February 20, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register February 20, 1996

View all documents issued on February 20, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

119 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 20, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This rule deletes the Agencies' regulation that implemented OMB Circular A-95 concerning review, evaluation, and coordination of projects. OMB Circular A-95 was revoked in compliance with Executive Order 12372.
Rule Feb 20, 1996
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment and a finding of no significant impact for a program to eradicate the boll weevil in the South Texas/Wintergarden area. The enviro...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
Import Regulation 1, Revision 7 (``Revision 7'') governs the administration of the import licensing system for certain dairy products. A license qualifies imports of certain dairy products for entry at the in-quota tariff rates established in the Har...
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This interim final rule authorizes expenses and establishes an assessment rate for the California Olive Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 932 for the 1996 fiscal year. The Committee is responsible for local administration of the marketi...
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This proposed rule would change the end of the regulatory period for onions grown in South Texas under Marketing Order 959 from June 15 to June 4 of each year. Terminating the handling regulation on June 4 would relieve restrictions on handlers who s...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996
The USDA Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to disclose the potential environmental effects of noxious weed treatment on the Priest Lake Ranger District. Treatment sites would be at various locations across the distri...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule which reduced the production cap for the 1996 Raisin Diversion Program (RDP) for Natural (sun-dried) Seedless raisins. The...
Rule Feb 20, 1996
This emergency final decision would amend the Federal marketing order for spearmint oil produced in the Far West (Order). The amendment was proposed by the Department of Agriculture (Department). The proposed amendment would remove from the regulated...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996

Assassination Records Review Board logo Assassination Records Review Board

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The Assassination Records Review Board (Review Board) met in a closed meeting on January 30-31, 1996, and made formal determinations on the release of records under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act)....
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS amends the Fishermen's Contingency Fund (FCF) regulations for purposes of clarification and simplification in accordance with the President's Regulatory Reform Initiative.
Rule Feb 20, 1996
NMFS is closing the directed fishery for Atka mackerel in the Eastern Aleutian District and Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the specification of Atka mack...
Rule Feb 20, 1996
NMFS requests comments on this advance notice of proposed rulemaking. If these proposed regulations were implemented, they would require operators of processor vessels participating in the pollock fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and the Bering...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Gulf of Maine Aquaculture-Pinniped Interaction Task Force (Task Force) was established to advise NMFS of issues and problems regarding pinnipeds interacting in a dangerous or damaging ma...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with January anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we...
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Notice is hereby given that Mr. Craig O. Matkin, North Gulf Oceanic Society, P.O. Box 15244, Homer, Alaska 99603, has requested a modification to Permit No. 840.
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In response to a request from Taikei Industries Co., Ltd. (Taikei) and Daido Steel Co., Ltd. (Daido), the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe and t...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
On October 30, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of review of the antidumping finding on titanium sponge from Russia (33 FR 12138, August 28, 1968). The review covers four manufacturers/ exporters, VI...
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On November 22, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of review of the antidumping duty order on titanium sponge from Ukraine (57 FR 36070, August 12, 1992). The review covers one manufacturer, Zaporozhye...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
In accordance with the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act of 1993 (Act), the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) has determined that the State of Maryland is not in compliance with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (C...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing limits.
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is amending rule 17.01 and modifying the form 102 required to be filed by clearing members, futures commission merchants (FCMs), and foreign brokers. This form identifies persons having fi...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Defense Science Board Task Force on Information Warfare Defense will meet in closed session on March 12-13, 1996 at Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secret...
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The Defense Science Board Task Force on International Arms Cooperation will meet in closed session on February 26-27 and March 25- 26, 1996 at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary of D...
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The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are made available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. Copies of patents cited are available from the Commissioner of Pa...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Dynamic Safety Resources, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States to practice the Government-Owned invention described in U.S. Patent Applicatio...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to alter a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The alteration will add a routine use.
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Education Department logo Education Department

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Advisory Council on Education Statistics. This notice also describes the functions of the Council. Notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of th...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge.
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The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) proposes to amend its existing regulations governing compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The proposed amendments are based upon three years of experience with the existing reg...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): E...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
In accordance with Section 122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622, notice is hereby given that a pro...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region II, announces a proposed ad...
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to enter into an administrative settlement to resolve claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. Notice is b...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is convening a public meeting of the Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs) Dialogue. The meeting will be held on March 7 and 8, 1996. The purposes of the meeting are to discuss: (1) The...
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Correction Feb 20, 1996
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (RCRA), authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant approval to states to operate their underground storage tank programs in lieu of the federal program. 40 CFR par...
Rule Feb 20, 1996

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Commission requests comments on a petition by Galen O. Gilbert proposing the allotment of Channel 260C3 at Farmersville, Texas, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 260C3 can be allotted to Farmersville in compliance...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Great Scott Broadcasting requesting the substitution of Channel 228B for Channel 228B1 at Georgetown, Delaware, and reallotment of the channel to Millsboro, Delaware. Great Scott also requests mo...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996
The Commission dismisses the request of Larry K. and Cathy M. Price to allot Channel 228A to Meredosia, IL, as the community's first local aural service. Neither the petitioners nor any other interested party expressed continuing interest in the allo...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by LifeTalk Broadcasting Association seeking the allotment of Channel 268C3 to The Dalles, OR, and its reservation for noncommercial educational use. The allotment could provide The Dalles with its...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by LifeTalk Broadcasting Association (``petitioner''), seeking the allotment of Channel 246A to Ukiah, California, as that community's fourth local FM transmission service. Coordinat...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by WSKG Public Telecommunications Council seeking the allotment of UHF TV Channel 57- to Waverly, NY, and its reservation for noncommercial educational use. To accommodate the Waverly allotment, pe...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is holding a public meeting on its proposed regulations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) relating to structural measures for certain existing tank vessels of 5,000 gross tons or more that do not have double hulls. There is...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document notifies the public of funding awards for Fiscal Year 1995 for the Indian HOME Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Vi...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
The Department has established a Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee to address certain issues concerning indirect payments to mortgage brokers and certain other mortgage originators (retail lenders) and volume-based compensation. The committee,...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
In this notice, the General Counsel for the Department of Housing and Urban Development designates the Order of Succession for the position of General Counsel, and revokes the prior Order of Succession for this position.
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 3507) and 5 CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the National Park Service invites public comments on a proposed information collec...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
In the Federal Register on Monday, November 14, 1994 (Vol. 59, No. 218, pp. 56528-29), the following ``Summary'' appeared:
Notice Feb 20, 1996
Applications are invited for research projects under the NEHRP. The purpose of this program is to support research in earthquake hazards prediction; to provide earth-science data and information essential to determine seismic hazards present in the U...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
This notice advises the public that the Scofield Corporation of Chelan, Washington (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
To meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) developed and published the Criteria for Evaluating Water Conservation Plans (Criteria) dated April 30, 1993. These Criteria were...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
Pursuant to Section 102 (2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement assessing the potential impacts of t...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
The Bureau of Land Management in response to a land exchange proposal, has prepared a FONSI and Proposed Plan Amendment/Final Environmental Assessment (Proposed Plan) to amend the Phoenix and the Safford District Resource Management Plan (RMPs) in co...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), is exempting a Privacy Act system of records from the following subsections of the Privacy Act: (c)(3) and (4), (d), (e) (1), (2) and (3), (e)(5) and (e)(8), and (g) of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552...
Rule Feb 20, 1996
The Department of Justice is exempting a Privacy Act system of records from subsections (c) (3) and (4), (d), (e) (1), (2), and (3), (e)(5) and (e)(8), and (g) of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a. This system of records is the ``Bureau of Prisons, Offi...
Rule Feb 20, 1996
The Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), is exempting a Privacy Act system of records from subsections (c)(3) and (4), (d), (e)(2), and (3), (e)(5) and (e)(8), (f), and (g) of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a. This system of records is the B...
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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is publishing this notice of its Proposed Comprehensive Plan for fiscal year 1996.
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Management and Budget Office

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The Office of Management and Budget revised Circular A-94 in 1992. The revised Circular specified certain discount rates to be updated annually when the interest rate and inflation assumptions used to prepare the budget of the United States Governmen...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is revising Appendix III, ``Security of Federal Information Systems,'' of Circular No. A- 130, ``Management of Federal Automated Information Resources.'' This is the third stage of planned revisions to Circul...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NAC Task Force on the Shuttle-Mir Rendezvous and Docking Missions.
Notice Feb 20, 1996
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a NASA Advisory Council, Aeronautics Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Aerodynamics meeting.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Notice Feb 20, 1996
The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review or continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 1. The title of the information collection:
Notice Feb 20, 1996
The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to issue a generic letter to (1) more explicitly address the need for the periodic verification of the capability of safety-related motor- operated valves (MOVs) to perform their safety functions c...
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Generic Letter 96-02 to notify licensees of nuclear power plants that the NRC has reconsidered its positions on certain security measures associated with protecting nuclear power plants against an in...
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Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to revise the Federal merit promotion program to give agencies greater flexibility to design internal merit selection procedures consistent with merit principles and other applicable laws, to assign e...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice of application for exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

State Department logo State Department

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

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The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is soliciting comments and views on the administration of the tariff-rate quota on leaf tobacco, established on September 13, 1995, which is currently operating on a first-come, first-served...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Houghton County Memorial Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibu...
Notice Feb 20, 1996
RSPA proposes to revise the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) based on its review of the HMR and on written and oral comments received from the public concerning regulatory reform. The intended effect of this rulemaking is to reduce unnecessary r...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 1996
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces it has terminated its review of the noise compatibility program, at the request of the City of Kenosha, under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L...
Notice Feb 20, 1996

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