December 11, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register December 11, 1996

View all documents issued on December 11, 1996. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

117 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 11, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is revising regulations governing conduct on the U.S. National Arboretum property. This action is being taken because a review of the regulations identified certain words in the current regulations that are out...
Rule Dec 11, 1996
This document contains a correction to the final regulations for the General Administrative Regulations which were published Tuesday, July 2, 1996 (61 FR 34367). The regulations related to obligations of participating reinsured companies with respect...
Rule Dec 11, 1996
The Rural Housing Service (RHS), Rural Business- Cooperative Service (RBS), Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) are amending their regulations regarding construction and other development for farm, housing, community and busin...
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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 proposes initial specifications for the 1997 fishing year for Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish (SMB). Regulations governing these fisheries require NMFS to publish specifications for the upcoming fishing year and provide an opportunity f...
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Notice Dec 11, 1996
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limit of the preliminary results of this administrative review of the countervailing duty order on viscose rayon staple fiber from Sweden. The review covers the period January 1, 1995...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

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The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity...
Notice Dec 11, 1996

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following committee meeting: Name of Committee: Coastal Engineering Research Board (CERB). Dates of Meeting: January 14-16, 1997....
Notice Dec 11, 1996
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add policies and procedures for assigning and performing contract audit services and to clarify...
Proposed Rule Dec 11, 1996
This notice advises the public that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, intends to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Alexander and Pulaski Counties Feasibility...
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Education Department logo Education Department

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA has authorized its contractor, Eastern Research Group (ERG), of Lexington, Massachusetts and it subcontractors Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) of McLean, Virginia, Mathtech (MAT) of Falls Church, Virginia, and ICF Incorporated (ICF...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
EPA has authorized its contractor, Hyperdyne, (HYP) of Silver Spring, Maryland, access to information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be claimed or determined...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
EPA has authorized its contractor, Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC), of Syracuse, New York, access to information which has been submitted to EPA under sections 4, 5, 6, and 8 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is today proposing revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations (40 CFR parts 122, 123, 124, and 125). This proposal is part of an agency-wide effort to respond to a di...
Proposed Rule Dec 11, 1996
Notice Dec 11, 1996
Notice is given of the appointment of a new member to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel established pursuant to Section 25(d) of FIFRA, as amended (86 Stat. 973 and 89 Stat. 75l; 7 U.S.C. l36 et...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of the Omega Hills North Landfill , Germantown, Wisconsin from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which is the National Oil and Hazardous Subst...
Rule Dec 11, 1996
In this document, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') is publishing a document entitled ``Response to Comments from American Forest and Paper Association (``AFPA'') on Two of the Exposure Assumptions Used by EPA in Developing the Human...
Rule Dec 11, 1996
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.
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This notice is a summary of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of a regulation for residues of clopyralid in or on field corn. This summary was prepared by the petitioner.
Notice Dec 11, 1996
EPA is staying certain provisions of a final rule which was published in the Federal Register of October 29, 1996, which added chemical substances to two model information gathering rules: the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) Prelimin...
Rule Dec 11, 1996
This notice announces receipt of an application to register a pesticide product containing an active ingredient involving a changed use pattern pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (...
Notice Dec 11, 1996

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552(e)(3)), of the forthcoming regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice Dec 11, 1996

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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This action extends the deadline for filing comments and reply comments to the Notice of Inquiry in the above-cited docket. It is taken in response to requests to extend the comment and reply comment period made by the law firm of Haley Bader & Potts...
Proposed Rule Dec 11, 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 proposed and/or continuing information colle...
Notice Dec 11, 1996

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
As part of the FDIC's systematic review of its regulations and written policies under section 303(a) of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (CDRI), the FDIC is rescinding its policy statement concerning retail repu...
Notice Dec 11, 1996

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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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 announcing its approval of the application by Neuromedical Systems, Inc., Suffern, NY, for premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), of the PAPNET<Register> Testing System....
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This rule proposes to streamline the HOME Program regulation by: replacing the hearing procedures of the current HOME rule with the Department-wide streamlined hearing procedures; removing the closeout requirements and instead providing that HOME fun...
Proposed Rule Dec 11, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The dates of the public meetings specified in the National Park Service Notice of Availability (FR, Vol. 61, No. 204, p. 54676) were November 20, 1996, in Seattle, WA, and November 21, 1996, in Port Angeles, WA. This current Notice announces that the...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) proposes to prepare a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) addressing possible changes to the configuration and operation of...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact statement for a Visitor Management Resource Protection Plan for Zion National Park. The project will result in a Plan encomp...
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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix 1, The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), announces a meeting of the New Mexico Resource...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
Pursuant to the Act of October 9, 1965, (79 Stat. 969; 16 U.S.C. 20 et esq.), notice is hereby given that the National Park Service intends to extend the following concession contracts and permits. These extensions are necessary to allow the continua...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
The following described land in Lander County, Nevada, has been examined and identified as suitable for disposal by direct sale under Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1...
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The National Park Service will be releasing a concession Prospectus seeking parties interested in operating a tennis complex and related support facilities within American Memorial Park in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on the Islan...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
This notice announces the seventh meeting of the Arizona Resource Advisory Council. The meeting will be held January 9, 1997, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the 1A Conference Room at the Bureau of Land Management Arizona State Office, 222 North Central Av...
Notice Dec 11, 1996

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico logo International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

Title Type Published
This notice announces publication of the revised Project Certification Criteria document approved by the BECC Board of Directors on November 9, 1996.
Notice Dec 11, 1996

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Following receipt on November 13, 1996, of a request from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Commission instituted Investigation No. 332-374, General Agreement on Trade in Services: Examination of the Schedules of Commit...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
Following receipt on November 1, 1996, of a request from the Office of the U. S. Trade Representative (USTR), the Commission instituted investigation No. 332-375, The Dynamic Effects of Trade Liberalization: An Empirical Analysis, under section 332(g...
Notice Dec 11, 1996

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Correction Dec 11, 1996
The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, is exempting the National DNA Index System (NDIS) from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c) (3) and (4); (d) (e) (1), and (2), and (3); (e)(4) (G) and (H); (e) (5) and (8); and (g). The purposes of the exemptio...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Notice Dec 11, 1996
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
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Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The Library of Congress is announcing a new precontroversy discovery period for determining reasonable rates and terms for digital transmissions that constitute a digital phonorecord delivery. The Library is also establishing new dates for the filing...
Notice Dec 11, 1996

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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National Labor Relations Board

Title Type Published
The National Labor Relations Board [``NLRB''] issues a final rule exempting a new system of records entitled ``NLRB-20, Agency Disciplinary Case Files (Nonemployees)'' from certain provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a.
Rule Dec 11, 1996
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issues a final rule implementing the proposal set forth in its July 5, 1996 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) to eliminate provisions in its current rules permitting parties to pending state proceedings to...
Rule Dec 11, 1996
The National Labor Relations Board gives notice of its intent to restructure the El Paso Resident office, which services the three counties in the State of Texas of Culberson, El Paso and Hudspeth, on January 31, 1997. On this date, the public office...
Notice Dec 11, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Notice Dec 11, 1996
The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...
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On September 23, 1996 (61 FR 49711), the NRC published for public comment a draft policy statement regarding its expectations for, and intended approach to, its power reactor licensees as the electric utility industry moves from an environment of rat...
Proposed Rule Dec 11, 1996
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published a draft of ``Individual Plant Examination Program: Perspectives on Reactor Safety and Plant Performance, Summary Report,'' NUREG-1560, Volume 2, Parts 2- 5. This volume provides an in-depth discussion o...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to update the criteria used in decisions regarding power reactor siting, including geologic, seismic, and earthquake engineering considerations for future nuclear power plants. The r...
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Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
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 Dec 11, 1996
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to issue regulations governing mobility assignments between Federal agencies and non-Federal entities. Since 1979, when the original regulations were issued, the program has evolved to a point whe...
Proposed Rule Dec 11, 1996

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Railroad Retirement Board

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Notice Dec 11, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
FR Document No. 96-26278, beginning on page 63548 in the unified agenda published in the Federal Register of Friday, November 29, 1996, the Release Nos. were incorrect and should be as set forth above.
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Notice of application for exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Act'').
Notice Dec 11, 1996
Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Act'').
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State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
On November 27, 1996, NHTSA published a final rule requiring vehicles with air bags to have new warning labels. Two labels include language that children are safest in the back seat. Automobile manufacturers have asked whether this language is approp...
Rule Dec 11, 1996
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Grand Forks International Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnib...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to use the revenue from a PFC at Capital City Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to use the revenue from a PFC at Southwest Florida International Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Bu...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for rulemaking (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions requesting the initiation of rulemaking procedures for th...
Proposed Rule Dec 11, 1996
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is reviewing a proposed revision to the previously approved noise compatibility program that was submitted for the City of San Antonio, Texas, for San Antonio International Airport under the...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for reinstatement, review a...
Notice Dec 11, 1996
A notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) relating to special flight rules in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountain National Park was published on May 15, 1996. This document announces the availability for public comment of recently submitted information f...
Proposed Rule Dec 11, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the Iraqi Sanctions Regulations to provide a statement of licensing policy regarding specific licensing of U.S. persons seeking to purchase Iraqi-origin petroleum and petroleum products from Iraq. Statements of licensing policy...
Rule Dec 11, 1996
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is amending its regulations to incorporate a number of technical and conforming amendments. The amendments include a correction to the paragraph designations used in the transactions with affiliates regulation,...
Rule Dec 11, 1996

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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