November 25, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register November 25, 1996

View all documents issued on November 25, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

94 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on November 25, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, (the Act) as amended, requires that the national peanut poundage quota for the 1997 crop be announced by December 15, 1996. The Agricultural Act of 1949, (the 1949 Act), as amended, requires that the additiona...
Proposed Rule Nov 25, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the public to comment on the proposed Food and Consumer Service (FCS) use of Form FCS-806, Claim for Reimbursement, to collect data to determine the amount of reimbursement s...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule that established an assessment rate for the Peanut Administrative Committee (Committee) under Marketing Agreement No. 146...
Rule Nov 25, 1996
This notice announces a reopening of the hearing initially held on May 15-16, 1996, in Charlotte, North Carolina, to consider supplemental testimony and record evidence regarding the proposal to incorporate transportation credits for bulk milk that i...
Proposed Rule Nov 25, 1996
The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, with minor modification, the provisions of an interim final rule revising pack requirements for grapefruit and certain types of oranges under the marketing order covering oranges...
Rule Nov 25, 1996

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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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 Nov 25, 1996
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92- 463, as amended by P.L. 94-409, P.L. 96-523, and P.L. 97-375), we are giving notice of a meeting of the 2000 Census Advisory Committee. The meeting will convene on Wednesday, December 11,...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
In response to requests by two manufacturer/exporters, Isibars Ltd. (Isibars) and Patheja Forgings and Auto Parts Ltd. (Patheja), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting new shipper administrative reviews of the antidumping duty ord...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP). This proposed rule would prohibit the use or possession of fish traps in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ...
Proposed Rule Nov 25, 1996
NMFS announces that the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Written comments are requ...
Proposed Rule Nov 25, 1996
NMFS announces that the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) has revised and resubmitted for Secretarial approval three measures that were originally disapproved in the Secretarial review of Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for...
Proposed Rule Nov 25, 1996
Notice is hereby given that Dr. D. Ann Pabst, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Biological Sciences, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-3297, has applied in due form for a permit to take humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Nort...
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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 Nov 25, 1996
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will meet Tuesday, December 10, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Wednesday, December 11, 1...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Education Department logo Education Department

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Office of Health and Environmental Research (OHER) of the Office of Energy Research (ER), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research grants in the Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation R...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB):...
Notice Nov 25, 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 Nov 25, 1996
Under the authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended, the EPA has published standards (59 FR 62896, December 6, 1994) to reduce organic air emissions from certain hazardous waste management activities to levels that ar...
Rule Nov 25, 1996
The EPA intends to propose changes to the recently promulgated subpart U--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions: Group I Polymers and Resins; and subpart JJJ--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissio...
Proposed Rule Nov 25, 1996
Notice is given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is convening separate public meetings for the Urban Wet Weather Flows (UWWF) Advisory Committee; the Storm Water Phase II Advisory Subcommittee; and the Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Advi...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
On June 17, 1996, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD) requested that EPA delegate authority for implementation and enforcement of additional categories of the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)...
Rule Nov 25, 1996

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has established a federal interagency task force to coordinate federal implementation of Executive Order 13016 which delegates administrative order authority under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, C...
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Commission seeks comment on its tentative conclusion that the ``40-mile rule'' should be repealed, as recommended by the SMR Advisory Group L.C. This action is needed to establish a comprehensive record on which to base a final decision.
Proposed Rule Nov 25, 1996
The Commission will consider a framework for allowing flexibility in the International Settlements Policy. 2--Common Carrier--Title: Implementation of the Telecommuni-cations Act of 1996; Amendment of Rules Governing Procedures to Be Followed When Fo...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the P...
Notice Nov 25, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the reinstatement of a collection of information regarding labeling requirements for color additives (other than hair dyes) and petitions (formerly color additive petitions), has been approved...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
A notice was published in the Federal Register on September 27, 1996 (61 FR 50827), entitled, ``Quarterly Public Health Assessments and Addendum Completed.'' This notice is corrected as follows: On page 50827, third column, under the ``Public Health...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to remove its animal food standards regulations. This action is in response to the administration's ``Reinventing Government'' initiative, which seeks to streamline government to ease the burden on...
Proposed Rule Nov 25, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) is soliciting comments on an information collection, the Payor Information Form for Oil and Gas (OMB Control Number 1010-0033). The Royalty Policy Committee recommendati...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) is soliciting comments on an information collection, Cooperative Agreements (OMB Control Number 1010-0087).
Notice Nov 25, 1996
MMS hereby gives notice that it is extending the public comment period on a Notice of proposed rule, which was published in the Federal Register on September 23, 1996 (61 FR 49894). The proposed rule would amend the regulations governing the valuatio...
Proposed Rule Nov 25, 1996
On September 25, 1996, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a document in the Federal Register requesting comments on an information collection connected with filing protests on resource management plans and management framework plans (61 FR...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
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Notice is hereby given that effective immediately, the Las Cruces District is implementing an emergency closure of an existing vehicle trail to use by any motorized vehicle or equipment. The closure is implemented in order to prevent resource degrada...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
The Department of the Interior (Department) is adopting amendments to the livestock grazing, regulations of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to allow the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) discretion to postpone implementation of the fallback s...
Rule Nov 25, 1996
The Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability of a Draft Conservation Agreement for the Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela limbata albissima). This species is a candidate for listing as endangered or threatened under the provisi...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
The Bureau of Land Management proposes to withdraw 74 acres of public land in Alpine County and add it to the existing Indian Creek Recreation area. This notice closes the land for up to 2 years from surface entry and mining. The land will remain ope...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has under consideration for approval a draft Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan and an application for incidental take submitted by the Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed). In response to the pl...
Notice Nov 25, 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, December 12, 1996, at Ridgway State Park headquarters 21 miles south of Montrose, Color...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
This final rule adopts without change an interim rule published in the Federal Register by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (the Service) on November 2, 1992, which allows the Service to determine when interviews are needed to adjudicate ap...
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Correction Nov 25, 1996
Notice of information collection under review; making officer redeployment effective progress reports.
Notice Nov 25, 1996
This interim rule amends Department of Justice regulations that limit discretion to grant an application for relief under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C. 1182(c), by expanding the class of aliens eligible for...
Rule Nov 25, 1996
The Department of Justice, with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing an interim rule for Department employees as a supplement to the uniform standards of ethical conduct for employees of the executive branch (Uniform S...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This document requests information from the public concerning issues which the Department has under consideration in developing regulations to clarify the application of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as amended (ERISA), to insur...
Proposed Rule Nov 25, 1996
This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restriction of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Inter...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
This document makes corrections to the final rule on Safety Standards for Scaffolds Used in the Construction Industry, which was published in the Federal Register on August 30, 1996 at 61 FR 46026. The Agency is also issuing an administrative stay of...
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Management and Budget Office

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as amended (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that an information collection request has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regu...
Notice Nov 25, 1996

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 NAC, Aeronautics Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Propulsion meeting.
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National Science Foundation

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The National Science Foundation is repealing most of its conflict-of-interest rules and standards of conduct regulations. This action is necessary, because they were largely superseded by the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executiv...
Rule Nov 25, 1996
The National Science Foundation, with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing regulations for officers and employees of the NSF that supplement the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (Stand...
Rule Nov 25, 1996

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') extend the approval for a collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The information collection relates to model forms co...
Notice Nov 25, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new, and/or currently approved information collection.
Notice Nov 25, 1996

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

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The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice that the United States is in the process of negotiating a bilateral trade agreement with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. USTR invites comments from the public on how t...
Notice Nov 25, 1996

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Allison Engine Company Model 250-C47B turboshaft engines. This action supersedes priority letter AD 96-21-12, applicable to Bell Helicopter Textron, A Division of Textron...
Rule Nov 25, 1996
Correction Nov 25, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury is issuing revisions to the interim regulations for the Bank Enterprise Award (BEA) Program published in the Federal Register on October 19, 1995 and subsequently amended on January 23, 1996 and February 29, 1996. The B...
Rule Nov 25, 1996
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
The Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4701 et. seq.) authorizes the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (hereafter referred to as ``the Fund'') to provide assistance to insured depository in...
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The Financial Management Service, 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 a continuing information collection. By this no...
Notice Nov 25, 1996
The Financial Management Service, 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 a continuing information collection. By this no...
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