February 16, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register February 16, 1996

View all documents issued on February 16, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

118 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 16, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In response to the need for advice on concentration and vertical integration in the agricultural sector, the Secretary of Agriculture has decided to establish an advisory committee on agricultural concentration. The purpose of the committee is to pro...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Nu Way Flume and Equipment Company of Delta, Colorado, an exclusive license for U.S. Patent Number 5,156,489 (U.S. Patent application S...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS closes the commercial run-around gillnet fishery for king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Florida west coast sub-zone. This closure is necessary to protect the overfished Gulf king mackerel resource.
Rule Feb 16, 1996
Notice is hereby given that Dr. Brent S. Stewart, Hubbs Sea World Research Institute, 2595 Ingraham St., San Diego, CA 92109, has been issued a permit to take two species of marine mammals for purposes of scientific research.
Notice Feb 16, 1996
NMFS issues this notice that the New England Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery (FMP) for Secretarial review and is requesting comments from the public....
Proposed Rule Feb 16, 1996

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds to the Procurement List a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Feb 16, 1996
This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Feb 16, 1996

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The EPA has made two proposed determinations that reductions in expenditures of non-Federal funds for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) in San Francisco, California are a result of non-selective reductions in expenditures. These d...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The U.S. EPA has made a proposed determination that a reduction in expenditures of non-Federal funds for the Pima County, Arizona, Department of Environmental Quality (PDEQ) in Tucson, Arizona is a result of a non-selective reduction in expenditures....
Notice Feb 16, 1996
On April 14, 1995, the Governor of New Mexico submitted a request for redesignation to attainment for the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County carbon monoxide (CO) nonattainment area. This request included a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) f...
Proposed Rule Feb 16, 1996
EPA is approving revisions to the South Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on March 3, 1995, by the State of South Carolina, through the South Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources. These revisions involve R...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
On March 3, 1995, the State of South Carolina, through the South Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, submitted revisions to the South Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions involve R.61-62.5 Standard N...
Proposed Rule Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996
EPA, Region 4, announces the deletion of the Flowood Site from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), which EPA promulgated pur...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice is hereby given that the State of Nebraska is revising its approved State Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program. Nebraska has adopted regulations for the (1) synthetic organic chemicals and inorganic chemicals (Phase II), that corresp...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
EPA invites public comment on today's proposal to approve the state of Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) request for delegation of authority to implement and enforce state-adopted hazardous air pollutant regulations which adopt by reference...
Proposed Rule Feb 16, 1996
EPA intends to hold public meetings to solicit feedback from workers, owners, and all other interested individuals and groups on regulations designed to protect the health of 3.5 million agricultural workers from pesticide exposure. The meetings will...
Notice Feb 16, 1996

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``FNPRM'') requests comment on wiring issues concerning loop-through wiring and the right of persons other than the subscriber to purchase cable home wiring. The FNPRM will assist the Commission in devising...
Proposed Rule Feb 16, 1996
The First Order on Reconsideration denies petitions for reconsideration of the Commission's cable home wiring rules, except to specify the procedure a cable operator must follow when a subscriber terminates cable service. This order will facilitate c...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
In this Notice of Proposed Rule Making (``Notice''), we propose that broadband Commercial Mobile Radio Service (``CMRS'') (``broadband CMRS'') providers be authorized to offer fixed wireless local loop service. We also solicit comment on whether othe...
Proposed Rule Feb 16, 1996
In this Notice of Proposed Rule Making in WT Docket No. 96-18 and PP Docket No. 93-253 (Notice), the Commission proposes to implement geographic licensing for paging services to streamline licensing procedures for Common Carrier Paging (CCP) and Priv...
Proposed Rule Feb 16, 1996
In this Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (Second Further Notice) in PR Docket No. 93-144, the Commission seeks comment on disaggregation of channel blocks and partitioning on the upper 200 channels of 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio (SM...
Proposed Rule Feb 16, 1996
In this First Report and Order in PR Docket No. 93-144, and Eighth Report and Order in PP Docket No. 93-253, the Commission adopts final service and competitive bidding rules for the ``upper 10 MHz block'' of 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) sp...
Rule Feb 16, 1996

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is amending its regulation on the reporting of known or suspected criminal and suspicious activities by insured state nonmember banks. This final rule streamlines reporting requirements by providing th...
Rule Feb 16, 1996

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission has revised its document entitled ``Computerized Magnetic Media Requirements for Title 26 Candidates/ Committees Receiving Federal Funding'' (``CMMR''). The CMMR sets forth technical standards designed to ensure the compatibility of ma...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
On February 1, 1996, several technical amendments were published in the Federal Register conforming the Commission's regulations to a recent amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (``FECA''). The Commission today is publis...
Rule Feb 16, 1996

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) hereby gives notice that it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a reque...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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The General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) is amended to implement Items I and III of Federal Acquisition Circular 90-32 which amended the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the portions of the Federal Acquisitio...
Rule Feb 16, 1996

Government Accountability Office logo Government Accountability Office

Title Type Published
The United States General Accounting Office has submitted its compliance report covering reports and presidential orders issued during the session of Congress ending on January 3, 1996, to the President of the United States, the President of the Sena...
Notice Feb 16, 1996

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend the investigational new drug regulation that provides for disqualification of clinical investigators for submitting false information. It has come to the agency's attention that, as written...
Proposed Rule Feb 16, 1996
Notice.
Notice Feb 16, 1996
This final rule revises existing regulations which govern various Public Health Service (PHS) health professions, nursing, and allied health training grant, scholarship, traineeship, and loan programs. The affected regulations are amended primarily b...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard announces the completion and availability of the Prevention Through People (PTP) Quality Action Team (QAT) report.
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The Coast Guard will hold a public hearing to receive comments on proposals to establish security and safety zones during the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games to be held in the Savannah, Georgia area. The Coast Guard believes these security and safety z...
Proposed Rule Feb 16, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Feb 16, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Ms. Suzanne Gasque and Ms. Jewel Felkel (Applicants) have applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. The proposed permit would a...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The following described lands have been examined and found suitable for classification for recreation and public purposes under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (R&PP) of June 14, 1926, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et. seq.). The...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The private land described in this notice, aggregating 141.00 acres, is segregated and made unavailable for filings under the general mining laws and the mineral leasing laws to determine its suitability for conveyance of the reserved mineral interes...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice of receipt of application.
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice is hereby given that Region 1 of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has issued the following recovery permits for take or interstate commerce of endangered species under section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (A...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public and interested State and local government officials of the filing of Plats of Survey in Nevada.
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice is hereby given that two BLM administered access roads located in Grant County, Oregon, one within Township 13 South, Range 26 East, Sections 3, 4, 9, 17, 20 and 28 and another within Township 13 South, Range 26 East, Section 24, NW\1/4\ are closed seasonally to motorized vehicles from December 1 to April 50.
Notice Feb 16, 1996
This notice announces that the Secretary of the Interior has established the Green River Basin Advisory Committee (GRBAC). The first meeting of the Committee will be held in Rock Springs, Wyoming, on March 7-8, 1996, and will be open to the public. T...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The Service announces the dates and locations of the 1996 Federal Duck Stamp Contest; the public is invited to attend.
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice of the initial Intent to Plan was published in the Federal Register (61FR1394) on Friday, January 19, 1996. This Notice amends the planning area and extends the public scoping comment period. On November 9, 1995, Spring Creek Coal Company file...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The following public lands in Lemhi County, Idaho have been found suitable for lease to Idaho Department of Aeronautics for airport purposes under the Act of May 24, 1928, as amended.
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Eureka County has made application to purchase 80 acres of Bureau administered lands which are currently under an R&PP lease for use as a sewage treatment facility. The original 40 acres in the application were classified for lease or sale in 1979. T...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The following described public lands in Las Vegas and Henderson, Clark County, Nevada have been examined and found suitable for lease/conveyance for recreational or public purposes under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as am...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The below listed public land in Lund, White Pine County, Nevada has been examined and found suitable for sale utilizing non- competitive procedures, at not less than the fair market value. Authority for the sale is Section 203 and Section 209 of the...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The following lands in Cochise County, Arizona have been found suitable for disposal under section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 USC 1713). The land will not be offered for sale until at least 60 days af...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
San Diego's Water Repurification Project involves the further treatment of about 20 million gallons per day of tertiary treated reclaimed water and transportation of this water to the City of San Diego's San Vicente Reservoir. Treatment of this water...
Notice Feb 16, 1996

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice Feb 16, 1996

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) final regulations implementing the affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (38 U.S.C....
Rule Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996

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National Transportation Safety Board

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposes to amend NRC Source Material License SUA-1548 to allow the licensee, Rio Algom Mining Corp. (Rio Algom), to employ deep well disposal of process waste waters at its Smith Ranch in-situ leach facil...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Inter-dealer transactions in Phase I, institutional customer transactions in Phase II,\4\ and retail customer transactions in Phase III. The time-of-trade would be added to the surveillance database after initial implementation of Phase I and also would be included as transaction data in subsequent phases. Phase IV is the Board's plan ultimately to improve the public reporting of transaction data by capturing and reporting trade data intra-day, rather than reporting it on the following business day.
Notice Feb 16, 1996
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Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice of Application for Deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice of Application for Deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
Notice Feb 16, 1996

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Selective Service System

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
The Small Business Administration requests ideas, suggestions and information as to the most efficient method of handling the servicing and collection functions of its Disaster Home Loan Program at a cost consistent with or below existing levels. Thi...
Notice Feb 16, 1996

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
This rule would amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by establishing an exemption for the temporary export of cryptographic products for personal use. The effect of the change would be to ease the burden on U.S. citizens and law...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
This document corrects the final rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 1996 [61 FR 1523] which promulgates changes to the regulations implementing the Diversity Immigrant Program provided for in INA 201(a)(3), 201(e), 203(c), and 204(...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Title Type Published
Tennessee Valley Authority is issuing regulations, as required by the ``Prohibition of Cigarette Sales to Minors in Federal Buildings and Lands Act,'' to prohibit the vending machine sale of, or the free distribution of, tobacco products on TVA prope...
Rule Feb 16, 1996

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This final rule implements section 1048 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), which amends the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Buy America requirements, and makes other amendments intended to update and clari...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
This notice announces the decision by NHTSA that 1992 Lincoln Mark VII passenger cars not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation into the United States because they ar...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
This notice announces the decision by NHTSA that 1994 Mercedes-Benz SL280 passenger cars not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation into the United States because they...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996
This document concludes a rulemaking proceeding begun in response to a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA). It amends Standard No. 121, Air Brake Systems, to require the automatic activation of the...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Chico Municipal Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to use revenue from a PFC at Modesto City-County Harry Sham Field Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
This notice grants in full the petition of BMW of North America, Inc., (BMW) for an exemption of a high-theft line, the Carline 5, from the parts-marking requirements of the Federal motor vehicle theft prevention standard. This petition is granted be...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 16, 1996
Notice Feb 16, 1996
This document makes two corrections to the document published in the Federal Register which set forth interim regulations establishing procedural and other requirements that apply to the collection, waiver and reduction of duties under the duty-defer...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is amending its regulations that require savings associations and service corporations to file criminal referral and suspicious transaction reports. This final rule streamlines reporting requirements by providin...
Rule Feb 16, 1996
The purpose of this final rule is to amend the general regulations governing book-entry Treasury securities, which apply to investors in the TREASURY DIRECT system, to require the Bureau of the Public Debt to send prenotification messages when an inv...
Rule Feb 16, 1996

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United States Information Agency

Title Type Published
A meeting of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy will be held on February 21 in Room 600, 301 4th Street SW., Washington, DC from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. At 10:00 a.m. the Commission will hold a panel discussion on the following: (1) h...
Notice Feb 16, 1996

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