January 6, 1994 (Volume 59)

Federal Register January 6, 1994

View all documents issued on January 6, 1994. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

126 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 6, 1994

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The recently passed North America Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act has amended the Rural Electrification Act's ``Buy American'' provision. Previously, the provision required borrowers, when using loan funds, to purchase only equipment that was...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare a Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statement to determine whether to authorize additional snowmaking capability and trail improvements at the Sugarbush South Ski Area as proposed by...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
We are amending the Federal Seed Act regulations to remove the origin staining requirements for seed of alfalfa and red clover grown in Mexico and imported into the United States. The removal of the requirements is necessary to make the regulations c...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
Notice Jan 06, 1994
We are amending a footnote in the honeybee and honeybee semen regulations that quotes the Honeybee Act, in order to conform the footnote to the Honeybee Act, as amended by the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.
Rule Jan 06, 1994
This final rule revises and clarifies a provision of the current regulation which requires a certified public accountant (CPA) to state whether an electric borrower has complied with certain provisions of its loan and security instruments. This final...
Rule Jan 06, 1994

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is today issuing a final rule which amends the implementing regulations for the Advanced Technology Program (ATP). A number of the revisions are required by the American Technology Preeminence...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
Notice Jan 06, 1994
In response to a request from the petitioner, Flowline Division of Markovitz Enterprises, Inc. (Flowline), the Department of Commerce (the Department) has conducted an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel but...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
Notice of receipt of application for an incidental take permit (P503L).
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Notice Jan 06, 1994
NMFS announces the 1994 fishery specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone and state waters off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California as authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisher...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
Notice Jan 06, 1994
NMFS announces an application period for individuals and other persons to apply for Quota Share (QS) under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program for Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries off Alaska. The IFQ program was developed under the auth...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a public meeting on January 12-13, 1994, at the King's Grant Inn, Route 128 at Trask Lane, Danvers, MA; telephone: (508) 774-6800. The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. on January 12 with i...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
This interim final rule amends the regulations governing the Pacific coast groundfish limited-entry fishery to: (1) Clarify distinctions between holders, owners, and lessees of limited-entry permits in the Pacific coast groundfish fishery by adding d...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
The Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management announces a public meeting on the proposed East Coast Florida National Estuarine Research Reserve. This meeting will be conducted pursuant to section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972,...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
This notice is effective December 23, 1993.
Notice Jan 06, 1994

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Sunshine Act Document Jan 06, 1994

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Competitiveness Policy Council

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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the Competitiveness Policy Council announces several forthcoming meetings.
Notice Jan 06, 1994

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Sunshine Act Document Jan 06, 1994

Education Department logo Education Department

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This amends the notice of a closed meeting of the Nominations Committee of the National Assessment Governing Board published on December 12, 1993 in Vol. 58, No. 247, page 68639. The place of the meeting is changed from Washington, DC to Denver, Colo...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
The Director, Information Resources Management Service, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980.
Notice Jan 06, 1994

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for comment draft, five-year retired unit exemptions to 11 utility units under the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR part 72).
Notice Jan 06, 1994
The EPA is taking action to approve the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission State II State Implementation Plan (SIP), which includes a SIP Supplement dated September 30, 1992, and Regulation V (31 TAC Section 115 Subchapter C: Volatile Org...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994
This notice announces the availability of the Agency's Report to Congress on Cement Kiln Dust, that is required by section 8002(o) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6982(o). The Report to Congress contains a detailed stu...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994
On October 22, 1993 (58 FR 54702), EPA published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would revise the National Contingency Plan (NCP) consistent with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA). The public comment period for t...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994
In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given that a proposed administrative cost re...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
This action changes the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) calculation regulations to conform to changes required by section 371 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1993, which specifies that costs to motor vehicle man...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
This notice announces the receipt of test data on refractory ceramic fibers (RCFs) (CAS No. 142844-00-6), submitted pursuant to a Testing Consent Order entered into under the authority of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Publication of this n...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
On September 3, 1991, the Regional Administrator for Region IX of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency disapproved certain water quality criteria contained in the Water Quality Control Plan for Salinity for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Jo...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Mexico; charter and tour bus operations (Memorandum of January 1, 1994)

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Memorandum of January 1, 1994
Presidential Document Jan 06, 1994

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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Extension of a currently approved collection.
Notice Jan 06, 1994
This action, in response to a request indicating good cause to extend the reply comment period filed by the Center for the Study of Commercialism, the Center for Media Education, the Consumer Federation of America, and the Office of Communication of...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Sunshine Act Document Jan 06, 1994

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds for interlocking directorates required by the 1990 amendment of section 8 of the Clayton Act. Section 8 prohibits, with certain exceptions, one person from serving as a director or officer...
Notice Jan 06, 1994

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Deputy Commissioner for Operations of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is denying a request for a hearing and issuing a final order under section 306(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) (21 U.S.C. 335a(a)) permanently d...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
HHS, SSA
We are extending the date on which parts A and B of the cardiovascular system listings, found in appendix 1 of part 404, subpart P, will no longer be effective from January 6, 1994, to February 15, 1994. We have made no revisions in the medical crite...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
In accordance with section 13564(b)(1) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, this final notice with comment period provides that the payment add-on for the administrative and general costs of hospital-based home health agencies (HHAs) is...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
This rule issues technical amendments to Medicare regulations intended to simplify and improve our system for evaluating the performance of fiscal intermediaries and carriers in the administration of the Medicare program. Currently, we evaluate inter...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
We propose to revise the definition of end-stage renal disease to reflect that more than one dialysis treatment is required for there to be a ``regular course of dialysis'' and to require that generally accepted diagnostic criteria and laboratory fin...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994
This final notice with comment period provides that there will be no changes in the skilled nursing facility (SNF) cost limits for cost reporting periods beginning during Federal fiscal years 1994 and 1995 and that the add-on for administrative and g...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
This notice would establish special payment limits for standard home blood glucose monitors, identified as code E0607 of the HCFA Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). This proposed notice is intended to prevent excessive payment for these items. C...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
This rule amends certain personnel requirements for cytotechnologists that perform testing in laboratories subject to the requirements of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). We are providing an adequate period of time for i...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a proposed guideline entitled ``Microbiological Testing of Antimicrobial Drug Residues in Food'' prepared by the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) regarding the tests require...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
Notice Jan 06, 1994

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Passenger Vessel Safety Act of 1993 (the Act) clarifies the criteria which determine when vessels are required to be certificated by the Coast Guard for passenger carriage. To accomplish this, the Act, among other things, redefines the terms ``pa...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone on the Youghiogheny River from mile 0.8 to mile 1.8. This regulation is needed to control vessel traffic in the regulated area during demolition of the main span of a bridge at mile 1.3. This regulation w...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
This rulemaking establishes a 500 meter safety zone around the structure at the Chevron #1 Well on Destin Dome #97. The overall impact of these regulations will be to promote the safety of lives and property on the structure, its appurtenances and at...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone on the Upper Mississippi River. This regulation is needed to control vessel traffic in the regulated area to provide safe working conditions and navigation within the affected area. The regulation will pr...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
A special local regulation is being adopted for the Operation Anzio Reenactment training exercise which the U.S. Army will hold on the Ohio River near Fort Knox, Kentucky on January 20-22, 1994. This regulation is needed to control vessel traffic in...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
The Coast Guard is considering whether to undertake rulemaking to develop standards for vessel rebuild determinations. In order to help it determine whether rulemaking is needed and the scope of the issues involved, the Coast Guard conducted a public...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability for public review of four draft recovery plans for the following species: The Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli) and cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola),...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces a 1- year finding on a petition to list the longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Service determines that the petitioned action i...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes threatened status for the Sacramento splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Sacramento splittail occur in Suisun Bay and the San...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) revises its proposed designation of critical habitat for the delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) originally published on October 3, 1991, concurrently with the proposal to list the species, pursuant to the E...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994
The Federal Geographic Data Committee has organized a Framework Working Group to gather information for and create the structure for a national geospatial data framework for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. The purpose of the meeting is to r...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
Members of the public are hereby invited to participate with Farrell-Cooper Mining Company on a pro rata cost sharing basis, in a program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America. The lands are located in LeFlore Cou...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
Members of the public are hereby invited to participate with Farrell-Cooper Mining Company on a pro rata cost sharing basis, in a program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America. The lands are located in Le Flore Co...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
Members of the public are hereby invited to participate with Farrell-Cooper Mining Company on a pro rata cost sharing basis, in a program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America. The lands are located in LeFlore Cou...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
The purpose of this exchange is to acquire non-Federal lands in the Three Rivers area with important scenic, riparian, and access values. This exchange will consolidate the Bureau lands and reduce the number of scattered, isolated Bureau tracts that...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
To protect significant natural resources, a seasonal road closure is in effect each year from March 1-July 31.
Notice Jan 06, 1994
This proposed rule would revise Onshore Oil and Gas Order No. 5 under 43 CFR 3164.1, originally issued February 24, 1989 (54 FR 8100), and made effective March 27, 1989, for new facilities, August 23, 1989, for existing facilities measuring 200 thous...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994
The temporary 2-year segregation of a proposed withdrawal of 1,262.45 acres of public land to protect the Santa Margarita Ecological Preserve expires on January 17, 1994, and the land will be opened to mining. It has been and remains open to mineral...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, proposes to withdraw approximately 3,333 acres of National Forest System land for 50 years to protect recreational resources and existing and planned facilities of the Aspen Highlands Ski Area. This...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
The National Park Service is extending the public comment period for the Willow Beach Development Concept Plan Amendment, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, to February 4, 1994. The availability of this document was announced in the November 5, 1993...
Notice Jan 06, 1994

Interstate Commerce Commission logo Interstate Commerce Commission

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice Jan 06, 1994
The Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is issuing this final rule to temporarily place 4- bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) pursuant to the emergency scheduling pro...
Rule Jan 06, 1994

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) of the Department of Labor (DOL or Department) are publishing final regulations governing the filing and enforcement of a...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
The Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations was established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Public Law 92-463. Pursuant to section 10(a) of FACA, this is to announce that the Commission will meet at the ti...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
This document contains a final rule amending the regulations on trade adjustment assistance for workers which implement the 1988 Amendments to the Trade Act of 1974 as contained in the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. This action will u...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
This notice announces the application of Wyle Laboratories for recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under 29 CFR 1910.7, and presents the Agency's preliminary finding.
Notice Jan 06, 1994

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

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Sunshine Act Document Jan 06, 1994

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Management and Budget Office

Title Type Published
This document contains a correction to the notice of rescission of OMB Circular No. A-120, Guidelines for the Use of Advisory and Assistance Services, which was published Thursday, December 2, 1993 (58 FR 63593). The Transmittal Memorandum No. 1 was...
Notice Jan 06, 1994

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National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

No documents available.

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Title Type Published
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has sent to OMB the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), as amended by Public Law 99-591. Requests for informatio...
Notice Jan 06, 1994

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
The purposes of this notice is to announce the initiation of a review to consider whether Belarus satisfies criteria for designation as a beneficiary developing country under the GSP program, and to solicit public comment relating to the designation...
Notice Jan 06, 1994

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This action corrects errors in the airspace designation of the Columbus Golden Triangle, MS Class E airspace area published in final rules on October 25, 1993 (58 FR 54953), Airspace Docket No. 93-ASO-17 and (58 FR 54954), Airspace Docket No. 93-ASO-...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
Notice Jan 06, 1994
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the Noise Compatibility Program submitted by the county of San Joaquin, Stockton, California, under the provisions of title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (...
Notice Jan 06, 1994
This document contains corrections to the final rule published on December 10, 1993. This final rule established Class D airspace at Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii, effective January 10, 1994. This correcti...
Rule Jan 06, 1994
This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace (Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the earth) at Oconto Municipal Airport, Oconto, WI, to accommodate Nondirectional Beacon (NDB) Runway 29 Standard I...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994
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This notice proposes special conditions for the Pratt & Whitney (PW) Model(s) PW4073 and PW4048 turbofan engines. The applicable regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for the protection of these systems from medium and l...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994
This notice proposes special conditions for the Rolls-Royce Aircraft Engines Model(s) RB211-Trent-875-17/-877-17/-884-17 Turbofan Engines. The applicable regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for the protection of these...
Proposed Rule Jan 06, 1994
This document publishes the final data on passenger motor vehicle thefts that occurred in calendar years 1990-1991. As provided in the Anti Car Theft Act of 1992, these data were used to determine the theft rates for existing passenger motor vehicle...
Notice Jan 06, 1994

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

U
United States Information Agency

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to the regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that govern the evaluation of diseases of the ear and systemic conditions. These corrections are required in order to amend editorial errors in those reg...
Rule Jan 06, 1994

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