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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2000-07-03.xml --- 65 128 Monday, July 3, 2000 Contents Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service RULES Hazelnuts grown in— Oregon and Washington, 40970-40973 00-16740 Onions grown in— Idaho and Oregon, 40967-40970 00-16741 Raisins produced from grapes grown in— California, 40975-40979 00-16739 Spearmint oil produced in far west, 40973-40975 00-16738 PROPOSED RULES Winter pears grown in— Oregon and Washington, 41018-41021 00-16737 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Forest Service See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 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.:

Birth defects surveillance, research, and prevention activities program, 41076 00-16719 TB epidemiological and operation research program, 41076-41078 00-16718 Meetings: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel, 00-16720 41078-41079 00-16721 00-16722 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Office of Information Technology and Services, 41079 00-16791 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Ports and waterways safety: Gastineau Channel, AK; safety zone, 41004-41005 00-16878 Massachusetts Bay, Manchester, MA; safety zone, 41010-41011 00-16879 Presidential visit, Hudson River, NY; security zone, 41007-41009 00-16881 Provincetown Harbor, MA; safety zone, 41005-41007 00-16880 Tongas Narrows, AK; safety zone, 41009-41010 00-16883 Regattas and marine parades:

Harbour Town Fireworks Display, 41003-41004 00-16882 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commission of Fine Commission of Fine Arts NOTICES Meetings: Commission of Fine Arts, 41057 00-16752 Defense Defense Department RULES Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS): TRICARE program— Medically underserved areas; bonus payments, 41002-41003 00-16264 PROPOSED RULES Acquisition regulations:

JWOD subcontract preference under service contracts, 41265-41267 00-16454 Material management and accounting system, 41038-41041 00-16640 Polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber, 41037-41038 00-16639 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Truth in Negotiations Act threshold, 41266-41268 00-16523 NOTICES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Agency information collection activities— Proposed collection; comment request, 41057-41059 00-16688 00-16689 00-16690 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41058-41060 00-16691 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Chattem Chemicals, Inc., 41092-41093 00-16675 ISP Freetown Fine Chemicals, Inc., 41093 00-16676 Education Education Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 41060-41061 00-16723 Grantback arrangements; award of funds: Massachusetts, 41061-41062 00-16750 Employment Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Unemployment compensation for ex-servicemembers: Remuneration schedule, 41098-41099 00-16748 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission EPA Environmental Protection Agency PROPOSED RULES Water pollution control: State water quality standards— Kansas, 41215-41263 00-15914 Water supply:

National primary drinking water regulations— Arsenic; maximum contaminant level; stakeholders meeting, 41031-41032 00-16754 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 41065-41066 00-16764 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41067 00-16755 Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines: State implementation plans; adequacy status for transportation conformity purposes— District of Columbia, 41067-41068 00-16736 Air programs:

State implementation plans; adequacy status for transportation conformity purposes— Illinois, 41068-41069 00-16757 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Community based in-home asthma environmental education and management programs, 41069-41071 00-16763 Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.: Sharon Steel Farrell Works Superfund Site, PA, 41071 00-16762 PRESIDENT Executive Office of the President See Presidential Documents FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness directives:

Airbus, 40985-40988 00-16357 Allison Engine Co., 40981-40983 00-16232 Rolls-Royce plc., 40983-40985 00-16231 Sikorsky, 40988-40990 00-16356 Class E airspace, 40990-40992 00-16661 00-16662 FCC Federal Communications Commission RULES Digital television stations; table of assignments: Nevada, 41012 00-16776 41012 00-16777 Radio stations; table of assignment: Texas, 41012-41013 00-16681 Radio stations; table of assignments: Michigan, 41013-41014 00-16680 New Hampshire, 41013 00-16682 PROPOSED RULES Common carrier services:

Personal communications services— Narrowband rules; modifications; competitive bidding, 41034-41035 00-16814 Common carrier services, etc.: Advanced digital communications in the 117.974-137MHz band and implementation of flight information services in the 136-137 MHz band, 41032-41034 00-16679 Digital television stations; table of assignments: California, 41036 00-16684 Missouri, 41035 00-16686 Montana, 41036 00-16685 Radio stations; table of assignments: Missouri, 41036-41037 00-16687 Radio stations; table of assignments:

Arizona, 41037 00-16683 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Hydroelectric applications, 41064-41065 00-16694 Meetings: Alabama Power Co., Holt Project; telephone conference, 41065 00-16696 Northern Natural Gas Co.; technical conference, 41065 00-16698 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 41065 00-16877 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Black Marlin Pipeline Co., 41062 00-16697 Chevron Pipeline Co., 41063 00-16702 Designation of staff members for the Leaburg Walterville Project, 41063 00-16695 JPower, Inc., 41063 00-16701 Kern River Gas Transmission Co., 41063-41064 00-16699 PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp., 41064 00-16700 Federal Housing Federal Housing Finance Board RULES Federal home loan bank system:

Membership and advance regulations, 40979-40981 00-16790 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration RULES Railroad safety: Passenger equipment safety standards, 41283-41311 00-16522 NOTICES Exemption petitions, etc.: National Railroad Passenger Corp. (AMTRAK), 41123 00-16724 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies: Change in bank control, 41071-41072 00-16733 Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 41072 00-16732 Permissible nonbanking activities, 41072 00-16731 Fine Arts Fine Arts Commission See Commission of Fine Arts Food Food and Drug Administration PROPOSED RULES Food for human consumption:

Food labeling— Foods processed with alternative nonthermal technologies; use of term “fresh”; meeting, 41029-41031 00-16716 NOTICES Food additive petitions: Nippon Shokubai, 41079-41080 00-16725 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996; implementation, 41048 00-16734 GSA General Services Administration PROPOSED RULES Acquisition regulations: JWOD subcontract preference under service contracts, 41265-41267 00-16454 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Truth in Negotiations Act; threshold, 41266-41268 00-16523 NOTICES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Agency information collection activities— Proposed collection; comment request, 41057-41058 00-16688 00-16689 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41058-41060 00-16690 00-16691 GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration NOTICES Agency designation actions: Indiana, 41049 00-16542 Various States, 41049 00-16541 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Care Financing Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration RULES Grants:

Family planning services projects; abortion-related services; compliance standards, 41269-41280 00-16758 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41072-41073 00-16669 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Family planning services projects; provision of abortion-related services; interpretations, 41280-41282 00-16759 Meetings: HIV/AIDS Presidential Advisory Council, 41073 00-16779 Human Subject Protection and Financial Conflict of Interest Conference, 41073-41076 00-16760 Health Health Care Financing Administration RULES Medicare:

Home health agencies; prospective payment system, 41127-41214 00-16432 Health Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program; conference; correction, 41080 00-16865 Immigration Immigration and Naturalization Service NOTICES Immigration: EB-2 petitions; untimely motions to reconsider decisions of denial; filing opportunity, 41093-41097 00-16885 Interior Interior Department See Land Management Bureau See Minerals Management Service See National Park Service NOTICES Meetings:

National Invasive Species Council, 41080-41081 00-16735 IRS Internal Revenue Service RULES Income taxes: Income tax convention benefits; claims guidance, 40993-41000 00-16761 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Gray portland cement and cement clinker from— Mexico, 41049-41050 00-16792 Venezuela, 41050-41051 00-16793 Countervailing duties: Structural steel beams from— Korea, 41051-41053 00-16794 Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA): Antidumping and countervailing duties; five-year “sunset” review procedures, 41053-41054 00-16670 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Import investigations:

Honey from— China, 41085-41087 00-16671 Oil country tubular goods from— Argentina, et al., 41088-41090 00-16672 Seamless pipe from— Argentina, et al., 41090-41092 00-16673 Justice Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration See Immigration and Naturalization Service See Justice Programs Office See Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office Justice Justice Programs Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 41097 00-16795 Juvenile Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Missing and Exploited Children's Program, 41097-41098 00-16711 Labor Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41098 00-16749 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Motor vehicle use restrictions: Arizona, 41081 00-16461 Colorado, 41081-41082 00-16780 Minerals Minerals Management Service RULES Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:

Documents incorporated by reference; update, 41000-41002 00-15659 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration PROPOSED RULES Acquisition regulations: JWOD subcontract preference under service contracts, 41265-41267 00-16454 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Truth in Negotiations Act; threshold, 41266-41268 00-16523 NOTICES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Agency information collection activities— Proposed collection; comment request, 41057-41058 00-16688 41058 00-16689 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41058-41059 00-16690 41059-41060 00-16691 National Foundation National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities NOTICES Meetings:

Humanities Panel, 41100-41101 00-16692 National Council on the Humanities, 41101 00-16693 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fishery conservation and management: Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries— Gulf of Mexico reef fish, 41016-41017 00-16771 Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic fisheries— Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic coastal migratory pelagic resources, 41015-41016 00-16774 Northeastern United States fisheries Summer flounder, scup, and Black Sea bass, 41017 00-16772 PROPOSED RULES Fishery conservation and management:

Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone— Trawl gear in Gulf of Alaska Central Regulatory Area, seasonal adjustment of closure areas to, 41044-41047 00-16770 Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic fisheries South Atlantic snapper-grouper, 41041-41044 00-16773 NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: National Sea Grant College Program— Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, 41054-41057 00-16713 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Boundary establishment, descriptions, etc.:

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, OH, 41082-41083 00-16704 Concession contracts and permits: Franchise fee determination guidelines, 41083 00-16783 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Yosemite National Park, CA, 41083-41084 00-16703 National Register of Historic Places: Pending nominations, 41084-41085 00-16782 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings: Bioengineering and Environmental Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 41101 00-16787 Biological Sciences Advisory Committee, 41101-41102 00-16785 Design, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation Special Emphasis Panel, 41102 00-16789 Electrical and Communications Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 41102 00-16788 Experimental and Integrative Activities Special Emphasis Panel, 41102 00-16786 Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Special Emphasis Panel, 41102-41103 00-16784 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Operator license eligibility and use of simulation facilities in operator licensing, 41021-41029 00-16751 NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Siemens Power Corp., 41105-41108 00-16728 Virginia Electric & Power Co., 41108 00-16730 Export and import license applications for nuclear facilities or materials: Mallinckrodt, Inc., 41109-41110 00-16729 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Amergen Energy Co. LLC, 41103-41104 00-16727 Nuclear Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board NOTICES Meetings:

Board meeting; Yucca Mountain repository, 41110-41111 00-16726 Occupational Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, 41099-41100 00-16823 Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Practice and procedures: Procedures for settling claims, 40967 00-16708 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 41111 00-16710 Meetings:

Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 41111-41112 00-16709 Postal Postal Service RULES National Environmental Policy Act; correction, 41011-41012 00-16674 President Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS To modify duty-free treatment under the generalized system of preferences and for other purposes (Proc. 7325), 41315-41319 00-17012 Public Public Health Service See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration SEC Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Securities:

Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101B; generally accepted accounting principles to selected revenue recognition issues, 40992-40993 00-16580 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41112-41113 00-16742 00-16743 Investment Company Act of 1940: Exemption applications— Evergreen Equity Trust, et al., 41113-41115 00-16744 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 41116-41121 00-16745 00-16747 National Securities Clearing Corp., 41121-41122 00-16746 State State Department NOTICES Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Art and the Empire City, 41122 00-16767 Egyptian Art at Eton College: Selections from the Myers Museum, 41122 00-16769 Queen Victoria and Thomas Sully, 41122-41123 00-16768 Surface Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41123-41124 00-16705 00-16706 00-16707 Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See Surface Transportation Board RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Administrators, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, et al., 41014-41015 00-16623 Treasury Treasury Department See Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Meetings: Debt Management Advisory Committee, 41124-41125 00-16717 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Health Care Financing Administration, 41127-41214 00-16432 Part III Environmental Protection Agency, 41215-41263 00-15914 Part IV Department of Defense, General Services Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 41265-41268 00-16454 00-16523 Part V Health and Human Services, 41269-41282 00-16758 00-16759 Part VI Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, 41283-41311 00-16522 Part VII The President, 41315-41319 00-17012 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. 65 128 Monday, July 3, 2000 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 178 RIN 3206-AJ13 Procedures for Settling Claims AGENCY:

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

(OPM)is issuing a final rule to amend its regulation on procedures for settling claims. The amendments reflect the recent transfer within OPM of the authority to settle claims by advising individuals where they now may file such claims. EFFECTIVE DATE: Effective July 3, 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo-Ann Chabot,

(202)606-1700. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States General Accounting Office originally settled claims concerning federal employees'compensation and leave, compensation of deceased employees, and proceeds of canceled checks for veterans' benefits payable to deceased beneficiaries. On June 30, 1996, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 1996 transferred the authority to settle these claims from the General Accounting Office to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. See Sec. 211, Pub. L. 104-53, 109 Stat. 535. On June 28, 1996, the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget issued a determination order redelegating to OPM the authority to settle claims against the United States involving federal employees' compensation and leave, deceased employees' compensation, and proceeds of canceled checks for veterans' benefits payable to deceased beneficiaries. Congress subsequently codified these changes through additional legislation. See Pub.L. 104-316, 110 Stat. 3826. The Director of OPM initially delegated the claims settlement authority to the Office of General Counsel. On April 10, 2000, the Director of OPM transferred the claims settlement authority to the Office of Merit Systems Oversight and Effectiveness. Consequently, OPM is amending section 178.102(e)(1), as well as section 178.207(b) and (c), to reflect that individuals should file Part 178 claims with the Office of Merit Systems Oversight and Effectiveness rather than with the Claims Adjudication Unit, Office of the General Counsel. Waiver of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking I find, under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), that good cause exists for waiving the general notice of proposed rulemaking. The notice is being waived because these amendments merely reflect an organizational change within OPM and do not affect the rights of federal employees to file claims for settlement under Part 178. In addition, potential claimants must know, as soon as possible, where they now should file their claims. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that this regulation would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they would apply only to Federal agencies and employees. List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 178 Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Compensation, Government employees. U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Janice R. Lachance, Director. For the reasons set forth in the preamble, OPM is amending 5 CFR part 178 as follows: PART 178—PROCEDURES FOR SETTLING CLAIMS Subpart A—Administrative Claims—Compensation and Leave, Deceased Employees' Accounts and Proceeds of Canceled Checks for Veterans' Benefits Payable to Deceased Beneficiaries 1. The authority citation for subpart A continues to read as follows: Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3702; 5 U.S.C. 5583; 38 U.S.C. 5122; Pub. L. No. 104-53, § 211, 109 Stat. 535 (Nov. 19, 1995); E.O. 12107. 2. In § 178.102, revise paragraph (e)(1) to read as follows: § 178.102 Procedures for submitting claims.

(e)*Where to submit claims.*

(1)All claims under this section should be sent to the Program Manager, Office of Merit Systems Oversight and Effectiveness, Room 7671, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415. Telephone inquiries regarding these claims may be made to

(202)606-7948. Subpart B—Settlement of Accounts for Deceased Civilian Officers and Employees 1. The authority citation for subpart B continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5581, 5582, 5583. § 178.207 [Amended] 2. In § 178.207, remove the words “Claims Adjudication Unit, Office of General Counsel” from paragraph

(b)and the words “Claims Adjudication Unit” from paragraph (c). Add in their place the words “Office of Merit Systems Oversight and Effectiveness.” [FR Doc. 00-16708 Filed 6-30-00; 8:45 am]

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