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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2000-05-25.xml --- 65 102 Thursday, May 25, 2000 Contents Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service NOTICES Meetings: National Organic Standards Board, 33802 00-13289 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Rural Utilities Service Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service RULES Noxious weed lists: Update, 33741-33743 00-13158 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.:

Pediatric and pregnancy nutrition surveillance systems data items enhancement program, 33818-33820 00-13132 Public Health Laboratory Sciences Training Program for Hispanic and Native American Students, 33820-33823 00-13131 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Ports and waterways safety: OPSAIL 2000/International Naval Review 2000; Port of New York/New Jersey, 33760-33770 00-12641 OpSail Miami 2000, Port of Miami, FL, 33770-33772 00-13195 Commerce Commerce Department See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See International Trade Administration See National Institute of Standards and Technology See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Defense Defense Department NOTICES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Agency information collection activities— Submission for OMB review; comment request, 33810-33811 00-13145 00-13146 Education Education Department NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Income Contingent Repayment

(ICR)Plan formula 2000, 34005-34007 00-13101 Employment Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: National Farmworker Jobs Program, 33828-33830 00-13154 Work Incentive Grants, 33830-33841 00-13153 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards: Major sources; requirements for control technology determinations, 34009-34012 00-13196 00-13197 Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States: Oregon, 33772-33774 00-13070 Hazardous waste program authorizations: Minnesota, 33774-33778 00-12953 PROPOSED RULES Hazardous waste program authorizations: Minnesota, 33797-33798 00-12954 Executive Executive Office of the President See Management and Budget Office See Presidential Documents See Trade Representative, Office of United States Farm Farm Credit Administration RULES Farm credit system: Loan policies and operations— Paricipations in loans from non-System lenders, 33743 00-13191 FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Air carrier certification and operations: International aviation saftey assessment program, 33751-33753 00-13179 Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.: Grand Canyon National Park, AZ; special flight rules in vicinity— Special flight rules area and flight free zones; modification of dimensions; correction, 33751 00-12819 Airworthiness directives: Eurocopter France, 33743-33745 00-12351 New Piper Aircraft, Inc., 33745-33748 00-13083 Class D airspace, 33749-33750 00-13173 00-13176 Class E airspace, 33750-33751 00-13174 00-13177 00-13178 PROPOSED RULES Class E airspace, 33796-33797 00-13175 NOTICES Meetings: RTCA, Inc., 33868 00-13182 Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, TX, 33868-33869 00-13181 Fayetteville Regional Airport, NC, 33869-33870 00-13180 FCC Federal Communications Commission RULES Radio stations; table of assignments: Arizona and Colorado, 33779 00-13135 New York, 33778-33779 00-13137 Texas, 33778 00-13138 PROPOSED RULES Radio stations; table of assignments: California, 33799 00-13139 Colorado, 33798 00-13141 Hawaii, 33798 00-13140 Texas, 33799 00-13136 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 33817-33818 00-13142 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Hydroelectric applications, 33814-33816 00-13109 00-13110 Oil pipelines: Producer price index for finished goods, minus one percent; annual change, 33816 00-13115 Practice and procedure: Exempt and prohibited off-the-record communications; receipt, 33816-33817 00-13104 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* California Independent System Operator Corp., 33811 00-13114 East Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 33811-33812 00-13105 Indianapolis Power & Light Co., 33812 00-13107 Koch Gateway Pipeline Co., 33812-33813 00-13113 Midwestern Gas Transmission Co., 33813 00-13112 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 33813 00-13108 SkyGen Energy LLC et. al, 33813-33814 00-13106 Tennessee Gas Pipeling Co., 33814 00-13111 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration PROPOSED RULES Intelligent transportation system architecture and standards, 33993-34000 00-13023 Statewide and metropolitan transportation planning, 33921-33958 00-13021 Transportation decisionmaking; National Environmental Protection Act procedures; public parks, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic sites protection, 33959-33992 00-13022 Office Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office PROPOSED RULES Freedom of Information Act; implementation: Releasing information, 33790-33796 00-13194 FMC Federal Maritime Commission NOTICES Agreements filed, etc., 33818 00-13089 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies: Change in bank control, 33818 00-13129 Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 33818 00-13128 Federal Transit Federal Transit Administration PROPOSED RULES Statewide and metropolitan transportation planning, 33921-33958 00-13021 Transportation decisionmaking; National Environmental Protection Act procedures; public parks, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic sites protection, 33959-33992 00-13022 NOTICES National ITS Architecture Consistency Policy for project development; comment request, 34001-34004 00-12913 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997; implementation: Refuge planning policy; requirements and guidance, 33891-33919 00-12931 Natural resource damage assessment plans; availability, etc.: Lower Fox River/Green Bay, WI, 33823 00-13133 Foreign Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Florida RP Scherer Corp.; gelatin capsule manufacturing facilities, 33802-33803 00-13098 GAO General Accounting Office RULES Claims, waiver of claims and transportation issues; CFR parts removed, 33737-33738 00-13192 GSA General Services Administration RULES Federal Management Regulation: Excess personal property; disposition Correction, 33889 C0-11921 33778 00-13147 PROPOSED RULES Acquisition regulations: Tax adjustment, 33799-33801 00-13157 NOTICES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Agency information collection activities— Submission for OMB review; comment request, 33810-33811 00-13145 00-13146 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Housing Housing and Urban Development Department See Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See Minerals Management Service See National Park Service IRS Internal Revenue Service RULES Income taxes: Consolidated return regulations; limitations on use of certain credits, 33753-33760 00-11901 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Bulk aspirin from— China, 33805-33807 00-13095 Polyester staple fiber from— Korea and Taiwan, 33807-33808 00-13096 Antidumping and countervailing duties: Small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from— Czech Republic, 33803-33805 00-13097 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Import investigations: Sub-Saharan Africa; U.S. trade and investment [ **Editorial Note:** This document, which printed in the May 24, 2000, **Federal Register** on pages 33577-33578, was inadvertently missing from the Table of Contents.] Labor Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 33827-33828 00-13155 00-13156 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Meetings: Resource Advisory Councils— Dakotas, 33823-33824 00-13122 Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin, 33824 00-13165 Public land orders: Idaho, 33823 00-13163 Resource management plans, etc.: King Range National Conservation Area, CA, 33824-33825 00-13134 Withdrawal and reservation of lands: Oregon, 33825 00-13170 Legal Legal Services Corporation NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Civil legal services to poor, 33842-33849 00-13189 Management Management and Budget Office NOTICES Budget rescissions and deferrals Cumulative reports, 33851-33854 00-13123 Minerals Minerals Management Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 33826-33827 00-13166 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Agency information collection activities— Submission for OMB review; comment request, 33810-33811 00-13145 00-13146 National Foundation National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities NOTICES Meetings: Humanities Panel, 33849 00-13102 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Crash outcome data evaluation systems development, 33870-33875 00-13100 Innovative projests designed to increase sealt belt use rates, 33875-33882 00-13099 National Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology NOTICES Meetings: Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board, 33808-33809 00-13144 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Endangered and threatened species: Sea turtle conservation; shrimp trawling requirements— Leatherback Conservation Zone; turtle excluder devices, 33779-33780 00-13092 Fishery conservation and management: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Econonmic Zone— At-sea scales; Community Development Quota (CDQ), 33780-33784 00-13185 Marine mammals: Incidental taking— Beaufort Sea, AK; construction and operation of offshore oil and gas facilities, 34013-34032 00-13184 PROPOSED RULES Meetings: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 33801 00-13187 NOTICES Meetings: New England Fishery Management Council, 33809-33810 00-13186 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Structural Fire Management Program; Director's Order, 33827 00-13143 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings: U.S. National Assessment Synthesis Team, 33849-33850 00-13160 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Plateau Resources Limited, 33850-33851 00-13159 Office Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight See Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office Office Office of Management and Budget See Management and Budget Office Office of U.S. Trade Office of United States Trade Representative See Trade Representative, Office of United States Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Excepted service, career conditional employment system, and promotion and internal placement: Senior Executive Service; career and limited appointments, 33738-33741 00-13053 PROPOSED RULES Pay administration: Grade and pay retention; discretionary authority by agencies, 33785-33787 00-13052 Postal Postal Service NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 33851 00-13308 Presidential Presidential Documents EXECUTIVE ORDERS Government agencies, and employees: Women-owned businesses, increasing opportunities (EO 13157), 34035-34037 00-13367 Public Public Health Service See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Research Research and Special Programs Administration NOTICES Meetings: International standards on the transport of dangerous goods, 33882 00-13183 RUS Rural Utilities Service PROPOSED RULES Telecommunications loans: General policies, types of loans, and loan requirements, 33787-33790 00-12657 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 33854-33855 00-13148 SBA Small Business Administration NOTICES Meetings: National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, 33855 00-13094 Meetings; district and regional advisory councils: Florida, 33855 00-13093 State State Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Romania; Civic Education Curriculum Development and Teacher Training Program, 33855-33858 00-12939 Meetings: Shipping Coordinating Committee, 33858 00-13193 Surface Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.: Georgia, 33882-33883 00-13171 Trade Trade Representative, Office of United States NOTICES Generalized System of Preferences: African Growth and Opportunity Act— Product designation for beneficiaries; timetable review and public hearing, 33858-33867 00-13169 Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Transit Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration See Research and Special Programs Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 33883-33887 00-13116 00-13117 00-13118 00-13119 Veterans Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Meetings: Minority Veterans Advisory Committee, 33887-33888 00-13167 Readjustment of Veterans Advisory Committee, 33888 00-13168 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 33891-33919 00-12931 Part III Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, FederalTransit Administration, 33921-33958 00-13021 Part IV Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, 33959-33992 00-13022 Part V Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 33993-34000 00-13023 Part VI Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, 34001-34004 00-12913 Part VII Department of Education, 34005-34007 00-13101 Part VIII Environmental Protection Agency, 34009-34012 00-13196 00-13197 Part IX Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 34013-34032 00-13184 Part X The President, 34033-34037 00-13367 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. 65 102 Thursday, May 25, 2000 Rules and Regulations GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 4 CFR Chapter I Claims, Waiver of Claims and Transportation Issues AGENCY: General Accounting Office. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The General Accounting Office

(GAO)is removing regulations which relate to the settlement of claims, settlement of accounts of deceased and incompetent individuals, transportation transactions, and waiver of claims for erroneous payments. The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 1996 transferred these functions to the executive branch, but these regulations were kept for a transition period. This final rule eliminates these regulations as unnecessary because the functions are no longer carried out by GAO but have been transferred to other federal agencies. DATES: Effective May 25, 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry L. Shillito, 202-512-4663; shillitob.ogc@gao.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Claims Settlements Authority In Subchapter C (Claims; General), Parts 30-36 set out the Comptroller General's regulations for the settlement of

(1)claims and

(2)accounts of certain deceased and incompetent individuals. The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 1996, Public Law 104-53, sec. 211(a), 109 Stat. 514, 535 (1996), transferred certain of the Comptroller General's authority to settle claims and accounts to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and provided for the Director of OMB to delegate this authority to other appropriate agencies. The Director of OMB delegated his authority to several executive branch agencies. Subsequently, the General Accounting Office Act of 1996, Public Law 104-316, 110 Stat. 3826 (1996), set out in detail, among other things, the authority given to the Director of OMB and other heads of agencies to settle the claims and accounts formerly subject to settlement by the Comptroller General. Section 202(n) of the GAO Act of 1996 made a conforming amendment to 31 U.S.C. 732 to set out the executive branch agencies to whom the Director of OMB delegated the authority to settle claims formerly within the authority of the Comptroller General. Additionally, section 103(c) of the GAO Act of 1996 transferred the Comptroller General's authority to promulgate regulations with respect to the designation of beneficiaries for certain deceased and incompetent persons to various specified officials in the three branches of government. The Director of OMB delegated to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management

(OPM)the authority to settle claims against the United States involving Federal employee compensation and leave, deceased employees' compensation, and proceeds of canceled checks payable to deceased beneficiaries. Individuals with these types of claims should no longer contact GAO but should contact OPM. The Director of OMB delegated to the Administrator of General Services the authority to settle claims involving expenses incurred by Federal civilian employees for official travel and transportation and for relocation expenses incident to transfers of official duty station. Individuals with these type of claims should no longer contact GAO but should contact the General Services Administration. OMB delegated to the Secretary of Defense the authority to settle claims for military pay, allowances, travel, transportation, retired pay, and survivor benefits as well as claims by transportation carriers involving amounts collected from them for loss or damage incurred to property incident to shipment at Government expense. Individuals with these types of claims should no longer contact GAO but should contact the Department of Defense. Accordingly, the Comptroller General no longer has the authority to prescribe the regulations in 4 CFR parts 30-32, regarding claims settlement, and parts 33-36, regarding settlement of accounts for certain deceased and incompetent persons. Transportation Sections 125 and 127(d) of the GAO Act of 1996, transferred the Comptroller General's authority to promulgate regulations for transportation transactions for use of U.S. flag carriers pursuant to the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, 46 U.S.C. 1241a, and the Fly America Act, 49 U.S.C. 40118(c), to the Administrator of General Services. Accordingly, the Comptroller General no longer has authority to prescribe the regulations found at 4 CFR part 52. With the removal of part 52, there is no further need for 4 CFR part 51. Section 202(o)(2) of the GAO Act of 1996 transferred the Comptroller General's authority to promulgate regulations governing the review of GSA transportation settlement actions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3726(g)(1) to the Administrator of General Services. Accordingly the Comptroller General no longer has authority to prescribe the regulations found at 4 CFR part 53. Section 202(o)(1) of the GAO Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 3826, 3844 (1996), removed the Comptroller General's authority to jointly prescribe standards, with the Secretary of Treasury, for advance payment of charges for transportation services pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3726(f). Accordingly, the Comptroller General no longer has authority to prescribe the regulations found at 4 CFR part 56. Given the above discussion, there is no long current need for a subchapter devoted to transportation (Subchapter D). Waiver Sections 103 of the GAO Act of 1996 transferred the Comptroller General's authority to waive claims against civilian employees arising out of erroneous payments of pay and allowances, travel, transportation and relocation benefits to the head of an agency with respect to a legislative branch employee, or to the Director of OMB with respect to any other agency or employee. Further, the Comptroller General's authority over such claims against members of the military and the National Guard was transferred to the Director of OMB by sections 105(b) and 116 of the GAO Act of 1996. The Director of OMB has delegated his authority to the head of the agency that made the erroneous payment. Accordingly the Comptroller General no longer has authority to promulgate the regulations at 4 CFR parts 91 and 92 (Subchapter G—Standards for waiver of claims for erroneous payments of pay and allowances, and of travel, transportation, and relocation expenses and allowances). Individuals seeking a waiver should no longer contact GAO but should direct a request for waiver to their employing agency. Accordingly, as set forth in the preamble and under the authority of Public Law 104-53, sec. 211(a), 109 Stat. 535, and secs. 103(c), 103(d), 105(b), 116, 125, and 127 of Public Law 104-316, 110 Stat. 3826, GAO amends 4 CFR Chapter I as follows: 1. Subchapter C, consisting of parts 30 through 36, Subchapter D, consisting of parts 51 through 53 and part 56, and Subchapter G, consisting of parts 91 through 93, are removed and reserved. Dated: May 19, 2000. Robert P. Murphy, General Counsel, General Accounting Office. [FR Doc. 00-13192 Filed 5-24-00; 8:45 am]

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