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Vol. 65, No. 239

Tuesday, December 12, 2000

JOINT BOARD FOR THE

ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on

Actuarial Examinations

AGENCY: Joint Board for the Enrollment

of Actuaries.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Executive Director of the

Joint Board for the Enrollment of

Actuaries gives notice of a meeting of

the Advisory Committee on Actuarial

Examinations (portions of which will be

open to the public) in Washington, DC

at the Office of Director of Practice on

January 8 and 9, 2001.

DATES: Monday, January 8, 2001, from 9

a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, January 9,

2001 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m..

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

Suite 4200E, Conference Room, Fourth

Floor, Franklin Court Building, 1099

14th Street, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick W. McDonough, Director of

Practice and Executive Director of the

Joint Board for the Enrollment of

Actuaries, 202–694–1805.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that the Advisory

Committee on Actuarial Examinations

will meet in Suite 4200E, Conference

Room, Fourth Floor, Franklin Court

Building, 1099 14th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC on Monday, January 8,

2001, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and

Tuesday, January 9, 2001, from 8:30

a.m. to 5 p.m.

The purpose of the meeting is to

discuss topics and questions which may

be recommended for inclusion on future

Joint Board examinations in actuarial

mathematics and methodology referred

to in 29 U.S.C. 1242(a)(1)(B) and to

review the November 2000 Joint Board

examinations in order to make

recommendations relative thereto,

including the minimum acceptable pass

score. Topics for inclusion on the

syllabus for the Joint Board’s

examination program for the November

2001 pension actuarial examination and

the May 2001 basic actuarial

examinations will be discussed.

A determination has been made as

required by section 10(d) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,

that the portions of the meeting dealing

with the discussion of questions which

may appear on the Joint Board’s

examinations and review of the

November 2000 Joint Board

examinations fall within the exceptions

to the open meeting requirement set

forth in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and that

the public interest requires that such

portions be closed to public

participation.

The portion of the meeting dealing

with the discussion of the other topics

will commence at 1 p.m. on January 8

and will continue for as long as

necessary to complete the discussion,

but not beyond 3 p.m.. Time permitting,

after the close of this discussion by

Committee members, interested persons

may make statements germane to this

subject. Persons wishing to make oral

statements should must notify the

Executive Director in writing prior to

the meeting in order to aid in

scheduling the time available and must

submit the written text, or at a

minimum, an outline of comments they

propose to make orally. Such comments

will be limited to 10 minutes in length.

All other persons planning to attend the

public session must also notify the

Executive Director in writing to obtain

building entry. Notifications of intent to

make an oral statement or to attend

must be faxed, no later than December

30, 2000, to 202–694–1876, Attn:

Executive Director. Any interested

person also may file a written statement

for consideration by the Joint Board and

the Committee by sending it to the

Executive Director: Joint Board for the

Enrollment of Actuaries, c/o Internal

Revenue Service, Attn: Executive

Director SC:DOP, 1111 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.

Dated: November 27, 2000.

Patrick W. McDonough,

Executive Director, Joint Board for the

Enrollment of Actuaries.

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Provincial Advisory Committees

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee

renewal.

SUMMARY: In response to the continued

need of the Department of Agriculture

and the Department of the Interior for

advice on coordination and

implementation of the Record of

Decision of April 13, 1994, for

Management of Habitat for LateSuccessional and Old-Growth Forest

Related Species Within the Range of the

Northern Spotted Owl, the Departments

have renewed the Provincial Advisory

Committees for 12 provinces. The

purpose of the Provincial Advisory

Committees is to provide advice on

coordinating the implementation of the

Record of Decision and to make

recommendations promoting the

integration and coordination of forest

management activities between Federal

and non-Federal entities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathan Stephens, Planning Specialist,

Forest Service, USDA, (202) 205–0948.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given

that the Department of Agriculture, in

consultation with the Department of the

Interior, has renewed the Provincial

Advisory Committees (PACs), which

will advise the Provincial Interagency

Executive Committee (PIEC). The

purpose of the PIEC is to facilitate the

coordinated implementation of the

Record of Decision of April 13, 1994.

The PIEC consists of representatives of

the following Federal agencies: the

Forest Service, the Bureau of Land

Management, the Fish and Wildlife

Service, the National Marine Fisheries

Service, the National Park Service, the

Bureau of Indian Affairs, the

Environmental Protection Agency, the

Army Corps of Engineers, the Natural

Resource Conservation Service, and the

Geological Survey’s Biological

Resources Division.

Ecosystem management at the

province level requires improved

coordination among governmental

entities responsible for land

management decisions and the public

those agencies serve. The PACs provide