Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 238 / Monday, December 11, 2000 / Notices 77393

Records To Be Kept by Employers (Fair

Labor Standards Act)

I. Background

The Fair Labor Standards Act sets

minimum wage, overtime pay, child

labor and recordkeeping standards for

employees engaged in interstate

commerce or in the production of good

for interstate commerce and to

employees in certain enterprises. The

Fair Labor Standards Act requires that

all employers covered by the Act make,

keep, and preserve records of employees

and of wages, hours, an other conditions

and practices of employment.

II. Review Focus

The Department of Labor is

particularly interested in comments

which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

III. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks the

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to carry out its

responsibility to enforce the provisions

of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Records to be Kept by

Employers (Fair Labor Standards Act).

OMB Number: 1215–0017.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Individuals or households;

Farms; Not-for-profit institutions;

Federal government; State, local or

Tribal government.

Total Recordkeepers: 3.7 million.

Frequency: Weekly.

Average Time per Recordkeeper: 1

hour.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

926,156.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: December 5, 2000.

Margaret J. Sherrill,

Chief, Branch of Management Review and

Internal Control, Division of Financial

Management, Office of Management,

Administration and Planning, Employment

Standards Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–31453 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

[Docket No. 2000–9 CARP DTRA1 & 2]

Digital Performance Right in Sound

Recordings and Ephemeral

Recordings

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of

Congress.

ACTION: Notices of intent to participate;

Announcement of precontroversy

discovery schedule.

SUMMARY: Due to the ruling by the

Copyright Office that broadcasters are

not exempt from copyright liability

when they retransmit over the Internet

copyrighted works contained on their

AM and FM radio signals, the Library of

Congress is providing an additional time

period for filing Notices of Intent to

Participate in the above-captioned

consolidated proceedings. In addition,

the Library is announcing the

precontroversy discovery schedule for

these consolidated proceedings.

DATES: Notices of Intent to Participate

are due no later than January 10, 2001.

ADDRESSES: An original and five copies

of a Notice of Intent to Participate

should be delivered to: Office of the

General Counsel, Copyright Office,

James Madison Building, Room LM–

403, First and Independence Avenue,

SE, Washington, DC 20559–6000; or

mailed to: Copyright Arbitration Royalty

Panel (CARP), P.O. Box 70977,

Southwest Station, Washington, DC

20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David O. Carson, General Counsel, or

Tanya M. Sandros, Senior Attorney,

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel,

P.O. Box 70977, Southwest Station,

Washington, DC 20024. Telephone (202)

707–8380. Telefax (202) 252–3423.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In today’s

Federal Register the Copyright Office

announces a final rule in Docket No. RM

2000–3 concerning the definition of a

‘‘Service’’ for purposes of the statutory

license governing the public

performance of sound recordings by

means of digital audio transmissions.

The Office has determined that

broadcasters retransmitting copyrighted

programming contained on their AM

and FM radio signals over digital

communications networks, such as the

Internet, are not exempt from copyright

liability under section 114(d)(1)(A) of

the Copyright Act. Because such

retransmissions are not exempt, a public

performance of a copyrighted work

contained on a radio signal occurs each

time it is retransmitted over a digital

communications network, such as the

Internet. Consequently, broadcasters

must license the copyrights to the

programming contained on such radio

signals.

Licensing may be accomplished in

one of two ways, depending upon the

nature of the retransmissions.

Broadcasters may enter into private

licensing arrangements with the

copyright holders of the programming

they wish to retransmit. Or, broadcasters

may be eligible for the statutory licenses

under sections 114(f) and 112(e) of the

Copyright Act to retransmit the works.

The Library of Congress is currently

conducting Copyright Arbitration

Royalty Panel (CARP) proceedings to

establish royalty rates and terms for

these licenses.

Because today’s rulemaking

proceeding makes clear that

broadcasters are not exempt, those

broadcasters who intend to use the

section 114(f) and 112(e) licenses may

wish to participate in these CARP

proceedings. The time periods for filing

Notices of Intent to Participate in this

proceeding, however, has passed. See 64

FR 52107 (September 27, 1999) (1998–

2000 period) and 65 FR 55302

(September 13, 2000) (2001–2002

period). The Library has determined

that, given the uncertainty surrounding

today’s rulemaking decision, it is

appropriate to reopen the filing period

for a limited time to allow additional

participants in these proceedings.

Notices of Intent To Participate

Any interested party that has not filed

a Notice of Intent to Participate in the

rate proceeding for 1998–2000 or the

rate proceeding for 2001–2002 may do

so on or before January 10, 2001. The

Notice of Intent to Participate should

clearly specify whether it applies to the

1998–2000 proceeding, the 2001–2002

proceeding, or both. Failure to submit a

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timely filed Notice will preclude a party

from participating in these proceedings.

Consolidation of Proceedings

Concurrent with today’s Federal

Register publication, the Library is

issuing an Order consolidating the

1998–2000 and 2001–2002 proceedings

before a single CARP. The consolidation

order may be found on the Copyright

Office’s website at http://www.loc.gov/

copyright/carp/114schedule.html.

Parties wishing to participate in the

CARP proceedings should familiarize

themselves with the contents of this

Order.

In consolidating these two

proceedings, the Office has assigned a

single docket number applicable to both

proceedings. Parties submitting

documents to the Copyright Office

should take account of the new docket

number.

Schedule of Proceedings

The consolidation Order described

above also announces the

precontroversy discovery schedule for

the CARP proceedings. For

convenience, the schedule is repeated

here.

Action Date

Negotiated Protective

Order.

February 1, 2001.

Filing of Written Direct Cases.February 5, 2001.

Requests for Underlying Documents.February 14, 2000.

Related to Written Direct Cases.

Responses to Requests for Underlying Documents.February 21, 2001.

Completion of Document Production.February 26, 2001.

Follow-up Requests

for Underlying Documents.

March 2, 2001.

Responses to Followup Requests.March 8, 2001.

Motions Related to

Document Production.

March 12, 2001.

Production of Documents in Response

to Follow-up Requests.

March 16, 2001.

All Other Motions, Petitions and Objections.March 21, 2001.

Initiation of Arbitration May 21, 2001.

Dated: December 6, 2000.

David O. Carson,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 00–31459 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1410–33–P

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION

ADMINISTRATION

Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice of

Meetings

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Thursday,

December 14, 2000.

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA

22314–3428.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Requests from Five (5) Federal

Credit Unions to Convert to Community

Charters.

2. Request for an Extension of a

Waiver under Part 704 for Corporate

Credit Unions.

3. Community Development

Revolving Loan Program for Credit

Unions: Notice of Applications for

Participation and Interest Rate for

Loans.

4. Interim Final Rule: Part 705,

NCUA’s Rules and Regulations,

Community Development Revolving

Loan Program For Credit Unions

(CDRLP).

5. National Credit Union Share

Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) Operating

Level for 2001.

RECESS: 11:15 a.m.

TIME AND DATE: 11:30 a.m., Thursday,

December 14, 2000.

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA

22314–3428.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Administrative Action under Part

704 of NCUA’s Rules and Regulations.

Closed pursuant to exemption (8).

2. Administrative Action under Part

708 of NCUA’s Rules and Regulations.

Closed pursuant to exemption (8).

3. Two (2) Personnel Matters. Closed

pursuant to exemptions (2) and (6).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

Becky Baker, Secretary of the Board,

Telephone 703–518–6304.

Becky Baker,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–31641 Filed 12–7–00; 2:39 pm]

BILLING CODE 7535–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–213]

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power

Company, et al. (Haddam Neck Plant);

Notice of Closure of the Public

Comment Period for the Haddam Neck

Plant License Termination Plan

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(NRC) is in receipt of and has made

available for public inspection and

comment the License Termination Plan

(LTP) for the Haddam Neck Plant (HNP)

located in Haddam, Connecticut. NRC’s

receipt of the HNP LTP and the LTP’s

availability for public inspection and

comment was noticed in the Federal

Register on August 23, 2000 (65 FR

51345). A public meeting was

conducted by NRC staff (65 FR 59215,

dated October 4, 2000), to discuss the

HNP LTP on October 17, 2000, at the

Haddam-Killingworth High School,

Higganum, Connecticut. The purpose of

this notice is to announce that the

public comment period for the HNP LTP

will close on December 29, 2000.

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power

Company (CYAPCO, or the licensee)

announced permanent cessation of

power operations of HNP on December

5, 1996. In accordance with NRC

regulations, CYAPCO submitted a PostShutdown Decommissioning Activities

Report (PSDAR) for HNP to the NRC on

August 22, 1997. The facility is

undergoing active decontamination and

dismantlement.

In accordance with 10 CFR

50.82(a)(9), all power reactor licensees

must submit an application for

termination of their license. The

application for license termination must

be accompanied or preceded by an LTP

to be submitted for NRC approval. If

found acceptable by the NRC staff, the

LTP is approved by license amendment,

subject to such conditions and

limitations as the NRC staff deems

appropriate and necessary. CYAPCO

submitted the proposed LTP for HNP by

application dated July 7, 2000. In

accordance with 10 CFR 20.1405 and 10

CFR 50.82(a)(9)(iii), the NRC provided

notice to individuals in the vicinity of

the site that the NRC was in receipt of

the HNP LTP and would accept

comments from affected parties (65 FR

51345, dated August 23, 2000).

The NRC staff has begun the technical

review of the HNP LTP. While NRC will

accept public comments at any time,

comments are most helpful and the staff

is best able to consider them during the

LTP review, if they are received early in

the review process. Therefore, NRC has

decided to close the formal public