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CFR § § 404.1505 and 404.1520 (for title

II), 416.905 and 416.920 (for SSI adults),

and 416.906 and 416.924 (for children

claiming SSI benefits based on

disability).

The listings are divided into Part A

and Part B. Part A contains medical

criteria that we use to evaluate claims

filed by individuals age 18 and over.

The Part A listings can also apply to

children if the disease processes have a

similar effect on adults and younger

persons. Part B contains medical criteria

that apply only to children. In both

parts, the impairments are grouped by

major body systems; e.g.,

musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and

mental. More complete explanations of

the listings and their role in the

disability evaluation process are set out

in 20 CFR § § 404.1525 and 404.1526

(for title II) and 20 CFR § § 416.925,

416.926, and 416.926a (for SSI).

Section 100.00 of the listings is in Part

B and contains the medical criteria we

use to evaluate linear growth

impairments in children. Section 100.00

consists of a preface that explains key

concepts used in the section, and two

growth impairment listings: 100.02 and

100.03. Listings 100.02 and 100.03

involve only linear growth impairments;

i.e., impairments that affect a child’s

length or height. We also refer to the

growth impairment listings in other Part

B body systems listings for cases in

which certain specified disease

processes cause impaired linear growth.

For example, in the cardiovascular body

system, listing 104.06G provides criteria

for evaluating congenital heart disease

that is accompanied by growth failure

‘‘as described in 100.00.’’ When we

revise the current growth impairment

listings, we may also have to revise the

body system listings that refer to the

growth impairment listings.

Other listings do not refer to the linear

growth impairment listings in section

100.00, but include weight-related

growth criteria. For example, listing

103.02E.6 contains criteria for

evaluating bronchopulmonary dysplasia

that is accompanied by involuntary

weight loss or failure to gain weight at

an appropriate rate for the child’s age.

Several other listings, including listings

104.02D, 105.08, and 114.08I, also

include weight-related growth criteria. If

we include weight-related criteria in the

revised growth impairment listings, we

may also have to revise those body

system listings that now include weightrelated criteria.

We first published the Part B

childhood listings, including the growth

impairment listings, in the Federal

Register on March 16, 1977 (42 FR

14705). We made minor changes to the

growth impairment listings on

December 6, 1985 (50 FR 50068). Since

1985, we have extended the expiration

date for the growth impairment listings

without making further revisions.

Currently, the growth impairment

listings will no longer be effective on

July 2, 2001, unless we extend, revise or

promulgate them again by publication of

a final rule in the Federal Register (64

FR 29786). We plan to revise the current

growth impairment listings before they

expire on July 2, 2001.

We will make revisions to ensure that

the criteria in the listings reflect any

advances in medical knowledge

regarding children with linear growth

impairments, and to ensure that the

criteria in the listings reflect a level of

severity that results in ‘‘marked and

severe functional limitations.’’

Request for Comments

Information about growth

impairments in children, especially the

functional consequences of such

impairments, is not readily available.

Therefore, we are using this method of

requesting comments before formally

proposing any revisions to the listings.

We want to give interested members of

the public an early opportunity to

provide us with information about

growth impairments in children as we

begin the rulemaking process. We are

asking experts on growth impairments

in children and other interested

members of the public for ideas about

how we should revise the existing

growth impairment listings, including

the material in the preface. We are

particularly interested in determining if

any scientific research shows a

relationship between growth

impairments and loss of functioning,

and whether and how impaired linear

growth affects a child’s functioning.

In addition, we are interested in

comments on whether the criteria for

evaluating weight-related impaired

growth or failure to thrive in children

should be included in revised growth

impairment listings, or included in

other body system listings as they are

now. We are interested in any

suggestions about revising those

portions of the other body system

listings that directly reference the linear

growth impairment listings, or that

mention a child’s growth (including

weight) without specifying linear

growth or the growth impairment

listings.

We will consider your comments

along with other information, such as

medical research, and our program

experience. Based on all of that

information, we will decide how to

revise the growth impairment listings.

We will not respond to your comments

directly. However, when we propose

revisions to the growth impairment

listings, we will publish a Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the

Federal Register and include a formal

request for comments. In that case, we

will consider and respond to significant

comments that we receive in response to

the NPRM when we issue any final

rules.

Electronic Version

The electronic file of this document is

available on the Internet at http://

www.access.gpo.gov/suldocs/aces/

aces140. It is also available on the

Internet site for SSA (i.e., SSA Online)

at http://www.ssa.gov/.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Programs Nos. 96.001, Social SecurityDisability Insurance; and 96.006,

Supplemental Security Income)

List of Subjects

20 CFR Part 404

Administrative practice and

procedure. Blind, Old-age, Survivors

and Disability benefits, Old-age,

Survivors and Disability Insurance,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Social Security.

20 CFR Part 416

Administrative practice and

procedure, Aged, Blind, Disability

benefits, Public assistance programs,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Supplemental Security

Income (SSI).

Dated: June 5, 2000.

Kenneth S. Apfel,

Commissioner of Social Security.

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

29 CFR Part 1910

[Docket No. S–777]

RIN 1218–AB36

Ergonomics Program

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Department of

Labor.

ACTION: Proposed rule: change of

location of informal public hearing;

change of date for notices of intention

to appear.

SUMMARY: OSHA is changing the

location of the informal public hearing

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on the economic impact of the Agency’s

proposed Ergonomics Program Standard

on State and local governments, the

United States Postal Service (USPS),

and the railroads. OSHA is also

extending the date for Notices of

Intention to Appear at the informal

public hearing. The supplemental

analysis of the impacts of the proposed

rule on these three groups is in the

public docket of this rulemaking, Docket

S–777, Exhibit 28–15. The hearing will

be held on the date planned, July 7,

2000, but the location of the hearing has

been changed.

The broader context for OSHA’s

actions can be found in the Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking, published in the

Federal Register of November 23, 1999

(64 FR 65768). The procedures followed

at the July 7 continuation of the public

hearing will be the same as those used

in the previous nine weeks of public

hearings on the proposed ergonomics

standard (see OSHA’s home page at

www.osha.gov or 65 FR 11948; March 7,

2000).

DATES: Notice of Intention To Appear at

the Informal Public Hearing: The

deadline for the submission of notices of

intention to appear at the informal

public hearing has been extended;

notices must be postmarked no later

than June 21, 2000, and public

comments on the issues raised by the

economic analysis of the standard’s

impacts on the three groups must be

postmarked no later than June 22, 2000.

If you submit a notice of intention to

appear by facsimile or electronically

through OSHA’s Internet site, you must

transmit the notice by June 21, 2000.

Pre-Hearing Comments: Written

comments addressing the economic

impacts of the rule in these industries

must be postmarked no later than June

22, 2000. If you submit comments by

facsimile or electronically through

OSHA’s Internet site, you must transmit

those comments by June 22, 2000.

Hearing Testimony and Documentary

Evidence: If you will be requesting more

than 10 minutes for your oral

presentation at the hearing, you must

submit the full testimony, postmarked

no later than June 27, 2000, or if you

will be submitting documentary

evidence at the hearing, you must

submit all of that evidence, postmarked

no later than June 27, 2000.

Informal Public Hearing: The public

hearing will be held in Atlanta, Georgia,

beginning at 9:00 a.m., on July 7, 2000

and is expected to conclude that day.

Post-hearing Comments: Written posthearing comments must be postmarked

no later than August 10, 2000. If you

submit comments by facsimile or

electronically through OSHA’s Internet

site, you must transmit those comments

no later than August 10, 2000. The

publication of this document and the

related public hearing do not affect the

90-day period established earlier for

post-hearing submissions related to the

proposed Ergonomics Program Standard

(65 FR 11948, March 7, 2000). That

period also ends on August 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written Comments: Mail:

Submit four copies of written comments

to: OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. S–

777, U.S. Department of Labor, Room

N–2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20210; telephone

(202) 693–2350.

Facsimile: If your written comments

are 10 pages or less, you may fax them

to the Docket Office. The OSHA Docket

Office fax number is (202) 693–1648.

Electronic: You may also submit

comments electronically through

OSHA’s Homepage at www.osha.gov.

Please note that you may not attach

materials such as studies or journal

articles to your electronic comments. If

you wish to include such materials, you

must submit them separately in

duplicate to the OSHA Docket Office at

the address listed above. When

submitting such materials to the OSHA

Docket Office, you must clearly identify

your electronic comments by name,

date, and subject, so that we can attach

them to your electronic comments.

Notice of Intention to Appear: Mail:

Notices of intention to appear at the

informal public hearing may be

submitted by mail in quadruplicate to:

Ms. Veneta Chatmon, OSHA Office of

Public Affairs, Docket No. S–777, U.S.

Department of Labor, 2000 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Room N–3647,

Washington, D.C. 20210; Telephone:

(202) 693–2119.

Facsimile: You may fax your notice of

intention to appear to Ms. Chatmon at

(202) 693–1634.

Electronic: You may also submit your

notice of intention to appear

electronically through OSHA’s

Homepage at www.osha.gov.

Hearing Testimony and Documentary

Evidence: You must submit in

quadruplicate your hearing testimony

and any documentary evidence you

intend to present at the informal public

hearing to Ms. Veneta Chatmon, OSHA

Office of Public Affairs, Docket No. S–

777, U.S. Department of Labor, Room

N–3647, 200 Constitution Ave, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20210. Telephone:

(202) 693–2119, You may also submit

your hearing testimony and

documentary evidence on disk (31⁄2

inch) in WP 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 8.0 or ASCII,

provided you also send the original

hardcopy at the same time.

Informal Public Hearing: The one-day

public hearing to be held in Atlanta,

Georgia will be located in Conference

Rooms B&C of the Sam Nunn Atlanta

Federal Center, 61 Forsyth St., S.W.,

Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OSHA’s Ergonomics Team at (202) 693–

2116, or visit the OSHA Homepage at

www.osha.gov.

Authority: This document was prepared

under the direction of Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational

Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20210. It is issued under sections 4, 6,

and 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health

Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657),

Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 6–96 (62 FR

111), and 29 CFR part 1911.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of

June, 2000.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational

Safety and Heath.

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[UT–001–0029b; FRL–6712–1]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plan for Utah:

Transportation Control Measures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve

revisions to the Utah State

Implementation Plan (SIP) that

incorporate a new transportation control

measure (TCM) in Utah County.

Approval of this TCM as part of the

Utah SIP would mean that this measure

will receive priority for funding, and

that it may proceed in the event of a

transportation conformity lapse. We are

proposing to approve this SIP revision

under sections 110(k) and 176 of the

Clean Air Act. Additional information is

available at the address indicated below.

In the Final Rules Section of this

Federal Register, EPA is approving the

State’s SIP revision as a direct final rule

without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial

revision and anticipates no adverse

comments. A detailed rationale for the

approval is set forth in the direct final

rule. If no adverse comments are

received in response to this rule, no

further activity is contemplated in

relation to this rule. If EPA receives