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Section 558.78 is also amended

editorially to consolidate the crossreferences for approved combinations in

paragraph (d)(3) and list them in

alphabetical order.

In accordance with the freedom of

information provisions of 21 CFR part

20 and 514.11(e)(2)(ii), a summary of

safety and effectiveness data and

information submitted to support

approval of this application may be seen

in the Dockets Management Branch

(HFA–305), Food and Drug

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.

1061, Rockville, MD 20852, between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday.

The agency has determined under 21

CFR 25.33(a)(2) that this action is of a

type that does not individually or

cumulatively have a significant effect on

the human environment. Therefore,

neither an environmental assessment

nor an environmental impact statement

is required.

This rule does not meet the definition

of ‘‘rule’’ in 5 U.S.C. 804(3)(A) because

it is a rule of ‘‘particular applicability.’’

Therefore, it is not subject to the

congressional review requirements in 5

U.S.C. 801–808.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 558

Animal drugs, Animal feeds.

Therefore, under the Federal Food,

Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under

authority delegated to the Commissioner

of Food and Drugs and redelegated to

the Center for Veterinary Medicine, 21

CFR part 558 is amended as follows:

PART 558—NEW ANIMAL DRUGS FOR

USE IN ANIMAL FEEDS

1. The authority citation for 21 CFR

part 558 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b, 371.

2. Section 558.78 is amended by

revising paragraph (d)(3) to read as

follows:

§ 558.78 Bacitracin zinc.

* * * * *

(d) * * *

(3) It may be used as approved in

combination with:

(i) Amprolium alone and with

roxarsone as in § 558.55.

(ii) Amprolium and ethopabate alone

and with roxarsone as in § 558.58.

(iii) Carbarsone as in § 558.120.

(iv) Clopidol alone and with

roxarsone as in § 558.175.

(v) Decoquinate alone and with

roxarsone as in § 558.195.

(vi) Hygromycin B alone and with

penicillin as in § 558.274.

(vii) Lasalocid sodium alone or with

roxarsone as in § 558.311.

(viii) Monensin alone and with

roxarsone as in § 558.355.

(ix) Naracin as in § 558.363.

(x) Robenidine as in § 558.515.

(xi) Salinomycin alone and with

roxarsone as in § 558.550.

(xii) Zoalene alone and with arsanilic

acid or roxarsone as in § 558.680.

3. Section 558.363 is amended by

adding paragraphs (a)(7) and (d)(1)(x) to

read as follows:

§ 558.363 Narasin.

(a) * * *

(7) To 063238: 36, 45, 54, 72, or 90

grams per pound, with 10, 25, 40, or 50

grams per pound bacitracin zinc,

paragraph (d)(1)(x) of this section.

* * * * *

(d) * * *

(1) * * *

(x) Amount per ton. Narasin, 54 to 72

grams and bacitracin zinc, 4 to 50

grams.

(A) Indications for use. For the

prevention of coccidiosis caused by

Eimeria necatrix, E. tenella, E.

acervulina, E. brunetti, E. mivati, and E.

maxima, and for increased rate of

weight gain and improved feed

efficiency.

(B) Limitations. For broiler chickens

only. Feed continuously as sole ration.

Do not allow adult turkeys, horses, or

other equines access to formulations

containing narasin. Ingestion of narasin

by these species has been fatal. Narasin

as provided by 000986, bacitracin zinc

by 063238 in § 510.600(c) of this

chapter.

* * * * *

Dated: August 5, 2000.

Stephen F. Sundlof,

Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.

[FR Doc. 00–23799 Filed 9–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

29 CFR Parts 4022 and 4044

Benefits Payable in Terminated SingleEmployer Plans; Allocation of Assets

in Single-Employer Plans; Interest

Assumptions for Valuing and Paying

Benefits

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation’s regulations on Benefits

Payable in Terminated Single-Employer

Plans and Allocation of Assets in

Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest

assumptions for valuing and paying

benefits under terminating singleemployer plans. This final rule amends

the regulations to adopt interest

assumptions for plans with valuation

dates in October 2000. Interest

assumptions are also published on the

PBGC’s web site (http://www.pbgc.gov).

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold J. Ashner, Assistant General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,

1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC

20005, 202–326-4024. (For TTY/TDD

users, call the Federal relay service tollfree at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to be

connected to 202–326–4024.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

PBGC’s regulations prescribe actuarial

assumptions—including interest

assumptions—for valuing and paying

plan benefits of terminating singleemployer plans covered by title IV of

the Employee Retirement Income

Security Act of 1974. The interest

assumptions are intended to reflect

current conditions in the financial and

annuity markets.

Three sets of interest assumptions are

prescribed: (1) a set for the valuation of

benefits for allocation purposes under

section 4044 (found in Appendix B to

Part 4044), (2) a set for the PBGC to use

to determine whether a benefit is

payable as a lump sum and to determine

lump-sum amounts to be paid by the

PBGC (found in Appendix B to Part

4022), and (3) a set for private-sector

pension practitioners to refer to if they

wish to use lump-sum interest rates

determined using the PBGC’s historical

methodology (found in Appendix C to

Part 4022). (See the PBGC’s two final

rules published March 17, 2000, in the

Federal Register (at 65 FR 14752 and

14753). Effective May 1, 2000, these

rules changed how the interest

assumptions are used and where they

are set forth in the PBGC’s regulations.)

Accordingly, this amendment (1) adds

to Appendix B to Part 4044 the interest

assumptions for valuing benefits for

allocation purposes in plans with

valuation dates during October 2000, (2)

adds to Appendix B to Part 4022 the

interest assumptions for the PBGC to

use for its own lump-sum payments in

plans with valuation dates during

October 2000, and (3) adds to Appendix

C to Part 4022 the interest assumptions

for private-sector pension practitioners

to refer to if they wish to use lump-sum

interest rates determined using the

PBGC’s historical methodology for

valuation dates during October 2000.

For valuation of benefits for allocation

purposes, the interest assumptions that

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the PBGC will use (set forth in

Appendix B to part 4044) will be 7.00

percent for the first 25 years following

the valuation date and 6.25 percent

thereafter. These interest assumptions

represent no change from those in effect

for September 2000.

The interest assumptions that the

PBGC will use for its own lump-sum

payments (set forth in Appendix B to

part 4022) will be 5.00 percent for the

period during which a benefit is in pay

status, 4.25 percent during the sevenyear period directly preceding the

benefit’s placement in pay status, and

4.00 percent during any other years

preceding the benefit’s placement in pay

status. These interest assumptions

represent a decrease (from those in

effect for September 2000) of 0.25

percent for the period during which a

benefit is in pay status and for the

seven-year period directly preceding the

benefit’s placement in pay status and

are otherwise unchanged.

For private-sector payments, the

interest assumptions (set forth in

Appendix C to part 4022) will be the

same as those used by the PBGC for

determining and paying lump sums (set

forth in Appendix B to part 4022).

The PBGC has determined that notice

and public comment on this amendment

are impracticable and contrary to the

public interest. This finding is based on

the need to determine and issue new

interest assumptions promptly so that

the assumptions can reflect, as

accurately as possible, current market

conditions.

Because of the need to provide

immediate guidance for the valuation

and payment of benefits in plans with

valuation dates during October 2000,

the PBGC finds that good cause exists

for making the assumptions set forth in

this amendment effective less than 30

days after publication.

The PBGC has determined that this

action is not a ‘‘significant regulatory

action’’ under the criteria set forth in

Executive Order 12866.

Because no general notice of proposed

rulemaking is required for this

amendment, the Regulatory Flexibility

Act of 1980 does not apply. See 5 U.S.C.

601(2).

List of Subjects

29 CFR Part 4022

Employee benefit plans, Pension

insurance, Pensions, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

29 CFR Part 4044

Employee benefit plans, Pension

insurance, Pensions.

In consideration of the foregoing, 29

CFR parts 4022 and 4044 are amended

as follows:

PART 4022—BENEFITS PAYABLE IN

TERMINATED SINGLE-EMPLOYER

PLANS

1. The authority citation for part 4022

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1302, 1322, 1322b,

1341(c)(3)(D), and 1344.

2. In appendix B to part 4022, Rate Set

84, as set forth below, is added to the

table. (The introductory text of the table

is omitted.)

Appendix B to Part 4022—Lump Sum Interest Rates for PBGC Payments

* * * * * * *

Rate set

For plans with a valuation

date Immediate

annuity rate

(percent)

Deferred annuities

(percent)

On or after Before i1 i2 i3 n1 n2

*******

84 10–1–00 11–1–00 5.00 4.25 4.00 4.00 7 8

3. In appendix C to part 4022, Rate Set 84, as set forth below, is added to the table. (The introductory text

of the table is omitted.)

Appendix C to Part 4022—Lump Sum Interest Rates For Private-Sector Payments

* * * * * * *

Rate set

For plans with a valuation

date Immediate

annuity rate

(percent)

Deferred annuities

(percent)

On or after Before i1 i2 i3 n1 n2

*******

84 10–1–00 11–1–00 5.00 4.25 4.00 4.00 7 8

PART 4044—ALLOCATION OF

ASSETS IN SINGLE-EMPLOYER

PLANS

4. The authority citation for part 4044

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1301(a), 1302(b)(3),

1341, 1344, 1362.

5. In appendix B to part 4044, a new

entry, as set forth below, is added to the

table. (The introductory text of the table

is omitted.)

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Appendix B to Part 4044—Interest Rates Used To Value Benefits

* * * * * * *

For valuation dates occurring in the month—

The values of it are

it for t = it for t = it for t =

*******

October 2000 ........................................................................ .0700 1–25 .0625 >25 N/A N/A

Issued in Washington, DC, on this 8th day

of September 2000.

David M. Strauss,

Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 00–23738 Filed 9–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

PRESIDIO TRUST

36 CFR Part 1010

RIN 3212–AA02

Management of the Presidio:

Environmental Quality

AGENCY: The Presidio Trust.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Presidio Trust (Trust)

was created by Congress in 1996 to

manage a portion of the former U.S.

Army base known as The Presidio of

San Francisco, California.

Administrative jurisdiction of

approximately 80 percent of this

property was transferred from the

National Park Service (NPS),

Department of the Interior (DOI), to the

Trust as of July 1, 1998. Pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA), the Trust adopted interim

procedures and guidelines for

implementing NEPA, which generally

consisted of the NEPA procedures and

guidelines of the NPS, pending

promulgation of the Trust’s own

regulations for implementing NEPA. See

63 FR 49142 (Sept. 14, 1998). The Trust

proposed its own NEPA regulations on

July 23, 1999 (64 FR 39951) and

accepted comments from the public

until October 5, 1999, following an

extension of the comment period (64 FR

51488). Today, the Trust publishes its

response to comments received, as well

as its final rule on this topic.

DATES: This final rule is effective

October 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen A. Cook, General Counsel, the

Presidio Trust, 34 Graham Street, PO

Box 29052, San Francisco, CA 94129–

0052, Telephone: 415–561–5300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Presidio Trust is a wholly-owned

government corporation created

pursuant to Title I of the Omnibus Parks

and Public Lands Act of 1996, Public

Law 104–333, 110 Stat. 4097 (the Trust

Act). Pursuant to section 103(b) of the

Trust Act, on July 1, 1998, the Secretary

of the Interior transferred administrative

jurisdiction to the Trust of all of Area

B of the former Presidio Army Base, as

shown on the map referenced in the

Trust Act.

Pursuant to its rulemaking authority

and the regulations of the Council on

Environmental Quality (CEQ) at 40 CFR

1507.3(a), the Trust—in consultation

with CEQ—initially adopted existing

NPS NEPA policy guidance, to the

extent it did not conflict with the

Presidio Trust Act or regulations of the

Presidio Trust, as its interim procedures

and guidelines for implementing NEPA.

These interim procedures and

guidelines are found in ‘‘NPS–12:

National Environmental Policy Act

Guidelines’’ (1982) as supplemented by

NPS’s ‘‘Standard Operating Procedure

601.’’ Notice of the Trust’s adoption of

these interim procedures was published

in the Federal Register on September

14, 1998 (63 FR 49142). These interim

procedures and guidelines will remain

in effect until the effective date of the

final regulations published today. Upon

the effective date, the final regulations

will replace the interim procedures and

guidelines in their entirety.

Prior to proposing these regulations,

and finalizing them today, the Trust

consulted with CEQ pursuant to CEQ’s

regulations, 40 CFR 1507.3(a). The Trust

also consulted with officials of the

Department of the Interior and the

National Park Service designated by the

Secretary of the Interior to facilitate

such consultation. An initial draft of the

proposed regulations was modified in

response to these comments prior to its

publication in the Federal Register on

July 23, 1999 (64 FR 39951).

The Trust originally provided for a

public comment period of 60 days on its

proposed NEPA regulations. See 64 FR

39951. Upon request of the commenters,

that period was later extended by

approximately two weeks. See 64 FR

51488. The Trust has considered the

comments received within the comment

period, as extended, and today

publishes its responses to those

comments and its final NEPA

regulations. As of its effective date, this

final rule supersedes the Trust’s

adoption of interim procedures and

guidelines for implementing NEPA.

Summary of the Proposed Rule

The proposed rule, including a

section-by-section analysis, was set

forth in detail in the July 23, 1999 issue

of the Federal Register (64 FR 39951).

In general, the proposed rule—and the

final rule presented herein—follows the

fundamental NEPA process that Federal

agencies follow. The rule is intended to

supplement the regulations of CEQ and

not to paraphrase or repeat those

regulations. See 40 CFR 1507.3. Under the rule as proposed and

finalized, the Trust would first

determine whether a proposed action by

the Trust is one that normally does not

require either an environmental

assessment (EA) or an environmental

impact statement (EIS), i.e., whether the

proposed action is categorically

excluded from NEPA review or has been

covered by a previous EA and/or EIS. If

it is not such an action, then the Trust

would consider whether the action is

one that normally requires an EIS. If so,

an EIS would normally be prepared. If the action is not one that is

categorically excluded from further

NEPA review or has not been previously

analyzed in an EA or EIS, and if the

action also is not one that normally

requires an EIS, then an EA would

normally be prepared. Following

preparation of the EA, the Trust would

make a determination as to whether the

proposed action requires further review

in an EIS or whether the Trust may, on

the basis of the review performed in the

EA, issue a finding of no significant

impact (FONSI). Under the rule, the

Trust could not undertake the proposed

action unless (1) it is categorically

excluded; or (2) an EIS has been

finalized and a Record of Decision has

been issued; or (3) a FONSI has been

issued on the basis of an EA.

The final rule adopted by the Trust

will replace in its entirety the Trust’s

adoption of interim procedures and

guidelines for implementing NEPA. The

final rule is similar to the proposed rule,

particularly in structure and format, but

its content has been modified in a

number of respects in response to

comments received and further review