Federal Register December 26, 1996 (Volume 61)

Agencies Publishing on December 26, 1996

Agency for International Development (1)
Agriculture Department (6)
Commerce Department (10)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Defense Department (4)
Energy Department (12)
Environmental Protection Agency (7)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (3)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (2)
Homeland Security Department (3)
Housing and Urban Development Department (2)
Interior Department (4)
International Trade Commission (4)
Justice Department (6)
Labor Department (12)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (3)
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National Science Foundation (10)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation (0)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (1)
Postal Service (1)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (11)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (13)
Treasury Department (3)
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United States Information Agency (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agency for International Development

Title	Type	Published
Agency for International Development > IDCA, Overseas Private Investment Corporation Submission for OMB review; Comment Request Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), Agencies are required to publish a Notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the Agency has prepared an information collection request for OMB review and appro...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Agricultural Marketing Service In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection for specified exempt imp...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Agriculture Department > AMS Milk in the Black Hills, South Dakota, Marketing Area; termination of the Order This rule terminates the remaining administrative provisions of the Black Hills, South Dakota, Federal milk marketing order (Order 75), effective December 31, 1996. All of the monthly operating provisions were terminated as of October 1, 1996. Termin...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Agriculture Department Olympic Provincial Interagency Executive Committee (PIEC), Advisory Committee The Olympic PIEC Advisory Committee will meet on January 24, 1997 at the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Community Center, 1033 Old Blyn Highway, Sequim, Washington. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue until 3:00 p.m. Agenda topics to be cove...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Agriculture Department > FS Red Mountain ProjectTwin, Muddy Creek, and Gee Timber Sales, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Baker County, Oregon On December 17, 1990, a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Red Mountain Project, on the Baker District of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, was published in the Federal Register (55 FR 51739). A notice of a...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Agriculture Department > APHIS Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State Designation We are amending the tuberculosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle and bison by raising the designation of Oklahoma from a modified accredited State to an accredited-free State. We have determined that Oklahoma meets the criter...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Agriculture Department Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and Analogous Products; Encephalomyelitis Vaccine, Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan, Killed Virus We are amending the standard requirement for Encephalomyelitis Vaccine, Eastern and Western, Killed Virus, by specifying requirements for killed Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis vaccines and revising the standard potency test for Eastern and Weste...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS, Commerce Department Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Lake Crescent Management Plan, Olympic National Park, WA The comment period as specified in the official Notice of Availability (FR, Vol. 61, No. 203, p. 54437) was to end December 17, 1996, but was extended to February 3, 1997 (FR, Vol. 61, No. 223, p. 58702). This present Notice announces that the commen...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Individual Fishing Quota Program; Sweep-up Adjustments NMFS issues a final rule to implement Amendment 43 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI), Amendment 43 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (G...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Scallop Fishery Off Alaska; Scallop Vessel Moratorium NMFS proposes a temporary moratorium on the entry of additional vessels into the scallop fishery off Alaska. This action would implement Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska (FMP) as recommended by the North P...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Interior Department > BLM, Commerce Department Green River Basin Advisory Committee, Colorado and Wyoming; Notice of Meeting This notice announces the dates, time, schedule and initial agenda for a meeting of the Green River Basin Advisory Committee.	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA, Interior Department > FWS Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (P624) Notice is hereby given that Dr. Michael Moore, Research Specialist (Co-investigator: Dr. John Stegeman, Senior Scientist), MS 33 Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, has applied in due form for a permit to t...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Commerce Department Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1021 (P532C) Notice is hereby given that Texas A&M University at Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, TX 77551 (Principal Investigator: Dr. Randall W. Davis, Co-investigators: Dr. William E. Evans, Dr. Robert Benson, Dr. Bernd Wursig, Mr. Troy S. Sparks and Mr. S...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Commerce Department Missouri National Recreational River Advisory Group This notice sets the schedule for the forthcoming meeting of the Missouri National Recreational River Advisory Group. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463).	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Interior Department > OSM, Commerce Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing its intention to request approval for the collections of information for a technical training program course effectiv...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Interior Department > BOR, Commerce Department Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intentions of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to seek approval of an information collection for a voluntary customer survey. The surveys will be conducted in th...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA Small Takes of Ringed Seals Incidental to On-Ice Seismic Activity In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that letters of authorization to take ringed seals incidental to on-ice seismic operations in the Beaufort Sea off Alask...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chicago Board of Trade Futures Contracts in Corn and Soybeans; Notice That Delivery Point Specifications Must Be Amended The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') has notified the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago (``CBT''), under Section 5a(a)(10) of the Commodity Exchange Act (``Act''), 7 U.S.C. 7a(a)(10), that the delivery terms of the CBT corn a...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Downsizing Notice The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 825 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201). Section 8...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Defense Department Defense Partnership Council Meeting The Department of Defense (DoD) announces a meeting of the Defense Partnership Council. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This meeting is open to the public. The topics to be covered are the Federal Managers...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Defense Department Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties This final rule adjusts the amount of each statutory civil penalty subject to Department of Defense jurisdiction in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Debt Collection Imp...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Defense Department > USN Notice of Availability and Public Hearings for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Base Realignment Action for the Naval Sea System Command Relocation to the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy (DoN) prepared and filed with the U.S. Envir...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Energy Department El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Energy Department Gulf States Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Energy Department > OER Joint Program on Terrestrial Ecology and Global Change Notice 97- 02 In concert with the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and with the intent of enhancing interagency collaboration, the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NAS...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Energy Department Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Technical Conference	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Energy Department NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Energy Department Notice of Application to Grant Permission to Carl Donaldson to Construct a Small Commercial Marina	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Energy Department Notice of Cases Filed With the Office of Hearings and Appeals; Week of November 18 Through November 22, 1996	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Energy Department Pacific Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Refund Report	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Energy Department Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Energy Department Record of Decision Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Stockpile Stewardship and Management The Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this Record of Decision for the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program, the program through which DOE carries out its statutory responsibility for the United States nuclear weapons program. This Record...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Energy Department Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency American Cyanamid Company; Pesticide Tolerance Petition Filing This notice is a summary of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of a regulation for residues of AC 299263 [(<plus-minus>)-2-[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo-1H- imidazol-2-yl]-5-(methoxymethyl)-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid] in...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Cartilage Technologies, Inc.; Application to Register a Pesticide Product This notice announces receipt of an application to register a pesticide product containing an active ingredient not included in any currently registered product pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Certain Chemical; Approval of a Test Marketing Exemption This notice announces EPA's approval of an application for test marketing exemption (TME) under section 5(h)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and 40 CFR 720.38. EPA has designated this application as TME-97-3. The test marketing conditio...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Chlorothalonil; Notice of Withdrawal of Administrative Exception Request to Worker Protection Standard's Prohibition of Early Entry Into Pesticide-Treated Areas to Harvest Muskmelons by Hand The State of Indiana has notified EPA that it is withdrawing its petition for an exception to the 48-hour restricted entry interval (REI) for chlorothalonil on muskmelon fields.	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region VIII announces its intent to delete the Minot Landfill Site (Site) from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this proposed action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B of 40 CFR...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency OMB Approval Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this document displays the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers issued under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) for the Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Registration Policies Pertaining to Rodenticide Baits and Other Vertebrate Pesticides EPA announces the availability of a draft pesticide regulation (PR) notice that summarizes policies affecting the registrations of rodenticide baits and other vertebrate pesticide products, which include toxicants and repellents. The PR notice outlin...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title	Type	Published
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Request In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 5, the Commission announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for an extension without change the existing collection requirement...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Formal Complaints Filed Against Common Carriers The Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPRM'') seeking comment on proposed changes to the rules for processing formal complaints filed against common carriers. The NPRM proposes rules necessary to implement certain provisions conta...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Federal Communications Commission Procedures for Bell Operating Company Applications Under New Section 271 of the Communications Act The Commission has released a Public Notice which establishes various procedural requirements and policies relating to the Commission's processing of Bell operating company applications to provide in-region, interLATA services pursuant to new section...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Freight Forwarder License; Applicants	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Fair Credit Reporting The Board solicits comment on issues to be addressed in a study concerning the public availability and use of social security numbers and other sensitive identifying information about consumers. The Board's study is required by the Economic Growth an...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Federal Travel Regulation; Repeal of Long-Distance Telephone Call Certification Requirement This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to remove the long-distance telephone call certification requirement. This amendment will reduce agency administrative costs by easing the processing of reimbursement claims.	Rule	Dec 26, 1996

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Regional Offices; Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meeting The two Subcommittees (Waterways and Navigation) of the Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC) will meet to discuss waterway improvements, aids to navigation, current meters, and various other navigation safety matters affe...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Manning RequirementsPilotage This notice lists the designated areas in the Eighth Coast Guard District for which new first class pilot licenses and endorsements will be issued by the Eighth Coast Guard District Regional Examination Centers. These areas have been designated consi...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; New Year's Eve Fireworks, Delaware River, Philadelphia, PA This notice implements 33 CFR 100.509 for the New Year's Eve Fireworks Display, to be held at Penns Landing, in the Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 31, 1996. These special local regulations are needed to control vessel traffic...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Assessment of the Reasonable Revitalization Potential of Certain Public Housing Required by Law; Amendment to Timeframes On September 26, 1996, the Department published a notice which implements section 202 of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996. Section 202 requires PHAs to identify certain distressed public housing developments that wi...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Housing and Urban Development Department Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Insurance Demonstration: Additional Streamlining; Correction and Delay of Effective Date for the Definition of ``Principal Limit'' in Sec. 206.3 On September 17, 1996 (61 FR 49030), the Department issued a final rule to changes proposed on May 10, 1996, to the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) Insurance Demonstration. The final rule had an effective date of October 17, 1996, except that...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department California Desert District Advisory Council; Renewal This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 Public Law 92-463. Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior has renewed the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) California Desert...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Interior Department > OSM Iowa Regulatory Program OSM is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Iowa regulatory program (hereinafter the ``Iowa program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The proposed amendment consists of revisions to the Iowa rules p...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Interior Department > OST The American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 The Office of Special Trustee for American Indians (OST) in the Office of the Secretary of the Interior is promulgating this regulation to implement Title II of Public Law 103-412, the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (the Act...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Engineered Process Gas Turbo-Compressor Systems From Japan The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping Investigation No. 731-TA-748 (Final) under section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673d(b)) (the Act) to determine whether an industry in the Uni...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
International Trade Commission Ethyl Alcohol for Fuel Use; Determination of the Base Quantity of Imports Section 7 of the Steel Trade Liberalization Program Implementation Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2703 note), which concerns local feedstock requirements for fuel ethyl alcohol imported by the United States from CBI-beneficiary countries, requires the Co...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
International Trade Commission Sodium Azide From Japan Revised schedule for the subject investigation.	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
International Trade Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Request OMB emergency approval; medical certification for disability exceptions.	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Request OMB emergency approval; affidavit of support under section 213A of the Act.	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Justice Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision of Existing Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review; application-- alternative inspection services.	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Justice Department > DEA Earl G. Rozeboom, M.D.; Revocation of Registration	Correction	Dec 26, 1996
Justice Department > DEA Irene C. Kelly, a/k/a Ayter Yalincak, a/k/a Imrag Yalincak; Revocation of Registration	Correction	Dec 26, 1996
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Labor Department > ETA Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Labor Department Connor Forest Industries, Inc., Wakefield and Baraga, Michigan; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Labor Department E.I. DuPont DeNemours & Company, Clifton, New Jersey; Notice of Termination of Investigation	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Labor Department > DOL Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Labor Department Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Notification of Commencement of Operations and Closing of Mines The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Labor Department > MSHA Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Roof Control Plans The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Labor Department Submission of Computer-Generated Labor Organization and Auxiliary Reports The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended (LMRDA), provides for the reporting and disclosure of information on the financial transactions and administrative practices of labor organizations. The statute also provides, unde...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Labor Department The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Air Springs Manufacturing Division, Green, Ohio; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Labor Department The Olga Company Division of Warnaco, Inc., Fillmore, California; The Olga Company Division of Warnaco, Inc., Santa Paula, California; The Olga Company Division of Warnaco, Inc., City of Commerce, California; Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Labor Department Velco Electronics, Inc., Fishers, New York; Notice of Termination of Investigation	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Labor Department Warnaco, Incorporated, Olga Division, City of Commerce, California; Notice of Termination of Certification	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Meetings of Humanities Panel Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-473, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washingt...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Endowment for the Arts; Combined Arts Advisory Panel Meeting	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Endowment for the Arts; Combined Arts Advisory Panel Meeting	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Award Panel in Chemical and Transport Systems; Notice of Meetings	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Award Panel in Chemical and Transport Systems; Notice of Meetings	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Award Panel in Chemical and Transport Systems; Notice of Meetings	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Bioengineering and Environmental Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Chemical and Transport Systems (#1190); Notice of Meetings	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and Mechanical Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Electrical and Communications Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Mathematical Sciences (#1204)	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Mathematical Sciences; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Undergraduate Education; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Staff Assessment of Proposed Agreement Between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received, from the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a proposal to enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (Act). The proposed Agreemen...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Policy and Procedure for Enforcement Actions; Policy Statement This document presents corrections to the revision of the policy statement that was published December 10, 1996 (61 FR 65088). This action is necessary to correct the inadvertent failure to change two paragraphs of the Enforcement Policy concerning m...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Finding Aids; Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Termination of Single-Employer Plans On July 1, 1996, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation published in the Federal Register (at 61 FR 34001, FR Doc. 96-16398) a final rule reorganizing, renumbering, and reinventing its regulations. This document contains corrections to 29 CFR Parts...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996

Postal Service

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Board of Governors; Notice of a Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

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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 o...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (Centennial Technologies, Inc., Common Stock, $.01 Par Value) File No. 1-12912	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (Providence Energy Corporation, Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value) File No. 1-10032	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Private Investment Companies The Commission is publishing for comment new rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to implement provisions of the National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996 that apply to private investment companies. The proposed rules would define...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board; Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing of, and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to, Amendment No. 1 to the Proposed Rule Change Relating to MSRB Telemarketing Rules	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by NASD Regulation, Inc. Relating to the Policy and Practice Concerning the Application of the Eligibility Provision in Rule 10304 of the NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Transmission of Proxy and Other Shareholder Communication Material.	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Participants Trust Company; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Right of Set-off Upon the Default of a Participant	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission The Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Van Kampen American Capital Equity Opportunity Trust, et al. Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
State Department Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy of Working Group on Economic Sanctions; Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor The Board has approved a first quarter 1997 rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The first quarter 1997 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.116 an increase of 2.2% from the fourth quarter 1996 RCAF of 1...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; AeroSpace Technologies of Australia Limited (formerly Government Aircraft Industries), Nomad Models N22S, N22B, and N24A Airplanes This document proposes to supersede AD 82-25-09 which currently requires repetitively inspecting the pilot and co-pilot control wheel sub-assemblies for cracks, and if cracked, modifying the cracked part on the AeroSpace Technologies of Australia, Li...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Transportation Department > NHTSA Anthropomorphic Test Dummy; Occupant Crash Protection This rule amends the specifications for the Hybrid III test dummy. The dummy is specified by the agency for use in compliance testing under Standard No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection. The amendments make minor modifications of the femurs and ankles...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Florida The Coast Guard is changing the regulations governing the operation of the J.D. Butler (Hillsboro Boulevard/SR 810) drawbridge, mile 1050.0 at Deerfield Beach, by limiting the number of openings during certain periods. This change is being made becau...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Transportation Department > RSPA Guidance on Performance Measures for Use in the Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program The Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA), Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) is currently involved in the development of the Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program required by the Accountable Pipeline Safety and Partnership Act...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Transportation Department Natural Gas as Fuel in Marine Applications On November 26, 1996, (61 FR 60138), the Coast Guard published a notice of meeting and request for comments regarding the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel aboard commercial ships. This notice provides additi...	Notice	Dec 26, 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. Chapter 33, pertaining to the delegation of authority to classification societies to review and approve commercial vessel...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Transportation Department Prevention of Collisions Between Commercial and Recreational Vessels in the South Passage of the Lake Erie Western Basin The Coast Guard is considering a number of options for improvement of navigational safety in an area known as the ``South Passage'' in the Western Basin of Lake Erie. This is a high traffic area used by both commercial and recreational vessels. Colli...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Transportation Department > FTA Prevention of Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations; Prevention of Alcohol Misuse in Transit Operations This notice announces the random testing rate for employers subject to the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) drug and alcohol rules.	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Transportation Department Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Victorville, CA This notice announces the extension of the comment period on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which proposes to revise the Class E airspace area at Victorville, CA. This action is being taken due to an administrative oversight, wherein the com...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Transportation Department Safety Zone Regulations; Back River and Foster Creek, Charleston, SC The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the U.S. Border Patrol Training Academy Small Arms Range at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station. The safety zone will become effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Transportation Department > MARAD Sargeant Marine, Inc.; Notice of Application for Permission Under Section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as Amended, To Operate in the Domestic Trade	Notice	Dec 26, 1996
Transportation Department Special Local Regulation: Fireworks Displays Within the First Coast Guard District This document provides notice of the dates and times of the special local regulations contained in 33 CFR 100.114, ``Fireworks Displays within the First Coast Guard District.'' All vessels will be restricted from entering the area of navigable water...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Transportation Department Union Pacific Railroad CompanyTrackage Rights Exemption Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Treasury Department

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Treasury Department > IRS Distribution of Marketable Securities by a Partnership This document contains final regulations providing rules for partnership distributions of marketable securities under section 731(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and for determining when those distributions are taxable to the dis...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Treasury Department > OFAC Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations; Authorization for Government Stipends and Scholarships for Students This final rule amends the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations to generally authorize payment by the Governments of Syria and Sudan of stipends and scholarships for Syrian and Sudanese nationals studying at accredited educational institu...	Rule	Dec 26, 1996
Treasury Department The Department of the Treasury Seal	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

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United States Information Agency Media Management Training Program for Albania The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the United States Information Agency's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for an assistance award. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described i...	Notice	Dec 26, 1996

Veterans Affairs Department

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Veterans Affairs Department Adjudication Regulations; Miscellaneous This document amends adjudication regulations by removing obsolete sections, updating authority citations, and making other nonsubstantive changes.	Rule	Dec 26, 1996

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