August 7, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register August 7, 1996

View all documents issued on August 7, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

154 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 7, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This interim final rule establishes assessment rates for Marketing Order Nos. 922, 923 and 924 for the 1996-97 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Washington Apricot Marketing Committee, Washington Cherry Marketing Committee, and Washington-Oregon Fre...
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This final rule changes the effective period of the handling regulations in effect for shipments of fresh prunes grown in specified counties of Washington and in Umatilla County, Oregon under Marketing Order No. 924 to coincide with the domestic ship...
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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) hereby amends its General Administrative Regulations by revising the Disputes clause. The intended effect of this rule is to provide reinsured companies with an informal reconsideration process through an...
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) proposes to streamline its regulations through amendments that are intended to encourage electric borrowers to merge, consolidate, or enter into similar arrangements that benefit borrowers and rural communities and a...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 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 Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 985 f...
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The Food and Consumer Service reviews the manufacturer's product formulation to determine the contribution a serving of the product makes towards the food based meal pattern requirements. Need and Use of the Information: The information is used in de...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
This proposed rule would revise the customary and traditional use determinations and establish regulations for hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses during the 1997-1998 re...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996
The Forest Service is proposing to eliminate the stumpage rate adjustment procedure used to adjust timber sale contract tentative rates (bid rates) on most timber sales held in the western states, except for Alaska. Under current stumpage rate adjust...
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Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

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Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, Section 3, Pub. L. 103-419, 108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR section 702.3, that a public hearing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights wi...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, section 3, Pub. L. 103-419, 108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR section 702.3, that a public hearing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights wi...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The interim final rule removes the regulation dealing with the Government's foreign rights in inventions made by Government employees, and expands the uniform patent policy for domestic rights in inventions to include foreign rights in order to have...
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NMFS is soliciting nominations to the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) as established by the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA). NMFS also is soliciting nomination...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is notifying the public of its intent to terminate the suspended countervailing duty investigation of cotton shop towels from Peru. Domestic interested parties who object to termination of the suspended inv...
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Notice is hereby given that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife at Portland, OR (ODFW) have applied in due form for a permit that would authorize an incidental take of an endangered species.
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NMFS is prohibiting retention of northern rockfish in the Eastern Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). NMFS is requiring that catches of northern rockfish in this area be treated in the same manner as prohibited species and discarded at sea w...
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Correction Aug 07, 1996
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene a public meeting.
Notice Aug 07, 1996
The northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) has been recognized as the world's most endangered large whale species. Recent mortalities off the Atlantic coast of the United States place the western Atlantic population of the northern right whale in...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996
The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory entities will hold public meetings.
Notice Aug 07, 1996
The Department of Commerce's final decision regarding natural uranium from the Russian Federation, Kazakstan, and Uzbekistan which is enriched in a third country prior to importation into the United States.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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The Commission proposes to amend its regulation under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act that applies to the fuse burn times of fireworks devices. The proposal would change the allowable fuse burn times from the presently required range of 3 to 6 s...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Section 4201 of the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996. This regulatory action wa...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Section 4105 of the Fiscal Year 1996 Defense Authorization Act which authorizes the u...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Acting Director, Information Resources Group, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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The Acting Director, Information Resources Group, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Department of Energy (DOE) is today publishing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, as required by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (the Act), that begins a process to determine whether alternative fueled vehicle (AFV) acquisition requirements...
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Western Area Power Administration (Western), a Federal power marketing agency of the Department of Energy, hereby announces its Post 2000 Resource Pool Allocation Procedures to fulfill the requirements of Subpart C--Power Marketing Initiative of the...
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise section 284.243 of the Commission's regulations to improve the efficiency of the Commission's capacity release mechanism and encourage greater use of this m...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is issuing a notice regarding the filing of pro forma tariff sheets required by the final rule, 61 FR 39053 (July 26, 1996), 76 FERC para.61,042 (July 17, 1996). Pipelines should make such filings electronical...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The...
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB):...
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EPA has received a specific exemption request from the California Department of Pesticide Regulations (hereafter referred to as the ``Applicant'') to use the pesticide bifenthrin to treat up to 22,000 acres of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and rapin...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
EPA is announcing the availability of the draft of a document entitled ``Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment: Lithographic Blanket Washes.'' This document details the findings of the EPA's Design for the Environment Lithography Project. DATES...
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Provide EPA will an overview of your entire project. The summary must be no more than one page and must briefly include all seven of the following: 1. Describe your organization (and your key partners); 2. State the goals and specific objectives of y...
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This notice announces that EPA has received a request from Rhone-Poulenc AG Company to cancel the use of iprodione on cowpeas. Under section 6(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)), EPA must announce the r...
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On July 19, 1996 in the Federal Register at page 37744, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced the availability of the document entitled ``Concept Paper on Environmental Permitting and Task Force Recommendation'' and the Agency's reques...
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Office of Pesticide Programs, within the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, has forwarded the Information Collection Request (...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
This notice announces initial filings of pesticide petitions (PP) and food/feed additive petitions (FAP) proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various agricultural commodities.
Notice Aug 07, 1996
Since publication of the proposed rule ``Requirements for Management of Hazardous Contaminated Media (HWIR-media)'' (61 FR 18780 (April 29, 1996)), the Agency has become aware of four areas that should be clarified in the proposed rule. First, in the...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a stakeholder's meeting for reviewing WET implementation issues to be held on September 24-26, 1996 at the Georgetown University Conference Center. WET implementation issues which were raised by...
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Report and Order (``R&O'') amends the Commission's Rules to adopt new guidelines and methods for evaluating the environmental effects of radiofrequency (RF) radiation from FCC-regulated transmitters, in accordance with The National Environmental...
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Correction Aug 07, 1996
The Commission, at the request of WMS1, Inc., allots Channel 240A at Macomb, Illinois, as the community's third local commercial FM transmission service See 61 FR 18540, April 26, 1996. Channel 240A can be allotted to Macomb in compliance with the Co...
Rule Aug 07, 1996
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by Rick L. Murphy requesting the allotment of Channel 230C3 to Parker, Arizona, as that community's second local FM service. Coordinates used for this proposal are 34-08-48 and 114-1...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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On June 26, 1996, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Colo. Repub. Fed. Camp. Comm. et al. v. F.E.C. regarding coordinated party expenditures. The Commission today is publishing a technical amendment to conform its regulations to the decision. The...
Rule Aug 07, 1996
On July 11, 1996, the Commission received a Petition for Expedited Rulemaking from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The petition urges the Commission to revise its regulations regarding ind...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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This regulation reestablishes certain Federal Information Resources Management Regulation (FIRMR) provisions regarding records management in the Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR). This action is necessary because the FIRMR is being aboli...
Rule Aug 07, 1996
This regulation reestablishes the Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) certain telecommunications provisions of the Federal Information Resources Management Regulation (FIRMR). These FIRMR provisions will be maintained in the FPMR after Aug...
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Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

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The Office of Government Ethics is granting one further grandfathering grace period extension of just under three months for certain existing executive agency standards of conduct, dealing with regulatory financial interest prohibitions and prior app...
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The Office of Government Ethics has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the Standard Form (SF) 278 Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report which OGE sponsors for a three-year extension of approval under the Pa...
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its food labeling regulations to modify the basis on which low-volume food products of small businesses are exempted from the requirements for nutrition labeling. The regulations also establish a not...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Coast Guard is establishing two new anchorage areas in the Ashley River, Charleston, South Carolina. Due to pending construction of two 1000 ft piers at the George M. Lockwood Municipal Marina, in Charleston, the current anchorage in 33 CFR 110.7...
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Correction Aug 07, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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On February 28, 1996 (61 FR 7674), HUD published for public comment an interim rule streamlining its regulations governing the certification and funding of State and local fair housing enforcement agencies. Previously, the requirements for substantia...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) announces the availability of the proposed Amended Programmatic Agreement (PA), under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). This PA is between Reclamation, the Advisory Council on Histor...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing this rule to exempt local commercial vehicle traffic on the 5.8 miles of park roads between the park's Northeast and Interior Entrances from the general prohibition on the use of NPS roads by commercial ve...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes to revise its regulations pertaining to the disposition of surplus range animals. The Service has determined that this is in line with its general policies on Fenced Animal Management and Collecti...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the plant Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii (wahane). The species is endemic to the island of Niihau, Hawaiian...
Rule Aug 07, 1996
The primary purpose of this order is to close the public lands in the O'Neal Valley area to the discharge of firearms for the period of August 1, 1996 through August 31, 1996. The area affected are T 18S., R. 8E, SBM Sect 10, lot 9, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
Pursuant to Section 102 (2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) assessing the potential impac...
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The National Park Service (NPS) is deleting Part 31 of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Zoning Standards for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. This deletion is necessary because Section 5 of the enabling legislation for the National...
Rule Aug 07, 1996
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of Land Management, Yuma District, Havasu Resource Area, will be preparing an environmental assessment l...
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This Notice is published in accordance with authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary-- Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8, and in accordance with the Act of August 15, 1953, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1161. I certify...
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (ID) issued by the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) in the above- captioned investigation. The ALJ granted the motion of...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 1, 1996, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Michelin North America, Inc., 1 Parkway South, Green...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of preliminary antidumping Investigation No. 731-TA-750 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to determine whether there is a reasonable...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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In this document, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) requests comment on revised definitions of two key terms: new product and specific product.
Notice Aug 07, 1996
This rule is issued by the Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to remove the exemption for certain products containing pseudoephedrine (which are lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from the...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
This document contains a final regulation revising the definition of when certain monies which a participant pays to, or has withheld by, an employer for contribution to an employee benefit plan are ``plan assets'' for purposes of Title I of the Empl...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) placed a notice in the Federal Register (61 FR 6869, February 22, 1996) that it had issued the draft of the final preapplication safety evaluation report (PSER) for the modular high-temperature gas-cooled react...
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Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations to remove three metropolitan areas from the ``Rest of U.S.'' locality pay area and establish three new locality pay areas in January 1997 corresponding to these metropolitan areas. The t...
Rule Aug 07, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain British Aerospace Model Avro 146-RJ70A, -RJ85A, and -RJ100A airplanes. This proposal would require repetitive inspections for cracking of fuselage...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Jetstream Model 4100 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacement of the existing decompression panel on the aft bulkhead of the toil...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996
This amendment modifies the Class E airspace area at New York, NY to accommodate a planned Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) at the Lincoln Park Airport, Lincoln Park, NJ. This amendment also corrects the d...
Rule Aug 07, 1996
The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order (1) finding Air 4000, Inc., fit, willing, and able, and (2) awarding it a certificate of public convenience and necessity to engage in...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Chicago Midway Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990) (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget...
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The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to use the revenue from a PFC at James M. Cox-Dayton International Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus...
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The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the request to amend the approved application to impose a PFC at Dayton International Airport and use the PFC revenue at Dayton International and Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport under the provisio...
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In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, exemptions from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardo...
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In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, exemptions from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardo...
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This document contains a correction to the final rule (Docket PS-124) changing miscellaneous gas pipeline safety regulations that was published Thursday, June 6, 1996 (61 FR 28770) in the Federal Register.
Rule Aug 07, 1996
The Coast Guard is adopting a temporary safety zone regulation for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Air Show sponsored by Seafair Incorporated on 8, 9, 10, and 11 August, 1996, over Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington. The Captain of the Port Puget Sound, Seat...
Rule Aug 07, 1996
This document corrects an administrative error in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on July 31, 1996, which proposes to amend the special flight rules in the vicinity of Grand Canyon National Park. In the July...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains corrections to final regulations [TD 8664] which were published in the Federal Register on Monday, April 22, 1996 (61 FR 17572). The final regulations provide rules regarding the reporting on Form 1042-S of certain bank deposit...
Rule Aug 07, 1996
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Aug 07, 1996
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
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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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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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Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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This document proposes to amend VA regulations concerning informed consent for patient care. It is proposed to describe the requirements for obtaining and documenting informed consent. It is also proposed to describe the types of treatments or proced...
Proposed Rule Aug 07, 1996

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