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(c) Finalists in the PMIP may be

appointed following official

announcement of their selection as

finalists. Appointments must be made

no later than December 31 of the year

in which the terms were selected as

finalists. Exceptions may be granted on

a case by case basis upon request to the

PMIP office no later than December 15.

(d) Initial appointments must be made

at the grade GS–9, Step 1 level of the

General Schedule. If an intern has had

prior higher level Federal Government

experience, that individual may be

placed at higher step within grade GS–

9 of the General Schedule. The

appointment authority, § 213.3102(ii) of

this chapter, authorizes Presidential

Management Intern positions only at

grades GS–9 and GS–11 of the General

Schedule. Therefore, promotions above

grade GS–11 can occur only on or after

the date of conversion of the

competitive service.

§ 362.202 Eligibility.

(a) General. Those eligible to be

nominated for the Program are United

States citizens completing or expecting

to complete an advanced degree

focusing on or applicable to the analysis

or management of public policies and

programs from an accredited United

States college or university during the

current academic year.

(b) Nomination procedure. (1)

Students must be nominated by their

school deans or academic program

directors. Individuals who wish to be

nominated must be rated by their

schools as either qualified or not

qualified for nomination and should be

notified of their status by their schools.

The school is obligated to devise a

competitive nomination process which

ensures that selection is determined on

the basis of relative ability, knowledge

and skills after fair and open

competition which assures that all

receive equal opportunity. All

honorably discharged veterans with

Federal veterans’ preference entitlement

who are in the qualified group must be

nominated. Schools will need to

determine which of the qualified

individuals have Federal veterans’

preference entitlement in order to

ensure their nomination. These

individuals must submit verification of

their Federal veterans’ preference

entitlement along with their application

to the PMIP Review Committee.

Veterans who believe they meet their

school’s qualification requirements, but

who are not nominated, have the right

to appeal their non-nomination to the

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

(2) Selection of Program finalists is

made by the Presidential Management

Intern Selection Committee based on

selection process results.

§ 362.203 Extensions and Conversions of

Presidential Management Internships.

(a) Federal agencies may request OPM

approval for an extension of an

internship for up to a 3rd and final year.

The primary reason for extending an

internship is to provide the intern with

additional training and developmental

activities.

(b) A written request to extend an

internship should be submitted to the

PMIP, no later than 60 days prior to the

end of the initial 2-year period. This

request must be sent to: U.S. Office of

Personnel Management; Presidential

Management Intern Program; 1400

Wilson Boulevard; Suite 1200,

Arlington, VA 22209.

(c) Eligibility for conversion.

Employees who have completed

Presidential Management Internships

are to be converted non-competitively to

a career or career-conditional

appointment for which they are

qualified if all the following criteria are

met:

(1) The employee has successfully

competed a Presidential Management

Internship at the time of conversion;

(2) The employee is recommended for

conversion at least 90 calendar days

before the completion of the internship.

The agency decides whether or not to

convert the employee. No

recommendation is made to OPM.

Agencies are asked to inform the PMIP,

U.S. Office of Personnel Management,

when an individual will not be

converted.

(d) Effective date. Conversions will be

effective on the date when the 2-year

service requirement is met unless the

internship is extended by the Federal

department or agency, with the

concurrence of the U.S. Office of

Personnel Management, for up to one

additional year.

(e)(1) Tenure acquired. Upon

conversion, the employee becomes a

career employee if the service

requirements in § 315.708 of this

chapter are met; otherwise, the

employee becomes a career-conditional

employee.

(2) The time-after-competitiveappointment restriction. This

restriction, § 330.501 of this chapter,

does not apply to conversions under

Executive Order 12364.

(f) Probationary period. Employees

converted under this section do not

have to serve a probationary period.

Successful completion of the

Presidential Management Internship is

regarded as completion of the

probationary period.

§ 362.204 Termination.

The appointment of a Presidential

Management Intern under § 213.3102(ii)

of this chapter expires at the end of the

2-year internship period. At that time,

the employing agency may, with no

break in service, convert the intern to

the competitive service or extend the

internship with prior approval from

OPM. If neither of those actions is taken,

the Presidential Management Intern

appointment terminates.

§ 362.205 Resignation.

Interns who resign during their

internship do not have reinstatement

eligibility for competitive service

positions and cannot be reinstated to the

PMIP.

§ 362.206 Movement of interns between

agencies.

If an intern wishes to change his or

her employing agency during the

internship, it is necessary to resign from

the current agency and be rehired by the

new employing agency under the PMIP

appointment authority without a break

in service.

§ 362.207 Career development.

(a) The U.S. Office of Personnel

Management will provide career

development and training programs for

interns during the 2-year internship.

The career development component of

the PMIP includes an initial orientation

seminar, conferences, seminars,

periodic opportunities for special

briefings and workshops, and a program

at the end of the internship.

(b) Interns must participate fully in

the PMIP orientation and educational

programs, as well as seminars,

workshops, and other programs

throughout the 2-year internship.

§ 362.208 Agency duties.

Agencies must provide—

(1) An orientation for interns which

includes discussion of the agency’s

plans for interns, provides specific

information on the functions and

mission of the agency, and makes

explicit the agency’s expectations of

interns;

(2) Individual development planning

to ensure the intern gains professional

and technical skills to qualify for a

target upon conversion;

(3) A series of core assignments

targeted to a functional area into which

the intern is most likely to be converted.

[FR Doc. 95–4918 Filed 2–28–95;8:45am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–M
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 40 / Wednesday, March 1, 1995 / Rules and Regulations 11019

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing and Community

Development Service; Rural Business

and Cooperative Development

Service; Rural Utilities Service;

Consolidated Farm Service Agency

7 CFR Part 1942

RIN 0575–AB82

Community Facility Loans and Grants

AGENCIES: Rural Housing and

Community Development Service, Rural

Business and Cooperative Development

Service, Rural Utilities Service,

Consolidated Farm Service Agency,

USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The regulations utilized to

administer Community Facility Loans

and Grants are being amended. This

action changes the security

requirements for solid waste disposal

loans. The change affects the security

requirements for loans secured

primarily by revenue and the funds

used to construct or improve solid waste

facilities in rural communities. The

effect of changing the security

requirements for solid waste facilities is

to provide better service to communities

seeking to resolve solid waste disposal

problems on a regional level.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry

W. Cooper, Loan Specialist, Water and

Waste Disposal Division, Rural Utilities

Service, USDA, South Agriculture

Building, Room 6328, Washington, DC

20250, telephone: (202) 720–9589.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Classification

This rule has been determined to be

not significant for the purposes of

Executive Order 12866 and therefore

has not been reviewed by the Office of

Management and Budget.

Intergovernmental Review

The programs are listed in the Catalog

of Federal Domestic Assistance under

number 10.760, Water and Waste

Disposal Systems For Rural

Communities, and are subject to the

provisions of Executive Order 12372

which requires intergovernmental

consultation with State and local

officials.

Environmental Impact Statement

This action has been reviewed in

accordance with FmHA Instruction

1940–G, ‘‘Environmental Program.’’ It

has been determined that this action

does not constitute a major Federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment, and, in

accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Pub.

L. 91–190, an Environmental Impact

Statement is not required.

Compliance with Executive Order

12778

The regulation has been reviewed in

light of Executive Order 12778 and

meets the applicable standards provided

in sections 2(a) and (2)(b)(2) of that

Order. Provisions within this part which

are inconsistent with State law are

controlling. All administrative remedies

pursuant to 7 CFR part 1900 Subpart B

must be exhausted prior to filing suit.

Paperwork Reduction Act

The information collection

requirements contained in this

regulation have been approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) under the provisions of 44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35 and have been assigned

OMB control number 0575–0015 in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3507). This

final rule does not revise or impose any

new information collection requirement

from those approved by OMB.

Background

A change is needed in the security

requirements for loans made for

construction or improvements to solid

waste facilities. The requirements of the

Environmental Protection Agency

Subtitle D regulations have increased

the capital needs of rural communities

for disposal of solid waste. The current

security requirements for loans on solid

waste facilities are too stringent, and

this final action will add flexibility that

is needed to improve the program.

Currently, additional security is

required when revenue is the primary

security for loans involving solid waste

facilities. This change will remove the

requirement for additional security.

Comments on Proposed Rule

The Farmers Home Administration

published a proposed rule in the

Federal Register on August 19, 1994,

(59 FR 42783) and asked for written

comments on or before October 18,

1994. Ten comments were received from

the public review process. All ten of the

comments received were in relation to

the proposed change to incorporate into

Community Programs loan and grant

regulations the provision contained in

Rural Electrification Administration

Loan Restructuring Act of 1993, (REA

Act). No comments were received

regarding the proposed change in the

security requirements for loans made for

solid waste disposal facilities. Certain

provisions of the REA Act prohibits a

recipient of the programs from imposing

certain conditions on the users of the

service provided. The REA Act requires

that appropriate measures and sanctions

be implemented against any person

violating or attempting to violate this

prohibition. Based on the comments

received, the proposed change relating

to the REA Act will not be included in

this final rule. Eight of the comments

made stated that the proposed rule did

not go far enough in implementing the

provisions of the REA Act. Another rule

will be issued in the future to comply

with provisions of the REA Act relating

to all the Department’s rural

development programs.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1942

Community development,

Community facilities, Loan programsHousing and community development,

Loan security, Rural areas, Waste

treatment and disposal-Domestic, Water

supply-Domestic.

Therefore, Chapter XVIII, title 7, Code

of Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 1942—ASSOCIATIONS

1. The authority citation for part 1942

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1989; 16 U.S.C. 1005;

5 U.S.C. 301; 7 CFR 2.23; 7 CFR 2.70.

Subpart A—Community Facility Loans

2. Section 1942.17 is amended by

revising paragraphs (g)(2)(ii) and

(g)(3)(ii) to read as follows:

§ 1942.17 Community facilities.

* * * * *

(g) * * *

(2) * * *

(ii) Solid waste systems. The type of

security required will be based on State

law and what is determined adequate to

protect the interest of the United States

during the repayment period of the loan.

* * * * *

(3) * * *

(ii) Solid waste systems. The type of

security required will be based on State

law and what is determined adequate to

protect the interest of the United States

during the repayment period of the loan.

* * * * *

3. Section 1942.50 is revised to read

as follows:

§ 1942.50 OMB control number.

The reporting and recordkeeping

requirements contained in this

regulation have been approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) and have been assigned OMB
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control number 0575–0015. Public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to vary from

five minutes to 15 hours per response,

with an average of 2.7 hours per

response, including time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

Send comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden to

the Department of Agriculture,

Clearance Officer, OIRM, Ag Box 7630,

Washington, D.C. 20250; and to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Paperwork Reduction Project (OMB

#0575–0015), Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: January 26, 1995.

Bob J. Nash,

Under Secretary, Rural Economic and

Community Development.

[FR Doc. 95–4954 Filed 2–28–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–32–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. 93–NM–207–AD; Amendment

39–9143; AD 95–03–06]

Airworthiness Directives; Canadair

Model CL–600–1A11, -2A12, and -2B16

Series Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a

new airworthiness directive (AD),

applicable to certain Canadair Model

CL–600–1A11, –2A12, and –2B16 series

airplanes, that requires a functional

check and a test of the idle stop function

of the engine throttle quadrant; repair or

replacement, if necessary; and eventual

replacement of the engine throttle

quadrant with a new model. This

amendment is prompted by reports of

unintentional engine shutdown on

certain of these airplanes due to

problems associated with operation of

the engine throttle quadrant. The

actions specified by this AD are

intended to ensure the proper operation

of the throttle quadrant so as to prevent

inadvertent shutdown of an engine

while the airplane is taxiing or in flight.

DATES: Effective March 31, 1995.

The incorporation by reference of

certain publications listed in the

regulations is approved by the Director

of the Federal Register as of March 31,

1995.

ADDRESSES: The service information

referenced in this AD may be obtained

from Bombardier, Inc., Canadair,

Aerospace Group, P.O. Box 6087,

Station A, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3G9,

Canada. This information may be

examined at the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), Transport

Airplane Directorate, Rules Docket,

1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton,

Washington; or at the FAA, Engine and

Propeller Directorate, New York Aircraft

Certification Office, 10 Fifth Street,

Third Floor, Valley Stream, New York;

or at the Office of the Federal Register,

800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite

700, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Raymond J. O’Neill, Aerospace

Engineer, Propulsion Branch, ANE–174,

FAA, Engine and Propeller Directorate,

New York Aircraft Certification Office,

10 Fifth Street, Third Floor, Valley

Stream, New York 11581; telephone

(516) 256–7421; fax (516) 568–2716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

proposal to amend part 39 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 39) to

include an airworthiness directive (AD)

that is applicable to certain Canadair

Model CL–600–1A11, –2A12, and

–2B16 series airplanes was published as

a supplemental notice of proposed

rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal

Register on October 19, 1994 (59 FR

52720). That action proposed to require

a functional check and a test of the idle

stop function of the engine throttle

quadrant; repair or replacement, if

necessary; and eventual replacement of

the engine throttle quadrant.

Interested persons have been afforded

an opportunity to participate in the

making of this amendment. No

comments were submitted in response

to the proposal or the FAA’s

determination of the cost to the public.

As a result of recent communications

with the Air Transport Association

(ATA) of America, the FAA has learned

that, in general, some operators may

misunderstand the legal effect of AD’s

on airplanes that are identified in the

applicability provision of the AD, but

that have been altered or repaired in the

area addressed by the AD. The FAA

points out that all airplanes identified in

the applicability provision of an AD are

legally subject to the AD. If an airplane

has been altered or repaired in the

affected area in such a way as to affect

compliance with the AD, the owner or

operator is required to obtain FAA

approval for an alternative method of

compliance with the AD, in accordance

with the paragraph of each AD that

provides for such approvals. A note has

been added to this final rule to clarify

this requirement.

Additionally, the FAA has recently

reviewed the figures it has used over the

past several years in calculating the

economic impact of AD activity. In

order to account for various inflationary

costs in the airline industry, the FAA

has determined that it is necessary to

increase the labor rate used in these

calculations from $55 per work hour to

$60 per work hour. The economic

impact information, below, has been

revised to reflect this increase in the

specified hourly labor rate.

After careful review of the available

data, the FAA has determined that air

safety and the public interest require the

adoption of the rule with the changes

previously described. The FAA has

determined that these changes will

neither increase the economic burden

on any operator nor increase the scope

of the AD.

The FAA estimates that 150 airplanes

of U.S. registry will be affected by this

AD.

The side-loads test of the engine

throttle quadrant will take

approximately 17 work hours per

airplane to accomplish, at an average

labor rate of $60 per work hour. Based

on these figures, the total cost impact of

the side-loads test requirements of this

AD on U.S. operators is estimated to be

$153,000, or $1,020 per airplane.

The abrupt-movement check of the

idle stop function of the throttle

quadrant will take approximately 1

work hour per airplane to accomplish,

at an average labor rate of $60 per work

hour. Based on these figures, the total

cost impact of the functional check

requirements of this AD on U.S.

operators is estimated to be $9,000, or

$60 per airplane.

The installation of a modified throttle

quadrant will take approximately 10

work hours per airplane to accomplish,

at an average labor rate of $60 per work

hour. Required parts will be provided

by the manufacturer at no cost to

operators. Based on these figures, the

total cost impact of the installation

requirement of this AD on U.S.

operators is estimated to be $90,000, or

$600 per airplane.

Based on the figures discussed above,

the total cost impact of this AD on U.S.

operators is estimated to be $252,000, or

$1,680 per airplane. This cost impact

figure is based on assumptions that no

operator has yet accomplished any of

the requirements of this AD action, and

that no operator would accomplish

those actions in the future if this AD

were not adopted.