August 1, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register August 1, 1996

View all documents issued on August 1, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

111 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 1, 1996

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Agricultural Marketing Service

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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GIPSA announces the designation of Central Iowa Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Central Iowa), and the Montana Department of Agriculture (Montana) to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
Notice Aug 01, 1996
Notice is hereby given that a Federally owned cultivar of centipede grass, ``TifBlair,'' is available for licensing and that the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant an exclusive license to the Univ...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), provides that official agency designations will end not later than triennially and may be renewed. The designations of Kankakee Grain Inspection, Inc. (Kankakee), the California Department of F...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
GIPSA request comments on the applicants for designation to provide official services in the geographic area currently assigned to the Missouri Department of Agriculture.
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule establishing an assessment rate for the Papaya Administrative Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 928 for the...
Rule Aug 01, 1996
This rule removes unnecessary, duplicative regulations concerning the formulas by which the world prices of cotton and rice are calculated. This action is being taken as part of the National Performance Review.
Rule Aug 01, 1996
Pursuant to 36 CFR 219.10(g), the Regional Forester for the Southern Region gives notice of the agency's intent to prepare Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) for the revisions of the Forest Land and Resource Management Plans (Forest Plans) for the...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
This information collection contains applications and related information for business and industry loans, guaranteed or insured by the Rural Business--Cooperative Service and applies to lenders, holders, borrowers, and other parties involved in maki...
Notice Aug 01, 1996

Arctic Research Commission logo Arctic Research Commission

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Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

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This notice announces the appointment of the Performance Review Board (PRB) of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Publication of PBR membership is required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). The PRB provides fair and impartial review of the U.S. Comm...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The NOAA Office of ocean and Coastal Resource management (OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island Coastal Zone Management Programs and the Sapelo Island (GA) National Estuarine Research Rese...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
NMFS announces that the non-treaty commercial and recreational salmon fisheries in the area from the U.S.-Canadian border to Cape Falcon, OR, will open under the contingency seasons announced in the annual management measures. NMFS announces that the...
Rule Aug 01, 1996
NMFS announces the closure of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) crustacean fishery due to attainment of the harvest guideline for the 1996 fishing season. Further lobster fishing in the NWHI is prohibited until the beginning of the 1997 fishin...
Rule Aug 01, 1996
NMFS is opening the directed fishery for Pacific ocean perch in the Eastern Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully utilize the total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in that area.
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The Department of Commerce (the Department) hereby publishes a list of scope rulings and anticircumvention inquiries completed between April 1, 1996, and June 30, 1996. In conjunction with this list, the Department is also publishing a list of pendin...
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This notice announces the final eligibility criteria for the NEAP Habitat Restoration Jobs Program and the Data Collection Jobs Program, and responds to comments submitted on the notice of proposed program, which was published in the Federal Register...
Notice Aug 01, 1996

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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In accordance with the Office of Personnel Management guidance under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, notice is hereby given that the following employees will serve as members of the Commission's Performance Review Board. Chairperson: Donald Ten...
Notice Aug 01, 1996

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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This notice provides information regarding the surplus property at Griffiss Air Force Base (AFB), Rome, NY and information about the local redevelopment authority that has been established to plan the reuse of Griffiss AFB. The property is located ea...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Deep Attack Weapons Mix Study (DAWMS) will meet in closed session on August 13-14, 1996 at the Beckman Center, Irvine, California. In order for the Task Force to obtain time sensitive classified briefing, criti...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Global Positioning System, Phase will meet in closed session on August 7-8, 1996 at MIT, Lincoln Laboratory Office, Arlington, Virginia. In order for the Task Force to obtain time sensitive classified briefings...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Image-Based Automatic Target Recognition will meet in closed session on August 20-21 at Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia; and on September 10-11, 1996 at Erim, Michigan. The miss...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Space and Missile Tracking System (SMTS) will meet in closed session on August 6-7 and August 13-14, 1996 at the Beckman Center, Irvine, California. In order for the Task Force to obtain time sensitive classifi...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Policy Letter 91-2, Service Contracting (previo...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 1996
Per Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy (DoN) prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
Per 5 U.S.C. 4314 (c)(4), the Department of the Navy (DON) announces the appointment of members to the DON's numerous Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Boards (PRB's). The purposes of the PRB's is to provide fair and impartial review...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to amend two systems of records notices in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The amendment is precipitated by the Defense Nuclear Agency cha...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new information coll...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The following individuals comprise the standing roster of the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board.
Notice Aug 01, 1996

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Director, Information Resources Group, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 01, 1996

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension to Form EIA-28, ``Financial Reporting System'' (FRS) which is used to collect financial and other energy-related business information.
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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), Los Alamos National...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
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 Board Committee Meeting: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Monticello Site.
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In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collec...
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The Department of Energy announces the availability of the Technical Summary Report for the Long-Term Storage of Weapons-Usable Fissile Materials and the Technical Summary Report for Surplus Weapons- Usable Plutonium Disposition. The first report sum...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The EPA is holding a public meeting to discuss the proposed national volatile organic compounds emission standards for architectural coatings. This meeting is being conducted to provide an opportunity for the EPA to continue dialogue with the archite...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 1996

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Commission revised its Schedule of Regulatory Fees on July 1, 1996, in order to recover the amount of regulatory fees that Congress has required it to collect for fiscal year 1996. See Report and Order in the Matter of Assessment and Collection o...
Rule Aug 01, 1996
The Commission is issuing this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which seeks comment on proposed measures to satisfy the accounting safeguards requirements, including those for affiliate transactions, of Sections 260 and 271 through 276 of the Telecommun...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 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 Aug 01, 1996
The Commission, on its own motion, editorially amends the Table of FM Allotments to specify the actual classes of channels allotted to various communities. The changes in channel classifications have been authorized in response to applications filed...
Rule Aug 01, 1996
The Commission will consider actions to implement Sections 251 and 252 enacted in the Telecommunications Act of 1996; actions regarding interconnection between local exchange carriers and commercial mobile radio service providers.
Notice Aug 01, 1996

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Notice Aug 01, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent agreement, accepted subject to final Commission approval, would require, among other things, the Waln...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent agreement, accepted subject to final Commission approval, would prohibit, among other things, the Con...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent agreement, accepted subject to final Commission approval, would prohibit, among other things, the St....
Notice Aug 01, 1996

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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The General Services Administration/FAR Secretariat is revising the SF 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety to update the burden statement by correcting the GSA address and deleting OMB's address for submitting comments regarding the burden estimate or...
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Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

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This document corrects a typographical error in the text of one of the amended regulatory provisions of the final rule on executive branch certificates of divestiture, which was published by OGE in the Federal Register on Tuesday, June 25, 1996 (61 F...
Rule Aug 01, 1996

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This notice also summarizes the procedures for the meeting and methods by which interested persons may participate in open public he...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The Department of Health and Human Services notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet standards of Subpart C of Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (59 FR 29916, 29925). A similar notice li...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
This notice lists HCFA manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations and other Federal Register notices, and statements of policy that were published during January, February, and March of 1996 that relate to the Medicare and Medicaid...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule to remove certain biologics regulations that are obsolete or no longer necessary to achieve public health goals. These regulations were identified for removal as the result of a page-by-p...
Rule Aug 01, 1996

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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Correction Aug 01, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Pursuant to Section 102 (2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) assessing the potential im...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
Rule Aug 01, 1996
The Bureau of Land Management's California Desert District is soliciting nominations from the public for its District Advisory Council to serve on the 1997-1999 three-year term. Council members provide advice and recommendations to BLM on the managem...
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs proposes to change the assessment rates for operating and maintaining the Walker River Irrigation Project for 1997 and subsequent years. The assessment rates are based on a prepared estimate of the cost of normal operatio...
Notice Aug 01, 1996
Call for Information and Nominations, and Notice of Intent (Call/NOI) to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
Notice Aug 01, 1996

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Judicial Conference of the United States

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The Appellate Rules Committee public hearing scheduled to be held in Denver, Colorado on August 2, 1996, has been canceled. [Original notice of hearing appeared in the Federal Register of May 24, 1996 (61 FR 26207).]
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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NRC and OSHA have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding that describes the authorities of NRC and OSHA in implementing the Energy Policy Act of 1992 provision on occupational safety and health hazards at the gaseous diffusion plants, currently o...
Notice Aug 01, 1996

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), with the Organization of Agreement States, is forming a working group to review the issues related to incidents involving stolen radiography equipment.
Notice Aug 01, 1996
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to issue a generic letter concerning primary water stress corrosion cracking in control rod drive mechanisms and other vessel head penetrations of nuclear power reactors. The purpose of the propose...
Notice Aug 01, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice of Application for an Order pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``1940 Act'').
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Notice of application for exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Notice of Application for Exemption Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Scudder Global Fund, Inc., Scudder International Fund, Inc., Scudder Mutual Funds, Inc., Scudder Equity Trust, Scudder Investment Trust, Scudder Funds Trust, Scudder Portfolio Trust, Scudder Securities Trust, Scudder GNMA Fund, Scudder Cash Investmen...
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Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Trade Representative, Office of United States

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The Acting United States Trade Representative (USTR) hereby identifies Korea as a priority foreign country under section 1374 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (the Act). Upon such designation, the USTR is required to negotiate wit...
Notice Aug 01, 1996

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Short Brother Model SD3-30 and SD3-SHERPA series airplanes. This proposal would require inspections of the vertical fin-to-tailplane joint to detect a...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 1996
This rule alters Federal Airways V-2 and V-14 between the Albany, NY, Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) and the Gardner, MA, VOR. This action allows more flexibility for air traffic operations and enhances utilization of that airspace....
Rule Aug 01, 1996
This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is...
Rule Aug 01, 1996
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Aug 01, 1996
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
Rule Aug 01, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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Starting October 30, 1996 through January 1, 1997, the IRS will begin acceptance and software testing their On-Line Filing Program. And, by January 12, 1997, the IRS will have the On-Line Filing Program fully operational nationwide. Also, the IRS is...
Notice Aug 01, 1996

United States African Development Foundation logo United States African Development Foundation

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