Federal Register April 16, 2001 (Volume 66)

Agencies Publishing on April 16, 2001

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Agricultural Marketing Service (0)
Agriculture Department (3)
Commerce Department (18)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (3)
Corporation for National and Community Service (1)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (5)
Energy Department (11)
Environmental Protection Agency (6)
Federal Communications Commission (5)
Federal Housing Finance Board (1)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Federal Trade Commission (3)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (10)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (2)
Interior Department (5)
International Trade Commission (3)
Labor Department (12)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2)
National Archives and Records Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (8)
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Railroad Retirement Board (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (4)
Small Business Administration (1)
State Department (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (13)
Treasury Department (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (6)

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Agricultural Marketing Service

Fees:

No documents available.

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Agency Information Collection: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; FNS-260, Requisition for Food Coupon Books In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on the proposed information collection contained in form FNS-260, Requisition for Food Coupon Books.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Availability of the Old Growth Settlement Agreement Environmental Assessment for an Amendment to the Huron-Manistee National Forests' Land and Resource Management Plan; Alcona, Crawford, Iosco, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ogemaw, Oscoda, and Wexford Counties, Michigan On February 28, 2001, the Huron-Manistee National Forests completed the Old Growth Settlement Agreement Environmental Assessment Amendment to the 1986 Huron-Manistee National Forests' Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan). Copies of the Env...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Fees:

Title	Type	Published
Agricultural Marketing Service > GIPSA, Agriculture Department Fees for Official Inspection and Official Weighing Services Correction	Correction	Apr 16, 2001

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Submission of Official Tribal Insignia of Federally- and State-Recognized Native American Tribes for Inclusion in a United States Patent and Trademark Office Database The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the new proposed information collection, as require...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 219, Yuma County, AZ Arizona	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Commerce Department > FTZB Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone, Eureka, CA California	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Commerce Department > FTZB Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 154, Baton Rouge, LA, Area Louisiana	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Commerce Department > FTZB Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 74, Baltimore, MD Area Maryland	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Commerce Department > FTZB Grant of Authority for Subzone Status Matsushita Electronic Components Corporation of America (Electrolytic Capacitors, Automotive Audio Speakers), Knoxville, TN Matsushita Electronic Components Corp. of America; electrolytic capacitor and automotive audio speaker manufacturing plant	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Commerce Department > FTZB Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 70, Detroit, MI Michigan	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Commerce Department > FTZB Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 34, Niagara County, NY New York	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Commerce Department > FTZB Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone, Erie, PA Pennsylvania	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Commerce Department > FTZB Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 137, Loudoun County, VA, Area Virginia	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Notice of Solicitation for Sea Grant Review Panelists This notice responds to the National Sea Grant College Program Act, at 33 U.S.C. 1128, which requires the Secretary of Commerce to solicit nominations at least once a year for membership on the Sea Grant Review Panel. This advisory committee provides...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish NMFS received an application for modification 1 of incidental take permit 1233 (Permit) from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game(IDFG) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). As required by the ESA, IDFG's modification app...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered and Threatened Species; Proposed Endangered Status for a Distinct Population Segment of Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in the United States NMFS has completed a comprehensive status review of smalltooth sawfish and has determined that a petitioned action to list North American populations of smalltooth sawfish as endangered is warranted. A distinct population segment (DPS) of smalltooth...	Proposed Rule	Apr 16, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Re-opening of Comment Period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP’s) proposed for Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, WA, and the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, WA NMFS is re-opening the comment period for the DEIS for the HCP's proposed for Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, WA, and the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, WA. NMFS has received several requests to extend the comment pe...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Navy Operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Sonar By this document, NMFS announces the times, dates, and locations for public hearings in order to receive comments from the general public on the U.S. Navy's application for a Letter of Authorization for the take of small numbers of marine mammals by...	Proposed Rule	Apr 16, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee; Public Meetings Notice is hereby given of meetings of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC) from April 24-26, 2001.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Red Crab Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from the committee will be brought...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Recreational Fisheries Data Task Force (RFDTF) will hold a meeting.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Technology Advisory Committee Meeting Technology Advisory Committee	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Petition Requesting Performance Standard for Bicycle Handlebars; Extension of Comment Period The Commission has received a petition (HP 01-1) requesting that the Commission issue a performance standard for bicycle handlebars regarding energy dissipation and distribution during impact. By notice published in the Federal Register of February 1...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Consumer Product Safety Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Settlement agreements:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Federated Department Stores, Inc., Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1605.13(d). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Sett...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Corporation for National and Community Service

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service Notice of Funding Opportunity To Support AmeriCorps Promise Fellows Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) will use approximately $6 million to award grants to support AmeriCorps Promise Fellows to state commissions on national and community...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Capital Credits Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a curr...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
DOD, GSA, NASA Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Electric Service Territory Compliance Representation Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (CMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a curr...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Acting Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Bilingual Education Graduate Fellowship Program The Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in Education Department General Administrative Regulations at 34 CFR 75.261 as they apply to the currently funded Bilingual Education Graduate Fellowship Programs. Section 75.261 sets forth the conditi...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Education Department Bilingual Education: Comprehensive School Grants; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Comprehensive School Program	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Education Department Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Transition to Teaching Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Transition to Teaching Program	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Education Department Final Requirements for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Competitions Under the Transition to Teaching Program We announce final requirements to govern the initial grant competition and FY 2001 awards under the new Transition to Teaching program. The program is funded in the Department's FY 2001 appropriation under Title II, part A, of the Elementary and Seco...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and Prescriptions Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Co.; Notice of Settlement Agreement ANR Pipeline Co.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Co.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Northern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Energy Department > FERC PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of Complaint PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Strategic Energy, L.L.C.; Notice of Filing Strategic Energy, L.L.C.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.; Notice of Compliance Filing Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Young Gas Storage Company, LTD; Notice of Compliance Filing Young Gas Storage Co., Ltd.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Southwestern Power Administration, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Southwestern Power Administration et al.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > BPA Blackfeet Wind Project BPA intends to prepare an EIS on the proposed Blackfeet Wind Project (Project), located in Glacier County, Montana, on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Blackfeet I, LLC (Blackfeet I) proposes to construct and operate the 36- to 66-megawatt (MW) wind...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

Air quality; prevention of significant deterioration (PSD):

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Approval of Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permits to Elk Hills Power, LLC. (Permit No. SJ-99-02), Pastoria Energy Facility (Permit No. SJ-99-03), and Blythe Energy Project, LLC (Permit No. SE-00-01) EPA Region 9 is hereby providing notice that it issued PSD permits to Elk Hills Power, LLC., Pastoria Energy Facility, and Blythe Energy Project, LLC. The permit (Authority to Construct) for Elk Hills Power, LLC. was issued on February 5, 2001. Since...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Hazardous waste:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Project XL Site-Specific Rulemaking for Buncombe County Landfill, Alexander, Buncombe County, North Carolina The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is today proposing a site-specific rule to implement a project under the Project XL program, an EPA initiative to allow regulated entities to achieve better environmental results at decreased costs. Project X...	Proposed Rule	Apr 16, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Technical Workshop on Research Issues Associated With the Gathering and Use of Micro- and Macro-Activity Data The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a meeting, organized and convened by E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc., a contractor to EPA's Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), for external scientif...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting Science Advisory Board	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Center Star Manufacturing Superfund Site Notice of Prospective Purchaser Agreement Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to enter into a "Prospective Purchaser Agreement" (PPA.) with the purchaser of the Center Star M...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Final Reissuance of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Storm Water Multi-Sector General Permits for Industrial Activities for Alaska and for Indian Country in Montana This action provides notice of the reissuance of the "Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Storm Water Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Activities" for the State of Alaska, and for Indian country within the State of...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service: Children's Internet Protection Act In this document, the Commission adopts rules proposed in the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, to implement the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). On December 21, 2000, the President signed into law the Children's Internet Protection Ac...	Rule	Apr 16, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Policy and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange Marketplace; Review of Customer Premises Equipment and Enhanced Services Unbundling Rules in the Interexchange, Exchange Access and Local Exchange Markets This document eliminates the bundling restriction, adopted in the Commission's Computer II proceeding, that limits the ability of common carriers to offer consumers bundled packages of telecommunications services and customer premises equipment (CPE)...	Rule	Apr 16, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Annual Adjustment of Revenue Threshold This notice announces that the 2000 revenue threshold used for classifying carriers for various accounting and reporting purposes is increased to $117 million. The 1996 Act mandates that the Commission adjusts the revenue threshold annually to reflec...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2001 The Commission is proposing to revise its Schedule of Regulatory Fees in order to recover the amount of regulatory fees that Congress has required it to collect for fiscal year 2001. Section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, provides f...	Proposed Rule	Apr 16, 2001

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services Texas and Vermont; CFR correction	Rule	Apr 16, 2001

Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal home loan bank system;

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Federal Home Loan Bank Members Selected for Community Support Review The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is announcing the Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) members it has selected for the 2000-01 fifth quarter review cycle under the Finance Board's community support requirement regulation. This notice also...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities Permissible nonbanking activities	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in labeling and advertising:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Rule Concerning Disclosures Regarding Energy Consumption and Water Use of Certain Home Appliances and Other Products Required Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (“Appliance Labeling Rule”) The Federal Trade Commission ("Commission") announces that the current ranges of comparability for clothes washers will remain in effect until further notice. Under the Appliance Labeling Rule ("Rule"), each required label on a covered appliance must...	Rule	Apr 16, 2001

Prohibited trade practices:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Siemens AG, et al.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the compl...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Building Influenza Surveillance Capacity in Asia; Notice of Availability of Funds World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Cooperative Agreement for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Tracking, Research, and Integration; Notice of Availability of Funds Early Hearing Detection and Intervention	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Funding Opportunities The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announce the availability of FY 2001 fu...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Funding-Restricted Eligibility Notice of restricted eligibility.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Medicare and Medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Application by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) for Approval of Deeming Authority for Critical Access Hospitals This proposed notice with comment period acknowledges the receipt of an initial application by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) for consideration as a national accreditation program for critical access hospitals that wish to participate in...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Notice of a Meeting of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is given of a meeting of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission. The Commission will discuss its ongoing project on ethical and policy issue...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Epidemiology Research Needs Related to the Radiofrequency Energy From Wireless Phones Notice of public meeting.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Homeland Security Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Towing Safety Advisory Committee The Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) will meet to consider draft comments from the Fire Suppression and Voyage Planning Working Group. The comments, when approved by the Committee, will be forwarded to the docket for the Coast Guard's rulemaki...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment; Indian Housing Block Grant Program under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: Data Collection The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 2001 Community Development Work Study Program In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document notifies the public of funding awards for the Fiscal Year 2001 Community Development Work Study Program (CDWSP). The purpose...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM OMB Approval Number 1004-0119; Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget Under the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Interior Department > BLM OMB Approval Number 1004-0133; Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget Under the Paperwork Reduced Act Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Land and water:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Acquisition of Title to Land in Trust; Delay of Effective Date This action temporarily delays for 120 days the effective date of the rule titled "Acquisition of Title to Land in Trust," that we published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2001. We are extending the comment period in order to seek comments on...	Proposed Rule	Apr 16, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Roundtable Meeting The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's (BDAC) Ecosystem Roundtable will meet on April 27, 2001 to discuss the 2002 Ecosystem Restoration Program Implementation Plan, project selection process, and other issues. This meeting is open to the public. Intereste...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Minerals mangement:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Oil and Gas Leasing; Geothermal Resources Leasing; Coal Management; Management of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal; Mineral Materials Disposal; and Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is extending the public comment period on a Notice of Proposed Rule, published in the Federal Register on December 15, 2000 (65 FR 78440). The proposed rule would amend BLM mineral resources regulations to increase...	Proposed Rule	Apr 16, 2001

International Trade Commission

Administrative protective orders, breaches; sanctions:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Sanction for Breach of Commission Protective Order Notice is hereby given of the sanction imposed by the Commission for a breach of the administrative protective order ("APO") issued in Certain Steel Wire Rod, Inv. No. 201-TA-69. The Commission found that Martin J. Lewin and Adam S. Apatoff breached...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Network Interface Cards and Access Points for Use in Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Wireless Local Area Networks and Products Containing Same; Notice of Change of Administrative Law Judge Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to change the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") in the above-captioned investigation from Judge Paul J. Luckern to Judge Debra Morriss. This change was effect...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Set-Top Boxes and Components Thereof; Notice of Change of Administrative Law Judge Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to changed the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") in the above-captioned investigation from Judge Debra Morriss to Judge Paul J. Luckern. This change was effec...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Georgia Pacific, Chip Saw Plant, et al.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Donaldson/DCE, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky; Notice of Termination of Investigation Donaldson/DCE, Inc.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Wilkins Industries Co. et al.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Wisconsin Machine Tool et al.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Alien temporary employment labor certification process:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Division of Foreign Labor Certification; the Use of Sheepherders for Vegetation Management; General Administration Letter No. 3-01 Sheepherders; use for vegetation management (General Administration Letter No. 3-01)	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA Grant of Individual Exemptions; Keystone Brokerage, Inc. (Keystone) et al. This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (th...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Labor Department > PWBA Proposed Exemptions; Retirement Plan of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 489 of Cumberland, Maryland (the Plan) et al. This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Inte...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Project Competitive Grants for FY 2001 This notice contains all of the necessary information and forms needed to apply for grant funding. All applicants for grant funds should read this notice in its entirety. The U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Service, (VETS)...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Labor Department Veterans' Workforce Investment Program, Program Year 2000; Information Technology Competitive Grants All applicants for grant funds should read this notice in its entirety. The U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Service, (VETS) announces a grant competition for Veterans' Workforce Investment Program (VWIP), Section 168, Prog...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Task Force on International Space Station Operational Readiness; Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces an open meeting of the NAC Task Force on International Space Station Operational Readiness (IOR).	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Technology and Commercialization Advisory Committee (TCAC); Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Technology and Commercialization Advisory Committee.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

National Archives and Records Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to request extension of a currently approved information collection used to evaluate requests for access to records whose use has been restricted because they contain highly personal information....	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Entergy Operations, Inc.; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Entergy Operations, Inc.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Management Company, LLC; Duane Arnold Energy Center; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Nuclear Management Co., LLC, et al.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Export and import license applications for nuclear facilities and materials:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Application for a License To Import Radioactive Waste Allied Technology Group	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting on Standard Review Plan NRC will host a public meeting in Rockville, Maryland. The meeting will provide an opportunity for discussion on the revised draft Chapter 3 entitled, "Integrated Safety Analysis" of NUREG-1520 for 10 CFR part 70, Standard Review Plan (SRP) for the R...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Subcommittee Meeting on Planning and Procedures; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant Operations; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Changes to Adjudicatory Process The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations concerning its rules of practice to make the NRC's hearing process more effective and efficient. The proposed rule would fashion hearing procedures that are tailored to the...	Proposed Rule	Apr 16, 2001

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Railroad Retirement Board

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Proposed Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries o...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Railroad Retirement Board Proposed Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to Its Annual Electronic Access Fee. American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; the Depository Trust Company; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Establishment of a Matured Book-Entry Only Certificate Destruction Service Depository Trust Co.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. to Trade Standardized Equity Options on Trust Issued Receipts Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Small Business Administration

Small business size standards:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Small Business Size Standards; Waiver of the nonmanufacturer rule This document advises the public that the Small Business Administration (SBA) is establishing a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for aerospace ball and roller bearings, consisting of, but not limited to, annular ball bearings, cylindrical ball bear...	Rule	Apr 16, 2001

State Department

Visas; nonimmigrant documentation:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Visas: Nonimmigrant Classes; Legal Immigration Family Equity Act Nonimmigrants, V and K Classification This rule implements five new nonimmigrant visa categories (V1, V2 and V3 and K3, K4) established pursuant to the Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act that was enacted on December 21, 2000. The new categories permit United States consular offic...	Rule	Apr 16, 2001

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Notice of Meeting of the Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Services (ISAC-13) The Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Services (ISAC-13) will hold a meeting on April 24, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The meeting will be opened to the public from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. and closed to the public from 9:45 a.m. to 12 noon.	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Aerospatiale Model ATR42-500 Series Airplanes This amendment revises an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Aerospatiale Model ATR42-500 series airplanes. This amendment continues to require revising the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the Instructions for Continued Air...	Rule	Apr 16, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Learjet Model 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 35, 36, and 55 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Learjet Model 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 35, 36, and 55 series airplanes. This action requires an inspection to determine if tires on the main landing gear have a certain...	Rule	Apr 16, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; MD Helicopters Inc. Model MD-900 Helicopters This amendment supersedes an existing emergency airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) Model MD-900 helicopters. That emergency AD requires, within 6 hours time-in-service (TIS), or before further flight after January...	Rule	Apr 16, 2001

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 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 su...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 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 su...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 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 su...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 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 su...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 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 su...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 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 su...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 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 su...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 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 su...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 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 su...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Central Link Light Rail Transit Project The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is issuing this notice to advise the public, tribes and agencies that an SEIS will be prepared to further evaluate station and route alternatives from Northeast (NE) 45th Street to Northgate Mall in Seattle, W...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Meetings:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Comment Request The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

Veterans Affairs Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Apr 16, 2001

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Agriculture Department

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Commerce Department

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Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Marine mammals:

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Corporation for National and Community Service

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Defense Department

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Education Department

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Energy Department

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Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Environmental Protection Agency

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Superfund program:

Water pollution control:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

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Radio stations; table of assignments:

Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal home loan bank system;

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission

Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in labeling and advertising:

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General Services Administration

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Health and Human Services Department

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Interior Department

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Land and water:

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International Trade Commission

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Labor Department

Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

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Alien temporary employment labor certification process:

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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National Archives and Records Administration

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Agricultural Marketing Service

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Railroad Retirement Board

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Trade Representative, Office of United States