Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 199 / Friday, October 13, 2000 / Rules and Regulations 60861

PART 4044—ALLOCATION OF

ASSETS IN SINGLE-EMPLOYER

PLANS

4. The authority citation for part 4044

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1301(a), 1302(b)(3),

1341, 1344, 1362.

5. In appendix B to part 4044, a new

entry, as set forth below, is added to the

table. (The introductory text of the table

is omitted.)

Appendix B to Part 4044—Interest Rates Used to Value Benefits

* * * * * * *

For valuation dates occurring in the month—

The values of i1 are

i1 for t= i1 for t= i1 for t=

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November 2000 .................................................................... .0710 1–25 .0625 >25 N/A N/A

Issued in Washington, DC, on this 6th day

of October 2000.

John Seal,

Acting Executive Director, Pension Benefit

Guaranty Corporation.

[FR Doc. 00–26328 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

32 CFR Part 752

RIN 0703–AA68

Admiralty Claims

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

is updating its Admiralty Claims

regulations to reflect a change in the

Division name and address, to update

citations to the United States Code

provisions, and to remove the reference

to Commander, Fleet Air Caribbean, a

command that has been disestablished.

DATES: Effective October 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Office of the Judge

Advocate General (Code 13), 1322

Patterson Ave SE, Suite 3000,

Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374–

5066.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Commander Gregg A. Crevi, JAGC, U.S.

Navy, Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate

General (Admiralty and Maritime Law),

Office of the Judge Advocate General

(Code 11), 1322 Patterson Ave SE, Suite

3000, Washington Navy Yard, DC

20374–5066, (202) 685–5040.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the authority cited below, the

Department of the Navy amends 32 CFR

part 752. This amendment provides

notice that the Deputy Judge Advocate

General of the Navy (Admiralty and

Maritime Law) has made administrative

corrections to the Admiralty Claims

regulations. It has been determined that

invitation of public comment on this

amendment would be impracticable and

unnecessary, and it is therefore not

required under the public rulemaking

provisions of 32 CFR part 336 or

Secretary of the Navy Instruction

5720.45. Interested persons, however,

are invited to comment in writing on

this amendment. All written comments

received will be considered in making

subsequent amendments or revisions of

32 CFR Part 752, or the instructions on

which they are based. Changes may be

initiated on the basis of comments

received. Written comments should be

addressed to Commander Gregg A.

Crevi, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Deputy

Assistant Judge Advocate General

(Admiralty and Maritime Law), Office of

the Judge Advocate General (Code 11),

1322 Patterson Ave SE, Suite 3000,

Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374–

5066. It has been determined that this

final rule is not a ‘‘significant regulatory

action’’ as defined in Executive Order

12866.

Executive Order 13132, Federalism

It has been determined that this rule

does not have sufficient Federalism

implications to warrant the preparation

of a Federalism Assessment. The

provisions contained in this rule will

have little or no direct effect on States

or local governments.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

This rule will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities for purposes of

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.

Chapter 6).

Paperwork Reduction Act

This rule does not impose collection

of information requirements for

purposes of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, 5 CFR Part

1320).

List of Subjects

Admiralty, Claims, Salvage.

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, amend part 752 of title 32 of

the Code of Federal Regulations as

follows:

PART 752—ADMIRALTY CLAIMS

1. The authority citation for 32 CFR

part 752 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 5013,

5148, and 7621–7623, 32 CFR 700.206 and

700.1202.

§§ 752.2, 752.3, 752.4, 752.5 [Amended]

2. a. In 32 CFR part 752 remove the

words ‘‘Admiralty Division’’ and add, in

their place, the words ‘‘Admiralty and

Maritime Law Division’’ in the

following places:

(1) Section 752.2(b), (c), (d) and (g)

(2) Section 752.4(d)

(3) Section 752.5(a)

b. In addition to the amendments set

forth above, in 32 CFR part 752 remove

the date ‘‘(1982)’’ following all citations

to the United States Code, and add, in

its place, the date ‘‘(1994)’’ in the

following places:

(1) Section 752.2(a)

(2) Section 752.3(a)

(3) Section 752.4(a) and (c)

(4) Section 752.5(b)

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§ 752.2 [Amended]

3. In 32 CFR 752.2(b), remove the

words ‘‘(Code 31), Navy Department,

200 Stovall Street, Alexandria, VA

22332–2400’’ and add, in their place,

the words ‘‘(Code 11), 1322 Patterson

Avenue SE, Suite 3000, Washington

Navy Yard, DC 20374–5066’’.

§ 752.3 [Amended]

4. In 32 CFR 752.3(a), remove the

word ‘‘(Admiralty)’’ and add, in its

place, the words ‘‘(Admiralty and

Maritime Law)’’ and remove the words

‘‘Commander Fleet Air, Carribean, for

damage to fishing equipment arising in

Culebra-Vieques waters, not to exceed

$3,000.’’

§ 752.5 [Amended]

5. In 32 CFR 752.5(b), remove the

words ‘‘Washington, DC 20362–5101’’

and add in their place ‘‘2531 Jefferson

Davis Highway, NC/3 Room 11E54,

Arlington, VA 22242–5160.’’

Dated: October 2, 2000.

C.G. Carlson,

Major, U.S. Marine Corps, Alternate Federal

Register, Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–26270 Filed 10–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

36 CFR Part 1258

RIN 3095–AA87

NARA Reproduction Fee Schedule

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: NARA is revising its schedule

of fees for reproduction of records and

other materials in the custody of the

Archivist of the United States. This rule

covers reproduction of Federal records

created by other agencies that are in the

National Archives of the United States,

donated historical materials,

Presidential records, Nixon Presidential

historical materials, certain Federal

agency records in NARA Federal

records centers, and records filed with

the Office of the Federal Register. The

fees are being changed to reflect current

costs of providing the reproductions.

This rule will affect members of the

public and Federal agencies who order

reproductions from NARA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Allard on (301)713–7360, ext.

226.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed rule was published in the

April 25, 2000, Federal Register (65 FR

24164) for a 60-day public comment

period. NARA announced the

availability of the proposed rule widely

and posted notices in its research rooms

nationwide. A copy of the proposed rule

was also posted on the NARA web site

for review.

Overview

NARA received over 285 timely

comments by mail, fax, and email to the

Comments, Inquire, and OIG Hotline

mailboxes. We considered multiple

comments from a single respondent

(e.g., to more than one NARA email

address or to provide additional

examples of concerns with specific

copiers) as a single timely comment. We

also received a number of Congressional

inquiries on behalf of constituents and

have considered those inquiries also.

Most of the comments were from

individuals, a number of whom

identified themselves as genealogists.

We received comments from 9

genealogical organizations, ranging in

scope from a local genealogy club in

California and a subordinate Grange

unit in Wisconsin to the Ohio Society of

the War of 1812 to the joint Federation

of Genealogical Societies/National

Genealogy Society Records Preservation

and Access Committee. We received

comments from several individuals who

identified themselves as professional/

academic historians.

In response to the comments, we have

modified the fees and process for

ordering pension files and clarified the

effective date of the final rule. In

addition, we have removed the fee for

diazo microfiche reproductions

(§ 1258.12(d) in the proposed rule).

There is no longer a need to include this

item in the fee schedule because we

have completed conversion of all of the

microfiche previously covered by the

fee schedule to products sold through

NARA’s microform publication

program. The fee for published

microfiche, unchanged since 1996, is

$4.25 per fiche. All other provisions in

the proposed Part 1258, including the

fees for other products specified in

§ 1258.12, are unchanged in this final

rule. Following is a discussion of the

major issues addressed in the

comments.

Magnitude of Increases for Fixed Fee

Orders

Comments: A large number of

respondents commented that the fee

increases for fixed fee (NATF 80 series)

orders would put them beyond their

reach and asked NARA to reconsider the

proposal. A recurring theme throughout

these comments was that many

genealogists are retired and on fixed

incomes. A number of respondents

voiced suspicion that NARA was

intentionally discouraging requests to

reduce its workload. Still others

questioned why NARA was raising

prices when the Federal Government

was reporting a budget surplus. The

Records Preservation and Access

Committee, which sought input from

the genealogical community before

developing their position, reported that

that the comments to the Committee

were ‘‘overwhelmingly negative’’ and

that the $40 fee for pension files was

‘‘almost universally condemned.’’ The

Committee’s experience also reflects the

comments NARA received directly.

Only a handful of respondents

supported the proposed fixed fee order

changes. The Records Preservation and

Access Committee and one individual

reluctantly supported the revised fees

because they are based on actual costs.

Several other individuals stated their

full support for the fees. Four

respondents in addition to the Records

Preservation and Access Committee said

that they could ‘‘live with’’ the

proposed $17–$17.75 fee for nonpension file fixed fee orders.

NARA response: The current fees for

fixed fee orders were last changed in

1991. Since that time, there have been

increases in salaries, equipment costs,

and postage, as well as changes in how

the orders are handled that account for

the additional costs. The order

fulfillment system, required as part of a

mandatory upgrade to our Trust Fund

accounting system to meet Government

financial accounting requirements and

to make the system Y2K compliant, and

use of a contractor to copy the records

are major differences in how orders are

handled.

We regret the need to increase fees for

providing copies of NARA records using

the fixed fee order forms and we

recognize that the amount of the

increase may cause a hardship for some

of our customers. A major component of

NARA’s mission is to provide

continuing access to our archival

holdings, and we do not want to

diminish access provided through

reproduction of the records. To provide

such access requires resources. As we

explained in the preamble to the

proposed rule, NARA does not receive

appropriations to provide copies of our

holdings for the public. The cost of

searching for files that are not found and

providing negative responses, however,

is funded by appropriations. Customers

who receive copies are not also

absorbing the cost for negative searches