February 23, 2001 (Volume 66)

Federal Register February 23, 2001

View all documents issued on February 23, 2001. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

136 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 23, 2001

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the Economic Research Service's (ERS) intention to reque...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Southwestern Region of the Forest Service planned to prepare an environmental impact statement on a proposal to amend National Forest land and resource management plans to incorporate standards and guidelines for management of habitat for America...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) announces the availability of grant funds and requests proposals for the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems Program (IFAFS) for fiscal year (FY) 2001 to support...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Secretary of Commerce issued an export trade certificate of review to Dairy Marketing Information Association. Because this certificate holder has failed to file an annual report as required by law, the Department is initiating proceedings to rev...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
On August 4, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the "Department") published the preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Brazil. The merchandise covered by this order is silicon metal from Brazil...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
On June 5, 2000, the Department of Commerce ("the Department"), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), determined that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on helical spring lock washers from China...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
This review covers one manufacturer/exporter, Bhansali Ferromet Pvt. Ltd. (Bhansali) and sales of the subject merchandise to the United States during the period August 1, 1998 through July 31, 1999. The final results do not differ from the preliminar...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Notice of final court decision and amended final results of administrative reviews.
Notice Feb 23, 2001
In response to a request by the Stainless Steel Cookware Committee (the Committee), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on top-of-the-stove stainless steel cooking ware from...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
On November 3, 2000, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on extruded rubber thread from Malaysia (65 FR 66232). This review covers three manufacturers/exporters of th...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Initiation of antidumping duty investigations.
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Notice of antidumping duty orders.
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Countervailing duties:

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On August 8, 2000, the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of the third administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain pasta from Italy for the period January 1 through December 31, 1998...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Decennial census population information release:

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The Secretary of Commerce is issuing a final rule to revoke a delegation of authority to the Director of the Census. By that delegation the Secretary authorized the Director of the Census to make a determination regarding the methodology to be used i...
Rule Feb 23, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS reduces the trip limit in the commercial hook-and-line fishery for king mackerel in the southern Florida west coast subzone to 500 lb (227 kg) of king mackerel per day in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This trip limit reduction is ne...
Rule Feb 23, 2001

Meetings:

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Materials Technical Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold meetings of its Snapper Grouper Committee, Spiny Lobster Committee, Marine Reserves Committee, Advisory Panel Selection Committee (Closed Session), Highly Migratory Species Committee,...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Permits:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that Permit No. 473-1433-01, issued to Janice Straley, University of Southeast Alaska, 1332 Seward Avenue, Sitka, Alaska 99835-9498, was amended.
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Notice is hereby given that Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149 (Principal Investigator: Dr. Keith D. Mullin) has been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 7...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Managed Information Dissemination Follow-On Initiative will meet in closed session on February 22-23, 2001, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. The Task Force will review the need and feasibili...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force Precision Targeting will meet in closed session March 29-30, 2001; April 19-20, 2001; May 10-11, 2001; June 14-15, 2001; and July 26-27, 2001, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201. The Task Fo...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Training for Future Conflicts will meet in closed session on February 28, 2001, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201. This Task Force will focus on identifying and characterizing what educa...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Defense Science & Technology (S&T) will meet in closed session on March 1-2, 2001; March 29-30, 2001; May 3-4, 2001; June 7-8, 2001; June 28-29, 2001; and July 26-27, 2001, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive,...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Intelligence Needs for Homeland Defense--Follow-On Initiative will meet in closed session on February 27-28, 2001; March 27-28, 2001; and April 24-25, 2001, at Strategic Analysis, Inc., 3601 Wilson Boulev...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Chemical Warfare Defense will meet in closed session on April 10, 2001, and April 24, 2001, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201. The Task Force will assess the possibility of controlling t...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Defense Science & Technology (S&T) will meet in closed session on March 1-2, 2001; March 29-30, 2001; May 3-4, 2001; June 7-8, 2001; June 28-29, 2001; and July 26-27, 2001, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive,...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The National Reconnaissance Office is adding a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Department of the Navy proposes to amend a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Department of the Navy proposes to alter a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The routine uses being added will permit the collection of debts owed to the U....
Notice Feb 23, 2001

D
Delaware River Basin Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings and hearings
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Fernald. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Feder...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Nevada Test Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title Type Published
The EPA is issuing this final rule amendment to indefinitely stay the current compliance date of February 27, 2001, for the provisions pertaining to process contact cooling towers (PCCT) for existing affected sources producing poly (ethylene terephth...
Rule Feb 23, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
EPA is soliciting grant proposals under the Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention (EJP2) grant program. EPA anticipates that approximately $750,000 will be available for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001. This program promotes pollution prevention a...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Toxic substances:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a public meeting on the proposed significant new use rule (SNUR) on PFOS published in the Federal Register issue of October 18, 2000. At this meeting, persons who filed written comments on the pr...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2001

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) amended its rules in order to ensure that the numbering resources of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) are used efficiently, and that all carriers have the numbering resources they need...
Rule Feb 23, 2001

Television broadcasting:

Title Type Published
The Commission revised the children's educational television reporting requirements of commercial broadcast television licensees, which involved a number of revisions to FCC Form 398, the Children's Television Programming Report. Certain of these rul...
Rule Feb 23, 2001

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
AHRQ is exploring the feasibility of leading a significant research initiative (Initiative) that will examine the relationships between care management processes (including health systems and clinical care) and children's health outcomes to produce i...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD),...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Scientific Counselors Board
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Control Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Institute of Nursing Research
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Institute on Aging
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Library of Medicine
Notice Feb 23, 2001
National Library of Medicine
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Scientific Review Center
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Scientific Review Center
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Scientific Review Center
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Scientific Review Center
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
Ombudsman Office/Cooperative Resolution Center
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee (CFIVAC). CFIVAC advises and makes recommendations to the Coast Guard on the safety of the commercial fishing industry.
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Secretary of Transportation has renewed the charter for the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee (CFIVAC) for 2 years from December 10, 2000 until December 10, 2002. CFIVAC is a Federal advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. App. 2. I...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
The Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, has approved a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the Siesta Key Bridge (SR 758) across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, mile 71.6, Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida. This...
Rule Feb 23, 2001
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 Feb 23, 2001

Uninspected vessels:

Title Type Published
In response to public requests, the Coast Guard is extending the comment period on its supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) on Fire-Suppression Systems and Voyage Planning for Towing Vessels. Extending the comment period gives the publi...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) hereby gives notice that it is extending the public comment period on a document reviewing our existing regulations, which was published in the Federal Register on December 26, 2000 (65 FR 81465). The document re...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations for the Bureau of Land Management's National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (NPR-A) Research and Monitoring Advisory Team (RMT). The RMT will provide advice and recommendations to the BLM's North...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces a 90-day finding for a petition to list the Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki bouvieri) as threatened, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq). Afte...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) has been prepared by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Utah State Office. The DEIS was prepared to analyze the imp...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
A meeting of the Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council will be held on March 22, 2001. The meeting will convene at 9 a.m., at the Spokane District Office, Bureau of Land Management, 1103 North Fancher Road, Spokane, Washington 99212-1275. The...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore Advisory Commission
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The MMS is seeking interested and qualified individuals to serve on its Minerals Management Advisory Board OCS SC during the period of October 1, 2001, through September 30, 2003. The initial 2- year term may be renewable for up to an additional 4 ye...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
Pending nominations
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing:

Title Type Published
This bidding rule establishes the leasing incentive framework we will use to issue Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leases after November 2000. It also presents a plain-language revision of the existing rules for bidding systems and joint bidding restri...
Rule Feb 23, 2001

Outer Continental Shelf operations:

Title Type Published
Final Notice of Sale 178, Part 1.
Notice Feb 23, 2001

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Various countries
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Following receipt of a request from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on January 22, 2001, the Commission instituted Investigation No. 332-427, U.S. Market Conditions for Certain Wool Articles, under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 19...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 Feb 23, 2001

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title Type Published
Forsch Polymer Corp.
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Gillette, Robert
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 23, 2001

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Credit unions:

Title Type Published
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is adopting a rule clarifying that as conservator or liquidating agent of a federally-insured credit union, the NCUA Board (Board) will honor a claim for prepayment fees by a Federal Home Loan Bank unde...
Rule Feb 23, 2001
NCUA proposes to revise its regulation establishing standards for vital record preservation. The proposal clarifies that a credit union may preserve records in electronic form, as authorized by the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerc...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2001

N
National Institute for Literacy

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the National Institute for Literacy Board (Advisory Board ). This notice also describes the function of the Advisory Board. Notice of this meeting is required under s...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of a revised info...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Senior Executive Service:

Title Type Published
As required by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, this gives notice of all positions in the Senior Executive Service (SES) that were career reserved during 2000.
Notice Feb 23, 2001

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Personnel:

Title Type Published
The Commission proposes eliminating an ethics provision on procedures for reviewing employees' security holdings for conflicts of interest. These procedures have been overtaken by government-wide ethical standards and new screening procedures. Elimin...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Notice of application for an order pursuant to section 26(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act").
Notice Feb 23, 2001

State Department logo State Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the emergency review procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Type of...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
AF/PD Professional Internship Program
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Peoria Pekin Union Railway Co.
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Regional Resource Stewardship Council (Regional Council) will hold a meeting to consider various matters. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, (FACA). The meeting agenda includes the following...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fr...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fr...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fr...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
This action amends the legal descriptions of three Federal airways that use the Douglas, WY, Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) in their route structure. Currently, the Douglas VOR/DME and the Converse Co...
Rule Feb 23, 2001

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Title Type Published
As authorized by Public Law 105-383, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

No documents available.

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Preferred mortgage, ownership, and control requirements; fishery endorsement determinations:

Title Type Published
The Maritime Administration ("MARAD") is soliciting public comments on a petition from the owners and mortgagees of the vessels FRONTIER SPIRIT--Official Number 951441, FRONTIER MARINER--Official Number 951440, and FRONTIER EXPLORER--Official Number...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Maritime Administration (MARAD, we, our, or us) is soliciting public comments on a petition from the owners and mortgagees of the vessel GREAT PACIFIC--Official No. 608458 (hereinafter the "Vessel"). The petition requests that MARAD issue a decis...
Notice Feb 23, 2001
The Maritime Administration (MARAD, we, our, or us) is soliciting public comments on a petition from the owners and mortgagees of the vessel MORNING STAR--Official No. 610393 (hereinafter the "Vessel"). The petition requests that MARAD issue a decisi...
Notice Feb 23, 2001

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Uninspected vessels:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Navigation fees schedule revision; specific services provided to vessels by Customs officers; correction
Correction Feb 23, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

No documents available.

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