February 20, 2001 (Volume 66)

Federal Register February 20, 2001

View all documents issued on February 20, 2001. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

128 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 20, 2001

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This is to notify interested persons that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will hold a public meeting to provide a forum for discussion on the recommendation for the development of two standards to address the issues of living genetical...
Notice Feb 20, 2001
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announces a forthcoming meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB).
Notice Feb 20, 2001
Tobacco Inspection Services National Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
This notice is to advise the public that the National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee (co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State) is seeking public comments on the potential market impact of a proposed increase in the disposal of...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Federal Hazardous Substances Act:

Title Type Published
In March of 2000, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) collectively docketed under Petition No. HP 00-3 petitions submitted by several petitioners requesting that the Commission ban candle wicks containing lead and candles with such wicks. A...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

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Notice Feb 20, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Chemical Warfare Defense closed meeting scheduled for February 27, 2001, has been changed to February 26, 2001. The meeting will be held at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Chemical Warfare Defense closed meeting scheduled for March 27, 2001, has been changed to March 26, 2001. The meeting will be held at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
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Notice Feb 20, 2001
The Threat Reduction Advisory Committee will meet in closed session on Thursday April 5, 2001, at the Pentagon. The mission of the Committee is to advise the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) on technology security,...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Allegheny Energy Supply
Notice Feb 20, 2001
American Electric Power Service Corp. et al.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
Duke Energy Moapa, LLC
Notice Feb 20, 2001
Portland General Electric Co.
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
PPL Global, LLC, et al.
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required t...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Office of Science and Technology and Battelle, co- sponsors, will hold the "24th Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment" to discuss all aspects of environmental measurement. The conference is open to the public.
Notice Feb 20, 2001

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

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This regulation amends an existing exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of dimethylpolysiloxane; when used as an inert ingredient in or on growing crops, and when applied to raw agricultural commodities after harvest. Wacker Sil...
Rule Feb 20, 2001
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of the fungicide flutolanil, N-(3-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl)-2- (trifluoromethyl)benzamide and metabolites converted to 2- (trifluoromethyl) benzoic acid, calculated as flutolanil in or on rice grain,...
Rule Feb 20, 2001

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the forthcoming special meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
On August 23, 2000, (released August 29, 2000) the Commission designated the licenses and pending applications held by Ronald Brasher, Patricia Brasher, O.C Brasher, David Brasher, Metroplex Two- Way Radio Service ("Metroplex"), DLB Enterprises, Inc....
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Agency information collection activities:

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institutes of Health, has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Human drugs and biological products:

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," published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2001 (66 FR 7702), this action temporarily delays for 6...
Rule Feb 20, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 20, 2001
Drug Testing Advisory Board
Notice Feb 20, 2001
National Cancer Institute
Notice Feb 20, 2001
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Feb 20, 2001
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Feb 20, 2001
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Feb 20, 2001
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Feb 20, 2001
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Feb 20, 2001
National Library of Medicine
Notice Feb 20, 2001
Special Emphasis Panels
Notice Feb 20, 2001
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Notice Feb 20, 2001

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

Title Type Published
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license worldwide to practice the inven...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is publishing a notice of the revision of an existing system of records, 09-90-0200, Child Care Subsidy Program. The revised system will collect...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-1354-DR), dated December 29, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA-1359-DR), dated February 5, 2001, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Illinois, (FEMA-3161-EM), dated January 17, 2001, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Indiana, (FEMA-3162-EM), dated January 24, 2001, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Louisiana, (FEMA-1357-DR), dated January 12, 2001, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
This notice amends the notice of an emergency for the State of Michigan, (FEMA-3160-EM), dated January 10, 2001, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
This notice amends the notice of an emergency for the State of Michigan (FEMA-3160-EM), dated January 10, 2001, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Montana, (FEMA-1350-DR), dated December 6, 2000, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma, (FEMA-1355-DR), dated January 5, 2001, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-1355-DR), dated January 5, 2001, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Texas, (FEMA-1356-DR), dated January 8, 2001, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is changing the drawbridge operating regulations for the Northern Avenue Bridge, mile 0.1, across the Fort Point Channel at Boston, Massachusetts. This rule will revise the drawbridge operating regulations to provide bridge openings d...
Rule Feb 20, 2001
The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation in 33 CFR 117.951 governing the operation of the FM 106, vertical lift span bridge across Arroyo Colorado, mile 22.2 at Rio Hondo, Texas. This deviation a...
Rule Feb 20, 2001

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) is ti...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.A. 201 (b), and to the regulations adopted as 43 CFR 3410, all interested parties are hereb...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Concession contract negotiations:

Title Type Published
Public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to award a temporary concession contract authorizing the operation of carriage rides, horse camp, day use parking, facilities and services for the public at Acadia National Park, M...
Notice Feb 20, 2001
Pursuant to the National Park Service Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998, notice is hereby given that the National Park Service intends to issue a temporary concession contract authorizing continued operation of a gas service station adja...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice of availability of the final environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed use of FPSO systems on the central and western GOM OCS.
Notice Feb 20, 2001
The Minerals Management Service (MMS), in accordance with Federal regulations (40 CFR 1501.4 and 1506.6) that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), announces the availability of a NEPA-related Environmental Assessment prepared by th...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Land and water:

Title Type Published
This document corrects the final rule published on Monday, February 5, 2001 (66 FR 8899). The February 5th rule delayed the effective date of the rule entitled "Acquisition of Title to Land in Trust," published in the Federal Register on January 16,...
Rule Feb 20, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, section 10), notice is hereby given that the Concessions Management Advisory Board will hold its fourth meeting February 21 and 22, 2001, in Washi...
Notice Feb 20, 2001
This notice announces three public meetings of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission. Notice of these meetings is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463). Meeting Date and Time: Thur...
Notice Feb 20, 2001
The Superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve and the Chairperson of the Denali Subsistence Resource Commission announce a forthcoming meeting of the Subsistence Resource Commission for Denali National Park and Preserve. The following agend...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title Type Published
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of revisions and additional explanations pertaining to a previously proposed amendment to the Utah regulatory program (hereinafter, the "Utah program") under the Sur...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001

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Judicial Conference of the United States

Bankruptcy Code:

Title Type Published
Certain dollar amounts in title 11, United States Code, are increased.
Notice Feb 20, 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; Application for procurement quota for controlled substances (DEA Form 250).
Notice Feb 20, 2001
Notice of information collection under review: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Corrections (NIC), announces the availability of funds in FY 2001 for a cooperative agreement to fund the Project "Improving Community Responses to Women Offenders; Training and Technical Assista...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

National cooperative research notifications:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Aliens:

Title Type Published
This document contains a correction to the Interim Final Rule (IFR) published on December 20, 2000 (65 FR 80110), which implemented recent legislation and clarified existing Departmental rules relating to the temporary employment in the United States...
Rule Feb 20, 2001
This document extends the period for filing comments regarding the Interim Final Rule ("IFR") published on December 20, 2000 (65 FR 80110), which implemented the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 ("ACWIA") and clarified e...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) are providing notice that on January 18, 2001, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved under the Paperwork...
Rule Feb 20, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor is giving notice of two in a series of Town Hall Meetings to provide interested individuals an opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's approach to the implementation of changes to the Senior Community Service Emplo...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

Title Type Published
NASA hereby gives notice that Light Bullet Networks, Inc. of San Jose, CA, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the inventions disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,651,079 and 5,963,683 both entitled "Photonic Switching Devices Using Light Bul...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Power Authority of State of New York et al.
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Rulemaking petitions:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) (PRM-51- 7). The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations to delete the requirement to consider Severe Acciden...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking submitted by the United Plant Guard Workers of America (PRM-76-1). The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations concerning security at the gaseous diffusion p...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title Type Published
The Postal Service is proposing to amend the packaging standards in Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) M020 to help ensure that packages maintain their integrity during transportation and postal processing. DMM M020 will prescribe general standards for prepa...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice of application for an order under sections 6(b) and 6(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") exempting the applicants from all provisions of the Act, except section 9, section 17 (other than certain provisions of paragraphs (a), (d), (f), (g) and (j)), section 30 (other than certain provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), (e), and (h)), sections 36 through 53, and the rules and regulations under the Act.
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

New Markets Venture Capital Program

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," published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2001, this action temporarily delays for 60 days the ef...
Rule Feb 20, 2001

Small business size standards:

Title Type Published
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for aerospace ball and roller bearings, consists of, but not limited to, annular ball bearings, ball bearings, cylindrical ball bearings, linear ball...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Proposed collection and submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a computer matching program that SSA plans to conduct with RRB.
Notice Feb 20, 2001

State Department logo State Department

Presidential permits:

Title Type Published
Austin Industries L.L.C.; conveyor belt construction and maintenance on border between United States and Mexico
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Fees:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Board adopts its 2001 User Fee Update and revises its fee schedule at this time to recover the costs associated with the January 2001 Government salary increases.
Rule Feb 20, 2001

Railroad services abandonment:

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment revokes Class D airspace at Fort Worth Carswell AFB, TX. This action is prompted by the need to eliminate the duplicate airspace designations for airspace in the Fort Worth, TX area. On December 17, 2000, a final rule revising the Clas...
Rule Feb 20, 2001
This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at South Albany, NY. An Area Navigation (RNAV) GPS approach, has been developed for South Albany Airport, South Bethlehem, NY. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (A...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001
This action establishes Class E airspace for University of Virginia Medical Center Heliport. This action is made necessary by the development of a Helicopter Point in Space Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) 062 based on the Global Positio...
Rule Feb 20, 2001
This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at Bethel, AK, in two ways: (1) The FAA intends to cancel the Bethel Very High Frequency (VHF) Omnidirectional Range (VOR) instrument approach to runway (RWY) 36 at Bethel, AK, and to simultaneously red...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of two parcels, approximately four acres, of land at Fallbrook Community Airpark, Fallbrook, California, from all restrictions of the surplus property agreement. The land will be used...
Notice Feb 20, 2001
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of approximately 44.70 acres of land at Shafter Airport, Shafter, California, from all restrictions of the surplus property agreement to facilitate an exchange for approximately 30.34...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title Type Published
This action extends and modifies the temporary policy issued on November 11, 2000, regarding the minimum slot usage requirement for slots and slot exemptions at LaGuardia Airport for the winter season. This policy is extended through September 14, 20...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Airport noise compatibility program:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Colorado Springs Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47503(a) and 14 CFR part 150 are in compliance with applicable requirements. Th...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require an inspection to detect arcing damage of the electrical cables leading...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes, that currently requires replacement of the air driven generator (ADG) wire assembly with a new,...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require an inspection of the upper avionics circuit breaker panel at the main...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time general visual inspection of the electrical wiring of the r...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require performing a general visual inspection to detect chafing or damage of...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require an inspection to detect arcing damage of the electrical cables leading...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacement of the insulation blankets of the forward and center cargo...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes, that currently requires a one-time inspection to detect riding, chafing, or damage of the wire b...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacement of the cargo roller circuit breakers with new circuit brea...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2001

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing this revised notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed transportation improvement project in southern Orange County and northern San Diego County, California. A previous Not...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Fees:

No documents available.

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FMCSA announces it has received a proposal to initiate a pilot program to allow carefully selected, screened, trained and monitored individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 to work in truck driver jobs in interstate commerce. The FMCSA received...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

High-density airports; takeoff and landing slots, slot exemption lottery, and slot allocation procedures:

Title Type Published
This notice disposes of comments filed in the docket concerning the lottery of slot exemptions at LaGuardia Airport.
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
RTCA, Inc.
Notice Feb 20, 2001

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement:

Title Type Published
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces the extension of the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) for another two-year period until February 13, 2003, pursuant to provision of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended. The purpose...
Notice Feb 20, 2001

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