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onions. Therefore, the estimated

assessment revenue for fiscal period

2000 as a percentage of total grower

revenue could range between 0.7 and

1.0 percent.

This action increases the assessment

obligation imposed on handlers. While

assessments impose some additional

costs on handlers, the costs are minimal

and uniform on all handlers. Some of

the additional costs may be passed on

to producers. However, these costs are

offset by the benefits derived by the

operation of the marketing order. In

addition, the Committee’s meeting was

widely publicized throughout the

Vidalia onion production area and all

interested persons were invited to

attend the meeting and participate in

Committee deliberations on all issues.

Like all Committee meetings, the

September 30, 1999, meeting was a

public meeting and all entities, both

large and small, were able to express

views on this issue.

This rule imposes no additional

reporting or recordkeeping requirements

on either small or large Vidalia onion

handlers. As with all Federal marketing

order programs, reports and forms are

periodically reviewed to reduce

information requirements and

duplication by industry and public

sector agencies.

The Department has not identified

any relevant Federal rules that

duplicate, overlap, or conflict with this

rule.

A proposed rule concerning this

action was published in the Federal

Register on December 13, 1999 (64 FR

69419). Copies of the proposed rule

were also mailed or sent via facsimile to

all Vidalia onion handlers. Finally, the

proposal was made available through

the Internet by the Office of the Federal

Register. A 30-day comment period

ending January 12, 2000, was provided

for interested persons to respond to the

proposal. No comments were received.

A small business guide on complying

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop

marketing agreements and orders may

be viewed at the following web site:

http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/

moab.html. Any questions about the

compliance guide should be sent to Jay

Guerber at the previously mentioned

address in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section.

After consideration of all relevant

material presented, including the

information and recommendation

submitted by the Committee and other

available information, it is hereby found

that this rule, as hereinafter set forth,

will tend to effectuate the declared

policy of the Act.

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, it also found

and determined that good cause exists

for not postponing the effective date of

this rule until 30 days after publication

in the Federal Register because: (1) The

2000 fiscal period began on January 1,

2000, and the marketing order requires

that the rate of assessment for each

fiscal period apply to all assessable

Vidalia onions handled during such

period; (2) the Committee needs to have

sufficient funds to pay its expenses

which are incurred on a continuous

basis; and (3) handlers are aware of this

action which was unanimously

recommended by the Committee at a

public meeting. Also, a 30-day comment

period was provided for in the proposed

rule, and no comments were received.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 955

Marketing agreements, Onions,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, 7 CFR part 955 is amended as

follows:

PART 955—VIDALIA ONIONS GROWN

IN GEORGIA

1. The authority citation for 7 CFR

parts 955 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.

2. Section 955.209 is revised to read

as follows:

§ 955.209 Assessment rate.

On and after January 1, 2000, an

assessment rate of $0.10 per 50-pound

bag or equivalent is established for

Vidalia onions.

Dated: January 31, 2000.

Robert C. Keeney,

Deputy Administrator, Fruit and Vegetable

Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–2688 Filed 2–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD

12 CFR Part 936

[No. 2000–04]

RIN 3069–AA95

Information Collection Approval;

Technical Amendment to Community

Support Requirements Rule

AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance

Board.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Act), the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) has

approved a three-year extension of the

information collection contained in the

Federal Housing Finance Board’s

(Finance Board) community support

requirements regulation and community

support statement form. The OMB

control number approving the

information collection now expires on

January 31, 2003. In accordance with

the requirements of the Act, the Finance

Board is amending the community

support requirements rule to reflect this

new expiration date.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The final rule will

become effective on February 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Emma J. Fitzgerald, Program Analyst,

Program Assistance Division, Office of

Policy, Research and Analysis, by

telephone at 202/408–2874, by

electronic mail at

FITZGERALDE@FHFB.GOV, or by

regular mail at the Federal Housing

Finance Board, 1777 F Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20006. A

telecommunications device for deaf

persons (TDD) is available at 202/408–

2579.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

In order to extend the expiration date

of the OMB control number approving

the information collection contained in

its community support requirements

regulation and community support

statement form, the Finance Board

published requests for public comments

regarding the information collection in

the Federal Register on June 30 and

November 15, 1999. See 64 FR 35157

(June 30, 1999) and 64 FR 61877 (Nov.

15, 1999). The Finance Board also

submitted an analysis of the information

collection, entitled ‘‘Community

Support Requirements,’’ to the OMB for

review and approval. The OMB has

approved a three-year extension of the

information collection under OMB

control number 3069–0003. The OMB

control number now expires on January

31, 2003.

Under the Act and the OMB’s

implementing regulation, 44 U.S.C.

3507 and 5 CFR 1320.5, an agency may

not sponsor or conduct, and a person is

not required to respond to, an

information collection unless the

regulation or form collecting the

information displays a currently valid

OMB control number. Accordingly, the

Finance Board is amending the

community support requirements rule

and community support statement form

to reflect the new expiration date of the

OMB control number.

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II. Notice and Public Participation

Because the effectiveness of the

information collection contained in the

community support requirements rule

and community support statement form

must be maintained, the Finance Board

for good cause finds that the notice and

public procedure requirements of the

Administrative Procedures Act are

impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary

to the public interest. See 5 U.S.C.

553(b)(3)(B).

III. Effective Date

For the reasons stated in part II above,

the Finance Board for good cause finds

that the final rule should become

effective on February 7, 2000. See 5

U.S.C. 553(d)(3).

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act

The provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act do not apply since this

technical amendment to the community

support requirements rule does not

require publication of a notice of

proposed rulemaking. See 5 U.S.C.

601(2) and 603(a).

V. Paperwork Reduction Act

The rule does not contain any

collections of information pursuant to

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

See 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Consequently,

the Finance Board has not submitted

any information to the Office of

Management and Budget for review.

List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 936

Credit, Federal home loan banks,

Housing, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

For the reasons stated in the

preamble, the Finance Board hereby

amends 12 CFR part 936 as follows:

PART 936—COMMUNITY SUPPORT

REQUIREMENTS

1. Revise the authority citation for

part 936 to read as follows:

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1422a(a)(3)(B),

1422b(a)(1), and 1430(g).

§§ 936.2, 936.3, 936.5 [Amended]

2. Revise the parenthetical statement

that appears after §§ 936.2, 936.3, and

936.5 to read as follows:

(The Office of Management and Budget has

approved the information collection

contained in this section and assigned

control number 3069–0003 with an

expiration date of January 31, 2003.)

§ 936.4 [Amended]

3. Add a parenthetical statement

immediately after § 936.4 to read as

follows:

(The Office of Management and Budget has

approved the information collection

contained in this section and assigned

control number 3069–0003 with an

expiration date of January 31, 2003.)

By the Board of Directors of the Federal

Housing Finance Board.

Dated: January 27, 2000.

Bruce A. Morrison,

Chairman.

[FR Doc. 00–2544 Filed 2–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6725–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. 99–NM–254–AD; Amendment

39–11554; AD 2000–02–36]

RIN 2120–AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model

A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This amendment supersedes

an existing airworthiness directive (AD),

applicable to certain Airbus Model

A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes,

that currently requires relocation of the

engine/master 1 relay from relay box

103VU to shelf 95VU in the avionics

bay. This amendment continues to

require the relocation using new

electrical contacts, and, for certain

airplanes, adds a requirement to replace

certain contacts installed in shelf 95VU

during relocation of the relay with new

contacts. This amendment is prompted

by issuance of mandatory continuing

airworthiness information by a foreign

civil airworthiness authority. The

actions specified by this AD are

intended to prevent a simultaneous

cutoff of the fuel supply to both engines,

which could result in a loss of engine

power and consequent reduced

controllability of the airplane.

DATES: Effective March 13, 2000.

The incorporation by reference of

certain publications listed in the

regulations is approved by the Director

of the Federal Register as of March 13,

2000.

The incorporation by reference of

certain other publications, as listed in

the regulations, was approved

previously by the Director of the Federal

Register as of October 27, 1998 (63 FR

50492, September 22, 1998).

ADDRESSES: The service information

referenced in this AD may be obtained

from Airbus Industrie, 1 Rond Point

Maurice Bellonte, 31707 Blagnac Cedex,

France. This information may be

examined at the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), Transport

Airplane Directorate, Rules Docket,

1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton,

Washington; or at the Office of the

Federal Register, 800 North Capitol

Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Norman B. Martenson, Manager,

International Branch, ANM–116, FAA,

Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601

Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington

98055–4056; telephone (425) 227–2110;

fax (425) 227–1149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

proposal to amend part 39 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 39)

by superseding AD 98–20–10,

amendment 39–10777 (63 FR 50492,

September 22, 1998), which is

applicable to certain Airbus Model

A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes,

was published in the Federal Register

on October 21, 1999 (64 FR 56715). The

action proposed to continue to require

relocation of the engine/master 1 relay

from relay box 103VU to shelf 95VU in

the avionics bay using new electrical

contacts. The action also proposed to

add, for certain airplanes, a requirement

to replace certain contacts installed in

shelf 95VU during relocation of the

relay with new contacts.

Comments

Interested persons have been afforded

an opportunity to participate in the

making of this amendment. Due

consideration has been given to the

comments received.

Support for the Proposal

One commenter supports the

proposed rule.

Request to Revise Cost Estimate

One commenter concurs with the

content of the proposed rule, but states

that the estimate of work hours required

to accomplish the replacement of the

contacts is inaccurate in the proposed

AD. The commenter states that for

airplanes previously modified in

accordance with Airbus Service Bulletin

A320–24–1092, Revision 01, dated

December 24, 1997, or Revision 02,

dated March 9, 1998, the replacement of

contacts would take approximately 12

hours. For airplanes already in the

process of being modified, the

replacement would take approximately

3 hours.

The FAA infers that the commenter’s

estimate includes work hours for access

and close to replace certain contacts

with new contacts for previously