February 1, 2001 (Volume 66)

Federal Register February 1, 2001

View all documents issued on February 1, 2001. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

87 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 1, 2001

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The period for commenting on the Federal Register notice dated December 20, 2000 (65 FR 79809) regarding the standard for declaring a patent interference is extended.
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the continuing information collections, as required...
Notice Feb 01, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene public hearings to receive comments on the proposed Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium Amending the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and Coastal Migratory Pelagics FMP...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001
NMFS announces its intent to prepare SEISs in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for the EFH components for both the Northeast Multispecies FMP and Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP. NMFS will hold a public scoping meeting an...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001

Marine mammals:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, notification is hereby given that a letter of authorization to take ringed and bearded seals incidental to on-ice seismic operations in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska was issued on...
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Trade adjustment assistance eligibility determination petitions:

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to ascertain compliance with and to lead to the production of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document in accordance with...
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (d) of Section 10 of Public Law 92-463, as amended by Section 5 of Public Law 94-409, notice is hereby given that a closed meeting of the DIA Science and Technology Advisory Board has been scheduled as follows...
Notice Feb 01, 2001
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Chemical Warfare Defense will meet in closed sessions on February 12, 2001; February 26, 2001; March 12-13, 2001; and March 26, 2001; at SAIC, Inc., 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. The Task Force wi...
Notice Feb 01, 2001
In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following meeting: Name of Committee: Board of Visitors, United States Military Academy. Date of Meeting: 28 February 2001. Place...
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Education Department logo Education Department

Postsecondary education:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2001, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled "Regulatory Review Plan," this regulation temporarily delays the effective date of the regulations entitled Developing Hispanic-Se...
Rule Feb 01, 2001

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend its Acquisition Regulation to: Implement, in part, the requirements of Section 3147 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 relating to the safeguarding of classified information...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed information collection that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This collection would gath...
Notice Feb 01, 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 Feb 01, 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 Feb 01, 2001
The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed information collection that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This collection would gath...
Notice Feb 01, 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 Feb 01, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Continental Energy Services, Inc., et al.
Notice Feb 01, 2001
Entergy Services, Inc.
Notice Feb 01, 2001
ISO New England Inc.
Notice Feb 01, 2001
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.
Notice Feb 01, 2001
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.; correction
Correction Feb 01, 2001
Wisconsin Public Power Inc.
Notice Feb 01, 2001
Xcel Energy Operating Companies
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., et al.
Notice Feb 01, 2001
FPLE Rhode Island State Energy, L.P., et al.
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review determinations; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Floodplain/Wetlands Statement of Findings for the Boyd- Valley 115-kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line Rebuild and Upgrade Project was prepared following the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Floodplain/Wetland Review Requirements (10 CFR part 1022)...
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
Off-the-record communications
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 thirteen continuing Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Befo...
Notice Feb 01, 2001
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NESHAP f...
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces receipt of an application 524-EUP-OU from Monsanto Company requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for the plant-pesticide Cry2Ab protein and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn (Vector ZMBK28L). The Ag...
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
India; authorization of transfer of certain U.S.-origin helicopter parts from the United Kingdom (Presidential Determination No. 2001-11)
Presidential Document Feb 01, 2001
Refugee and migration assistance funding (Presidential Determination No. 2001-10)
Presidential Document Feb 01, 2001

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commissions, 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...
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
The Commission amends on its own motion a section of the rules in which FCC arbitrators are granted additional discretion when arbitrating interconnection disputes.
Rule Feb 01, 2001
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants the section 271 application of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBT) for authority to enter the interLATA telecommunications market in the States of Kansas and Oklahoma....
Notice Feb 01, 2001
The Commission issued a public notice requesting comment on the use of unbundled network elements to provide exchange access service. It seeks comment, in particular, on whether carriers are impaired in their ability to provide special access service...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by KPAX Communications, Inc., licensee of station KPAX-TV, NTSC channel 8, Missoula, Montana, requesting the substitution of DTV channel 7 for station KPAX-TV's assigned DTV channel 35. DTV Channel...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by KEZI, Inc., licensee of station KEZI-TV, NTSC channel 9, Eugene, Oregon, requesting substitution of DTV channel 44 for station KEZI-TV's assigned DTV channel 14. DTV Channel 44 can be allotted t...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation, licensee of station KCBD(TV), NTSC channel 11, Lubbock, Texas, proposing the substitution of DTV channel 9 for station KCBD(TV)'s assigned DTV channel 43. DTV Ch...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Helen Jones proposing the allotment of Channel 281A at Murrieta, California, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 281A can be allotted at Murrieta in compliance wit...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001
As the result of a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Barinoski Investment Company, this document substitutes Channel 274C3 for Channel 274A at Sparta, Georgia, reallots Channel 274C3 to Buckhead, Georgia, and modifies the Station WPMA license to...
Rule Feb 01, 2001
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Bernice P. Hedrick proposing the allotment of Channel 233A at Woodbury, Georgia, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 233A can be allotted at Woodbury in compliance...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Vision Media Incorporated requesting the substitution of Channel 280A for Channel 244A at Arthur, North Dakota, and the modification of Station's WVMI(FM)'s license accordingly. Channel 280A can...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001

Television broadcasting:

Title Type Published
This document concerns rules and policies designed to make television programming more accessible to the many Americans who have visual disabilities by bringing video description to the commercial video marketplace. The intended effect of this action...
Rule Feb 01, 2001

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Deposit Insurance Act:

No documents available.

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Federal Deposit Insurance Act:

No documents available.

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act:

Title Type Published
The Commission is proposing amendments to the premerger notification rules ("the rules") that require the parties to certain mergers and acquisitions to file reports with the Federal Trade Commission ("the Commission") and the Assistant Attorney Gene...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001
The Federal Trade Commission is amending the premerger notification rules, which require the parties to certain mergers or acquisitions to file reports with the Commission and with the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of...
Rule Feb 01, 2001

Pracitce and procedure:

Title Type Published
The FTC is amending its Rules of Practice to incorporate procedures for internal agency review of requests for additional information or documentary material relating to transactions subject to the premerger notification requirements of Section 7A of...
Rule Feb 01, 2001

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice Feb 01, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Initiative to educate State legislatures about priority public health issues
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) (owl). The owl inhabits canyon and montane forest habitat...
Rule Feb 01, 2001
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for Peninsular bighorn sheep pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). A total of approximately 341,919 hectares (844,897 acres) in Riverside, San Di...
Rule Feb 01, 2001

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Notice of information collection under review; extension of a currently approved collection.
Notice Feb 01, 2001

N
National Council on Disability

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule of the forthcoming meeting/conference call for NCD's advisory committee--International Watch. Notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(1)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463).
Notice Feb 01, 2001

N
National Institute for Literacy

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 350l et seq., this notice announces an Information Collection Request (ICR) by the NIFL. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
NRC will host a public meeting in Rockville, Maryland. The meeting will provide an opportunity for discussion on the draft NUREG- 1520, Standard Review Plan (SRP), Chapter 3. The revised SRP Chapter 3 can be found on the Internet at the following web...
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the availability of the draft document entitled: "Risk-Based Performance Indicators: Results of Phase-1 Development," dated January 2001 for review and comment by external stakeholders. Interested indiv...
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment companies:

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to address certain broad categories of investment company names that are likely to mislead investors about an investment company's investments and...
Rule Feb 01, 2001

Securities:

Title Type Published
We are publishing for comment proposed amendments to the disclosure requirements applicable to proxy statements and periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We seek to enhance disclosure of the number of securities authorized for i...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001

State Department logo State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.), Delegati...
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the following currently approved information collection activities. Befo...
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2000-23-52, which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) Model S-76A, S-76B...
Rule Feb 01, 2001

Hazardous materials:

Title Type Published
This final rule updates three incorporations by reference in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to include the most recent amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code), the United Nations Recommendations on the Tra...
Rule Feb 01, 2001

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury (Department), with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), amends the Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Department of the Treasury (Treasury Ethics Regulations) to revise t...
Rule Feb 01, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

No documents available.

Customhouse broker license cancellation, suspension, etc.:

Title Type Published
Overseas Transport Co. et al.
Notice Feb 01, 2001
SDV Logistics (Texas), Inc., et al.
Notice Feb 01, 2001

Federal Deposit Insurance Act:

Title Type Published
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of Thrift Supervision (collectively, the Agencies) are publishing final Guidelines establishing standar...
Rule Feb 01, 2001

Financial and accounting procedures:

Title Type Published
This document proposes to amend the Customs Regulations to increase the rate of charge for reimbursable Customs inspectional services. The present amount charged for the services of a Customs employee on a regular work week is computed at a rate per...
Proposed Rule Feb 01, 2001

Procedure and administration, etc.:

Title Type Published
Federal Reserve banks; removal as depositaries; correction
Correction Feb 01, 2001

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