This document contains a final regulation revising the minimum requirements for benefit claims procedures of employee benefit plans covered by Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act). The regulation establishes new standards for the processing of claims under group health plans and plans providing

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Treasury Department

This document contains a final rule amending the regulations governing the content of the Summary Plan Description (SPD) required to be furnished to employee benefit plan participants and beneficiaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). These amendments implement information disclosure recommendations of

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Treasury Department

HUD is amending Interpretative Bulletin J-1-76 to remove a paragraph that references an expiration date applicable to one part of the Interpretative Bulletin. After that date the part of the Interpretative Bulletin that permits tires used to transport manufactured homes to be loaded to a maximum of 18 percent above their rated load capacity would

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT : Treasury Department

The FMCSA delays the termination date of the rule allowing the overloading of certain tires. Currently, tires used for the transportation of manufactured homes may be loaded up to 18 percent over the load rating marked on the sidewall of the tires, or in the absence of such a marking, 18 percent above the load rating specified in publications of

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Treasury Department

This rule changes the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to permit a new CDBG grantee without a consolidated plan to be reimbursed for costs for activities related to the development and preparation of its first consolidated plan, and to permit homeownership activities, to the extent authorized by statute, to be funded in connection

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT : Treasury Department

This rule finalizes a proposed rule published February 29, 2000, amending Food Stamp Program (Program) regulations to implement several provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), and subsequent amendments to these provisions made by the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1996 (OCAA),

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Treasury Department

November 15, 2000.

The Department of Treasury has submitted the following public information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Treasury Department

November 13, 2000.

The Department of Treasury has submitted the following public information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Treasury Department

The Department of the Treasury is amending its Privacy Act exemption rules that were first published on October 2, 1975, to consolidate the regulations issued pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j) and (k) which exempt one or more systems of records established on behalf of each bureau by the Department.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Treasury Department

The following Agreements were filed with the Department of Transportation under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Sections 412 and 414. Answers may be filed within 21 days after the filing of the application.

Docket Number: OST20008265.

Date Filed: November 8, 2000.

Parties: Members of the

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The United States Trade Representative has determined that Guyana is making substantial progress toward implementing and following the customs procedures required by the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act and, therefore, imports of eligible products from Guyana qualify for the enhanced trade benefits provided under the Act.

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE : Trade Representative, Office of United States

On November 1, 2000, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) filed with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to abandon a portion of its line of railroad in the Central Region, known as its Allegheny Division, Ohio River Subdivision, extending

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

Kern Valley Railroad Company (KVR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire the railroad lines and other assets (line) of Trinidad Railway, Inc. (TRI) and has agreed to assume TRI's common carrier railroad obligations pending the line's abandonment.\1\ The line extends from

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

Kern W. Schumacher and Morris H. Kulmer, individuals (collectively applicants), have filed a verified notice of exemption to continue in control of the Kern Valley Railroad Company (KVR), upon KVR's becoming a Class III railroad.

The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after November 13, 2000.

This

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company (GTW) have agreed to grant limited overhead trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) between: (1) A point near GTW's milepost 8.6 near 49th Street and Central Park in Chicago, IL, where GTW and BNSF connect, and a point near

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

This notice corrects the notice: Social Security AdministrationStatement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority, published in the Federal Register on September 26, 1997 (62 FR 50649).

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION : Social Security Administration

The Small Business Administration Region VI Houston District Advisory Council, located in the geographical area of Houston, Texas, will hold a public meeting at 11:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 12, 2000, at Chase's Conference Room (Mezzanine level), 707 Travis Road, Houston, TX 77002, to discuss such matters as

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION : Small Business Administration

Genesee County and the contiguous counties of Lapeer, Livingston, Oakland, Saginaw, Shiawassee, and Tuscola in the State of Michigan constitute a disaster area due to damages caused by heavy rains and flooding that occurred on September 2223, 2000. Applications for loans for physical damage as a result of this disaster may be

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION : Small Business Administration

This notice announces the Small Business Administration's (``SBA'') intention to sell approximately 19,200 secured and unsecured business and disaster assistance loans, (collectively referred to as the ``Loans''). This is SBA's third sale in its Asset Sales Program and the second sale that includes disaster assistance loans, which includes both

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION : Small Business Administration

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new, and/or currently approved information collection.

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION : Small Business Administration

November 15, 2000.

Nexen Inc. (formerly Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd.), which is organized under the laws of Canada (``Company''), has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission''), pursuant to Section 12(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 12d22(d)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Securities and Exchange Commission

November 14, 2000.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''), 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1), notice is hereby given that on November 3, 2000, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (``Phlx'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the amended

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Securities and Exchange Commission

November 9, 2000.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that on November 3, 2000, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (``Phlx'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Securities and Exchange Commission

November 9, 2000.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that on July 12, 2000, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (``Phlx'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Securities and Exchange Commission

November 13, 2000

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that on October 25, 2000, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (``Phlx'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Securities and Exchange Commission