Federal Register March 20, 1996 (Volume 61)

Agencies Publishing on March 20, 1996

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (1)
Agency for International Development (1)
Agriculture Department (5)
Civil Rights Commission (2)
Commerce Department (10)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (2)
Defense Department (5)
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Delaware River Basin Commission (1)
Energy Department (18)
Environmental Protection Agency (16)
Farm Credit Administration (1)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
Health and Human Services Department (6)
Homeland Security Department (7)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (8)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (4)
Labor Department (1)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
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Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (1)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (14)
Small Business Administration (3)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (7)
Treasury Department (4)
Veterans Affairs Department (4)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Title	Type	Published
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Notice is hereby given that the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation will meet on Friday, March 22, 1996. The meeting will be held in the Abrams & Chaffee Room, Fort Myer Officers' Club, 214 Jackson Avenue, Fort Myer, Virginia, beginning at 10:0...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Agency for International Development

Title	Type	Published
Agency for International Development > IDCA Notice of Public Information Collections Submitted to OMB for Review Agency for International Development (AID) has submitted the following information collection to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments regarding this information collection are best assure...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Cotton Research and Promotion Program: Request for comments To Be Used in a Review of 1990 Amendments to Authorizing Legislation The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing its intentions to conduct a review to ascertain whether a referendum is needed to determine whether producers and importers favor continuation of amendments to the Cotton Research and Promotion O...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Agriculture Department > AMS Filberts/Hazelnuts Grown in Oregon and Washington; Establishment of Interim and Final Free and Restricted Percentages for the 1995-96 Marketing Year The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule which established interim and final free and restricted percentages for domestic inshell filberts/hazelnuts for the 1995-9...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Agriculture Department Inviting Preapplications for Rural Technology and Cooperative Development Grants The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) announces the availability of approximately $1.33 million in competing Rural Technology and Cooperative Development Grant (RTCDG) funds for fiscal year (FY) 1996. The intended effect of this notice is to s...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Agriculture Department Milk in the New York-New Jersey Marketing Area; Final Rule: Termination of Certain Order Provisions and Removal of Certain Regulations of the Order This final rule removes certain sections of the New York-New Jersey Federal milk marketing order (Order 2). Specifically, this document removes the requirements that certain changes to the market administrator's rules and regulations be published in...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Agriculture Department Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far West; Salable Quantities and Allotment Percentages for the 1996-97 Marketing Year This final rule establishes the quantity of spearmint oil produced in the Far West, by class, that handlers may purchase from, or handle for, producers during the 1996-97 marketing year. The Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee (Committee), the age...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996

Civil Rights Commission

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Kansas Advisory Committee	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Massachusetts Advisory Committee	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Closure NMFS has determined that the 1996 Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) Angling category quota for fish between 47 inches (119 cm) and 73 inches (185 cm) has been reached. Therefore, landing large school and small medium ABT under the Angling category is prohi...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Commerce Department Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction NMFS reduces the commercial trip limit of king mackerel in the Florida east coast sub-zone to 25 per day in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This trip limit reduction is necessary to protect the overfished Gulf king mackerel resource.	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Commerce Department Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Inshore Component Pollock in the Aleutian Islands Subarea NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock by vessels catching pollock for processing by the inshore component in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully utilize...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Commerce Department > PTO Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications For Computer-Generated Icons The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is publishing the final version of guidelines to be used by Office personnel in their review of design patent applications for computer-generated icons. Because these guidelines govern internal practices, they ar...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Commerce Department Limited Access Management of Federal Fisheries In and Off of Alaska The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 33 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI) and Amendment 37 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gul...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Meetings The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee (with Industry Advisors) and Demersal Species Committee (with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASFMC) Summer Flounder Board) will hold...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Commerce Department North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Committee Meetings The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Bering Sea/ Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Crab Plan Team and its Crab Rebuilding Committee will hold meetings.	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Commerce Department Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plans NMFS, on behalf of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes regulations governing the Pacific halibut fishery that are recommended by the IPHC and approved by the Secretary of State. NMFS also approves regulations implementing C...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Commerce Department > ITA President's Export Council: Meeting of the President's Export Council The President's Export Council (PEC) will hold a Full Council Meeting to discuss topics related to export expansion. The meeting will include briefings on foreign competitive practices, barriers to trade and other sensitive matters properly classifie...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Commerce Department Summer Flounder Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for North Carolina NMFS issues this notification to announce that the summer flounder commercial quota available to the State of North Carolina has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission SKR Resources, Inc., a Corporation; Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order 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...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Consumer Product Safety Commission Taito America Corporation, a Corporation; Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order 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 C.F.R. Section 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-ac...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Department of Defense Wage Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Defense Department Meeting of the DOD Advisory Group on Electron Devices The DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Defense Department Meeting of the DOD Advisory Group on Electron Devices Working Group A (Microwave Devices) of the DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Defense Department Meeting of the Semiconductor Technology Council Under the provisions of Public Law 92-463, the ``Federal Advisory Committee Act,'' notice is hereby given that the Semiconductor Technology Council will hold forth its fourth meeting. The Council's mission is to: link industry and national security n...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Defense Department U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group The Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) will meet in closed session on April 18 and 19, 1996. The mission of the SAG is to provide timely advice on scientific, technical, and policy-related issues to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Strategic Command, during...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

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Delaware River Basin Commission

Title	Type	Published
Delaware River Basin Commission Commission Meeting and Public Hearing	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > EIA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is soliciting comments concerning the extension of EIA-882(T), ``Generic Clearance for Testing, Evaluation, and Research.''	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department Application to Export Electricity USGen Power Services, L.P. USGen Power Services, L.P. (USGen) has requested authorization to export electric energy to Canada. USGen is a marketer of electric energy. It does not own or control any electric generation or transmission facilities.	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department > FERC Central Maine Power Company; Notice Establishing Procedures for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department > BPA Delivery of the Canadian Entitlement The United States Entity (the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration and the Division Engineer, North Pacific Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers) has decided to fulfill its obligation under the Columbia River Treaty (Treaty) bet...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department > DOE Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Decision and Order Granting a Waiver From the Central Air Conditioner and Central Air Conditioning Heat Pump Test Procedure to NORDYNE Notice is given of the Decision and Order (Case No. CAC-007) granting a Waiver to NORDYNE from the existing Department of Energy test procedure for central air conditioners and central air conditioning heat pumps for the company's Powermiser line of...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department Grays Ferry Cogeneration; Notice of Filing of Coal Capability Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act On February 28, 1996, Grays Ferry Cogeneration Partnership, submitted a coal capability self-certification pursuant to section 201 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department > OER Health and Environmental Research Advisory Committee; Notice of Open Meeting Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is given of a meeting of the Health and Environmental Research Advisory Committee.	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department Koch Gateway Pipeline Co.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department Lower Androscoggin River Basin DEIS, Maine; Notice of Intent to Hold Public and Agency Meetings to Discuss Staff's Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Existing Projects in the Lower Androscoggin River Basin	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department Notice of Application Filed With the Commission	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department Notice of Cases Filed During the Week of February 12 through February 16, 1996	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Interior Department > DOI OHA, Energy Department Notice of Cases Filed During the Week of January 8 through January 12, 1996	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department Notice of Publication of the Insufficiency and Allocations Exhibit for the Power Sales Contract Section 5(b)(5) of the Northwest Power Act requires BPA to include a provision in its requirements contracts establishing how BPA would distribute its power if there is not enough power to meet the demand. The provisions published below satisfy this...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department PacifiCorp Power Marketing, Inc.; Notice of Filing	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department PanEnergy Power Services, Inc.; Notice of Succession	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department Washington Water Power, et al. Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Energy Department Yakima Fisheries Project This notice announces the availability of the ROD to implement Alternative 2 of the proposed Yakima Fisheries Project to undertake fishery research and mitigation activities in the Yakima River Basin in south-central Washington. The project responds...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Air Pollution Control, Proposed Action on Clean Air Act Grant to the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District The U.S. EPA has made a proposed determination under section 105(c) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) that a reduction in expenditures of non-Federal funds for the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD or ``district'') in Monterey, Ca...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods; Receipt of Application for Reference Method Determination	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods; Reference and Equivalent Method Designations	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Avermectin BINF1 and its Delta-8,9 Isomer; Pesticide Tolerance EPA proposes to extend a time-limited tolerance for the Combined residues of the insecticide avermectin B<INF>1 and its delta 8,9-isomer in or on the raw agricultural commodity dried hops. This rule, which would extend the effective date for the aver...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Certain Chemicals; Approval of a Test Marketing Exemption This notice announces EPA's approval of an application for test marketing exemption (TME) under section 5(h)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and 40 CFR 720.38. EPA has designated this application as TME-96-2 and TME-96-3. The test marke...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Certain Chemicals; Availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents for Comment This notice announces the availability of the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the active ingredients 4- Chlorophenoxyacetic, Agrobacterium radiobacter, Aliphatic alcohols, Carbon and Carbon dioxide, Cedarwood oil, Dried blood,...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency DeKalb Genetics Corp.; Application to Register a Pesticide Product This notice announces receipt of an application to register the product Corn Borer-Resistant Corn Containing Insecticidal Bt Protein, containing a plant pesticide active ingredient not included in any previously registered product pursuant to the pro...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Dried Fermentation Solids and Solubles of Myrothecium Verrucaria; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance on All Food Crops and Ornamentals This rule establishes an exemption from the requirement for a tolerance for residues of killedMyrothecium verrucaria in or on all food crop and ornamental commodities when applied pre-planting, pre- seeding or post-planting in accordance with good ag...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Hexakis (2-methyl-2-phenylpropyl)distannoxane; Proposed Tolerance EPA has completed the reregistration process and issued a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for hexakis (2-methyl-2 phenylpropyl)distannoxane, also known as and hereafter referred to in this document as fenbutatin oxide. In the reregistration...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Leco Plastics, Inc.; Application to Register a Pesticide Product This notice announces receipt of an application to register a pesticide product containing a new active ingredient not included in any previously registered product pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Nebraska Plan for Certification of Pesticide Applicators On July 20, 1994, EPA approved, on a contingency basis, the Nebraska Certification Plan for Restricted Use Pesticide Applicators. Final approval of the Nebraska Certification Plan was contingent upon Nebraska revising its Plan in various areas. EPA h...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations In accordance with Section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Tolerance for Cadre This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of the new herbicide, (AC 263,222) (+)-2-[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1- methylethyl)-5-oxo-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-5-methyl-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid applied as its ammonium salt and its metabolite (+)-2-[4...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Pirate; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment EPA has received a specific exemption request from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture Forestry (hereafter referred to as the ``Applicant'') to use the pesticide Pirate to treat up to 1,000,000 acres of cotton to control the beet armyworm (BAW)....	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents; Completion of Comment Period for Certain Chemicals This notice, pursuant to section 4(g)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), concludes the comment period for the reregistration eligibility decision documents (REDs) for many chemical cases.	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of Test Data This notice announces the receipt of test data on n-butyl acetate (CAS No. 123-86-4), and cyclohexane (CAS No. 110-82-7) submitted pursuant to testing consent orders under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Publication of this notice is in comp...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Farm Credit Administration

Title	Type	Published
Farm Credit Administration Loan Policies and Operations The Farm Credit Administration (FCA), by the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board), adopts amendments to the regulations governing disclosure of loan information. The FCA removes the requirement that Farm Credit institutions give borrowers 10 days...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission; Comments Requested 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 20, 1996
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Onawa, Iowa; Correction This document contains a correction to the FM Table of Allotments as published in the October 1, 1994, revision of 47 CFR Part 73. The listing for Onawa, Iowa, in Section 73.202(b) incorrectly shows Channel 272C1A instead of Channel 272C1. Channel 27...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sunshine Act Meeting, Notice of Agency Meeting	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Analysis Regarding The Food and Drug Administration's Jurisdiction Over Nicotine-Containing Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Products; Reopening of the Comment Period as to Specific Documents The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening to April 19, 1996, as to specific documents, the comment period on its analysis regarding FDA's jurisdiction over these products, which was published in the Federal Register of August 11, 1995 (60 F...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Food Labeling; Extension of Comment Periods The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that it is extending to April 11, 1996, the comment periods for certain proposed regulations regarding food labeling that appeared in the Federal Register of December 28, 1995. This action is being...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Program Announcement for Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Products To Protect Children and Adolescents; Reopening of the Comment Period as to Specific Documents The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening to April 19, 1996, as to specific documents, the comment period on its proposed regulations restricting the sale and distribution of nicotine- containing cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products to...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Health and Human Services Department The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990; Availability of Funds for Early Intervention Services The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces that applications will be accepted for fiscal year (FY) 1996 discretionary grants to provide outpatient early intervention services including primary care services with respect to huma...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Health and Human Services Department ``Low Income Levels'' for Health Professions and Nursing Programs	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations 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 20, 1996
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations 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 20, 1996
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Environmental Impact Statement: Flood Recovery Activities in the City of AlbanyDougherty County, Georgia FEMA gives notices of its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for flood recovery activities in the City of Albany and Dougherty County, Georgia. The actions to be evaluated by this EIS include the acquisition of flood damaged re...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Final Flood Elevation Determinations 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 20, 1996
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations 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 are the basis for the floodplain mana...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Defense Department, Transportation Department, Veterans Affairs Department Reservists Education: Commencing Date of Award of Educational Assistance This document amends the Educational Assistance Regulations pertaining to the commencing dates of awards of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve. These regulations are changed to provide that all commencing dates for awards or i...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Special Local Regulation: Provincetown Harbor Swim for Life, Provincetown, MA The Coast Guard proposes to establish a permanent special local regulation for a swimming event known as the Provincetown Harbor Swim for Life. The event will be held annually, on the first Saturday following the Labor Day holiday weekend, in Cape Co...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development; Community Development Block Grant Program; Streamlining Final Rule This final rule amends HUD's regulations for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. In an effort to comply with the President's regulatory reform initiatives, this rule will streamline the CDBG regulations by eliminating provisions tha...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Closed/Limited Access Restrictions on Public Land; Coos Bay District, Oregon The following closed and limited designations of public lands for motorized vehicle use are the result of decisions made in the Coos Bay District Record of Decision and Resource Management Plan (May 1995) and the Coos Bay Shorelands Final Management...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Black-Footed Ferrets in Aubrey Valley, Arizona The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with the Arizona Game and Fish Department will introduce black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) into Aubrey Valley, Arizona. This reintroduction is a primary recovery action for this federally liste...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Interior Department > NPS Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Vessel Management Plan Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190, as amended), the National Park Service (NPS) has prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Vessel Ma...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Interior Department > FWS Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Federal Duck Stamp) Contest The information contained in the February 16, 1996 (61 FR 6254) notice regarding the Federal Duck Stamp Contest has been superseded by the information contained in the proposed rulemaking document published March 14, 1996 (61 FR 10557).	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Interior Department > OSM Notice of Proposed Information Collection In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing its intention to request approval for the collection of information for blaster certification applications in Federal...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Interior Department Notice of Realty Action: Non-Competitive Sale of Public Lands The following described public land in Henderson, Clark County, Nevada has been examined and found suitable for classification for sale utilizing non-competitive procedures, at not less than the fair market value. Authority for the sale is Section 20...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Interior Department Realty Action; Lease/Conveyance for Recreation and Public Purposes; Wyoming The following public lands in Carbon County have been examined and found suitable for classification and/or lease/conveyance to the Carbon County Racing Association for recreation purposes under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Ac...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Interior Department > OSM Utah Regulatory Program The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Utah regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``Utah program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain Laminated Hardwood Flooring From Canada The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of preliminary countervailing duty investigation No. 701-TA-367 (Preliminary) under section 703(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a)) (the Act) to determine whether there is a reasonab...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Justice Department

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Justice Department > DEA Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Justice Department Notice of Lodging a De Minimis Settlement By Consent Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Justice Department > INS Renewal of Immigration and Naturalization Service Citizens' Advisory Panel In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, Sections 1-14, and Title 41 CFR sections 101-6.1001-6.1035, the Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), with the concurrence of the Attorney...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Training Policy Review In response to requests from the mining community for additional time in which to prepare comments, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is extending the period for public comment on its training policy.	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Alternative Dispute Resolution Consistent with the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1990, the Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994, the recommendations of the National Performance Review, and Executive Order 12988, NCUA has adopted a Statement of Po...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee Meeting on Extreme External Phenomena; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee Meeting on Reactor Fuels; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee Meeting on Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena; Postponement	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Catholic University of America	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; Spent Fuel Project Office; Notice of Issuance and Availability of Draft NUREG-1536 Standard Review Plan for Dry Cask Storage Systems	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

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Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Board Meeting: April 30-May 1 Meeting in Texas on the Integration of the OCRWM's Site-Characterization and Repository Development Program	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Sunshine Act Meeting; Notification of Item Added to Agenda	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (PLM Equipment Growth Fund II, Limited Partnership Depositary Units) File No. 1-10553	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (PLM Equipment Growth Fund III, Limited Partnership Depository Units) File No. 1-10813	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (PLM Equipment Growth Fund, Limited Partnership Depositary Units) File No. 1-10260	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Midwest Clearing Corporation; Midwest Securities Trust Company; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Changes Relating to Termination of Services Provided by Midwest Clearing Corporation and Midwest Securities Trust Company	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Assurances of Delivery for Short Sales of Derivative Securities into an Underwriting Syndicate's Stabilizing Bid	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange, Inc., Relating to the Trading of Options on the Amex Gold BUGSSUPSM Index	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., Relating to the Exchange's Member Death Benefit Program	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 1 to Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., Relating to an Expansion of the Firm Facilitation Exemption to All Non-Multiply-Listed Exchange Option Classes	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change to Adjust the Exercise Threshold for Yield-Based Treasury Options	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Issuance, Clearance, and Settlement of Buy-Write Options Unitary Derivatives	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of America, et al. Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``1940 Act'').	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission The Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company, et al. Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Vanguard Money Market Reserves, Inc., et al.; Notice of Application Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Small Business Administration

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Business Loan Programs	Correction	Mar 20, 1996
Small Business Administration Data Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new, and/or currently approved information collection.	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Small Business Administration Data Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new, and/or currently approved information collection.	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Rescission of Social Security Ruling SSR 82-43 Relationship Presumption of the Validity of the Last Marriage The Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of the rescission of SSR 82-43.	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Regulations Pertaining to Both Nonimmigrants and Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality, as Amended; Failure to Comply With INA; Correction This document contains a correction to the final rule published on March 8, 1996 [61 FR 9325]. The regulation implements sec. 212(o) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) as amended by section 506(b) of Pub. L. 103-317.	Rule	Mar 20, 1996

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
STB, DOT Abandonment Proceedings: Elimination of the Revenue and Cost Data for All Years Prior to the Base Year Period This proceeding is being discontinued, because its subject matter is being addressed in another (broader) pending rulemaking proceeding.	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and DC-10 Series Airplanes, and KC-10A (Military) Airplanes This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and DC-10 series airplanes, and KC-10A (military) airplanes. That AD currently requires functional testing to veri...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Transportation Department > RSPA Application by Association of Waste Hazardous Materials Transporters for a Preemption Determination as to Houston, Texas, Requirements on the Storage, Use, Dispensing and Handling of Hazardous Materials The Association of Waste Hazardous Materials Transporters (AWHMT) has applied for an administrative determination whether Federal hazardous materials transportation law preempts certain requirements of the City of Houston, Texas, relating to the stor...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Transportation Department > FHWA, NHTSA Certification of Speed Limit Enforcement Section 205(d) of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 repealed the National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL) Compliance Program. It made the repeal effective on December 8, 1995, but provided that the Governors of certain States could delay...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Transportation Department > FAA Flight Crewmember Duty Period Limitations, Flight Time Limitations, and Rest Requirements This action extends the comment period on Notice No. 95-18; Flight Crewmember Duty Period Limitations, Flight Time Limitations, and Rest Requirements, and publishes questions received from commenters and the FAA's response to those questions. The com...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Transportation Department > RSPA Hazardous Materials in Intrastate Transportation Based on the merits of comments received in response to a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to apply the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to intrastate commerce by motor vehicle, RSPA is issuing these additional proposals. In this document RS...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Transportation Department Special Anchorage Area: Special Anchorage Great Kills Harbor, Staten Island, NY; Special Anchorage Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY The Coast Guard proposes to amend the special anchorage regulations for Great Kills Harbor, Staten Island, New York, and Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. Due to a desire to eliminate unnecessary federal procedures, the Coast Guard Captain of the P...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Transportation Department Special Local Regulation: Swim the Bay, Narragansett Bay, Narragansett, RI The Coast Guard proposes to establish a permanent special local regulation for a swimming competition known as Swim the Bay. The event will be held annually in the East Passage of Narragansett Bay, on the Saturday in July or August that has favorable...	Proposed Rule	Mar 20, 1996

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Backup Withholding, Statement Mailing Requirements, and Due Diligence; Correction This document contains corrections to final and temporary regulations (TD 8637) which were published in the Federal Register Thursday, December 21, 1995 (60 FR 66105), providing final and temporary rules on backup withholding, statement mailing requi...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Treasury Department > IRS Delegation of Authority Authority is delegated from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to the Assistant Commissioner (Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations) to administer, in addition to the Voluntary Compliance Resolution Program described in Rev. Proc. 94-62 (1994-2 C...	Notice	Mar 20, 1996
Treasury Department > IRS Nonbank Trustee Net Worth Requirements; Correction This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 8635) which were published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, December 20, 1995 (60 FR 65547), and relates to nonbank trustees with respect to the adequacy of net worth requirements that...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Treasury Department > OCC Real Estate Lending and Appraisals The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is revising its rules governing real estate lending as part of its Regulation Review Program. Consistent with the goals of the Program, the final rule modernizes and clarifies the rules, reduces unn...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Lump-Sum Payment Under Public Law 93-177 This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations to remove a provision for making lump-sum payments based on the service of veterans who were dishonorably discharged from the United States Army as the result of an...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department Rulemaking Procedures This document amends the ``General Provisions'' in 38 CFR Part 1 by removing Secs. 1.12 and 1.551. The regulatory history of Sec. 1.12 indicates that, despite a statutory exemption, VA intended to self- impose the notice-and-comment provisions of 5 U...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department Standards of Ethical Conduct and Related Responsibilities This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations captioned ``STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT AND RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES.'' It removes VA regulations that in essence restate Government-wide standards contained in 5 CFR Part 735...	Rule	Mar 20, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department VA Residency Realignment Review Committee, Notice of Establishment	Notice	Mar 20, 1996

Federal Register March 20, 1996

Agencies Publishing on March 20, 1996

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Agency for International Development

Agriculture Department

Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Defense Department

D Delaware River Basin Commission

Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency

Farm Credit Administration

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Health and Human Services Department

Homeland Security Department

Housing and Urban Development Department

Interior Department

International Trade Commission

Justice Department

Labor Department

National Credit Union Administration

N National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

N Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

R Railroad Retirement Board

Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration

Social Security Administration

State Department

Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department

Treasury Department

Veterans Affairs Department

Volume Information

D
Delaware River Basin Commission

N
National Science Foundation

N
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

R
Railroad Retirement Board