This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 65, No. 239

Tuesday, December 12, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

12 CFR Part 584

[Docket No. 2000–91]

RIN 1550–AB29

Savings and Loan Holding Companies;

Notice of Significant Transactions or

Activities and OTS Review of Capital

Adequacy

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision,

Treasury.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of

comment period.

SUMMARY: The Office of Thrift

Supervision (OTS) is extending the

comment period until February 9, 2001

for its proposed rule published October

27, 2000. The proposed rule would

require certain savings and loan holding

companies to notify OTS before

engaging in, or committing to engage in,

a limited set of debt transactions,

transactions that reduce capital, some

asset acquisitions, and other

transactions. The proposal also sought

comment on a proposal to codify OTS’s

current practices for reviewing the

capital adequacy of savings and loan

holding companies and, when

necessary, requiring additional capital

on a case-by-case basis.

DATES: Comments must be received by

February 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES:

Mail: Send comments to Manager,

Dissemination Branch, Information

Management and Services Division,

Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552,

Attention Docket No. 2000–91.

Delivery: Hand deliver comments to

the Guard’s Desk, East Lobby Entrance,

1700 G Street, NW., from 9:00 a.m. to

4:00 p.m. on business days, Attention

Docket No. 2000–91.

Facsimiles: Send facsimile

transmissions to FAX Number (202)

906–7755, Attention Docket No. 2000–

91; or (202) 906–6956 (if comments are

over 25 pages).

E-Mail: Send e-mails to

‘‘public.info@ots.treas.gov’’, Attention

Docket No. 2000–91, and include your

name and telephone number.

Public Inspection: Interested persons

may inspect comments at the Public

Reference Room, 1700 G St. NW., from

10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Tuesdays

and Thursdays or obtain comments and/

or an index of comments by facsimile by

telephoning the Public Reference Room

at (202) 906–5900 from 9:00 a.m. until

5:00 p.m. on business days. Comments

and the related index will also be posted

on the OTS Internet Site at

www.ots.treas.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin O’Connell, Senior Project

Manager, (202) 906–5693, Supervision

Policy; and Valerie J. Lithotomos,

Counsel (Business and Finance) (202)

906–6439, Regulations and Legislation

Division, Chief Counsel’s Office, Office

of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed rule, published in the Federal

Register on October 27, 2000 (65 FR

64392), indicated that public comments

were to be submitted to the OTS no later

than December 26, 2000.

OTS received two requests for an

extension of the comment period. One

request states that the rule proposes a

significant change to OTS policy and

that compliance with the current

comment deadline would require a

significant dedication of resources in

the midst of year-end activities. The

second request indicates an extension is

warranted because the issues addressed

in the proposal are of sufficient

importance and complexity.

To afford the public adequate time to

comment, OTS has determined to

extend the comment period for 45 days

to accommodate these requests.

Therefore, the comment period is

hereby extended until February 9, 2001.

Dated: December 6, 2000.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Ellen Seidman,

Director.

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BILLING CODE 6720–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. 2000–NE–27–AD]

RIN 2120–AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce

Corporation (Formerly Allison Engine

Company) AE 2100 and AE 3007 Series

Engines

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM).

SUMMARY: This document proposes to

adopt a new airworthiness directive

(AD), applicable to Rolls-Royce

Corporation, (formerly Allison Engine

Company), AE 2100 and AE 3007 series

engines. This proposed AD would

require a one-time acid etch inspection

of the 2nd stage high pressure turbine

(HPT) wheel for cracks. If the wheel is

cracked, this proposed AD would

require replacement of the turbine

wheel with a serviceable part. This

proposed AD is prompted by a report of

a 2nd stage turbine wheel that was

returned from the field with cracks in

the aft bore face. The actions specified

by this proposed AD are intended to

detect and prevent early development of

cracks due to low cycle fatigue of the

HPT 2nd stage wheel in the aft bore face

that can lead to wheel failure, power

loss, and possible damage to the

airplane.

DATES: Comments must be received by

February 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),

New England Region, Office of the

Regional Counsel, Attention: Rules

Docket No. 2000–NE–27–AD, 12 New

England Executive Park, Burlington, MA

01803–5299. Comments may also be

sent via the Internet using the following

address: ‘‘9-ane-adcomment@faa.gov’’.

Comments sent via the Internet must

contain the docket number in the

subject line. Comments may be

inspected at this location between 8

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Downs, Aerospace Engineer,

Chicago Aircraft Certification Office,