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services on its behalf; however, RHS

will expect the grantee to provide the

overall management necessary to ensure

the objectives of the grant are met.

Nonprofit agencies acting on behalf of

the grantee must also meet the above

stated eligibility requirements.

* * * * *

4. Section 1944.158 is amended by

adding a new paragraph (o) to read as

follows:

§ 1944.158 Loan and grant purposes.

* * * * *

(o) Encourage the development of

farm labor housing. RHS may award

‘‘technical assistance’’ grants to eligible

private and public nonprofit agencies.

These grant recipients will, in turn,

assist other organizations obtain loans

and grants for the construction of farm

labor housing. Technical assistance

services may not be funded under both

this paragraph and paragraph (i) of this

section. In addition, technical assistance

may not be funded by RHS when an

identity of interest exists between the

technical assistance provider and the

loan or grant applicant. Requests for

Proposals (RFP) may be periodically

published in the Federal Register by

RHS inviting eligible nonprofit

organizations to submit LH technical

assistance grant proposals. RFPs will

contain the amount of available funding,

the method of allocating or distributing

funds, where to submit proposals,

proposal requirements, the deadline for

the submission of proposals, the

selection criteria, and the grant

agreement to be entered into between

RHS and the grantee.

Dated: May 22, 2001.

Dawn Riley,

Acting Deputy Under Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–13801 Filed 5–31–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–U

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 2

[Docket No. PRM–2–12]

Michael Stein; Withdrawal of Petition

for Rulemaking

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking;

withdrawal.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is withdrawing, at

the petitioner’s request, a petition for

rulemaking (PRM–2–12) (64 FR 59669;

November 3, 1999) filed by Michael

Stein. In PRM–2–12, the petitioner

requested that the Commission amend

its regulations pertaining to deliberate

misconduct and employee protection to

ensure that all individuals are afforded

the right to respond to an NRC

determination that the individual has

violated these regulations.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the petitioner’s

email submittal, dated May 15, 2001,

requesting the withdrawal of the

petition is available for public

inspection, or copying for a fee, at the

NRC’s Public Document Room, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike

(first floor), Rockville, Maryland.

Single copies of the petitioner’s email

submission may be obtained free of

charge by writing to the Division of

Administrative Services, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

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. For the petitioner’s

email, the accession number is

ML011360325. From this site, the public

can gain entry into the NRC’s Agency

wide Document Access and

Management System (ADAMS) that

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:

Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rules and

Directives Branch, Division of

Administrative Services, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Telephone: 301–415–7163 or Toll Free:

800–368–5642.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day

of May, 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Andrew L. Bates,

Acting, Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 01–13739 Filed 5–31–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

30 CFR Part 926

[SPATS No. MT–003–FOR]

Montana Regulatory Program

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening and

extension of public comment period and

opportunity for public hearing on

proposed amendment.

SUMMARY: The Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is

announcing receipt of revisions and

additional explanatory information

pertaining to a previously proposed

amendment to the Montana regulatory

program (hereinafter, the ‘‘Montana

program’’) under the Surface Mining

Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

(SMCRA). Montana proposes revisions

to Title 26, Chapter 4, of the

Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM)

and additional explanatory information

about surface water baseline monitoring

requirements, conditions of the permit,

temporary waste impoundments, dam

spillway specifications, and alternate

underdrain systems. Montana intends to

revise its program to be consistent with

the corresponding Federal regulations,

incorporate the additional flexibility

afforded by the revised Federal

regulations, clarify ambiguities, and

improve operational efficiency.

DATES: We will accept written

comments on this amendment until 4

p.m., m.d.t. July 2, 2001. If requested,

we will hold a public hearing on the

amendment on June 26, 2001. We will

accept requests to speak until 4 p.m.,

m.d.t. on June 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You should mail or hand

deliver written comments and requests

to speak at the hearing to Guy Padgett

at the address listed below. You may

review copies of the Montana program,

this amendment, a listing of any

scheduled public hearings, and all

written comments received in response

to this document at the addresses listed

below during normal business hours,

Monday through Friday, excluding

holidays. You may receive one free copy

of the amendments by contacting OSM’s

Casper Field Office.

Guy Padgett, Director, Casper Field

Office, Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, 100

East B Street, Room 2128, Casper, WY

82601–1918, Telephone: (307) 261–

6550

Neil Harrington, Acting Chief, Industrial

and Energy Minerals Bureau, Montana

Department of Environmental Quality,

1520 E. Sixth Ave., P.O. Box 200901,

Helena, MT 59620–0901, Telephone:

(307) 444–4973

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Guy

Padgett, Telephone: (307) 261–6550,

Internet address: gpadgett@osmre.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background on the Montana Program

II. Description of the Proposed Amendment