December 16, 1996 (Volume 61)

Federal Register December 16, 1996

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

124 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 16, 1996

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Title Type Published
The authority for donations of dairy products to assist the needy overseas has been removed from the Agency for International Development, thereby making these regulations obsolete. These donation regulations are being removed.
Rule Dec 16, 1996

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Food and Consumer Service's (FCS) intention to request OMB approval of the Assessment of the Implementation of Nutrition Objectives for School Meals Project.
Notice Dec 16, 1996
This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by all ranger districts, forests, and the Regional Office of the Intermountain Region to publish legal notice of all decisions subject to appeal under 36 CFR 215 and 36 CFR 217. The intended effect o...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to request an extension for and revision to an information collection currently approved in support of the productio...
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request an extension for and revision to an information collection currently approved in support of farm reconstitutions a...
Notice Dec 16, 1996

Assassination Records Review Board logo Assassination Records Review Board

Title Type Published
The Assassination Records Review Board (Review Board) met in a closed meeting on November 14, 1996, and made formal determinations on the release of records under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (Supp. V 199...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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In accordance with the framework procedure for adjusting management measures of the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP), NMFS proposes to reduce the commercial quotas for...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996
NMFS issues this final rule to implement the approved measures of Amendment 12 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP). These measures reduce the bag limit for greater amberjack to one fish and establish...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
NMFS announces Pacific halibut and red king crab bycatch rate standards for the first half of 1997. Publication of these bycatch rate standards is necessary under regulations implementing the vessel incentive program. This action is necessary to impl...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
NMFS implements Amendment 37 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP). The implementing regulations for Amendment 37 close portions of Bristol Bay, make adjustments to the prohibited...
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene a public meeting of an Ad Hoc Habitat Panel (Panel).
Notice Dec 16, 1996
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene a public meeting of the Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP).
Notice Dec 16, 1996
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with November anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, w...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
Notice is hereby given that permit no. 966, issued to Continental Shelf Associates, Inc., 759 Parkway Street, Jupiter, FL 33477-9596 (Principal Investigator: Stephen T. Viada) was amended to expand the area of study to include Charleston, South Carol...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Sea Grant Review Panel. The meeting will have several purposes. Panel members will provide and discuss follow-up reports of business transacted at the last Sea Gr...
Notice Dec 16, 1996

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
On August 8, 1996, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') issued an Interpretation Regarding Use of Electronic Media by Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors, 61 FR 42146 (August 14, 1996). On October 15, 1996, th...
Rule Dec 16, 1996

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
Based on information currently available, the Commission has reason to believe that unreasonable risks of injury and death may be associated with the slats of certain baby cribs.<SUP>1 From 1985 to September 1996, the Commission identified numerous i...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996
This notice lists the individuals who have been appointed to the Commission's Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board.
Notice Dec 16, 1996

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Pub.L. 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
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Correction Dec 16, 1996
The Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC), for the Department of Defense, is updating MTMC Freight Traffic Rules Publication (MFTP) No. 1A for transport of military freight by motor carriers and MFTRP No. 10 for railroads and requests that carri...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
In compliance with 37 CFR 404 et seq., the Department of the Army hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Micromet Instruments Inc., a corporation having its principle place of business at 7 Wells Avenue, Newton Centre, MA, 02159; an exclusive...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
This notice announces the following proposed changes (italicized) to Rules 10, 26, 43 (new), 43A (new), and 44 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for public notice and comment:
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Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
Request for comments on agencies applying to the Secretary for Initial Recognition or Renewal of Recognition.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Board Committee Meeting: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Monticello Site.
Notice Dec 16, 1996
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Nevada Test Site.
Notice Dec 16, 1996
The Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, today proposes to amend its General Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for Nuclear Waste Repositories. The DOE is proposing these amendments to clarify and focus the G...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
EPA is approving revisions to the Florida State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone. These revisions were submitted to EPA through the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (FDER) on April 8, 1996, and revise regulations for Stage II vapor r...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
The EPA proposes to approve the State implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Florida for the purpose of granting variances from the Stage II vapor recovery program. In the final rules section of this Federal Register, the EPA is...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996
Correction Dec 16, 1996
This Clean Water Act (CWA) regulation limits the discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States and the introduction of pollutants into publicly-owned treatment works by existing and new facilities in the coastal subcategory of the oil and...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of the Twin Cities Air Force Reserve Base, Small Arms Range Landfill, Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport Superfund Site, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from the National Priorities List...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
EPA is proposing to update a portion of the Outer Continental Shelf (``OCS'') Air Regulations. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of states' seaward boundaries must be updated periodically to remain consistent with the requi...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996
EPA is today extending the public comment period on its proposed acute aquatic life criterion for selenium (61 FR 58444, November 14, 1996) for the final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System that was published on March 23, 1995 (60 FR 15...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
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 prohibit, among other things, the Mid...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
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, Penney,...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, these two consent agreements, accepted subject to final Commission approval, would, among other things, require th...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
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 prohibit, among other things, the Flo...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
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, Dwight's...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
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, settles allegations that the Seattle-based...
Notice Dec 16, 1996

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Notice Dec 16, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is staying part of a final rule that established conditions under which over-the-counter (OTC) anticaries drug products (products that aid in the prevention of dental cavities) are generally recognized as safe a...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of curdlan as a formulation aid, processing aid, stabilizer and thickener or texturizer in foods. This action is in response to a petition fi...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 2-[[2,4,8,10- tetrakis(1,1-dimethylethyl)dibenzo[d,f][1,3,2]-dioxaphosphepin-6- yl]oxy]-N, N-bis[2-[[2,4,8,10-tetrakis(1,1-dimethylethyl)d...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of sodium 2,2'-methylenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphate as a clarifying agent in high density polyethylene intended for use in...
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In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed extension of existing data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Insti...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will p...
Notice Dec 16, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The United States Housing Act of 1937 requires that the assistance contracts signed by owners participating in the Department's Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments programs provide for annual or more frequent adjustment in the maximum monthly renta...
Rule Dec 16, 1996

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
On October 31, 1994, the Bodie Protection Act of 1994 (Title X, Pub. L. 103-433; 108 Stat. 4509) withdrew approximately 7,560 acres of Federal lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), the operation o...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
On August 14, 1996, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a joint draft environmental impact report/draft environmental impact statement (DEIR/DEIS) for the Interim South Delta Program...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
On November 7, 1996, the Bureau of Land management (``BLM'') published a document in the Federal Register announcing a proposed rule to revise and consolidate many of the regulations which instruct the public regarding BLM criminal law enforcement (6...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996
The purpose of this notice is to invite comments on a proposal to execute a programmatic agreement among the Bureau of Land Management, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C., the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council meetings will be held as indicated below. The agen...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
Correction Dec 16, 1996

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Secretary of Labor has determined that it is in the public interest to reestablish the charter of Steel Erection Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee (SENRAC) for the Committee to complete its charge to make recommendations to OSHA on a propo...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996

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Management and Budget Office

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Notice Dec 16, 1996

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National Capital Planning Commission

Title Type Published
The National Capital Planning Commission has submitted the following emergency processing public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub...
Notice Dec 16, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget a request for clearance of a new information...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of a revised information...
Notice Dec 16, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10502, exempts from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903 the abandonment by Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation of its 13.03-mile Plainview Branch Line located between milepost 3.07, at Plainview...
Notice Dec 16, 1996

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
This notice seeks advice on the operation and effectiveness of the telecommunications trade agreements with Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, and Canada through written submissions due January 24, 1997. The review will conclude March 31, 1997. The review...
Notice Dec 16, 1996

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FAA is soliciting competitive proposals from academic institutions to form an airworthiness assurance Center of Excellence (COE). A COE is that entity at a college or university designated as the principal focus for long-term research in selected...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at Ephraim, WI. A Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to Runway 32 has been developed for Ephraim-Fish Creek Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward fr...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996
This action establishes Class E airspace at Gettysburg, SD. A Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to Runway 31 has been developed for Gettysburg Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 70...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at Rolla, ND. A Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to Runway 32 has been developed for Rolla Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 70...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it has extended the public comment period regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed new parallel runway and associated proposed development at Lambert-St. Louis In...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
This final rule updates references in the Hazardous Materials Regulations to include the most recent amendments to international standards. Because of recent changes to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) and the International...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
This notice proposes to modify Class E airspace at Big Rapids, MI. A Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to Runway 27 has been developed for Roben-Hood Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 t...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996
This notice proposes to modify Class E airspace at Pinckneyville, IL. A Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to Runaway 18 and a GPS SIAP to Runway 36 have been developed for Pinckneyville-DuQuoin Airport. Con...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibu...
Notice Dec 16, 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 16, 1996
This action corrects an error in time period allocated for comments in the Notice of proposed rulemaking that was published in the Federal Register on November 4, 1996 (61 FR 56644), Airspace Docket No. 96-AWP-27 on Class E airspace in San Jose, CA.
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996
This amendment removes Class E2 airspace at Winston-Salem, NC. Weather observations are no longer taken at the Winston-Salem/Smith Reynolds Airport after the control tower closes each day. Therefore, there is no longer a requirement for Class E2 airs...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
FRA is issuing rules for the protection of railroad employees working on or near railroad tracks. This regulation requires that each railroad devise and adopt a program of on-track safety to provide employees working along the railroad with protectio...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
This document revises the airplane operating rules to provide reporting requirements for air carriers and foreign air carriers operating Stage 2 airplanes in Hawaii. These revisions require any air carrier or foreign air carrier that operates Stage 2...
Rule Dec 16, 1996

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
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 Dec 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...
Notice Dec 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...
Notice Dec 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...
Notice Dec 16, 1996
This document contains final regulations that provide guidance regarding the allowance of certain charitable contribution deductions, the substantiation requirements for charitable contributions of $250 or more, and the disclosure requirements for qu...
Rule Dec 16, 1996
This document contains proposed regulations relating to the period employers may use in computing the empowerment zone employment credit under section 1396 of the Internal Revenue Code. These proposed regulations reflect and implement certain changes...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 1996
Notice Dec 16, 1996

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