Federal Register December 23, 1996 (Volume 61)

Agencies Publishing on December 23, 1996

Agency for International Development (1)
Agriculture Department (7)
Commerce Department (6)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (2)
Defense Department (1)
Energy Department (15)
Environmental Protection Agency (11)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Health and Human Services Department (20)
Homeland Security Department (4)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (8)
Justice Department (3)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (5)
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National Capital Planning Commission (1)
National Credit Union Administration (2)
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National Labor Relations Board (1)
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National Science Foundation (15)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
Personnel Management Office (3)
Securities and Exchange Commission (2)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (15)
Treasury Department (11)
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United States Information Agency (1)

Agency for International Development

Title	Type	Published
Agency for International Development Loan Guarantees to Israel; Notice of Investment Opportunity	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RHS, RUS, FSA Business and Industrial Loan Program The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) is the successor to the Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service, which was the successor to the Rural Development Administration (RDA), which was the successor to the Farmers Home Administration...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Agriculture Department Canal Hoya Timber Sale; Stikine Area Tongass National Forest Petersburg, Alaska; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Agriculture Department > AMS Dairy Grading and Inspection This document contains corrections to OMB control numbers currently contained in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The regulations relate to information reporting requirements for dairy plants approved for USDA inspection and grading service.	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Agriculture Department Maximum Portion of Guarantee Authority Available for Fiscal Year 1996-97 As set forth in the final rule under 7 CFR subpart B of part 4279, effective on December 23, 1996, each fiscal year the Agency shall establish a limit on the maximum portion of guarantee authority available for that fiscal year that may be used to gu...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Agriculture Department > ERS Notice of Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces an extension, by the Economic Research Service (ERS), of a currently approved information collection in support of the annual ERS report on agricultural real estate taxes.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Agriculture Department > FS Tansy Ragwort Control Project, Tally Lake Ranger District, Flathead National Forest, Flathead and Lincoln Counties, State of Montana The Forest Service will prepare an environmental analysis to disclose the environmental effects of a variety of actions to control tansy ragwort, a non-native noxious weed, by preventing existing populations from producing seed in 1997 and beyond. Th...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Agriculture Department > AMS Vegetables; Import Regulations; Removal of Banana and Fingerling Types of Potatoes and Exemption of Potatoes for Potato Salad From the Potato Import Regulation This proposed rule would remove banana/fingerling potatoes from the provisions of the potato import regulation (import regulation). Such potatoes cannot now be imported because they are too small or misshapen to meet the minimum requirements under th...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA, Environmental Protection Agency Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Findings Documents, Environmental Assessments, and Findings of No Significant Impact Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Proposed Findings Documents, Environmental Assessments (EA's), and Findings of No Significant Impact for Pennsylvania, Guam, and American Samoa. Coastal states and territories were required to submit...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Commerce Department Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revisions to Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements NMFS is proposing revisions to several sections of regulations that pertain to permits, recordkeeping, and reporting for fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Alaska. The proposed changes are necessary to clarify existing text, facilitat...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Resubmitted Measures. NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement three provisions of Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries (FMP) that were initially disapproved but have been revised and resubmitted by the M...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Adjustments to the 1996 Delaware State Quota NMFS announces an adjustment to the commercial quota for the Delaware 1996 summer flounder fishery. This action complies with regulations implementing the Fishery Management Plan for the Summer Flounder Fishery (FMP), which require that annual quota...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Commerce Department Minority Business Development Agency; Notice In accordance with Executive Order 11625 and 15 U.S.C. 1512, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is soliciting competitive applications to operate its Baltimore, Maryland Minority Business Development Center (MBDC). The purpose of the MBD...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Commerce Department > EAB Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Computer Revisions On March 25, 1996, the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) published an interim rule (61 FR 12714) that restructured and reorganized the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The interim rule clarified the language of the EAR and simplified the...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Turkey Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Arab Republic of Egypt Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Privacy Act of 1974; Notice to Add a Record System The Defense Finance and Accounting Service proposes to add a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: The addition will be effective on January 22, 1997, unless...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Arkansas Western Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department CMS Ensenada S.A., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Florida Gas Transmission Company, Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Jupiter Energy Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Numac Energy (U.S.) Inc., Progas U.S.A., Inc., Amoco Energy Trading Corporation, Midcon Gas Services Corp., Transcanada Gas Services Inc., Interenergy Corporation and Interenergy Resources Corporation, Channel Gas Marketing Company, Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C., Gaz Metropolitain and Company, Limited Partnership, Union Gas Limited, Panenergy Trading and Market Services, L.L.C., Amerada Hess Corporation, The Montana Power Company, North Canadian Marketing Corporation, Koch Energy Trading, Inc., and United States Gypsum Company; Orders Granting Authorization to Import and/or Export Natural Gas The Office of Fossil Energy of the Department of Energy gives notice that it has issued Orders authorizing various imports and/or exports of natural gas. These Orders are summarized in the attached Appendix. These Orders are available for inspection...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Occupational Radiation Protection The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to amend its primary standards for occupational radiation protection. This proposed rule amendment is the culmination of a systematic analysis to identify the elements of a comprehensive radiation protectio...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Office of Energy Outreach; Electric and Magnetic Field Effects Research and Public Information Dissemination Program; Solicitation for Non-Federal Financial Contributions for Fiscal Year 1997 The Department of Energy today solicits financial contributions from non-Federal sources to at least match $4,000,000 in Federal funding, in support of the national, comprehensive Electric and Magnetic Field Effects Research and Public Information Di...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation, BC Gas Utility Ltd., Power City Partners, L.P., and Eastern Energy Marketing, Inc.; Orders Granting Authorization to Import and/or Export Natural Gas The Office of Fossil Energy of the Department of Energy gives notice that it has issued Orders authorizing various imports and/or exports of natural gas. These Orders are summarized in the attached Appendix. These Orders are available for inspection...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Energy Department Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Colorado; 1990 Base Year Carbon Monoxide Emission Inventories for Colorado EPA is approving the 1990 base year carbon monoxide (CO) emission inventories for Colorado Springs, Denver/Longmont, and Fort Collins that were submitted by the State to satisfy certain requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended in 1990.	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Colorado; 1990 Base Year Carbon Monoxide Emission Inventories for Colorado EPA is proposing approval of the 1990 base year carbon monoxide (CO) emission inventories for Colorado Springs, Denver/ Longmont, and Fort Collins that were submitted by the State to satisfy certain requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois On January 10, 1996, the State of Illinois submitted a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request to the EPA which grants a variance to Rexam Medical Packaging Inc. facility located in Mundelein, Lake County, Illinois (Rexam). This variance ext...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois The EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request submitted by the State of Illinois on January 10, 1996, which grants a variance from certain volatile organic material (VOM) reasonably available control technology (RAC...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Effluent Guidelines Task Force Open Meeting The Effluent Guidelines Task Force, an EPA advisory committee, will hold a meeting to discuss the Agency's Effluent Guidelines Program. The meeting is open to the public.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorit...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites, Proposed Rule No. 21 The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorit...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency New Mexico: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions The State of New Mexico has applied for authorization to revise its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The EPA reviewed New Mexico's application and determined that its hazardous waste program revision sa...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Test Rule for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Extension of Comment Period on Proposed Rule EPA is extending the public comment period from January 31, 1997 to March 31, 1997 on the proposed rule to require manufacturers and processors of 21 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) to test these substances for certain health effects. This proposed r...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Rhone-Poulenc Ag Company; Pesticide Tolerance Petition Filing This notice is a summary of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of a regulation for residues of cyclanilide in or on cottonseed, cotton gin byproducts, milk, fat, meat, meat by-products, and kidney of cattle, goats, horses, hogs and shee...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Sodium Bicarbonate and Potassium Bicarbonate; Tolerance Exemptions This regulation establishes exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the biochemical pesticides sodium bicarbonate and potassium bicarbonate in or on all raw agricultural commodities (RACs), when applied as fungicides or post-ha...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title	Type	Published
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection and Change in Filing Requirements In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, the Commission announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to extend the existing collection of information, State and Local...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Drawdown of Commodities and Services From the Inventory and Resources of the Department of Defense To Support a Peace Monitoring Force in Northern Iraq	Presidential Document	Dec 23, 1996

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the P...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Federal Communications Commission Public Information Collections Approved by Office of Management and Budget	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreement(s) Filed	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Securities Credit Transactions The Board is extending the comment period on its proposal to amend its margin regulations, Regulations G, T, and U, to give the public additional time to comment on the proposal. The Secretary of the Board, acting pursuant to delegated authority, has...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Advisory Committees; Notice of Meetings This notice announces forthcoming meetings of public advisory committees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This notice also summarizes the procedures for the meetings and methods by which interested persons may participate in open public hea...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Compliance Policy Guides Manual; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of an updated bound edition of ``FDA Compliance Policy Guides'' (CPG manual). The CPG manual explains FDA's policy on regulatory issues related to FDA laws and regulations. The CPG...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Division of Research Grants; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Division of Research Grants; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Establishment Prescription Drug User Fee Revenues and Rates Fiscal Year 1997 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that it is establishing user fee revenues and rates for Fiscal Year (FY) 1997. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992 (the PDUFA) authorizes FDA to collect user fees for certain applications fo...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Food Labeling; Nutrient Content Claims and Health Claims; Restaurant Foods; Correction The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of August 2, 1996 (61 FR 40320). The document amended the food labeling regulations to remove the provisions that exempt restaurant menus from the...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Memorandum of Understanding Between the Food and Drug Administration and the Republic of Belarus The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between FDA and the Republic of Belarus. The purpose of the MOU is to exchange information on drugs and biological products and to facilitate the develo...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Meeting of the National Advisory Research Resources Council and Its Planning Subcommittee	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Meeting of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Meeting of National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of a Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meetings of the Board of Regents and the Extramural Programs Subcommittee	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > AHRQ Nominations of Topics for Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs)	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Oral Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Ivermectin Bolus The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Merck Research Laboratories. The NADA provides for use of an ivermectin-containing, sustained-release...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Tolerances for Residues of New Animal Drugs in Food; Oxytetracycline The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Pfizer Animal Health. The supplemental NADA provides for revised tolerances for residues...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Health and Human Services Department VISX, Inc.; Premarket Approval of VISX Excimer Laser System (Models B and C) for Phototherapeutic Keratectomy The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application by VISX, Inc., of Santa Clara, CA, for premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), of the VISX Excimer Laser System (Models B and C...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Hawaii; Major Disaster and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Hawaii (FEMA-1147-DR), dated November 26, 1996, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Navigation Safety Advisory Council; Vacancies The Coast Guard is seeking applications for appointment to membership on the Navigation Safety Advisory Council (NAVSAC). NAVSAC provides advice and makes recommendations to the Coast Guard on matters relating to the prevention of vessel collisions,...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Homeland Security Department > FEMA New York; Major Disaster and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New York (FEMA-1148-DR), dated December 9, 1996, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Rhode Island; Amendment to Notice of an Emergency Declaration This notice amends the notice of an emergency for the State of Rhode Island (FEMA-3123-EM), dated November 19, 1996, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 23, 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 23, 1996

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Administrative Appeals Process MMS hereby gives notice that it is extending the public comment period on a Notice of proposed rule which was published in the Federal Register on October 28, 1996 (61 FR 55607). The proposed rule would amend the regulations governing MMS' administra...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Interior Department > BLM Alaska Native Claims Selection	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Interior Department Amendment To Extend Public Comment Period on Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS). On Tuesday, August 13, 1996 a Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register for the draft Owyhee Resource Management Plan and draft Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS). That notice indicated that the public comment period provided...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Interior Department Bureau of Land Management, Alaska; Alaska Native Claims Selection	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Interior Department Bureau of Land Management, Alaska; Alaska Native Claims Selection	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for Lesquerella Perforata (Spring Creek Bladderpod) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status for Spring Creek bladderpod pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This rare plant is presently known from only a limited area within Tennessee's Cen...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement Notice of availability of a final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf within its historic range in the southwestern United States.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Records The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to remove in its entirety Subpart 1813 of Title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This subpart contains only general information about public land records and BLM practices. BLM will provide the publi...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under emergency review; Church arson prevention grant program final reporting form.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Judgment Under the Clean Water Act	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Redwood Valley Viticultural Area (95R-053P) This final rule establishes a viticultural area located within the east central interior portion of Mendocino County, California to be known as ``Redwood Valley,'' under 27 CFR part 9. This is the result of a petition submitted by Mr. Timothy R. Buck...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Government-Owened Inventions, Available for Licensing. The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Adminsitration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing. Copies of patent applications cited are available from t...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing. Information regarding these technologies is available fr...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Aeronautics Advisory Committee (AAC); Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Aeronautics Advisory Committee.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Space Science Advisory Committee (SScAC), Astronomical Search for Origins and Planetary Systems (ORIGINS) Subcommittee; Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Space Science Advisory Committee, ORIGINS Subcommitt...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Space Science Advisory Committee (SScAC), Structure and Evolution of the Universe Advisory Subcommittee; Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Space Science Advisory Committee, Structure and Evoluti...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

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National Capital Planning Commission

Title	Type	Published
National Capital Planning Commission District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review Board In accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Capital Planning Commission has submitted the comments of the State Preservation Officer for the District of Columbia in assessing the potential effects on histori...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Information Collection; Comment Request for Re-Clearance	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Credit Union Administration Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice of Change in Subject of Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

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National Labor Relations Board

Title	Type	Published
National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Board Advisory Committee on Agency Procedure; Meetings In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. app. 2 (1972), and 29 C.F.R. Sec. 102.136 (1993), the National Labor Relations Board has established a National Labor Relations Board Advisory Committee on Agenc...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Notice of Permits Issued Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Research Equipment Grant Panel in Chemical and Transport Systems; Notice of Meetings	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Bioengineering and Environmental Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Bioengineering and Environmental Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Chemical and Transport Systems (#190); Notice Meetings	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and Mechanical Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and Mechanical Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and Mechanical Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation; Notice of Meetings	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Geosciences; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in International Programs; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Materials Research; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Microelectronic Information Processing Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Polar Programs; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
National Science Foundation Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request 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).	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Heartland Operation To Protect the Environment: Denial of Petition for Rulemaking The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM-61-3) submitted by the Heartland Operation to Protect the Environment. The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations to adopt a rule regarding government...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Receipt of DOE Topical Report on Tritium Producing Burnable Poison Rod Lead Test Assemblies	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Nuclear Regulatory Commission PECO Energy Company; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee; Open Committee Meeting	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Personnel Management Office Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Anchorage, AK, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to redefine the Anchorage, AK, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area for pay-setting purposes.	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Personnel Management Office Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Oneida, NY, Nonappropriated Fund Wage Area The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to abolish the Oneida, NY, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and to establish a new Jefferson, NY, NAF wage area with a survey area consisting of Jefferson...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Voyageur Missouri Municipal Income Fund, Inc.; Notice of Application Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Voyageur Texas Municipal Income Fund; Notice of Application Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Clark County, WashingtonAcquisition ExemptionBurlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Model 214ST Helicopters This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (BHTI) Model 214ST helicopters. This proposal would require creation of a component history card using a Retirement Index Nu...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; Burkhardt Grob Luft-und Raumfahrt, GmbH Model G 103 Twin Astir Sailplanes This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Grob Luft-und Raumfahrt (Grob) Model G 103 Twin Astir sailplanes. The proposed action would require replacing the airbrake over-center lever and installing...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; Raytheon Aircraft Company Models E33, F33, G33, E33A, F33A, E33C, F33C, C35, D35, E35, F35, G35, H35, J35, K35, M35, N35, P35, S35, V35, V35A, V35B, V35TC, V35ATC, V35BTC, 36, A36, A36TC, B36TC, 50, B50, C50, 95-55, 95A55, 95B55, 95C55, D55, E55, 56TC, A56TC, 58, 58TC, 95, B95, B95A, D95A, and E95 Airplanes This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to Raytheon Aircraft Company (Raytheon) Models E33, F33, G33, E33A, F33A, E33C, F33C, C35, D35, E35, F35, G35, H35, J35, K35, M35, N35, P35, S35, V35, V35A, V35B, V35...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department > FHWA Highway Performance Monitoring SystemStrategic Reassessment This notice requests public comment on issues related to a strategic reassessment of the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) that the FHWA is initiating. Public comments are solicited at this time on the conceptual plan for the reassessment...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee Ports and Waterways Safety Systems ad hoc Committee The Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee Ports and Waterways Safety Systems ad hoc Committee will hold 8 meetings to develop a baseline Vessel Traffic Service system for the Lower Mississippi River area. The meetings will be ope...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department Marine Oil Spill Response Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Training Workshop The Coast Guard, in cooperation with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Association of Petroleum Industry Cooperative Managers (APICOM), is conducting a workshop to solicit comments from the public on marine oil spill re...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties Delegation to the Commandant, United States Coast Guard The Secretary of Transportation is delegating to the Commandant, United States Coast Guard, the authority contained in 46 U.S.C. 14104 to prescribe, by regulation, an alternate tonnage for vessels whenever a statute specifies that an alternate tonnag...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department > NHTSA Passenger Automobile Average Fuel Economy Standards; Final Decision to Grant Exemption This final decision responds to a joint petition filed by Vector Aeromotive Corporation (Vector) and Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. (Lamborghini) requesting that each company be exempted from the generally applicable average fuel economy standard of 2...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department > NHTSA Passenger Automobile Average Fuel Economy Standards; Proposed Decision To Grant Exemption This proposed decision responds to a petition filed by Lotus Cars Ltd. (Lotus) requesting that it be exempted from the generally applicable average fuel economy standard of 27.5 miles per gallon (mpg) for model years 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1998, and t...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records Notice to amend a system of records.	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department > NHTSA Proposed Collection; Comment Request for 49 CFR 537 The Department of Transportation, 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, as requ...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department > FTA Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is making technical amendments to the State Safety Oversight rule to correct minor errors. This rule is intended to clarify the existing rule.	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department > FRA Railroad Accident Reporting On June 18, November 22, and November 29, 1996, FRA published final rules amending the railroad accident reporting regulations at 49 CFR Part 225. 61 FR 30940, 61 FR 59368, 61 FR 60632, respectively. These final rules aim to minimize underreporting a...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department > FAA Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review This notice lists those forms, reports, and recordkeeping requirements imposed upon the public which were transmitted by the Department of Transportation to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its approval in accordance with the requirement...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Transportation Department Union Pacific Railroad CompanyControl and MergerSouthern Pacific Transportation Company: Wichita Mitigation Study The Surface Transportation Board's (Board) Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) will hold a public meeting concerning its Wichita Mitigation Study. In its decision of August 12, 1996, the Board directed SEA to conduct this study in order to develo...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996

Treasury Department

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Treasury Department Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; Notice of Open Meeting of the Community Development Advisory Board This notice announces the second meeting of the Community Development Advisory Board (the ``Advisory Board''), which provides advice to the Director of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (the ``Fund'').	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Treasury Department Continuity of Interest This document contains proposed regulations providing that the continuity of shareholder interest requirement for corporate reorganizations is satisfied if the acquiring corporation furnishes consideration which represents a proprietary interest in t...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Treasury Department > IRS Definitions Under Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code This document contains final regulations for S corporations and their shareholders relating to the definitions and the special rule provided in section 1377 of the Internal Revenue Code. The final regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Su...	Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Treasury Department Nuclear Decommissioning Funds; Revised Schedules of Ruling Amounts This document contains proposed regulations relating to requests for revised schedules of ruling amounts for nuclear decommissioning reserve funds. The proposed regulations would amend existing regulations to ease the burden on affected taxpayers by...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Notice 96-65 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 23, 1996
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project 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 23, 1996
Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project 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 23, 1996
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project 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 23, 1996
Treasury Department > Customs Service Recordation of Trade Name: ``A.J.&W.'' On September 12, 1996, a notice of application for the recordation under section 42 of the Act of July 5, 1946, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1124), of the trade name ``A. J. & W. Incorporated,'' was published in the Federal Register (61 FR 48206). The notic...	Notice	Dec 23, 1996
Treasury Department > IRS Reorganizations; Receipt of Securities This document contains proposed regulations relating to the receipt, as part of a reorganization, of rights to acquire stock of a corporation that is a party to the reorganization. This document also provides notice of a public hearing on these regul...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 1996
Treasury Department Selection of Tax Matters Partner for Limited Liability Companies This document contains final regulations giving guidance necessary for the designation or selection of a tax matters partner for partnerships including limited liability companies classified as partnerships.	Rule	Dec 23, 1996

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