Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 5, 1995 / Proposed Rules 17295

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Parts 6, 16, and 52

[FAR Case 94–711]

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Task

and Delivery Order Contracts Public

Meeting

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of change of location of

public meeting on FAR case 94–711.

SUMMARY: At 60 FR 14346, March 16,

1995, a proposed rule was published

amending the Federal Acquisition

Streamlining Act, proposed an

amendment to the Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) to implement

statutory requirements of the Act with

regard to task and delivery order

contracts. A public meeting on this

matter was scheduled to be held at the

GSA Auditorium. That location is no

longer available and this notice is to

announce a new location for the

meeting. The time and date of the

meeting have not changed, only the

location.

DATES: The Task and Delivery Order

Contracts meeting will be held on April

13, 1995, at 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will

now be held at the Department of

Interior Auditorium, 1849 C Street,

NW., First Floor, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Fayson, FAR Secretariat,

General Services Administration, 18th

and F Streets, NW., Washington, DC

20405. Telephone: (202) 501–4755.

Dated: March 30, 1995.

Edward Loeb,

Deputy Project Manager for Implementation

of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act

of 1994.

[FR Doc. 95–8300 Filed 4–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

49 CFR Parts 190–199

[Docket No. PS–139; Notice No. 1]

Improving the Pipeline Safety

Program; Public Meetings and Request

for Comments Related to Regulatory

Review and Customer Service

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Public meetings and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

nationwide series of three public

meetings during April and May to seek

information from the public on

regulatory reform and improved

customer service for RSPA’s pipeline

safety program.

DATES: Meetings: Public meetings will

be held as follows:

(1) April 25, 1995, in Dallas, Texas.

(2) April 27, 1995, in Lakewood,

Colorado.

(3) May 15, 1995, in Houston, Texas.

Comments: This notice invites

comments on both regulatory reform

and improved customer service.

Participation in the meeting is not a

prerequisite for the submission of

written comments. Please submit

comments before May 31, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Meetings: See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

times, locations and agendas.

Comments: Please address written

comments to the Dockets Unit, Research

and Special Programs Administration,

U.S. Department of Transportation,

Washington, DC 20590–0001.

Comments may also be faxed to (202)

366–4566. Comments should identify

the docket (Docket No. PS–139). The

Dockets Unit is located in room 8421 of

the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street

SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.

Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except on

public holidays when the office is

closed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Eben M. Wyman, (202) 366–0918

regarding the subject matter of this

notice; or the Dockets Unit (202) 366–

4900; RSPA, Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. Any person wishing to speak

should notify Jenny Donohue at (202)

366–4046 with an estimate of the time

required for their statement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

4, 1995, President Clinton issued a

memorandum to heads of departments

and agencies calling for a review of all

agency regulations and elimination or

revision of those that are outdated or in

need of reform. The President also

directed that front line regulators

‘‘* * * get out of Washington and create

grassroots partnerships’’ with people

affected by agency regulations. RSPA is

reviewing the Pipeline Safety

Regulations (49 CFR Parts 190–199) in

response to the President’s directive.

On September 11, 1993, the President

signed an Executive Order on setting

customer service standards. The

Executive Order requires continual

reform of the executive branch’s

management practices and operations to

provide service to the public that

matches or exceeds the best service

available in the private sector. RSPA is

seeking information from customers of

its pipeline safety program to determine

the kind and quality of services they

want and their level of satisfaction with

existing services.

Conduct of Meetings

Meetings will be informal, intended to

produce a dialogue between agency

personnel and those persons directly

affected by the pipeline safety programs,

regulations and customer services. The

meeting officer reserves the right to

limit time allocated to speakers, if

necessary, to ensure that all have an

opportunity to speak. Other individuals

will have an opportunity to present

their comments after scheduled

speakers complete their comments,

subject to the approval of the presiding

officer. Conversely, meetings may

conclude before the scheduled time if

all persons wishing to participate have

been heard.

Meeting Schedule

The public meetings will be held as

follows:

(1) April 25, 1995, from 4:30 p.m. to

6:00 p.m., in Dallas, Texas, at Loews

Anatole Hotel, 2201 Stemmons

Freeway, Dallas, TX. 75207, in the

‘‘Emerald Room’’. This meeting will be

held concurrently with the American

Petroleum Institute’s 46th Annual

Pipeline Conference.

(2) April 27, 1995, from 9:00 a.m. to

4:00 p.m., in Lakewood, Colorado,

Denver Federal Center, U.S. Geological

Survey, Building 25, Lecture Hall A &

B (first floor), Lakewood, CO.

(3) May 15, 1995, from 9:00 a.m. to

4:00 p.m., in Houston, Texas, Sheraton

Crown Hotel & Conference Center,

15700 John F. Kennedy Boulevard,

Houston, Texas 77032.
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Areas of Regulatory Concern

In calling on agencies to cut obsolete

regulations, the President directs each

agency to consider the following issues

in its review of the regulations:

• Is this regulation obsolete?

• Could its intended goal be achieved

in more efficient, less intrusive ways?

• Are there better private sector

alternatives, such as market

mechanisms, that can better achieve the

public good envisioned by the

regulation?

• Could private business, setting its

own standards and being subject to

public accountability, do the job as

well?

• Could the States or local

governments do the job, making Federal

regulation unnecessary?

RSPA suggests that persons

commenting on the pipeline safety

program consider these issues.

The President’s call for regulatory

reform provides opportunities for

eliminating or improving pipeline safety

regulations. RSPA is undertaking a

page-by-page review of the Pipeline

Safety Regulations and is identifying

certain sections of the regulations that

are candidates for elimination, revision,

clarification or relaxation.

Improvements to Customer Service

RSPA is soliciting comments on the

kind and quality of services its

customers want and their level of

satisfaction with the services currently

provided by the pipeline safety

program. RSPA will use the comments

to establish service standards and

measure results against them; provide

customers with choices in both the

sources of service and the means of

delivery; make information, services,

and complaint systems easily accessible;

and provide the means to address

customer complaints. RSPA’s current

customer services include providing

guidance in understanding and

complying with the Pipeline Safety

Regulations and processing exemptions,

approvals, registrations, grant

applications, and enforcement actions.

Other customer services include

conduct of pipeline safety seminars, and

the development and dissemination of

training and informational materials.

Issued in Washington, DC on March 31,

1995.

Cesar De Leon,

Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline

Safety.

[FR Doc. 95–8362 Filed 4–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018–AD 22

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Proposed Determination of

Critical Habitat for Woundfin, Virgin

River Chub, and Virgin Spinedace and

Notice of Public Hearing

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule and notice of

public hearing.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) proposes to designate critical

habitat for the Virgin River chub (Gila

seminuda = G. robusta seminuda), the

Virgin spinedace (Lepidomeda

mollispinis mollispinis), and the

woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus).

The Virgin River chub and wouldfin are

listed as endangered; the Virgin

spinedace has been proposed for listing

as threatened (May 18, 1994), but the

listing has not been finalized as yet.

There is considerable overlap in critical

habitat proposed for the three species,

the proposed designation includes 330.8

km (206.8 mi) of the Virgin River and

its tributaries in portions of Utah,

Arizona, and Nevada. The Service

proposes 151.7 km (94.8 mi) of critical

habitat for the woundfin (approximately

13.5 percent of its historical range);

151.7 km (94.8 mi) for the Virgin River

chub (70.8 percent of its historical

range, excluding the chub occupying the

Muddy River); and 201.9 km (126.2 mi)

for the Virgin spinedace (87.3 percent of

its historical range). The majority of the

land to be designated as critical habitat

is under Federal or private ownership.

All three fish species are endemic to

the Virgin River Basin of southwestern

Utah, northwestern Arizona, and

southeastern Nevada. The proposed

critical habitat designation includes

portions of the mainstem Virgin River

and its tributaries, including the 100-

year floodplain. This proposed critical

habitat would result in additional

review requirements under section 7 of

the Act with regard to Federal agency

actions. Section 4 of the Act requires the

Service to consider economic costs and

benefits prior to making a final decision

on the size and scope of critical habitat.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until

June 5, 1995.

A public hearing will be held from 5

p.m. to 9 p.m., with registration

beginning at 4:30 p.m., on Monday, May

8, 1995. Requests for additional public

hearings must be received by May 22,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Requests for additional

public hearings or comments and

materials concerning this proposal

should be sent to the Field Supervisor,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Salt

Lake City Field Office, 145 East 1300

South, Suite 404, Salt Lake City, Utah

84115. The public hearing will be in the

Garden Room at the St. George Hilton

Inn, 1450 South Hilton Drive, St.

George, Utah. Comments and materials

received will be available for public

inspection, by appointment, during

normal business hours at the above

address. Copies of comments and

materials received also will be available

for public inspection at the Washington

County Public Library in St. George,

Utah.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Robert D. Williams, Assistant Field

Supervisor, Salt Lake City Field Office,

at the above address, (801) 524–5001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The woundfin (Plagopterus

argentissimus) and Virgin River chub

(Gila seminuda =G. robusta seminuda)

are presently listed as endangered

pursuant to the Endangered Species Act

(Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C.

1531 et seq.). The Virgin spinedace

(Lepidomeda mollispinis mollispinis)

was proposed for listing on May 18,

1994, as threatened under the Act. In

the subsequent text, all three species of

fish are referred to as ‘‘listed fishes’’

even though the Virgin spinedace has

only been proposed for listing at this

time. These three fishes are all endemic

to the Virgin River Basin. The Virgin

River flows generally along the

Hurricane Fault, which forms the

boundary between the Colorado Plateau

and the Great Basin. These two geologic

provinces are quite dissimilar. The

Colorado Plateau is characterized by

horizontal-lying strata eroded into

canyons, plateaus, and mesas. Long,

isolated mountain ranges separated by

broad alluvial valleys typify the Great

Basin province. The Virgin River

originates in south-central Utah,

running in a southwest direction from

Utah to northwestern Arizona, and

southeastern Nevada for approximately

320 kilometers (km) (200 miles (mi))

before emptying into Lake Mead. Prior

to the completion of Boulder (Hoover)

Dam in 1935, the Muddy River in

southeastern Nevada joined the Virgin

River before the latter emptied into the

Colorado River. These two rivers now

flow separately into the Overton Arm of

Lake Mead.