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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2000-05-15.xml --- 65 94 Monday, May 15, 2000 Contents Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service RULES Soybean promotion and research order Referendum request results, 30832-30833 00-12155 PROPOSED RULES Honey research, promotion, and consumer information order, 30924-30929 00-12152 Onions grown in— Idaho and Oregon, 30920-30922 00-12153 Soybean promotion and research order, 30922-30924 00-12154 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Food Safety and Inspection Service Army Army Department NOTICES Privacy Act:
Systems of records, 30974-30975 00-12071 Arts Arts and Humanities, National Foundation See National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: National Trauma Information and Exchange Program, 31001-31003 00-12107 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge operations: Illinois, 30882-30883 00-12074 Ports and waterways safety: Chelsea River, MA; safety zone, 30883-30885 00-12148 Cook Inlet, AK; safety zone, 30885-30886 00-12151 PROPOSED RULES Drawbridge operations:
Virginia, 30938-30941 00-12147 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Telecommunications and Information Administration CITA Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements NOTICES Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles: Taiwan, 30957-30958 00-12109 Defense Defense Department See Army Department See Defense Logistics Agency See Navy Department NOTICES Arms sales notification; transmittal letter, etc., 30958-30962 00-12068 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
National Defense University Board of Visitors et al., 30962-30963 00-12064 Courts-Martial Manual; amendments, 30963-30965 00-12063 00-12069 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Agency information collection activities— Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-12057 30965-30966 00-12058 Meetings: Defense Intelligence Agency Joint Military Intelligence College Board of Visitors, 30966 00-12066 Gulf War chemical and biological incidents investigations; special oversight board, 30966 00-12065 Wage Committee, 30966 00-12067 Privacy Act:
Systems of records, 30966-30974 00-12072 Defense Defense Logistics Agency NOTICES Privacy Act: Systems of records, 30975 00-12070 Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 30975-30976 00-12105 Energy Energy Department See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Natural gas exportation and importation: Ductos de Nogales, USA, LLC, et al., 30976-30977 00-12113 Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office PROPOSED RULES Commercial and industrial equipment; energy conservation program:
Commercial heating, air conditioning, and water heating equipment; workshop, 30929-30936 00-12112 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Toxic substances: Significant new uses— Ethane, 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoro, etc., 30913-30914 00-12137 Water pollution control: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System— Program regulations streamlining; Round Two, 30886-30913 00-10764 NOTICES Meetings: Good Neighbor Environmental Board, 30988-30989 00-12136 Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program; stakeholder involvement process Extension of comment period, 30989-30990 00-12278 Executive Executive Office of the President See Presidential Documents FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness directives:
Airbus, 30874-30876 00-11949 British Aerospace Jetstream, 30863-30865 00-11718 Mitsubishi, 30865-30874 00-11863 Class D and Class E airspace, 30877-30879 00-12164 00-12166 Class E airspace, 00-12163 30879-30880 00-12165 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness standards: Special conditions— Morrow Aircraft Corp. Model MB-300 airplane, 30936-30938 00-12142 NOTICES Advisory circulars; availability, etc.: Airport Lighting Equipment Certification Program, 31049-31050 00-12172 Transport category airplanes— Powerplant and auxiliary power unit installations; continued airworthiness assessments, 31051 00-12145 Airport noise compatibility program:
Noise exposure map— Williams Gateway Airport, AZ, 31051-31052 00-12170 Meetings: Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 31053 00-12143 Aviation Security Advisory Committee, 31053 00-12173 RTCA, Inc., 31053-31054 00-12167 00-12168 00-12169 Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.: Birmingham International Airport, AL, 31052-31053 00-12171 Des Moines, IA, et al., 31054-31056 00-12144 FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 30990 00-12238 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. et al., 30980-30983 00-12078 Hydroelectric applications, 00-12079 30983-30985 00-12082 00-12085 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 30985-30988 00-12243 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Denver, CO, 30977 00-12083 Discovery Gas Transmission LLC, 30977 00-12086 Great Northern Paper, Inc., 30977-30978 00-12084 Neligh, NE, 30978 00-12121 Southern Natural Gas Co., 30978-30979 00-12080 Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 30979-30980 00-12081 Federal Housing Federal Housing Finance Board NOTICES Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 30990 00-12273 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration NOTICES Meetings: Locomotives, remote control; guidelines establishment; technical conference, 31056-31057 00-12110 Railroad Safety Advisory Committee, 31057-31058 00-12111 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies: Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 30990 00-12062 Permissible nonbanking activities, 30990-30991 00-12060 Edge corporations; proposals to organize:
Irwin Union Bank & Trust Co., 30991 00-12061 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 30991 00-12239 FTC Federal Trade Commission NOTICES Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 30991-31001 00-12125 00-12126 00-12127 Federal Transit Federal Transit Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 31058 00-12161 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Migratory bird permits: Falconry, raptor propagation, and scientific collecting permits, 30918-30919 00-12091 PROPOSED RULES Endangered and threatened species:
Cook's lomatium and large-flowered wooly meadowfoam, 30941-30951 00-12123 Critical habitat designations— Alameda whipsnake, 30951 00-11450 Food Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Biological products: Bacterial vaccines, etc.; efficacy review implementation; reclassification order, 31003-31010 00-12116 Medical devices: Patent extension; regulatory review period determinations— Neuro Cypernetic Prosthesis System, 31010-31011 00-12117 Food Food Safety and Inspection Service NOTICES Hazardous analysis and critical control point (HACCP) inspection; industry petition; comment request, 30952-30956 00-12156 GSA General Services Administration NOTICES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
Agency information collection activities— Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-12057 30965-30966 00-12058 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration Health Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 31011 00-11893 Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
National Association of County and City Health Officials, 31012 00-12059 Immigration Immigration and Naturalization Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 31014-31016 00-12118 00-12119 00-12120 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See Minerals Management Service IRS Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 00-12175 31060-31061 00-12176 International International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
El Paso-Las Cruces Regional Sustainable Water Project, Sierra and Dona Ana Counties, NM, and El Paso County, TX; correction, 31067 C0-8207 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Overseas trade missions: 2000 trade missions— Application opportunity (June and July), 30956 00-12077 Justice Justice Department See Immigration and Naturalization Service Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Meetings: Resource Advisory Councils— New Mexico, 31012-31013 00-12104 Resource management plans, etc.:
Phoenix and Safford Districts, AZ; land transfer, 31013-31014 00-12088 Mexico Mexico and United States, International Boundary and Water Commission See International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico Minerals Minerals Management Service NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Central Gulf of Mexico— Lease sales, 31014 00-12108 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Agency information collection activities— Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-12057 30965-30966 00-12058 Meetings:
Advisory Council Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committee, 31016-31017 00-12050 National Foundation National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 31017 00-12052 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration RULES Motor vehicle safety standards: Metric conversion— Speedometer display; technical correction, 30915-30918 00-11493 National Telecommunications National Telecommunications and Information Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 30956-30957 00-12092 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: Scheps, Richard, 30976 00-12075 Northeast Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission RULES Party to Compact; State eligibility declaration, 30833-30836 00-12158 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co., 31021-31022 00-12130 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co., 31017-31021 00-12129 GPU Nuclear Corp. et al., 31021 00-12128 Pension Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation RULES Single-employer plans:
Allocation of assets— Interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits, 30880-30882 00-12089 NOTICES Multiemployer plans: Interest rates and assumptions, 31022-31023 00-12090 Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Prevailing rate systems, 00-12055 30831-30832 00-12056 Presidential Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS *Special observances:* Equal Pay Day, National (Proc. 7306), 30829-30830 00-12287 Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week (Proc. 7307), 31071-31072 00-12355 Public Public Debt Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 00-12094 31061-31066 00-12095 00-12096 00-12097 00-12098 00-12099 00-12100 00-12101 00-12102 00-12103 Public Public Health Service See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration Research Research and Special Programs Administration RULES Hazardous materials: Hazardous materials transportation— Hazardous materials safety; technology sharing meeting, 30914-30915 00-12073 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
Options Clearing Corp., 31036-31037 00-12134 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 31037-31039 00-12135 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* BISYS Fund Services L.P. et al., 31023-31029 00-12133 First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Co. et al., 31029-31036 00-12132 SBA Small Business Administration RULES Small business size standards: North American Industry Classification System, 30836-30863 00-11874 Social Social Security Administration NOTICES Social security rulings:
Obesity evaluation, 31039-31043 00-12053 State State Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Great Lakes (Africa) Reconciliation Project: Justice and Journalism, 31044-31047 00-12138 Meetings: Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 31047-31048 00-12140 Public Diplomacy, U.S. Advisory Commission, 31048 00-12279 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs et al., 31048 00-12139 Surface Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 31058-31059 00-11841 Textile Textile Agreements Implementation Committee See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See Federal Transit Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration See Research and Special Programs Administration See Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 31048-31049 00-12035 00-12146 Treasury Treasury Department See Internal Revenue Service See Public Debt Bureau NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Customs Service Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, 31059-31060 00-12157 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II The President, 31071-31072 00-12355 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 94 Monday, May 15, 2000 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 532 RIN 3206-AI97 Prevailing Rate Systems;
Abolishment of the Washington, MD, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to abolish the Washington, Maryland, nonappropriated fund
(NAF)Federal Wage System
(FWS)wage area and establish a new Frederick, MD, NAF FWS wage area. This change is necessary because the Washington wage area's host installation, Fort Ritchie, is closing. This leaves the Department of Defense without an installation in the survey area capable of hosting annual local wage surveys. DATES: The interim rule became effective on December 31, 1999. The interim rule is confirmed as final on May 15, 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hopkins by phone at
(202)606-2848, by FAX at
(202)606-0824, or by email at jdhopkin@opm.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 27, 1999, the Office of Personnel Management
(OPM)published an interim rule (64 FR 72249) to abolish the Washington, Maryland, nonappropriated fund
(NAF)Federal Wage System
(FWS)wage area and establish a new Frederick, MD, NAF FWS wage area. Under section 5343 of title 5, United States Code, OPM is responsible for defining FWS wage areas. For this purpose, we follow the regulatory criteria in section 532.219(b) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. The Washington wage area is presently composed of one survey county, Washington County, and two area of application counties, Frederick County, MD, and Berkeley County, WV. The closure of the Washington wage area's host activity, Fort Ritchie, left the Department of Defense
(DOD)without an activity in the survey area capable of conducting annual local NAF wage surveys. Fort Ritchie ceased operations on October 1, 1998, and NAF FWS employees no longer work in Washington County. However, the area of application counties, Frederick and Berkeley, continue to have NAF FWS employment. Under section 5343(a)(1)(B)(i) of title 5, United States Code, NAF wage areas “shall not extend beyond the immediate locality in which the particular prevailing rate employees are employed.” Therefore, Washington County cannot be defined as part of an NAF wage area. Frederick County, MD, has approximately 36 NAF FWS employees and a local Federal installation, Fort Detrick, has the capability to host annual local NAF wage surveys. Furthermore, Frederick County has more than the required minimum number of private enterprise employees in establishments within survey specifications. Approximately 10 NAF FWS employees work in Berkeley County, WV, which does not meet the criteria to be a separate NAF wage area. Therefore, the county must be an area of application. The new Frederick, MD, NAF wage area will have one survey county, Frederick County, MD, and one area of application county, Berkeley County, WV. DOD will order annual wage surveys in January of each even fiscal year. DOD ordered the first full-scale wage survey for the Frederick wage area in January 2000. The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, the national labor-management committee responsible for advising OPM on matters concerning the pay of FWS employees, has reviewed and concurred by consensus with this change. The interim rule had a 30-day public comment period, during which OPM did not receive any comments. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it will affect only Federal agencies and employees. List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532 Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information, Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wages. Accordingly, under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 5343, the interim rule (64 FR 72249) amending 5 CFR part 532 published on December 27, 1999, is adopted as final with no changes. Office of Personnel Management. Janice R. Lachance, Director. [FR Doc. 00-12055 Filed 5-12-00; 8:45 am]
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