Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 108 / Monday, June 5, 2000 / Notices 35673

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Solicitation for Grant Applications

(SGA) Work Incentive Grants

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice; Technical Assistance/

Bidders’ Conferences.

SUMMARY: The Employment and

Training Administration published a

document in the Federal Register of

May 25, 2000, concerning the

availability of grant funds designed to

enhance the employability, employment

and career advancement of people with

disabilities through enhanced service

delivery in the new One-Stop delivery

system established under the Workforce

Investment Act of 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: B.

Jai Johnson, Grants Management

Specialist, Division of Federal

Assistance, Fax (202) 219–8739.

Technical assistance/bidders’

conferences will be held regarding the

Department’s Solicitation for Grant

Application (SGA) for Work Incentive

Grants at the following times and

places:

June 6: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.—Pierson

Auditorium, University of Missouri at

Kansas City, 5000 Holmes Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64110 (816) 235–1758.

Contact for this location is Kelli

Ellerbusch.

June 8: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.—Oakland Federal

Building, 1301 Clay St., Oakland,

California 94612. Contact for this location

is Chris Neilson at (510) 628–0665.

June 15: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.—U.S. Department

of Labor Auditorium, 200 Constitution

Ave., N.W. 20210. Contact at this location

is Paul Bennett at (202) 693–4937.

Specific information related to the

SGA can be obtained from the following

homepage: http://wdsc.org/disability.

For general information on the technical

assistance/bidders’ conferences, please

contact Paul Bennett at (202) 693–4927

or via e-mail at bennett-paul@dol.gov.

Please contact Mr. Bennett to identify

any special needs required at the

technical assistance conference you

plan to attend. If you are traveling from

out of town, you will need to make hotel

reservations on your own.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of

May, 2000.

Laura Cesario,

Grant Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–14005 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–U

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

The United States Copyright Office

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

[Docket No. 000522150–0150–01]

RIN 0660–ZA13

Report to Congress Pursuant to

Section 104 of the Digital Millennium

Copyright Act

AGENCIES: The United States Copyright

Office, Library of Congress; and the

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration, United

States Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

SUMMARY: The United States Copyright

Office and the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration invite interested parties

to submit comments on the effects of the

amendments made by title 1 of the

Digital Millennium Copyright Act,

(‘‘DMCA’’) and the development of

electronic commerce on the operation of

sections 109 and 117 of title 17, United

States Code, and the relationship

between existing and emerging

technology and the operation of such

sections.

Section 104 of the DMCA directs the

Register of Copyrights and the Assistant

Secretary for Communications and

Information of the Department of

Commerce to submit to the Congress no

later than 24 months after the date of

enactment a report evaluating the effects

of the amendments made by title 1 of

the Act and the development of

electronic commerce and associated

technology on the operation of sections

109 and 117 of title 17, United States

Code, and the relationship between

existing and emerging technology and

the operation of those sections. This

Federal Register Notice is intended to

solicit comments from interested

parties.

DATES: Comments must be received by

August 4, 2000. Reply comments must

be received by September 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The Copyright Office and

the National Telecommunications and

Information Administration invite the

public to submit written comments in

electronic form by electronic mail or on

diskette. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for file formats and other

information about electronic filing.

Comments submitted by electronic

mail should be sent to both

104study@loc.gov and

104study@ntia.doc.gov. E-mail

comments should be submitted as file

attachments in one of the formats

specified under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION and should be sent to both

the Copyright Office and National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration addresses.

Comments sent by regular mail may

be sent to Jesse M. Feder, Policy

Planning Advisor, Office of Policy and

International Affairs, U.S. Copyright

Office, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box

70400, Southwest Station, Washington,

DC 20024; and Jeffrey E.M. Joyner,

Senior Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel,

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration (NTIA),

Room 4713, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Paper submissions should include a

version on diskette in one of the formats

specified under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. Comments should be sent

to both the Copyright Office and

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration addresses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jesse M. Feder, Office of Policy and

International Affairs, U.S. Copyright

Office, Library of Congress (202) 707–

8350 and Jeffrey E.M. Joyner, National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration (202) 482–1816.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

File Formats and Required Information

Comments and reply comments may

be submitted in electronic form, in one

of the following formats:

1. If by electronic mail: Send to

‘‘104study@loc.gov’’ and

‘‘104study@ntia.doc.gov’’ a message

containing the name of the person

making the submission, his or her title

and organization (if the submission is

on behalf of an organization), mailing

address, telephone number, telefax

number (if any) and e-mail address. The

message should also identify the

document clearly as either a comment

or reply comment. The document itself

must be sent as a MIME attachment, and

must be in a single file in either: (1)

Adobe Portable Document File (PDF)

format (preferred); (2) Microsoft Word

Version 7.0 or earlier; (3) WordPerfect 7

or earlier; (4) Rich Text File (RTF)

format; or (5) ASCII text file format.

2. If by regular mail or hand delivery:

Send, to the appropriate address listed

above, two copies of the comment, each

on a 3.5-inch write-protected diskette,

labeled with the name of the person

making the submission and, if

applicable, his or her title and

organization.

35674 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 108 / Monday, June 5, 2000 / Notices

Either the document itself or a cover

letter must also include the name of the

person making the submission, his or

her title and organization (if the

submission is on behalf of an

organization), mailing address,

telephone number, telefax number (if

any) and e-mail address (if any). The

document itself must be in a single file

in either (1) Adobe Portable Document

File (PDF) format (preferred); (2)

Microsoft Word Version 7.0 or earlier;

(3) WordPerfect Version 7 or earlier; (4)

Rich Text File (RTF) format; or (5) ASCII

text file format.

3. If by print only: Anyone who is

unable to submit a comment in

electronic form should submit an

original and two paper copies by hand

or by mail to the appropriate address

listed above. It may not be feasible for

the Copyright Office and the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration to place these comments

on their respective websites.

Background

On October 28, 1998, the Digital

Millennium Copyright Act (‘‘DMCA’’)

was enacted into law (Pub. L. No. 105–

304, 112 Stat. 2860). Section 104 of the

DMCA directs the Register of Copyrights

and the Assistant Secretary for

Communications and Information of the

Department of Commerce to submit to

the Congress no later than 24 months

after the date of enactment a report

evaluating the effects of the

amendments made by title 1 of the Act

and the development of electronic

commerce and associated technology on

the operation of sections 109 and 117 of

title 17, United States Code, and the

relationship between existing and

emerging technology and the operation

of those sections. This Federal Register

Notice is intended to solicit comments

from interested parties on those issues.

The objective of title I of the DMCA

was to revise U.S. law to comply with

two World Intellectual Property

Organization (WIPO) Treaties that were

concluded in 1996 and to strengthen

protection for copyrighted works in

electronic formats. The DMCA

establishes prohibitions on the act of

circumventing technological measures

that effectively control access to a work

protected under the U.S. Copyright Act,

and the manufacture, importation,

offering to the public, providing or

otherwise trafficking in any technology,

product, service, device, component or

part thereof which is primarily designed

or produced to circumvent a

technological measure that effectively

controls access to or unauthorized

copying of a work protected by

copyright, has only a limited

commercially significant purpose or use

other than circumvention of such

measures, or is marketed for use in

circumventing such measures. The

DMCA also makes it illegal for a person

to manufacture, import, offer to the

public, provide, or otherwise traffic in

any technology, product, service,

device, component or part thereof

which is primarily designed or

produced to circumvent a technological

measure that effectively protects a right

of a copyright owner in a work

protected by copyright, has only a

limited commercially significant

purpose or use other than

circumvention of such measures, or is

marketed for use in circumventing such

measures. In addition the DMCA

prohibits, among other actions,

intentional removal or alteration of

copyright management information and

knowing addition of false copyright

management information if these acts

are done with intent to induce, enable,

facilitate or conceal a copyright

infringement. Each prohibition is

subject to a number of statutory

exceptions.

Section 109 of the Copyright Act, 17

U.S.C. 109, permits the owner of a

particular copy or phonorecord lawfully

made under title 17 to sell or otherwise

dispose of possession of that copy or

phonorecord without the authority of

the copyright owner, notwithstanding

the copyright owner’s exclusive right of

distribution under 17 U.S.C. 106(3).

Commonly referred to as the ‘‘first sale

doctrine,’’ this provision permits such

activities as the sale of used books. The

first sale doctrine is subject to

limitations that permit a copyright

owner to prevent the unauthorized

commercial rental of computer

programs and sound recordings.

Section 117 of the Copyright Act, 17

U.S.C. 117, permits the owner of a copy

of a computer program to make a copy

or adaptation of the program for archival

purposes or as an essential step in the

utilization of the program in

conjunction with a machine. In

addition, pursuant to an amendment

contained in title III of the DMCA,

section 117 permits the owner or lessee

of a machine to make a temporary copy

of a computer program if such copy is

made solely by virtue of the activation

of a machine that lawfully contains an

authorized copy of the computer

program, for purposes of maintenance or

repair of that machine.

Specific Questions

The United States Copyright Office

and the National Telecommunications

and Information Administration of the

United States Department of Commerce

seek comment on the following specific

questions. Parties need not address all

questions, but are encouraged to

respond to those for which they have

particular knowledge or information.

1. Section 109

(a) What effect, if any, has the

enactment of prohibitions on

circumvention of technological

protection measures had on the

operation of the first sale doctrine?

(b) What effect, if any, has the

enactment of prohibitions on

falsification, alteration or removal of

copyright management information had

on the operation of the first sale

doctrine?

(c) What effect, if any, has the

development of electronic commerce

and associated technology had on the

operation of the first sale doctrine?

(d) What is the relationship between

existing and emergent technology, on

one hand, and the first sale doctrine, on

the other?

(e) To what extent, if any, is the first

sale doctrine related to, or premised on,

particular media or methods of

distribution?

(f) To what extent, if any, does the

emergence of new technologies alter the

technological premises (if any) upon

which the first sale doctrine is

established?

(g) Should the first sale doctrine be

expanded in some way to apply to

digital transmissions? Why or why not?

(h) Does the absence of a digital first

sale doctrine under present law have

any measurable effect (positive or

negative) on the marketplace for works

in digital form?

1. Section 117

(a) What effect, if any, has the

enactment of prohibitions on

circumvention of technological

protection measures had on the

operation of section 117?

(b) What effect, if any, has the

enactment of prohibitions on

falsification, alteration or removal of

copyright management information had

on the operation of section 117?

(c) What effect, if any, has the

development of electronic commerce

and associated technology had on the

operation of section 117?

(d) What is the relationship between

existing and emergent technology, on

one hand, and section 117, on the other?

(e) To what extent, if any, is section

117 related to, or premised on, any

particular technology?

(f) To what extent, if any, does the

emergence of new technologies alter the

technological premises (if any) upon

which section 117 is established?

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 108 / Monday, June 5, 2000 / Notices 35675

1The Commission determined in the 1998 Order

that HPI’s interests in 84 LIHTC Properties were

retainable under section 9(c)(3) of the Act, because

the interests were acquired to generate tax credits

under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code and

they were being converted into passive investments.

2. General

(a) Are there any additional issues

that should be considered? If so, what

are they and what are your views on

them?

(b) Do you believe that hearings

would be useful in preparing the

required report to Congress? If so, do

you wish to participate in any hearings?

Information collected from responses

to this Federal Register Notice will be

considered when preparing the required

report for Congress.

Dated: May 16, 2000.

Marybeth Peters,

Register of Copyrights, United States

Copyright Office.

Kathy D. Smith,

Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications

and Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–14001 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1410–30–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Notice of Availability; NUREG–1700,

‘‘Standard Review Plan for Evaluating

for Nuclear Power Reactor License

Termination Plans’’

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission is noticing issuance of

NUREG–1700, ‘‘Standard Review Plan

for Evaluating Nuclear Power Reactor

License Termination Plans.’’ The

standard review plan (SRP) guides staff

reviewers on performing safety reviews

of license termination plans (LTPs).

Although the SRP is intended to be used

by the NRC staff in conducting reviews,

it can be used by interested parties

responsible for conducting their own

licensing review or developing an LTP.

The principal purpose of the SRP is to

ensure the quality and uniformity of

staff reviews and to present a welldefined base from which to evaluate the

requirements. It is also the purpose of

the SRP to make the information about

regulatory matters widely available to

improve the understanding of the staff’s

review process by interested members of

the public and the nuclear industry.

For further details with respect to this

action, the documents are available for

inspection at the NRC’s Public

Electronic Room at http://www.nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day

of May 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Robert A. Nelson,

Acting Chief, Decommissioning Branch,

Division of Waste Management, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 00–13949 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 35–27179]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

May 26, 2000.

Notice is hereby given that the

following filing(s) has/have been made

with the Commission pursuant to

provisions of the Act and rules

promulgated under the Act. All

interested persons are referred to the

application(s) and/or declaration(s) for

complete statements of the proposed

transaction(s) summarized below. The

application(s) and/or declaration(s) and

any amendment(s) is/are available for

public inspection through the

Commission’s Branch of Public

Reference.

Interested persons wishing to

comment or request a hearing on the

application(s) and/or declaration(s)

should submit their views in writing by

June 19, 2000, to the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20549–0609, and

serve a copy on the relevant applicant(s)

and/or declarant(s) at the address(es)

specified below. Proof of service (by

affidavit or, in the case of an attorney at

law, by certificate) should be filed with

the request. Any request for hearing

should identify specifically the issues of

facts or law that are disputed. A person

who so requests will be notified of any

hearing, if ordered, and will receive a

copy of any notice or order issued in the

matter. After June 19, 2000, the

applicant(s) and/or declaration(s), as

filed or as amended, may be granted

and/or permitted to become effective.

Alliant Energy Corporation, et al. (70–

9323)

Alliant Energy Corporation

(‘‘Alliant’’), a registered holding

company, its wholly owned

intermediate nonutility holding

company, Alliant Energy Resources, Inc.

(‘‘AER’’), both located at 222 West

Washington Avenue, Madison,

Wisconsin 53703, and AER’s nonutility

subsidiary, Heartland Properties, Inc.

(‘‘HPI’’ and together with Alliant and

AER, ‘‘Applicants’’), 122 West

Washington Avenue, 6th Floor,

Madison, Wisconsin 53703, have filed

an post-effective amendment, under

section 9(c)(3) of the Act and rule 54

under the Act, to an application

previously filed under the Act.

Under the terms of an order dated

April 14, 1998 (HCAR No. 26856)

(‘‘1998 Order’’), Alliant is currently

authorized to hold passive investments,

through HPI, in low-income housing

projects (‘‘LIHTC Properties’’).1 Under

the terms of the 1998 Order, HPI

indirectly owns a 1% general

partnership interest in an investment

fund, more particularly described

below, that indirectly holds limited

partnership interests in seventeen

LIHTC Properties (‘‘Fund Properties’’),

nine of which are located outside the

Alliant service territory. In addition to

the investments permitted in the 1998

Order, Applicants are authorized by

order dated August 13, 1999 (HCAR No.

27060) to invest up to $50 million

(‘‘Investment Limitation’’) from time to

time over a five-year period to acquire

additional LIHTC Properties in the

Alliant Energy service territory.

The investment fund, Heartland

Properties Equity Investment Fund I

(‘‘Fund’’), is a limited partnership that

holds limited partnership interests

ranging between 88.9% and 99% in

several other limited partnerships that

own the Fund Properties. HPI’s 1%

general partnership interest in the Fund

is held by its wholly owned subsidiary,

Heartland Fund I, Inc. Minnesota Life

Insurance Company (‘‘MLIC’’) is the sole

limited partner in the Fund with a 99%

limited partnership interest.

HPI has been approached by MLIC

about the possibility of selling its

limited partnership interest in the Fund

to HPI. In order to consummate the

transaction, Applicants now propose to

modify the existing limitation on

investments in LIHTC Properties located

outside of the year’s service territory, for

the specific purpose of acquiring MLIC’s

limited partnership interest in the Fund.

The expected purchase price of

approximately $10.7 million, when

combined with HPI’S current

investment level in LIHTC Properties,

will be within the Investment

Limitation.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Investment Management, pursuant to

delegated authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–13953 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M