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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2000-10-26.xml --- 65 208 Thursday, October 26, 2000 Contents Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service RULES Commodity laboratory testing programs: Science and Technology Laboratory Service; fee changes, 64301-64318 00-27482 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Natural Resources Conservation Service Antitrust Antitrust Division NOTICES National cooperative research notifications:

Die Products Consortium, 64236 00-27534 Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum, 64236-64237 00-27533 Civil Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings; State advisory committees: Arkansas, 64202 00-27458 Mississippi, 64202-64203 00-27459 Nebraska, 64203 00-27460 Oklahoma, 64203 00-27461 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commodity Commodity Futures Trading Commission RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

International Affairs Office; Director and Deputy Director, 64136-64137 00-27481 Customs Customs Service RULES Merchandise, special classes: Archaeological and ethnological material from— Nicaragua; pre-Hispanic cultures, 64140-64142 00-27593 PROPOSED RULES Tariff-rate quotas: Wool products; limited refund of duties, 64178-64188 00-27522 Defense Defense Department See Navy Department PROPOSED RULES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Labor clauses application, 64297-64299 00-27500 NOTICES Meetings:

Healthcare Quality Initiatives Review Panel, 64204 00-27463 Employment Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Adjustment assistance: Consolidated Metco, Inc., 64257 00-27570 Nippers Workshop, Inc., 64257-64258 00-27573 Robert Bosch Corp., 64258 00-27572 Vincennes Industries, 64258 00-27574 Wexco Corp. et al., 64258-64259 00-27571 Wolverine World Wide, Inc., 64259 00-27569 NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance: Brown Wooten Mills, Inc., 64259 00-27568 Thomson Consumer Electronic, Inc., 64259-64260 00-27567 Wolverine World Wide, Inc., 64260 00-27566 Employment Employment Standards Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 64260-64261 00-27565 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board— Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, KY, 64204-64205 00-27539 Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, 64205 00-27540 National Coal Council, 64205-64206 00-27538 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards: Polymers and resins— Compliance date (Group IV); indefinite stay; withdrawn, 64161 00-27583 Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Missouri, 00-27144 00-27146 64145-64161 00-27148 Texas, 64148-64156 00-27029 Wisconsin, 64142-64145 00-27399 Hazardous waste program authorizations: Tennessee, 64161-64164 00-27140 Vermont, 64164-64167 00-27576 PROPOSED RULES Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States: Massachusetts, 64191 00-27580 Missouri, 00-27145 00-27147 64191-64193 00-27149 Nitrogen oxides emissions from portland cement kilns; additional information availability, 64189-64190 00-27582 Texas, 64191-64192 00-27030 Wisconsin, 64190-64191 00-27400 Hazardous waste program authorizations:

Tennessee, 64193 00-27141 Vermont, 64193-64194 00-27577 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64219-64220 00-27579 Water pollution control: Clean Water Act— Class II administrative penalty assessments, 64220-64221 00-27581 Executive Executive Office of the President See Trade Representative, Office of United States FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness directives: Boeing, 64134-64136 00-27508 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness directives:

Dornier, 64176-64178 00-27563 NOTICES Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers: Carl L. Keller Field Airport, OH, 64276 00-27449 Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.: Jacksonville International Airport, FL, 64276-64277 00-27594 FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-27498 64237-64238 00-27499 FCC Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Common carrier services: Wireless telecommunications services— 700 MHz Guard Bands;

Manager licenses auction; reserve prices or minimum opening bids, etc., 64221 00-27679 Federal Election Federal Election Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 64221-64222 00-27654 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation filings: Avista Corp. et al., 64215 00-27549 Energetix, Inc., et al., 64215-64216 00-27497 Entergy Services, Inc., et al., 64216-64217 00-27550 Southern Co. Services, Inc., 64217 00-27551 Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 64217-64218 00-27489 Hydroelectric applications, 64218-64219 00-27490 Practice and procedure: Off-the-record communications, 64219 00-27484 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Algonquin Gas Transmisson Co., 64206-64207 00-27486 Allegheny Power, 64207 00-27556 Carolina Power & Light Co. et al., 64207-64208 00-27554 Citizens Communication Co. et al., 64208 00-27493 Concord Electric Co. et al., 64208 00-27547 Edison Mission Energy and Midwest Generation, LLC, et al., 64209 00-27494 Glacier Electric Cooperative, Inc., et al.;

RTO informational filings, 64209 00-27495 GridFlorida LLC et al., 64209-64210 00-27552 Mahue Construction Co., 64210 00-27485 Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C., 64210-64211 00-27487 Midwest ISO Transmission Owners et al., 64211-64212 00-27548 MIGC, Inc., 64212 00-27492 Minnesota Power et al., 64212 00-27496 PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., et al., 64212-64213 00-27555 Southern Natural Gas Co., 64213-64214 00-27557 Southwest Power Pool, Inc., 64214 00-27553 Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 64214-64215 00-27488 Transwestern Pipeline Co., 64215 00-27491 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration NOTICES Exemption petitions, etc.:

Minnesota Northern Railroad, 64277 00-27516 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 00-27505 64230-64231 00-27509 Food Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 64222 00-27546 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64222-64224 00-27453 Meetings: Biological Response Modifiers Advisory Committee, 64224 00-27455 Science Board, 64224 00-27456 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Abbreviated new drug applications; referencing discontinued labeling for listed drugs, 64225-64226 00-27452 Complete responses to clinical holds; submission and review, 64226 00-27454 GSA General Services Administration PROPOSED RULES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Labor clauses application, 64297-64299 00-27500 Health Health and Human Services Department See Food and Drug Administration See Health Care Financing Administration See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration PROPOSED RULES Civil Rights Restoration Act:

Nondiscrimination on basis of race, color, national origin, handicap, sex, and age; conforming amendments, 64194-64201 00-27306 NOTICES Meetings: Vital and Health Statistics National Committee, 64222 00-27462 Health Health Care Financing Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 00-27524 00-27525 00-27526 64226-64229 00-27527 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64229 00-27626 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department PROPOSED RULES Equal employment opportunity; policies and procedures; update, 64319-64334 00-27470 Immigration Immigration and Naturalization Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 00-27589 64238-64239 00-27590 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 64239-64257 00-27588 00-27591 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See Minerals Management Service See National Park Service See Reclamation Bureau International International Trade Administration NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee, 64203 00-27503 Justice Justice Department See Antitrust Division See Federal Bureau of Investigation See Immigration and Naturalization Service NOTICES Pollution control; consent judgments:

Keystone Sanitation Co., Inc., 64234-64235 00-27530 Maryland Aviation Administration, 64235 00-27531 Menard, Inc., et al., 64235-64236 00-27532 Ryms Heating Oils, Inc., et al., 64236 00-27529 Labor Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Employment Standards Administration See Mine Safety and Health Administration See Occupational Safety and Health Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Meetings: Resource Advisory Councils— John Day/Snake, 64231 00-27466 Lower Snake River District, 64231 00-27506 Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

California; correction, 64231 00-27528 Minerals Minerals Management Service NOTICES Meetings: Minerals Management Advisory Board, 64231 00-27592 Mine Mine Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Safety standard petitions: D&A Resources, Inc., et al., 64261-64262 00-27535 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration PROPOSED RULES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Labor clauses application, 64297-64299 00-27500 National National Council on Disability NOTICES Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 64262-64263 00-27623 National Credit National Credit Union Administration PROPOSED RULES Credit unions: Affiliate information sharing provisions; compliance, 64168-64176 00-27363 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries: State programs— Intent to evaluate performance, 64203-64204 00-27680 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Meetings: National Park System Advisory Board, 64231-64232 00-27477 Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:

State Museum of Pennsylvania, PA— Inventory from various sites in Pennsylvania, 64232-64233 00-27395 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings: Bioengineering and Environmental Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 64263 00-27541 Civil and Mechanical Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 64263 00-27543 Electrical and Communications Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 64263 00-27542 Mathematical Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, 64263-64264 00-27544 Physics Special Emphasis Panel, 64264 00-27545 NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Mission-Lapwai Creek Supplemental Number 2 Watershed Protection Project, ID, 64202 00-27519 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Aircraft Carrier ex-SARATOGA; donation applications; submission deadline, 64204 00-27521 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Entergy Gulf States, Inc., et al., 64265 00-27511 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Entergy Operations, Inc., 00-27510 64264-64265 00-27512 Occupational Occupational Safety and Health Administration RULES Consultation agreements; procedural changes, 64281-64295 00-27103 Office of U.S.

Trade Office of United States Trade Representative See Trade Representative, Office of United States Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Employment: Placement assistance and reduction in force notices, 64133-64134 00-27515 PROPOSED RULES Administrative law judges; appointment, pay, and removal; withdrawn, 64168 00-27468 NOTICES Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 64265 00-27467 Public Public Health Service See Food and Drug Administration See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Railroad Railroad Retirement Board NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 64265-64266 00-27536 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 64266-64274 00-27537 Reclamation Reclamation Bureau NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Arrowrock Dam; ID; outlet works rehabilitation, 64234 00-27595 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Securities: Options disclosure documents— Rule 9b-1 amendment, 64137-64140 00-27479 NOTICES Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., 64274-64275 00-27480 Substance Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Senior Executive Service:

Performance Review Board; membership, 64229-64230 00-27451 Surface Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.: Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 64277 00-27559 Railroad services abandonment: Union Pacific Railroad Co., 64277-64278 00-27439 Trade Trade Representative, Office of United States NOTICES Meetings: Industry Sector Advisory Committees— Small and Minority Business, 64275 00-27457 Tariff-rate quota amount determinations:

Beef from New Zealand, 64275-64276 00-27575 Transportation Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Customs Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 00-27472 00-27473 64278-64280 00-27474 00-27475 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 64281-64295 00-27103 Part III Department of Defense, General Services Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 64297-64299 00-27500 Part IV Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, 64301-64318 00-27482 Part V Department of Housing and Urban Development, 64319-64334 00-27470 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. 65 208 Thursday, October 26, 2000 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Parts 330 and 351 RIN 3206-AJ18 Placement Assistance and Reduction in Force Notices AGENCY:

Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Interim regulations. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim placement assistance and reduction in force regulations to replace references to the repealed Job Training Partnership Act with references to the new Workforce Investment Act of 1998. DATES: These regulations are effective November 27, 2000. Written comments will be considered if received no later than December 26, 2000. ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Carol J.

Okin, Associate Director for Employment, Office of Personnel Management, Room 6F08, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Galemore, 202-606-0960, FAX 202-606-2329, TDD (202)606-0023, or by e-mail at pjgalemo@opm.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), established under Public Law 97-300, October 12, 1982, as amended, required states to provide employment assistance programs to dislocated workers and others as defined in the Act.

Since 1995, through Office of Personnel Management regulations published in sections 330.405, 351.803, and 351.807 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), agencies have been required to give employees affected by reduction in force information about JTPA programs in their specific reduction in force notices. The JTPA was repealed effective July 1, 2000. States are now required to provide placement assistance programs through the Workforce Investment Act

(WIA)of 1998, Public Law 105-220, August 7, 1998. This change was incorporated into the reduction in force statute at 5 U.S.C 3502 through Public Law 105-277, Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, section 405, October 21, 1998. These revised regulations are issued solely to replace references to the repealed JTPA with its successor statute, the WIA, as required by the amendments to 5 U.S.C. 3502 mandated by Public Law 105-277. No other wording is changed. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it affects only certain Federal 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 Parts 330 and 351 Administrative practice and procedure, Armed forces reserves, Government Employees, Individuals with disabilities. Office of Personnel Management Janice R. Lachance, Director. Accordingly, the Office of Personnel Management is amending 5 CFR parts 330 and 351 as follows: PART 330—RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT (GENERAL) 1. The authority citation for part 330 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3301, 3302; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR 1954-58 Comp., p. 218. Section 330.102 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3327. Subpart B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3315 and 8151. Section 330.401 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3310. Subpart K also issued under sec. 11203 of Pub. L. 105-33, 111 Stat. 738. Subpart L also issued under sec. 1232 of Pub. L. 96-70, 93 Stat. 452. Subpart D—Positions Restricted to Preference Eligibles 2. In § 330.405, paragraph

(b)is revised to read as follows: § 330.405 Agency placement assistance.

(b)Cooperating with State units as designated or created under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, to retrain displaced preference eligibles for other continuing positions. PART 351—REDUCTION IN FORCE 3. The authority citation for part 351 continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3502, 3503; sec. 351.801 also issued under E.O. 12828, 58 FR 2965. Subpart H—Notice to Employee 4. In § 351.803, paragraphs

(a)and (b)(1) are revised to read as follows: § 351.803 Notice of eligibility for reemployment and other placement assistance.

(a)An employee who receives a specific notice of separation under this part must be given information concerning the right to reemployment consideration and career transition assistance under subparts B (Reemployment Priority List), F, and G (Career Transition Assistance Programs) of part 330 of this chapter. The employee must also be given a release to authorize, at his or her option, the release of his or her resume and other relevant employment information for employment referral to the State unit or entity established under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and potential public or private sector employers. The employee must also be given information concerning how to apply both for unemployment insurance through the appropriate State program and benefits available under the State's Workforce Investment Act of 1998 programs, and an estimate of severance pay (if eligible).

(b)* * *

(1)The State or the entity designated by the State to carry out rapid response activities under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; 5. In § 351.807, paragraphs

(a)and

(c)are revised to read as follows: § 351.807 Certification of Expected Separation.

(a)For the purpose of enabling otherwise eligible employees to be considered for eligibility to participate in dislocated worker programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, an agency may issue a Certificate of Expected Separation to a competing employee who the agency believes, with a reasonable degree of certainty, will be separated from Federal employment by reduction in force procedures under this part. A certification may be issued up to 6 months prior to the effective date of the reduction in force.

(c)A certification is to be addressed to each individual eligible employee and must be signed by an appropriate agency official. A certification must contain the expected date of reduction in force, a statement that each factor in paragraph

(b)of this section has been satisfied, and a description of Workforce Investment Act of 1998, title I, programs, the Interagency Placement Program, and the Reemployment Priority List. [FR Doc. 00-27515 Filed 10-25-00; 8:45 am]

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