September 27, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register September 27, 1996

View all documents issued on September 27, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

139 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 27, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Secretary of Agriculture has determined that all cost- share payments awarded to individuals by the New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee through participating county soil and water conservation districts under the State Agricultur...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, with concurrence from the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, proposes to withdraw, for 20 years, approximately 22,000 acres of Federal mineral estate, and any non-Federal minerals tha...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. Chapter 35], this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an information collection for a proposed marketing order for tart cherries. Informati...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved information collection for Swee...
Notice Sep 27, 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 Citrus Administrative Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 905 for the...
Rule Sep 27, 1996
We are soliciting public comment on several issues pertaining to our current regulations regarding the importation and interstate movement of plant pests. Specifically, we are seeking public comment on the criteria used to determine whether an organi...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996
The Secretary of Agriculture has determined that all payments for implementation of best management practices made to individuals by the City of Syracuse under the Skaneateles Lake Watershed Agricultural Program (``SLWAP'') are made primarily for the...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
This document amends sections contained in the Soybean Promotion and Research Order (Order) and rules and regulations. This regulatory action is being taken as part of the National performance Review Program to eliminate unnecessary regulations and i...
Rule Sep 27, 1996

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS has determined that the Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) Angling category quota, as adjusted, has not been reached. Therefore, the Angling category fishery for school ABT will open for the northern area beginning Saturday, September 28, at 1 a.m. loc...
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Notice Sep 27, 1996
NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement the Fishery Management Plan for Queen Conch Resources of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (FMP). The FMP would restrict the taking of queen conch in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around P...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996
NMFS issues a proposed rule that would implement Amendment 43 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI) and Amendment 43 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gul...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996
NMFS announces approval of Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries (FMP). The amendment revises overfishing definitions for Atlantic surf clams and ocean quahogs in compliance with the NOAA Gui...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
NMFS announces a revision to the Atlantic herring PMP that removes the spawning closure provisions. The revision is necessary to allow a joint venture for Atlantic herring to be conducted in previously closed areas and is intended to provide addition...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a 2-day public meeting on October 2 and 3, 1996, to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone.
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Sep 27, 1996

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List a commodity and a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Sep 27, 1996
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.
Notice Sep 27, 1996

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.2), notice is hereby given that the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel will meet October 11, 1996 from 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. in room 4E630, Pentagon, Washing...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The purpose of this notice is to describe the means by which managed care activities designed to improve the delivery and financing of health care services in the Military Health Services System (MHSS) are carried out overseas. In September, 1994 and...
Notice Sep 27, 1996

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Secretary announces the applicability of revised Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-21, ``Cost Principles for Educational Institutions,'' as revised by OMB in the Federal Register of May 8, 1996 (61 FR 20880) and Circular A-133, ``A...
Rule Sep 27, 1996

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Notice is given of the Decision and Order (Case No. F-086) granting a Waiver to Bard Manufacturing Company (Bard) from the existing Department of Energy (DOE or Department) test procedure for furnaces. The Department is granting Bard's Petition for W...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
Today's notice grants an Interim Waiver to Rheem Manufacturing Company (Rheem) from the existing Department of Energy (DOE or Department) test procedure regarding blower time delay for the company's GLH downflow and GPH upflow/horizontal series furna...
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On March 29, 1996, BPA initiated a public process to develop a policy to implement the excess federal power marketing provisions of the Energy and Water Development Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-46, Sec. 508(a) and (b), 109 Stat. 402, (1995) (codified...
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The U.S. Department of Energy is announcing two public meetings to solicit input from affected constituencies before formulating the Department's recommendation respecting electric industry restructuring. Two additional meetings in proximity to the s...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA is approving revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP) which pertains to the 1990 base year emission inventory for the marginal and severe ozone nonattainment areas within the state. The ozone nonattainment areas consist of the co...
Rule Sep 27, 1996
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland for the purpose of establishing 1990 ozone base year emission inventories for the Maryland ozone nonattainment areas. In the Final Rules section o...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996
EPA is disapproving the Commonwealth of Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet's (Cabinet) request to redesignate the Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky moderate ozone nonattainment area to attainment and th...
Rule Sep 27, 1996
Pursuant to procedures described in the January 19, 1989 Federal Register, EPA recently approved a number of minor State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) and the Oregon Department of Environ...
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Notice Sep 27, 1996
This notice establishes adoption and implementation dates for reasonably available control technology (RACT) rules based on a CTG published on May 20, 1996 for wood furniture manufacturing operations.
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The State of Delaware has applied for approval of its underground storage tank program under Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reviewed the State of Delaware's application a...
Rule Sep 27, 1996
EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding potential adverse impacts to water quality in sensitive watersheds and air quality and the amount of new road construction. ERP No. D-AFS-K82006-CA Rating EC2, Humboldt Nursery Pest Management Plan, Impl...
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EPA is soliciting public comment on a document that the Agency relied upon in promulgating a notice of proposed rulemaking on October 12, 1994. The Agency inadvertently omitted the document from the rulemaking docket for part of the public comment pe...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 announces its intent to delete the soil unit of the Lakewood Site located in Lakewood (Pierce County), Washington, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment o...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996
In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative cost recovery settlement under Section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA co...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Pesticide Opertions and Management Committee will hold a 2-day meeting, October 10 and 11, 1996. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative a...
Notice Sep 27, 1996

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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In this Memorandum Opinion and Order, the Commission grants the Petition for Limited Waiver of Ameritech Communications Incorporated (``ACI''). In the petition, ACI sought a limited waiver of certain provisions of Section 22.903 of the Commission's r...
Rule Sep 27, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

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The Office of Government Ethics is amending the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch to conform with the Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993. These amendments will thus bring the concerned provisions of the Standards up-...
Rule Sep 27, 1996

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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This notice announces forthcoming meetings of public advisory committees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This notice also summarizes the procedures for the meetings and methods by which interested persons may participate in open public hea...
Notice Sep 27, 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 allow a proposed information collection project. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to revoke the food labeling regulation that prescribes conditions for the display by a retail establishment of a notice concerning the sale of products containing saccharin and its salts. This actio...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to establish the procedure by which manufacturers, packers, and distributors of dietary supplements who are marketing a dietary supplement product that bears on its label or in its labeling one of t...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule to require the filing of a premarket approval application (PMA) or a notice of completion of product development protocol (PDP) for 41 class III medical devices. The agency has summarized...
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Notice Sep 27, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to establish the procedure by which a manufacturer or distributor of dietary supplements, or of a new dietary ingredient, is to submit, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), the...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996
This notice is a quarterly announcement that contains a list of sites for which ATSDR has completed a public health assessment or an addendum during the period April-June 1996. This list includes sites that are on, or proposed for inclusion on, the N...
Notice Sep 27, 1996

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Coast Guard has authorized a temporary deviation to the regulations governing the operations of the U.S. Route 31 highway bridge, mile 2.9 over the Grand River in Grand Haven, MI. This action was requested by the City of Grand Haven to reduce the...
Rule Sep 27, 1996
The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC) will meet to discuss various issues relating to offshore safety. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Sep 27, 1996
This rule amends Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations to reflect recent agency organizational changes. It also makes editorial changes throughout the title to correct addresses, update cross- references, and other technical corrections. This rule ma...
Rule Sep 27, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This Notice identifies underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Sep 27, 1996
On July 16, 1996 (61 FR 37132), the Department published a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in the Federal Register announcing the availability of approximately $50,000,000 in FY 1996 funding for the Economic Development Initiative Program. The...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
This rule finalizes the policies and procedures set forth in HUD's April 5, 1996 proposed rule. Additionally, this rule makes several clarifying and technical amendments to the proposed rule. The final rule simplifies, improves, and updates HUD's imp...
Rule Sep 27, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The following described public land is hereby classified as suitable for conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act:
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces that Federal Cartridge Company (Federal) Anoka, Minnesota, has applied for approval of tungsten-iron shot for waterfowl hunting in the United States.
Notice Sep 27, 1996
This notice is published in the exercise of authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary-- Indian Affairs (Assistant Secretary) by 209 DM 8. Based on a comprehensive legal review conducted by the Division of Indian...
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This rule prescribes special late season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands and ceded lands. This responds to tribal requests for Service recognition of their authority to...
Rule Sep 27, 1996
This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for general waterfowl seasons and those early seasons for which States previously deferred selection. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifica...
Rule Sep 27, 1996
The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, has filed an application to withdraw 96.59 acres of National Forest System land for protection of the Calf Creek Long-Term Soil Productivity Site. Publication of this notice in the Federal...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
This order opens lands reconveyed to the United States in an exchange under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. (FLPMA), to the operation of the public land laws. The land that was acquired in the exchange provi...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, has prepared a...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 USC), notice is hereby given that the Southwest Resource Advisory Council (SW RAC) will meet on Thursday, October 10, 1996, in the BLM Montrose District Office Conference Room, 2465 South Towns...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
As provided in Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Service announces a meeting designed to foster partnerships to enhance recreational fishing and boating in the United States. The meeting, sponsored by the Sport Fishing and B...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
As provided in Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Service announces a meeting designed to foster partnership to enhance recreational fishing and boating in the United States. The meeting, sponsored by the Sport Fishing and Bo...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The National Park Service will prepare a Visitor Services Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (VSP/EIS) for Crater Lake National Park. The VSP/EIS will incorporate and supersede the Cleetwood Cove Development Concept Plan/Environmental Impact Stateme...
Notice Sep 27, 1996

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of an investigation and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-752 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to de...
Notice Sep 27, 1996

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

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Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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The purpose of the Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions is to make reduced rate loans and provide technical assistance to both Federal and State-chartered credit unions serving low-income communities. The NCUA Board is issui...
Rule Sep 27, 1996
NCUA is revising its rules regarding management interlocks between credit unions and other types of depository institutions. The final rule, like the current regulation, does not apply when a credit union shares a management official with another cre...
Rule Sep 27, 1996
The final rule allows credit unions serving predominantly low- income members (LICU) to raise secondary capital from foundations and other philanthropic-minded institutional investors. The rule will enable LICUs to make more loans and improve other f...
Rule Sep 27, 1996

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

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The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has determined that additional time is necessary to properly evaluate the efficacy of its pilot E-Z Trial program. Accordingly, the Review Commission is amending the ``sunset'' provisions of the Co...
Rule Sep 27, 1996

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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This gives notice of positions placed or revoked under Schedules A and B, and placed under Schedule C in the excepted service, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is making final its interim regulation that amends current Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program regulations. The final regulation requires that the charges and FEHB fee-for-service plans' benefit p...
Rule Sep 27, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

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This rule establishes an agency acquisition regulation for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to implement and supplement the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). SSA was established as an independent agency March 31, 1995 in accordance with t...
Rule Sep 27, 1996

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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Notice of grant of waiver.
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Notice Sep 27, 1996
RSPA is replicating in 49 CFR Part 190 its rulemaking procedures presently found in 49 CFR Part 106. This will enable persons in the pipeline industry to obtain a single volume of the Code of Federal Regulations that contains both the pipeline safety...
Rule Sep 27, 1996
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) publishes this revised guidance with regard to the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program. This guidance was previously issued as a memorandum and is printed in its entirety.
Notice Sep 27, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains proposed regulations relating to the application of the grantor trust rules to nonexempt employees' trusts. The proposed regulations clarify that the grantor trust rules generally do not apply to domestic nonexempt employees' t...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection that is due for renewed approval by the Office of Management a...
Notice Sep 27, 1996
The Department of the Treasury (``Department'' or ``Treasury'') is proposing for comment an amendment to 31 CFR Part 356 (Uniform Offering Circular for the Sale and Issue of Marketable Book- Entry Treasury Bills, Notes, and Bonds). This proposed amen...
Proposed Rule Sep 27, 1996

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Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission

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The Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission published its first Five Year Plan in May 1996. The Plan is intended to be a dynamic document that is updated annually in order to reflect our most current thinking and priorities. The Mitig...
Notice Sep 27, 1996

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