March 4, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register March 4, 1996

View all documents issued on March 4, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

124 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 4, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The Rural Telephone Bank (Bank) hereby announces a technical amendment to a footnote regarding the Bank's calculation of the interest rate to be applied to loan advances made from the financing account during fiscal year 1995.
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Cibola National Forest requests comments on draft Prerevision review topics that have been developed through the monitoring of the current Forest Plan and interdisciplinary team review. This is an invitation to the public and representatives of g...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
We are amending the Fruits and Vegetables regulations to allow oranges, lemons, limes, mandarins, and grapefruit from the Riverina and Sunraysia districts of Australia to be imported into the United States. We are taking this action because we have d...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
The Klamath Provincial Advisory Committee will meet on March 27 and March 28, 1996 at the Best Western Ponderosa Inn Conference Room, 2220 Pine Street, Redding, California. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. on March 27 and adjourn at 5:30 p.m. The...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations, as established and amended by a series of interim rules published in the Federal Register between November 1991 and August 1995. The regulations quarantine port...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
This proposed rule would relax, for the 1996 season only, the quality requirements for California nectarines and peaches. This proposal would establish a California Tree Fruit Agreement (CTFA) Utility quality requirement. California nectarines and pe...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), this notice announces the Rural Utilities Service's (RUS) intentions to reinstate a previously approved information collection for which approval has expired.
Notice Mar 04, 1996
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 CFR Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Guidelines (7 CFR Part 650); the Natural Resources Cons...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
In response to the President's Regulatory Reform Initiative, the Commodity Credit Corporation is issuing this final rule to amend its regulations to eliminate the following programs: Noncommercial Risk Assurance Program (GSM-101); CCC Intermediate Cr...
Rule Mar 04, 1996

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation.
Notice Mar 04, 1996
As of February 25, 1996, reported recreational fishery landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) larger than 73 inches (185 cm) totalled 3.7 metric tons (mt). The annual quota allocated to recreational catch of large medium and giant ABT is 4 mt. There...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
In response to a request from Farberware, Inc. (petitioner), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel cooking ware from the Republic of Korea. This not...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
On July 24, 1995, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of its 1991-92 administrative review of the antidumping finding on elemental sulphur from Canada (60 FR 7872). The review covers 15 manufacturers/exporter...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
NMFS amends the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to remove a regulation that is no longer needed concerning the issuance of cease and desist orders to associations of aquatic products. This action is consistent with the President's Regulatory Reform...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
Notice Mar 04, 1996
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Patent and Trademark Office has issued a certificate under 35 U.S.C. Sec. 156(d)(5) for a one-year interim extension of the term of U.S. Patent No. 4,062,848 that claims the active ingredient of the human drug product ``REMERON.''
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting two administrative reviews of the countervailing duty order on industrial phosphoric acid from Israel. We preliminarily determine the net subsidy to be 3.84 percent ad valorem for all companie...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
This notice updates the National Weather Services (NWS) plans to transfer Agricultural Weather Services to the private sector, notice of which was published on July 5, 1995; see National Weather Service Transfer of Specific Products and Services to t...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Mar 04, 1996

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Army announces the general availability of exclusive, partially exclusive or non-exclusive licenses under patent application Serial Number 08/591,839 filed January 25, 1996, Docket No. DAR-28-95, by Paul D. Wilson entitled ``App...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6 announcement is made of the availability of the following U.S. patents for non-exclusive, exclusive or partially exclusive licensing. All of the listed patents have been assigned to the United States of America as repr...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Military Traffic Management Command proposes to set forth rules, procedures, and accessorial service charge provisions to standardize all Department of Defense procedures for the movement of freight via air carrier, air forwarder, and air taxi. T...
Notice Mar 04, 1996

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Secretary amends the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) that govern discretionary grant programs. These regulations clarify that the Secretary may reject applications that propose project funding levels that exceed th...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a meeting of the National Education Research Policy and Priorities Board. This notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of t...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Director, Information Resources Group, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Mar 04, 1996

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request listed below is coming up for renewal. Before submitting the renewal package to the Office of Management and Budget (...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
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 Requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) listed below is coming up for renewal. Before submitting the renewal package to the office of Management and Bu...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is hereby given that, pending resolution of EPA's FY 1996 appropriation, the Common Sense Initiative Council, and the Printing and Petroleum Sector Subcommittees of the Common...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces that the public comment period for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Application Requirements for Publicly Owned Treatment Works and Other Treatment Works treating D...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1996
Because of delays in completing and distributing reporting packages, EPA is announcing that it will extend the due date for submission of annual pesticide production reports (EPA Form 3540-16) for calendar year 1995 until two months after reporting p...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
On February 2, 1996, EPA published a direct final rule (61 FR 3832) revising EPA regulations to reflect the Clean Air Act's statutory prohibition of the introduction into commerce of gasoline containing lead or lead additives for use as a motor vehic...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
This notice addresses a shortcoming in the current certification of certain equipment certified under the urban bus retrofit/rebuild program. The effective date of certification of Detroit Diesel Corporation's (DDC) equipment for upgrading its 1979 t...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
EPA is making available for public comment revised proposed guidelines for OPPTS 870.3700 Prenatal Developmental Toxicity Study and OPPTS 870.3800 Reproduction and Fertility Effects. When final, these revised guidelines will replace OPP Guidelines 83...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
Notice Mar 04, 1996
EPA has established a unified library for Test Guidelines issued by the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), and is announcing the availability of testing guidelines for the following three series: Series 875-Occupational an...
Notice Mar 04, 1996

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title Type Published
Notice Mar 04, 1996

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed and/or continuing information collections, as...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Federal Communications, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed and/or continuing information collections, as...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Barron Broadcasting Corporation requesting the allotment of Channel 256A at Barron, Wisconsin, as that community's first local FM broadcast service. Canadian concurrence will be requested for thi...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1996
Pursuant to the Telecommunica-tions Act of 1996, the Commission will consider referring the issue of the definition of ``universal service'' to the Federal State-Joint Board. Dated February 28, 1996.
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Commission requests comments on a petition by Cossitt Library d/b/a Memphis Shelby County Public Library seeking the allotment of UHF TV Channel 56 to Memphis, Tennessee, and its reservation for noncommercial educational use. Channel *56 can be a...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1996

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Notice Mar 04, 1996

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the Life Sciences Research Office (LSRO) of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) will undertake a comprehensive discussion of the scientific criteria and princ...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
This notice provides an update of the HHS poverty guidelines to account for last (calendar) year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Cytec Industries Inc. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to correct nomenclature. The amendment would change the two listings for sulfosuccinic acid 4...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the regulations for delegations of authority to FDA officials in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), and the Center for Biologics Evaluation...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Abbott Laboratories has filed an application requesting approval for the export of the human biological product Abbott MATRIX HCV 2.0 to Australia, New Zealand, and to The Federal Republic of...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that AMVAX, Inc., has filed an application requesting approval for the export of the human biological product Acellular Pertussis Toxoid Adsorbed to Denmark for further shipment to Sweden.
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The HRSA in collaboration with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announces that applications will be accepted for fiscal year (FY) 1996 funds for grants authorized under section 1910 of the PHS Act. These discretionary grants...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Federal Percentages and Federal Medical Assistance Percentages for Fiscal Year 1997 have been calculated pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1997. This noti...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces that competitive grant applications are now being accepted for the Health Professions Recruitment Program for Indians established by sec. 102 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 1976 (25 U.S.C. 1612)...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend its general labeling policy for over-the-counter (OTC) drug products to allow for the interchangeable use of certain labeling terms required by an OTC drug monograph. Examples of words alre...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance document for the preparation of premarket notification (510(k)) submissions for protective restraints and wheelchair accessories intended for use as restraints....
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revising the classification regulations for protective restraints and wheelchair accessories intended for use as restraints, by revoking the existing exemptions for these devices from premarket notification a...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to list certain color additive lakes permanently as suitable and safe for use in food, drugs, and cosmetics. The agency is proposing to permit the use of more than one straight color in the preparat...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a meeting of its standing oversight committee in the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) that conducts a periodic review of CBER's use of its refusal to file (RTF) practices on prod...
Notice Mar 04, 1996

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, is sponsoring a Marine Safety Industry Day to discuss various topics of interest to the marine community. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Mar 04, 1996
This final rule increases the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) chargeable (subsidized) rates, which apply to all structures located in communities participating in the Emergency Program of the NFIP and to certain structures in communities in t...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
The Coast Guard proposes to establish a permanent special local regulation for the World's Fastest Lobster Boat Race. The event will be held annually on the observed Independence Day in the waters of Moosabec Reach, Jonesport, ME. This regulation is...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1996
Special local regulations are being adopted for the A.P.B.A. (American Power Boat Association) Green Bridget Regatta. This event will be held on Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24, 1996 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. edt (eastern daylight time). Th...
Rule Mar 04, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This final rule amends HUD's regulations at 24 CFR part 202 relating to Approval of Lending Institutions and Mortgagees. In an effort to comply with the President's regulatory reform initiatives, this rule will streamline subparts A & B, which relate...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
DOJ, HUD
This Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) announces the expected availability of up to $37.5 million of Fiscal Year 1996 program funds for grant assistance under the Youthbuild Program established by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992....
Notice Mar 04, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Sage Development Company, LLC, (Applicant), has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The proposed permit would authorize for a period of...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
MacMillan Bloedel Timberlands, Incorporated, (Applicant) has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The proposed permit would authorize for...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
The following public lands, located in Uintah and Duchesne Counties, Utah may be leased on a non-competitive basis to existing land use permit holders pursuant to Section 302(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1732) a...
Notice Mar 04, 1996
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C., the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), council meeting of the Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resourc...
Notice Mar 04, 1996

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Notice Mar 04, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
The Railroad Retirement Board (Board) adds regulations to implement the Prohibition of Cigarette Sales to Minors in Federal Buildings and Lands Act which prohibits the sale of tobacco through vending machines and the distribution of free tobacco samp...
Rule Mar 04, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department logo State Department

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Fokker Model F28 Mark 0100 series airplanes, that requires modification of a certain galley; repetitive inspections to detect damage and to determine the clearance of gen...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-80 series airplanes, that currently requires inspection and replacement of certain suspect horizontal stabilizer primary trim motor...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
Notice Mar 04, 1996
Notice Mar 04, 1996
This NPRM proposes to update the references to voluntary specifications and standards to reflect more recently published editions of each document. Many referenced standards currently cited in the code are outdated. This NPRM would enable pipeline op...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1996
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary regulated navigation area at the Peter P. Cobb bridge in Fort Pierce, Florida. This regulated navigation area is needed to protect all vessels from a safety hazard created by damage to the Peter P. Cobb bri...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
RSPA is proposing to revise the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) by restructuring the cylinder specification requirements. The intended effect of this rulemaking is to reduce the size of the HMR through consolidation of repetitive requirements a...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1996
The Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Wilmington, has established a safety zone in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW) along Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (Marine Corps Base), North Carolina. The safety zone encompasses the waters of the Atlant...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
This rulemaking project was initiated to adopt regulations requiring a ``NO STOPPING ZONE'' in the Fleming Channel, and a ``CAUTION AREA'' in the Scott Middle Ground of the Detroit River during the annual Detroit Grand Prix held on Belle Isle. The pr...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1996
Temporary special local regulations are being adopted for the Augusta Port Authority Invitational Rowing Regatta. The event will be held from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. edt (Eastern Daylight Time) on March 21-24, 1996 on the Savannah River at August, GA. These...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
This notice implements 33 CFR 100.1102, ``Marine Events on the Colorado River, between Davis Dam (Bullhead City, Arizona) and Headgate Dam (Parker, Arizona),'' for the Parker 500 Enduro'' listed as ``Parker Enduro.'' This event consists of circle rac...
Rule Mar 04, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is amending section 535.217 of the Iranian Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR Sec. 535.217, to remove the name Shams Pahlavi from Sec. 535.217(b). Shams Pahlavi, sister of Mo...
Rule Mar 04, 1996
Treasury is proposing regulations that will govern Treasury bonds, notes, and bills (marketable Treasury securities) in book-entry form held in the commercial book-entry system. The rules incorporate recent and significant changes in commercial and p...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1996

U
United States Information Agency

Title Type Published
Public Law 104-72 directs the Agency to continue its oversight of au pair activities in the United States until September 30, 1997. This announcement sets forth the Agency's intended implementation of this law.
Rule Mar 04, 1996

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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