13498 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 6, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Announcement of the American

Petroleum Institute’s Standards

Activities

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of intent to develop or

revise standards and request for public

comment and participation in standards

development.

SUMMARY: The American Petroleum

Institute (API), with the assistance of

other interested parties, continues to

develop standards, both national and

international, in several areas. This

notice lists the standardization efforts

currently being conducted by API

committees. The publication of this

notice by the National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST) on

behalf of API is being undertaken as a

public service. NIST does not

necessarily endorse, approve, or

recommend the standards referenced.

ADDRESSES: American Petroleum

Institute, 1220 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20005; telephone (202)

682–8000, http://www.api.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All

contact individuals listed in the

supplementary information section of

this notice may be reached at the

American Petroleum Institute.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The American Petroleum Institute

develops and publishes voluntary

standards for equipment, materials,

operations, and processes for the

petroleum and natural gas industry.

These standards are used by both

private industry and by governmental

agencies. All interested persons should

contact the appropriate source as listed

for further information.

Pipeline Committee

New (1160) Pipe Integrity in High

Consequence Areas (HCAs)

New (1133) Guidelines for Onshore

Hydrocarbon Pipelines Crossing

Floodplains

1109 Marking Liquid Petroleum

Pipeline Facilities

1129 Assurance of Hazardous Liquid

Pipeline System Integrity

1130 Computational Pipeline

Monitoring

For Further Information Contact:

Andrea Johnson, Standards and

Training Resource Group, email:

johnsona@api.org.

Committee on Marketing

New (1582) Similarity Calculations

and Software for Aviation Jet Fuel

Filter/Separators

2610 Design, Construction, Operation,

Maintenance, and Inspection of

Terminal and Tank Facilities

1621 Bulk Liquid Stock Control at

Retail Outlets

1584 Four-inch Aviation Hydrant

System

1585 Guidance for Cleaning Hydrant

Systems

1004 Bottom Loading and Vapor

Recovery for MC–306 Tank Motor

Vehicles

2510 Design and Construction of

Liquefied Petroleum Gas Installations

1501 Recommended Practice for Retail

or Consumer Aviation Fueling

Facilities

1560 Lubricant Service Designations

for Automotive Manual

Transmissions, Manual Transaxles,

and Axles

1621 Bulk Liquid Stock Control

1631 Interior Lining of Underground

Storage Tanks

1637A Equipment Marking Color

System Chart

For Further Information Contact:

David Soffrin, Standards and Training

Resource Group, email:

soffrind@api.org.

Committee on Refining

575 Inspection of Atmospheric & Low

Pressure Storage Tanks

577 Welding Inspection and

Metallurgy

530 Calculation of Heater Tube

Thickness in Petroleum Refineries

661 Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers

662 Plate Heat Exchangers

598 Fire Test for Evaluation of Valve

Stem Packing

599 Metal Plug Valves

600 Steel Gate Valves

608 Metal Ball Valves

620 Design & Construction of Large

Welded LP Tanks

650 Welded Steel Tanks for Oil

Storage

653 Tank Repair, Inspection, and

Alteration

610 Centrifugal Pumps

612 Steam Turbines

617 Centrifugal Compressors

673 Centrifugal Air Compressors

682 Shaft Sealing Systems for

Centrifugal and Rotary Pumps

687 Rotor Repair

541 FWSC Induction Motors

545 Lightning Protection for Storage

Tanks

552 Transmission Systems

526 Flanged Steel Pressure Relief

Valves

Meetings/Conferences: The Spring

Refining Meeting will be held May 7–9,

2001, in Atlanta, Georgia at the Hyatt

Regency Hotel. The Fall Refining

Meeting will be held September 24–26,

2001, in Los Angeles, California at the

Westin Bonaventure Hotel. Interested

parties may visit the API Events

calendar at http://www.api.org/events

for more information regarding

participation in these meetings.

For Further Information Contact:

David Miller, Standards and Training

Resource Group, email: miller@api.org.

Committee on Safety and Fire

Protection

2003 Venting Atmospheric and LowPressure Tanks

2015 Standard on Safe Entry and

Cleaning of Petroleum Storage Tanks

New (2016) Recommended Practice for

Safe Entry and Cleaning of Petroleum

Tanks

2023 Guide for Safe Storage of Asphalt

2027 Ignition Hazards

2028 Flame Arrestors for Piping

Systems

2216 Ignition Risks of Vapors

2350 Overfill Protection

For Further Information Contact:

David Soffrin, Standards and Training

Resource Group, email:

soffrind@api.org.

Committee on Petroleum Measurement

2.2C Calibration of Tanks by Optimal

Methods

7.0 Temperature Determination

8 Sampling, Parts 1–4

9.1 Hydrometer Test of Crude Oil

9.2 Pressure Hydrometer Test Method

for Density or Relative Density

9.3 TH Test Method for Density and

API Gravity of Crude

10.1 Determination of Sediment in

Crude Oil

10.3 Determination of Water and

Sediment in Crude Oil

10.5 Determination of Water in

Petroleum Products by Distillation

10.6 Determination of Water in

Petroleum Products by Centrifuge

10.6 Test for Water in Crude Oil by KF

Method

10.9 Test for Water in Crude Oil by

CKF Method

11.1 VCF, incorporating all Chapter

11.1 Volume I through Volume XIV,

11.2.1, 11.2.1M

New (11.2) Compressibility Factors

14.1 Natural Gas Sampling

15 SI Guidelines

19.1 Fixed Roof Tanks

19.3 Part D, Fugitive Emissions

Draft Standard of Measurement of

Crude Oil by Coriolis Meter

Meetings/Conferences: The Spring

Measurement Meeting will be held

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March 26–30, 2001, in San Antonio,

Texas at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The

Fall Measurement Meeting will be held

October 15–19, 2001, in Memphis,

Tennessee at the Peabody Hotel.

Interested parties may visit the API

Events calendar at http://www.api.org/

events for more information regarding

participation in these meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon

Noxon, Standards and Training

Resource Group, email: noxonj@api.org.

Committee on Exploration and

Production:

2B Offshore Tubulars

2C Offshore Cranes

2MT1 Carbon Manganese Steel Plates

5B Threading and Gauging

5CT Casing & Tubing

5L Line Pipe

6A Valves and Wellhead Equipment

6AF Capabilities of API Flanges

6D Pipeline Valves

6J Testing Elastomers

4F Drilling & Well Servicing

Equipment

7 Rotary Drill Stem Elements

7K Drilling Equipment

7L Inspection, Maintenance, Repair &

Remanufacture of Drilling Equipment

8A Drilling & Production Hoisting

Equipment

8B Inspection, Maintenance, Repair &

Remanufacture of Hoisting Equipment

8C Drilling & Production Hoisting

Equipment, PSL1/2

10A Well Cements

10D Casing Centralizers

New Packer Specification

11S4 Sizing & Selection of ESPIs

13A Drilling Fluid Materials

13B–2 Field Testing Oil-based Fluids

New (14FZ) Offshore Electrical

Systems/Zone Classification

14J Offshore Hazards Analysis

15HR High Pressure Pipe

15LE PE Pipe

15LR Low Pressure Pipe

16C Choke & Kill Systems

16D Control Systems

17A Design and Operation of Subsea

Production Systems

17B Flexible Pipe

17C TFL Systems

New (17F) Design and Operation of

Subsea Production Control Systems

17J Unbonded Flexible Pipe

New (17K) Bonded Flexible Pipe

59 Well Control Practices

64 Diverter Systems

T2 Training Personnel using OSAPE

Meetings/Conferences: The Summer

Standardization Measurement Meeting

will be held June 25–29, 2001, in

Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the Hyatt

Regency Hotel. Interested parties may

visit the API Events calendar at http://

www.api.org/events for more

information regarding participation in

this meeting.

For Further Information Contact:

Mike Spanhel, Standards and Training

Resource Group, email:

spanhel@api.org.

Dated: February 27, 2001.

Karen Brown,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 01–5381 Filed 3–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 00314073-1042-02; I.D.

022701G]

RIN 0648-ZA83

Fisheries Finance Program; Program

Notice

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Federal fisheries loan

availability

SUMMARY: The Fisheries Finance

Program (FFP) has a $23.7 million loan

authority in fiscal year 2001. NMFS now

accepts loan applications from qualified

applicants. Until April 1, 2001, NMFS

reserves all loan funds for certain

priority lending purposes. If any loan

funds remain unreserved after April 1,

2001, they are available for non-priority

lending purposes as well.

DATES: Effective March 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: (1) Applicants in the

Alaskan, Northwest, and Southwest

Regions: Kimberly Ott, Northwest

Financial Services Branch (F/SF23),

7600 Sand Point Way, NE (BIN C15700),

Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115;

(2) Applicants in the Northeast

Region: Leo Erwin, Northeast Financial

Services Branch (F/SF21), One

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930;

and

(3) Applicants in the Southeast

Region: Kell Freeman, Southeast

Financial Services Branch (F/SF22),

9721 Executive Center Drive North, St.

Petersburg, FL 33702.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael L. Grable, 301-713-2390, fax

301-713-1306, E-mail

Michael.Grable@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

(1) Notice purpose. The notice’s

purpose is to:

(a) Announce the availability of FFP

loans;

(b) Describe the FFP’s lending

purposes;

(c) Explain the amount of loan

authority available in fiscal year 2001;

(d) Establish the basis for selecting

backlogged loan applications for the $5

million FFP loan authority dedicated to

purchasing halibut and sablefish

individual fishing quota (IFQ);

(e) Establish priority lending purposes

for which NMFS until April 1, 2001,

reserves the $18.7 million nondedicated loan authority;

(f) Establish non-priority lending

purposes for which NMFS allows any of

the $18.7 million unreserved on and

after April 1, 2001 to be used; and

(g) Provide for a fiscal year 2002

waiting list for potential loan applicants

for whom sufficient fiscal year 2001

loan authority is unavailable.

(2) FFP description. The FFP is a

direct loan program under Title XI of

the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as

amended. Debt maturities can be up to

25 years, but not longer than the

financed property’s economically useful

life. Interest rates, which are fixed,

equal the U.S. Treasury’s borrowing cost

at the time the loan is funded plus 2

percent. There are no prepayment

penalties. Loans may equal 80 percent

of financed property’s depreciated cost,

and may generally be either original

financing or refinancing of existing

loans.

FFP loans generally require

experienced fisheries borrowers with

strong primary and secondary means of

repayment, including personal

guarantees.

FFP loans generally have longer

maturities and somewhat lower interest

rates than private fisheries credit. This

stretches the service of lower-cost FFP

debt over a longer repayment period

more consistent with cyclical fisheries

economics.

For further FFP details, see the FFP’s

operating rules at 50 CFR part 253,

subpart B.

(3) FFP lending purposes. These are

the FFP’s statutory lending purposes:

(a) Fishing vessel construction,

reconstruction, reconditioning, and

acquisition. The FFP rules, however,

prohibit loans that increase existing

harvesting capacity. FFP loans may not,

consequently, originally finance either

vessel construction or reconstruction

that increases vessel harvesting

capacity. Nevertheless, FFP loans

remain available for refinancing existing