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VerDate 27-JAN-2000 01:20 Feb 04, 2000 Jkt 190000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4710 Sfmt 4710 E:\FR\FM\04FEWS.LOC pfrm08 PsN: 04FEWS 2 III Contents Federal Register Vol. 65, No. 24 Friday, February 4, 2000 Agricultural Research Service Defense Department NOTICES See Engineers Corps Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: See Navy Department Agricultural Biotechnology Advisory Committee, 5490± NOTICES 5492 Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5617± Agriculture Department 5618 See Agricultural Research Service Arms sales notification; transmittal letter, etc., 5618±5622 See Farm Service Agency Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: See Forest Service National Security Education Program; institutional grants, RULES 5622 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Agency Administrators, 5414±5418 NOTICES Drug Enforcement Administration Meetings: NOTICES National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: and Economics Advisory Board, 5490 Cavanagh, James Garvey, M.D., 5661 Dolin, Michael G., M.D., 5661±5662 Army Department Golden, Robert M., M.D., 5663±5665 See Engineers Corps Harline, Wesley G., M.D., 5665±5672 Henderson, Judy L., D.V.M., 5672±5675 Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From Hutchinson, Archibald W., M.D., 5675±5676 People Who Are Jones, Kenneth Leroy, M.D., 5676±5677 See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Leach, Richard Eaton, M.D., 5677±5678 Severely Disabled Lusskin, Brett L., M.D., 5678 Marshall, Charles W., D.P.M., 5678±5679 Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Miller, Melvin John, M.D., 5679 NOTICES Neujahr, Theodore A., D.V.M., 5680±5682 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5494 Patterson, Michael Alan, M.D., 5682±5686 Saxton, Paul W., D.O., 5686±5688 Civil Rights Commission Van Nostrand-Perkins, C., M.D., 5689 NOTICES Meetings; State advisory committees: Economic Development Administration Arizona, 5494 NOTICES New Hampshire, 5494 Trade adjustment assistance eligibility determination petitions: Commerce Department Sunshine Cap Co. et al., 5494±5495 See Economic Development Administration See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See International Trade Administration Employment and Training Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Adjustment assistance: Commission of Fine Arts Burlen Corp., 5692 NOTICES Chester County Sportswear, 5692 Meetings, 5616 Foster Wheeler et al., 5692±5693 Fox Point Sportswear et al., 5693±5694 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Guidant Intermedics, 5694 Severely Disabled Motorola, Inc., et al., 5694±5695 NOTICES Sony Magnetic Products Inc. of America, 5695 Procurement list; additions and deletions, 5492±5493 Whistler Corp. of Massachusetts, 5695 Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction, 5494 Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance: Consumer Product Safety Commission Barry Callebaut USA, Inc., 5690 NOTICES Cooper Energy Service et al., 5690±5692 Agency information collection activities: Alien temporary employment labor certification process: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5616± Agriculture and logging; adverse effect wage rates, meal 5617 charges, and maximum travel subsistence reimbursement, 5696±5697 Customs Service NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance: RULES Philips Electronics North America Corp., 5697±5698 Tariff-rate quotas: Tultex Corp. et al., 5698±5699 Sugar-containing products; export certificates, 5430±5431 Whistler Corp. of Massachusetts, 5699 VerDate 27-JAN-2000 01:20 Feb 04, 2000 Jkt 190000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4748 Sfmt 4748 E:\FR\FM\04FECN.LOC pfrm08 PsN: 04FECN IV Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 24 / Friday, February 4, 2000 / Contents Employment Standards Administration Export-Import Bank NOTICES NOTICES Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted Agency information collection activities: construction; general wage determination decisions, Proposed collection; comment request, 5644 5699±5700 Farm Service Agency Energy Department PROPOSED RULES See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Farm marketing quotas, acreage allotments, and production NOTICES adjustments: Meetings: Commodity programs; farm reconstitutions, 5444±5447 Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 5624±5625 Federal Aviation Administration Engineers Corps RULES NOTICES Airworthiness directives: Environmental statements; notice of intent: AeroSpace Technologies of Australia Pty Ltd., 5421±5422 Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study, AK, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A., 5425±5427 5622±5623 Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corp., 5419±5421 Logan County, WV; Hobert Mining, Inc.'s mining Mitsubishi, 5422±5424 activities, 5623±5624 Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, 5428±5429 SOCATAÐGroupe AEROSPATIALE, 5427±5428 Environmental Protection Agency Twin Commander Aircraft Corp., 5424±5425 PROPOSED RULES RULES Airworthiness
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