August 20, 2001 (Volume 66)

Federal Register August 20, 2001

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

98 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 20, 2001

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The USDA Forest Service, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a timber sale and connected actions within the Black Creek watershed planning area of the North Umpqua Ranger District. These actions include timber sales, the construc...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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Section 102(b) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (AREERA) (7 U.S.C. 7612) requires the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) in establishing priorities for agricultural research,...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Burley Tobacco Advisory Committee
Notice Aug 20, 2001
The Hells Canyon Subgroup of the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council will meet on September 14 and 15, 2001 at the Forest Service Administrative Site, Pittsburgh Landing. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 5 p.m. the first day a...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Prunes (dried) produced in

Title Type Published
This rule would increase the assessment rate from $2.00 to $2.80 per ton of salable dried prunes established for the Prune Marketing Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 993 for the 2001-02 and subsequent crop years. The Committee locally...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Hague Conference on Private International Law is negotiating a Convention designed to create common jurisdiction rules for international civil and commercial cases and to provide for international recognition and enforcement of judgments issued u...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with July anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we ar...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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NIST invites and requests nomination of individuals for appointment to the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT). The terms of some of the members of the VCAT will soon expire. NIST will consider nominations received in response to this no...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS issues a final rule to amend portions of the regulations implementing the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for groundfish fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone to require groundfish motherships and catcher/processors to submit annuall...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will hold public meetings.
Notice Aug 20, 2001
On behalf of the recently appointed Commission on Ocean Policy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, is hereby announcing the Commission's first public meeting. The first meeting will be on Monday and Tues...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Education Department logo Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 Aug 20, 2001

Postsecondary education:

Title Type Published
The Secretary announces the deadline and submission dates for receiving documents from institutions and applicants for assistance under the Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study (FWS), Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Fe...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The EIA is soliciting comments on the proposed three-year extension to the Form FE-746R, "Import and Export of Natural Gas."
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Callaway Golf Co.
Notice Aug 20, 2001
RAMCO, Inc.
Notice Aug 20, 2001
Travis Energy Environment, Inc.
Notice Aug 20, 2001
Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd.
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
Indian River Power, LLC, et al.
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Title Type Published
Under two separate applications, AES NewEnergy, Inc. (AES NewEnergy) has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico and from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Black River L.P.
Notice Aug 20, 2001
The National Nuclear Security Administration, a separately organized agency within the Department of Energy (DOE), announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed Relocation of Technical Area 18 Capabilit...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Natural gas exportation and importation:

Title Type Published
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during June 2001, it issued Orders granting authority to import and export natural gas, including liquefied natural gas. These Orders are summarized in the attached append...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to convert its conditional approval of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's large municipal waste combustor (MWC) plan submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to a full approval. In the Final Rules...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA is taking direct final action to convert its conditional approval of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's large municipal waste combustor (MWC) plan submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to a full approval. EP...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

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

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from Phase I gasoline trans...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from Phase...
Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA is approving revisions to the 1-hour ozone maintenance state implementation plan (SIP) for Marshall and a portion of Livingston Counties, Kentucky (i.e., the Paducah area), submitted on June 14, 2001, by the Commonwealth of Kentucky through the N...
Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the 1-hour ozone maintenance state implementation plan for Marshall and a portion of Livingston Counties, Kentucky (i.e., the Paducah area), submitted on June 14, 2001, by the Commonwealth of Kentucky through...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). In this action, EPA is approving revisions which reorganize the structure of the general administrative provisions describing definitions of terms...
Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA is proposing approval of revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). In this action, EPA is proposing approval of revisions which reorganize the structure of the general administrative provisions describing definitions of terms use...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of establishing and requiring reasonably available control technology (RACT) for 18 major sources of volatile organic...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions were submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to establish and require rea...
Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions were submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to establish and require rea...
Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of establishing and requiring reasonably available control technology (RACT) for eight major sources of volatile organ...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions were submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to establish and require rea...
Rule Aug 20, 2001
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of establishing and requiring reasonably available control technology (RACT) for five major sources of volatile organi...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001

Pesticide programs:

Title Type Published
EPA in response to request from the public is extending an existing comment period for a supplemental proposal appearing in the Federal Register on July 19, 2001. EPA issued the July 19, 2001 supplemental proposal to solicit additional comment on the...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
On May 18, 2001, the President signed Executive Order 13212 recognizing the importance of environmentally sound production and transmission of energy to all American people. The Order established a federal interagency task force ("Task Force"), chair...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Farm credit system:

Title Type Published
This current proposal would amend our regulations to allow a Farm Credit System (FCS, Farm Credit or System) institution to terminate its FCS charter and become a financial institution under another Federal or State chartering authority. Our purpose...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 Aug 20, 2001

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
This document reevaluates certain provisions of the Commission's collocation rules on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Specifically, the Commission amends its rules regarding which equipment is "nec...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
The Federal Maritime Commission is issuing new regulations implementing the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act. The new regulations expand the Commission's Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") services, addressing guidelines and procedures for a...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Truth in lending (Regulation Z):

Title Type Published
Open-end model forms and clauses; CFR correction
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Thrift Savings Plan:

Title Type Published
The Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Board) is amending the regulations on methods of withdrawing funds from the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) to eliminate the option to transfer a financial hardship in-service withdr...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship, National Institutes of Health (...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Injury Research Grant Review Committee
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Medicaid:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would amend the Medicaid regulations published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2001 (66 FR 6228) setting forth policies to implement provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) that--allow the States greater flexibil...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Resource Management Plan (DRMP) and associated Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (NCA) and Sonoita Valley Acquisition Planning District...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Fish and wildlife restoration; Federal aid to States:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule establishes the requirements for participation in the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program authorized by the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act and provides guidance for the program's administ...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice extends the deadline published in the Federal Register on June 11, 2001 for filing applications for Bureau-funded education facilities replacement construction projects. The Notice also changes the address to which applicants must submit...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Importation, exportation, and transportation of wildlife:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to make Anchorage, Alaska, a designated port under section 9(f) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This action would allow the direct importation and exportation of wildlife through this growing int...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Adaptive Management Program (AMP) was implemented as a result of the Record of Decision on the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam Final Environmental Impact Statement to comply with consultation requirements of the Grand Canyon Protection Act (Pub. L....
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title Type Published
OSM is approving, with two exceptions, an amendment to the Virginia permanent regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The program amendment consists of...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Alcohol, tobacco, and other excise taxes:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is recodifying the regulations pertaining to the exportation of tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes, without payment of tax, or with drawback of tax. The purpose of this recodification is...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Senior Executive Service:

Title Type Published
Performance Review Board; membership
Notice Aug 20, 2001

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National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

Title Type Published
The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science is holding an open business meeting to discuss administrative and other matters, including development of a program and strategy related to library and information services for individ...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Voluntary Industry Initiatives Program; regulatory process; withdrawn
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Peace Corps logo Peace Corps

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the paperwork Reduction Act of 1981 (44 USC, Chapter 35), the Peace Corps has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for approval of information collection, OMB Control Number 0420-0005, the Peace Corps Volunteer Appli...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is amending its rules to delegate authority to the Director of the Division of Market Regulation ("Director") to publish notices of proposed rule changes filed pursuant to section 19(b)(7) of the...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Securities:

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is adopting Rule 6a-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and registration Form 1-N prescribing the requirements for designated contract markets and derivative transaction e...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Chicago Southshore South Bend Railroad
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

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

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Administrative regulations:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this final rule, required by law, lowering the fees it established by interim final rule, which was issued on May 30, 2000 (65 FR 36002, June 6, 2000). The interim final rule established fees for FAA air traffic and related service...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice requests comments regarding proposed revisions to Advisory Circular (AC) 25-7A, "Flight Test Guide for Certification of Transport Category Airplanes." AC 25-7A provides guidance on acceptance means, but not the only means, of demonstratin...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved information collection.
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which is applicable to all Model A320 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive measurements of the deflection of the elevator trailing edge; inspections of the elevator s...
Rule Aug 20, 2001
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747 series airplanes equipped with General Electric Model CF6-45 or -50 series engines or Pratt & Whitney Model JT9D-3, -7, or -70 series engines;...
Rule Aug 20, 2001
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747-400 and 767 series airplanes, that requires modification of the core cowl assemblies of the engines. This action is necessary to prevent failure of the c...
Rule Aug 20, 2001
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-600, -700, and -800 series airplanes. This action requires repetitive inspections for corrosion or cracking of the keel beam splices, and correcti...
Rule Aug 20, 2001
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737 series airplanes, that requires initial and repetitive inspections of certain areas of the wing spars to detect cracking or corrosion; and follow-on corr...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration announces extension of scoping comment period for Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) assessing implementation of projects proposed at the Juneau International Airport.
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Hazardous materials:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, exemptions from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardo...
Notice Aug 20, 2001
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, exemptions from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardo...
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Pipeline safety:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to the final regulations on qualification of pipeline personnel, which were published in the Federal Register on August 27, 1999 (64 FR 46853). These corrections are minor and do not affect the substance or content...
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; CFR correction
Rule Aug 20, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Aug 20, 2001
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Aug 20, 2001
The Financial Management Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection. By this no...
Notice Aug 20, 2001
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Aug 20, 2001

Alcohol, tobacco, and other excise taxes:

No documents available.

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
PFS Bancorp, Inc.
Notice Aug 20, 2001

United States African Development Foundation logo United States African Development Foundation

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

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