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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2001-04-06.xml --- 66 67 Friday, April 6, 2001 Contents Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 18226 01-8466 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service RULES Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease; disease status change— Great Britain and Northern Ireland; correction, 18357 C1-6403 Army Army Department See Engineers Corps NOTICES Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive: Schlager Blast Utility Program, 18230 01-8555 Bonneville Bonneville Power Administration NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Wallula Power Project, Walla Walla County, WA, 18236-18237 01-8509 Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 18255-18256 01-8458 Children Children and Families Administration See Community Services Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 18256, 01-8456 18310-18311 01-8457 Civil Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings; State advisory committees: Alabama, 18226 01-8515 Wyoming, 18226-18227 01-8516 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 18227 01-8694 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge operations:

Connecticut, 18193-18194 01-8447 Regattas and marine parades: San Diego Crew Classic, 18193 01-8448 PROPOSED RULES Drawbridge operations: New York, 18221-18223 01-8640 Regattas and marine parades: Seattle Seafair Unlimited Hydroplane Race, 18219-18221 01-8446 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Community Community Services Office NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Funds Program, 18371-18393 01-8455 Corporation Corporation for National and Community Service NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

AmeriCorps* programs— AmeriCorps State/National; Indian tribal applications, 18230 01-8542 Defense Defense Department See Army Department See Engineers Corps Drug Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Alexander Drug Co., Inc., 18299-18305 01-8478 Ansys Technologies, Inc., 18305 01-8550 B.I. Chemicals, Inc., 18305 01-8548 Brooks, Barry H., M.D., 18305-18309 01-8477 Chirex Cauldron, 18309 01-8551 Ganes Chemicals Inc., 18309-18310 01-8552 Isotec, Inc., 18310 01-8549 Research Triangle Institute, 18256-18257 01-8547 Education Education Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Indian education programs— Professional Development Program, 18232-18234 01-8558 National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research— Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, 18359-18363, 01-8462 18365-18369 01-8464 Special education and rehabilitative services: Blind vending facilities under Randolph-Sheppard Act— Arbitration panel decisions, 18234-18236 01-8556 01-8557 Employment Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 18313-18314 01-8518 18314-18315 01-8521 Employment Employment Standards Administration NOTICES Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions, 18311-18313 01-8230 Energy Energy Department See Bonneville Power Administration See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Engineers Engineers Corps NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: St Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway Project, MO, 18230-18231 01-8554 Tucson, AZ;

Santa Cruz River, 18231-18232 01-8553 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States: Missouri, 18198-18200 01-8479 Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities: Ethametsulfuron methyl, 18201-18207 01-8484 PROPOSED RULES Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States: Missouri, 18223 01-8480 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 18239-18242 01-8493 01-8497 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 18242-18243 01-8494 Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Agency statements— Comment availability, 18243-18244 01-8560 Weekly receipts, 18243 01-8559 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Ocean-dredged material disposal sites— Rhode Island Sound et al., RI and MA, 18244-18245 01-8561 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Greenhouse gas emissions, State activities to quantify and reduce, 18245-18248 01-8496 Meetings: U.S. Government Representative to Commission for Environmental Cooperation— National and Governmental Advisory Committees, 18248 01-8482 Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Monsanto Co., 18249-18250 01-8485 Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.: Southern Cross Site, MO, 18250 01-8481 Toxic and hazardous substances control: Test marketing exemption approvals, 18250-18252 01-8486 01-8487 Water pollution; discharge of pollutants (NPDES): Gulf of Mexico OCS operations— Eastern portion; oil and gas extraction category; general permit; correction, 18253-18254 01-8483 Water pollution control: Clean Water Act— Class II administrative penalty assessments, 18252-18253 01-8495 Executive Executive Office of the President See Trade Representative, Office of United States FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness standards:

Special conditions— Ayres Corp. Model LM 200 Loadmaster airplane, 18186-18187 01-8513 Class E airspace, 18187 01-8440 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness standards: Special conditions— Gulfstream Model GV airplanes, 18214-18216 01-8514 NOTICES Airport noise compatibility program: Port Columbus International Airport, OH, 18348-18349 01-8441 Meetings: Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 18349-18350 01-8442 FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 18254 01-8632 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation filings: Haleywest L.L.C. et al., 18239 01-8459 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* California Public Utilities Commission et al., 18237-18238 01-8488 Transwestern Pipeline Co., 18238-18239 01-8489 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration NOTICES Exemption petitions, etc.: Alternative fuel tank safety standard; special approval (American Public Transportation Association), 18350 01-8433 Guilford Rail System, 18350-18351 01-8432 Wabtec Railway Electronics, 18351 01-8435 Meetings:

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee, 18351-18353 01-8436 01-8437 Traffic control systems; discontinuance or modification: Union Pacific Railroad Co., 18353-18354 01-8434 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System RULES Extensions of credit by Federal Reserve banks (Regulation A): Discount rate change, 18185-18186 01-8449 NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies: Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 18254 01-8450 Permissible nonbanking activities, 18254 01-8451 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 18255 01-8633 Financial Financial Management Service See Fiscal Service Fiscal Fiscal Service NOTICES Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:

Great American Alliance Insurance Co., 18355-18356 01-8544 Great American Insurance Co. of New York, 18356 01-8543 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Fish and wildlife restoration; Federal aid to States: Sport fish program; participation by District of Columbia and U.S. insular territories and commonwealths, 18210-18213 01-8418 PROPOSED RULES Endangered and threatened species: Critical habitat designations— Various plants from Lanai, HI; correction, 18223-18225 01-8473 Food Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities; potentially fatal hazards of medical gas mixups, 18257 01-8474 Reports and guidance documents; availabilty, etc: Veterinary Medicinal Products, International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration— Anthelmintics effectiveness; general and specific recommendations, 18257-18259 01-8452 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Children and Families Administration See Community Services Office See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Health Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Meetings:

Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry Training Advisory Committee, 18259 01-8475 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 18262-18284 01-8528 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 18285 01-8527 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Facilities to assist homeless— Excess and surplus Federal property, 18285 01-8220 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Lead-safe housing; transition assistance period extension to certain jurisdictions, 18285-18287 01-8526 Public and Indian housing— Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998; implementation status; public housing and tenant-based assistance, 18287-18294 01-8525 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See Minerals Management Service See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office IRS Internal Revenue Service RULES Income taxes:

Long-term contracts; income accountability Correction, 18357, C1-6 18190-18191 01-8135 Qualified transportation fringe benefits Correction, 18190 01-8137 Income taxes, etc.: Withholding of tax on certain U.S. source income paid to foreign persons and related collection, deposit, refunds, and credits, etc.; correction, 18187-18190 01-8136 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Live processed blue mussels from— Canada, 18227-18229 01-8524 Countervailing duties:

Industrial phosphoric acid from— Israel, 18229 01-8523 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 18299 01-8649 Justice Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration Labor Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Employment Standards Administration See Mine Safety and Health Administration See Occupational Safety and Health Administration See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 18311 01-8520 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Douglas and Coos Counties, OR; natural gas pipeline right-of-way; correction, 18357 C1-7808 Minerals Minerals Management Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 18294-18298 01-8461 01-8545 01-8546 Outer Continental Shelf operations: Western and Central Gulf of Mexico— Oil and gas lease sales, 18298 01-8460 Mine Mine Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 18315 01-8519 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration RULES Motor vehicle safety standards: Occupant crash protection— Seat belt assemblies; pelvic restraint; reconsideration petitions denied, 18208-18210 01-8443 NOTICES Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.: Subaru of America, Inc., 18354-18355 01-8512 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:

State programs— Intent to evaluate performance, 18229-18230 01-8669 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings: Advanced Networking Infrastructure Research Special Emphasis Panel, 18316 01-8541 Biological Sciences Advisory Committee, 18316 01-8538 Earth Sciences Proposal Review Panel, 18316 01-8537 Electrical and Communications Systems Special Emphasis Panel, 18316-18317 01-8536 Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education Special Emphasis Panel, 18317 01-8530 Environmental Research and Education Advisory Committee, 18317 01-8539 Experimental and Integrative Activities Special Emphasis Panel, 18317 01-8532 Geosciences Special Emphasis Panel, 18317-18318 01-8531 Materials Research Special Emphasis Panel, 18318 01-8534 Methods, Cross-Directorate and Science and Society Advisory Panel, 18318 01-8540 Neuroscience Advisory Panel, 01-8529 18318-18319 01-8535 Physics Special Emphasis Panel, 18319 01-8533 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Energy Department, 18319-18320 01-8502 Exelon Generation Co., LLC, 01-8499 18319-18321 01-8500 01-8501 Portland General Electric Co., 18321 01-8503 Nuclear Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board NOTICES Meetings:

Yucca Mountain, NV, repository, 18321-18322 01-8476 Occupational Occupational Safety and Health Administration RULES Safety and health standards: Cotton dust; occupational exposure; effective date, 18191-18192 01-8648 Office of U.S. Trade Office of United States Trade Representative See Trade Representative, Office of United States Pension Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 18315-18316 01-8517 Public Public Debt Bureau See Fiscal Service Public Public Health Service See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SEC Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 18322 01-8504 Investment Company Act of 1940: Deregistration applications— Pacific Innovations Trust et al., 18323-18324 01-8468 Exemption applications— Barr Rosenberg Series Trust et al., 18324-18326 01-8467 Shares substitution applications— American General Life Insurance Co. et al., 18326-18329 01-8469 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: American Stock Exchange LLC, 18330-18331 01-8507 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 18331-18333 01-8470 01-8472 New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 01-8471 18334-18346 01-8505 01-8508 Substance Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

American Indian/Alaskan Native Community Planning Program, 18259-18260 01-8453 Consumer and Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Centers, 18260-18262 01-8454 Surface Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office PROPOSED RULES Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions: Arkansas, 18216-18219 01-8498 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 18298-18299 01-8431 Surface Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Railroad services abandonment:

Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc., 18355 01-8400 Trade Trade Representative, Office of United States NOTICES Intellectual property rights, countries denying; identification, etc.: Ukraine, 18346-18348 01-8510 Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Fiscal Service See Internal Revenue Service RULES Privacy Act; implementation, 18192-18193 01-8511 Veterans Veterans Affairs Department RULES Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:

Claims based on tobacco product effects, 18195-18198 01-8490 Signature by mark, 18194-18195 01-8491 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Department of Education, 18359-18363 01-8462 Part III Department of Education, 18365-18369 01-8464 Part IV Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families 18371-18393 01-8455 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. 66 67 Friday, April 6, 2001 Rules and Regulations FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 12 CFR Part 201 [Regulation A] Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks;

Change in Discount Rate AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Board of Governors has amended its Regulation A on Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks to reflect its approval of a decrease in the basic discount rate at each Federal Reserve Bank. The Board acted on requests submitted by the Boards of Directors of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks. DATES: The amendments to part 201 (Regulation A) were effective March 20, 2001.

The rate changes for adjustment credit were effective on the dates specified in 12 CFR 201.51. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board, at

(202)452-3259, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets NW., Washington, DC 20551. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authority of sections 10(b), 13, 14, 19, et al., of the Federal Reserve Act, the Board has amended its Regulation A (12 CFR part 201) to incorporate changes in discount rates on Federal Reserve Bank extensions of credit. The discount rates are the interest rates charged to depository institutions when they borrow from their district Reserve Banks. The “basic discount rate” is a fixed rate charged by Reserve Banks for adjustment credit and, at the Reserve Banks' discretion, for extended credit for up to 30 days. In decreasing the basic discount rate from 5.0 percent to 4.5 percent, the Board acted on requests submitted by the Boards of Directors of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks. The new rates were effective on the dates specified below. The 50-basis-point decrease in the discount rate was associated with a similar decrease in the federal funds rate approved by the Federal Open Market Committee

(FOMC)and announced at the same time. In a joint press release announcing these actions, the FOMC and the Board of Governors noted that persistent pressures on profit margins are restraining investment spending and, through declines in equity wealth, consumption. The associated backup in inventories has induced a rapid response in manufacturing output and, with spending having firmed a bit since last year, inventory adjustment appears to be well underway. Although current developments do not appear to have materially diminished the prospects for long-term growth in productivity, excess productive capacity has emerged recently. The possibility that this excess could continue for some time and the potential for weakness in global economic conditions suggest substantial risks that demand and production could remain soft. In these circumstances, when the economic situation could be evolving rapidly, the Federal Reserve will need to monitor developments closely. The Committee continues to believe that against the background of its long-run goals of price stability and sustainable economic growth and of the information currently available, the risks are weighted mainly toward conditions that may generate economic weakness in the foreseeable future. Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification Pursuant to section 605(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), the Board certifies that the change in the basic discount rate will not have a significant adverse economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The rule does not impose any additional requirements on entities affected by the regulation. Administrative Procedure Act The provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(b) relating to notice and public participation were not followed in connection with the adoption of the amendment because the Board for good cause finds that delaying the change in the basic discount rate in order to allow notice and public comment on the change is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest in fostering price stability and sustainable economic growth. The provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(d) that prescribe 30 days prior notice of the effective date of a rule have not been followed because section 553(d) provides that such prior notice is not necessary whenever there is good cause for finding that such notice is contrary to the public interest. As previously stated, the Board determined that delaying the changes in the basic discount rate is contrary to the public interest. List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 201 Banks, banking, Credit, Federal Reserve System. For the reasons set out in the preamble, 12 CFR part 201 is amended as set forth below: PART 201—EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS (REGULATION A) 1. The authority citation for 12 CFR part 201 continues to read as follows: Authority: 12 U.S.C. 343 *et seq.* , 347a, 347b, 347c, 347d, 348 *et seq.* , 357, 374, 374a and 461. 2. Section 201.51 is revised to read as follows: § 201.51 Adjustment credit for depository institutions. The rates for adjustment credit provided to depository institutions under § 201.3(a) are: Federal Reserve Bank Rate Effective Boston 4.5 March 20, 2001. New York 4.5 March 20, 2001. Philadelphia 4.5 March 20, 2001. Cleveland 4.5 March 20, 2001. Richmond 4.5 March 20, 2001. Atlanta 4.5 March 20, 2001. Chicago 4.5 March 20, 2001. St. Louis 4.5 March 21, 2001. Minneapolis 4.5 March 20, 2001. Kansas City 4.5 March 20, 2001. Dallas 4.5 March 20, 2001. San Francisco 4.5 March 20, 2001. By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 2, 2001. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 01-8449 Filed 4-5-01; 8:45 am]

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