August 15, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register August 15, 1996

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

101 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 15, 1996

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments regarding this information collect...
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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Correction Aug 15, 1996
This action is being taken as part of the National Performance Review program to eliminate unnecessary regulations and improve those that remain. This final rule removes obsolete regulations pertaining to licensing departmental inventions. USDA regul...
Rule Aug 15, 1996
This notice modifies the aggregate quantity of sugar that may be entered under subheadings 1701.12.10, 1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10 and 2106.90.44 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) during fiscal year 1996 (FY 96). As...
Notice Aug 15, 1996
This action extends the comment period on the ``Meat Alternates Used in the Child Nutrition Programs'' proposed rule, published in the Federal Register (61 FR 35152) on July 5, 1996, for 15 days. This extension will ensure greater public input which...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996
This final rule removes obsolete regulations pertaining to the organization and function of the Economics Management Staff (EMS) to reflect an internal reorganization of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with July anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we ar...
Notice Aug 15, 1996
NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement certain provisions of a regulatory amendment prepared by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) in accordance with framework procedures for adjusting management measures of the Fishery Mana...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) announcement is made of the following committee meeting.
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The Joint Advisory Committee on Nuclear Weapons Surety will conduct a closed session on September 10, 1996, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California. The Joint Advisory Committee is charged with advising the Secretary of Defen...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 announces its intent to delete the Alcoa (Vancouver Smelter) NPL Site from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this proposed action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B of 4...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 announces its intent to delete the USDOE Hanford 1100 Area from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this proposed action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B of 40 CFR Part...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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On January 11, 1996, the Commission adopted a Report and Order regarding network protection to include terminal equipment connected to the two-wire Basic Rate Access (BRA) interface and the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) access technology...
Rule Aug 15, 1996
This document adds FM Channel 257C1, Burlington, Colorado, to the FM Table of Allotments, Section 72.202(b) of the Commission's Rules. It also rejects a counterproposal by KNAB, Inc. (KNAB) to add that same channel at Brewster, Kansas.
Rule Aug 15, 1996
The Chief, Policy and Rules Division, grants the petition for reconsideration filed by Atlantic Broadcasting Co., Inc., by imposing a 12.7 kilometer (7.9 mile) northeast site restriction on vacant and now applied-for Channel 287A at Fair Bluff, North...
Rule Aug 15, 1996
The Commission, by this document dismisses the petition for rule making filed by South Louisiana Broadcasters, proposing the allotment of Channel 295C3 to Franklin, Louisiana. See 61 10976, March 18, 1996. The counterproposal filed by Bob Holbrook re...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996
The Commission, by this document dismisses the petition for rule making filed by Charisma Broadcasting Company, proposing the substitution of Channel 222A for Channel 221A, the reallotment of Channel 222A from Starkville, Mississippi, to Ethelsville,...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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The Federal Election Commission is implementing an electronic filing system for reports of campaign finance activity filed with the agency. The Commission is publishing new rules today as part of the process of implementing this system. The new rules...
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Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Title Type Published
Correction Aug 15, 1996
The proposed project would include a lease of 133,130 rentable square feet of building space and 400 onsite parking spaces. The delineated area is Aero Drive to the north: Interstate 15 to the east; University Avenue from Interstate 15 to Keating Street and Keating Street to Interstate 5 as the southern boundary; and Interstate 5 from Keating Street north to Interstate 8 and Linda Vista Road north from Interstate 8 to Aero Drive as the western boundary.
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Notice Aug 15, 1996
This notice announces the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research's (AHCPR) intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate an expired information collection project. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 19...
Notice Aug 15, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Schering-Plough Animal Health. The NADA provides for use of florfenicol injectable solution for cattle...
Rule Aug 15, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that selegiline hydrochloride (Eldepryl<Register>) 5-milligram (mg) tablet was not withdrawn from sale for reasons of safety or effectiveness. This determination will allow FDA to approve abbrevia...
Notice Aug 15, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting to obtain data and information on the photochemistry and photobiology of sunscreens. Meeting attendees are invited to address issues described in this notice. In addition, FDA is r...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996
Section 103 (d) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Public Law 101-336, requires the Secretary to publish a list of infectious and communicable diseases that are transmitted through handling the food supply and to review and update the li...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of dimethyl 1,4- cyclohexanedicarboxylate as a monomer in polyester resins employed in adhesives as components of articles intended for use i...
Rule Aug 15, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of May 21, 1996 (61 FR 25395). The document amended the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of formaldehyde, polymer with 1-naph...
Rule Aug 15, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of polyaryletherketone resins (i.e., poly(oxy-1,4-phenylenecarbonyl-1,4-phenyleneoxy-1,4- phenylenecarbonyl-1,4-phenylenecarbonyl-1,4-phenyle...
Rule Aug 15, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of a source of high intensity pulsed light to control microorganisms on the surface of food. This action is in response to a food additive pe...
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This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on December 8, 1995 (60 FR 63124) entitled ``Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies and Adjustments to the Relative...
Rule Aug 15, 1996
Federal Register document 96-13521 beginning on page 32347 of the issue of June 24, 1996, updated HCFA regulations that pertain to provider appeals from determinations that affect participation in Medicare and, in Medicaid. The document contained tec...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing changes to its grant and/or cooperative agreement noncompeting continuation application submission requirements for fiscal year (FY) 1997. The Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process (SNAP) was orig...
Notice Aug 15, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application by Summit Technology, Inc., Waltham, MA, for premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), of the SVS Apex (formerly the OmniMed) Exc...
Notice Aug 15, 1996

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with Section 202(c) of the National Housing Act, notice is hereby given of the cause and description of administrative actions taken by HUD's Mortgagee Review Board against HUD-approved mortgagees.
Notice Aug 15, 1996
This notice announces the Department's intention to sell approximately 17,500 Secretary-held single family mortgage loans (the ``loans'') in a sealed bid auction. The loans were insured under various sections of the National Housing Act (the Act) and...
Notice Aug 15, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has under consideration a proposal to issue a 30-year permit under Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) that would authorize incidental taking of the threatened coast...
Notice Aug 15, 1996
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public and interested state and local government officials of the latest filing of plats of Survey in California.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is amending Section 20.21(j) and approving bismuth-tin shot as nontoxic for the 1996-97 migratory bird hunting season. Acute, chronic, and reproductive toxicity studies, undertaken for the Bismuth Cartridg...
Rule Aug 15, 1996
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes to amend Section 20.21(j) by approving bismuth-tin shot as nontoxic for hunting waterfowl and coots. Acute, chronic, and reproductive toxicity studies, undertaken for the Bismuth Cartridge Company...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996
The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service) is proposing to establish the 1996-97 late-season hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. The Service annually prescribes frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunt...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service) announced in an earlier document (June 14, 1996, Federal Register 61 FR 30490) that it was considering the establishment of a special youth waterfowl hunting day for the 1996-97 duck-huntin...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C., the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), council meeting of the Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resourc...
Notice Aug 15, 1996
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix 1, The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), announces two meetings of the New Mexico Resour...
Notice Aug 15, 1996
The following described parcel has been classified as suitable for disposal to Langlade County, Wisconsin by conveyance pursuant to the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act of 1926 (44 Stat. 741), as amended (43 U.S.C. 869):
Notice Aug 15, 1996
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) seeks comments concerning the rule changes proposed in a petition submitted by twelve private organizations. The petition requests BLM to amend its regulations...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces States' Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) allotments for Program Year (PY) 1996 (July 1, 1996-June 30, 1997) for JTPA Titles II-A, II-C, and III, and for the JTPA Title II-B Summer Youth Employment and Training Program in Cale...
Notice Aug 15, 1996
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 15, 1996

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
This rule revises the NASA FAR Supplement regarding acquisitions by NASA when Japanese products or services are offered. In negotiations with Japan, the U.S. Trade Representative has removed NASA from the list of agencies required to acquire Japanese...
Rule Aug 15, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribes interest assumptions for valuing benefits under terminating single-employer plans. This final rule amends the regulation to adopt intere...
Rule Aug 15, 1996
This notice provides information about interest rates and assumptions to be used for calculating the variable-rate premium payable to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and for valuing benefits in multiemployer plans following a mass withdrawal...
Notice Aug 15, 1996

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that on August 8, 1996, the Postal Rate Commission expanded the scope of this proceeding at the request of Nashua Photo Inc. and Mystic Color Lab to include consideration of classification modification with respect to Business...
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Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the changes in rates and classifications regarding preferred rate mail to be implemented as a result of the decision of the Governors of the Postal Service on phase two of classification reform, and the changes in preferred rat...
Notice Aug 15, 1996
This final rule sets forth the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards adopted by the Postal Service to implement the Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on the Recommended Decision of the Postal Rate Commission on Nonprofit St...
Rule Aug 15, 1996

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
The Railroad Retirement Board (Board) amends its regulations in order to provide guidelines regarding the selection, payment, responsibilities, and monitoring of representative payees under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. This amendment is b...
Rule Aug 15, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
On July 27, 1994, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a notice in the Federal Register (Vol. 59, No. 143, FR 38115) that terminated: the class waiver for bars and rods, nickel-copper, nickel-copper-aluminum, and high-nickel-alloy and co...
Rule Aug 15, 1996

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would establish Class E airspace at Grundy, VA. The development of a new Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) at Grundy Municipal Airport based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) has made this proposal necessary. The i...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996
This proposed rule would establish Class E Airspace at Weedsport, NY. A Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range (VOR) Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP), has been developed for Whitfords Airport, Weeds...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to the notice of proposed rulemaking (INTL-062-90; INTL-0032-93; INTL-52-86; INTL-52-94) which was published in the Federal Register for Monday, April 22, 1996 (61 FR 17614). The notice of proposed rulemaking relate...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 1996

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United States Institute of Peace

Title Type Published
The agency is soliciting applications for Senior Fellowships from scholars or practitioners who conduct research related to the peaceful resolution of international conflict. Fellowship entails residence at agency in Washington, DC, for up to one yea...
Notice Aug 15, 1996

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