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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2000-05-03.xml --- 65 86 Wednesday, May 3, 2000 Contents AID Agency for International Development NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 25700 00-11040 25700 00-11041 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Food for Peace Funds for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS; definition and use guidance, 25700 00-11039 Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service RULES Potatoes (Irish) grown in— Idaho and Oregon, 25625-25627 00-11089 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See National Agricultural Statistics Service See Rural Housing Service Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Honeybees and honeybee germ plasm importation from Australia; pest risk assessment, 25701 00-11054 Arts Arts and Humanities, National Foundation See National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-10977 25731-25734 00-10978 00-10979 00-10980 00-10981 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments: Laboratory test systems, assays, and examinations; categorization by complexity; specific list, 25795-25814 00-10876 Children Children and Families Administration NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Adoption Oportunities Program et al.; correction, 25735 00-11019 Children Children, National Commission See National Commission on Children Civil Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings; State advisory committees: Connecticut, 25703 00-10947 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge operations: Florida, 25646-25647 00-10943 Maine, 25645-25646 00-10944 Massachusetts, 25645 00-10945 Regattas and marine parades: South Carolina Aquarium Grand Opening fireworks display, 25644-25645 00-10942 NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, 25786-25788 00-10941 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Merchant mariners; proficiency assessment through survival-craft skills demonstrations; guidelines, 25788-25789 00-10946 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration CITA Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements NOTICES Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles: Singapore, 25709-25710 00-10998 Community Community Development Financial Institutions Fund NOTICES Meetings:

Community Development Advisory Board, 25790 00-11065 Customs Customs Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 25790-25793 00-10935 00-10936 00-10937 00-10938 00-10939 00-10940 Education Education Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 25710 00-10960 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Educational research and improvement— Ready-To-Learn Television Program, 25815-25817 00-11014 Special education and rehabilitative services:

Blind vending facilities under Randolph-Sheppard Act— Arbitration panel decisions, 25710-25711 00-11015 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review determinations; availability, etc.: Roane County, TN; Clinch River floodplain strip adjoining Boeing property, 25711-25712 00-10999 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Fludioxonil, 25652-25655 00-11031 Harpin protein, 25660-25663 00-11029 Prohexadione calcium, 25655-25660 00-11030 Pyridate, 25647-25652 00-10813 NOTICES Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions: AgriPhi, Inc., et al., 25717-25721 00-11033 Elanco Animal Health, 25721-25724 00-10772 Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.: American Cyanamid Co. et al., 25724-25725 00-11032 Executive Executive Office of the President See Presidential Documents See Science and Technology Policy Office FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness directives:

McDonnell Douglas, 25627-25629 00-10674 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness directives: Agusta S.p.A., 25692-25694 00-11062 Bell, 25694-25695 00-11063 Boeing, 25696-25697 00-11064 FCC Federal Communications Commission RULES Radio stations; table of assignments: New Hampshire and Maine, 25669 00-10924 Vermont, 25669-25670 00-10923 PROPOSED RULES Radio stations; table of assignments: New Mexico, 25697-25698 00-10925 Federal Election Federal Election Commission PROPOSED RULES Reports by political committees:

Election cycle reporting by authorized committees, 25672-25676 00-10962 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Flood insurance program: Map changes, flood insurance study backup data, and map and insurance products; fee schedule, 25726-25728 00-11013 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation filings: MidAmerican Energy Co. et al., 25716 00-10952 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Lower Valley Energy, 25716-25717 00-10955 Virginia Hydro, Inc., 25717 00-10956 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 25712 00-10995 Dauphin Island Gathering Partners, 25712-25713 00-10992 Destin Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 25713 00-10954 Duke Energy Intrastate Network, L.L.C., 25713-25714 00-10957 East Central Area Reliability Council et al., 25714 00-10993 National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., 25714-25715 00-10953 Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 25715 00-10996 Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co., 25715 00-10994 Transwestern Pipeline Co., 25715-25716 00-10997 Federal Housing Federal Housing Finance Board PROPOSED RULES Federal home loan bank system:

Acquired member assets, core mission activities, and investments and advances, 25676-25692 00-10909 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies: Change in bank control, 25728 00-10964 Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 25729 00-10965 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 25729 00-11067 Food Food and Drug Administration RULES Animal drugs, feeds, and related products: Sponsor name and address changes— Global Pharmaceutical Corp., 25641-25642 00-10932 Human drugs:

Prescription drug marketing; effective date delayed, etc., 25639-25641 00-10920 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 25735 00-10933 Food additive petitions: Nalco Chemical Co., 25736 00-10931 Foreign Foreign Assets Control Office RULES Iranian transaction regulations: Iranian-origin foodstuffs and carpets; general import licensing, 25642-25644 00-11009 GSA General Services Administration NOTICES Acquisition regulations: Requisition for equipment, supplies, furniture, etc.

(OF 263); form cancellation, 25729 00-10968 SF 182 (2-part snapout version); form cancellation, 25729 00-10982 Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 25730 00-10967 Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 25730 00-10973 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See Health Care Financing Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Federal claims; interest rates on overdue debts, 25730 00-11018 Health Health Care Financing Administration RULES Medicare:

Supplemental practice expense survey data; submission criteria, 25664-25668 00-10971 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 25736-25737 00-11037 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-11035 25737-25738 00-11036 00-11038 Medicare: New technology intraocular lenses furnished by ambulatory surgical centers; lenses eligible for adjustment in payment amount, 25738-25740 00-10970 Health Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 25740 00-10930 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Maternal and Child Health Federal Set-Aside Program; State information systems, 25740-25742 00-11016 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Housing, community development, and empowerment programs and Section 8 housing voucher assistance (SuperNOFA) Fair Housing Initiatives Program; clarifications and modifications, 25742-25744 00-11088 Interior Interior Department See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service See Reclamation Bureau IRS Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Meetings:

Citizen Advocacy Panels— Brooklyn District, 25794 00-11049 Midwest District, 25794 00-11050 South Florida District, 25793-25794 00-11048 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Extruded rubber thread from— Malaysia, 25703-25704 00-10928 00-10929 Mechanical transfer presses from— Japan, 25705-25706 00-10926 Synthetic indigo from— China, 25706-25708 00-11034 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Purdue University, 25708 00-10927 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Import investigations:

Semiconductor chips with minimized chip package size and products containing same, 25758 00-11028 Justice Justice Department NOTICES Pollution control; consent judgments: 745 Property Investments, Inc., et al., 25759 00-11045 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 25744-25745 00-10966 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Nevada; impacts of mining claims and mill site occupancies, 25745 00-10974 Meetings:

Resource Advisory Councils— John Day/Snake, 25745-25746 00-11042 Recreation management restrictions, etc.: Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River, MT; commercial guided recreation trips, 25746 00-10948 Resource management plans, etc.: Carson City Field Office, NV, 25746-25747 00-11056 Survey plat filings: Nevada, 25747 00-11044 Merit Merit Systems Protection Board RULES Practice and procedure: Employee choice between agency procedure and grievance procedure; agency requirement to provide notice when it takes appealable action against employee, 25623-25624 00-10959 NOTICES Senior Executive Service:

Performance Review Board; membership, 25759 00-10958 National Agricultural National Agricultural Statistics Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 25701-25703 00-11051 00-11052 National Commission National Commission on Children NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 25734-25735 00-11017 National Foundation National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities NOTICES Meetings:

Combined Arts Advisory Panel, 25759 00-11027 Leadership Initiatives Advisory Panel, 25759-25760 00-11026 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.: Evenflo Co., Inc., 25789-25790 00-11047 National National Institute for Literacy NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Board, 25760 00-11057 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Endangered and threatened species: Sea turtle conservation; shrimp trawling requirements— Turtle excluder devices, 25670-25671 00-10922 Fishery conservation and management:

Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone— Rock sole, flathead sole, other flatfish, 25671 00-10990 PROPOSED RULES Fishery conservation and management: Atlantic coastal fisheries cooperative management— Atlantic Coast horseshoe crab, 25698-25699 00-11021 NOTICES Meetings: New England Fishery Management Council, 25708-25709 00-11022 Permits: Exempted fishing, 25709 00-11020 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: White House and President's Park, Washington, DC; comprehensive design plan, 25747-25755 00-10951 Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Big Bend National Park, TX, 25756 00-10949 Curecanti National Recreation Area, CO; resource protection study, 25756-25757 00-10950 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices, 25761-25775 00-10743 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Envirocare of Utah and Snake River Alliance, 25760 00-10987 Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Employment: Reduction in force— Defense Department employees; notice requirements removed, 25623 00-10988 NOTICES Privacy Act:

Systems of records, 25775 00-10989 Presidential Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS *Special observances:* Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (Proc. 7299), 25824-25826 00-11141 Charter Schools Week, National (Proc. 7297), 25821-25822 00-11139 Law Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 7298), 25823-25824 00-11140 Loyalty Day (Proc. 7300), 25826-25828 00-11142 Public Public Health Service See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration Reclamation Reclamation Bureau NOTICES Meetings:

Bay-Delta Advisory Council, 25757-25758 00-10975 Rural Rural Housing Service NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Rural Community Development Initiative; correction, 25703 00-11053 Science Science and Technology Policy Office NOTICES Meetings: President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, 25725-25726 00-10557 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Investment companies: Investment company assets; custody outside United States, 25630-25639 00-11000 NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 25775-25776 00-11001 Meetings: Investment adviser regulatory issues; roundtable, 25776 00-11002 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 25777 00-11066 00-11104 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: Depository Trust Co., 25779-25780 00-11005 Emerging Markets Clearing Corp., 25778 00-11003 MBS Clearing Corp., 25778-25779 00-11007 National Securities Clearing Corp., 25777-25778 00-11004 Pacific Exchange, Inc., 25780-25782 00-11008 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 25782-25783 00-11006 Social Social Security Administration NOTICES Social security acquiescence rulings:

Hickman v. Apfel; evidentiary requirements for determining medical equivalence to listed impairment, 25783-25785 00-10934 State State Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Grassroots Citizen Participation in Democracy, 25785 00-11023 Shrimp trawl fishing ; sea turtle protection guidelines; certification, 25785-25786 00-11025 Statistical Statistical Reporting Service See National Agricultural Statistics Service Textile Textile Agreements Implementation Committee See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Community Development Financial Institutions Fund See Customs Service See Foreign Assets Control Office See Internal Revenue Service Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Department of Health amd Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, 25795-25814 00-10876 Part III Department of Education, 25815-25817 00-11014 Part IV The President, 25819-25828 00-11139 00-11140 00-11141 00-11142 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws. 65 86 Wednesday, May 3, 2000 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 351 RIN 3206-AI99 Reduction in Force Notices AGENCY:

Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Final regulation. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management

(OPM)is issuing a final rule to remove the regulations requiring 120 day reduction in force notices for certain Department of Defense employees because the implementing statute is expiring. EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulation is effective on June 2, 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jacqueline Yeatman on

(202)606-0960, FAX

(202)606-2329, TDD

(202)606-0023 or by email at jryeatma@opm.gov SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in paragraph (a)(2) of section 351.801 of 5 CFR part 351 were published on June 8, 1993, implementing section 4433 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Pub. L. 102-484). The statute provided that Department of Defense employees who received reduction in force notices between January 20, 1993, and January 31, 1998, were entitled to a 120 day notice period if a significant number of employees were affected. Later, Public Law 103-337 was enacted. This law extended the requirement for a longer notice period until January 31, 2000. Because this section of the Public Law is expiring, OPM is deleting the regulatory material in 5 CFR part 351 that contains these requirements. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it affects only Federal employees. Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Review This rule has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with Executive Order 12866. List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 351 Administrative practice and procedure, Government Employees. Office of Personnel Management. Janice R. Lachance, Director. Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management is amending 5 CFR part 351 as follows: PART 351—REDUCTION IN FORCE 1. The authority citation for part 351 continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3502, 3502; sec. 351.801 also issued under E.O. 12828, 58 FR 2965. Subpart H—Notice to Employee 2. In § 351.801, paragraph (a)(1) is revised, paragraph (a)(2) is removed, paragraph (a)(3) is redesignated as paragraph (a)(2), and paragraph

(b)is revised to read as follows: § 351.801 Notice period. (a)(1) Each competing employee selected for release from a competitive level under this part is entitled to a specific written notice at least 60 full days before the effective date of release.

(b)When a reduction in force is caused by circumstances not reasonably foreseeable, the Director of OPM, at the request of an agency head or designee, may approve a notice period of less than 60 days. The shortened notice period must cover at least 30 full days before the effective date of release. An agency request to OPM shall specify:

(1)The reduction in force to which the request pertains;

(2)The number of days by which the agency requests that the period be shortened;

(3)The reasons for the request; and

(4)Any other additional information that OPM may specify. 3. In § 351.805, paragraph

(a)is revised to read as follows: § 351.805 New notice required.

(a)An employee is entitled to a written notice of at least 60 full days if the agency decides to take an action more severe than first specified. [FR Doc. 00-10988 Filed 5-2-00; 8:45 am]

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