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. 66, No. 95

Wednesday, May 16, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 80

[Doc. No. FV–01–80–01]

Regulations Governing the Fresh

Russet Potato Diversion Program,

2000 Crop

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Extension of comment period

and amendment to the proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing

Service (AMS) is extending the public

comment period for regulations

governing the fresh russet potato

diversion program for the 2000 crop

year. The AMS is also extending in

proposed § 80.4 the period for producers

to divert potatoes to eligible diversion

outlets.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before June 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit written comments

concerning this action to: Susan Proden,

Chief, Commodity Procurement Branch,

Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS,

USDA, P. O. Box 96456, Room 2546—

South Building, Washington, DC 20090–

6456; Fax: (202) 720–2782, or visit the

website at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/

fvcomm.htm. All written submissions

made pursuant to this proposed rule

will be made available for public

inspection in Room 2546—South

Building, USDA, between the hours of

8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through

Friday.

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan

Proden, Branch Chief, Room 2546—

South Building, USDA or call (202)

720–4517. Information may also be

obtained at the website: http://

www.ams.usda.gov/fv/fvcomm.htm.

FOR THE NEAREST FEDERAL INSPECTION

OFFICES CONTACT: 1–800–811–2373 or

visit the website at: http://

www.ams.usda.gov/fv/fpboffices.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

proposed rule was published in the

Federal Register on April 13, 2001. The

proposal invited comments on the

procedures setting forth the terms of the

Fresh Russet Potato Diversion Program

for the 2000 crop year pursuant to

clause (2) of section 32 of the Act of

August 24, 1935, as amended. The

proposed program will assist fresh

russet potato growers faced with

oversupplies and low prices by

diverting potatoes to charitable

institutions, for livestock feed, to

convert them to ethanol, and to render

them nonmarketable and dispose of in

accordance with federal, state and local

regulations. AMS is extending the

public comment period from May 13,

2001 to June 12, 2001 and amending the

proposed rule to extend, by an

additional 30 days, the period for

producers to divert potatoes to eligible

diversion outlets until June 12, 2001.

This action was based on a request from

farmers who have had difficulty finding

eligible diversion outlets due to the time

they need for Spring planting. In

addition, the volumes signed up thus far

remain below 2 million hundredweight,

far short of the program’s goal.

Accordingly, we are amending §§ 80.4

and 80.9 of the proposed regulation,

found in the April 13, 2001, Federal

Register, pages 19099–19102 to read as

follows:

PART 80—[AMENDED]

§ 80.4 Length of program.

This program is effective April 13,

2001. Producers diverting potatoes to

charitable institutions, livestock feed,

ethanol production, or rendering them

nonmarketable must complete the

diversion of the 2000 crop potatoes no

later than June 12, 2001.

§ 80.9 Claim for payment.

(a) In order to obtain payment for

shipments to charitable institutions, the

producer must submit to the county

FSA office between June 13 and July 13,

2001, a certified FV–184 or FV–301

inspection certificate, a completed Form

FSA–117, and a bill of lading showing

shipment was made.

(b) To obtain payment for potatoes

diverted to livestock feed, ethanol

production or rendering nonmarketable,

the producer must submit to the county

FSA office between June 13 and July 13,

2001 each of the following: a properly

executed Form FSA–117, an inspection

certificate (FV–184 or FV–301), a

livestock feed recipient, or an ethanol

production or disposal delivery receipt

(issued by livestock feed lot, ethanol

plant or federal-state inspector)

indicating hundredweight received, the

date, name, address and telephone

number of the recipient.

Dated: May 11, 2001.

Kenneth C. Clayton,

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing

Service.

[FR Doc. 01–12389 Filed 5–11–01; 4:43 pm]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–U

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 1, 2, 50, 51, 52, 54, 60,

70, 73, 76, and 110

RIN 3150–AG49

Changes to Adjudicatory Process

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule: Extension of

comment period.

SUMMARY: On April 16, 2001 (66 FR

19610), the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) published for public

comment a proposed rule amending its

rules of practice to make the NRC’s

hearing process more effective and

efficient. Jonathan M. Block and the

Nuclear Information and Resource

Service (NIRS) requested a 90 and 120

day extension, respectively, to the

public comment period. Their requests

were based on the fact that the

transcripts of a public meeting on NRC

Hearing Processes which was held on

October 26–27, 1999, had not been

placed in the NRC Public Document

Room (PDR) as was indicated in the

April 16, 2001 Federal Register notice

for the proposed rule, nor otherwise

made available for electronic

downloading on the NRC Web page or

through ADAMS. The Commission

placed the transcripts in the PDR on

April 26, 2001, and subsequently placed

the transcripts on the NRC’s Web page

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

meettrans.html) and in ADAMS

(Accession Nos. ML011160507,

ML011160525). In view of the 10-day

delay in placing the transcripts in the

PDR and in the interest of obtaining

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public comment from the broadest range

of stakeholders, the comment period on

the proposed rule is being extended for

an additional 60 days from the original

July 16, 2001 deadline to September 14,

2001.

DATES: The comment period has been

extended and now expires on

September 14, 2001. Comments received

after this date will be considered if it is

practical to do so, but the Commission

is able to ensure consideration only for

comments received before this date.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to:

Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555–

0001. ATTN: Rulemakings and

Adjudications Staff.

Hand delivered comments should also

be addressed to the Secretary, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and

delivered to: 11555 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, MD, between 7:30 am and

4:15 pm Federal workdays.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking

website (http://ruleforum.llnl). This site

also provides the availability to upload

comments as files (any format), if your

web browser supports that function. For

information about the interactive

rulemaking site, contact Ms. Carol

Gallagher, (301) 415–5905; e-mail

CAG@nrc.gov.

Certain documents relating to this

rulemaking, including comments

received, may be examined at the NRC

Public Document Room, 11555

Rockville Pike, Room O1–F21,

Rockville, MD. The same documents

may also be viewed and downloaded

electronically via the rulemaking

website, http://ruleforum.llnl.gov.

Documents created or received at the

NRC after November 1, 1999 are also

available electronically at the NRC’s

Public Electronic Reading Room on the

Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/

ADAMS/index.html. From this site, the

public can gain entry into the NRC’s

Agencywide Document Access and

Management System (ADAMS), which

provides text and image files of NRC’s

public documents. For more

information, contact the NRC Public

Document Room (PDR) Reference staff

at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737 or

by email to pdr@nrc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Geary S. Mizuno, Office of the General

Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, telephone (301) 415–1639, e-mail

GSM@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day

of May, 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Annette L. Vietti-Cook,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 01–12338 Filed 5–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Part 62

[Public Notice 3639]

Exchange Visitor Program

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Proposed rule with request for

comment.

SUMMARY: This proposed rule would

amend existing regulations governing

the au pair exchange program. These

amendments would create a subcategory of au pair exchange

participation under which the au pair

participant would provide fewer hours

of child care for the host family while

the required educational component

that the au pair must complete would

increase from not less than six semester

hours of academic credit or its

equivalent per year to not less than

twelve semester hours of academic

credit or its equivalent per year.

DATES: Comments regarding this

proposed rule will be accepted until

June 15, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

proposed rule should be submitted in

duplicate and addressed as follows: U.S.

Department of State, Bureau of

Educational and Cultural Affairs, 301

Fourth Street, SW., Room 852,

Washington, DC 20547.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stanley S. Colvin, U.S. Department of

State, 301 Fourth Street, SW., Room

852, Washington, DC 20547; telephone

(202) 619–6828.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These

regulations govern Departmentdesignated au pair programs under

which foreign nationals are afforded the

opportunity to live with an American

host family and participate directly in

the home life of the host family while

providing child care services and

attending a U.S. post-secondary

educational institution. The

Department’s goal in proposing

amendment of these existing regulations

is to provide an opportunity for

participation by foreign nationals who

wish to pursue their academic studies

more vigorously. To this end, the

Department proposes to reduce the

amount of child care services the

potential au pair participant will

provide to not more than 30 hours per

week while increasing the amount of

academic credit the au pair will pursue

to not less than twelve semester hours

or its equivalent. At the suggestion of

Department-designated au pair

sponsors, the Department proposes to

identify this form of au pair

participation as EduCare. Existing

provisions for au pair participation

based upon up to 45 hours of child care

services and the pursuit of not less than

six semester hours of academic credit or

its equivalent remain unchanged.

To accomplish this dual objective, the

Department is advised by its designated

au pair program sponsors that potential

EduCare au pair participants should be

placed with host families that need

before and after school child care

services for their school age children.

Accordingly, the Department proposes

that potential EduCare au pair

participants not be placed with families

having pre-school children unless

alternative, full-time arrangements are

in place for the supervision of such preschool children. As the potential

EduCare au pair participant will be

more actively pursuing his or her

academic studies, the Department is

also proposing a reduction in the

number of hours that the au pair will

provide child care services from not

more than 45 hours per week to not

more than 30 hours per week. This

reduction in the number of hours of

child care services provided dictates a

corresponding reduction in the weekly

wage paid to an EduCare au pair

participant. An au pair participating in

the EduCare program would still be paid

in accordance with the provisions of the

Fair Labor Standards Act. However, as

a matter of administrative convenience

for both Department-designated

sponsors and participating host families,

the Department proposes that the

weekly wage for EduCare au pair

participants be calculated as a

percentage of the weekly wage paid to

all other au pair participants.

The Department invites comment

regarding this proposed rule

notwithstanding the fact that it is under

no legal obligation to do so. The

oversight and administration of the

Exchange Visitor Program are deemed to

be a foreign affairs function of the

United States Government. The

Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C.

553(a)(1) (1994), specifically exempts

foreign affairs functions from the

rulemaking requirements of the Act.

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 62

Cultural exchange programs.

Accordingly, 22 CFR Part 62 is

proposed to be amended as follows: