Federal Register January 19, 2001 (Volume 66)

Agencies Publishing on January 19, 2001

Agriculture Department (4)
Commerce Department (5)
Education Department (2)
Environmental Protection Agency (5)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Health and Human Services Department (4)
Housing and Urban Development Department (3)
Interior Department (1)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (4)
Labor Department (5)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (1)
Small Business Administration (1)
Social Security Administration (2)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Treasury Department (0)

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Information Collection; Request for Comments; Improve Management of the Tongass National Forest and Service to Southeast Alaska Residents In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service announces its intention to establish a new information collection. The collected information will help the Forest Service identify and meet the needs of southeast Alaska resid...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CSREES Request for Proposals: Special Research Grants Program, Citrus Tristeza Research The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) announces the availability of grant funds and requests proposals for the Special Research Grants Program, Citrus Tristeza Research for fiscal year (FY) 2001. The purpose of the...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001
Agriculture Department > CSREES Request for Proposals (RFP): Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants Program for Fiscal Years 2001 and 2002 The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) announces the availability of grant funds and requests proposals for the Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants Program for Fiscal Years (FYs)...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA, Agriculture Department > FSIS Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria Monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods; Draft Risk Assessment Document and Risk Management Action Plan; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are announcing the availability of two documents: A draft risk assessment on the relationship between foodborne Lis...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Announcement of Intent To Initiate the Process To Designate the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve as a National Marine Sanctuary; Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Management Plan On December 4, 2000, President William Clinton signed Executive Order 13178 establishing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, pursuant to the National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000. The Reserve extends approxima...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Export administration regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EAB Implementation of Presidential Announcement of January 10, 2001: Revisions to License Exception CTP The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by revising License Exception CTP to reflect rapid technological advances in computing capability. This rule implements the President's sixth revision t...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations This interim final rule delays the effective date of an interim final rule amending the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) from January 22, 2001, until February 21, 2001. Due to the rough January weather conditions in the Gulf of Maine...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Coral, Golden Crab, Shrimp, Spiny Lobster, Red Drum, Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources, and Snapper-Grouper Fisheries of the South Atlantic NMFS announces the issuance of an exempted fishing permit (EFP) for the North Carolina Aquariums (applicant), headquartered in Raleigh, NC. The EFP authorizes the applicant, with certain conditions, to collect for public display up to 60 red porgy an...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Acting Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Revised Sexual Harassment Guidance: Harassment of Students by School Employees, Other Students, or Third Parties The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education (Department), announces the availability of a document (revised sexual harassment guidance) that replaces the 1997 document entitled "Sexual Harassment Guidance: Harassment of Stu...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Impact of Formal Environmental Policy Statements on the Teaching, Research and Operations of Colleges and Universities 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 Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): "Impact of Forma...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA expressed environmental concerns with the lack of clarity in the direction and protections in the proposed Standards and Guidelines and the lack of detail in the proposed monitoring and evaluation plan. EPA recommended that the FEIS be revised cl...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Pesticide programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Delaware State Plan for Certification of Applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides; Notice of Approval In the Federal Register of May 26, 2000 (65 FR 34178) (FRL- 6488-6), EPA issued a notice of intent to approve an amended Delaware Plan for the certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides. In this notice EPA solicited comments from the p...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Regulation and Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Concentrated animal feeding operations; guidelines and standards; correction	Correction	Jan 19, 2001

Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of Columbia District of Columbia, Federal Interagency Task Force on the; establishment (EO 13189)	Presidential Document	Jan 19, 2001
Executive Office of the President President's Commission on Educational Resource Equity Educational Resource Equity, President's Commission on; establishment (EO 13190)	Presidential Document	Jan 19, 2001

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Health and Human Services Department

Biological products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products; Establishment Registration and Listing The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule to require human cells, tissue, and cellular and tissue-based product establishments to register with the agency and list their human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based product...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Food for human consumption:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAACP); Procedures for the Safe and Sanitary Processing and Importing of Juice The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) is adopting final regulations to ensure the safe and sanitary processing of fruit and vegetable juices. The regulations mandate the application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicaid Program; Medicaid Managed Care This final rule with comment period amends the Medicaid regulations to implement provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) that allow the States greater flexibility by permitting them to amend their State plan to require certain categories...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Public Health Impact of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus in Raw Molluscan Shellfish; Draft Risk Assessment Document; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft risk assessment on the relationship between Vibrio parahaemolyticus in raw molluscan shellfish, specifically oysters, and human health. FDA began this quantitative micro...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Housing programs:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Determining Adjusted Income in HUD Programs Serving Persons with Disabilities: Requiring Mandatory Deductions for Certain Expenses; and Disallowance for Earned Income This final rule amends HUD's regulations in part 5, subpart F, to include additional HUD programs in the list of programs that must make certain deductions in calculating a family's adjusted income. These deductions primarily address expenses related...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Discontinuation of the Section 221(d)(2) Mortgage Insurance Program This final rule discontinues HUD's section 221(d)(2) mortgage insurance program. The section 221(d)(2) program is rarely used by homebuyers, primarily due to its low mortgage limits. Accordingly, HUD will no longer enter into new contracts for mortga...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Interior Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Office of the Secretary; Notice of Deadline for Submitting Completed Applications To Begin Participation in the Tribal Self-Governance Program in Fiscal Year 2002 or Calendar Year 2002 In this notice, the Office of Self-Governance (OSG) establishes a March 1, 2001, deadline for tribes/consortia to submit completed applications to begin participation in the tribal self- governance program in fiscal year 2002 or calendar year 2002.	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Sunshine Act Meeting; Emergency Notice of Change of Time of Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Justice Department

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Delegation of Authority for Parts 17 and 18 Authority delegation. This final rule places most ATF authorities contained in parts 17 and 18, title 27 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), with the "appropriate ATF officer" and requires that persons file documents required by parts 17 and 18, title...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Delegation of Authority in 27 CFR Part 30 Authority delegation. This final rule places all ATF authorities contained in part 30, title 27 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), with the "appropriate ATF officer." Also, this final rule removes the definitions of, and references to, specific offic...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Delegation of Authority for Parts 20, 21 and 22 This final rule places all ATF authorities contained in parts 20, 21 and 22, title 27 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), with the "appropriate ATF officer" and requires that persons file documents required by such parts, with the "appropriate ATF off...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Delegation of Authority for Part 25 This final rule places ATF authorities contained in part 25, title 27 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), with the "appropriate ATF officer" and requires that persons file documents required by part 25, title 27 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), with...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

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	Jan 19, 2001
Labor Department > OSHA Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is revising its rule addressing the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses (29 CFR parts 1904 and 1952), including the forms employers use to record those injuries and i...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Coal mine safety and health:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure of Underground Coal Miners This rule establishes new health standards for underground coal mines that use equipment powered by diesel engines. This rule is designed to reduce the risks to underground coal miners of serious health hazards that are associated with exposure to hi...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Fair Labor Standards Act:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service The Department of Labor is proposing to amend several of the existing regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) pertaining to the exemption for companionship services. Section 13(a)(15) exempts from the minimum wage and overtime provision...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Metal and nonmetal mine safety and health:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure of Underground Metal and Nonmetal Miners This rule establishes new health standards for underground metal and nonmetal mines that use equipment powered by diesel engines. This rule is designed to reduce the risks to underground metal and nonmetal miners of serious health hazards that are as...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Consideration of Potassium Iodide in Emergency Plans The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its emergency planning regulations governing the domestic licensing of production and utilization facilities. The final rule requires that consideration be given to including potassium iodide (KI) a...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Regulatory agreements:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Termination of Section 274i Agreement Between the State of Louisiana and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its regulations to remove the reference to an inspection agreement, referred to as the 274i Agreement, with the State of Louisiana. The inspection agreement entered into pursuant to section 274i of...	Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Personnel Management Office

Employment:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Recruitment and Relocation Bonuses and Retention Allowances The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed regulations to provide agencies with greater flexibility to use recruitment and relocation bonuses and retention allowances. These proposed regulations would provide agencies with the flexi...	Proposed Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Small Business Administration

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Administrator's Line of Succession Designation, No. 1-A, Revision 23 Administrator; order of succession	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Social Security Administration

Social security benefits and supplemental security income:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration New Disability Claims Process We are proposing to revise our regulations that pertain to the processing of initial claims for disability benefits under title II (Social Security Disability Insurance) and title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act (the Act...	Proposed Rule	Jan 19, 2001

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Rate for Attorney Fee Assessment Beginning in 2001 The Social Security Administration is announcing that the attorney-fee assessment rate under section 206(d) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 406(d), for 2001 is 6.3 percent.	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Generalized System of Preferences:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Deadline for Submitting Public Comments on Modification of Duty-Free Treatment for Certain Products Imported From India. This notice informs the public that the U.S. Government is considering whether to modify duty-free treatment accorded to certain imports from India under the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). The review is being undertaken to determine wh...	Notice	Jan 19, 2001

Treasury Department

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

No documents available.

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Agencies Publishing on January 19, 2001

Agriculture Department

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Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Commerce Department

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Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Export administration regulations:

Marine mammals:

Permits:

Education Department

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Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Pesticide programs:

Water pollution control:

Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department

Biological products:

Food for human consumption:

Medicaid:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Housing programs:

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Interior Department

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International Trade Commission

Justice Department

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Labor Department

Coal mine safety and health:

Fair Labor Standards Act:

Metal and nonmetal mine safety and health:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

Regulatory agreements:

Personnel Management Office

Employment:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Social Security Administration

Social security benefits and supplemental security income:

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999; implementation:

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Generalized System of Preferences:

Treasury Department

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