Federal Register January 9, 2001 (Volume 66)

Agencies Publishing on January 9, 2001

Agriculture Department (6)
Commerce Department (7)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (19)
Environmental Protection Agency (12)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Health and Human Services Department (9)
Homeland Security Department (13)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (11)
Justice Department (1)
Labor Department (1)
Library of Congress (1)
National Archives and Records Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (6)
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (8)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (5)
Treasury Department (6)

Agriculture Department

Electric loans:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Extensions of Payments of Principal and Interest The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) proposes to add procedures and conditions under which Borrowers may request extensions of the payment of principal and interest. These procedures and conditions are stated in RUS Bulletin 20-5:320-2, Extensions of Pa...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has made a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) with respect to a request from Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation for financing assistance from the RUS to finance the constructi...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RBS Inviting Preapplications for Technical Assistance for Rural Transportation Systems The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), an Agency within the Rural Development mission area, announces the availability of two individual grants. One single $500,000 grant from the passenger transportation set aside of the funds appropriated fo...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Meat and poultry inspection:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry Products; Poultry Chilling Requirements The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing regulations to limit the amount of water retained by raw, single- ingredient, meat and poultry products as a result of post-evisceration processing, such as carcass washing and chilling. Raw li...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Program regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSA, RHS, RBS, RUS Loans to Indian Tribes and Tribal Corporations This rule consolidates and revises the Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program (ITLAP) regulations. The rule eliminates the reserve requirement and the waiver of sovereign immunity for all new loans; allows borrowers to use the loan reserve accounts a...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001
Agriculture Department > FSA, RHS, RBS, RUS Implementation of Low-Documentation Direct Operating Loan (Lo-Doc) Regulations This rule amends the regulations governing the Farm Service Agency's direct operating loan (OL) program by simplifying the application process for certain farmers requesting assistance of $50,000 or less and for certain recurring OL applicants. By ma...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Establishment of a Database Containing the Official Insignia of Federally Recognized Native American Tribes The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is proposing to create and maintain a database of the official insignia of federally and state-recognized Native American tribes. The USPTO seeks comments on its proposed method for creating and m...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China; Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce ("the Department") has preliminarily determined that sales by the respondent in this review covering the period December 1, 1998 through November 30, 1999, have been made below normal value ("NV"). In addition, we are preli...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Review: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the Republic of Korea Based on the submissions of the petitioners, E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Co., Arteva Specialities S.a.r.l, d/b/a KoSa, Wellman Inc. and Intercontinental Polymers, Inc., and Samyang Corporation and the Huvis Corporation, Korean polyester staple fiber p...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Fittings From Taiwan Taiwan	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Sea Turtle Conservation; Shrimp Trawling Requirements The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is issuing this final rule to amend the regulations that require most shrimp trawlers to use Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) in the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf Areas of the United States, to reduce the...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold several public meetings, including a 3-day Council meeting, on January 23, 24, and 25, 2001, to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Duri...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Sea Grant Technology Program: Request for Proposals for FY 2001 The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) is entertaining preliminary proposals and subsequently full proposals for a technology transfer and development program to fulfill its broad re...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Delegation of Authority to Disclose and Request Information The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is amending Rule 140.73, which delegates authority to members of the Commission's staff to provide information to other government agencies, to conform the rule with the provisions of the...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Bilingual Education: Field-Initiated Research Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Field-Initiated Research Program	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > EIA Agency Information Collection Activities: Cancellation of Proposed Collection; Comment Request This notice rescinds the notice published in the Federal Register of December 26, 2000, FR Doc. 00-32857, on page 81516, soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision, and extension to the form RW-859, "Nuclear Fuel Data Survey." A revised Fed...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is providing notice of its request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency processing of a proposed collection of information in connection with the California natural gas marke...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff ANR Pipeline Co.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff El Paso Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Erie Boulevard Hydropower L.P. Green Island Power Authority; Notice of Transfer of Ownership Pursuant to an Order of Condemnation and Designation of New Licensee Erie Boulevard Hydropower L.P. et al.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Filing of Report of Cash-Out Activity Florida Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing Koch Gateway Pipeline Co.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Maritimes Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in F.E.R.C. Gas Tariff Northern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Venice Gathering System, L.L.C.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Venice Gathering System, L.L.C.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Pacific Gas and Electric Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Pacific Gas Electric Co. et al.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Reimbursement for Costs of Remedial Action at Active Uranium and Thorium Processing Sites This Notice announces the Department of Energy (DOE) acceptance of claims for reimbursement. Approximately $72 million in funds for FY 2001 are available for reimbursement of certain costs of remedial action at eligible active uranium and thorium pro...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department Office of Science; Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 01-17; Low Dose Radiation Research Program-Pilot Modeling Projects The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research that supports the Low Dose Radiation Research Program. Res...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Science; DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee; Meeting This notice announces a meeting of the DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC). Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho; Meeting This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Idaho. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meeting be announced in the Federal...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Oxides (Sulfur Dioxide); Availability of Information The EPA is announcing today the following actions: The availability of new information on 5-minute average sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) concentrations in the ambient air; The status of EPA's ongoing activities to characterize and address 5-minute...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Air programs; State authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval of the Clean Air Act, Section 112(l) Program and Delegation of Authority to the State of Oklahoma The EPA is proposing to take direct final action on section 112(l) program approval and delegation of authority to Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) has requested delegation of certain Federal National Emission Standar...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Approval of the Clean Air Act (CAA), Section 112(l) Program and Delegation of Authority to the State of Oklahoma The EPA is approving by direct final rulemaking the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality's (ODEQ) request for program approval of adequate authorities and resources to implement and enforce Federal National Emission Standards for Hazardous Ai...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Open Market Emissions Trading Program; Revised Interpretation of Operating Permit Requirements for Emissions Trades The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to conditionally approve New Jersey's State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for ozone. This SIP revision relates to New Jersey's Open Market Emissions Trading Program, which provides a more cost-eff...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Grants and other Federal assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Program Grants-State, Interstate, and Local Government Agencies This final rule revises and updates requirements in several Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations governing grants to State, interstate and local government agencies under several environmental programs. The regulation advances ongoing ef...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Hazardous waste:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Underground Injection Control Program; Hazardous Waste Injection Restrictions; Petition for Exemption-Class I Hazardous Waste Injection; MERISOL USA LLC Notice is hereby given that an exemption to the land disposal restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act has been granted to MERISOL USA LLC (Merisol) for a Class I injection well lo...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the FederalInsecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended,EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants tovoluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Spinosad; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of spinosad in or on alfalfa forage, alfalfa hay, sugar beets, sugar beet tops, sugar beet molasses, grass forage, grass hay, peanuts, and peanut hay and, modifies tolerances for livest...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Nutrient Criteria Development; Notice of Ecoregional Nutrient Criteria The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is publishing seventeen Ecoregional Nutrient Criteria Documents for lakes and reservoirs, rivers and streams and wetlands within specific geographic regions (ecoregions) of the United States. These recommende...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters: Bioassessment and Biocriteria Technical Guidance Document; Notice of Availability EPA is announcing the availability of the Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters: Bioassessment and Biocriteria Technical Guidance document developed and published pursuant to section 304(a)(8) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This technical guidance docum...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-1999 The Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-1999 is available for public review and comment. Annual U.S. emissions for the period of time from 1990-1999 are summarized and presented by source category and sector. The inventor...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Final Reissuance of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Storm Water Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Activities; Correction EPA published a new version of the NPDES Storm Water Multi- Sector General Permit (MSGP) in the Federal Register of October 30, 2000 (65 FR 64746), which replaced the first version issued on September 29, 1995 (60 FR 50804) and amended on February 9,...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-429) International financial institutions; withholding of funds (Presidential Determination No. 2001-08)	Presidential Document	Jan 09, 2001

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, Comments Requested The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the P...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Promotion of Competitive Networks in Local Telecommunications Markets In this document, the Commission seeks comment on the current state of the evolving market for the provision of telecommunications services in multiple tenant environments (MTEs). The Commission also notes that a strong case can be made that it has a...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals To Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or To Acquire Companies That Are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities Permissible nonbanking activities	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Electronic Filing of Drug Registration and Listing Information: Notice of Pilot Project The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking volunteers to participate in a pilot project involving the electronic filing of drug registration and listing information, as described in FDA's regulations. Manufacturers, repackers, and relabelers w...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Services; Correction In the April 7, 2000 issue of the Federal Register (65 FR 18434), we published a final rule with a comment period that implemented a prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries. In addition, the fin...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Adenoviral Vector Safety; Public Meeting and Workshop Notice.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Health and Human Services Department Health Resources and Services Administration Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages Advisory Committee	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; Notice of Meeting Substance Abuse Prevention Center National Advisory Council	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Homeland Security Department

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Alabama; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Alabama, (FEMA-1352-DR), dated December 18, 2000, and related determinations.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Arkansas; Emergency and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-3159-EM), dated December 28, 2000, and related determinations.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Arkansas; Major Disaster and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-1354-DR), dated December 29, 2000, and related determinations.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Homeland Security Department > FEMA North Dakota; Major Disaster and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota, (FEMA-1353-DR), dated December 29, 2000, and related determinations.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Oklahoma; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of an Emergency Declaration This notice amends the notice of an emergency for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-3158-DR), dated December 28, 2000, and related determinations.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Oklahoma; Emergency and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-3158-EM), dated December 28, 2000, and related determinations.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Memorial Bridge, Across the Intracoastal Waterway, Mile 830.6, Volusia County, Daytona Beach, FL The Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, has approved a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the Memorial bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway, mile 830.6, Volusia County, Daytona Beach, Florida. This deviation a...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Siesta Key Bridge, Across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Mile 71.6, Sarasota County, FL The Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, has approved a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the Siesta Key bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, mile 71.6, Sarasota County, Florida. This deviation allows th...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Cortez Bridge (SR 684), Across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Mile 87.4, Sarasota County, Cortez, FL The Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, has approved a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the Cortez bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, mile 87.4, Sarasota County, Cortez, Florida. This deviation allow...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operating Regulation; Mississippi River, Iowa and Illinois The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District has authorized a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the Rock Island Railroad and Highway Drawbridge, Mile 482.9, Upper Mississippi River at Davenport, Iowa. This deviation allows the drawbridg...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Flood elevation determinations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and proposed base flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations ar...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified Base Floo...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Regattas and marine parades:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Regattas and Marine Parades The Coast Guard withdraws its interim rule on regattas and marine parades, which never went into effect. Instead, it intends to issue new proposals that would better accommodate environmental concerns, while still eliminating overly burdensome requir...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Correction On August 28, 2000, the Bureau of Indian Affairs published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register (65 FR 52123) inviting comments on the proposed renewal of the collection of information in 25 CFR part 151, Land Acquisitions, OMB No. 1076-0100. One...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Availability of Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, Scottsbluff, NE Pursuant to the Refuge Improvement Act of 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published the Draft North Platte National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment. This Plan describes how the FWS intends to...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Availability of a Draft Recovery Plan for the Bruneau Hot Springsnail (Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis) for Review and Comment We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability for public review of a draft recovery plan for the Bruneau hot springsnail (Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis). This endangered snail is native to thermal springs habitats along a 6.9-kilometer...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Rule To List the Dolly Varden as Threatened in Washington Due to Similarity of Appearance to Bull Trout We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) as threatened under the "Similarity of Appearance" provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. In Washington, the Dolly Varden, an...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of Comment Period for Status Review Addressing the Washington Population of Western Sage Grouse Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provides notice of the reopening of the comment period for the status review addressing the Washington population of western sage...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Re-opening of the Public Comment Period for Status Review of the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo in the Western United States On February 17, 2000, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (we), announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) as endangered, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (65 FR 8104...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Education Facilities Replacement Construction Priority List as of FY 2000, With Additions The Bureau of Indian Affairs is adding seven educational facilities to the Education Facilities Replacement Construction Priority List (Priority List) published January 31, 2000 in the Federal Register (65 FR 4623). The added schools are the Tiospa Z...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Indian tribes, acknowledgment of existence determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Final Determination to Acknowledge the Chinook Indian Tribe/Chinook Nation (Formerly: Chinook Indian Tribe, Inc.) This notice is published in the exercise of authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary-- Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary) by 209 DM 8. Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(m), notice is hereby given that the Assistant Sec...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > OSM Utah Regulatory Program The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is reopening the public comment period for revisions to a proposed amendment to the Utah regulatory program (hereinafter, the "Utah program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamat...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Public Land and Resources; Planning, Programming and Budgeting The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the regulations at 43 CFR part 1600 require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to prepare Resource Management Plans (RMPs) to provide management direction for the public lands. The objective of...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Distribution of Fiscal Year 2001 Indian Reservation Roads Funds We are issuing a temporary rule requiring that we distribute 75 percent of fiscal year 2001 Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) funds to projects on or near Indian reservations using the relative need formula. As we did in fiscal year 2000, we are using t...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review (new collection).	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Labor Department

Federal-State unemployment compensation program:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program: Unemployment Insurance Program Letter Interpreting Federal Unemployment Insurance Law Federal unemployment insurance law; interpretation	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Library of Congress

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Adjustment of Rates and Terms for the Digital Performance of Sound Recordings The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is announcing the 6-month negotiation period for the adjustment of royalty rates and terms for the public performance of copyrighted sound recordings by preexisting subscription services and preexisting...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

National Archives and Records Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request NARA is giving public notice that the agency has submitted to OMB for approval the information collection described in this notice. The public is invited to comment on the proposed information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 199...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act; Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission International Uranium (USA) Corporation; Notice of Receipt of Request To Process Alternate Feed Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received, by letter dated December 19, 2000, a request from International Uranium (USA) Corporation (IUSA), to amend its NRC Source Material License SUA-1358, to allow its White M...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reactor Oversight Process Initial Implementation Evaluation Panel; Meeting Notice Reactor Oversight Process Initial Implementation Evaluation Panel	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Subcommittee Meeting on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena: Revised Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Radiation protection standards:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission New Dosimetry Technology; Confirmation of Effective Date The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of January 8, 2001, for the direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of October 24, 2000 (65 FR 63750). This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulations that...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

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

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STAR 100 Revision; Confirmation of Effective Date The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of December 26, 2000, for the direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of October 11, 2000 (65 FR 60339). This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulations on...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), Agencies are required to publish a Notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the Agency has prepared an information collection request for OMB review and appro...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (Interchange Financial Services Corporation, Common Stock, No Par Value) File No. 1-10518 Interchange Financial Services Corp.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

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, Inc. To Amend Its Rule Governing the Operation of Its Firm Quote Rule To Permit Split-Price Executions Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change Relating to Automatic Execution of Agency Limit Orders for Dual Trading System Issues Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Government Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Enhancement of Risk Management Processes Government Securities Clearing Corp.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange, Incorporated; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change To Amend Arbitration Rules Regarding Pilot Programs for Mediation and Administrative Conferences New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Definition of Marking Price and Closing Price Options Clearing Corp.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Pacific Exchange Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to PCX Rule 6, Options Trading, Trading Practices and Procedures Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Butler County, PA Bessemer Lake Erie Railroad Co.	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

World Trade Organization:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Request for Comments Concerning Compliance with Telecommunications Trade Agreements Pursuant to section 1377 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 3106) ("section 1377"), the Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") is reviewing, and requests comments on: the operation and effectiveness of...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 B2 and A300 B4 Series Airplanes, and Model A300 B4-600, A300 B4-600R, and A300 F4-600R (A300-600) Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Airbus Model A300 B2 and A300 B4 series airplanes, and all A300 B4-600, A300 B4-600R, and A300 F4- 600R (A300-600) series airplanes. For certain airpl...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 B4-620, A310-203, A310-221, and A310-222 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 B4-620, A310-203, A310-221, and A310-222 series airplanes. This proposal would require repetitive inspections of fuselage frame...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; DG Flugzeugbau GmbH Model DG-800B Sailplanes This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain DG Flugzeugbau GmbH (DG Flugzeugbau) Model DG-800B Sailplanes. The proposed AD would require you to install an additional filter for the primer valve; insp...	Proposed Rule	Jan 09, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 Series Airplanes This document corrects a typographical error that appeared in airworthiness directive (AD) 2000-20-04 that was published in the Federal Register on October 6, 2000 (65 FR 59707). The typographical error resulted in the omission of the amendment numbe...	Rule	Jan 09, 2001

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Orders:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Automatic Train Control (ATC) and Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System (ACSES); Northeast Corridor (NEC) Railroads FRA amends its Order of Particular Applicability requiring all trains operating on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between New Haven, Connecticut and Boston, Massachusetts (NEC--North End) to be equipped to respond to the new Advanced Civil Speed Enforc...	Notice	Jan 09, 2001

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Regattas and marine parades:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Tip Reporting Alternative Commitment (TRAC) for Use in the Food and Beverage Industry 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	Jan 09, 2001
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Notice 2001-1 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	Jan 09, 2001
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request For Form 4804 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	Jan 09, 2001
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 1041 and Related Schedules D, J, and K-1 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	Jan 09, 2001
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request For Tip Rate Determination Agreement (for use by Employers in the Food and Beverage Industry) 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	Jan 09, 2001
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request For Tip Reporting Alternative Commitment (TRAC) for Most Industries 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	Jan 09, 2001

Federal Register January 9, 2001

Agencies Publishing on January 9, 2001

Agriculture Department

Electric loans:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meat and poultry inspection:

Program regulations:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Endangered and threatened species:

Fishery conservation and management:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Energy Department

Agency information collection activities:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs:

Air programs; State authority delegations:

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

Grants and other Federal assistance:

Hazardous waste:

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

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

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Water pollution control:

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Common carrier services:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Medicare:

Meetings:

Homeland Security Department

Disaster and emergency areas:

Drawbridge operations:

Flood elevation determinations:

Regattas and marine parades:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Endangered and threatened species:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Indian tribes, acknowledgment of existence determinations, etc.:

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century; implementation:

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Labor Department

Federal-State unemployment compensation program:

Library of Congress

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel:

National Archives and Records Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

Radiation protection standards:

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

O Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Agency information collection activities:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

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Trade Representative, Office of United States