payment Act; implementation:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multiemployer plans:

Single employer plans:

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