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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2000-10-03.xml --- 65 192 Tuesday, October 3, 2000 Contents Agency Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 59002-59003 00-25339 Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 58983 00-24775 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Commodity Credit Corporation See Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service See Forest Service Antitrust Antitrust Division NOTICES National cooperative research notifications:
Auto Body Consortium, Inc., 59017 00-25305 Biology Research & Development Corp., 59017 00-25304 Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum, 59017-59018 00-25307 Southwest Research Institute, 59018 00-25308 VSI Alliance, 59018 00-25306 Architectural Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board PROPOSED RULES Americans with Disabilities Act and Architectural Barriers Act; implementation: Accessibility guidelines— Buildings and facilities; construction and alterations; meetings, 58974 00-25382 NOTICES Meetings:
Public Rights-of-Way Access Advisory Committee, 58984-58985 00-25330 Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 59003-59004 00-25321 Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 59004-59005 00-25429 Meetings: Tuberculosis Elimination Advisory Council, 59005 00-25322 Commerce Commerce Department See Export Administration Bureau See International Trade Administration Commodity Commodity Credit Corporation NOTICES Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 58983-58984 00-25420 Consumer Consumer Product Safety Commission PROPOSED RULES Federal Hazardous Substances Act: Portable bed rails; safety standards, 58968-58970 00-25279 Cooperative Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service NOTICES Meetings: National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board, 58984 00-25296 Corporation Corporation for National and Community Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Submission for OMB review; comment request, 58986-58987 00-25366 Defense Defense Department See Navy Department Drug Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Chattem Chemicals, Inc., 59018-59019 00-25370 Education Education Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Elementary and secondary education— After school-level activities, 58988 00-25383 Meetings: School-To-Work Opportunities Advisory Council, 58988-58989 00-25355 Employment Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 59019-59025 00-25353 00-25354 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Acquisition regulations: Administrative amendments, 58921-58931 00-25046 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-25348 58993-58994 00-25349 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Chesapeake Bay; nutrient trading; correction, 59046 C0-24044 Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
Eagle Picher Henryetta Superfund Site, OK, 58994-58995 00-25350 Former Three-C Electrical Co., Inc., Superfund Site, MA, 58995 00-25347 Executive Executive Office of the President See Management and Budget Office Export Export Administration Bureau RULES Export licensing: Commerce control list— Chemical and biological weapons controls; Australia group, 58911-58917 00-25068 FAA Federal Aviation Administration PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness directives: Boeing, 58966-58968 00-25327 FCC Federal Communications Commission RULES Digital television stations; table of assignments:
Georgia, 58921 00-25360 Texas, 58920-58921 00-25358 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 58995-58996 00-25356 00-25357 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation filings: TransEnergie U.S. et al., correction, 59046 C0-23065 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Duke Energy Corp., 58990 00-25331 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., 58990-58992 00-25309 Hydroelectric applications, 58992 00-25311 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Algonquin Gas Transmission Co., 58989 00-25313 American National Power, Inc., 58989 00-25310 Chandeleur Pipe Line Co., 58989 00-25314 Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.; correction, 59046 C0-24513 Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 58990 00-25312 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Kootenai County, ID, 59043-59044 00-25328 Federal Law Federal Law Enforcement Training Center NOTICES Meetings: National Center for State and Local Law Enforcement Training Center Advisory Committee, 59045 00-25329 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System RULES Truth in lending (Regulation Z): Credit and charge card solicitations and applications; disclosure requirements, 58903-58911 00-25316 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 58996-58997 00-25317 Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 58997 00-25491 FTC Federal Trade Commission NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 58997-58999 00-25299 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and threatened species: Citical habitat designations— Alameda whipsnake, 58933-58962 00-24763 PROPOSED RULES Endangered and threatened species: Zapata bladderpod, 58981-58982 00-25323 NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Incidental take permits— Bastrop County, TX;
Houston toad, 00-25324 59010-59011 00-25325 Meetings: Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Ruffe Control Committee, 59011 00-25315 Food Food and Drug Administration RULES Food for human consumption: Food labeling— Substance-disease relationships in labeling of foods and dietary supplements; revocation of authority, 58917-58918 00-25352 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 59005 00-25283 Meetings: Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee, 59005-59006 00-25284 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Medical devices— Confidence building activities annex; mutual recognition agreement, 59006-59007 00-25351 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Meetings: Deschutes Provincial Interagency Executive Committee Advisory Committee, 58984 00-25320 Health Health and Human Services Department See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Care Financing Administration RULES Medicare care and examinations:
Indian health— Indian Self-Determination Act; contracts, 58918-58919 00-25292 NOTICES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Human Resources Service, 58999 00-25285 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 58999-59002 00-25293 Health Health Care Financing Administration RULES Medicare: Hospital outpatient services; prospective payment services Correction, 58919-58920 00-25373 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 59007-59009 00-25289 Immigration Immigration and Naturalization Service RULES Nonimmigrant classes: Aircraft and passengers arriving from Cuba; landing requirements, 58902-58903 00-25319 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service See Reclamation Bureau IRS Internal Revenue Service PROPOSED RULES Income taxes: Recognition of gain on certain transfers to certain foreign trusts and estates Correction, 58973 00-25290 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Cheese quota; foreign government subsidies:
Quarterly update, 58985-58986 00-25378 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* National Institute of Standards and Technology; correction, 59046 C0-24187 Justice Justice Department See Antitrust Division See Drug Enforcement Administration See Immigration and Naturalization Service See Justice Programs Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 00-25342 59015-59016 00-25343 Pollution control; consent judgments: Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., 59016 00-25302 Woodward Metal Processing Corp. et al, 59016-59017 00-25303 Justice Justice Programs Office NOTICES Meetings:
Global Justice Information Network Advisory Committee, 59019 00-25281 Labor Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Mine Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Meetings: School-To-Work Opportunities Advisory Council, 58988-58989 00-25355 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Boundary establishment, descriptions, etc.: Crow Indian Reservation, MT; transfer of jurisdiction, 59011 00-25301 Recreation management restrictions, etc.: Yuma County, AZ and Imperial County, CA; camping and motor vehicle access closure, 59012 00-25363 Survey plat filings:
Montana, 59012-59013 00-25362 Management Management and Budget Office NOTICES Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998; implementation: Commercial Activities Inventories; availability, 59026-59027 00-25344 Merit Merit Systems Protection Board RULES Practice and procedure: Washington regional office relocation, 58902 00-25282 Mine Mine Safety and Health Administration RULES Education and training: Hazard communication, 59047-59104 00-24803 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration RULES Acquisition regulations:
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 58931-58932 00-25248 Training services, 58932-58933 00-25249 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Great Falls Park, VA; wireless telecommunication facility placement, 59013 00-25286 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978; permit applications, etc., 00-25380 59025-59026 00-25381 Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978; permit applications, etc., 59026 00-25379 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Meetings:
Marine Corps University Board of Visitors, 58987 00-25361 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Carolina Power & Light Co., 59026 00-25376 Office Office of Management and Budget See Management and Budget Office Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Cost-of-living allowances (nonforeign areas): Hawaii County, HI, et al., 58901-58902 00-25288 Public Public Health Service See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration Reclamation Reclamation Bureau NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
East Bay Municipal Utility District Supplemental Water Supply Project, CA, 59013-59015 00-25341 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Options price reporting authority: Consolidated options last sale reports and quotation information plan; participation fee payable by new parties, 59035-59036 00-25294 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: American Stock Exchange LLC; correction, 59046 C0-23028 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 59036-59042 00-25295 00-25333 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* AMRESCO, INC., 59027-59028 00-25334 Public utility holding company filings, 59028-59035 00-25332 SBA Small Business Administration PROPOSED RULES HUBZone program:
Administrative and operational improvements, 58963-58965 00-25291 NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Small Business Development Center Network— Michigan, 59042 00-25368 Meetings; district and regional advisory councils: Florida, 59043 00-25369 Small business investment companies: Computation of alternative maximum annual cost of money; debenture rate, 59043 00-25367 Social Social Security Administration PROPOSED RULES Supplemental security income: Aged, blind, and disabled— Social security benefits; overpayment recovery, 58970-58973 00-25184 State State Department NOTICES Art objects; importation for exhibition:
European Masterpieces: Six Centuries of Paintings from the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, 59043 00-25371 Surface Surface Transportation Board PROPOSED RULES Practice and procedure: Combinations and ownership— Major rail consolidation procedures, 58974-58981 00-25043 Transportation Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Federal Law Enforcement Training Center See Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-25297 59044-59045 00-25298 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, 59047-59104 00-24803 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. 65 192 Tuesday, October 3, 2000 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 591 RIN 3206-AJ26 Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas);
Hawaii County, Kauai County, Guam (Commissary/Exchange), Maui County, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is publishing an interim regulation to increase the cost-of-living allowance
(COLA)rates paid to certain Federal employees in Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This regulation increases the COLA rate for Hawaii County, HI, from 15 percent to 16.5 percent; Kauai County, HI, from 22.5 percent to 23.25 percent; Maui County, HI, from 22.5 percent to 23.75 percent; Guam (Commissary/Exchange) from 20 percent to 22.5 percent; Puerto Rico from 10 percent to 11.5 percent; and the U.S. Virgin Islands from 20 percent to 22.5 percent. All other COLA rates remain unchanged. The new rates are the result of the settlement of *Caraballo et al.* v. *United States,* Civil No. 1997/27 (D.V.I.). DATES: *Effective Date:* October 1, 2000. *Implementation date:* First day of the first pay period beginning on or after October 1, 2000. *Comment date:* Submit comments by December 4, 2000. ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Donald J. Winstead, Assistant Director for Compensation Administration, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office of Personnel Management, Room 7H31, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415-8200; FAX:
(202)606-4264; or email: COLA@opm.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald L. Paquin,
(202)606-2838; FAX:
(202)606-4264; or email at COLA@opm.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Personnel Management
(OPM)is increasing the cost-of-living allowance
(COLA)rates paid to certain Federal employees in Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The table below shows the new allowance rates and the places where they apply. The COLA rates in all other allowance areas remain the same. Allowance area Old COLA rate 1 New COLA rate 1 Hawaii County 15.00 16.50 Kauai County 22.50 23.25 Maui County 22.50 23.75 Guam (Commissary/ Exchange) 20.00 22.50 Puerto Rico 10.00 11.50 U.S. Virgin Islands 20.00 22.50 1 In percent. OPM is making these changes pursuant to section 9 and Exhibit C of the stipulation for settlement of *Caraballo et al.* v. *United States,* Civil No. 1997/27 (D.V.I.). The court approved the settlement on August 17, 2000. The settlement prescribes the new COLA rates and requires that they be made effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after October 1, 2000. OPM is using an interim rule to implement these increases so that agencies can apply the new rates in a timely fashion. Rulemaking waivers Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) and (d)(3), OPM finds that good cause exists to waive the publication of proposed rulemaking and the 30-day delay in the effective date of this regulation. Consistent with the terms of the court-approved settlement agreement, we believe it is in the public interest to implement the interim COLA rate increases immediately. In the future, as we have done in the past, we plan to announce COLA rate adjustments in a proposed rule for public notice and comment. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because the regulation will affect only Federal agencies and 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 591 Government employees, Travel and transporation expenses, Wages. Office of Personnel Management. Janice R. Lachance, Director. Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management amends 5 CFR part 591 as follows: PART 591—ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS Subpart B—Cost-of-living Allowance and Post Differential—Nonforeign Areas 1. The authority citation for subpart B of part 591 continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5941; E.O. 10000, 3 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp., p. 792; and E.O. 12510, 3 CFR, 1985 Comp., p. 338. 2. Appendix A of subpart B is amended by revising the table to read as follows: Appendix A of Subpart B—Places and Rates at Which Allowances Shall Be Paid Geographic coverage/ allowance category Authorized allowance rate (percent) State of Alaska City of Anchorage and 80-kilometer (50-mile) radius by road: All employees 25.00 City of Fairbanks and 80-kilometer (50-mile) radius by road: All employees 25.00 City of Juneau and 80-kilometer (50-mile) radius by road: All employees 25.00 Rest of the state: All employees 25.00 State of Hawaii City and County of Honolulu: All employees 25.00 County of Hawaii: All employees 16.50 County of Kauai: All employees 23.25 County of Maui and County of Kalawao: All employees 23.75 Territory of Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Local Retail 25.00 Commissary/Exchange 22.50 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico All Employees 11.50 U.S. Virgin Islands All Employees 22.50 [FR Doc. 00-25288 Filed 10-2-00; 8:45 am]
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