[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14453-14455]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

  The following communications were laid before the Senate, together 
with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, which were referred 
as indicated:

       EC-9745. A communication from the Executive Director of the 
     Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
     Disabled, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     additions to the procurement list received on July 11, 2000; 
     to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9746. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management (Workforce Compensation and Performance 
     Service), transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); Guam 
     and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands'' 
     (RIN3206-AJ15) received on July 11, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9747. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management (Workforce Compensation and Performance 
     Service), transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); 
     Honolulu, HI'' (RIN3206-AI38) received on July 11, 2000; to 
     the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9748. A communication from the Executive Director of the 
     Japan-US Friendship Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report relative to the Federal Activities Reform Act 
     of 1998; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9749. A communication from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report relative to the 
     Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act for fiscal year 
     1999; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9750. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Prevailing Rate Systems; 
     Abolishment of the Franklin, PA, Nonappropriated Fund Wage 
     Area'' (RIN3206-AJ00) received on July 12, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9751. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Prevailing Rate Systems; 
     Abolishment of the Lebanon, PA, Nonappropriated Fund Wage 
     Area'' (RIN3206-AJ01) received on July 12, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9752. A communication from the Director of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the Report of the Inspector General, and the report on audit 
     resolution and management both for the period of October 1, 
     1999 through March 31, 2000; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-9753. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management (Workforce Compensations and Performance 
     Service), transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Final Regulations on Sick Leave for Family Care 
     Purposes'' (RIN3206-AJ76) received on June 21, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9754. A communication from the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of the Inspector General for the period of 
     October 1, 1999 through March 31, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9755. A communication from the Office of Special 
     Counsel, transmitting, pursuant

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     to law, the annual report for fiscal year 1999; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9756. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the reports of the 
     Inspector General prepared by the Treasury's Office of 
     Inspector General and by the Treasury Inspector General for 
     Tax Administration for the period October 1, 1999 through 
     March 31, 2000; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9757. A communication from the Secretary of Education, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the Inspector 
     General for the period October 1, 1999 through March 31, 
     2000; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9758. A communication from the Secretary of Energy, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the Inspector 
     General for the period October 1, 1999 through March 31, 
     2000; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9759. A communication from the Executive Director of the 
     Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Disabled, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of additions to the 
     procurement list received on June 24, 2000; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9760. A communication from the Deputy Archivist, Policy 
     and Planning Staff, National Archives and Records 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``John F. Kennedy Assassination Records 
     Collection Rules'' (RIN3095-AB00) received on June 27, 2000; 
     to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9761. A communication from the Deputy Associate 
     Administrator for Acquisition Policy, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``General Services Administration Acquisition 
     Regulation; Part 525 Rewrite, Payment Information, and 
     Clarification of Provisions and Clauses Applicable to 
     Contract Actions Under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act'' 
     (RIN3090-AH22) received June 28, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9762. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management (Office of the General Counsel), 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Procedures for Settling Claims'' (RIN3206-AJ13) received on 
     June 29, 2000; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9763. A communication from the Executive Director of the 
     Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Disabled, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of additions to the 
     procurement list received on June 29, 2000; to the Committee 
     on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9764. A communication from the Public Printer, 
     Government Printing Office, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of the Inspector General for the period October 1, 
     1999 through March 31, 2000; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-9765. A communication from the Chief Financial Officer 
     and Plan Administrator, First South production Credit 
     Association, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report for 
     the pension plan for calendar year 1999; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9766. A communication from the Deputy Director of the 
     Support Personal and Family Readiness Division, Department of 
     the Navy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report relative 
     to the retirement plan for civilian employees of the United 
     States Marine Corps personal; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9767. A communication from the Inspector General, 
     General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the audit report register of the Office of the Inspector 
     General for the period October 1, 1999 through March 31, 
     2000; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9768. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Interior (Policy, Management and Budget and Chief 
     Financial Officer), transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     on accountability for fiscal year 1999; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9769. A communication from the Secretary of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     the Inspector General for the period October 1, 1999 through 
     March 31, 2000; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9770. A communication from the Chief Operating Officer/
     President of the Resolution Funding Corporation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the financial 
     statements and other reports for calendar years 1998 and 
     1999; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9771. A communication from the General Counsel, Cost 
     Accounting Standards Board, Office of Management and Budget, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Cost Accounting Standards; Applicability, Thresholds and 
     Waiver of Cost Accounting Standards Coverage; Final Rule'' 
     received on June 30, 2000; to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-9772. A communication from the General Counsel, Cost 
     Accounting Standards Board, Office of Management and Budget, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Cost Accounting Standards Board; Changes in Cost Accounting 
     Practices; Final Rule'' received on June 30, 2000 ; to the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9773. A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the Inspector 
     General for the period October 1, 1999 through March 31, 
     2000; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9774. A communication from the Office of the Chairman of 
     the Postal Rate Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report relative to international mail volumes, costs, and 
     revenues, for fiscal year 1999; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9775. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; VOC Regulation for Large 
     Commercial Bakeries'' (FRL6709-5) received on June 21, 2000; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9776. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of one item entitled ``Guidance for Refining Anticipated 
     Residue Estimates for Use in Acute Dietary Probabilistic Risk 
     Assessment'' received on June 21, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9777. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of three rules entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans: Oregon'' (FRL6714-7), ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plan: Indiana'' (FRL6702-2), 
     and ``OMB Approvals Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; 
     Technical Amendments'' (FRL6067-7) received on June 21, 2000; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9778. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, the report of two items 
     entitled ``Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act 
     Session 313 Reporting Guidance for the Printing, Publishing, 
     and Packaging Industry'' and ``Emergency Planning and 
     Community Right-To-Know Act Session 313 Reporting Guidance 
     for the Textile Processing Industry'' received on June 23, 
     2000; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9779. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of two rules entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Georgia Update to Materials 
     Incorporated by Reference'' (FRL6720-4) and ``Phosphoric 
     Acid; Community Right-To-Know Toxic Chemical Release 
     Reporting'' (FRL6591-5) received on June 23, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9780. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of eight rules entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Revised Format for Materials 
     being Incorporated by Reference; Approval of Recodification 
     of the Virginia Administrative Code; Correction'' (FRL6726-
     4), ``Change of Official EPA Mailing Address; Technical 
     Correction; Final Rule'' (FRL6487-4) , ``National Oil and 
     Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National 
     Priorities List'' (FRL6727-2), ``National Primary and 
     Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytical Methods for 
     Chemical and Microbiological Contaminants and Revisions to 
     Laboratory Certification Requirements; Technical Correction: 
     (FRL6726-2), ``National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: 
     Public Notification Rule'' (FRL6726-1), ``OMB Approval 
     Numbers for the Primacy Rule Under the Paperwork Reduction 
     Act and Clarification of OMB Approval for the Consumer 
     Confidence Report Rule'' (FRL6726-3), ``Preliminary 
     Assessment Information Reporting; Addition of Certain 
     Chemicals'' (FRL6589-1), and ``Protection of Stratospheric 
     Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for Calendar 
     Year 2000: Allocations for Metered-Dose Inhalers and the 
     Space Shuttle and Titan Rockets'' (FRL6726-5) received on 
     June 28, 2000; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-9781. A communication from the Administrator of the 
     General Services Administration, transmitting, the report of 
     lease prospectuses relative to the Capital Investment Leasing 
     Program for fiscal year 2001; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-9782. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, a notice entitled ``A Guide 
     for Ship Scrappers: Tips for Regulatory Compliance"; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9783. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, the report of three items 
     entitled ``Final Understanding and Accounting for Method 
     Variability in Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Applications 
     Under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
     Program'', ``Protocol for Developing Nutrient TMDLs'', and 
     ``Protocol

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     for Developing Sediment TDMLs: First Edition'' received on 
     July 5, 2000; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-9784. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of four rules entitled ``National Estuary Program fiscal year 
     2000 Budget and Funding--Requirements for Grants'', ``Texas: 
     Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management 
     Program Revisions'' (FRL6730-8), ``Delaware: Final 
     Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program 
     Revision'' (FRL6732-8), and ``Finding of Failure to Submit a 
     Required State Implementation Plan for Carbon Monoxide; 
     Anchorage, Alaska'' received on July 5, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9785. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and 
     Vermont; Aerospace Negative Declarations'' (FRL6727-9) 
     received on July 7, 2000; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-9786. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Rescinding Findings That the One hour 
     Ozone Standard No Longer Applies in Certain Areas'' (FRL6733-
     3) , and ``Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for 
     Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Control of Emissions 
     from Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI) 
     of State of Kansas'' (FRL6733-9) received on July 7, 2000; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9787. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, a notice entitled ``Approval 
     and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
     Pennsylvania; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule'' (FRL6719-7) 
     July 7, 2000; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-9788. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, a notice entitled 
     ``Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act Section 
     313 Reporting Guidance for Rubber and Plastics 
     Manufacturing'' received on July 7, 2000; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9789. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, a notice entitled 
     ``Expediting Requests for Prospective Purchaser Agreements'' 
     received on July 11, 2000; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-9790. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Additional Flexibility Amendments to 
     Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Program requirements; 
     Amendments to Final Rule'' (FRL6735-1) received on July 11, 
     2000; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9791. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Regulatory Management and Information, Environmental 
     Protection Agency, transmitting, purusant to law, the report 
     of a rule entitled ``Revisions to the Water Quality Planning 
     and Management Regulation and Revisions to the National 
     Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program in Support of 
     Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management 
     Regulation'' (FRL6733-2) received on July 11, 2000; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9792. A communication from the General Counsel, Office 
     of Management and Budget, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to two vacancies in the Office of Management 
     and Budget; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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