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Executive Order 12372

This program/activity is listed in the

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

under No. 10.025 and is subject to

Executive Order 12372, which requires

intergovernmental consultation with

State and local officials. (See 7 CFR part

3015, subpart V.)

Executive Order 12988

This proposed rule has been reviewed

under Executive Order 12988, Civil

Justice Reform. If this proposed rule is

adopted: (1) All State and local laws and

regulations that are inconsistent with

this rule will be preempted; (2) no

retroactive effect will be given to this

rule; and (3) administrative proceedings

will not be required before parties may

file suit in court challenging this rule.

Paperwork Reduction Act

This proposed rule contains no

information collection or recordkeeping

requirements under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.).

Lists of Subjects

9 CFR Part 91

Animal diseases, Animal welfare,

Exports, Livestock, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements,

Transportation.

9 CFR Part 161

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Veterinarians.

Accordingly, we propose to amend 9

CFR parts 91 and 161 as follows:

PART 91—INSPECTION AND

HANDLING OF LIVESTOCK FOR

EXPORTATION

1. The authority citation for part 91

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 105, 112, 113, 114a,

120, 121, 134b, 134f, 136, 136a, 612, 613,

614, and 618; 46 U.S.C. 466a and 466b; 49

U.S.C. 1509(d); 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and

371.2(d).

2. In § 91.3, paragraph (a) and the

second sentence in paragraph (c) would

be revised to read as follows:

§ 91.3 General export requirements.

(a) All animals intended for

exportation to a foreign country, except

by land to Mexico or Canada, must be

accompanied from the State of origin of

the export movement to the port of

embarkation by an origin health

certificate. All animals intended for

exportation by land to Mexico or

Canada must be accompanied from the

State of origin of the export movement

to the border of the United States by an

origin health certificate. The origin

health certificate must certify that the

animals were inspected within the 30

days prior to the date of export, except

as follows: When the Administrator

allows sampling or testing to be done

more than 30 days prior to the date of

export, in accordance with paragraph (c)

of this section, then the animals also

may be inspected within that same time

period, and the origin health certificate

will remain valid for that time period.

The origin health certificate must certify

that the animals were found upon

inspection to be healthy and free from

evidence of communicable disease and

exposure to communicable disease. The

origin health certificate must be

endorsed by an authorized APHIS

veterinarian in the State of origin and

must include any test results added by

the authorized APHIS veterinarian

pursuant to § 161.3(k) of this chapter

(any added test results must be initialed

by the authorized veterinarian). The

origin health certificate must

individually identify the animals in the

shipment as to species, breed, sex, and

age and, if applicable, must also show

registration name and number, tattoo

markings, or other natural or acquired

markings. The origin health certificate

must include all test results,

certifications, or other statements

required by the country of destination.

* * * * *

(c) * * * The samples must be taken

and tests must be made within the 30

days prior to the date of export, except

that the Administrator may allow such

sampling or testing to be conducted

more than 30 days prior to the date of

export if required or allowed by the

receiving country, and the tuberculin

test may be conducted within the 90

days prior to the date of export. * * *

* * * * *

PART 161—REQUIREMENTS AND

STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITED

VETERINARIANS AND SUSPENSION

OR REVOCATION OF SUCH

ACCREDITATION

3. The authority citation for part 161

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1828; 21 U.S.C. 105,

111–114, 114a, 114a–1, 115, 116, 120, 121,

125, 134b, 134f, 612, and 613; 7 CFR 2.22,

2.80, and 371.2(d).

4. In § 161.3, paragraph (b) would be

revised to read as follows.

§ 161.3 Standards for accredited

veterinarian duties.

* * * * *

(b) An accredited veterinarian shall

not issue, or allow to be used, any

certificate, form, record or report, until,

and unless, it has been accurately and

fully completed, clearly identifying the

animals to which it applies, and

showing the dates and results of any

inspection, test, vaccination, or

treatment the accredited veterinarian

has conducted, except as provided in

paragraph (c) of this section, and the

dates of issuance and expiration of the

document. Certificates, forms, records,

and reports shall be valid for 30 days

following the date of inspection of the

animal identified on the document,

except that origin health certificates

may be valid for a longer period of time

as provided in § 91.3(a) of this chapter.

The accredited veterinarian must

distribute copies of certificates, forms,

records, and reports according to

instructions issued to him or her by the

Veterinarian-in-Charge.

* * * * *

Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of

April 2000.

Bobby R. Acord,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 00–9492 Filed 4–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 50

Public Workshop on Risk-Informed

Regulation—Option 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) will host a public

workshop to provide an opportunity for

discussion of the Nuclear Energy

Institute’s (NEI) guidance on special

treatment requirements, advanced

notice of proposed rulemaking, and

possible alternative approaches to

Option 2 in risk-informed regulations.

The workshop is open to the public.

DATES: The workshop will be held on

Thursday, April 27, 2000, from 9 a.m. to

5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Ramada Inn Bethesda,

Room Embassy III, 8400 Wisconsin

Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland. The

hotel’s phone number is (301) 654–

1000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Egan Y. Wang, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

telephone: (301) 415–1076, email

eyw@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

discussion topics are tentative and

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subject to change. Anyone interested in

providing a presentation on these or

other related topic(s), please contact

Egan Wang at (301) 415–1076. This

workshop will provide an opportunity

to discuss topics related to Option 2 in

risk-informed regulations.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day

of March 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Cynthia A. Carpenter,

Chief, Generic Issues, Environmental,

Financial and Rulemaking Branch, Division

of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 00–9467 Filed 4–14–00; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 63

Public Meetings on Issues Associated

with the Licensing Process for a

Possible High-Level Waste Repository

at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings in Las

Vegas, Nevada and Pahrump, Nevada.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) staff will hold a

series of public meetings on the highlevel waste repository licensing process.

The meetings are intended to foster a

common understanding among the

stakeholders on issues that would be

associated with the licensing process,

should the U.S. Department of Energy

(DOE) submit a license application to

the NRC for a possible geologic

repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

All meetings will be facilitated by

Francis X. Cameron, Special Counsel for

Public Liaison, of the NRC Office of the

General Counsel.

The first meeting in the series is an

Information Workshop designed

primarily for the professional staff of the

affected interests. It is open to the

public and will begin with an NRC

overview of the licensing process,

followed by NRC presentations on the

role of information management and

proceeding support, the role of the NRC

technical staff in evaluating the DOE

license application, and the NRC

inspection process. Opportunities for

questions and answers will be provided

throughout the workshop. The time,

date, and location of the Information

Workshop is shown below.

The second meeting in the series is

primarily to acquaint the public with

the NRC’s high-level waste licensing

process. It will begin with an overview

of the three topics addressed at the first

meeting, followed by a question and

answer period. In addition, members of

the NRC staff will be available for

informal discussion with members of

the public. The time, date, and location

of the Public Meeting is shown below.

The NRC staff plans to hold a third

meeting on the licensing process in

Washington, DC later this year, and the

time, date, and location of the meeting

will be announced in the Federal

Register.

TIME/DATE: The Information Workshop

will be held on Thursday, May 4, 2000,

from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon (Pacific

time).

PLACE: Clark County Government

Center, Gold Room, 4th Floor, 500

South Grand Central Parkway, Las

Vegas, Nevada 89155.

TIME/DATE: The Public Meeting will be

held on Thursday, May 4, 2000, from

7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m (Pacific time).

PLACE: Mountain View Casino and

Bowl, 1750 Pahrump Valley Boulevard,

Pahrump, Nevada 89048.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Francis X. Cameron, Special Counsel for

Public Liaison, Office of the General

Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington D.C. 20555–

0001, or by telephone: (301) 415–1642

or e-mail: fxc@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC’s

proposed rule can be obtained from the

NRC website (http://www.nrc.gov/

NMSS/DWM/hlwreg.html), or by

contacting Ms. Judy Goodwin at (301)

415–5870 or via e-mail at jcg@nrc.gov.

Copies of the rule will also be available

at the meetings.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 11th day

of April, 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

C. William Reamer,

Chief, High-Level Waste and Performance

Assessment Branch, Division of Waste

Management, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 00–9464 Filed 4–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. 99–NM–356–AD]

RIN 2120–AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Empresa

Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.

(EMBRAER) Model EMB–120 Series

Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM).

SUMMARY: This document proposes the

adoption of a new airworthiness

directive (AD) that is applicable to

certain EMBRAER Model EMB–120

series airplanes. This proposal would

require revising the Airplane Flight

Manual (AFM), and either installing

hydraulic tube assemblies incorporating

a check valve, or visually inspecting the

check valve if already installed and

corrective action, if necessary. This

proposal is prompted by issuance of

mandatory continuing airworthiness

information by a foreign civil

airworthiness authority. The actions

specified by the proposed AD are

intended to prevent the landing gear

doors from becoming blocked from

opening during application of

emergency procedures in the event of a

loss of hydraulics.

DATES: Comments must be received by

May 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in

triplicate to the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), Transport

Airplane Directorate, ANM–114,

Attention: Rules Docket No. 99–NM–

356–AD, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW.,

Renton, Washington 98055–4056.

Comments may be inspected at this

location between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

The service information referenced in

the proposed rule may be obtained from

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.

(EMBRAER), P.O. Box 343—CEP 12.225,

Sao Jose dos Campos—SP, Brazil. This

information may be examined at the

FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate,

1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton,

Washington; or at the FAA, Small

Airplane Directorate, Atlanta Aircraft

Certification Office, One Crown Center,

1895 Phoenix Boulevard, suite 450,

Atlanta, Georgia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Capezutto, Aerospace Engineer,

Systems and Flight Test Branch, ACE–