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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2002-09-04.xml --- 67 171 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 Contents Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service NOTICES Rabbit and poultry products; grade standards, 56527-56528 02-22521 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Commodity Credit Corporation See Forest Service Alcohol Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau RULES Alcohol; viticultural area designations: Lodi, Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties, CA, 56481-56485 02-22383 Alcoholic beverages:

Wine; labeling and advertising— American wines; Tannat; addition to list of prime grape variety names, 56479-56481 02-22382 Antitrust Antitrust Division NOTICES National cooperative research notifications: Aerospace Vehicle Systems Institute Cooperative, 56586-56587 02-22452 DVD Copy Control Association, 56587 02-22450 Frame Relay Forum, 56588 02-22448 HDP User Group International, Inc., 56588 02-22451 Interchangeable Virtual Instruments Foundation, Inc., 56588 02-22455 Mobile Wireless Internet Forum, 56588-56589 02-22453 Open Mobile Alliance, 56589 02-22449 Optical Internetworking Forum, 56590 02-22457 Petroleum Environmental Research Forum, 56590 02-22447 PXI Systems Alliance, Inc., 56590-56591 02-22454 Southwest Research Institute, 56591 02-22456 Teranex, Inc., 56591 02-22446 Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 56568 02-22432 Grant and cooperative agreement awards: Latvian Health Ministry, National Tuberculosis Control Program, 56568-56569 02-22464 Centers Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services RULES Medicare and Medicaid: Medicare-Endorsed Prescription Drug Card Assistance Initiative, 56617-56685 02-22316 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Ports and waterways safety: East River, Manhattan, NY; safety zone, 56488-56490 02-22494 Portsmouth Harbor, NH: safety and security zones, 56485-56488 02-22493 Commerce Commerce Department See Economics and Statistics Administration See Export Administration Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See National Technical Information Service CITA Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements NOTICES Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

China, 56536-56537 02-22422 Colombia, 56537 02-22424 Romania, 56537-56538 02-22425 Export visa requirements; certification, waivers, etc.: Korea, 56538 02-22423 Commodity Commodity Credit Corporation NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 56528 02-22520 Defense Defense Department NOTICES Meetings: National Security Education Board, 56538 02-22418 Scientific Advisory Board, 56538-56539 02-22417 Economics Economics and Statistics Administration NOTICES Meetings:

Decennial Census Advisory Committee, 56529 02-22514 Economic Analysis Bureau Advisory Committee, 56529 02-22513 Education Education Department NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Ability-to-benefit tests and passing scores; Secretary's approval Test removal from list, 56539-56540 02-22547 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission See Western Area Power Administration EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Cypermethrin and an isomer of zeta-cypermethrin, 56490-56495 02-22606 NOTICES Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions: Enviro Systems, Inc., 56560-56562 02-22235 Pesticide programs: Organophosphates; risk assessments; availability, etc.— Chlorpyrifos, 56555-56557 02-22236 Diazinon, 56557-56560 02-22237 MISSING FOR: Export Administration Bureau Export Administration Bureau NOTICES Export privileges, actions affecting: Tetrabal Corp., Inc., et al., 56530-56531 02-22549 FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Class D airspace, 56475-56476 02-22495 Class E airspace, 56476-56479 02-22496 02-22497 02-22498 02-22499 PROPOSED RULES Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Niagara Falls, NY; special flight rules in vicinity— Canadian flight management procedures, 56739-56744 02-22267 Airworthiness directives: McDonnell Douglas, 56503-56509 02-22434 02-22436 NOTICES Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.: Altoona-Blair County Airport, PA; correction, 56611-56612 02-22500 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Video systems mounted on seats; retention, 56611 02-22501 FCC Federal Communications Commission RULES Common carrier services:

International telecommunications service; biennial regulatory review Effective date, 56496 02-22510 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 56562-56566 02-22505 02-22506 02-22507 02-22508 02-22509 Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 56566 02-22550 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 56566 02-22431 Disaster and emergency areas:

Texas, 56566-56567 02-22429 02-22430 Meetings: National Fire Academy Board of Visitors, 56567 02-22428 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation filings: Idaho Power Co. et al., 56542-56544 02-22420 Sithe Edgar, LLC, et al., 56544-56545 02-22419 Vivendi Universal, S.A., et al., 56545-56546 02-22421 Hydroelectric applications, 56546-56552 02-22477 02-22478 02-22479 02-22480 02-22481 02-22482 02-22483 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 56552-56553 02-22584 Practice and procedure:

Available document formats change; scanned images no longer posted, 56553 02-22476 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* California Independent System Operator Corp., 56540 02-22474 Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., 56540-56541 02-22485 Northern Natural Gas Co., 56541 02-22475 Portland Natural Gas Transmission System, 56541 02-22486 Questar Pipeline Co., 56541-56542 02-22487 Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Co., 56542 02-22488 Southern California Edison Co., 56542 02-22473 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, CA, 56578-56579 02-22433 Food Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Meetings: Science and regulation of biological products; from rich history to challenging future; public symposium, 56569 02-22409 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Veterinary Medicinal Products, International Cooperation on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Approval— Veterinary drug residues in human food; safety evaluation studies; developmental toxicity testing, 56572-56573 02-22407 Veterinary drug residues in human food; safety evaluation studies; general approach to testing, 56570-56572 02-22406 Veterinary drug residues in human food; safety evaluation studies; repeat-dose (90-day) toxicity testing, 56569-56570 02-22408 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Meetings:

Resource Advisory Committees— Del Norte County, 56528 02-22462 Trinity County, 56528-56529 02-22463 GSA General Services Administration RULES Federal Management Regulation: Foreign gifts and decorations; utilization, donation, and disposal— Consumer Price Index; minimal value change, 56495-56496 02-22444 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Meetings:

Vital and Health Statistics National Committee, 56567 02-22416 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department RULES Public and Indian housing: Housing Choice Voucher Program; exception payment standard to offset utility costs increase; withdrawn, 56687-56689 02-22327 NOTICES Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 56576-56577 02-22528 Immigration Immigration and Naturalization Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 56591-56593 02-22532 02-22533 02-22534 02-22535 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See Reclamation Bureau See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

National Indian Gaming Commission, 56577-56578 02-22412 02-22413 IRS Internal Revenue Service PROPOSED RULES Income taxes: Retirement plans; required distributions; cross reference; hearing, 56509 02-22465 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from— Mexico, 56531-56534 02-22537 Countervailing duties: In-shell pistachios from— Iran, 56534-56535 02-22536 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 56583 02-22595 Justice Justice Department See Antitrust Division See Immigration and Naturalization Service NOTICES Pollution control; consent judgments: Pollio, JoAnne T., as executrix of Richard S. Pollio et al. estate, 56583-56584 02-22445 Privacy Act: Systems of records, 56584-56586 02-22458 02-22459 Labor Labor Department See Occupational Safety and Health Administration See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 56579-56580 02-22517 02-22518 02-22519 Merit Merit Systems Protection Board NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 56600-56602 02-22460 National National Council on Disability NOTICES Meetings: National Watch Advisory Committee, 56602 02-22405 NIH National Institutes of Health NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 56573 02-22471 Meetings:

Fogarty International Center Advisory Board, 56574 02-22467 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 56574 02-22470 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 56574 02-22466 National Institute of Mental Health, 56575 02-22469 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 56575 02-22468 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fishery conservation and management: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries— Pacific Coast groundfish, 56497-56500 02-22523 Pacific remote island areas; pelagic species, 56500-56502 02-22546 PROPOSED RULES Fishery conservation and management:

Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone— Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska groundfish; Steller sea lion protection measures, 56691-56738 02-21985 Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic fisheries— South Atlantic shrimp, 56516-56525 02-22544 Meetings: New England Fishery Management Council, 56525-56526 02-22522 NOTICES Permits: Marine mammals, 56535-56536 02-22545 National Technical National Technical Information Service NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

National Technical Information Service Advisory Board, 56536 02-22548 National Women's National Women's Business Council NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 56602 02-22650 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 56602-56603 02-22492 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., et al., 56603-56604 02-22491 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 56604 02-22594 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., 56604-56607 02-22490 Occupational Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Meetings:

Occupational Safety and Health Federal Advisory Committee, 56593-56594 02-22525 Pension Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration NOTICES Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions: Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 56594-56600 02-22540 Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Excepted service: Nontemporary part-time or intermittent positions; Schedule A authority, 56475 02-22346 Public Public Health Service See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Reclamation Reclamation Bureau NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Colorado River Storage Project, Navajo Unit, NM and CO, 56580-56582 02-22542 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Securities Exchange Act: Intermarket Trading System; exchange-traded funds transactions; de minimis exemption, 56607-56608 02-22531 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: National Assocation of Securities Dealers, Inc., 56608-56610 02-22461 Sentencing Sentencing Commission, United States See United States Sentencing Commission Substance Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Substance Abuse Treatment Center— Service Systems Change Program, Community Action Grants; cancellation, 56575 02-22472 Surface Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 56582-56583 02-22410 02-22411 Textile Textile Agreements Implementation Committee See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Transportation Security Administration NOTICES Aviation proceedings:

Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 56610 02-22511 Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications, 56610-56611 02-22512 Security Transportation Security Administration RULES Aviation security infrastructure fees, 56496-56497 02-22629 Treasury Treasury Department See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau See Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 56612 02-22515 U.S.

Institute of Peace United States Institute of Peace NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 56612 02-22559 U.S. Sentencing United States Sentencing Commission NOTICES Sentencing guidelines and policy statements for Federal courts, 56612-56613 02-22541 Veterans Veterans Affairs Department PROPOSED RULES Disabilities rating schedule: Spine, 56509-56516 02-22440 NOTICES Meetings: Chiropractic Advisory Committee, 56613-56614 02-22443 Homeless Veterans Advisory Committee, 56614 02-22442 Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee, 56614-56615 02-22441 Western Western Area Power Administration NOTICES Power rate adjustments:

Boulder Canyon Project, 56553-56555 02-22489 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 56617-56685 02-22316 Part III Department of Housing and Urban Development, 56687-56689 02-22327 Part IV Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 56691-56738 02-21985 Part V Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 56739-56744 02-22267 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.

To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 67 171 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 213 RIN 3206-AJ06 Excepted Service—Schedule A Authority for Nontemporary Part-Time or Intermittent Positions AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

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

(OPM)is revoking the Schedule A excepted service authority for nontemporary part-time or intermittent positions for which total annual compensation does not exceed 40 percent of GS-3, step 1. We are revoking it because the conditions justifying the original exception no longer exist. By revoking this authority, the positions filled under this Schedule A authority are brought into the competitive service. Revoking the authority also permits noncompetitive conversion of those currently serving in those positions to competitive service appointments. DATES: This final rule is effective September 4, 2002. Agencies must no longer appoint persons under this authority as of September 4, 2002. *Conformity date:* Agencies must move any incumbents from the

(g)authority by December 3, 2002. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Vay,

(202)606-0960. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Almost 100 years ago, the Schedule A authority 213.3102(g) was established to help agencies meet a need to fill low-graded part-time, intermittent, and seasonal positions. Agencies in the Federal Government fill jobs much differently than 100 years ago—and even 10 years ago. Agencies can now fill part-time and intermittent positions with a variety of staffing options, and they do so without exceptions from the competitive service. Proposed regulations were published on September 10, 2001 (66 FR 46968). We received one comment from an agency supporting the revocation. Because we did not receive comments to support continuing the authority, we are continuing with our proposal to revoke it. Agencies will have 90 days from the date of publication to move the employees to the competitive service. The authority to retain persons in the competitive service based on revocation of an excepted service appointing authority is 5 CFR 316.702. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that these regulations will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because they 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 213 Government employees, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Office of Personnel Management. Kay Coles James, Director. Accordingly, OPM is amending 5 CFR part 213 as follows: 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; § 213.101 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 2103; § 213.3102 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302, 3307, 8337(h) and 8456; E.O. 12364, 47 U.S.C. 4301 *et seq.* ; and Pub. L. 106-117 (113 Stat. 1545). § 213.3102 [Amended] 2. Paragraph

(g)of § 213.3102 is removed and reserved. [FR Doc. 02-22346 Filed 9-3-02; 8:45 am]

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