December 9, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register December 9, 1996

View all documents issued on December 9, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

110 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 9, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Rural Business- Cooperative Service (RBS) to request an extension of a currently approved information collection in support of the Cooperative Developm...
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Notice is hereby given that a public briefing on the November 13-17, 1996 World Food Summit meeting in Rome will be held December 10, 1996. The purpose of the meeting is for members of the U.S. delegation to brief the public on the Summit and related...
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This technical amendment combines two similar rules to establish one streamlined regulation for modifying timber sale contracts. The need for this technical amendment became apparent when the agency reviewed its regulations as part of the President's...
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The Forest Service is removing the legal descriptions of three parcels from Table 1, Nationally Significant Lands List (Final Identification of Lands Retained by the United States), and is correcting the legal descriptions of two parcels in Table 2,...
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Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board logo Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

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The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) has established a regulatory negotiation committee to develop a proposed rule on accessibility guidelines for newly constructed and altered play facilities covered by the A...
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Assassination Records Review Board logo Assassination Records Review Board

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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement measures contained in Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries (FMP). Amendment 6, which has been submitted by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Managemen...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 1996
NMFS proposes specifications for the 1997 scup fishery that include commercial catch quotas and other restrictions. The implementing regulations for the fishery require NMFS to publish proposed specifications for the upcoming fishing year and provide...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 1996
Notice is hereby given that Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, P.O. Box 271, La Jolla, CA 92038-0271, has requested an amendment to Permit No. 873.
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The purpose of this notice is to provide the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Guidance Letter (RGL) regarding the U.S. Coast Guard categorical exclusions (CEs), which have been authorized under the Corps nationwide general permit number 23. Th...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The United States Entity (the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration [BPA] and the Division Engineer, North Pacific Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers [Corps]) has decided to fulfill its obligation under the Columbia River Treat...
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On November 8, 1996, the U.S. Department of Energy announced two additional public meetings to solicit input from affected constituencies before formulating the Department's recommendation respecting electric industry restructuring (61 FR 57858). Thi...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The Regional Administrator (RA) of EPA Region 4 (the ``Region'') is today proposing to reissue in part National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permits for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico (General Permit...
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This rule establishes water quality standards applicable to waters of the United States in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. EPA is promulgating this rule pursuant to Section 303(c)(4) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This rule establishes an antidegrad...
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Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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Presidential Document Dec 09, 1996

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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The Federal Maritime Commission is amending the final rule in this proceeding so that the list of effective agreements that must be included in the Information Form for a new filed agreement is limited to those agreements which authorize specified ac...
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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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Based on the assumptions listed below, members of the Interagency Committee on Medical Records (ICMR) voted to approve the following guidelines which we recommend for adoption throughout the federal health care system: The Interagency Committee on Me...
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Based on the assumptions listed below, members of the Interagency Committee on Medical Records (ICMR) voted to approve the following guidelines which we recommend for adoption throughout the federal health care system: The Interagency Committee on Me...
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Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation logo Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

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Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the authority contained in the Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Act, Pub. L. 93- 642 (20 U.S.C. 2001), nominations are being accepted from eligible institutions of higher education for Truman Scholarship....
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is denying the petition submitted by E. Benson Hood Laboratories, Inc. (Hood Laboratories), to reclassify the endolymphatic shunt tube with valve from class III into class II. The agency is denying the petition...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application submitted by Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC, U.S. Representative for Femcare<SUP>TM Ltd., Nottingham, U.K., for premarket approval, under th...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application by Matritech, Inc., Newton, MA, for premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), of the Matritech NMP22<SUP>TM Test Kit. After revie...
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This notice identifies proposals submitted during the month of October 1996 under the authority of section 1115 of the Social Security Act and those that were approved, disapproved, pending, or withdrawn during this time period. (This notice can be a...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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This proposed rule adjusts the 1988 OCAP for the Newlands Irrigation Project (Project). The 1988 OCAP anticipated that irrigated acreage in the Project would increase to 64,850 acres. In 1995, irrigated Project acreage was approximately 59,023 acres....
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 1996
Notice is hereby given that effective immediately, the following legally described area below, including all roads and trails, is closed to motor vehicle use year-long.
Notice Dec 09, 1996
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a competitive coal lease application from Powder River Coal Company on March 23, 1995, for approximately 4,020 acres (approximately 550 million tons of coal) in an area adjacent to the company's North Ante...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice of information collection under review; application for transmission of citizenship through a grandparent.
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In this document, the Bureau of Prisons is proposing to amend its regulations on correspondence to require that general mail from pretrial inmates may not be sealed and may be read and inspected by staff. This amendment is intended to provide for the...
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In this document, the Bureau of Prisons (``Bureau'') is adopting regulations to consolidate procedures for the release of requested records in the possession of the Bureau. These regulations have been developed to help ensure the Bureau is in complia...
Rule Dec 09, 1996
In this document, the Bureau of Prisons is revising its regulations on voluntary surrender commitments and transfers in order to make an editorial change in the heading of the subpart and to update statutory citations.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Parts 1843 and 1852 are amended to establish the conditions for use and the administrative procedures for a ``Shared Savings Clause'' to be used in solicitations and contracts.
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National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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(1) the formation of a new Texas Corporation, TUC Holding Company, and two new subsidiaries of TUC Holding Company (i.e., TUC Merger Corporation and Enserch Merger Corporation); (2) the merger of TUC Merger Corporation with and into TUC with TUC being the surviving corporation; and (3) the merger of Enserch Merger Corporation with and into ENSERCH with ENSERCH being the surviving company. Upon the consummation of these transactions, TUC and ENSERCH will both become wholly owned subsidiaries of TUC Holding Company, which will change its name to Texas Utilities Company. TUEC would continue to remain the sole owner and operator of CPSES, Units 1 and 2. Upon consummation of the restructuring, current stockholders of TUC would become stockholders of the new TUC and would hold approximately 94 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the new TUC. In addition, current stockholders of ENSERCH would also become stockholders of the new TUC and would hold the remaining 6 percent of the common stock of the new TUC. TUEC requested, to the extent necessary, the Commission's approval of the corporate restructuring, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80. Notice of this application for approval was published in the Federal Register on November 13, 1996 (61 FR 58256), and an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact was published in the Federal Register on November 19, 1996 (61 FR 58897).
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

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The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) provides this notice to identify the HTS numbers of articles (see attached list) imported from the LDBDCs (identified in the general note 4(b) to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States) that...
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The Industry Sector Advisory Committee for Retailing and Wholesaling (ISAC 17) will hold a meeting on December 9, 1996 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The meeting will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) proposes to establish a negotiated rulemaking advisory committee (the Committee) under the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Negotiated Rulemaking Act to consider the relevant issues and attempt to r...
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The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at Colorado Springs Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 158).
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This NPRM proposes to establish a Class C airspace area and revoke the existing Class D airspace area at the Springfield Regional Airport, Springfield, MO. The Springfield Regional Airport is a public- use facility with an operating control tower ser...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 1996
This notice provides the agenda for a public meeting at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will describe and discuss specific research and development projects.
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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Allied Control Services, L.L.C., with facilities in Houston, Texas and Lutcher, Louisiana, has been given Customs gauger approval and laboratory accreditations under Part 151.13 of the Customs Regulations (19 CFR 151.13). Specifically, the Houston, T...
Notice Dec 09, 1996
OMNI Measurement (a.k.a. William J. Plocheck) of Crosby, Texas has applied to U.S. Customs for approval to gauge imported petroleum, petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable and animal oils under Part 151.13 of the Customs Regulations (19...
Notice Dec 09, 1996
Oiltest, Inc., of Roselle, NJ, a Customs approved gauger and accredited laboratory under Section 151.13 of the Customs Regulations (19 CFR 151.13), has been given an extension of its Customs gauger approval and laboratory accreditations to include th...
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