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of disposition of the request shall delay

removal or relieve the alien from strict

compliance with any outstanding notice

to surrender for deportation or removal.

(b) Denial by the Commissioner,

Deputy Commissioner, Executive

Associate Commissioner Field

Operations, regional director, or district

director of a request for a stay is not

appealable, but such denial shall not

preclude an immigration judge or the

Board from granting a stay in

connection with a motion to reopen or

a motion to reconsider as provided in 8

CFR part 3.

(c) The Service shall take all

reasonable steps to comply with a stay

granted by an immigration judge or the

Board. However, such a stay shall cease

to have effect if granted (or

communicated) after the alien has been

placed aboard an aircraft or other

conveyance for removal and the normal

boarding has been completed.

Dated: June 23, 2000.

Janet Reno,

Attorney General.

[FR Doc. 00–16560 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

9 CFR Parts 317, 318, 319, 381

[Docket No. 97–036R]

Other Consumer Protection (OCP)

Activities—Reopening of Comment

Period

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of

comment period.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) is reopening

the comment period for the advanced

notice of proposed rulemaking ‘‘Other

Consumer Protection (OCP) Activities’’

for 60 days. This action responds to a

request to allow additional time for

comments.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before August 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit one original and

two copies of written comments to: FSIS

Docket Clerk, Docket # 97–036R, Room

102, Cotton Annex Building, 300 12th

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250–

3700. All comments received in

response to this notice will be

considered part of the public record and

will be available for viewing in the FSIS

Docket Room between 8:30 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. FSIS

has made a technical paper available in

the FSIS Docket Room and on the FSIS

homepage (www.fsis.usda.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel Engeljohn, Director, Regulations

Development and Analysis Division,

Food Safety and Inspection Service,

Washington, DC 20250–3700, at (202)

720–5627, fax number (202) 690–0486.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

17, 2000, FSIS published the advanced

notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR)

‘‘Other Consumer Protection (OCP)

Activities’’ (65 FR 14486). FSIS

published this ANPR to request

comments on the need and desirability

of revising its approach to verifying that

meat and poultry products are not

misbranded, economically adulterated,

or otherwise unacceptable for reasons

that do not necessarily raise food safety

or public health concerns. In the ANPR,

FSIS referred to these program activities

as ‘‘other consumer protection’’ (OCP)

activities. The ANPR defined and

described FSIS’ OCP activities and

discussed the Agency’s need for revised

regulations and verification and

enforcement procedures.

FSIS has received a request to extend

the comment period for an additional

180 days because of the large scope of

the ANPR. FSIS agrees that the ANPR

addresses many issues and wants to

receive as much input as possible.

However, because this is an ANPR, and

any further actions by the Agency will

be issued in a notice and comment

proposed rulemaking, FSIS is reopening

the comment period for 60 days. After

the comment period closes, FSIS,

intends to proceed with development of

various OCP notice and comment

proposed rulemakings.

Additional Public Notification

Public awareness of all segments of

rulemaking and policy development is

important. Consequently, in an effort to

better ensure that minorities, women,

and persons with disabilities are aware

of this notice, FSIS will announce it and

provide copies of this Federal Register

publication in the FSIS Constituent

Update. FSIS provides a weekly FSIS

Constituent Update, which is

communicated via fax to over 300

organizations and individuals. In

addition, the update is available on line

through the FSIS web page located at

http://www.fsis.usda.gov. The update is

used to provide information regarding

FSIS policies, procedures, regulations,

Federal Register notices, FSIS public

meetings, recalls, and any other types of

information that could affect or would

be of interest to our constituents/

stakeholders. The constituent fax list

consists of industry, trade, and farm

groups, consumer interest groups, allied

health professionals, scientific

professionals, and other individuals that

have requested to be included. Through

these various channels, FSIS is able to

provide information to a much broader,

more diverse audience.

For more information and to be added

to the constituent fax list, fax your

request to the Congressional and Public

Affairs Office, at (202) 720–5704.

Done at Washington, DC on: June 22, 2000.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 00–16520 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,

39, 40, 50, 61, 70, 72, and 76

[Docket No. PRM–30–63]

Natural Resources Defense Council;

Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; Notice

of receipt.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) has received and

requests public comment on a petition

for rulemaking filed by the Natural

Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The

petition has been docketed by the

Commission and has been assigned

Docket No. PRM–30–63. The petitioner

requests that the NRC amend its

regulations to require that an individual

report illegal payments to regulators if

the individual has knowledge or

evidence of the illegal payments. The

petitioner requests that an individual

who fails to make such a report not be

issued a license or allowed to retain a

license.

DATES: Submit comments by September

13, 2000. Comments received after this

date will be considered if it is practical

to do so, but assurance of consideration

cannot be given except as to comments

received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to:

Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

Attention: Rulemakings and

Adjudications staff.

Deliver comments to 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30

am and 4:15 pm on Federal workdays.

For a copy of the petition, write to

David L. Meyer, Chief, Rules and