Federal Register August 23, 1996
View all documents issued on August 23, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
116 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on August 23, 1996
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Agriculture Department
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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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CCommittee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
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Defense Department
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Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
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Education Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Office of the President
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Federal Maritime Commission
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Federal Reserve System
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Federal Trade Commission
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Health and Human Services Department
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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Interior Department
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International Trade Commission
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Personnel Management Office
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Postal Service
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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State Department
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Agriculture Department
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Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has made a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) with respect to its action related to the construction of two, 113 megawatt (MW) combustion turbines and associated facilities by Alabam...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, with a correction, the provisions of an interim final rule that established an assessment rate for the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No....
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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We are amending the horse importation regulations to add vesicular stomatitis to the list of diseases from which a premises, and adjoining premises, must be free before a horse from that premises may be imported into the United States. This action ap...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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This document extends the time for filing comments to the tentative partial decision which would incorporate a transportation credit balancing fund into four Federal milk marketing orders in the Southern United States. The amendments are based on the...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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This document recommends adoption of proposed amendments that would add two counties to the Pacific Northwest milk marketing area and modify the component pricing provisions of the order. Other issues included in the proceeding, including all of thos...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announces a forthcoming meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB).
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of a currently approved information collection in support of regulations for the continue...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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We are giving notice of the date and location of the lottery for authorization of the use of the Harry S Truman Animal Import Center (HSTAIC) in calendar year 1997. We are also giving notice of the period during which applications must reach the Anim...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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FAS announces the availability of funds in Fiscal Year 1997 to conduct collaborative research of mutual interest to the United States and Egypt. The Research and Scientific Exchanges Division of FAS is administering a Food Crops Collaborative Researc...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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We are proposing to amend the regulations by revising the definition of ``biological products.'' The amendment is necessary in order to reflect current usage and advances in scientific knowledge, and to clarify certain parts of the definition. We are...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
Commerce Department
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NMFS announces inseason increases to the non-treaty and treaty Indian coho salmon ocean fishery quotas in the area from the U.S.- Canadian border to Cape Falcon, OR. The increase to the non-treaty quota is apportioned between the commercial troll and...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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NMFS issues this notice to advise that the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) has resubmitted a modification of the previously disapproved commercial quota measure contained in Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Summer...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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NMFS issues this final rule to implement the approved provisions of Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Summer Flounder and Scup Fisheries. Amendment 8 implements management measures for the scup fishery in order to reduce fishin...
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene a public meeting of the Texas Habitat Protection Committee.
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that a letter of authorization to take bottlenose and spotted dolphins incidental to oil and gas structure removal activ...
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NMFS is considering whether a change in the opening date of the Angling category season for the Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) fishery from January 1 to June 1 of each year should be proposed. NMFS is also considering whether an amendment to the regulat...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix, notice is hereby given that the Spectrum Planning and Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) will meet on September 20, 1996 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room 160...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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This document contains corrections to the proposed regulations (I.D. 071596C) which were published on August 2, 1996, (61 FR 40377). These corrections are necessary to make the preamble consistent with the proposed regulatory language, and to correct...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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This action adds to the Procurement List commodities to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
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Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Taiwan
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs reducing a limit.
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
Defense Department
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Pursuant to 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 announced its intent to prepare an Environm...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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In accordance with Public Law 101-510 (as amended), the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommended the relocation of the communications-electronics materiel management missions an...
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The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to add a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Department of the Air Force is removing the regulation on public affairs policies and procedures. This rule is removed because it has limited applicability to the general public. This action is the result of departmental review. The intended effe...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has made a recommendation to the Secretary of Energy pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2286a concerning the In-Tank Precipitation System at the Savannah River Site. The Board requests public comments on this recommenda...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
Education Department
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The Secretary is giving the public early notice of actions he intends to take to simplify regulations and reduce regulatory burden. This notice solicits public input to help guide the Department in developing proposed amendments to certain regulation...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
Energy Department
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The Commission, with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing regulations for employees of the Commission, including members of the Commission, which supplement the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executi...
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Title IV of the Clean Air Act requires EPA to establish the Acid Rain Program to reduce the adverse environmental and public health effects of acidic deposition. Under titles IV and V of the Act, State and local air permitting authorities develop and...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Revision o...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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This notice announces the availability of the BECC Certification Criteria document for public review and comment during the special public meeting of the BECC Executive Committee on September 26, 1996, at the Hotel Lucerna, located at Triunfo de la R...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency is extending the comment period for a proposed rule published July 9, 1996 (61 FR 36004). On July 9, 1996, EPA proposed approval of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Colorado f...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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This document is a notice of availability and invitation for comment on the following information pertaining to the proposed revised standards for hazardous waste combustors (61 FR 17358 (April 19, 1996)): Reports from an independent peer review of t...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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In accordance with Section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement of the following cases: Chemical Manufacturers Association v. U.S. EPA, Nos. 94-1463 and 94-1465 (D.C. Cir.). These consolidated cases,...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is convening a public meeting on September 9-10, 1996. This meeting is open to the public without need for advance registration. The Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO) Advisory Subcomm...
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As part of its regulatory reinvention initiative, EPA is reviewing its reporting requirements under section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Agency's goal is to streamline the reporting requirements while enhancing its ability to...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
Executive Office of the President
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| Presidential Document | Aug 23, 1996 |
Federal Communications Commission
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This Order amends the Commission's rules to delete a provision that, for rulemaking proceedings to amend the FM or TV Table of Allotments, provides for an automatic stay, upon the filing of a petition for reconsideration of any Commission order modif...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Commission requests comments on a petition by David Layne proposing the allotment of Channel 263A at Powhatan, Virginia, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 263A can be allotted to Powhatan in compliance with the Co...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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This document allots Channel 292A to Willows, California, as that community's first local FM transmission service, in response to a petition for rule making filed by KIQS, Inc. See 59 FR 59394, November 17, 1994. Coordinates used for Channel 292A at...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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The FDIC is proposing to amend its regulations governing the activities and investments of insured state banks. In general, subject to certain exceptions, insured state banks are prohibited from making equity investments of a type and in an amount th...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The FDIC's Privacy Act Regulations were reviewed in accordance with the requirements of section 303 of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (RCDRIA) and the FDIC's ongoing Regulatory Review Program. As a result of t...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
Federal Maritime Commission
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Federal Reserve System
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Federal Trade Commission
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The Federal Trade Commission (the ``Commission'') requested public comments on May 30, 1996, on proposed revisions to 23.7 of the Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals and Pewter Industries (``the Guides''), 61 FR 27224. Section 23.7 of the Guides...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
Health and Human Services Department
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations for substances that are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) to affirm that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), prepared from high dextrose equivalent corn starch hydrolysate by partial e...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its decision to authorize the use, on food labels and in food labeling, of health claims on the association between sugar alcohols and the nonpromotion of dental caries. The agency has concluded th...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations for the listing of specific substances affirmed as generally recognized as safe (GRAS) in the feed and drinking water of animals and to provide that hydrophobic silica be affirmed as...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Proposed Collection; Comment Request the Framingham Study
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on the proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Instit...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of June 11, 1996 (61 FR 29481). That document amended the animal drug regulations to reflect approval for use of single ingredient Type A medicate...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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Section 602 of Public Law 102-585, the ``Veterans Health Care Act of 1992'' (the ``Act''), enacted section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (``PHS Act''), ``Limitation on Prices of Drugs Purchased by Covered Entities.'' Section 340B provides tha...
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comment...
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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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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
Interior Department
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Notice of Meeting.
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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Notice is hereby given that beginning September 1, 1996, the use of off-road vehicles (ORV) is limited on public lands within the Sand Creek/Carroll Coulee Block Management Area in northern Petroleum County, Montana. This will be in effect during the...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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Notice is given that the document titled ``Assessment Plan: Lower Fox River/Green Bay NRDA'' (``The Plan'') will be available for public review and comment on the date of publication in the Federal Register. The U.S. Department of the Interior, The M...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Lewistown District Resource Advisory Council will meet September 24 and 25, 1996, at the First State Bank, 1st South and 1st East, in Malta, Montana. The September 24 portion of the session will begin at 9 a.m. with a tour of the Zortman Mine in...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The following described public land in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada has been examined and found suitable for lease/ conveyance for recreational or public purposes under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
International Trade Commission
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Request for public comment on draft proposals for chapters 28- 40 and chapter 91.
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Commission hereby adopts certain interim rules as final rules of practice and procedure for investigations and related proceedings under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337). The Commission also revises the interim rule concerni...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
Justice Department
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Notice of information collection under review; application for waiver of ground of excludability.
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
Labor Department
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This document informs the public that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the collection of information requirements contained in two OFCCP rules published on May 1, 1996: (1) The f...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is correcting certain provisions of the final asbestos standards issued August 10, 1994 (59 FR 40964) and corrected and clarified June 29, 1995 (60 FR 33974) and September 29, 1995 (60 FR 50411...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NASA hereby gives notice that Imidyne Corporation, of Merrick, New York 11566, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention disclosed in NASA Case No. LAR-15526-1-SB, entitled ``Polyimide Fibers,'' for which a U.S. Patent Applicatio...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) related to the decommissioning of the Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corporation's facility in Cambridge, Ohio. The DEIS reviews and evaluat...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
Personnel Management Office
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Postal Service
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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State Department
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Transportation Department
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The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a transportation corridor study followed by an environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed project in the eastern Peoria metropolitan area which included the counties of Peo...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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This document contains a correction to the notice of proposed rulemaking proposing revisions to the Department's rules on the display of airline services in computer reservations systems (CRSs). That notice was published Wednesday, August 14, 1996 (6...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Federico Pena and Canadian Transport Minister David Anderson have established a U.S./Canadian governmental Working Group to explore the possibility of greater cooperation between the two countries in administering and ma...
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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This notice solicits comments on the merits of a petition for rulemaking filed by the Barbecue Industry Association (BIA). BIA petitioned for a revision to 49 CFR 173.304(d) that would require registration and training of persons who fill propane cyl...
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Proposed Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
Treasury Department
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On June 26, 1996, the Office of Foreign Assets Control published a final rule to create three new appendices to 31 CFR chapter V that contain lists of individuals and entities determined to be blocked persons, specially designated nationals, speciall...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Department of the Treasury is publishing final regulations to conform existing miscellaneous regulatory provisions to new regulations governing book-entry Treasury Bonds, Notes and Bills that are being published as a separate rulemaking document...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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This document amends the Customs Regulations pertaining to the field organization of Customs by extending the geographical limits of the consolidated port of entry of Puget Sound, Washington. The current boundaries have been extended to include the p...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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This final rule amends the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Cuban Assets Control Regulations, Iranian Assets Control Regulations, Libyan Sanctions Regulations, Iranian Transactions Regulations, and Iraqi Sanctions Regulations (the ``Regulations'')...
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The agencies are withdrawing their joint statement of policy entitled ``Delayed Availability of Funds'' (the Statement) on the ground that it is superfluous.
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Notice | Aug 23, 1996 |
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The Department of the Treasury is publishing a final rule that, on and after the effective date, will govern Treasury bonds, notes, and bills (Treasury securities) in book-entry form held in the commercial book-entry system. The rule incorporates rec...
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Final rule.
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Rule | Aug 23, 1996 |
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