March 15, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register March 15, 1996

View all documents issued on March 15, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

153 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 15, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This interim rule amends the program regulations to allow holders of certain Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts that expire September 30, 1996, the opportunity to request and receive early release from contracts or to reduce the amount of a...
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This Notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals or free milk for the period from July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997. These guideline...
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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) hereby proposes specific crop provisions for the insurance of Florida citrus fruit. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contain standar...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on certain information collections for which RUS intends to request approval from the Office of Management a...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is announcing that it has added two additional genetically engineered, insect resistant corn lines to its August 22, 1995, determination that the Monsanto Company's corn line MON 80100 need no longer be...
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The Rural Utilities Service hereby announces the interest rates for advances on municipal rate loans with interest rate terms beginning during the second calendar quarter of 1996.
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The USDA, Forest Service is gathering information and preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Poorman Project located approximately 26 air miles northwest of Helena, Montana. The Forest Service proposes to treat approximately 1450 a...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS proposes new and revised definitions for certain regulatory terms to distinguish clearly among scientific research activities, exempted fishing, and exempted educational activities; to clarify and standardize issuance procedures for letters of a...
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NMFS is closing the directed fishery for Pacific ocean perch in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the specification of Pacific ocean perch in thi...
Rule Mar 15, 1996
On January 19, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of a new shipper administrative review of the countervailing duty order on porcelain-on-steel cookingware from Mexico for Esmal...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
NMFS has received a request from the U.S. Air Force for authorization to take small numbers of seals and sea lions by harassment incidental to launches of Titan II and Titan IV launch vehicles at Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4), Vandenberg Air Force B...
Notice Mar 15, 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 services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Mar 15, 1996
The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete a commodity previously furnished by su...
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Congressional Budget Office logo Congressional Budget Office

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission requests comments on a proposed extension of approval of a collection of information associated with the procurement of goods and services. Form...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e)- (h). Published below is a provisionally-accepted...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office, in accordance with the Financial Assistance regulations in 10 CFR 600, announces competitive Solicitation Number DE-PS07-96ID13413 for DOE's Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Program. With this...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
The Office of Health and Environmental Research (OHER) of the Office of Energy Research, U.S.Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for cooperative agreements that establish Science Teams for the Natural a...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice ishereby given of the following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge.
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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Pantex Plant.
Notice Mar 15, 1996
DOE has prepared and issued a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on the ``Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel from the K Basins at the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington'' (DOE/EIS-0245F, January 1996). A notice of availability of the FEIS was...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) requires the Secretary of Energy to make a determination on whether a voluntary national testing and information program for luminaires, developed by an appropriate organization, meets the objectives of the legis...
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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. 3507(a)(1)(D)), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) for Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments, and Pesticide Reports for Pesticide-...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) is seeking approval for a new Information Collection Request (ICR) from the Office o...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)), this notice announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: New Sourc...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below, Notice of Arrival of Pesticides and Devices (EPA Form 3540-1, OMB Control No. 2070-0020: I...
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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 continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (EPA ICR Number 1552.03...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
This notice announces that EPA is planning to submit a continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow the Agency to collect data for the 1997 Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial Report). This Report...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is given that, pending resolution of EPA's FY 1996 appropriation, the Metal Finishing Sector Subcommittee of the Common Sense Initiative Council will meet on Tuesday and Wedne...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
This document establishes time-limited tolerances with an expiration date of November 15, 1997, for residues of the synthetic pyrethroid cyfluthrin in or on the raw agricultural commodities (RAC's) alfalfa, sunflowers, and fat of cattle, goats, horse...
Rule Mar 15, 1996
EPA has received a specific exemption request from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (hereafter referred to as the ``Applicant'') to use the pesticide emamectin benzoate (CAS 137512-74-4) (formulated as ``Proclaim5SG'') to treat up to 1,000 acres...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
EPA expressed environmental objections to the proposed action based on the integrity of an unlined impoundment, potential groundwater contamination, lack of information on the acid generating potential of the ore and waste rock, ability for the under...
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With this notice EPA identifies various pesticide food additive regulations under a court-approved settlement agreement. Today's notice does not affect the regulatory status of any raw or processed food tolerance.
Notice Mar 15, 1996
Illinois has applied for final authorization of revisions to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 as amended (hereinafter RCRA). Illinois' revisions consist of provisions contained in rules promulgated...
Rule Mar 15, 1996
This document contains a correction to the announcement of the deletion of the Lewisburg Dump site in Lewisburg, Tennessee, from the National Priorities List (NPL), which was published Wednesday, February 21, 1996 at 61 FR 6556.
Rule Mar 15, 1996
In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative de minimis settlement concerning the Novak Sanitary L...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of the herbicide,dimethenamid, 1(R,S)-2-chloro-N-[(1-methyl-2-methoxy)ethyl]-N-(2,4- dimethylthien-3-yl)-acetamide in or on the raw agricultural commodities (RAC's) dry beans, peanut hay, peanut nut...
Rule Mar 15, 1996
EPA has received a specific exemption request from the Kansas Department of Agriculture (hereafter referred to as the ``Applicant'') to use the pesticide propazine (CAS 139-40-2) to treat up to 500,000 acres of sorghumto control pigweed. The Applican...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
In today's action, EPA is issuing an order temporarily extending the effectiveness of the refrigerant purity requirements of Sec. 82.154 (g) and (h), which are currently scheduled to expire on March 18, 1996. On February 29, 1996 EPA published a dire...
Rule Mar 15, 1996
EPA has received specific exemption requests from the Arizona Department of Agriculture (hereafter referred to as the ``Applicant'' to use the insect growth regulators pyriproxyfen (CAS 95737-68-1) and buprofezin (CAS 69327-76-0) to treat up to 350,0...
Notice Mar 15, 1996

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commission announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request to extend without change the existing collection of information listed below. The Commission i...
Notice Mar 15, 1996

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
By this Notice of Proposed Rule Making (``NPRM''), the Commission proposes to designate the Puerto Rican Islands of Puerto Rico, Desecheo, Mona, Vieques, and Culebra as a Coordination Zone, in order that the Arecibo Radio Astronomy Observatory (Obser...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 1996
On February 8, 1996, President Clinton signed into law the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Telecom Act).<SUP>1 Section 403(c) of the Telecom Act authorizes the Commission to delegate to the staff the authority to process and grant from among mutually...
Rule Mar 15, 1996
This Order amends the Commission's Rules to eliminate current national multiple radio ownership restrictions and to relax local radio ownership restrictions (the ``radio contour overlap'' rule). This action is necessary to conform the current rules t...
Rule Mar 15, 1996
On February 8, 1996, President Clinton signed into law the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Telecom Act).<SUP>1 Section 202(c)(1) of the Telecom Act directs the Commission to revise its Rules regarding the national television station multiple ownershi...
Rule Mar 15, 1996
The Federal Communications Commission, 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 colle...
Notice Mar 15, 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 15, 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...
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The Commission has proposed revisions to its rule preempting certain local regulation of satellite earth stations. These revisions are being proposed in response section 207 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. That section directs the Commission t...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 1996

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Notice Mar 15, 1996

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Trade Commission (the ``Commission'') is requesting public comments on its Guides for the Mirror Industry (the ``Mirror Guides'' or ``these Guides''). The Commission is also requesting comments about the overall costs and benefits of thes...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 1996

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces forthcoming meetings of public advisory committees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This notice also summarizes the procedures for the meetings and methods by which interested persons may participate in open public hea...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for a hearing on the agency's proposal to withdraw approval of 3 abbreviated antibiotic applications (AADA's) and 14 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDA's). The basis for the pro...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This document corrects the final rule published on Monday, February 5, 1996 (61 FR 4227). The rule relates to environmental considerations and exclusions from environmental impact statements or assessments.
Rule Mar 15, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This final rule amends HUD's regulations for the allocation of budget authority for housing assistance. In an effort to comply with the President's regulatory reform initiatives, this rule streamlines the regulations by eliminating provisions that ar...
Rule Mar 15, 1996
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Mar 15, 1996
This Notice announces the 1996 homeless assistance competition designed to help communities develop Continuum of Care systems to assist homeless persons. These funds are available under three programs to create community systems for combating homeles...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
This final rule amends HUD's regulations for the program operated under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. In an effort to comply with the President's regulatory reform initiatives, this rule will streaml...
Rule Mar 15, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Mr. Howard R. Scharlin, Trustee (Applicant), is seeking an incidental take permit from the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. The permit would authorize the ta...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Mesquite Regional Landfill in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the regulations at 40 CFR Part 1500. This document is now available t...
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Notice of receipt of application.
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Notice of receipt of applications.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) makes a final determination to reclassify the plant Mirabilis macfarlanei (MacFarlane's four-o'clock) to threatened status. The species was listed as an endangered species in 1979. This action is due to im...
Rule Mar 15, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing its intention to request extension of approval for the collection of information from those persons who seek to acquire the Federally owned (res...
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This document amends the Agency's regulations governing Courts of Indian Offenses by removing from the Listing of Courts of Indian Offenses the names of those tribes which have exercised their inherent sovereignty and established tribal courts.
Rule Mar 15, 1996
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee [P.L. 101-601] became law on November 16, 1990. Section 8 of the Act establishes a review committee to monitor implementation of the statute, facilitate the resolution of dispute...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing its intention to request approval for the collection of information on financial interests of...
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Correction Mar 15, 1996
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR1610.2), notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Manageme...
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The Superintendent of Gates of the Arctic National Park and the Chairperson of the Subsistence Resource Commission for Gates of the Arctic National Park announce a forthcoming meeting of the Gates of the Arctic National Park Subsistence Resource Comm...
Notice Mar 15, 1996

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of preliminary antidumping Investigation No. 731-TA-744 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to determine whether there is a reasonable indic...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This Notice announces the availability of $1.3 million for applications for assistance in providing employment, training, supportive and transitional housing services for eligible homeless veterans. This notice sets forth the procedures for obtaining...
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Management and Budget Office

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
The Information Security Oversight Office, National Archives and Records Administration, is publishing the bylaws of the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) in accordance with section 5.4(c) of Executive Order 12958, ``Classifie...
Rule Mar 15, 1996

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National Labor Relations Board

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The National Labor Relations Board gives notice that it is extending the time for filing comments on the proposed rulemaking on the appropriateness of requested single location bargaining units in representation cases because of matters raised during...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 1996

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National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Mar 15, 1996
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
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The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: New.
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Valuation of Plan Benefits in Single- Employer Plans and Valuation of Plan Benefits and Plan Assets Following Mass Withdrawal. The former regulation contains the interes...
Rule Mar 15, 1996

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries o...
Notice Mar 15, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

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Notice Mar 15, 1996
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection Request Normally on Fridays, the Social Security Administration publishes a list of information collection packages that will require submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in compliance with Public Law 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Since the last list was published in the Federal Register on March 1, 1996, the information collections listed below have been proposed or will require extension of the current OMB approvals. (Call the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4142 for a copy of the form(s) or package(s), or write to her at the address listed below the information collections.) 1. Annual Earnings Operations Direct Mail Followup0960-0369. The information collected on forms SSA-L9778, SSA-L9779, SSA-L9780 and SSA- L9781 will be used to determine if the recipients have underestimated their earnings for the current year. This will allow benefits to be withheld if necessary, and will thereby avoid many overpayments. The affected public is beneficiaries who are likely to underestimate their earnings. Number of Respondents: 400,000. Frequency of Response: 1. Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes. Estimated Annual Burden: 66,667 hours. 2. Medical Report on Adult or Child With Allegation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection0960-0503. The information on forms SSA-4814 and SSA-4815 is used by the Social Security Administration to determine if an individual claiming to have HIV infection meets the requirements for presumptive disability benefits.
Notice Mar 15, 1996

State Department logo State Department

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 95-17-16 applicable to General Electric Company (GE) CF6-80A series turbofan engines that was published in the Federal Register on August 20, 1995 (60 FR 46760). A compressor rear frame...
Rule Mar 15, 1996
This document proposes to supersede AD 82-07-03, which currently requires repetitively testing (pressure decay) JanAero Devices B-Series combustion heaters, Models B1500, B2030, B3040, and B4050, that are installed on aircraft, and overhauling any he...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 1996
The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order (1) Finding Piedmont Aviation Services, Inc. d/b/a Premier Airlines fit, willing, and able, and (2) awarding it certificates of public...
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On March 29, 1996, DOT will conduct a public meeting on implementing a passenger manifest information requirement that would require in the instance of an aviation disaster that occurs on a flight to or from the United States on a U.S. or foreign air...
Proposed Rule Mar 15, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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Notice of availability of report on closed meetings of the Art Advisory Panel.
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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 15, 1996
This document gives notice of the change in classification of certain textile headbands, ponytail holders and similar articles under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). In past rulings, Customs has classified certain textile...
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United States Institute of Peace

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United States Sentencing Commission

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The Commission is considering promulgating an amendment to the sentencing guidelines and commentary. This notice sets forth the proposed amendment and a synopsis of the issues addressed by the amendment as well as an additional issue for comment. The...
Notice Mar 15, 1996

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