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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2000-12-14.xml --- 65 241 Thursday, December 14, 2000 Contents AID Agency for International Development NOTICES Meetings: Voluntary Foreign Aid Advisory Committee, 78142 00-31893 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: P.L. 480 Title II cooperating sponsor results reports and resource requests; guidelines, 78142 00-31674 Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service RULES Cranberries grown in— Massachusetts et al., 78079-78081 00-31798 Walnuts grown in— California, 78081-78083 00-31797 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Natural Resources Conservation Service Alcohol Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau RULES Alcohol; viticultural area designations:

Applegate Valley, OR, 78096-78099 00-31595 Alcoholic beverages: Wine; labeling and advertising— Dornfelder; new grape variety name, 78095-78096 00-31486 Commerce Commerce Department See Export Administration Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 78143 00-31780 Customs Customs Service RULES Inspection, search, and seizure: Civil asset forfeiture, 78090-78093 00-31882 Education Education Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Bilingual education and minority languages affairs— Program Development and Implementation Program, 78377-78401 00-31810 Special education and rehabilitative services— Special demonstration programs, 78147-78148 00-31809 Employment Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Adjustment assistance: Ambar Chemical, Inc., 78192-78193 00-31817 B.F. Goodrich Aerospace, 78193 00-31820 Flowserve Corp. et al., 78193-78194 00-31811 Johnstown Corp., 78194 00-31812 00-31813 Mallinckrodt, Inc., et al., 78195 00-31816 Rycraft, Inc., 78195 00-31814 Valve Division, 78195 00-31815 NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Greenwood Mills Inc., 78195-78196 00-31818 Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., 78196 00-31819 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Human Genome Program; ethical, legal, and social implications, 78148-78150 00-31890 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air pollution control: State operating permits programs— Virgin Islands, 78102-78104 00-31899 Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Virginia, 78100-78102 00-31727 Consolidated Federal air rule: Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry, 78267-78356 00-25044 Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities: Modified styrene-acrylic acid, etc., 78104-78108 00-31900 Executive Executive Office of the President See Management and Budget Office See National Drug Control Policy Office See Presidential Documents See Trade Representative, Office of United States Export Export Administration Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 78143-78145 00-31781 00-31782 00-31783 00-31784 Export Export-Import Bank NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee, 78168 00-31791 FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness directives: Pratt & Whitney, 78083-78085 00-31537 Standard instrument approach procedures, 78085-78090 00-31928 00-31929 00-31930 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness directives: Groupe Aerospatiale, 78122-78124 00-31892 FCC Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 78169-78170 00-31888 FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 78170 00-31968 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency RULES Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale: Various States, 78108-78110 00-31903 NOTICES Meetings: Emergency Management Institute, Board of Visitors, 78170-78171 00-31901 Nondiscrimination on basis of sex in federally assisted education programs or activities; Federal financial assistance covered by Title IX, 78171-78172 00-31902 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 78150-78151 00-31858 Electric rate and corporate regulation filings: PPl Montour, LLC, et al., 78162-78165 00-31885 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Oconto Electric Cooperative, 78165 00-31860 Hydroelectric applications, 78165-78167 00-31862 00-31863 00-31864 Meetings: Hydroelectric licensing policies, procedures, and regulations; comprehensive review; report to Congress under Energy Act of 2000; comment request, 78167-78168 00-31851 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Arizona Public Service Co., 78152 00-31854 Canyon Creek Compression Co., 78152-78153 00-31833 Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., 78151-78152 00-31866 Dominion Transmission, Inc., 78153 00-31850 Dominion Transmission, Inc., 78151 00-31839 Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co., 78152 00-31838 East Tennessee Natural Gas Co., 78153 00-31836 El Paso Natural Gas Co., 78153-78154 00-31852 Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P., 00-31846 78154-78155 00-31847 Handsome Lake Energy, LLC, 78155 00-31856 Idaho Power Co., 78155 00-31861 Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C., 78155-78156 00-31835 Mexican Business Trust No. 111076-2 et al., 78156 00-31853 Miami Valley Resources, Inc., 78156 00-31855 Midwestern Gas Transmission Co., 78156 00-31842 Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 78157 00-31844 00-31845 Northern Natural Gas Co., 78157-78158 00-31840 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 78158 00-31859 Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., 78158 00-31849 Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Co., 78158 00-31865 San Diego Gas & Electric Co., 78158-78159 00-31886 Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., 78159 00-31837 Texas Gas Transmission Corp., 78159 00-31848 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 78160 00-31843 Trans-Union Interstate Pipeline, L.P., 78159-78160 00-31857 Transwestern Pipeline Co., 78160-78161 00-31867 Trunkline Gas Co., 78161 00-31832 Venice Gathering System, L.L.C., 78161 00-31841 Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., 78161 00-31834 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Monterey County, CA, 78255 00-31895 FMC Federal Maritime Commission NOTICES Agreements filed, etc., 78172 00-31763 Ocean transportation intermediary licenses: YEZ Shipping Co., Ltd., et al, 78172 00-31764 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration NOTICES Motor carrier safety standards: Driver qualifications— Adams, Carl W., et al.; vision requirement exemptions, 78256-78260 00-31921 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies:

Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 78172-78173 00-31789 Permissible nonbanking activities, 78173 00-31788 FTC Federal Trade Commission NOTICES Prohibited trade practices: Cash Nursery et al., 78173-78174 00-31777 R.S. of Houston Workshop et al., 78174-78175 00-31778 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 78183 00-31905 Geological Geological Survey NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 78183-78184 00-31894 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 78183 00-31772 Health Health and Human Services Department See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department See National Institutes of Health Health Health Care Financing Administration See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Mortgage and loan insurance program:

Unsubsidized multifamily and healthcare mortgage loans; 2000-1 sale, 78181-78182 00-31807 Inspector Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department PROPOSED RULES Medicare and State health care programs: Safe harbor provisions and special fraud alerts; intent to develop regulations, 78124-78125 00-31808 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Geological Survey See Land Management Bureau See Minerals Management Service See National Park Service International International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Sierra and Dona Ana Counties, NM and El Paso County, TX; El Paso-Las Cruces Regional Sustainable Water Project; correction, 78197 00-31869 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 78145-78146 00-31806 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Import investigations: Uranium from— Various countries, 78187-78188 00-31795 Justice Justice Department See Justice Programs Office NOTICES Pollution control; consent judgments:

Abex Aerospace Division et al., 78188 00-31769 Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., 78188-78189 00-31771 Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc., 78189 00-31770 Jones v. Thorne et al., 78189 00-31767 Ribi Immunochem Research, Inc., 78190 00-31768 Sonoco Products Co. et al., 78190 00-31766 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 78190-78191 00-31749 Justice Justice Programs Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 78191-78192 00-31773 Labor Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Mine Safety and Health Administration Land Land Management Bureau RULES Preservation and conservation:

Wilderness management, 78357-78376 00-31656 NOTICES Recreation management restrictions, etc.: Wallace Forest Conservation Area, ID; camping, motorized vehicle use, etc., 78184 00-31906 Management Management and Budget Office NOTICES Commercial activities performance (Circular A-76): FAIR Act implementation guidance; proposed revision, 78217-78219 00-31881 Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998; implementation: Agency Commercial Activities Inventories; public availability, 78219-78221 00-31880 Mexico Mexico and United States, International Boundary and Water Commission See International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico Minerals Minerals Management Service NOTICES Outer Continental Shelf operations:

Central Gulf of Mexico— Oil and gas lease sales, 78184-78185 00-31779 Mine Mine Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 78196-78197 00-31821 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: University of Houston, 78197 00-31872 National Drug National Drug Control Policy Office NOTICES Senior Executive Service: Performance Review Board; membership, 78168 00-31790 NIH National Institutes of Health NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 78175-78177 00-31829 00-31830 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 78177-78178 00-31831 Meetings: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 78178 00-31823 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 78178 00-31822 National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 78179 00-31828 National Institute of Mental Health, 78178 00-31826 National Library of Medicine, 78179 00-31827 Scientific Review Center, 78179-78181 00-31824 00-31825 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fishery conservation and management:

Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone— Prohibited species donation program, 78119-78121 00-31917 Scallop, 78110-78118 00-31649 PROPOSED RULES Fishery conservation and management: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone— Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report; reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 78131-78141 00-31916 Pacific halibut and sablefish, 78126-78131 00-31625 NOTICES Permits: Endangered and threatened species, 78146 00-31918 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 78185-78186 00-31912 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, CA, 78186 00-31915 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Commercial filming and photography location fee schedules; guidance, 78186-78187 00-31913 NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service NOTICES Field office technical guides; changes: California, 78142-78143 00-31734 Northeast Northeast Dairy Compact Commission NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Out-of-Business New England Dairy Producer Escrow Reimbursement Program, 78198 00-31792 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Nuclear power reactors— Reactor Oversight Process; first year of initial implementation; comment request, 78215-78217 00-31876 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Power Authority of State of New York et al., 78198-78213 00-31875 Reed, Garner W., 78213-78215 00-31878 TXU Utilities Electric Co. et al.; correction, 78215 00-31877 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, and career and career-conditional employment: Federal Career Intern Program; staffing provisions, 78077-78079 00-31887 Presidential Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS *Special observances:* Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week (Proc. 7386), 78075-78076 00-32035 Public Public Health Service See National Institutes of Health Research Research and Special Programs Administration NOTICES Hazardous materials:

Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc., 78260-78261 00-31931 00-31932 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Investment Company Act of 1940: Exemption applications— Integrity Life Insurance Co. et al., 78221-78224 00-31897 Travelers Insurance Co. et al., 78224-78227 00-31896 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., 78227-78230 00-31805 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 78230-78233 00-31799 00-31801 International Securities Exchange LLC, 78233-78234 00-31800 Pacific Exchange, Inc., 78234-78235 00-31803 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 78235-78242 00-31802 00-31804 00-31898 SBA Small Business Administration NOTICES Disaster loan areas:

Oklahoma, 78242-78243 00-31787 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Bluestem Capital Partners III, L.P., 78242 00-31786 Selby Venture Partners, II, L.P., 78242 00-31785 State State Department RULES Consular services; fee schedule, 78093-78094 00-31740 00-31742 Visas; immigrant documentation: Immigrant visa fees; change in payment procedures, 78094-78095 00-31741 NOTICES Foreign Service posts; designation for special fee payment procedures, 78243 00-31743 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

NIS Secondary School Partnership Program, 78243-78246 00-31911 Serbia; college and university affiliations program, 78246-78249 00-31744 South Africa; Summer Institute for English Language Educators, 78249-78253 00-32003 Wye River People-to-People Exchange Program, 78253 00-31910 Trade Trade Representative, Office of United States NOTICES Trade Policy Staff Committee: U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement, 78253-78254 00-31774 Transportation Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration See Research and Special Programs Administration NOTICES Aviation proceedings:

Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 00-31923 78254-78255 00-31924 Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications, 78255 00-31922 00-31925 Treasury Treasury Department See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau See Customs Service NOTICES Privacy Act: Systems of records, 78261-78265 00-31793 00-31794 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Environmental Protection Agency, 78267-78356 00-25044 Part III Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 78357-78376 00-31656 Part IV Department of Education, 78377-78401 00-31810 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. 65 241 Thursday, December 14, 2000 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Parts 213 AND 315 RIN 3206-AJ28 Excepted Service;

Career and Career-Conditional Employment AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Interim regulations with request for comments. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management

(OPM)is issuing interim regulations to implement the staffing provisions of the Federal Career Intern Program. This program will serve to assist agencies in recruiting and attracting exceptional men and women who have a variety of experience, academic disciplines, or competencies necessary for the effective analysis and execution of public programs. DATES: This interim rule is effective December 14, 2000. Comments must be received on or before January 16, 2001. ADDRESSES: Send or deliver written comments to: Carol J. Okin, Associate Director for Employment, Office of Personnel Management, Room 6500, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415-9000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Suzy Barker, *smbarker@opm.gov;* Ms. Karen Jacobs, *kkjacobs@opm.gov;* or Mr. Mike Mahoney, *mjmahone@opm.gov;* on 202-606-0830 or FAX

(202)606-0390. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 6, 2000, President Clinton signed Executive Order 13162 authorizing the establishment of the Federal Career Intern Program to assist agencies in recruiting and attracting exceptional individuals with a variety of experience, academic disciplines, or competencies necessary for the effective analysis and execution of public programs. Agencies have the authority to recruit from a variety of sources to locate candidates that would most likely meet their mission and needs. The executive order tasked OPM to develop appropriate procedures for the recruitment, screening, placement and continuing career development for the Career Interns. These procedures must conform to the merit systems principles and assure equal employment opportunity and the application of appropriate veterans' preference criteria. The program is intended to be used for grades GS-5, 7, and 9 (and equivalent) positions or other trainee positions appropriate for the program. Agencies must request OPM approval to cover additional grades to meet unique or specialized needs. For those positions subject to the *Luevano* Consent Decree, agencies will be required to use those assessment tools permitted under the decree. Interns will be appointed in the excepted service (Schedule B) for a period not to exceed 2 years, unless extended up to 1 additional year with the approval of OPM. Upon successful completion of the internships, the interns will be eligible for noncompetitive conversion to career or career-conditional appointments. Throughout the internship, the employee must participate in a formal training program and job assignments to develop competencies appropriate to the agency's mission and needs. If an agency selects one of its internal career or career-conditional employee for the program, and he/she fails to complete the program for reasons unrelated to misconduct or suitability, the agency shall place the employee back in a position of equivalent status, tenure and pay as the position the employee left. Here are some examples:

(1)If an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA)is selected for an internship with EPA and the employee fails to complete the internship, EPA will be responsible for placing the employee.

(2)If an employee of the Department of Treasury (Treasury) is selected for an internship with EPA and the employee fails to complete the internship, EPA is not obligated to place the employee. Also, Treasury is not obligated to place the employee.

(3)Within Departments that have components or bureaus, such as the Department of Justice (Justice), the Department would have the discretion to decide whether or not to treat all of its components as separate and independent agencies or as part of the Department. For example: If an employee of Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), a bureau within Justice, is selected for an internship within Justice headquarters and the employee fails to complete the internship, neither the headquarters office nor the INS is obligated to place the employee. The INS and the headquarters office are treated as separate agencies. Waiver of Delay in Effective Date Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), I find that good cause exists to waive the delay in effective date and make these regulations effective in less than 30 days. The delay in the effective date is being waived because the executive order was signed on July 6, 2000, and agencies began developing their intern programs. Agencies will be able to make appointments immediately upon publication of the regulations. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that these regulations will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities (including small businesses, small organizational units and small governmental jurisdictions) because the regulations apply only to appointment procedures for certain employees in Federal agencies. E.O. 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 213 and 315 Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Janice R. Lachance, Director. PART 213—EXCEPTED SERVICE 1. The authority citation for part 213 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302, E.O. 10577, 3 CFR 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; Sec. 213.101 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 2103; Sec. 213.3102 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302, 3307, 8337(h) and 8456; E.O. 12364, 47 FR 22931, 3 CFR 1982 Comp., p. 185; 38 U.S.C. 4301 *et seq.* ; Pub. L. 105-339, 112 STAT. 3182-83; and E.O. 13162. 2. In § 213.3202, paragraph

(o)is added to read as follows: § 213.3202 Entire executive civil service.

(o)*The Federal Career Intern Program* —(1) *Appointments.* Appointments made under the Federal Career Intern Program may not exceed 2 years, except as described in paragraph (o)(2) of this section. Initial appointments shall be made to a position at the grades GS-5, 7, or 9 (and equivalent) or other trainee levels appropriate for the Program. Agencies must request OPM approval to cover additional grades to meet unique or specialized needs. Agencies will use part 302 of this chapter when making appointments under this Program.

(2)*Extensions.*

(i)Agencies must request, in writing, OPM approval to extend internships for up to 1 additional year beyond the authorized 2 years for additional training and/or developmental activities.

(ii)Agencies are delegated the authority to extend, without prior OPM approval, 2-year internships for up to an additional 120 days to cover rare or unusual circumstances, and where agencies have established criteria for approving extensions.

(3)*Qualifications.* Candidates will be evaluated using OPM qualification requirements or OPM-approved, agency-specific qualification requirements.

(4)*Tenure Group.* Career interns are in the excepted service Tenure Group II for purposes of § 351.502 of this chapter. Expiration of the internship is not subject to part 351 of this chapter.

(5)*Promotions.* During the internship period, individuals participating in the program may receive promotions as determined by an agency's plan. This provision does not confer entitlement to promotion.

(6)*Conversion to Competitive Service.* Except as provided in paragraph (o)(6)(ii) of this section, service as an intern shall confer no rights to further Federal employment in either the competitive or excepted service upon the expiration of the internship period.

(i)Competitive civil service status may be granted to career interns who successfully complete their internships and meet all qualification, suitability, and performance requirements. These noncompetitive conversions will be effective on the date the 2-year service requirement is met, or at the end of the extended period.

(ii)An employee who held a career or career-conditional appointment in an agency immediately before entering the Career Intern Program in the same agency, and who fails to complete the Career Intern Program for reasons unrelated to misconduct or suitability, shall be placed in a career or career-conditional position in the current agency at no lower grade or pay than the one the employee left to accept the position in the Career Intern Program. For purposes of this paragraph, agency means an Executive Department, Government corporation, or independent establishment as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105. An Executive Department may treat each of its bureaus or components (first major subdivision that is separately organized and clearly distinguished from other bureaus or components in work function and operation) as a separate agency or as part of one agency, but must do so by agency directive in establishing the program.

(iii)Service under the Career Intern Program counts toward career tenure in the competitive service, if the Career Intern is converted to a career-conditional appointment under § 315.712 of this chapter.

(7)*Terminations.* The appointment of a career intern expires at the end of the 2-year internship period, plus any extensions. The employing agency may, with no break in service, convert the intern to a career or career-conditional appointment in accordance with § 315.712 of this chapter. If an employee is not converted to a career or career-conditional appointment, the career intern appointment terminates, unless specifically eligible for placement under paragraph (o)(6)(ii) of this section.

(8)* Career Development.* Agencies will provide the career interns with formal training and developmental opportunities to acquire the appropriate agency-identified competencies needed for conversion. These activities may include, but are not limited to, formal training classes, rotational or other job assignments, attendance at conferences and seminars, interagency assignments, or other activities approved by the agency.

(9)* Agency Responsibilities.* Each agency will determine the appropriate use of the Career Intern Program relating to recruitment needs in specific occupational series, grades, and geographical areas, ensuring that programs are developed and implemented in accordance with the merit system principles. Agencies may adapt the program to meet their individual requirements, including, but not limited to such aspects as:

(i)Deciding how to delegate the authority to develop Career Intern Programs ( *e.g.,* department-wide versus bureaus and agency components);

(ii)Defining the roles and responsibilities of supervisors and other key officials in career intern program administration, such as human resources staff, budget and finance staff, career counselors, or mentors;

(iii)Designing, implementing, and documenting formal program(s) for the training and development of employees selected under the provisions of this Part, including the type and duration of assignments;

(iv)Deciding how to inform the career interns of what will be expected during the internship, including developmental assignments and performance requirements; and

(v)Planning, coordinating, implementing and monitoring program activities. PART 315—CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT 3. The authority citation for part 315 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3301, and 3302; E.O. 10577. 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp. P. 218, unless otherwise noted; and E.O. 13162. Secs. 315.601 and 315.609 also issued under 22 U.S.C. 3651 and 3652. Secs. 315.602 and 315.604 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 1104. Sec. 315.603 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8151. Sec. 315.605 also issued under E.O. 120034, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp. p. 111. Sec. 315.606 also issued under E.O. 11219, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp. p. 303. Sec. 315.607 also issued under 22 U.S.C. 2506. Sec. 315.608 also issued under E.O. 12721, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 293. Sec. 315.610 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3304(d). Sec. 315.611 also issued under Section 511, Pub. L. 106-117, 113 STAT. 1575-76. Sec. 315.710 also issued under E.O. 12596, 3 CFR, 1987, Comp., p. 229. Subpart I also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3321, E.O. 12107, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 264. 4. In § 315.201, a new paragraph

(b)(1)(xix) is added to read as follows: Subpart B—The Career-Conditional Employment System § 315.201 Service requirement for career tenure.

(b)* * *

(1)* * *

(xix)The date of appointment as a career intern under Schedule B, § 213.3202(o) of this chapter, provided the employee's appointment is converted to career or career-conditional appointment under § 315.712. 5. A new section § 315.712 is added to subpart G to read as follows: Subpart G—Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From Other Types of Employment § 315.712 Conversion based on service as a Career Intern

(a)*Agency authority.* An agency may convert noncompetitively to career or career-conditional employment, a career intern who:

(1)Has successfully completed a Career Intern Program, under § 213.3202(o) of this chapter, at the time of conversion; and

(2)Meets all citizenship, suitability and qualification requirements.

(b)*Tenure on conversion.* An employee whose appointment is converted to career or career-conditional employment under paragraph

(a)of this section becomes:

(1)A career-conditional employee except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section;

(2)A career employee when he or she has completed the service requirement for career tenure or is excepted from it by § 315.201(c).

(c)*Acquisition of competitive status.* An employee whose employment is converted to career or career-conditional employment under this section acquires a competitive status automatically on conversion. [FR Doc. 00-31887 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]

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