Federal Register May 31, 1996
View all documents issued on May 31, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
117 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on May 31, 1996
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Agriculture Department
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Civil Rights Commission
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Commerce Department
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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Education Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Reserve System
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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Interior Department
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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Library of Congress
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Personnel Management Office
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Social Security Administration
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State Department
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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UUtah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (1)
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Veterans Affairs Department
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Agriculture Department
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This document contains technical corrections to the final regulations, published Wednesday, March 6, 1996 (61 FR 8851), concerning the insurance contract requirements under the Malting Barley Price and Quality Endorsement crop provisions of the Commo...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes specific crop provisions for the insurance of sugar beets. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions which contains standard terms and cond...
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The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, the provisions of an interim final rule with correction which added two new containers to the list of containers authorized for use by table grape handlers regulated under the ma...
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This interim final rule establishes an assessment rate for the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 958 for the 1996-97 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Committee is responsible for local administration of the...
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Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is issuing a final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) related to the LaGrange County, Indiana Sewer District's proposal to construct sanitary wastewater collection and trea...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by all Ranger Districts, Forests, and the Regional Office of the Northern Region to publish legal notice of all decisions subject to appeal under 36 CFR 215 and 217 and to publish notices for public...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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This interim final rule establishes an assessment rate for the Oregon-California Potato Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 947 for the 1996-97 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Committee is responsible for local administration of the ma...
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This final rule amends the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) regulations relating to the administration of the Rangeland Research Grants Program, which prescribe the procedures to be followed annually in the solici...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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A special import quota for upland cotton equal to 41,858,494 kilograms (92,282,258 pounds) is established in accordance with section 136(b) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act) under Presidential Proclamation 6...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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A special import quota for upland cotton equal to 41,858,494 kilograms (92,282,258 pounds) is established in accordance with section 136(b) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act) under Presidential Proclamation 6...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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A special import quota for upland cotton equal to 41,858,494 kilograms (92,282,258 pounds) is established in accordance with section 136(b) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act) under Presidential Proclamation 6...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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A special import quota for upland cotton equal to 41,858,494 kilograms (92,282,258 pounds) is established in accordance with section 136(b) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act) under Presidential Proclamation 6...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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A special import quota for upland cotton equal to 41,858,494 kilograms (92,282,258 pounds) is established in accordance with section 136(b) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act) under Presidential Proclamation 6...
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A special import quota for upland cotton equal to 42,168,963 kilograms (92,966,725 pounds) is established in accordance with section 136(b) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act) under Presidential Proclamation 6...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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This interim final rule establishes an assessment rate for the Southeastern Potato Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 953 for the 1996-97 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Committee is responsible for local administration of the marketi...
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Civil Rights Commission
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Commerce Department
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The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
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NMFS issues this final rule to amend the regulations governing the Atlantic swordfish fishery to: Reduce the annual total allowable catch (TAC) to 2,625 metric tons (mt) dressed weight (dw) via a split season (June 1 - May 31), decrease the minimum s...
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The Bureau of Export Administration is amending the short supply provisions of the Export Administration Regulations to modify the restrictions on exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil and establish License Exception TAPS authorizing such exports,...
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NMFS announces Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the second half of 1996. This action is necessary to implement the bycatch rate standards for vessel operators who participate in the Alaska groundfish trawl fisheries under...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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NMFS issues a final rule to implement Amendment 45 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP). This rule combines the third and fourth quarterly allowances for pollock in the three statistical areas of the combined West...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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Notice is hereby given that Dr. Robin Baird, Marine Mammal Research Group, victoria, B.C., Canada, V8P 5L5, has requested a modification to Permit No. 926.
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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Notice is hereby given that on April 29, 1996, permit no. 778, issued to the National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA 92038, was modified.
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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This notice publishes the NESDIS and the NWS plan to transition from the current GOES-Tap/GOES-Fax (telephone-based) analog service to new digital-data transmission modes including NOAAPORT point-to-multipoint broadcast and the Internet. No changes w...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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The agenda for the meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council which is scheduled for June 11-16, 1996, in Portland, OR, was published on May 28, 1996. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for an addition to the meeting agenda.
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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NMFS issues this final rule to implement approved measures contained in Amendment 7 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) including a resubmitted part of the amendment. These regulations: Establish an annual target Total Allowab...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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In order to leverage Federal resources together with those existing in communities, and to build local capacity to impact growth in the nation's minority business sector, MBDA is revising its Minority Business Development Center Competitive Applicati...
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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.
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The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete commodities previously furnished by s...
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Education Department
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The Secretary of Education announces the annual updates to the tables included in the need analysis methodology that will be used to calculate expected family contributions for the 1997-98 award year under the Federal Pell Grant, campus-based (Federa...
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency PRA clearance requests. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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This notice announces that Asgrow Seed Company has submitted pesticide petitions 6E4670 proposing that the transgenic plant pest control agent Cucumber Mosaic Virus Coat Protein be exempt from the requirement of a tolerance when used in or on all raw...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential adverse impacts associated with use of explosives to excavate the enlarged channel and awaits the results of on-going studies to determine the significance of this dredging technique. ERP No. D...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed the Soil Screening Guidance which is now available. This guidance presents a framework for developing soil screening levels (SSLs), focusing primarily on a simple methodology for developing...
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Federal Communications Commission
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On May 6, 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (``Commission'') released an Order (``Order'') denying a request to extend the deadline for filing reply comments to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order Establishing Joint Board, released...
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Proposed Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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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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Federal Reserve System
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Health and Human Services Department
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This rule amends Sec. 417.157 of the HCFA regulations, which pertains to employer contributions to health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that are included among the alternatives in health benefits plans that an employer offers to its employees. The...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled ``Medical Device Reporting for Manufacturers.'' This guidance contains information to help facilitate manufacturer compliance with the new Medical Devi...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of three guidance documents entitled ``Medical Device Reporting: An Overview,'' ``Medical Device Reporting for User Facilities,'' and ``Medical Device Reporting for Distributors.''...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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We are proposing to revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems for operating costs and capital-related costs to implement necessary changes arising from our continuing experience with the systems. In addition, in the addendum...
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Homeland Security Department
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Pursuant to the Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1992, the Secret Service permits color illustrations of United States currency provided such illustrations are consistent with the requirements set out in this final rule. Prior to the issuance of this ru...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
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Interior Department
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This notice advises the public that the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) on the proposed issuance of nine incidental take permits for seven listed species in the Central and Coastal Natural Community Conserva...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (FS), concurrence proposes to withdraw approximately 19,100 acres of Federal lands from location and entry under the mining laws...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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The BLM proposes to withdraw 4,326.51 acres of public land in Sweetwater and Uinta Counties, to protect the habitat of the Uinta greenthread, Thelesperma pubescens. This notice closes the land for up to 2 years from surface entry and mining. The land...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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The Department of the Air Force proposes to withdraw 11,583.34 acres under Alternative Site No. 1 or 9,673.34 acres under Alternative Site No. 2 of public land from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, mining laws and mineral leasin...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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This interim rule establishes conditions for granting royalty relief on producing leases through their conversion to Net Revenue Share (NRS) leases, provides for suspensions of royalty payments on certain deep-water leases issued as the result of a l...
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Justice Department
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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...
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Labor Department
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Library of Congress
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The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is extending the period for filing reply comments in its rulemaking proceeding considering the eligibility of open video systems for the cable compulsory license.
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Proposed Rule | May 31, 1996 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Personnel Management Office
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to change the method for setting separate maintenance allowance (SMA) rates for duty at Johnston Island. Under this method, SMA rates for Johnston Island are set at the same amount...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to abolish the Merced, CA, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and redefine the county having continuing FWS employment (Fresno) as an area of application to the Ke...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for clearance of a revised information...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for a clearance of an expiring inf...
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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Review of an Expiring Information Collection: SF 2823
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management will submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for a clearance of an expiring informati...
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Notice of application for exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Social Security Administration
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State Department
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Transportation Department
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This action withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300-600 series airplanes. That action would have required replacement of certain feel and limitation co...
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Proposed Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-80 Series Airplanes and Model MD-88 Airplanes
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-80 series airplanes and Model MD-88 airplanes. This action requires a visual inspection to determine the type of fluorescent light bal...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes. This action requires inspections to detect cracking of the lower rib of the rudder, and repair, if necessary. This action al...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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RSPA invites industry, government agencies, and the public to the fifth workshop on unusually sensitive areas (USAs). The purpose of this workshop is to openly discuss drinking water resources. This workshop is a continuation of the USA workshops hel...
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Proposed Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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This notice grants a petition for rulemaking submitted by Independent Mobility Systems, Inc. (IMS), to exclude wheelchair ramps from the Federal motor vehicle safety standard that establishes performance requirements for door locks and door retention...
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Proposed Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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This document revises Standard No. 121, Air brake systems to remove obsolete provisions and to update and reorganize the standard. This revision substantially clarifies and simplifies this safety standard without changing any of its substantive requi...
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Treasury Department
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This document contains final regulations relating to enterprise zone facility bonds issued by State and local governments. These regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. These regulations affect is...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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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...
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Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission
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The Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for Establishment of the Utah Lake Wetland Preserve (Preserve) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) are available. The EA was developed to determine the effects of acquiring private property interests,...
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Veterans Affairs Department
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being...
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being...
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Notice | May 31, 1996 |
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This document amends regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by removing Sec. 1.13 of 38 CFR. This section provided that VA publications and other communications must avoid using language refering only to the masculine gender when the...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national cemeteries regulations by eliminating provisions that simply restate statutory provisions of 38 U.S.C. 2306, 2400, 2401, 2402, 2407, and Chapter 83; by eliminating provisions that dupl...
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Rule | May 31, 1996 |
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