Federal Register July 6, 2001 (Volume 66)

Agencies Publishing on July 6, 2001

Agriculture Department (5)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (8)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (2)
Defense Department (3)
Education Department (9)
Energy Department (8)
Environmental Protection Agency (17)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (1)
Federal Reserve System (3)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
Health and Human Services Department (11)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (10)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (1)
Labor Department (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Securities and Exchange Commission (8)
Small Business Administration (1)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (11)
Treasury Department (3)
Veterans Affairs Department (10)

Agriculture Department

Electric loans:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Treasury Rate Loan Program On December 22, 2000, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), published a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in the Federal Register at 65 FR 80830 announcing the availability of $500 million in direct Tr...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS, Agriculture Department > FS Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement Evaluating the Environmental Effects of Providing Fish Passage Through the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery and Providing Riverine Habitat Within the Hatchery Grounds When the Bureau of Reclamation (Interior) built the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery along the west bank of the Icicle Creek, a tributary to the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers, in 1939, it modified the original Icicle Creek channel into a series of...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Oak Decline and Forest Health Project, Crawford, Dent, Iron, Reynolds, Shannon, and Washington Counties, MO The Forest Service will prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to disclose the environmental consequences of the proposed Oak Decline and Forest Health Project. The main purpose for this project proposal is to examine opportunities to...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Agriculture Department > FS Licking Creek Timber Sale Environmental Impact Statement The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to provide timber for the Tongass National Forest timber sale program. The Record of Decision will disclose how the Forest Service decides to provide...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Grants for State Revolving Loan Funds for Fuel Purchases The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces the availability of up to $5,000,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2001 in a new program of grants to state entities to establish and support revolving loan fund...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Civil Rights Commission

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NIST Survey of Advanced Technology Program Joint Venture Participants The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Commerce Department > NTIA Performance Reporting System (PRS) for the Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Amended Final Results of First New Shipper Review and First Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Preserved Mushrooms From the People's Republic of China China	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Indonesia Postponement of final antidumping determination and extension of provisional measures.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Aramid Fiber Formed of Poly Para-Phenylene Terephthalamide From the Netherlands; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On March 8, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on aramid fiber from the Netherlands. The review covers one manufacturer/exporter. The period o...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 110-Albuquerque, New Mexico Application for Expansion and Relocation New Mexico	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Census 2000:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > USBC The Census 2000 Count Question Resolution Program On January 22, 2001, the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) published in the Federal Register an initial notice relating to the Census 2000 Count Question Resolution (CQR) program (66 FR 6574). This notice provides information concerning the CQR pr...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; 2001 Specifications and Foreign Fishing Restrictions; Correction The final rule to implement the 2001 specifications for the Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish fisheries, published on Friday, March 2, 2001, contained an error in the designation of a paragraph related to distribution of Loligo squid commercia...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Bangladesh Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of an Import Limit and Sublimit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting a limit and sublimit.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Record of Decision for Outfall Replacement for Wastewater Treatment Plant at Fort Kamehameha, Navy Public Works Center, Pearl Harbor, HI The Department of the Navy, after weighing the operational, environmental, and cost implications of alternatives to the existing outfall for the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) at Fort Kamehameha, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, announces its decision to con...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Science Board The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force Precision Targeting will meet in closed session July 30, 2001, at the Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, VA. The Task Force will examine the full range of the precision weapons targeting in tactical military o...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

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

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; Ohio State University The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Ohio State University, a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice worldwide the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/747...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Special Education-Research and Innovation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Program. This notice provides closing dates and other information regarding the transmittal of applications for two FY 2001 competitions under one program authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as amended: Special Education--Res...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Education Department Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 On May 18, 2001, a notice inviting applications for new awards under the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Grant Applications under the Special Education--Training and Information for Parents of Children With Disabilities Progr...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Education Department Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research We invite applications for new grant awards for FY 2001 for three Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program (DRRP) funding priorities on Strategies for Promoting Information Technology (IT)-based Educational Opportunities fo...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Education Department National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research We are announcing three final funding priorities under the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program (DRRP) of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) for FY 2001-2003. Strategies for Promoti...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Education Department National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research We announce final funding priorities for FY 2001-2002 for two Rehabilitation Research Training Centers (RRTC) under the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR): Improving Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services for Indivi...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Education Department Notice Inviting Applications and Announcing a Pre-Application Meeting for New Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers for Fiscal Years (FY) 2001-2002 Rehabilitation Research Training Centers Program	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation; Meeting Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation National Committee	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Filing Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Electric Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Arizona Public Service Company; Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District; Notice of Filing El Paso Electric Co. et al.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. et al.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Momentum Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Regulations Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice Off-the-record communications	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Application for Reimbursement to Local Governments for Emergency Response to Hazardous Substance Releases Under CERCLA Section 123 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Applicat...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Sewage Treatment Plants In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: New Sour...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; Recordkeeping Requirements for Producers of Pesticides Under Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act as Amended (FIFRA) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3507 (a)(1)(D)), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) for recordkeeping requirements for producers of pesticides under section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fung...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; State Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program (SBTCP) Under the Clean Air Act as Amended in 1990 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: State Sm...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Standards of Performance for Storage Vessels for Petroleum Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 18, 1978 and Prior to July 23, 1984 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Standard...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule for Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: South Carolina The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing the direct final rule approving the section 111(d)/129 Plan submitted by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). The direct final rule was publis...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District EPA is proposing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic c...	Proposed Rule	Jul 06, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule Due to an adverse comment, EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule to approve reasonable available control technology (RACT) to limit volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from distilled spirits facilities. In the direct final rule published on...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA expressed environmental concern regarding impacts to wetlands and waters of the United States. ERP No. D-AFS-J65336-MT Rating EC2, Lolo National Forest, Big Game Winter Range and Burned Area Management, Restoration, Prevention and Cooperation, Im...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC); Inert Disclosure Stakeholder Workgroup; Notice of Public Meeting This notice announces a conference call meeting of the Inert Disclosure Stakeholder Workgroup. The workgroup was established to advise the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee on ways of making information on inert ingredients more available to the p...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of the Warwick Landfill Superfund site (Site), located in the Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes appendix B of the Na...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Reopening of Comment Period for Certain Documents Referenced in the Notice of Data Availability; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System-Regulations Addressing Cooling Water Intake Structures for New Facilities On August 10, 2000, EPA published proposed regulations addressing cooling water intake structures at new facilities in the Federal Register for public review and comment (65 FR 49060). On May 25, 2001, EPA published a Notice of Data Availability in t...	Proposed Rule	Jul 06, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard; Notice of Determination Massachusetts	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Water pollution; effluent guidelines for point source categories:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Construction and Development Point Source Category; Announcement of Meetings EPA will conduct informational meetings on the upcoming Construction and Development (C&D) Effluent Guidelines proposed rulemaking. The Agency will provide an overview of the C&D project. EPA intends to propose effluent guidelines and standards for t...	Proposed Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Petition for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Petitions for Reconsideration Clarification of Action in Rulemaking Proceedings Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Policy Statement on Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Methodologies and Documentation for Banks and Savings Institutions The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), on behalf of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Of...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Agency Holding the Meeting: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

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	Jul 06, 2001

Extensions of credit by Federal Reserve banks (Regulation A):

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks; Change in Discount Rate The Board of Governors has amended its Regulation A, Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks to reflect its approval of a decrease in the basic discount rate at each Federal Reserve Bank. The Board acted on requests submitted by the Boards of D...	Rule	Jul 06, 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	Jul 06, 2001

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Premerger Notification; Antitrust Improvements Act Notification and Report Form This final rule amends the Antitrust Improvements Act Notification and Report Form ("Form") which must be completed and submitted by persons required to report mergers and acquisitions pursuant to section 7A of the Clayton Act, as added by the Hart-S...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Medical Device Registration and Listing The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Reports of Corrections and Removals The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Tolerances for Residues of New Animal Drugs in Food; Clorsulon The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Merial Ltd. The supplemental NADA provides for establishing a tolerance for residues of c...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Limited Competition Announcement The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces that it will award limited competition cooperative agreements for four Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements to the following four national AIDS organizations: AIDS...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Notice of Intent To Fund International Social Service, United States of America Branch, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland The purpose of the technical assistance agreement is to ensure the provision of direct assistance to repatriates to aid in their return to the U.S. from abroad. Repatriates are referred from officials of the U.S. Consular offices, Department of State...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Community Mental Health Services and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Maintenance of Effort Requirements: Exclusion From Future Year Calculations Under the CMHS Block Grant program, States are required as a condition of receipt of funds to maintain State expenditures for community based mental health services for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbanc...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Refugee Resettlement Program: Final Notice of Allocations to States of FY 2001 Funds for Refugee Social Services This notice establishes the allocations to States of FY 2001 funds for social services under the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP). This notice includes $20.5 million in two set-aside funding allocations to: (1) Provide outreach and referral service...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Medical devices:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Medical Devices; Availability of Safety and Effectiveness Summaries for Premarket Approval Applications The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a list of premarket approval applications (PMAs) that have been approved. This list is intended to inform the public of the availability of safety and effectiveness summaries of approved PMAs throu...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Memorandums of understanding:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Memorandum of Understanding Between the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Food and Drug Administration. The purpose is to set forth conditions for the utiliz...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Protection of human subjects:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Protection of Human Research Subjects The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is proposing to amend Subpart B of its human subjects protection regulations published on January 17, 2001. These regulations provide additional protections for pregnant women and human fetuses invol...	Proposed Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety Zone; Menominee Waterfront Festival 2001, Menominee, Michigan The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone by the Menominee municipal marina for the Menominee Waterfront Festival 2001 fireworks display. This safety zone is necessary to protect spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with t...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are submitting to OMB for review and approval an information collection request (ICR), titled "30 CFR 250, Subpart P, Sulphur Operations." We are also soliciting comments from the public on...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are submitting to OMB for review and approval an information collection request (ICR), titled "30 CFR 250, Subpart F, Oil and Gas Well- Workover Operations." We are also soliciting comments...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Closure of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Closure of Lands to Vehicular Camping, Imperial County, CA The Bureau of Land Management will implement a Temporary Camping Closure in accordance with 43 CFR 8364.1. This closure to camping will include the following portion of land known as "East Mesa," west of the Old Coachella Canal: T16S., R. 20 E., SBM...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Final Notice of Closure of Certain Lands With the publication of this Notice, the Bureau of Land Management announces the closure of seasonal restriction of certain BLM-administered lands within the Idaho Falls Field Office. A complete description of these lands and the off-highway vehicle...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment on Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for the Northern Great Plains Breeding Population of the Piping Plover We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announce the availability of the draft Environmental Assessment for the proposal to designate critical habitat for the northern Great Plains breeding population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus), under t...	Proposed Rule	Jul 06, 2001
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Spruce-fir Moss Spider We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the spruce-fir moss spider (Microhexura montivaga), under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The areas designated as critical habitat include portions of A...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Environmental Water Account, San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, CA Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) intend to prepare an EIS/EIR for implementing...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Proposal of a Supplemental Rule Restricting Recreational and Sport Shooting To Protect Human Health and Safety in the Vicinity of the BLM Lands in Potter County, Texas In accordance with Title 43, Code of Federal Regulations Sec. 8365.1-6, the State Director may establish supplementary rules in order to provide for the protection of persons, property and public lands and resources. Failure to comply with this propo...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Extension of Restrictions, ID In accordance with Title 43 Group 8000-Recreation Programs, and in accordance with the principles established by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Notice is hereby given that tempora...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Camping and Firearms Restrictions In previous Federal Register Notices, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has enacted numerous Supplementary Rules and Orders to provide management and protection of Public Lands and resources. The BLM has republished those existing Supplementary Rul...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Blast Furnace Coke From China and Japan The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-951 and 952 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Ac...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Justice Department

National Instant Criminal Background Check System:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department National Instant Criminal Background Check System The Department promulgated regulations to govern the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in 1998 when the NICS became operational. Earlier this year, the Department published amendments to those regulations, which will take effec...	Proposed Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Fee schedules revision; 98% fee recovery (2001 FY)

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for FY 2001; Correction This document corrects a final rule appearing in the Federal Register on June 14, 2001 (66 FR 32452), concerning the licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to NRC applicants and licensees in compliance with the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation A...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Notice of Meeting Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Public Meeting to Solicit Stakeholder Input on the Use of Risk Information in the Nuclear Materials and Waste Regulatory Process: Case Study on the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Seismic Upgrades The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards is developing criteria for determining when risk information should be used in the regulation of nuclear materials and waste. As part of this effort, the NR...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee Meeting on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Public Meeting to Solicit Stakeholder Input on the Use of Risk Information in the Nuclear Materials and Waste Regulatory Process: Case Study on the TMI-2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Seismic Exemption The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards is developing criteria for determining when risk information should be used in the regulation of nuclear materials and waste. As part of this effort, the NR...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Hillview Investment Trust II, Hillview Capital Advisors, LLC, 1055 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, (812-12062); Order Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Granting an Exemption From Section 15(a) of the Act and Rule 18f-2 Under the Act and Denying a Request for a Hearing Hillview Investment Trust II et al.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Notice of Applications for Deregistration under Section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Each applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. Each applicant has never made a public offering of its securities and does not propose to make a public offering or engage in business of any kind. Filing Dates:...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to the Listing and Trading of Institutional Index Notes American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated Relating to Automatic Step-up Based on Order Size Parameters Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated Relating to Exchange Fees Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Stock Exchange, Incorporated To Extend Pilot Rules for Decimals Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Regarding the Discontinuance of Trade Comparison Services for Transactions Matched at or by the Relevant Market National Securities Clearing Corp.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Amending the Original Listing Standard for Cash Flow Revenue and Requiring Press Release Announcement from Companies Below Continued Listing Criteria By Reason of Share Price New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of Minnesota; Amendment #6 Minnesota	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Ellis & Eastern Company-Trackage Rights Exemption-The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

World Trade Organization:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Termination of Action and Monitoring: European Communities' Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas Pursuant to authority under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, on April 19, 1999, the United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) imposed 100 percent ad valorem duties on a list of products of certain member States of the...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E airspace, Roosevelt, UT This action revises the Roosevelt, UT, Class E airspace to accommodate airspace required for the establishment of a new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) to the Roosevelt Municipal Airport, Roosevelt, UT.	Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A310 Series Airplanes and Airbus Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R (Collectively Called A300-600) Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A310 series airplanes and Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R (collectively called A300-600) series airplanes, that requires revising the Airplane Flight...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A310, and Model A300 B4-600, A300 B4-600R, and A300 F4-600R (Collectively Called A300-600) Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A310 and A300-600 series airplanes, that currently requires a detailed visual inspection to detect damage to the terminal lugs on the 12XC and 15XE...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-700 and -800 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-700 and -800 series airplanes, that requires inspections of certain tension bolts at the attachment of the aft pressure bulkhead to the fuselage at body...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model DHC-8-102, -103, and -301 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Bombardier Model DHC-8-102, -103, and -301 series airplanes, that requires repair of the flight deck angle. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent the f...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model DHC-8-102, -103, -106, -201, -202, -301, -311, -314, and -315 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Bombardier Model DHC-8-102, -103, -106, -201, -202, - 301, -311, -314, and -315 series airplanes, that requires revising the Bombardier maintenance program to incorporate rep...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model DHC-8-200 and -300 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Bombardier Model DHC-8-200 and -300 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive inspections to detect chafing or arcing damage to the cable/wire and fu...	Rule	Jul 06, 2001

Aviation proceedings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Aviation Proceedings, Agreements Filed During Week Ending June 22, 2001 Agreements filed; weekly receipts	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Transportation Department Notice of Application for Certificates Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement: Rockland County, New York The FHWA, NYSTA and DOT announce the termination of the preparation of an environmental impact statement for the proposed Rockland County to Manhattan Ferry Project.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > BTS Grant Program for Research and Development in the Field of Transportation Statistics The Bureau of Transportation Statistics supports its goal of advancing the field of transportation statistics through the Transportation Statistics Research Grants program. This notice solicits applications for projects that (1) support the developme...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Automation program test:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > Customs Service Announcement of Changes to the Eligibility Requirements for Participation in Remote Location Filing Prototype Two This notice announces a new eligibility requirement for participation in the second prototype of Customs Remote Location Filing program (RLF). Specifically, customs brokers who are RLF applicants or current RLF participants must hold a national broke...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Customhouse broker license cancellation, suspension, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > Customs Service Cancellation of Customs Broker Licenses Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 111.51(a), the following Customs broker licenses have been cancelled due to death of the broker. Because previous publication of some records cannot be readily verified, the records are now being publis...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Treasury Department > Customs Service Retraction of Revocation Notice The following Customs broker license numbers were erroneously included in a list of revoked Customs broker licenses.	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Illnesses Not Associated With Service in the Gulf During the Gulf War As required by law, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hereby gives notice that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, under the authority granted by the Persian Gulf War Veterans Act of 1998, Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-742 through 2681-749 (co...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

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	Jul 06, 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	Jul 06, 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	Jul 06, 2001
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...	Notice	Jul 06, 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	Jul 06, 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	Jul 06, 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	Jul 06, 2001
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...	Notice	Jul 06, 2001

Federal Register July 6, 2001

Agencies Publishing on July 6, 2001

Agriculture Department

Electric loans:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Antidumping:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Census 2000:

Fishery conservation and management:

C Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

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

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Practice and procedure:

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Superfund program:

Water pollution control:

Water pollution; effluent guidelines for point source categories:

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Election Commission

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Extensions of credit by Federal Reserve banks (Regulation A):

Federal Trade Commission

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act; implementation:

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Medical devices:

Memorandums of understanding:

Protection of human subjects:

Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Closure of public lands:

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department

National Instant Criminal Background Check System:

Labor Department

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Fee schedules revision; 98% fee recovery (2001 FY)

Meetings:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Trade Representative, Office of United States