January 24, 2001 (Volume 66)

Federal Register January 24, 2001

View all documents issued on January 24, 2001. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

89 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 24, 2001

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
In response to the continued need of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of the Interior for advice on coordination and implementation of the Record of Decision (ROD) of April 13, 1994, for Management of Habitat for Late-Succes...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 CFR Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Guidelines (7 CFR Part 650); the Natural Resources Cons...
Notice Jan 24, 2001
Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), has made a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) regarding its approval of front end financing for purchase of combustion turbines by borrowers prior to the completion of a site specif...
Notice Jan 24, 2001
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 Georgia Transmission Corporation for assistance from the RUS to finance the construction of a 230 kV tran...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is announcing the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001. Proposals are hereby requested from eligible institutions as identified herein for compet...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Program regulations:

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This rule amends the Farm Service Agency (FSA) guaranteed loan regulations to remove the requirement that the Agency consider the costs of replacing capital items when considering whether a guaranteed loan customer has adequate capacity for debt serv...
Rule Jan 24, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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Two draft guidelines, titled "Testing of Residual Formaldehyde" and "Testing of Residual Moisture," have been developed by the International Cooperation on Harmonization of Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products (VICH). These...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Antidumping:

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We have determined that imports of certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate products, known as grader blade and draft key steel, falling within the physical dimensions outlined in the scope of the order, and containing a minimum of both 0.0008 percen...
Notice Jan 24, 2001
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is amending the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length (CTL) carbon steel plate from Mexico to correct a ministerial error. See Certain Cut-to-Leng...
Notice Jan 24, 2001
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations.
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute et al.
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Countervailing duties:

Title Type Published
On November 30, 2000, in response to a request from Howrah Ferrous Limited, the Department of Commerce initiated an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain iron-metal castings from India. The administrative review covers the...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS closes the commercial run-around gillnet fishery for king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the southern Florida west coast subzone. This closure is necessary to protect the overfished Gulf king mackerel resource.
Rule Jan 24, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a document in the Federal Register on January 11, 2001, announcing the availability of 2001 Funds for: (1) Precision Measurements Grants--Availability of Funds; (2) Physics Laborator...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Meetings:

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The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC), the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC), and the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC) will hold a joint meeting.
Notice Jan 24, 2001
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) and its Comprehensive Management Committee, Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee, Executive Committee, and Law Enforcement Committee will hold public meetings.
Notice Jan 24, 2001
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish Committee and its Herring Oversight Committee and Advisory Panel (joint with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Herring Section...
Notice Jan 24, 2001
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and the Alaska Board of Fisheries (Board) will meet February 6, 2001, in Anchorage, AK.
Notice Jan 24, 2001
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will hold public meetings.
Notice Jan 24, 2001
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will host a public meeting to discuss the results of tests conducted by the agency to develop practical methods for characterizing the very narrow pulses of ultrawideband (UWB) sys...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Education Department logo Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation National Committee
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information co...
Notice Jan 24, 2001
In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information co...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
Valley Electric Association, Inc., et al.
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
This notice announces that pesticide related information submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Meetings:

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This notice announces a workshop organized by Eastern Research Group, Inc., a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contractor, to obtain scientific peer-review of an EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) draft Research Strategy entitled:...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title Type Published
This notice announces 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 Jan 24, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
EPA intends to update its guidance on the residue data requirements that support registration of pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and that support tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic A...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Regulatory review plan (Memorandum of January 20, 2001)
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
This document privatizes the process by which technical criteria are established for customer premises equipment (CPE or terminal equipment) that may be sold for connection to the public switched telephone network, and for the approval of such equipm...
Rule Jan 24, 2001

Radio services, special:

Title Type Published
This document proposes to authorize MVDDS in the 12.2-12.7 GHz band. The Commission seeks comment on various technical and service issues concerning authorizing MVDDS in the band, including: technical sharing criteria between MVDDS and Broadcast Sate...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2001

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
This document requests comments on the proposed allotment of FM Channel 295A to Willow Creek, California, as that community's first local aural transmission service. Coordinates used for this proposal are 40-56-24 NL and 123-37-48 WL.
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2001
The Commission requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by H. David Hedrick proposing the allotment of Channel 245A to Butler, GA, as the community's first local aural service. Channel 245A can be allotted to Butler in compliance with th...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2001
The Commission allots: (1) Channel 280A to Pentwater, MI, as its third local commercial FM service, at the request of Garry Zack; (2) Channel 254C1 to Hawthorne, NV, as its first local aural service, at the request of Campbell River Broadcasting, LLC...
Rule Jan 24, 2001

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal home loan bank system:

Title Type Published
The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) has waived the 45-day deadline for filing Requests to Intervene in the Finance Board's Procedures Regulation, and extended the deadline for an additional 30 days, i.e., to February 24, 2001, in connec...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title Type Published
AFS Projects Logistics (USA) et al.
Notice Jan 24, 2001
Seaspeed Overseas Shipping Co., Inc., et al.
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of an abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Med-Pharmex, Inc. The ANADA provides for oral use of ivermectin solution in horses for t...
Rule Jan 24, 2001
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Blue Ridge Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The NADA provides for veterinary prescription use of ivermectin otic...
Rule Jan 24, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Medical care:

Title Type Published
Reimbursement rates for 2001 CY
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Medicare:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule sets forth several improvements to the Medicare+Choice (M+C) appeal and grievance procedures. Most notably, this proposed rule would ensure that M+C enrollees receive written notice, including information about appeal rights, at le...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2001

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Notice Jan 24, 2001
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App.). Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture have established the Joint Fi...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Rock Springs Field Office Wild Horse Environmental Assessment (WY-048-EA9-87) and Gathering Plan was released on May 21, 1999. The approved Decision Record was issued on July 14, 1999. The action analyzed and planned was not completed in 1999, or...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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Title IX of Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations Act (Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account) and Title VIII of the Interior Appropriations Act (Land Conservation, Preservation and Infrastructure Improvement) authorize two separate appropri...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

National Wildlife Refuge System:

Title Type Published
The Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved the establishment of the Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge in the central Pacific Ocean to protect the coral reef ecosystem for the benefit of the wildlife that live on the lands and in...
Notice Jan 24, 2001
The Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (we) approved the establishment of the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Palmyra Atoll is a low-lying equatorial atoll in the Pacific Ocean that is a collection of islets, coral reefs, and wate...
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Survey plat filings:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public and interested State and local government officials of the filing of Plats of Survey in Nevada.
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Application for Authorization to Issue Health Care Certificates.
Notice Jan 24, 2001
Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Carrier En Route Inspection Request Form.
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Jan 24, 2001
Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Jan 24, 2001
Graduate Education Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Jan 24, 2001
Graduate Education Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Proposed collection and submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Jan 24, 2001

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Public Diplomacy, U.S. Advisory Commission
Notice Jan 24, 2001

T
The White House Office

No documents available.

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD); applicable to all Boeing Model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This AD requires, among other actions, a one-time detailed visual inspection of the fuel quantity indicating system (FQ...
Rule Jan 24, 2001
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect cracking of certain areas of the forward pressure bulkhead, and repa...
Rule Jan 24, 2001
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to to all CASA Model CN-235, CN-235-100, and CN-235-200 series airplanes, that requires replacing the upper brackets in frames 33, 34, and 35, with improved brackets that are more f...
Rule Jan 24, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed highway improvement in Rock Island County, Illinois, and Scott County, Iowa.
Notice Jan 24, 2001

Workplace drug and alcohol testing programs:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is scheduling two one-day public meetings to provide interested parties a detailed overview of the Department's revised drug and alcohol testing procedures, published in the Federal Register on December 19,...
Rule Jan 24, 2001

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Veterans Readjustment Advisory Committee
Notice Jan 24, 2001

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