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To re-register for TPS, you must also

include two identification photographs

(11⁄2′′ x 11⁄2′′).

Is Late Initial Registration Possible?

Yes, in addition to timely reregistration, late initial registration is

possible for some persons from the

Kosovo Province under 8 CFR

244.2(f)(2).

What Are the Requirements for Late

Initial Registration?

To apply for late initial registration an

applicant must:

• Be a national of the Kosovo

Province (or a person who has no

nationality and who last habitually

resided in the Kosovo Province);

• Have been continuously physically

present in the United States since June

8, 1999;

• Have continuously resided in the

United States since June 8, 1999; and

• Be admissible as an immigrant,

except as otherwise provided under

section 244(c)(2)(A) of the Act.

• Additionally, the applicant for late

initial registration must be able to

demonstrate that, during the initial

registration period, he or she:

• Was a nonimmigrant, or was

granted voluntary departure or any

relief from removal;

• Had an application for change of

status, adjustment of status, or any relief

from removal pending or subject to

further review; or

• Was a parolee or had a pending

request for reparole; or

• That the applicant is currently the

spouse or child of an alien currently

eligible to be a TPS registrant.

An applicant for late initial

registration must register no later than

60 days from the expiration or

termination of the qualifying condition.

8 CFR 244.2(g).

Where Should I File for an Extension of

TPS?

You may register for the extension of

TPS by submitting an application and

accompanying materials to the

Immigration and Naturalization

Service’s local office that has

jurisdiction over your place of

residence.

When Can I File for an Extension of

TPS?

The 30-day re-registration period

begins May 23, 2000, and will remain in

effect until June 22, 2000.

What Can I Do If I Feel That My Return

to the Kosovo Province Is Unsafe?

There may be other avenues of

immigration relief available to aliens

who are nationals of the Kosovo

Province (and aliens having no

nationality who last habitually resided

in the Kosovo Province) in the United

States who believe that their particular

circumstances make return to the

Kosovo Province unsafe. Such avenues

may include, but are not limited to,

asylum or withholding of removal.

How Does the Termination of TPS

Affect Former TPS Beneficiaries?

After the designation of the Kosovo

Province for TPS is terminated on

December 8, 2000, those aliens who are

nationals of the Kosovo Province (and

aliens having no nationality who last

habitually resided in the Kosovo

Province) will revert back to the

immigration status they had prior to

TPS, unless they have been granted

another immigration status. The stay of

removal and eligibility for employment

authorization due to the designation of

the Kosovo Province under the TPS

program will no longer be available.

However, the termination of the TPS

designation for the Kosovo Province

will not affect any pending applications

for other forms of immigration relief.

Those persons who received TPS

under the Kosovo Province designation

may being accruing periods of unlawful

presence as of December 8, 2000, if they

have not been granted any other

immigration benefit or have no

application for such a benefit pending.

Aliens who accrue certain periods of

unlawful presence in the United States

may be barred from admission to the

United States under section

212(a)(9)(B)(i) of the Act. See 8 U.S.C.

1182(a)(9)(B)(i).

Notice of 6-Month Extension and

Termination of Designation of Kosovo

Province Under the TPS Program

By the authority vested in me as

Attorney General under section

244(b)(3) of the Act, I have consulted

with the appropriate agencies of

Government concerning conflict and

security conditions in the Kosovo

Province. 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3). Based on

these consultations, I have determined

that the Kosovo Province no longer

meets the conditions for designation of

TPS under section 244(b)(1) of the Act.

See 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1).

Since June 10, 1999, when Serb forces

withdrew from northern Kosovo and the

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

suspended its airstrikes, the Kosovo

Province has been relatively peaceful,

with the exception of occasional

isolated outbreaks of violence. An

international police force has assumed

law enforcement duties and began

recruiting Kosovars for local police

forces.

I also understand that, although the

Kosovo Province is still rebuilding from

the war, the return of persons to the

Kosovo Province would not result in a

danger to their personal safety. The

United Nations (UN) is planning to

phase out its relief efforts and begin

concentrating on rebuilding housing by

mid-year. The UN also plans to end its

emergency shelter program. Since

summer 1999, nearly 90 percent of the

over 850,000 ethnic Albanians who fled

the Kosovo Province have returned,

including over 3,000 from the United

States. In view of the recommendations

of the Departments of Justice and State

for termination, I terminate the

designation of the Kosovo Province

under the TPS program. However,

because I did not make this

determination at least 60 days before the

expiration of the designation, the

designation is automatically extended

for 6 months, until December 8, 2000.

Accordingly, I order as follows:

(1) The designation of the Kosovo

Province for TPS under section

244(b)(1) of the Act is terminated

effective December 8, 2000.

(2) I estimate that there are no more

than 1,000 nationals of the Kosovo

Province (and aliens having no

nationality who last habitually resided

in the Kosovo Province) who have been

previously granted TPS.

(3) Information concerning the

termination of the TPS program for

nationals of the Kosovo Province (and

aliens having no nationality who last

habitually resided in the Kosovo

Province) will be available at local

Immigration and Naturalization Service

(INS) offices upon publication of this

notice or at the INS website, http://

www.ins.usdoj.gov.

Dated: May 16, 2000.

Janet Reno,

Attorney General.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Bureau of Prisons

Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for development of a mediumsecurity or high-security federal

correctional facility in Fresno County,

California.

AGENCY: Bureau of Prisons, Department

of Justice.

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ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a

draft environmental impact statement

(DEIS).

SUMMARY

Proposed Action

The mission of the United States

Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of

Prisons (Bureau) is to protect society by

confining offenders in the controlled

environments of prison and communitybased facilities that are safe, humane,

cost-efficient, and appropriately secure,

and that provide work and other selfimprovement opportunities to assist

offenders in becoming law-abiding

citizens. The Bureau accomplishes its

mission through the appropriate use of

community correction, detention, and

correctional facilities that are either:

Federally-owned and operated;

Federally-owned and non-Federally

operated; and non-Federally owned and

operated.

The Bureau is facing a period of

unprecedented growth in its inmate

population. Projections show the federal

inmate population increasing from

approximately 120,000 inmates to

205,000 inmates by 2007. As such, the

demand for bedspace within the federal

prison system will continue to grow at

a significant rate. To accommodate a

portion of the growing inmate

population, the Bureau has determined

that an additional medium-security

Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) or

a high-security United States

Penitentiary (USP) is needed in its

system. Therefore, the Bureau is

proposing to build and operate a

medium-security FCI or high-security

USP, with an adjacent minimumsecurity satellite camp, in Fresno

County, California. The main mediumsecurity facility would provide

habitation for approximately 1,200

inmates, and a high-security USP would

provide habitation for approximately

1,000 inmates. An additional 150–300

inmates will be housed (at the USP or

FCI) in an adjacent minimum-security

satellite camp.

Several sites in Fresno County,

California have been offered to the

Bureau for consideration in developing

a medium-security FCI or high-security

USP and satellite camp. The Bureau has

preliminarily evaluated these sites and

determined that the prospective sites

appear to be of sufficient size to provide

space for housing, programs,

administrative services and other

support facilities associated with the

correctional facility. The DEIS to be

prepared by the Bureau will analyze the

potential impacts of correctional facility

construction and operation at these

sites.

The Process

In the process of evaluating the sites,

several aspects will receive detailed

examination including, but are not

limited to: topography, geology/soils,

hydrology, biological resources, utility

services, transportation services,

cultural resources, land uses, socioeconomics, hazardous materials, air and

noise quality, among others.

Alternatives

In developing the DEIS, the options of

‘‘no action’’ and ‘‘alternative sites’’ for

the proposed facility will be fully and

thoroughly examined.

Scoping Process

During the preparation of the DEIS,

there will be opportunities for public

involvement in order to determine the

issues to be examined. A public Scoping

Meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m.,

Tuesday, June 13, 2000 at the Victor P.

Lopez Rural Development Job Training

Center located at 1705 Archor Avenue,

Orange Cove, California. There will also

be a public Scoping Meeting held at

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 14, 2000, at

the Mendota High School, located at

1200 Belmont Avenue in Mendota,

California. The meeting locations, date,

and time will be well publicized and

has been arranged to allow for the

public as well as interested agencies and

organizations to attend. The meetings

are being held to allow interested

persons to formally express their views

on the scope and significant issues to be

studied as part of the DEIS process. The

Scoping Meeting is being held to

provide for timely public comments and

understanding of federal plans and

programs with possible environmental

consequences as required by the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969, as amended, and the National

Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as

amended. In addition, public

information meetings will continue to

be held in Fresno County by

representatives of the Bureau with

interested citizens, elected officials, and

community leaders.

DEIS Preparation

Public notice will be given concerning

the availability of the DEIS for public

review and comment.

Addresses:

Questions concerning the proposed

action and the DEIS may be directed to:

David J. Dorworth, Chief, Site Selection

and Environmental Review Branch,

Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20534,

Telephone (202) 514–6470,

Telefacsimile (202) 616–6024, E-Mail:

siteselection@bop.gov.

Dated: May 17, 2000.

David J. Dorworth, Chief,

Site Selection and Environmental Review

Branch.

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BILLING CODE 4410–05–U

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Labor Advisory Committee for Trade

Negotiations and Trade Policy;

Meeting Notice

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463 as amended), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the Steering

Subcommittee of the Labor Advisory

Committee for Trade Negotiations and

Trade Policy.

Date, time and place: June 15, 2000,

10 am, U.S. Department of Labor, N–

3437 C&D, 200 Constitution Ave., NW,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

Purpose: The meeting will include a

review and discussion of current issues

which influence U.S. trade policy.

Potential U.S. negotiating objectives and

bargaining positions in current and

anticipated trade negotiations will be

discussed. Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2155(f)

it has been determined that the meeting

will be concerned with matters the

disclosure of which would seriously

compromise the Government’s

negotiating objectives or bargaining

positions. Accordingly, the meeting will

be closed to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jorge Perez-Lopez, Director, Office of

International Economic Affairs, Phone:

(202) 219–7597.

Signed at Washington, DC this 15th day of

May 2000.

Andrew James Samet,

Deputy Under Secretary, International

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–12937 Filed 5–22–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Workforce Investment Act: Indian and

Native American Programs Under

Section 166

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of proposed data

collection.