Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 103 / Friday, May 26, 2000 / Proposed Rules 34127

Seismic—Related to or caused by

earthquakes.

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4. Sections 1792.103 and 1792.104 are

revised to read as follows:

§ 1792.103 Seismic design and

construction standards for new buildings.

(a) In the design and construction of

federally assisted buildings, the

borrowers and grant recipients must

utilize the seismic provisions of the

most recent edition of those standards

and practices that are substantially

equivalent to or exceed the seismic

safety level in the most recent or

immediately preceding edition of the

NEHRP Recommended Provisions for

the Development of Seismic Regulation

for New Buildings.

(b) Each of the following model codes

or standards has been found to provide

a level of seismic safety substantially

equivalent to that provided by the use

of the 1994 NEHRP Recommended

Provisions and appropriate for federally

assisted new building construction:

(1) 1997 International Conference of

Building Officials (ICBO) Uniform

Building Code. Copies are available

from ICBO, Austin Regional Office, 9300

Jollyville Road., Suite 101, Austin,

Texas 78759–7455.

(2) 1995 American Society of Civil

Engineers (ASCE) 7, Minimum Design

Loads for Buildings and Other

Structures. Copies are available from

ASCE, 345 East 47th Street, New York,

New York 10017–2398.

(c) The NEHRP Recommended

Provisions for the Development of

Seismic Regulations for New Buildings

is available from the Office of

Earthquakes and Natural Hazards,

Federal Emergency Management

Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20472.

§ 1792.104 Seismic acknowledgments.

For each applicable building,

borrowers and grant recipients must

provide RUS a written acknowledgment

from a registered architect or engineer

responsible for the design stating that

seismic provisions pursuant to

§ 1792.103(b) will be used in the design

of the building. This acknowledgement

will include the identification and date

of the model code or standard that is

used for the seismic design of the

building project and the seismic factor

for the building location.

Dated: May 15, 2000.

Jill Long Thompson,

Under Secretary, Rural Development.

[FR Doc. 00–13295 Filed 5–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD

12 CFR Parts 900, 940, 950, 955 and

956

[No. 2000–20]

RIN 3069–AA98

Federal Home Loan Bank Acquired

Member Assets, Core Mission

Activities, Investments and Advances

AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance

Board.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of

public comment period.

SUMMARY: On May 3, 2000, the Federal

Housing Finance Board (Finance Board)

published a proposed rule in the

Federal Register (65 FR 25676 (May 3,

2000)) that would: add a new part 955

to the Finance Board’s regulations to

authorize the Federal Home Loan Banks

(Banks) to hold acquired member assets;

amend the Finance Board’s recently

adopted part 940 to enumerate the types

of core mission assets that must be

addressed in the Banks’ strategic

business plans; and make related

changes to the Finance Board’s

regulations governing the Banks’

investment and advances authorities.

The Finance Board has received a

number of requests for an extension of

the June 2, 2000 deadline for written

comments on the proposed rule. In

order to provide interested parties

ample opportunity to participate in the

rulemaking process, the Finance Board

is extending the comment period for the

proposed rule from June 2, 2000 to June

15, 2000.

DATES: The comment period on the

proposed rule is extended until June 15,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

mailed to: Elaine L. Baker, Secretary to

the Board, by electronic mail at

bakere@fhfb.gov, or by regular mail at

the Federal Housing Finance Board,

1777 F Street, NW, Washington, DC

20006. Comments will be available for

public inspection at this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James L. Bothwell, Director and Chief

Economist, (202) 408–2821; Scott L.

Smith, Deputy Director, (202) 408–2991;

Ellen E. Hancock, Senior Financial

Analyst, (202) 408–2906; Christina K.

Muradian, Senior Financial Analyst,

(202) 408–2584, Office of Policy,

Research and Analysis; or Eric M.

Raudenbush, Senior Attorney-Advisor,

(202) 408–2932; Office of General

Counsel, Federal Housing Finance

Board, 1777 F Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20006.

Dated: May 22, 2000.

By the Board of Directors of the Federal

Housing Finance Board.

Bruce A. Morrison,

Chairman.

[FR Doc. 00–13254 Filed 5–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6725–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[CGD05–00–015]

RIN 2115–AA97

Safety Zone; Atlantic Ocean, Virginia

Beach, VA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes

establishing temporary safety zones for

the Virginia Beach Fireworks displays,

north of the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier,

in the Atlantic Ocean. This action

would restrict vessel traffic on the

Atlantic Ocean within a 2500-foot

radius of a fireworks=laden barge. The

safety zone is necessary to protect

mariners and spectators from the

hazards associated with the fireworks

display.

DATES: Comments and related material

must reach the Coast Guard on or before

June 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments

and related material to USCG Marine

Safety Office Hampton Roads, 200

Granby Street, Norfolk, VA, or deliver

them to the same address between 8

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. USCG

Marine Safety Office Hampton Roads

maintains the public docket for this

rulemaking. Comments and materials

received from the public, as well as

documents indicated in this preamble as

being available in the docket, will

become part of this docket and will be

available for inspection or copying at

the above address between 8 a.m. and 4

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chief Petty Officer Roddy Corr, project

officer, USCG Marine Safety Office

Hampton Roads, telephone number

(757) 441–3290.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

We encourage you to participate in

this rulemaking by submitting

comments and related material. If you

do so, please include your name and