Federal Register December 19, 1996 (Volume 61)

Agencies Publishing on December 19, 1996

Agriculture Department (4)
Commerce Department (4)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (7)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (7)
Education Department (3)
Energy Department (14)
Environmental Protection Agency (7)
Federal Communications Commission (5)
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (2)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
Health and Human Services Department (16)
Homeland Security Department (4)
Housing and Urban Development Department (5)
Interior Department (16)
Justice Department (8)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
N
National Science Foundation (1)
N
National Skill Standards Board (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (3)
Personnel Management Office (1)
R
Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (11)
State Department (4)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
T
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board (1)
Transportation Department (27)
Veterans Affairs Department (2)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Acquisition of Real Property Regulations The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is removing obsolete regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations. This action removes the regulations found at 7 CFR part 651 concerning the acquisition of real property under federally-assisted...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Agriculture Department > RUS Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Intent Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations for Implementing NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Agriculture Department > RUS RUS Policies on Mergers and Consolidations of Electric Borrowers The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is streamlining its regulations through amendments that are intended to encourage electric borrowers to merge, consolidate, or enter into similar arrangements that benefit borrowers and rural communities and are cons...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The USDA needs information from growers and handlers to select committee members, to conduct referenda, and to amend the marketing order and agreement. Need and Use of the Information: The information is needed to regulate the provisions of Marketing...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Article 1904 Binational Panel Reviews: Notice of Withdrawal of Panel Request Notice is hereby given of the Withdrawal of the Request for Panel Review of the final results of the 6th Antidumping Duty Administration Review (December 1, 1991-November 30, 1992) respecting Porcelain-On-Steel Cooking Ware From Mexico (Secretariat F...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA Regulation To Prohibit the Attraction of White Sharks in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is amending the regulations governing the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS or Sanctuary) to prohibit the attraction of white sharks in the nearshore areas of the Sanctuary. The prohibit...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA Sea Turtle Conservation; Revisions to Sea Turtle Conservation Requirements; Restrictions to Shrimp Trawling Activities NMFS is issuing a final rule to amend the regulations protecting sea turtles. This final rule: Requires that turtle excluder devices (TEDs) be installed in try nets with a headrope length greater than 12 ft (3.6 m) and a footrope length greater than...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA Southwest Region Logbook Family of Forms 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	Dec 19, 1996

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commission Records and Information; Open Commission Meetings The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') seeks comments on its proposal to amend rules relating to Commission records and information last revised October 5, 1989. The proposed modifications update and streamline procedur...	Proposed Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rule Enforcement Review of Broker Associations As part of a rule enforcement review of the programs in place at U.S. futures exchanges for monitoring trading by members of broker associations, and the operation of broker associations generally, the Commission is seeking public comment with regard...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Privacy Act of 1974, Announcement of System of Records Announcement of system of records.	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Intelligence Agency, Scientific Advisory Board Closed Meeting Pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (d) of Section 10 of Public Law 92-463, as amended by Section 5 of Public Law 94-409, notice is hereby given that a closed meeting of the DIA Scientific Advisory Board has been scheduled as follows:	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Defense Department Fourth Annual National Security Education Program (NSEP) Institutional Grants Competition The NSEP announces the opening of its Fourth Annual Competition for Grants to U.S. Institutions of Higher Education.	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Defense Department > USN Notice of Availability of Invention of Licensing; Government Owned Invention The invention listed below is assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and is available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. Copies of the patent cited are available from the Commissioner of Patents...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Defense Department Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; Banix Corporation The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Banix Corporation, a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States to practice the Government owned invention described in U.S. Patent No. 5,551,349 entitled...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Defense Department Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive Patent License; SmithKline Beecham Biologicals S.A. The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to SmithKline Beecham Biologicals S.A., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States to practice the Government owned invention described in U.S. Patent No. 5...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Defense Department Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review	Correction	Dec 19, 1996
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1997	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Acting Director, Information Resources Group, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Education Department Vocational Rehabilitation Service Projects for American Indians With Disabilities; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1997	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Aquila Gas Systems Corporation; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department Egan Hub Partners, L.P.; Notice of Petition To Amend	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department Encogen Northwest, L.P., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Technical Conference	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Public Scoping Meetings for the Proposed Low Emission Boiler System (LEBS) Project The Department of Energy (DOE) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to assess the potential environmental impacts of a new coal-fired proof-of-concept Low Emi...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department > FERC Ouachita River Gas Storage Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Application	Correction	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department PMDC Netherlands B.V., et al. Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company; Notice of Technical Conference	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department Portland General Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Filing	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department Storage and Disposition of Weapons-Usable Fissile Materials Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Storage and Disposition of Weapons-Usable Fissile Materials (S&D Final PEIS) (DOE/EIS-0229). In accordance with the National En...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department Trunkline Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Energy Department Western Transmission Corporation; Petition for Declaratory Order Disclaiming Jurisdiction and Request for Abandonment Authorization	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Acid Rain Program: Draft Permit Modification The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for comment a draft modification to the sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2) compliance plan of a previously issued final Phase I Acid Rain Permit in accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Acid Rain Program; Nitrogen Oxides Emission Reduction Program This action promulgates standards for the second phase of the Nitrogen Oxides Reduction Program under Title IV of the Clean Air Act (``CAA'' or ``the Act'') by establishing nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X) emission limitations for certain coal-fired electr...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA), Community Right-To-Know Reporting Requirements, (EPCRA Sections 311.312) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Community...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Trade Secrets Claims for Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Information In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the following Information Collection Requests (ICR) have been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Trade Se...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Agreement and Covenant Not To Sue Pursuant to Sections 9601-9675 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region II, announces a proposed ad...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Settlement Pursuant to Section 122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region II, announces a proposed ad...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Settlement Pursuant to Sections 122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region II, announces a proposed ad...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Broadcast Television National Ownership Rules This Notice of Proposed Rule Making makes several proposals regarding how to calculate a group television station owner's aggregate national audience reach to determine compliance with the Commission's 35% national audience cap. This action is needed...	Proposed Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Federal Communications Commission Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service: Staff To Hold Workshops on Proxy Cost Models on January 14-15, 1997 On December 12, 1996 the Federal Communications Commission released a public notice to announce that the federal and state staff of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service will be conducting workshops on January 14 and 15, 1997, regarding...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Federal Communications Commission Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Interconnection Between Local Exchange Carriers and Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers; Implementation of Sections 3(n) and 332 of the Communications Act This document summarizes the Reconsideration released December 13, 1996 which clarifies the statutory requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act) as it pertains to incumbent local exchange carrier's (LEC) provision of access for...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Federal Communications Commission Local Television Ownership Rules In this Second Further NPRM, the Commission makes several tentative conclusions and proposals concerning the modification of the local television ownership rule and the radio-television cross- ownership rule. Specifically, we invite comment on our te...	Proposed Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Federal Communications Commission North American Numbering Council; Meetings On December 11, 1996, the Commission released a public notice announcing the third and fourth meetings of the North American Numbering Council and the Agenda for those meetings. The intended effect of this action is to make the public aware of the NA...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Title	Type	Published
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is revising the Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System (UFIRS), which is commonly referred to as the CAMEL rating system. The term ``financial institutions'' refers to those insured...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Freight Forwarder License Applicants	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Implementation of Equal Access to Justice Act in Commission Proceedings The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is proposing to revise its rules providing for the award of attorneys' fees and other expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 5 U.S.C. 504, applicable to eligible individuals and ent...	Proposed Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims	Correction	Dec 19, 1996

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Reinstatement The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish a no...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC): Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Current Good Manufacturing Practices for Blood and Blood Components: Notification of Consignees Receiving Blood and Blood Components at Increased Risk for Transmitting HIV Infection; Correction of Effective Date The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule on current good manufacturing practices for blood and blood components, that appeared in the Federal Register of September 9, 1996 (61 FR 47413). The document was published with an inc...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Health Resources and Services Administration Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the additional safe use of 3,9- bis[2-{3-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)propionyloxy}-1,1- dimethylethyl]-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane as a...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Investigational Device Exemptions; Treatment Use The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing procedures to allow for the treatment use of investigational devices. These procedures are intended to facilitate the availability of promising new therapeutic and diagnostic devices to desperately...	Proposed Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 1997 Rates; Corrections In the August 30, 1996 issue of the Federal Register (61 FR 46166), we published a final rule revising the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems for operating costs and capital- related costs to implement necessary changes arising f...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; Recognition of the Ambulatory Surgical Center Standards of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care This notice grants deemed status to two organizations, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), for their accredited ambulatory surgical center...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Memorandum of Cooperation Between the Food and Drug Administration and the Economy, Development, and Reconstruction Ministry of Chile The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) between FDA and the Economy, Development, and Reconstruction Ministry of Chile. The purpose of the MOC is to facilitate the trade of safe and wholesome fi...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Memorandum of Understanding Between the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Customs Service The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the FDA and the United States Customs Service. The purpose of this MOU is to establish a partnership between both agencies to participate in an...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Memorandum of Understanding Revised Annex Between the Food and Drug Administration and the Russian Federation The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a Revised Annex to a Memorandum of Understanding Between the FDA and the Russian Federation. The purpose of the Revised Annex is to reaffirm their cooperation under the principles of coope...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Product, Establishment, and Biologics License Applications, Refusal to File; Meeting of Oversight Committee The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a meeting of its standing oversight committee in the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) that conducts a periodic review of CBER's use of its refusal to file (RTF) practices on prod...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Runaway and Homeless Youth Program: Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Proposed Program Priorities The Family and Youth Services Bureau of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families announces that public comments are being requested on proposed program priorities for Fiscal Year 1997 for the following programs, prior to being announced in...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > IHS Statement of Mission, Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Vaginal Contraceptive Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Reopening of the Administrative Record The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the reopening of the administrative record for the proposed rulemaking for over-the-counter (OTC) vaginal contraceptive drug products to allow for comment on matters considered at the November 22,...	Proposed Rule	Dec 19, 1996

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations This interim rule lists communities where modification of the base (1% annual chance) flood elevations is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified base flood eleva...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations Modified base (1% annual chance) flood elevations are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified elevations will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Final Flood Elevation Determinations Base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are made final for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each c...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and proposed base flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain mana...	Proposed Rule	Dec 19, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment 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	Dec 19, 1996
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comments 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	Dec 19, 1996
Housing and Urban Development Department Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development; Notice of Technical Corrections to the FY 1996 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance; Supportive Housing Program (SHP); Shelter Plus Care (S+C); Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program for Homeless Individuals (SRO) On March 15, 1996 (61 FR 10866), HUD published a notice announcing the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1996 funding for three of its programs which assist communities in combatting homelessness (NOFA for Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance). The t...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Housing and Urban Development Department Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Housing and Urban Development Department Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Cape Cod National Seashore, South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department Closing of Certain Public Lands in Idaho Notice is hereby given that certain public lands in Idaho, within Cassia and Twin Falls Counties, shall be subject to emergency closure to prevent erosion and rutting of the roads traveled by motor vehicles during wet or snowy conditions. The roads w...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department > BLM Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection; OMB Approval Number 1032-0113 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces its intention to request extension of approval for collecting information from those persons with a Helium Distribution Contract. BLM collects this...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department Filing of Plats of Survey; Wyoming The plats of survey of the following described land are scheduled to be officially filed in the Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey; Idaho	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department Notice of Intent To Amend the Medicine Lodge Resource Management Plan The BLM has received a request from the Fremont and Jefferson County Commissioners to amend their Rights-of-Way (IDI-22460, IDI- 22461) on the Elgin-Hamer Road. The amendments would amend the seasonal closure from December 1 through March 31, and all...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department Notice of Realty Action: Non-Competitive Sale of Public Lands The following described public land in Henderson, Clark County, Nevada has been examined and found suitable for classification for sale utilizing non-competitive procedures, at not less than the fair market value. Authority for the sale is Section 20...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act Classification; Sierra County, New Mexico In notice document 96-30800 beginning on page 64360 in the issue of Wednesday, December 4, 1996, make the following correction: Under the SUMMARY heading, the legal description should be changed to read:	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department > MMS Outer Continental Shelf Civil Penalties This notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) would revise MMS regulations governing the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Civil Penalty Program. MMS is amending these regulations to clarify and simplify assessing and collecting OCS civil penalties. In additi...	Proposed Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department > MMS Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico Region, Proposed Central and Western Gulf Sales 166 and 168 Notice of availability of the final environmental impact statement regarding proposed Central and Western Gulf of Mexico sales 166 and 168.	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department Planning and Environmental Analysis, Yalobusha County, Mississippi At this time the Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, Jackson District, announces that a planning analysis and environmental assessment will be completed for the following described land.	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department Proposed Withdrawal and Transfer of Jurisdiction; Opportunity for Public Meeting; Colorado The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requests the withdrawal and transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction of 1,720 acres of public lands to the Fish and Wildlife Service for management as part of the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge. The withdrawal will...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department Public Land Order No. 7229; Partial Revocation of the Secretarial Order Dated August 5, 1926; Washington This order revokes a Secretarial order insofar as it affects 3,250 acres of National Park lands withdrawn for the Bureau of Land Management's Powersite Classification No. 151. The lands are no longer needed for this purpose, and the revocation is nee...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department > BIA Road Maintenance Funding Distribution Methodology In response to recommendations from the Joint Tribal/BIA/DOI Reorganization Task Force, the Road Maintenance program was transferred from the Other Recurring Programs account to the Tribal Priority Allocations account in FY 1995. This notice is of a...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department Utah: Release of Coal Exploration License Data, UTU-48608 BLM regulations at 43 CFR 2.22 and 3410.4(b) provide that data obtained under an exploration license will be kept confidential until the lands have been leased or BLM determines that public access to the data would not damage the competitive position...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Interior Department > BLM Wilderness Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to revise and update the regulations for management of designated wilderness areas. Since the original issuance of the regulations, BLM has developed new policies, Congress has required new procedures, and...	Proposed Rule	Dec 19, 1996

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993; Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Justice Department Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993; Infotest International	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Justice Department Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993; National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc.	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of consent Decree Pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

N
National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Blue Ribbon Panel; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

N
National Skill Standards Board

Title	Type	Published
National Skill Standards Board Request for Comments on a Proposal To Establish a Voluntary National Skill Standards System	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Abnormal Occurrence Reports: Implementation of Section 208 Energy Reorganization Act of 1974; Final Policy Statement This final policy statement presents the revised criteria the Commission will use in submitting the annual abnormal occurrence (AO) reports to Congress and the public in a timely manner as stated in Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 197...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Nuclear Regulatory Commission GPU Nuclear Corporation and Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation, (Saxton Nuclear Experimental Facility); Notice of Receipt and Availability for Comment of Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report and Notice of Public Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Southern California Edison Company, et al., (San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 1); Notice of Receipt and Availability for Comment of Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Administration and General ProvisionsAdministration The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to amend its regulations concerning the adjudication of claims arising under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). This amendment would provide that OPM may initially issue decisions that pr...	Proposed Rule	Dec 19, 1996

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Proposed Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission ProvidentMutual Growth Fund, Inc.; Notice of Application Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission ProvidentMutual Investment Shares, Inc.; Notice of Application Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission ProvidentMutual Moneyfund, Inc.; Notice of Application Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission ProvidentMutual Tax-Free Bond Fund; Notice of Application Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission ProvidentMutual Total Return Trust; Notice of Application Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission ProvidentMutual U.S. Government For Income, Inc.; Notice of Application Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission ProvidentMutual Value Shares, Inc.; Notice of Application Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission ProvidentMutual World Fund, Inc.; Notice of Application Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Stock Exchange Incorporated Relating to Amendments to Its Constitution	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 1 to Proposed Rule Change by The Cincinnati Stock Exchange Relating to Day Trading Margin Requirements	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Amendments to Exchange Rule 80B (``Trading Halts Due to Extraordinary Market Volatility'')	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Ad Hoc on the ITU-2000 Working Group International Telecommunications Advisory Committee (ITAC); Meeting Notice	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
State Department Advisory Committee Charter Renewal	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
State Department Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad Established	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
State Department Overseas Schools Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Track Tech, Inc.Acquisition and Operation ExemptionBurlington Northern Railroad Company	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

T
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board

Title	Type	Published
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board Resolution Funding Corporation; Book-Entry Procedure The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board is publishing final regulations to govern Resolution Funding Corporation book-entry securities. This action is being taken in conjunction with similar amendments being made by the Department of the Trea...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Industrie Model A320 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A320 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive visual inspections and end-float checks of the ram air turbine (RAT), and replacement of...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A320 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A320 series airplanes, that currently requires inspections to detect chafing of the wire looms (bundles) in the wing and the horizontal stabilizer;...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A320-111, -211, -212, and -231 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A320-111, -211, -212, and -231 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect cracks of the rear bracket attached to the outboard rib of th...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 727-200 Series Airplanes; McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Airplanes; and British Aerospace Avro Model 146-RJ Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain transport category airplanes equipped with certain Honeywell Standard Windshear Detection System (WSS). It requires a revision to the airplane flight manual to alert the...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Model F28 Mark 0070 and 0100 Series Airplanes This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting airworthiness directive (AD) 96-24-10 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Fokker Model F28 Mark 0070 and 0100 series airplanes by individual notices....	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; Lockheed Model 382 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Lockheed Model 382 series airplanes, that requires that all landing gear brakes be inspected for wear and replaced if the wear limits prescribed in this AD are not met, and t...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10 Series Airplanes and KC-10A (Military) Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10 series airplanes, and KC-10A (military) series airplanes, that requires high frequency eddy current inspections to detect cracks in the seco...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes, that currently requires either the application of a vapor sealant on the back of the receptacle of the auxiliary...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney JT9D Series Turbofan Engines This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Pratt & Whitney JT9D series turbofan engines, that requires installing an improved design turbine exhaust case (TEC) with a thicker containment wall, modifying the existing TEC t...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Raytheon Model BAe 125-800A, Model Hawker 800, and Model Hawker 800XP Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Raytheon Model BAe 125-800A, Model Hawker 800, and Model Hawker 800XP series airplanes, that requires the filling of two tooling holes on the firewalls of the left and ri...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; Saab Model SAAB SF340A and SAAB 340B Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB SF340A and SAAB 340B series airplanes, that requires inspections to detect damage or cracking of the forward and aft attachment lugs of the flap fittings...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; The Don Luscombe Aviation History Foundation Models 8, 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E, 8F, T-8F Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to The Don Luscombe Aviation History Foundation (referred to as Luscombe from hereon) Models 8, 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E, 8F, T-8F airplanes. This action requires installing new inspecti...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Amendment of Class E Airspace; Old Town, ME This action revises the Class E airspace at Old Town, ME (KOLD) to provide for adequate controlled airspace for those aircraft using the new GPS RWY 12 and GPS RWY 30 Instrument Approach Procedures to Dewitt Field, Old Town Municipal Airport.	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Amendment to Class E Airspace; Lebanon, NH This action modifies the Class E airspace at Lebanon, NH (LEB) by removing the Class E airspace extending upward from the surface, effective during the time when the Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) is not operating. This action results from the...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Amendment to Class E Airspace; Springfield/Chicopee, MA This action modifies the Class E airspace at Springfield/ Chicopee, MA by removing the Class E airspace extending upward from the surface, effective during the times when the Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) is not operating. This action results...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad CompanyAbandonment Exemption in Armstrong and Butler Counties, PA	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Consolidated Rail Corporation; Abandonment Exemption in Middlesex County, NJ	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Head Restraints This document requests comments about a NHTSA Technical Report titled, ``Head Restraints--Identification of Issues Relevant to Regulation, Design, and Effectiveness.'' The report discusses Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 202, Head Restraint...	Proposed Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department > FHWA, FTA Management and Monitoring Systems The Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration are issuing regulations for State development, establishment, and implementation of systems for managing: Highway pavement of Federal-aid highways; bridges on and off Federal-a...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Modification of the Los Angeles Class B Airspace Area; California This rule modifies the Los Angeles (LAX) Class B airspace area, California (CA). Specifically, this action lowers the ceiling of the LAX Class B airspace area from 12,500 feet mean sea level (MSL) to 10,000 feet MSL; reconfigures and/or raises the lo...	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department > FHWA Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection; Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight Laws In accordance with the requirements of 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the FHWA solicits comments on its intent to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the following information collections required annually from each Stat...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Removal of Class D and E Airspace; South Weymouth, MA This action removes the Class D and Class E airspace areas at South Weymouth, MA due to the closure of the South Weymouth Naval Air Station (KNZW).	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Removal of Class E Airspace; Fall River, MA This action removes the Class E airspace area at Fall River, MA due to the closure of the Fall River Municipal Airport (KFLR) and the cancellation of the standard instrument approach procedure to that airport.	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Removal of J-532 This action removes Jet Route 532 (J-532) which currently runs from the United States/Canadian border to Humboldt, MN. The FAA is taking this action because the jet route is no longer necessary for navigation between Canada and the United States.	Rule	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review 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 19, 1996
Transportation Department Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) this notice announces the Department of Transportation's (DOT) intention to request an extension of a currently approved information collection. Before submitti...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Transportation Department > FTA Section 5309 (Section 3(j)) FTA New Starts Criteria The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is issuing this Notice describing the criteria it will use to evaluate candidate projects for discretionary New Starts funding under Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 5309 (formerly Section 3 of the...	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs, Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department Scientific Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services Research and Development Service, Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 19, 1996

Federal Register December 19, 1996

Agencies Publishing on December 19, 1996

Agriculture Department

Commerce Department

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Defense Department

Education Department

Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Health and Human Services Department

Homeland Security Department

Housing and Urban Development Department

Interior Department

Justice Department

National Credit Union Administration

N National Science Foundation

N National Skill Standards Board

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Personnel Management Office

R Railroad Retirement Board

Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department

Surface Transportation Board

T Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board

Transportation Department

Veterans Affairs Department

Volume Information

N
National Science Foundation

N
National Skill Standards Board

R
Railroad Retirement Board

T
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board