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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2000-05-26.xml --- 65 103 Friday, May 26, 2000 Contents Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service RULES Meats, prepared meats, and meat products; grading, certification, and standards: Federal meat grading and certification services; fee changes, 34040-34042 00-13240 Tobacco inspection: Mandatory inspection fees and charges, 34039-34040 00-13290 PROPOSED RULES Commodity laboratory testing programs: Science and technology laboratory testing service fees, 34301-34320 00-13238 NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee, 34139 00-13239 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Forest Service See Rural Housing Service See Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34138-34139 00-13236 Air Force Air Force Department NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Altus Air Force Base, OK, 34153-34154 00-13305 Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service PROPOSED RULES Irradiation phytosanitary treatment of imported fruits and vegetables, 34113-34125 00-13291 Blind Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34188-34189 00-13244 00-13245 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: State Cardiovascular Health Programs, 34189-34195 00-13243 Meetings: Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites Citizens Advisory Committee, 34195-34196 00-13130 Civil Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings; State advisory committees: Utah, 34145 00-13214 Coast Guard Coast Guard PROPOSED RULES Ports and waterways safety: Atlantic Ocean, Virginia Beach, VA; safety zone, 34127-34129 00-13442 Commerce Commerce Department See Export Administration Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Institute of Standards and Technology See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34145-34146 00-13296 00-13297 Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement list; additions and deletions, 00-13316 34144-34145 00-13317 Defense Defense Department See Air Force Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-13286 34152-34153 00-13287 00-13288 Education Education Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Educational research and improvement— Ready-To-Learn Television Program, 34154-34155 00-13302 Employment Employment Standards Administration NOTICES Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions, 34233-34234 00-13048 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Los Alamos National Laboratory Technical Area 18 Missions, NM; relocation Scoping meeting rescheduled, 34155 00-13262 Meetings:

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board— Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, KY, 34155-34156 00-13263 National Petroleum Council, 34156 00-13261 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants: Pennsylvania; correction, 34104-34105 00-13205 Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States: California, 34101-34104 00-13200 PROPOSED RULES Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Vegetable oil production; solvent extraction, 34251-34275 00-12794 Wet-formed fiberglass mat production, 34277-34299 00-12788 Air programs: Outer Continental Shelf regulations— California; consistency update, 34129-34132 00-13333 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 34171-34172 00-13206 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34172-34173 00-13441 Air programs: State implementation plans; adequacy status for transportation conformity purposes— Ohio, 34174 00-13203 Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Agency statements— Comment availability, 34175 00-13304 Weekly receipts, 34174-34175 00-13303 Meetings: Gulf of Mexico Program Focus Teams, 34175 00-13201 State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group, 34176 00-13314 Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions: Vinclozolin, 34179-34180 00-12649 Pesticide programs: Restricted use pesticides; applicators certification; State plans— Delaware, 34178-34179 00-13315 Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.: Sankyo Co., Ltd., 34176-34177 00-13312 Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:

Hoxie Crash Site, KS, 34180 00-13204 Superfund program: Prospective purchaser agreements— Copley Square Plaza Site, OH, 34180 00-13198 Executive Executive Office of the President See Presidential Documents Export Export Administration Bureau RULES Export licensing: Commerce Control List; revisions and clarifications, 34073-34079 00-13252 NOTICES Meetings: Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee, 34146 00-13253 FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

National parks air tour management, 34367-34368 00-13368 Airworthiness directives: Airbus, 34055-34061, 00-12814 00-12815 34069-34072 00-12816 Boeing, 34048-34054, 00-12812 34061-34065 00-13085 00-13086 Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd, 34054-34055 00-12813 McDonnell Douglas, 34321-34360 00-13149 00-13150 REVO, Inc., 34065-34069 00-13084 FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 34232-34233 00-13307 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Disaster and emergency areas:

Maine, 34181 00-13325 New Mexico, 34181 00-13323 00-13324 Meetings: Technical Mapping Advisory Council, 34181-34182 00-13326 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation filings: Ameren Energy Generating Co. et al., 34159-34161 00-13220 Commonwealth Edison Co. et al., 34161-34163 00-13219 Entergy Services, Inc., et al., 34163-34167 00-13221 Lone Star Steel Sales Co. et al., 34167-34168 00-13217 PSEG Power New York Inc. et al., 34168-34171 00-13218 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., et al., 34156 00-13228 Egan Hub Partners, L.P., 34156-34157 00-13227 Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P. et al., 34157 00-13229 Mid-Tex G&T Electric Cooperative, Inc., et al., 34157-34158 00-13230 Nevada Sun-Peak L.P. et al., 34158 00-13222 Pedricktown Cogeneration L.P., 34158 00-13224 SOWEGA Power LLC, 34158 00-13223 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 34159 00-13225 Trailblazer Pipeline Co., 34159 00-13226 Federal Housing Federal Housing Finance Board PROPOSED RULES Federal home loan bank system:

Acquired member assets, core mission activities, investments and advances, 34127 00-13254 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration PROPOSED RULES Motor carrier safety standards: Drivers’ hours of service— Fatigue prevention; driver rest and sleep for safe operations; hearings, 34132-34133 00-13284 NOTICES Motor carrier safety standards: Controlled substances and alcohol testing management information system statistical data, 34246-34247 00-13313 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System RULES Extensions of credit by Federal Reserve banks (Regulation A):

Discount rate change, 34047-34048 00-13309 NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies: Change in bank control, 34182 00-13256 Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 34182 00-13255 Permissible nonbanking activities, 34182-34183 00-13257 Federal Reserve bank services: Automated clearing house deposit deadlines and pricing practices relative to private-sector operators, 34183-34187 00-13207 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 34187 00-13425 Food Food and Drug Administration RULES Food additives:

Paper and paperboard components— Sodium xylenesulfonate, 34081-34082 00-13209 Human drugs: Aqueous-based drug products for oral inhalation; sterility requirement, 34082-34089 00-13210 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 34196-34200 00-13340 Memorandums of understanding: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention et al.; animal production and food health interagency coordinating committee; establishment, 34200-34211 00-13208 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Ottawa National Forest, MI, 34139-34141 00-13027 GAO General Accounting Office NOTICES Meetings: Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, 34187 00-13306 GSA General Services Administration NOTICES Privacy Act: Systems of records, 34187-34188 00-13266 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Indian Health Service See National Institutes of Health Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 34226 00-13235 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Facilities to assist homeless— Excess and surplus Federal property, 34226-34230 00-13041 Indian Indian Health Service NOTICES Grant and cooperative agreement awards: Indian Health Scholarship Program; recipients list, 34212-34220 00-13213 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: American Indian/Alaska Native Children, Youth, and Families; Mental Health and Community Safety Initiative, 34220 00-13212 Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service, 34220-34222 00-13211 Interior Interior Department See Land Management Bureau See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office NOTICES Hydropower licensing; review process for mandatory conditions, 34151-34152 00-13265 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Glycine from— China, 34147 00-13321 Preserved mushrooms from— Chile, 34147-34148 00-13319 Tapered roller bearings, four inches or less in outside diameter, and components, etc., from— Japan, 34148 00-13318 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Tulane University, 34148 00-13320 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Import investigations:

Ammonium nitrate from— Russia, 34231-34232 00-13267 Magnetic resonance injection systems and components, 34231 00-13269 Sulfanilic acid from— China and India, 34232 00-13268 Justice Justice Department See Federal Bureau of Investigation See Prisons Bureau Labor Labor Department See Employment Standards Administration See Labor Statistics Bureau Labor Labor Statistics Bureau NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, 34234 00-13249 Meetings:

Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, 34234-34235 00-13248 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Resource management plans, etc.: Lahontan Resource Area, Naval Air Station Fallon, NV, 34230-34231 00-13164 Withdrawal and reservation of lands: Alaska, 34230 00-12884 Maritime Maritime Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 34247-34248 00-13242 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34248 00-13328 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration RULES Motor vehicle theft prevention standard:

High-theft vehicle lines for 2001 model year; listing, 34106-34112 00-13273 NOTICES Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.: General Motors Corp., 34248-34249 00-13272 National Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory Program; Neutron Scattering Research and Spectroscopy, 34149-34151 00-13299 NIH National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings:

National Center for Research Resources, 34222 00-13275 National Eye Institute, 34222-34223 00-13282 00-13283 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 34223 00-13274 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 34224-34225 00-13280 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 34224 00-13278 00-13279 National Institute of Mental Health, 34223-34224 00-13276 National Institute on Aging, 34222 00-13277 Scientific Review Center, 34226 00-13281 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration PROPOSED RULES Fishery conservation and management:

Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone— Pacific cod, 34133-34137 00-13188 NOTICES Hydropower licensing; review process for mandatory conditions, 34151-34152 00-13265 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Arizona Public Service Co. et al., 34369-34371 00-13426 Postal Postal Service RULES International Mail Manual: Priority Mail Global Guaranteed; enhanced expedited service from selected U.S.locations to selected European countries, 34096-34101 00-12971 Presidential Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS *Special observances:* Maritime Day, National (Proc. 7312), 34375-34376 00-13499 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Bosnian Serbs, and Kosovo; continuation of emergency (Notice of May 25, 2000), 34379-34380 00-13540 Prisons Prisons Bureau RULES Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:

Civil contempt of court commitments, 34361-34363 00-13301 Federal Tort Claims Act, 34362-34365 00-13300 Public Public Health Service See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Indian Health Service See National Institutes of Health Railroad Railroad Retirement Board NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 34235-34236 00-13215 Rural Rural Housing Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 34141-34142 00-13237 RUS Rural Utilities Service RULES Electric loans: Standards and specifications for materials and construction— Underground electric distribution; specifications and drawings, 34042-34047 00-13293 PROPOSED RULES Seismic safety, 34125-34127 00-13295 NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Jackson County Lake Project, KY, 34142-34144 00-13294 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR):

Filer Manual— Update adoption and incorporation by reference, 34079-34081 00-12756 NOTICES Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: American Stock Exchange LLC, 34236-34238 00-13259 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 34238-34240 00-13234 00-13241 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 34240-34244 00-13260 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 34244-34245 00-13258 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Public utility holding company filings, 34236 00-13233 SBA Small Business Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 34245 00-13341 Disaster loan areas: Missouri, 34245 00-13231 New Mexico, 34245-34246 00-13232 State State Department RULES International Traffic in Arms regulations Commercial communications satellite components, systems, parts, accessories, etc.; exports, 34089-34092 00-13329 Surface Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office RULES Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions: Indiana, 34092-34094 00-13246 Oklahoma, 34094-34096 00-13247 Surface Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Railroad services abandonment:

CSX Transportation, Inc., 34249-34250 00-13172 Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration See Maritime Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration See Surface Transportation Board RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Maritime Administrator, 34105-34106 00-13270 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Environmental Protection Agency, 34251-34275 00-12794 Part III Environmental Protection Agency, 34277-34299 00-12788 Part IV Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, 34301-34320 00-13238 Part V Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 34321-34360 00-13149 00-13150 Part VI Department of Justice, Prisons Bureau, 34361-34363 00-13301 Part VII Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 34367-34368 00-13368 Part VIII Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 34369-34371 00-13426 Part IX The President, 34373-34376 00-13499 Part X The President, 34377-34380 00-13540 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. 65 103 Friday, May 26, 2000 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 29 [Docket No.

TB-00-10] RIN 0581-AB87 Tobacco Fees and Charges for Mandatory Inspection; Fee Increase AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Interim final rule with request for comments. SUMMARY: The Tobacco Inspection Act requires the Secretary to fix and collect fees and charges for inspection and certification, and other services, including administrative and supervisory costs, at designated tobacco auction markets in all tobacco producing areas. The fees collected must, as nearly as possible, cover the Department's costs of performing these services and also maintain a reserve sufficient to cover program financial liabilities.

This interim final rule will increase the fee from $.0083 to $.0100 per pound to cover the increased cost of operating the tobacco inspection program and maintain the operating reserve. The last increase in the fee was in 1995. This increase does not affect the fees for import, export, or permissive tobacco inspection. DATES: Effective May 30, 2000; comments received by June 26, 2000, will be considered prior to issuance of a final rule. ADDRESSES: Send comments to John P. Duncan III, Deputy Administrator, Tobacco Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), AG 0280, Room 502 Annex Building, PO Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456.

Comments will be made available for public inspection at this location during regular business hours. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John P. Duncan III, Deputy Administrator, Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA, AG 0280, Room 502 Annex Building, PO Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456; telephone:

(202)205-0567; Fax:

(202)205-0235. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Executive Order 12866 This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866, and therefore, has not been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget. B. Regulatory Flexibility Act Pursuant to the requirements set forth in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 *et seq.* ), full consideration has been given to the potential economic impact upon small business. All tobacco warehouses and producers fall within the confines of “small business” which are defined by the Small Business Administration (13 CFR 121.201) as those having annual receipts of less than $500,000 and small agricultural service firms are defined as those whose annual receipts are less than $3,500,000. There are approximately 360 tobacco warehouses and approximately 170,000 producers and most warehouses and producers may be classified as small entities. The AMS has determined that this action would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The Tobacco Inspection Act of 1935, as amended, (7 U.S.C. 511-511q), requires the Secretary to fix and collect fees and charges for inspection and certification of quota tobacco, and other services, including administrative and supervisory costs, at designated tobacco auction markets in all tobacco producing areas. The fees collected must, as nearly as possible, cover the Department's costs of performing these services. The AMS annually reviews its user fee programs to determine if the fees are adequate. The most recent review determined that the existing fee schedule would result in significant losses in crop years 2000 and 2001 and leave the program with inadequate reserve balances. Due to reductions in tobacco quotas and increases in the sale of tobacco through contract sales, obligations for the 2000 crop-year are estimated at $11,607,000 and revenues are expected to reach only $6,843,000, for a loss of $4,764,000 and a reduction in the operating reserve to $4,738,000. If the same level of service and fee structure continues for the 2001 crop-year the estimated loss would exceed $6,154,000 and the operating reserve would drop to a *negative* $1,416,000. The major items affecting obligations are Federally mandated increases in salaries and benefits, travel costs, and other administrative costs. Revenue depends on the amount of tobacco sold on the designated auction markets. Production quotas for tobacco were reduced by 228.6 million pounds in 1998, 330.7 million pounds in 1999, and 318.7 million pounds in 2000. This is a total decrease of 878 million pounds in production quotas since 1997. The amount of tobacco graded in 1998 was 1.56 billion pounds, 1.31 billion pounds in 1999, and 938 million pounds is estimated in 2000. Contract sales of tobacco will further reduce the amount graded by about 235 million pounds in 2000. Based on these figures, the current fee level will not generate the amount of revenue sufficient to maintain the level of inspection services requested and maintain funds in the program's reserve account. An analysis of available data indicates that a fee of $.0100 per pound effective for the 2000 crop-year would increase revenue by $1,277,000 and bring the operating reserve up to $6,014,000. The requested fee increase was recommended by the National Advisory Committee for Tobacco Inspection Services at its meeting on April 20, 2000. This committee is made up of representatives of producer interest groups, appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture, to advise on the level of services and user fee rate. This fee increase represents the minimum level needed to cover costs for the 2000 crop-year. In the future, AMS will continue to review the program to ensure that fees are adequate. Accordingly, we believe that the impact of the fee increase would not be significant on users of the inspection and certification services. C. Civil Justice Reform This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This action is not intended to have retroactive effect. This rule will not preempt any State or local laws, regulations, policies, unless they present an irreconcilable conflict with this rule. There are no administrative procedures that must be exhausted prior to any judicial challenge to the provisions of this rule. Background The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized by the Tobacco Inspection Act of 1935, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 511-511q *et seq.* , to fix and collect fees and charges for inspection and certification of quota tobacco, and other services, including administrative and supervisory costs, at designated tobacco auction markets in all tobacco producing areas. The fees collected must, as nearly as possible, cover the Department's costs of performing these services. The AMS regularly reviews programs to determine if fees are adequate and if costs are reasonable. This interim final rule will increase the fees and charges assessed by the AMS for the mandatory inspection and certification of producer tobacco sold at designated auction markets throughout the tobacco producing areas. The AMS conducted a recent review of the financial status of this program to determine whether the fee is sufficient. Revenue for the 1999 crop-year was approximately $11,419,000. Obligations for the period are approximately $11,508,000. At the current fee level, insufficient revenue would be generated to meet the costs of the inspection program and to replace funds that had to be used from the program's reserve account. The major factors affecting obligations are mandatory increases in Federal salaries and benefits, travel allowances, and other administrative costs since 1995. An analysis of data available to the AMS indicates that a fee of $.0100 per pound would cover expenses and maintain a reserve that would meet any reasonable contingency. Due to an estimated 43 percent reduction in tobacco to be inspected and 20-30 percent of tobacco being sold through contract sales, obligations for the 2000 crop-year are estimated at $11,607,000 and revenues are expected to reach only $6,843,000, for a loss of $4,764,000 and a reduction in the operating reserve to $4,738,000. If the same level of service and fee structure continues for the 2001 crop-year the estimated loss would exceed $6,154,000 and the operating reserve would drop to a *negative* $1,416,000. Revenue depends on the amount of tobacco sold on the designated auction markets. Production quotas for tobacco were reduced by 228.6 million pounds in 1998, 330.7 million pounds in 1999, and 318.7 million pounds in 2000. This is a total decrease of 878 million pounds of tobacco since 1997. Also, contract sales of tobacco will further reduce the amount graded by about 235 million pounds in 2000. Based on these figures, the current fee level will not generate the amount of revenue sufficient to maintain the level of inspection services requested and maintain funds in the program's reserve account. An analysis of available data indicates that a fee of $.0100 per pound effective for the 2000 crop-year would increase revenue by $1,277,000 and bring the operating reserve up to $6,014,000. Information on program income and expenses was presented to the National Advisory Committee for Tobacco Inspection Services at its meeting on February 17, 2000, in Raleigh, North Carolina, and again on April 20, 2000, in Washington, D.C. The National Advisory Committee, which is made up of 14 representatives from tobacco producer interest groups and appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture, was established by law in 1981 to advise the Secretary on the level of services needed and the fees necessary to cover those services. By a majority vote, the Committee adopted a motion to recommend to the Secretary an increase in the fee to $.0100 per pound. It is hereby found and determined upon good cause that it is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest to give preliminary notice prior to putting this rule into effect and that good cause exists for not postponing the effective date of this rule until 30 days after publication in the **Federal Register** because:

(1)The 2000 flue-cured marketing season will begin about July 17 and this action is needed, as soon as possible, so as to treat all types of tobacco on an equal basis for the 2000 crop-year;

(2)the National Advisory Committee recommended the fee increase by a majority vote; and

(3)this interim final rule provides a 30-day comment period, and all comments timely received will be considered prior to finalization of this rule. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 29 Administrative practice and procedure, Advisory committees, Government publications, Imports, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Tobacco. For reasons set forth in the preamble, 7 CFR part 29 is amended as follows: PART 29—TOBACCO INSPECTION 1. The authority citation for part 29, subpart B continues to read as follows: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 511m and 511r. § 29.123 [Amended] 2. In § 29.123, paragraph

(a)is amended by removing the words “$.0083 per pound” and adding the words “$.0100 per pound” in their place. Dated: May 22, 2000. Kathleen A. Merrigan, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 00-13290 Filed 5-25-00; 8:45 am]

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