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not consider the use of any voluntary

consensus standards.

XII. Congressional Review Act

The Congressional Review Act, 5

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as amended by the

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides

that before a rule may take effect, the

agency promulgating the rule must

submit a rule report, which includes a

copy of the rule, to each House of the

Congress and to the Comptroller General

of the United States. EPA will submit a

report containing this rule and other

required information to the U.S. Senate,

the U.S. House of Representatives, and

the Comptroller General of the United

States prior to publication of the rule in

the Federal Register. A major rule

cannot take effect until 60 days after it

is published in the Federal Register.

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). This rule

will be effective May 30, 2000.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 131

Environmental protection, Indianslands, Intergovernmental relations,

Water pollution control, Water quality

standards.

Dated: March 30, 2000.

Carol M. Browner,

Administrator.

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, 40 CFR Part 131 is amended

as follows:

PART 131—WATER QUALITY

STANDARDS

1. The authority citation for Part 131

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

Subpart C—[Amended]

2. Existing 131.21 is amended by

revising paragraphs (c) and (d) and by

adding paragraphs (e), and (f) to read as

follows:

§ 131.21 EPA review and approval of water

quality standards.

* * * * *

(c) How do I determine which water

quality standards are applicable for

purposes of the Act? You may

determine which water quality

standards are applicable water quality

standards for purposes of the Act from

the following table:

If— Then— Unless or until— In which case—

(1) A State or authorized Tribe has

adopted a water quality standard

that is effective under State or

Tribal law and has been submitted to EPA before May 30,

2000 . . .

. . . the State or Tribe’s water quality standard is the applicable

water quality standard for purposes of the Act...

. . . EPA has promulgated a more

stringent water quality standard

for the State or Tribe that is in

effect...

. . . the EPA-promulgated water

quality standard is the applicable water quality standard for

purposes of the Act until EPA

withdraws the Federal water

quality standard.

(2) A State or authorized Tribe

adopts a water quality standard

that goes into effect under State

or Tribal law on or after May 30,

2000 . . .

. . . once EPA approves that water

quality standard, it becomes

the applicable water quality

standard for purposes of the

Act . . .

. . . EPA has promulgated a more

stringent water quality standard

for the State or Tribe that is in

effect...

. . . the EPA promulgated water

quality standard is the applicable water quality standard for

purposes of the Act until EPA

withdraws the Federal water

quality standard.

(d) When do I use the applicable

water quality standards identified in

paragraph (c) above?

Applicable water quality standards for

purposes of the Act are the minimum

standards which must be used when the

CWA and regulations implementing the

CWA refer to water quality standards,

for example, in identifying impaired

waters and calculating TMDLs under

section 303(d), developing NPDES

permit limitations under section

301(b)(1)(C), evaluating proposed

discharges of dredged or fill material

under section 404, and in issuing

certifications under section 401 of the

Act.

(e) For how long does an applicable

water quality standard for purposes of

the Act remain the applicable water

quality standard for purposes of the

Act?

A State or authorized Tribe’s

applicable water quality standard for

purposes of the Act remains the

applicable standard until EPA approves

a change, deletion, or addition to that

water quality standard, or until EPA

promulgates a more stringent water

quality standard.

(f) How can I find out what the

applicable standards are for purposes of

the Act?

In each Regional office, EPA

maintains a docket system for the States

and authorized Tribes in that Region,

available to the public, identifying the

applicable water quality standards for

purposes of the Act.

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47 CFR Parts 1 and 20

[CC Docket No. 99–301; FCC 00–114]

Local Competition and Broadband

Reporting; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission published in the Federal

Register of April 12, 2000 (65 FR 19675)

final rules in 47 CFR 1, Subpart U,

concerning data collection. As such, the

document, as published, inadvertently

assigned portions of the final rules to

subpart U that already exists. The

purpose of this correction is to reassign

the rules to a new subpart V.

DATES: Effective April 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gregory Guice, Industry Analysis

Division, Common Carrier Bureau at

(202) 418–0095.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Communications Commission

published a report and order and final

rules in the Federal Register of April 12,

2000 (65 FR 19675). As published, the

final rules, § 1.6000 through § 1.6002

inadvertently assigned the final rules to

an existing subpart. This correction

redesignates the subpart U as subpart V.

We further make conforming edits to

§ 20.15.

In rule FR Doc. 00–9187 published on

April 12, 2000 (65 FR 19675), make the

following corrections:

1. On page 19684, in the third

column, amendatory instruction 2 of

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‘‘subpart U’’ is corrected to read

‘‘subpart V.’’

2. On the same page, in the same

column, the subpart heading, ‘‘subpart

U’’ is corrected to read ‘‘subpart V’’.

3. On the same page, in the same

column, the table of contents is

corrected to read as follows:

Sec.

1.7000 Purpose.

1.7001 Scope and content of filed reports.

1.7002 Frequency of reports.

4. On the same page, in the same

column, the section heading ‘‘§ 1.6000

Purpose.’’ is corrected to read ‘‘§ 1.7000

Purpose.’’

5. On the same page, in the same

column, the section heading ‘‘§ 1.6001

Scope and content of filed reports.’’ is

corrected to read ‘‘§ 1.7001 Scope and

content of filed reports.’’

6. On page 19685, in the second

column, the section heading, ‘‘§ 1.6002

Frequency of reports.’’ is corrected to

read ‘‘§ 1.7002 Frequency of reports.’’

7. On the same page, in the same

column, in § 1.6002, lines 2, 11, and 16,

‘‘§ 1.6001’’ is corrected to read

‘‘§ 1.7001.’’

8. On page 19685, in the second

column, in paragraph (b)(1) of § 20.15:

a. In line 8, ‘‘§ 1.6001(a)’’ is corrected

to read ‘‘§ 1.7001(a)’’;

b. In line 10, ‘‘§ 1.6000’’ is corrected

to read ‘‘§ 1.7000’’; and

c. In line 12, ‘‘§§ 1.6001(b)’’ is

corrected to read ‘‘§§ 1.7001(b).’’

Federal Communications Commission.

Shirley S. Suggs,

Chief, Publications Group Manager.

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47 CFR Parts 73 and 76

[MM Docket Nos. 98–204 and 96–16; FCC

00–20]

Revision of Broadcast and Cable EEO

Rules and Policies

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of

effective date.

SUMMARY: The Commission adopted

new broadcast Equal Employment

Opportunity (EEO) rules and policies

and amended its cable EEO rules and

policies. Certain rules contained new

and modified information collection

requirements and were published in the

Federal Register on February 15, 2000.

This document announces the effective

date of these published rules.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The amendments to

§§ 73.2080; 73.3526; 73.3527; 76.75;

76.77; 76.79; 76.1702; and 76.1802,

published at 65 FR 7448 (February 15,

2000) became effective on April 18,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Boyce, Mass Media Bureau, EEO Staff.

(202) 418–1450.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

18, 2000, the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) approved the information

collection requirements contained in

§§ 73.2080; 73.3526; 73.3527; 76.75;

76.77; 76.79; 76.1702; and 76.1802

pursuant to OMB Control Nos. 3060–

0212 and 3060–0349. Accordingly, the

information collection requirements

contained in these rules became

effective on April 18, 2000.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Deputy Secretary.

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