September 16, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register September 16, 1996

View all documents issued on September 16, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

132 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 16, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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We are advising the public of our determination that certain papaya lines developed by Cornell University and the University of Hawaii that have been genetically engineered for virus resistance are no longer considered regulated articles under our re...
Notice Sep 16, 1996
The Forest Service is amending regulations for appraising the value of timber under special circumstances. These regulations were reviewed under phase II of the President's Regulatory Reinvention Initiative and were determined to be repetitive and in...
Rule Sep 16, 1996
These corrections amend the Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska (50 CFR part 100 and 36 CFR part 242, published in the Federal Register on July 30, 1996 (61 FR 39697)) implementing the subsistence priority for rural resident...
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby establishes procedures and policies pursuant to which a borrower under the RE Act may fund consultants used by the Administrator for financial, legal, engineering, environmental and other technical advice and...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS hereby announces denial of the petition for rulemaking submitted by the Offshore Resource Management Corporation (ORMC). ORMC petitioned NMFS to amend the tuna regulations to make pair trawling an authorized gear type for non-bluefin tunas and a...
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 1996
NMFS has adjusted the Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) Angling category quota by transferring 10 metric tons (mt) from the Inseason Reserve. Therefore, the Angling category fishery for school ABT will open for the northern area beginning Friday, September...
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This document corrects errors in Secs. 660.306(j), 660.306(k), and 660.323(a)(4)(i), and the section number ``Sec. 663.324'' in the final rule (I.D. 050796A) concerning Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific, published July 2, 199...
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NMFS announces the end of the ``regular season'' for the Pacific whiting (whiting) fishery off Washington, Oregon, and California and the reimposition of a 10,000-lb (4,536-kg) trip limit coastwide. This action is authorized by the Pacific Coast Grou...
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NMFS issues this final rule to implement the approved provisions of a regulatory amendment prepared by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) in accordance with the framework procedure for adjusting management measures of the Fishery...
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Department of Energy (DOE) has completed remedial actions to decontaminate a property in Fairfield, Ohio. Formerly, the property was found to contain quantities of residual radioactive material resulting from activities conducted by DOE's predece...
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The United States Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy Technology Center hereby announces that the inventions listed below are available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207-209 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of fede...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the following information collection: Collection of Economic and Regulatory Impact Supporting Data: Corrective Action Questionnaire will be administer...
Notice Sep 16, 1996
EPA is approving a revision to the Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP) which pertains to the 1990 base year ozone emission inventory for the Richmond-Petersburg, Norfolk-Virginia Beach, and Smyth County ozone nonattainment areas. These areas wer...
Rule Sep 16, 1996
EPA is approving a revision to the Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP) which pertains to the 1990 base year ozone emission inventory for the Northern Virginia nonattainment area. This area was classified by EPA as serious for ozone. The SIP was...
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EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of establishing 1990 ozone base year emission inventories for the Virginia ozone nonattainment areas. In the Final Rules s...
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 1996
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of establishing 1990 ozone base year emission inventories for the Virginia ozone nonattainment areas. In the Final Rules s...
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 1996
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today is granting a petition submitted by Bekaert Steel Corporation (Bekaert) of Rogers, Arkansas, to exclude from hazardous waste control (or delist) certain solid wastes generated at its facility. This acti...
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Region 5, announces its intent to delete the Twin Cities Air Force Reserve Base, Small Arms Range Landfill, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Site (SARL), from the National Priori...
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 1996
On January 27, 1995, EPA proposed Clean Water Act effluent limitations and pretreatment standards to reduce the discharge of pollutants from the centralized waste treatment industry (60 FR 5464). This document describes new information the Agency has...
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 1996
Section 4005(c)(1)(B) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984, requires States to develop and implement permit programs to ensure that municipal solid waste landfills...
Notice Sep 16, 1996
Notice is hereby given that modification of an exemption to the land disposal restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act has been granted to AEESC, for the Class I injection wells lo...
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commission announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to extend without change the existing collection of information listed below. The Commis...
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Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Amargosa Valley Broadcasters seeking the allotment of Channel 266A to Amargosa Valley, NV, as its first local aural transmission service. Channel 266A can be allotted to Amargosa Valley in compl...
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 1996
This document directs WKJB AM-FM, Inc.licensee of Station WKJB-FM, Channel 256B, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and Arso Radio Corporation, licensee of Station WPRM-FM, Channel 253B, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to show cause why their respective licenses should n...
Rule Sep 16, 1996
The Commission, at the request of Ron Moore, allots Channel 231A at Cross Hill, South Carolina, as the community's first local aural transmission service. See 61 FR 31490, June 20, 1996. Channel 231A can be allotted to Cross Hill in compliance with t...
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The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by The Hollis Group to allot Channel 267C3 to Hollis,OK, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 267C3 can be allotted to Hollis in compliance with the Commission's minim...
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 1996
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Lac Qui Parle Broadcasting Company, Inc., proposing the allotment of Channel 293A to Sunburg, Minnesota, as that community's first local service. Channel 293A can be allotted to Sunburg without a...
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 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...
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

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In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) hereby gives notice that it has submitted the information collection entitled ``Advances to Nonmember Mortgagees'' to the Of...
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Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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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 Hous...
Notice Sep 16, 1996
The Federal Trade Commission (``Commission'') amends its Appliance Labeling Rule by publishing new ranges of comparability to be used on required labels for dishwashers, instantaneous water heaters, and central air conditioners and heat pumps sold as...
Rule Sep 16, 1996

Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Office of Population Affairs announces the availability of funds for FY 1997 family planning services grant projects under the authority of Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.) and solicits applications for competing g...
Notice Sep 16, 1996
This notice is to provide information to the public concerning a planned cooperative agreement between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors to su...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Seafood, is announcing its intention to supplement the current year of the cooperative agreement with the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of a mixture of methylated 4,4'-bis(2-benzoxazolyl)stilbenes, with the major portion consisting of 4-(2-benzoxazolyl)-4'-(5-methyl-2-benzoxaz...
Rule Sep 16, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the revocation of the establishment license (U.S. License No. 961) and the product licenses issued to Midland County Hospital District, now doing business as Permian Basin Regional Center, for the...
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The Office of Minority Health (OMH), Office of Public Health and Science announces that Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 funds are available for the construction of a National Center for Primary Care. Funds were appropriated for this purpose by the Balanced Bud...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of an abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Med-Pharmex, Inc. The ANADA provides for use of gentamicin sulfate and betamethasone val...
Rule Sep 16, 1996
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting to discuss issues related to the promotion of FDA-regulated medical products on the Internet. FDA is seeking participation in the public meeting and written comments from all inter...
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This notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(I) that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive world-wide license to practice the inventio...
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Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed below....
Notice Sep 16, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking that amends the tentative final monograph (proposed rule) for over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen drug products. This amendment would establish conditions under which prod...
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 1996

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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Correction Sep 16, 1996
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of North Carolina, (FEMA-1134-DR), dated September 6, 1996, and related determinations.
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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of North Carolina, (FEMA-1134-DR), dated September 6, 1996, and related determinations.
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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Virginia, (FEMA-1135-DR), dated September 6, 1996, and related determinations.
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This rule completes the rulemaking process for an interim rule on HUD's regulations for the HOPE for Homeownership of Single Family Homes Program (HOPE 3) Program and further amends the regulations to comply with the President's regulatory reform ini...
Rule Sep 16, 1996
This final rule sets forth regulations to implement the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (the HOME program). The HOME program provides grants to States, units of general local government, consortia, and insular areas to implement local housing st...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Notice is hereby given that all non-event types of boating are prohibited on the water surface of Senator Wash Reservoir. The closure area encompasses all waters within Senator Wash Reservoir, which is located within sections 31 and 32, Township 14 S...
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The following described land has been examined and found suitable for classification for patent to Kern County under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).
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This order revokes an Executive order insofar as it affects 40 acres of public land withdrawn by the Bureau of Land Management for Powersite Reserve No. 406. The land is no longer needed for this purpose and the revocation is needed to permit disposa...
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This order withdraws approximately 401 acres of National Forest System land from mining for 20 years to protect the Bakerville- Loveland Bicycle Trail. The land has been and remains open to such forms of disposition as may by law be made of National...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice Sep 16, 1996
This proposed rule is issued by the deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to place the narcotic drug, remifentanil and salts thereof, into Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The Deputy Administrator has re...
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 1996

Labor Department logo Labor Department

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a NASA Advisory Council, Aeronautics Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Human Factors meeting.
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National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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This notice announces the opening of certain Nixon Presidential historical materials from the White House Special Files that are commonly referred to as Nixon contested materials. Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with section 104 of the Pre...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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On June 18, 1996 (61 FR30837), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published for public comment a petition for rulemaking filed by Amersham Corporation. The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations by removing the reference to ``as...
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is delaying the effective date for Fee Item (60), Labor arbitration proceedings and Fee Item (61), Appeals to a Surface Transportation Board decision and petitions to revoke an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C....
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Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment revises an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain de Havilland Model DHC-8 series airplanes, that currently requires clearly marking the location and means of entering the lavatory. That action was prompted by rep...
Rule Sep 16, 1996
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Industrie Aeronautiche E Meccaniche (I.A.M.) Model Piaggio P-180 airplanes. This action requires modifying the passenger seat cushion next to the emergency exit door handle. Rep...
Rule Sep 16, 1996
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Jetstream Model 4101 airplanes. This action requires a one-time inspection of the airplane records to determine the serial number, the total number of hours time-i...
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-80 series airplanes and Model MD-88 airplanes, that requires a one-time inspection to detect cracking of the main landing gear (MLG) pistons,...
Rule Sep 16, 1996
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes. This action requires repetitive visual inspections to detect whether the de- icing system boots on the horizontal stabilizer...
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The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order (1) finding Maverick Airways Corporation fit, willing, and able, and (2) awarding it a certificate to engage in interstate scheduled a...
Notice Sep 16, 1996
This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee to discuss rotorcraft issues, current rulemaking actions, and future activities and plans.
Notice Sep 16, 1996
The purpose of this document is to propose, pursuant to Sec. 316(2) of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-59, 109 Stat. 568), a nationwide programmatic agreement among the FHWA, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservat...
Notice Sep 16, 1996
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Bellingham International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part...
Notice Sep 16, 1996
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Long Island MacArthur Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus B...
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This document states the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) policy concerning the analysis of proposed airport noise and access restrictions under the requirements of 14 CFR part 161 and the eligibility of such analysis for Federal funding when co...
Notice Sep 16, 1996
This special condition is issued for these Aerospatiale Model SA-365N, SA-365N1, and AS-365N2 ``Dauphin'' helicopters. These helicopters will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with the Electronic Flight Instrument System and with the...
Rule Sep 16, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document provides notice of cancellation of a public hearing on proposed regulations concerning the low-income housing credit.
Proposed Rule Sep 16, 1996
Notice Sep 16, 1996
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (the ``agencies'') may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collec...
Notice Sep 16, 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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