March 14, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register March 14, 1996

View all documents issued on March 14, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

125 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 14, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation of Peoria, Illinois, an exclusive license for U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Forest Service will prepare a supplement to the final environmental impact statement for the Stevens Gulch Road and Related Timber Sales located on the Gunnison National Forest, Paonia Ranger District.
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Integrated Review Schedule collects both Quality Control and case characteristic data. The information needed to complete the Integrated Review Schedule is obtained from the respective Aid for Dependent Children, Food Stamps and Medicaid case rec...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limits for preliminary and final results in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain internal-combustion, industrial forklift trucks from Japan, covering the...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limits for preliminary and final results of antidumping duty administrative review of the antidumping order on gray portland cement and clinker from Mexico, pursuant to the Tariff Act...
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a public meeting of the Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel (Panel).
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Observer Advisory Committee will hold a meeting.
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Improved Retention/Improved Utilization Committee will hold a meeting.
Notice Mar 14, 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 14, 1996
On May 1, 1995, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated a second changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on solid urea from the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). In the notice of initiation, the Department...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing limits.
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent No. 5,470,311 entitled ``Microsphere Drug Application Device'' and issued on November 28, 1995. This patent has been assigned to the United States...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent No. 5,476,771 entitled ``Test for Quantitative Thrombin Time'' and issued on December 19, 1995. This patent has been assigned to the United States...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC), in coordination with the military services and the Defense Logistics Agency, is revising MTMC Freight Traffic Rules Publication No. 1A (MTRP No. 1A) to include the following changes to motor freight car...
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In accordance with Public Law 101-510, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommended disestablishment of U.S. Army Aviation Troop Command. Additionally, the Major Item Informatio...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations implementing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The amendments are needed to implement section 249 of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (IASA) (Pub. L. 103-382, enacted Oct...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Notice Mar 14, 1996
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The Department of Energy is today publishing a final rule required by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to implement statutorily- imposed alternative fueled vehicle acquisition requirements that apply to certain alternative fuel providers and some State...
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Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Department of Energy (the Department) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (Assessment) (DOE/EA-1151) to identify and evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the Alternative Fuel Transportation Program. The program implements statutor...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The licensee filed, for Commission approval, a request to delete the improvements to the Fort Okanogan Overlook from the 1992 Recreation Action Plan Update (1992- Update). The 1992-Update was approved by Order Approving Recreation Action Plan Update, 66 FERC para. 62,170 (1994). The Fort Okanogan Overlook views the original site of Fort Okanogan and Columbia River. Approved site development consists of paving the access road and parking area, and providing picnic tables and an interpretive sign.
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In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information co...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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On March 8, 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (``Commission'') adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order Establishing Joint Board. The Commission initiates this rulemaking: to define the services that will be supported by Federal un...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPRM'') requests comment on issues concerning the implementation of the open video system provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The NPRM will assist the Commission in devising regulations in this area....
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996
The Report and Order eliminates the Commission's video dialtone, cross-ownership, and section 214 authorization rules. This order eliminates or modifies our rules in accordance with the Telecommunications Act of 1996. This order fulfills the mandate...
Rule Mar 14, 1996
In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission proposes to eliminate thirteen reporting requirements and to reduce the frequency of six other reporting requirements. These reporting requirements are variously applicable to interexchange carrie...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Notice Mar 14, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Notice is given that the meeting location for the Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control (ACIPC) and the ACIPC Family and Intimate Violence Prevention Subcommittee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed. The...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that American Cyanamid Co., Lederle-Praxis Biologicals Div. has filed an application requesting approval for the export of the human biological product ACEL-IMUNE<Register> Diphtheria-Tetanus Toxoi...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has made final findings of scientific misconduct in the following case: Gail L. Daubert, R.N., Northwestern University: Based on an investigation conducted by its Division of Research...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a proposed rule that appeared in the Federal Register of December 28, 1995 (60 FR 67194). The document proposed to amend the food labeling regulations to require that dietary supplements be identif...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The HRSA announces that applications will be accepted for fiscal year (FY) 1996 funds for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) research and training grants. Awards will be made under the prog...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to classify/reclassify analyte specific reagents (ASR) presenting a low risk to the public health into class I (general controls), and to exempt these class I analyte specific reagents from the prem...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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Modified base (1% annual chance) flood elevations are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified elevations will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.
Rule Mar 14, 1996
This interim rule lists communities where modification of the base (1% annual chance) flood elevations is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified base flood eleva...
Rule Mar 14, 1996
Base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are made final for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each c...
Rule Mar 14, 1996
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and proposed base flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations ar...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996
On January 2, 1996, the Coast Guard published a direct final rule (61 FR 8) which notified the public of the Coast Guard's intent to remove the text of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS) from the CFR, wh...
Rule Mar 14, 1996
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Director of FEMA gives notice of the renewal of the National Fire Academy Board of Visitors (Board) for a period of two years. Renewal of the Board is a matter of the public interest in conne...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish three temporary safety zones on the Elizabeth and York Rivers during the dismantling and replacement of the Coleman Bridge. The proposed safety zones would include moving zones around the tugs and tows carryi...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This notice extends the application deadline for the Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 NOFA for the Emergency Shelter Grants Set-Aside for Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages, published in the Federal Register on March 5, 1996 (61 FR 8824). This notice est...
Notice Mar 14, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Oregon StateOffice, Portland, Oregon, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.
Notice Mar 14, 1996
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix, notice is hereby given that the next two meetings of the Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado) will be held on April 9 and 10, 1996 in Canon City, Col...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is revising the regulations governing the conduct of the annual Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Federal Duck Stamp) Contest. This proposed rule would allow the Service to keep pace with the incre...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix 1, The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, announces the meeting of the New Mexico Resource Advi...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
Notice Mar 14, 1996
This notice is to advise the public that the Bureau of Land Management proposes to amend the Cedar-Beaver-Garfield-Antimony Resource Management Plan and the Paria and Escalante Management Framework Plans to allow for land tenure adjustments in Garfie...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
Notice is hereby given in accordance with 43 CFR 1780 that a meeting of the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area (NCA) Advisory Committee will be held.
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The following public lands in Mohave County, Arizona have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The lands will b...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
This order revokes in its entirety a public land order which withdrew lands for townsite and classification purposes at Portage. The lands are no longer needed for the purpose for which they were withdrawn. The lands have been transferred to the Depa...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
This order withdraws 175 acres of public lands from surface entry and mining for 20 years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect campgrounds and recreational sites. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.
Notice Mar 14, 1996
This order partially revokes a public land order insofar as it affects 25.83 acres of public land withdrawn for the use of the Federal Aviation Administration in the maintenance of air navigation facilities as additions to Air Navigation Site No. 176...
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This notice announces the fourth meeting of the Arizona Resource Advisory Council. The meeting will be held on April 11-12, 1996. The Council will tour project sites within the Kanab, Utah, area on April 11, 1996, and hold a business meeting on April...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
Notice is hereby given that the comment period is open for the Supplement to the Final Lower Deschutes River Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement. Comments must be submitted by May 13, 1996.
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is entering into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Advanced Resource International (ARI) of Arlington, VA. The purpose of the CRADA is to compare and evaluate Nationwide natural g...
Notice Mar 14, 1996

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on February 7, 1996, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Anadigics, Inc., 35 Technology Drive, Warren, NJ...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Notice Mar 14, 1996
The National Skill Standards Board was established by an Act of Congress, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act of 1994, Title V, Pub. L. 103-227. The 28-member National Skill Standards Board will serve as a catalyst and be responsible for the developm...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Mar 14, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Bulletin 96-01 to alert holders of pressurized water reactor (PWR) licenses (except those licenses that have been amended to possession-only status) to several recent events in which control rods hav...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on March 6, 1996 (61 FR 8982), that states that the Commission is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-58, issued to the Cleveland Electric Illumi...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on March 4, 1996 (61 FR 8307), that states that the Commission is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-21, issued to the Washington Public Power S...
Notice Mar 14, 1996

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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This gives notice of positions placed or revoked under Schedules A and B, and placed under Schedule C in the excepted service, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.
Notice Mar 14, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Notice of Finding Regarding Foreign Social Insurance or Pension System--Croatia.
Notice Mar 14, 1996

State Department logo State Department

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The Department of State is repealing 22 CFR part 2a, relating to its protective security program for the protection of foreign missions in the United States because these regulations are outdated and unnecessary.
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Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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The ICC Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) eliminated the tariff and tariff filing requirements formerly applicable to pipeline carriers, but imposed in lieu thereof certain obligations to disclose common carriage rates and service terms as well as a re...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA) Nomad Models N22B, N22S, and N24A airplanes. The proposed action would require inspecting the flap and aileron control r...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996
Notice Mar 14, 1996
This document inserts a docket number and notice number of document 96-3304 published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, February 14, 1996 (61 FR 5834). In the document heading on page 5834, the docket number is to read ``PS-102'' and the notice n...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
This document corrects the notice number of document 96-3305 published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, February 14, 1996 (61 FR 5722). In the document heading on page 5722, the notice number ``Notice No. 1'' is changed to read ``Notice No. 5.''...
Rule Mar 14, 1996
This notice denies the petition by Darrin L. Johnson for the issuance of a mandatory order requiring that all motor vehicles be equipped with front stop lamps. NHTSA's analysis of the petition concludes that requiring front stop lamps on all motor ve...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996
The Coast Guard is changing regulations governing the operation of the Michigan Avenue bridge, mile 1.3, Ohio Street bridge, mile 2.1, South Park Avenue bridge, mile 5.3, and the Conrail railroad bridges at miles 4.02 and 4.39 across the Buffalo Rive...
Rule Mar 14, 1996
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Ramsey County, Minnesota. The EIS will include special studies into noise, soil and ground water cont...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
FRA proposes rules for the protection of railroad employees working on or near railroad tracks. This regulation would require that each railroad devise and adopt a program of on-track safety to provide employees working along the railroad with protec...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996
The FHWA proposes to amend its regulations to specify minimum safety information that new and prospective employers must seek from former employers during the investigation of a driver's employment record. This notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) al...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to the notice of proposed rulemaking (EE-35-95) which was published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 22, 1995 (60 FR 66532), relating to proposed regulations that provide guidance on calculation of an emp...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996
This document contains final regulations disallowing losses and excluding gain for certain dispositions and other transactions involving stock of the common parent of a consolidated group.
Rule Mar 14, 1996
This document withdraws the notices of proposed rulemaking relating to gasoline that were published in the Federal Register on November 18, 1987, and September 27, 1988, because of amendments to sections 4081 and 4101 of the Internal Revenue Code mad...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996
This document contains proposed regulations relating to the gasoline and diesel fuel excise tax. The proposed regulations reflect and implement certain changes made by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act o...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1996
This document contains final regulations relating to the taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. This document also removes obsolete excise tax regulations. The regulations reflect and implement certain changes made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Ac...
Rule Mar 14, 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 Mar 14, 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 Mar 14, 1996

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Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being ma...
Notice Mar 14, 1996
The Department of Veterans Affairs is announcing the availability of funds for applications for assistance under VA's Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program. This Notice contains information concerning the program, application process and amou...
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