Federal Register July 31, 2001 (Volume 66)

Agencies Publishing on July 31, 2001

Agriculture Department (7)
Commerce Department (14)
Corporation for National and Community Service (1)
Defense Department (9)
Education Department (6)
Energy Department (10)
Environmental Protection Agency (3)
Federal Communications Commission (13)
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (2)
General Services Administration (4)
Health and Human Services Department (7)
Homeland Security Department (4)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (23)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (3)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
Personnel Management Office (2)
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Postal Regulatory Commission (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (1)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (15)
Treasury Department (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Form FNS-648, WIC Local Agency Directory Report In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Food and Nutrition Service's (FNS) intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection, the WIC Local Agency Directory Report.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Agriculture Department > FNS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Uniform Grant Application Package for Discretionary Grant Programs In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is publishing for public comment a summary of a proposed information collection. The proposed collection is for a uniform grant application package for FNS d...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Cherries (tart) grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, et al.; Suspension of Provisions Under the Federal Marketing Order for Tart Cherries This rule suspends a provision in the Federal tart cherry marketing order (order) to allow handlers to receive diversion credit for exporting juice and juice concentrate to countries other than Canada and Mexico. The provision to be suspended does no...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition; Notice of Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., this notice announces a meeting of the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Nectarines and peaches grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Nectarines and Peaches Grown in California; Revision of Reporting Requirements for Fresh Nectarines and Peaches This rule revises the reporting requirements under the marketing orders for California nectarines and peaches by modifying the requirement that all handlers submit a monthly destination report. This rule relaxes the requirement by establishing an exe...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida; Limiting the Volume of Small Red Seedless Grapefruit This rule invites comments on limiting the volume of small red seedless grapefruit entering the fresh market under the marketing order covering oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in Florida. The marketing order is administered locall...	Proposed Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Foundry Coke Products From The People's Republic of China Notice of final determination of sales at less than fair value.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments Research Foundation of State University of New York	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Rutgers University; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument Rutgers University	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Sea Turtle Conservation; Activities Related to Fishing The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces its intent to prepare an EIS to assess the potential impacts on the human environment of sea turtle interactions with fishing activities in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. NMFS is responsible fo...	Proposed Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Mystery Oil Spill at Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Vicinity, August 8, 2000: Notice of Intent To Conduct Restoration Planning Pursuant to 15 CFR 990.44 Natural resource trustees (Trustees) are designated pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. 2706(e), Executive Order 12777, and the National Contingency Plan, 40 CFR 300.600 and 300.605, with responsibility to conduct natural resource da...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; Prohibition on Fishing for Pelagic Management Unit Species; Nearshore Area Closures Around American Samoa by Vessels More Than 50 Feet in Length NMFS proposes a rule which would prohibit certain vessels from fishing for Pacific pelagic management unit species (PMUS) within nearshore areas approximately 50 nautical miles (nm) around the islands of American Samoa. This prohibition would apply t...	Proposed Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Essential Fish Habitat; Public Meeting The NPFMC will hold an essential fish habitat (EFH) committee meeting to review NMFS draft summary of EFH scoping comments, to identify significant issues and preliminary alternatives, and to determine staffing needs.	Proposed Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NIST Announcement of a Meeting to Discuss an Opportunity To Join a Cooperative Research and Development Consortium on a NIST MEP eBusiness Demonstration Testbed The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites interested parties to attend a meeting on August 21, 2001 to discuss the possibility of setting up a cooperative research consortium. The objective of this consortium is to address int...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) will hold a public meeting.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Oil Pollution Act:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Natural Resource Damage Assessments On January 5, 1996, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) promulgated final regulations for the assessment of natural resource damages pursuant to section 1006(e)(1) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. The final regulations were ch...	Proposed Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Patent cases:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2002 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (referred to as "we", "us", or "our" in this notice) is adjusting certain patent fee amounts to reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Also, we are adjusting, by a corresponding amount, a...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; Permits Notice is hereby given of the following actions for takes of marine mammal species for the purposes of scientific research: NMFS has received permit applications from: Mystic Aquarium, 55 Coogan Blvd., Mystic, CT 06355 (Dr. Lisa Mazarro, Principal In...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Tariff rate quotas:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Allocation of Tariff Rate Quotas on the Import of Certain Worsted Wool Fabrics for Calendar Year 2001 Notice of Allocation of Worsted Wool Fabric Tariff Rate Quota	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Corporation for National and Community Service

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service Notice Inviting Applications for Technical and Administrative Support for the National Service-Learning Leader Schools Program The Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) announces that it expects to have available up to $600,000 assistance to develop and implement the National Service-Learning Leader Schools program through a cooperative agreement w...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Defense Department > USA Proposed Collection; Comment Request In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of the Army announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether th...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Defense Department > USA Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE Notice of Availability of Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Nationwide Permit Program In the March 22, 1999, issue of the Federal Register (64 FR 13782) the Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced that it would prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) for the Corps Nationwide Permit (NWP) program. The overall purpose...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for Potential Multi-Objective Projects in the Lower Colorado River Basin and Associated Tributaries for Flood Damage Reduction, Ecosystem Restoration, and Recreation Currently in and Around Austin, TX The DPEIS shall investigate alternative solutions, both structural and non-structural, for identified water resource problems, needs, and opportunities within the Lower Colorado River Basin and associated tributaries. Several areas along the Onion Cr...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Defense Department > COE Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Preparation of a Special Area Management Plan and Associated 404 Permit Actions for the San Diego Creek Watershed, Orange County, CA The Corps of Engineers will prepare an EIS on a Special Are Management Plan (SAMP) and associated 404 permit actions in connection with future development, infrastructure maintenance and aquatic restoration in the San Diego Creek watershed in Orange...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

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

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Available for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Method and Compositions for Treating and Preventing Retinal Damage In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application No. 09/590,174 entitled "Method and Compositions for Treating and Preventing Retinal Damage" filed June 9, 2000. Foreign rights are als...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Defense Department > COE Grant of Exclusive Licenses In accordance with 37 CFR 404.7(b)(1)(i), announcement is made of a prospective exclusive license for all fields of use, in the manufacture, use, and sale of the telescoping Weir covered by U.S. Patent No. 6,213,684 filed October 26, 1998.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Defense Department > COE Grant of Exclusive Licenses The notice published on Friday, June 15, 2001 at 66 FR 32609 announcing a prospective exclusive patent license in European Patent Application Office application number 94926514.4 should be revised by deleting the Supplementary Information and substit...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The 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	Jul 31, 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 31, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA, Education Department, General Services Administration, Postal Regulatory Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request; correction	Correction	Jul 31, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards Under Certain Programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 We invite applications for new FY 2002 grant awards under the Field-Initiated Projects (84.133G) and Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects (84.133P). We take this action to focus research attention on an area of national need.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Education Department Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards Under the Research Fellowships Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 Research Fellowships Program	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a new system of records entitled "Individual Development Planning (IDP) System." The system will be used by employees and superv...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Intent to File Application for a New License Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Meeting Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Constellation Power Source, Inc; Notice of Issuance of Order Constellation Power Source, Inc.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Symbiotics, LLC.; Notice Granting Late Intervention Symbiotics, LLC	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Portland General Electric Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment Portland General Electric Co.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Feder...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Pantex This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Pantex. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federa...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Rocky Flats This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Rocky Flats. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meeting be announced in th...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Acquisition Regulation: Type of Contracts The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this rule to amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to provide for the use, in certain circumstances and under certain conditions, of a letter contract known as a Notice to Proceed (NTP), to...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; RACT for the Control VOC Emissions from Iron and Steel Production Installations EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland. The intended effect of this action is to propose approval of this revision, which establishes reasonably available control technology (RACT) fo...	Proposed Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Announcement of Public Comment Period for Draft National Beach Guidance and Performance Criteria for Recreation Waters The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed and is requesting public comments on the draft National Beach Guidance and Performance Criteria for Recreation Waters. This document provides proposed performance criteria for monitoring and ass...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval The Federal Communications Commissions, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Charlottesville, VA The Commission, at the request of Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation (formerly Central Virginia Educational Telecommunications Corporation), licensee of noncommercial educational station WHTJ(TV), substitutes DTV channel *46 for DTV channel...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Fourth Meeting of the Advisory Committee for the 2003 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-03 Advisory Committee) In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the next meeting of the WRC-03 Advisory Committee will be held on August 28, 2001, at the Federal Communications Commission. The purpose of the meeting...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Radio services, special:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Replacement of Part 90 by Part 88 to Revise the Private Land Mobile Radio Services and Modify the Policies Governing Them and Examination of Exclusivity and Frequency Assignment Policies of the Private Land Mobile Services This document is to show rules amended by the Commission when it reconsidered it's Second Memorandum Opinion and Order which established revised rules for frequency coordination in the Private Land Mobile Radio Service, shall become effective July 31...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Hugo, Colorado This document allots Channel 222A to Hugo, Colorado, as that community's first local aural transmission service, in response to a petition for rule making filed by Alan Olson. See 66 FR 21727, May 1, 2001. Coordinates used for Channel 222A at Hugo, C...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Sugar Hill and Toccoa, GA At the request of Southern Broadcasting of Pensacola, Inc. this document substitutes Channel 291C1 for Channel 291C at Toccoa, Georgia, reallots Channel 291C1 to Sugar Hill, Georgia, and modifies the license of Station WWNGC to specify operation on C...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Federal Communications Commission FM Broadcasting Services; Pleasanton, KS and Topeka, Iola, and Emporia, KS The Commission, in response to the rulemaking petition of Shawnee Broadcasting Corporation (RM-9216), upgrades Station KWIC(FM) by substituting Channel 257C3 (99.3 MHz) for Channel 257A at Topeka, Kansas; substituting Channel 268A (101.5 MHz) for Cha...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Browning, Columbia Falls & Pablo, MT In response to a proposal filed by Mountain West Broadcasting, we will allot Channel 276C3 at Columbia Falls, Montana. See 64 FR 5740, February 2, 1999. The coordinates for Channel 276C3 at Columbia Falls are 48-22-30 and 114-10-54. In response to a...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; West Hurley, Rosendale and Rhinebeck, NY, and North Canaan and Sharon, CT At the request of the State University of New York, this document allots Channel 273A* to Rhinebeck, New York. This allotment will be reserved for noncommercial educational use. To accommodate Channel 273A* at Rhinebeck, this document also substitute...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services (Salem, Mollalla, Oregon; Avon, Fairport, New York) This document grants two petitions for rulemaking, issued on a multiple Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. See 66 FR 15065 (03/15/01). The first, filed by Entercom Portland License, LLC., licensee of Station KRSK(FM), Salem, Oregon, requested the reallot...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Comanche, TX This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by Charles Crawford, requesting the allotment of Channel 224A to Comanche, Texas, as that community's second local FM transmission service. This proposal requires a site restriction 6...	Proposed Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Various Locations The Commission, on its own motion, editorially amends the Table of FM Allotments to specify the actual classes of channels allotted to various communities. The changes in channel classifications have been authorized in response to applications filed...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Cancellation of Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jul 31, 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 31, 2001

General Services Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Standard Form 94, Statement of Witness Submission for OMB review; comment request; correction	Correction	Jul 31, 2001
General Services Administration Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled GSAM, Part 542, Contract Administration, and Part 546, Quality Assurance Submission for OMB review; comment request; correction	Correction	Jul 31, 2001

Federal Management Regulation:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Federal Advisory Committee Management Correction	Correction	Jul 31, 2001
General Services Administration Mail Management The General Services Administration (GSA) proposed to revise the Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) coverage on Federal mail management and move it into the Federal Management Regulation (FMR). A cross-reference will be added to the FPMR...	Proposed Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Health and Human Services Department Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to grant a "Voluntary Customer Satisfaction Survey Generic Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare Resea...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Office of Public Health and Science; Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants The Office of Population Affairs, OPHS, HHS published a notice in the Federal Register of June 8, 2001 announcing the anticipated availability of funds for family planning services grants. This notice contains three errors: (1) One of the eligible Po...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Medicare and Medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > PHS, CMS, ACF, CSEO Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Change of Agency Name: Technical Amendments In accordance with the name change of the Health Care Financing Administration to the "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services," this technical regulation revises all references to "Health Care Financing Administration" and "HCFA" in chapters I, IV...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities-Update; Final Rule This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2002, as required by statute. Annual updates to the PPS rates are required by section 1888(e) of the...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Applied Research on Antimicrobial Resistance, PA #01066. Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidances for Industry on Providing Regulatory Submissions to Office of Food Additive Safety in Electronic Format: General Considerations and for Food Additive and Color Additive Petitions; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of two draft guidances for industry entitled "Providing Regulatory Submissions to Office of Food Additive Safety in Electronic Format--General Considerations" and "Providing Regula...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Homeland Security Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): 2115-0619 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded one Information Collection Report (ICR) abstracted below to OMB for review and comment. Our ICRs describe the information w...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, Cape May Canal The Coast Guard is changing the regulations that govern the operation of the Cape May Canal Railroad Bridge at the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), mile 115.1, across Cape May Canal, in Cape May, New Jersey. The final rule maintains the bridge...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Notice of Public Meeting; letter of recommendation, LNG Facility, Cove Point, MD The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Baltimore (COTP) is preparing a letter of recommendation as to the suitability of the Chesapeake Bay waterway for liquefied hazardous gas (LHG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG) marine traffic in response to a l...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety Zone; Fireworks Display, Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone on the waters of Columbia River in the vicinity of Astoria, Oregon from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. (PDT) on August 12, 2001. The Captain of the Port, Portland, Oregon, is taking this action to safeguard watercraft...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Announcement of OMB Approval Number for Public Housing Development Evidentiary Materials and Other Documents-24 CFR 941.610 The purpose of this notice is to announce the OMB approval number for the collection of information pertaining to requirement for submission of evidentiary materials and other documents in the development of public housing.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered Species Permit Applications The following applicants have applied for a scientific research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 USC 1531 et seq.).	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications The following applicants have applied for a scientific research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit; Endangered Species Endangered and threatened species permit applications	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Interior Department > FWS Denial of Permit for Marine Mammals Marine mammal permit applications	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Approval Number 1004-0184 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect information from lessees, operators, record title holders, o...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Approval Number 1004-0041 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect information from grazing operators who request changes to th...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Reinstatement of Approved Information Collection, OMB Approval Number 1004-0068 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requests the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate an existing approval to collect information that authorizes and documents the cooperative cons...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Alaska Native claims selection:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Alaska Native Claims Selection Notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Ahtna, Inc., for 130.45 acres, located in the vicinity of Copper Center and Chistochina, Alaska, i...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Closure of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Temporary Closure of Access to Public Lands; Tillamook County, OR The BLM is temporarily closing a portion of the Nestucca Access Road and the Alder Glen Campground in Tillamook County to public entry.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Availability of Proposed Monitoring Plan for American Peregrine Falcons in the United States for Review and Comment The Endangered Species Act requires that the Service implement a system, in cooperation with the States, to monitor effectively for at least 5 years, the status of all species that have been recovered and no longer need protection of the ESA. The Ame...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for the Dos Pueblos Golf Links, Santa Barbara County, CA CPH Dos Pueblos Associates, L.L.C., and ARCO Environmental Remediation, L.L.C., (Applicants) have applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for Incidental Take Permits (Permits) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act o...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Renewal of the Federal Agreement and Grant of Right-of-Way for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), as amended; the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321), as amended; the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR part...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Interior Department > BOR Wellton-Mohawk Title Transfer Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential effects of the proposed title transfer of prope...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Indian lands program:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > OSM Navajo Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is approving a proposed amendment to the Navajo abandoned mine land reclamation (AMLR) plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Navajo plan") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

National Wildlife Refuge System:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Intent To Acquire Additional Habitat for Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge in St. Lucie and Martin Counties, FL This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, has prepared a Decision Report that proposes to acquire approximately 149 acres of additional wildlife habitat for Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge in St. Lu...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Protraction diagram plat filings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Montana: Filing of Amended Protraction Diagram Plats The plats of the amended protraction diagram accepted June 7, 2001, of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Montana State Office, Billings Montana, thirty (30) days from the date of this publication.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action Direct (Non-Competitive) Sale of Public Lands in Mohave County, AZ The following public lands have been found suitable for a direct (non-competitive) sale under Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750; 43 U.S.C. 1713), at not less than the estimated fair market value. The lan...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action; Nevada The following land in Elko County, Nevada has been examined and identified as suitable for disposal by direct sale, including the mineral estate of no more than nominal value, excluding oil and gas and geothermal resources, under section 203 and sect...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Closures; Prohibition of Certain Activities; Nevada Notice is hereby given that certain lands would be temporarily closed or restricted, and certain activities would be temporarily prohibited, in and around the Burning Man Festival event site, Pershing and Washoe counties, Nevada, for camping, vehicle...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Survey plat filings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Arizona State Office; Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey Arizona	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Colorado: Filing of Plats of Survey Colorado	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey The plat of the following described land was officially filed in the Idaho State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, Idaho, effective 9 a.m., on the date specified: The plat representing the dependent resurvey of portions of the east boundary a...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/Washington The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Oregon State Office, Portland, Oregon, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain EPROM, EEPROM, Flash Memory, and Flash Microcontroller Semiconductor Devices, and Products Containing Same; Notice of Decision To Deny Complainant Atmel's Petition for Reconsideration of the Commission's Final Determination of No Violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by Respondent Macronix Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to deny complainant Atmel's petition for reconsideration of the Commission's final determination of no violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by respondent...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested Notice of information collection under review; Tribal resources grant program application.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review: Revision of a currently approved collection; Deaths in custody, 2001.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Justice Department > OJP Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; Comment Request Extension of Existing Collection: The Survey of Inmates in Local Jails.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company; Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station; Exemption Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Repayment of Student Loans The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to implement provisions of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 authorizing Federal agencies to repay federally insured student loans when ne...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of An Expiring Information Collection: Standard Form 2808 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of an expiring inform...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Agency information collection activities:

No documents available.

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure Correction	Correction	Jul 31, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Thereto by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Relating to Municipal Fund Securities and Qualification of Municipal Securities Principals, Operative on August 6, 2001 Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

State Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Systems and Integration Office, Applications Programming Division; Information Collection Under Emergency Review: Electronic Telephone Directory (e*Phone) The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the emergency review procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Type of...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Visas; immigrant documentation:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Visas: Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended-Diversity Visas This document makes certain amendments to the regulations implementing the Diversity Immigrant (DV) Program (the Program). The Department feels the amendments are necessary to further clarify its interpretation of the statute with respect to the Prog...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Railroad Revenue Adequacy-2000 Determination On July 31, 2001, the Board served a decision announcing the 2000 revenue adequacy determinations for the Nation's Class I railroads. No carrier is found to be revenue adequate.	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace, Roosevelt, UT Class E airspace; correction	Correction	Jul 31, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E2 Airspace; Greenwood, MS This action establishes Class E2 airspace at Greenwood, MS, for the Greenwood-Leflore Airport. The Greenwood Airport Traffic Control Tower is a part time facility. When the control tower is closed, Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) pro...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001
Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 B2, A300 B4, A310, A319, A320, A321, A330, and A340 Series Airplanes; 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 all Airbus Model A300 B2, A300 B4, A310, A319, A320, A321, A330, and A340 series airplanes; and Model A300 B4-600, A300 B4-600R, and A300 F4-600R (collectively called A...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes, that requires performing a general visual inspection of the outer handle flap mechanisms of the passenger doors for th...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 B2; A300 B4; A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R (Collectively Called A300-600); A310; A319; A320; A321; A330; and A340 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 B2; A300 B4; A300 B4-600, B4- 600R, and F4-600R (collectively called A300-600); A310; A319; A320; A321; A330; and A340 series airplanes, that requires r...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A310 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A310 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections of the metallic vapor seals in the center fuel tank to detect holes, tears, or a change in shape; cor...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 767-200, -300, and -300F Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Boeing Model 767 series airplanes, that currently requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to include procedures that will ensure that the center tank fue...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747 Series Airplanes Powered By Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7 Series Engines This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747 series airplanes powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7 series engines, that currently requires detailed visual inspections of the lugs on the bulkh...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney JT8D Series Turbofan Engines This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), that is applicable to Pratt & Whitney (PW) JT8D series turbofan engines. This amendment requires removing certain 2nd stage compressor disks, specified by part number (P/N) and serial number (...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Rockwell Collins, Inc. CTL-92 Transponder Control Panels This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Rockwell Collins) CTL-92 transponder control panels that are installed on aircraft. This AD requires you to modify the altitude encoder inputs of...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Public Meeting; Commercial Launch Industry The FAA announces an on-line public forum on the Internet seeking comments and information from the public regarding the government's role in supporting the U.S. commercial launch industry. In particular, the FAA is asking whether and why the governm...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Diabetes This notice announces the FMCSA's proposal to issue exemptions to certain insulin-using diabetic drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), from the diabetes mellitus prohibitions contained in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs)....	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Motor vehicle theft prevention standard:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Final Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard This document publishes the final data on thefts of model year (MY) 1999 passenger motor vehicles that occurred in calendar year (CY) 1999. The final 1999 theft data indicate an increase in the vehicle theft rate when compared to the theft rate exper...	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Jul 31, 2001

Procedure and administration:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Disclosures of Return Information to Officers and Employees of the Department of Agriculture for Certain Statistical Purposes and Related Activities This document provides a final regulation relating to the disclosure of return information to officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture for certain statistical purposes and related activities. This regulation permits the IRS to disclose...	Rule	Jul 31, 2001

Veterans Affairs Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department VA Advisory Council on Homelessness Among Veterans Homelessness Among Veterans Advisory Committee	Notice	Jul 31, 2001