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opportunity to delete them from the

FDPIR regulations. First, the resource

and income exclusion provisions at

§ 253.6(d)(2)(iv)(F) and

§ 253.6(e)(3)(x)(G) would be deleted.

These paragraphs refer to payments

provided under the Comprehensive

Employment and Training Act (CETA).

Also, § 253.6(e)(3)(x)(F), which

references payments by the Community

Services Administration for the Crisis

Intervention Program, would be deleted.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 253

Administrative practice and

procedure, Food assistance programs,

Grant programs, Social programs,

Indians, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Surplus agricultural

commodities.

Accordingly, 7 CFR part 253 is

proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 253—ADMINISTRATION OF THE

FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FOR

HOUSEHOLDS ON INDIAN

RESERVATIONS

1. The authority citation for 7 CFR

part 253 is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 91 Stat. 958 (7 U.S.C. 2011–

2032).

2. In § 253.3, revise the third sentence

of paragraph (d) to read as follows:

§ 253.3 Availability of commodities.

* * * * *

(d) * * * The food package offered to

each household by the State agency

shall contain a variety of foods from

each of the food groups in the Food

Distribution Program on Indian

Reservations Monthly Distribution

Guide Rates by Household Size—

Vegetables, Fruit, Bread-Cereal-RicePasta, Meat-Poultry-Fish-Dry BeansEggs-Nuts, Milk-Yogurt-Cheese, and

Fats-Oils-Sweets. * * *

§§ 253.5 and 253.6 [Amended]

3. In § 253.5(a)(2)(vii) and

§ 253.6(e)(2)(iii)(B), remove the acronym

‘‘AFDC’’ and add in its place the

acronym ‘‘TANF’’.

§ 253.5 [Amended]

4. In § 253.5, remove paragraph (f)(2),

and redesignate paragraph (f)(3) as

paragraph (f)(2).

5. In § 253.6:

a. Remove paragraph (d)(2)(iv)(F);

b. Amend paragraph (e)(1)(ii) by

removing the words ‘‘January 1 and July

1’’ and adding, in their place, the words

‘‘October 1’’;

c. Amend paragraph (e)(2)(i)(C) by

removing the words ‘‘Comprehensive

Employment and Training Act’’ and

adding, in their place, the words ‘‘Job

Training Partnership Act’’;

d. Amend paragraph (e)(2)(ii)(A) by

removing the words ‘‘Aid to Families

with Dependent Children (AFDC)’’ and

adding, in their place, the words

‘‘Temporary Assistance for Needy

Families (TANF)’’;

e. Remove paragraphs (e)(3)(x)(F) and

(e)(3)(x)(G); and

f. Add new paragraphs (f)(3) and (f)(4)

to read as follows:

§ 253.6 Eligibility of households.

* * * * *

(f) * * *

(3) Households will receive a

deduction for legally required child

support payments paid by a household

member to or for a nonhousehold

member, including payments made to a

third party on behalf of the

nonhousehold member (vendor

payments). The State agency must allow

a deduction for amounts paid towards

overdue child support (arrearages).

Alimony payments made to or for a

nonhousehold member cannot be

included in the child support

deduction.

(4) Households will receive a

deduction for the full amount of the

Medicare Part B medical insurance

premium that is withheld from the

Federal retirement or disability payment

of a household member or is paid by a

household member directly to Medicare.

This income deduction is not allowed in

situations where the premium is paid by

the State on behalf of the Medicare

beneficiary or where household

members are not Medicare beneficiaries

because they receive their health care

through the Indian Health Service.

6. In § 253.7, revise paragraph (a)(6)(i)

to reads as follows:

§ 253.7 Certification of households.

(a) * * *

(6) * * *

(i) Mandatory verification.—(A) Gross

non-exempt income. The State agency

must obtain verification of each

household’s gross non-exempt income

prior to certification. Households

certified under the expedited service

processing standards at paragraph (a)(9)

of this section are not subject to this

requirement. Income does not need to

be verified to the exact dollar amount

unless the household’s eligibility would

be affected, since Food Distribution

Program benefits are not reduced as

income rises. If the eligibility worker is

unable to verify the household’s

income, the worker must determine an

amount to be used for certification

purposes based on the best available

information. Reasons for inability to

verify income include failure of the

person or organization providing the

income to cooperate with the household

and the State agency, or lack of other

sources of verification.

(B) Legal obligation and actual child

support payments. The State agency

must obtain verification of the

household’s legal obligation to pay child

support, the amount of the obligation,

and the monthly amount of child

support the household actually pays.

Documentation that verifies the

household’s legal obligation to pay child

support, such as a court order, cannot be

used to verify the household’s actual

monthly child support payments.

(C) Medicare Part B medical

insurance premium. The State agency

must obtain verification of the

household’s payment of the Medicare

Part B medical insurance premium.

Documentation of this expense could

include:

(1) A copy of the Social Security

benefit statement for the current

calendar year (SSA–4926–SM), which

identifies the amount of the Medicare

Part B premium deducted from the

monthly Social Security benefit; or

(2) A receipt for Medicare Part B

premium payments paid directly to

Medicare by the household.

* * * * *

Dated: January 6, 2000.

Samuel Chambers, Jr.,

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.

[FR Doc. 00–936 Filed 1–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Parts 960 and 963

[Docket No. RW–RM–99–963]

RIN 1901–AA72

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste

Management; General Guidelines for

the Recommendation of Sites for

Nuclear Waste Repositories; Yucca

Mountain Site Suitability Guidelines

AGENCY: Office of Civilian Radioactive

Waste Management (OCRWM). U.S.

Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Proposed Rule; Announcement

of Extension of Public Comment Period

and Rescheduling of Public Hearings.

SUMMARY: On November 30, 1999, the

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

published a Supplemental Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking to amend the

general guidelines for evaluating the

suitability of Yucca Mountain, Nevada

as a site for development of a nuclear

waste repository (64 FR 67054). That

notice established a 75-day public

comment period ending February 14,

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2000, and announced that DOE would

hold two public hearings on the

proposal. On December 15, 1999, DOE

published a notice announcing the

dates, times and locations for two public

hearings on the proposed rule (64 FR

69963). This notice announces a 14-day

extension of the public comment period

to February 28, 2000, cancellation of the

public hearings previously scheduled

for January 18 and 19, 2000, and new

dates, times and locations for the public

hearings.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by February 28, 2000. DOE will

consider comments after February 28,

2000, to the extent practicable. DOE

requests one copy of the written

comments. Public hearings have been

rescheduled for the following dates and

locations:

1. February 2, 2000, from 11:00 a.m. to

2 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

2. February 3, 2000, from 11:00 a.m. to

2 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to Dr. William J. Boyle or

Dr. Jane Summerson, U.S. Department

of Energy, Yucca Mountain Site

Characterization Office, P.O. Box 30307,

North Las Vegas, Nevada 89036–0307,

or provided by electronic mail to

10CFR963@notes.ymp.gov, or by

Facsimile at 1–800–967–0739. The

public hearings will be held at the

following locations:

1. February 2, 2000, Terrible’s Lakeside

Casino, 5870 South Homestead Road,

Pahrump, Nevada 89048.

2. February 3, 2000, St. Tropez-All Suite

Hotel, 455 East Harmon Avenue, Las

Vegas, Nevada 89109.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

William J. Boyle or Dr. Jane Summerson,

U.S. Department of Energy, Yucca

Mountain Site Characterization Office,

P.O. Box 30307, North Las Vegas,

Nevada 89036–0307, Telephone 1–800–

967–3477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To

schedule a time to provide oral

comments during the hearings, please

call Dr. Summerson at 1–800–967–3477.

Persons wishing to provide oral

comments who have not registered in

advance may register at the hearings.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on January 12,

2000.

Ivan Itkin,

Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–1071 Filed 1–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. 99–NM–321–AD]

RIN 2120–AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier

Model DHC–8–100 Series Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM).

SUMMARY: This document proposes the

adoption of a new airworthiness

directive (AD) that is applicable to

certain Bombardier Model DHC–8–100

series airplanes. This proposal would

require changing the power supply for

the thunderstorm lights from the left

secondary bus to the left essential bus.

This proposal is prompted by issuance

of mandatory continuing airworthiness

information by a foreign civil

airworthiness authority. The actions

specified by the proposed AD are

intended to prevent a failure of the

thunderstorm lights in the cockpit after

loss of all generated electrical power.

This condition could result in the

cockpit instruments not being visible to

the flight crew during certain emergency

procedures, and consequent reduced

controllability of the airplane.

DATES: Comments must be received by

February 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in

triplicate to the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), Transport

Airplane Directorate, ANM–114,

Attention: Rules Docket No. 99–NM–

321–AD, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW.,

Renton, Washington 98055–4056.

Comments may be inspected at this

location between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

The service information referenced in

the proposed rule may be obtained from

Bombardier, Inc., Bombardier Regional

Aircraft Division, Garratt Boulevard,

Downsview, Ontario M3K 1Y5, Canada.

This information may be examined at

the FAA, Transport Airplane

Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW.,

Renton, Washington, or the New York

Aircraft Certification Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Luciano Castracane, Aerospace

Engineer, Airframe and Propulsion

Branch, ANE–171, FAA, Engine and

Propeller Directorate, New York Aircraft

Certification Office, 10 Fifth Street,

Third Floor, Valley Stream, New York

11581; telephone (516) 256–7535; fax

(516) 568–2716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

Interested persons are invited to

participate in the making of the

proposed rule by submitting such

written data, views, or arguments as

they may desire. Communications shall

identify the Rules Docket number and

be submitted in triplicate to the address

specified above. All communications

received on or before the closing date

for comments, specified above, will be

considered before taking action on the

proposed rule. The proposals contained

in this notice may be changed in light

of the comments received.

Comments are specifically invited on

the overall regulatory, economic,

environmental, and energy aspects of

the proposed rule. All comments

submitted will be available, both before

and after the closing date for comments,

in the Rules Docket for examination by

interested persons. A report

summarizing each FAA-public contact

concerned with the substance of this

proposal will be filed in the Rules

Docket.

Commenters wishing the FAA to

acknowledge receipt of their comments

submitted in response to this notice

must submit a self-addressed, stamped

postcard on which the following

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to

Docket Number 99–NM–321–AD.’’ The

postcard will be date stamped and

returned to the commenter.

Availability of NPRMs

Any person may obtain a copy of this

NPRM by submitting a request to the

FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate,

ANM–114, Attention: Rules Docket No.

99–NM–321–AD, 1601 Lind Avenue,

SW., Renton, Washington 98055–4056.

Discussion

Transport Canada Civil Aviation

(TCCA), which is the airworthiness

authority for Canada, notified the FAA

that an unsafe condition may exist on

certain Bombardier Model DHC–8–100

series airplanes. The thunderstorm

lights on these airplanes are supplied

with electrical power from the left

secondary bus. TCCA advises that the

loss of all generated power under this

condition would result in no cockpit

instrument lighting. Loss of electrical

power, if not corrected, could result in

the cockpit instruments not being

visible to the flight crew during certain

emergency procedures, and consequent

reduced controllability of the airplane.