Federal Register December 30, 1996 (Volume 61)

Agencies Publishing on December 30, 1996

Agriculture Department (8)
Commerce Department (15)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (3)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (14)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (26)
Environmental Protection Agency (7)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (2)
Federal Reserve System (7)
Health and Human Services Department (6)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (2)
Interior Department (12)
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (1)
Justice Department (4)
Labor Department (4)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Personnel Management Office (2)
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Science and Technology Policy Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (10)
Treasury Department (6)
Veterans Affairs Department (9)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Beaver Creek Salvage Timber Sale and Other Restoration Projects, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Union County, Oregon The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a set of proposals to implement a salvage timber sale and several other related restoration and rehabilitation projects within the Beaver Creek Project Area. The EIS w...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Agriculture Department > FS Disposal of National Forest Timber; Cancellation of Timber Sale Contracts This proposed rule would revise the existing rules on cancellation of timber sale contracts, permits, and other such instruments authorizing the sale or harvest of timber or other forest products to clarify when, why, and by whom contracts may be can...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Agriculture Department > FCIC Dry Bean Crop Insurance Regulations The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) hereby amends the Dry Bean Crop Insurance Regulations (7 CFR part 433), effective for the 1997 crop year only, to extend the contract change date to February 15, 1997. The intended effect of this rule is...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Agriculture Department General Crop Insurance Regulations, Fresh Market Tomato Minimum Value Option, and Fresh Market Tomato (Dollar Plan) Endorsement; and Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Fresh Market Tomato (Dollar Plan) Crop Insurance Provisions The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes specific crop provisions for the insurance of fresh market (dollar plan) tomatoes. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contain...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Agriculture Department Humane Treatment of Slaughter Horses; Delegation of Authority This document delegates the authority given to the Secretary of Agriculture under the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to regulate the care provided to horses being transported to slaughter. Authority is delegated from the Secre...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Agriculture Department > FCIC Hybrid Sorghum Seed Endorsement; and Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Hybrid Sorghum Seed Crop Insurance Provisions The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes specific crop provisions for the insurance of hybrid sorghum seed. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contain standard terms...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Agriculture Department > APHIS Importation of Cotton and Cotton Products We are soliciting public comment on whether and how our regulations for importing cotton (including seed cotton, cottonseed, cotton lint and linters, cottonseed products, and cotton waste) and cotton covers into the United States need to be changed....	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Agriculture Department > FSIS Use of the Term ``Fresh'' on the Labeling of Raw Poultry Products	Correction	Dec 30, 1996

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > USBC 1997 Economic Censuses Classification Report 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 30, 1996
Commerce Department > NIST Announcement of Availability of Funding for Focused Program CompetitionsAdvanced Technology Program (ATP) The Technology Administration's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces the availability of funding for two Focused Program competitions under the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) for fiscal year 1997, targeted on specific te...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department Announcement of Meeting of National Conference on Weights and Measures Notice is hereby given that the Interim Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures will be held January 12 through 16, 1997, at the Doubletree Hotel, Rockville, MD. The meeting is open to the public. The National Conference on Weights...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes From India; Extension of Time Limits of New Shippers Review The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limit for the preliminary results in the new shippers review of the antidumping duty order on certain welded carbon steel standard pipes and tubes from India, covering the period May 1...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department > ITA Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review In response to requests from two respondents, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe and tube from Mexico. This review covers two ma...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department > EAB Encryption Items Transferred From the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List This interim rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by exercising jurisdiction over, and imposing new combined national security and foreign policy controls on, certain encryption items that were on the United States Munitions List,...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department Endangered Species; Permits Notice is hereby given that the California Department of Water Resources in Sacramento, CA (CDWR) has applied in due form for modification 1 to scientific research permit 991 and that an amendment of enhancement permit 747 was issued to the U.S. Fish...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserve The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the Alabama, American Samoa and Louisiana Coastal Zone Management Programs and the Apalachicola (FL) National Estuarine Research Reser...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area This document contains a correction to a closure (I.D. 110896C) which was published Friday, November 15, 1996 (61 FR 58491).	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department > NOAA North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Committee Meeting The Pacific Northwest Crab Industry Advisory Committee (PNCIAC), will meet on January 6, 1997, in Seattle, WA.	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department Oil Country Tubular Goods From Argentina and Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Argentina: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews/Intent To Terminate Administrative Reviews The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting administrative reviews of the countervailing duty order on Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) from Argentina for the periods 1992, 1993, and 1994, pursuant to section 751(a) of the Tariff Ac...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council will hold a public meeting.	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department Physics Laboratory 1997 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)Partnerships in Atomic, Molecular and Optical (AMO) Physics Through Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, the program ``SURFing the Physics, Lab: A Partnership for AMO Physics'' will provide an opportunity for the Physics Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Sc...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a request to conduct a new shipper administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China (PRC), which has a May anniversary date. In accordan...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Applications of the New York Cotton Exchange for Designation as a Contract Market in Futures and Options on the U.S. DollarSouth African Rand, Australian DollarU.S. Dollar, and New Zealand Dollar U.S. Dollar Currency Contracts The New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE or Exchange) has applied for designation as a contract market in futures and options on three currency contracts; the U.S. Dollar--South African Rand, Australian Dollar--U.S. Dollar, and New Zealand Dollar--U.S. Dol...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Proposed Amendments to the Price Limit and Trading Halt Provisions in Domestic Stock Index Futures Contracts The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT), and New York Futures Exchange (NYFE) have submitted proposals to modify existing ``circuit breaker'' and related price limit provisions in those exchanges' domestic stock index...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention	Correction	Dec 30, 1996
Education Department President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans; Meeting This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the President's Advisory Commission for Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans (Commission) and describes the functions of the Commission. Notice of this meeti...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > EIA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed new form EIA-902, ``Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey.''	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department > FERC Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the energy information collection listed in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-1...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the energy information collection listed in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-1...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department American Energy Solutions, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Order	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department CMS Morocco Operating Company SCA, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Chandeleur Pipe Line Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Consolidated Hydro Maine, Inc.; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department > OER Energy Research Financial Assistance Program Notice 97-05 Energy Biosciences The Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the Office of Energy Research (ER), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites preapplications from potential applicants for research funding in the Energy Biosciences program area. The intent in asking for a preap...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Environment, Safety and Health: Public Forums To Gather Scientific Data, Information and Views Relevant to a Department of Energy (DOE) Beryllium Standard The Department of Energy (the Department or DOE) will hold two public forums to gather scientific data, information and views that will assist DOE in developing a notice of proposed rulemaking intended to help establish a health standard to protect D...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Hopkinton LNG Corporation; Notice of Application	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Idaho Operations Office; Notice of Solicitation The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho Operations Office (ID), in accordance with the Financial Assistance regulations in 10 CFR 600, announces competitive Solicitation Number DE-PS07-97ID13507 for DOE's Greenhouse of the Future Program. With this...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Indiana Michigan Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department > FERC Inquiry Concerning the Commission's Merger Policy Under the Federal Power Act; Policy Statememt The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending its regulations to update and clarify the Commission's procedures, criteria and policies concerning public utility mergers in light of dramatic and continuing changes in the electric p...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Manner Technologies, L.L.C.; Notice of Issuance of Order	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Mid Louisiana Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes In FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Notice of Minor New License	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting. Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the following advisory committee meeting: Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Electric System Reliability Task Force....	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Energy Department US Energy, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Order	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Acid Rain Program; Nitrogen Oxides Emission Reduction Program	Correction	Dec 30, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Lead-based Paint Abatement and Repair Maintenance Study in Baltimore 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: Lead-Based...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency National Emissions Standards for Radionuclide Emissions From Facilities Licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Federal Facilities not Covered by Subpart H EPA is rescinding 40 CFR part 61, subpart I (subpart I) as it applies to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or NRC Agreement State licensed facilities other than commercial nuclear power reactors. Subpart I is a National Emission Standard for Hazard...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 announces its intent to delete the Carter Industrials Site from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The NPL is codified as Appendix B of 40 CF...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Ocean Dumping; Amendment of Site Designation The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) amends the site designation for the San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site (SF-DODS), an existing deep ocean dredged material disposal site located off San Francisco, California, by establishing a new tempora...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Release of Volume 1, Framework for Risk-Management Decision- MakingJanuary 29, 1997Risk Assessment and Risk Management	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meetings; January 1997	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 12964	Presidential Document	Dec 30, 1996

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission International Settlement Rates On December 19, 1996, the Federal Communications Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPRM'') that proposes changes to the Commission's international settlement benchmark rates that will move settlement rates closer to the underlyin...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Federal Communications Commission Revision of the Experimental Radio Service Regulations By this Notice of Proposed Rule Making (Notice) the Commission proposes to revise the Experimental Radio Service (ERS) rules in order to promote technical innovation and new services by encouraging experiments; ensure that experimental licenses do no...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Suspension and Exclusion of Contractors and Termination of Contracts The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC or Corporation) is adopting a final rule concerning suspension and exclusion of FDIC contractors and termination of contracts. The final rule is adopted pursuant to section 12(...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Recordkeeping and Reporting by Political Committee: Best Efforts On October 9, 1996, the Federal Election Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requesting comments on proposed changes to its regulations requiring treasurers of political committees to exercise best efforts to obtain and report the co...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreement(s) Filed	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Federal Maritime Commission Request for Additional Information	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Federal Reserve System Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Federal Reserve System Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Federal Reserve System Equal Credit Opportunity The Board is withdrawing a proposed amendment to Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity) that would have eliminated the general prohibition on collecting data relating to an applicant's sex, race, color, religion, and national origin.	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Federal Reserve System Revenue Limit on Bank-Ineligible Activities of Subsidiaries of Bank Holding Companies Engaged in Underwriting and Dealing in Securities The Board is increasing from 10 percent to 25 percent the amount of total revenue that a nonbank subsidiary of a bank holding company (a so-called section 20 subsidiary) may derive from underwriting and dealing in securities that a member bank may no...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA, Labor Department > PWBA, Treasury Department > IRS Health Insurance Portability The Agencies have received comments from the public on a number of issues arising under the portability, access, and renewability provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Further comments from the public are welc...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 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 safe use of triisopropanolamine as a component of phosphorous acid, cyclic butylethyl propanediol, 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl ester, as a stabilizer f...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Medicaid Bureau; Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Notice of Meeting of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), this notice is hereby given to announce open meetings of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC). The purposes of the meetings are to address...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Health and Human Services Department Specific Requirements on Content and Format of Labeling for Human Prescription Drugs; Revision of ``Pediatric Use'' Subsection in the Labeling; Extension of Compliance Date The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the compliance date of a final rule, that published in the Federal Register of December 13, 1994. The document revised the ``Pediatric use'' subsection of the professional labeling requirements for...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Notice of Public Meeting; Bordeaux Railroad Bridge, West Nashville, TN The U.S. Coast Guard announces a forthcoming public meeting for the presentation of views concerning the hazard to navigation and use of the Bordeaux Railroad Bridge between West Nashville, Tennessee, and Buena Vista Springs, Tennessee.	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Announcement of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 1996 for Section 8 Family Self-Sufficiency Program Coordinators In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document notifies the public of funding awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 to housing agencies (HAs) under the Section 8 Family Self-Suf...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Housing and Urban Development Department Public Housing Management Assessment Program This interim rule implements the proposed revision, published on May 6, 1996, of the Public Housing Management Assessment Program (PHMAP) at 24 CFR part 901. PHMAP applies to public housing agencies (PHAs) and resident management corporations (RMCs),...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS 30 Day Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13), this notice announces the National Park Service's (NPS) intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection request used in the Historic Preserv...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Interior Department > OSM Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program Guidelines The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) has revised the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program Guidelines which were published March 6, 1980 (45 FR 14810). Comments were requested in the Notice of Intent to revise these guidel...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Interior Department Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs This final rule is in response to the ``Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997,'' and the ``Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997.'' Section 307(a) of Public Law 104-208 required that no funds made available in the Act may be...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Interior Department > BLM Alaska Native Claims Selection	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Interior Department Arizona, Temporary Closure of Selected Public Lands in La Paz County, Arizona The Lake Havasu Field Office Manager announces the temporary closure of selected public lands under its administration. This action is being taken to help ensure public safety and prevent unnecessary environmental degradation during the official perm...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Interior Department Draft Environmental Impact Statement/General Management Plan National Park of American Samoa Territory of American Samoa; Notice of Availability Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended), the National Park Service (NPS), Department of the Interior, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement identifying and evaluating p...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Interior Department > FWS Gas Pipeline Right-of-Way Permit Application Crossing Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) advises the public that Peoples Natural Gas Company of Rochester, Minnesota has applied for the installation of a 2'' O.D. plastic natural gas pipeline across Service land tract H-2b in Houston County, Min...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Interior Department > BIA National Tribal Consultation Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Indian Affairs, will conduct four (4) consultation meetings with any Indian Tribe, band, nation, allottee group, individual allottee, other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Interior Department Notice for Publication; AA-9253, Alaska Native Claims Selection	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Interior Department Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Utah The Bureau of Land Management proposes to withdraw 38,102.78 acres of public surface/mineral estate and 6,675.20 acres of public mineral estate in Washington County to protect a desert tortoise reserve and a Washington County watershed. This notice c...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Interior Department Proposed Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Continuation of Interim Strategies for Managing Anadromous Fish- Producing Watersheds in Eastern Oregon and Washington and Idaho In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (40 CFR 1502.2), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, (43 CFR 1610.3-2 and 1610.5-3), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), provides notice...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Interior Department > USGS Request for Public Comments on Proposed Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act The proposed information collection described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of the proposed collection instrument may be obtained by contacting the Bureau's clearance officer at the phone number listed below. Public comments on the proposal should be made within 30 days directly to: Desk Officer for the Interior Department, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503; and the Bureau of Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 208 National Center, Reston, Virginia 20192, Telephone (703) 648-7313. As required by OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the U.S. Geological Survey solicits specific public comments regarding the proposed information collection as to: 1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the bureau, including whether the information will have practical utility; 2. The accuracy of the bureau's estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; 3. The utility, quality, and clarity of the information to be collected; and, 4. How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology. Title: On-Demand System for Printing USGS Maps. OMB approval number: New Collection. Abstract: Customers for USGS maps will be invited to indicate their satisfaction with an experimental, on-demand version of a USGS topographic map as compared to the standard printed edition of the same map. Potential respondents will be mailed an evaluation package consisting of sample maps and a short questionnaire. Those electing to respond will then use the postage-paid questionnaire to answer specific questions about the experimental map and to submit additional comments they may wish to offer. Information from respondents will be used to evaluate a point- of-sale map printing system the USGS intends to develop under a cooperative research and development agreement with private industry. The proposed collection is limited in scope to the on-demand printing system and its output products, and to the suitability of these experimental products to meet respondent applications for USGS maps. Bureau form number: None. Frequency: An estimated 2-3 surveys per year as indicated by technical milestones reached during the course of the on-demand development project and by customer reaction to initial map products generated from the on-demand system. Description of respondents: General public USGS map purchasers; dealers of USGS maps. Estimated completion time: 0.1 hours per response. Annual responses: 1,000. Annual burden hours: 100 hours. Bureau clearance officer: John Cordyack, 703-648-7313.	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

Title	Type	Published
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico Notice of Public Meeting This notice announces the 11th public meeting of the BECC Board of Directors on Tuesday, February 11, 1997, from 9:00 am-1:00 pm, at the Camino Real Hotel, located at 101 S. El Paso St., in downtown El Paso, Texas.	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Registration and Reregistration Application Fees On October 6, 1992, Congress passed the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 102-395, 106 Stat. 1828 (1992) (codified at 21 U.S.C. 886a) (Act). In section 886a(3) of...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Justice Department Solicitation for a Cooperative Agreement The Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Corrections (NIC) announces the availability of funds in FY 97 for a cooperative agreement to fund a ``Responding to Probation and Parole Violations At the Local Level'' project.	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Justice Department Solicitation for a Cooperative Agreement The Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Corrections (NIC) announces the availability of funds in FY'97 for a cooperative agreement to fund a ``Structured Release and Violation Guidelines for Paroling Authorities'' project.	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Justice Department > NIC Solicitation for a Cooperative Agreement The Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Corrections (NIC) announces the availability of funds in FY'97 for a cooperative agreement to fund a ``Criminal Justice System Project: A Program of Training and Technical Assistance for Selected...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA Grant of Individual Exemptions; Beall Corporation 401I(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the Plan), et al. This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (th...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Labor Department > DOL, WHD Procedures for Predetermination of Wage Rates (29 CFR Part 1); Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Covering Federally Financed and Assisted Construction and to Certain Nonconstruction Contracts (29 CFR Part 5) This document adopts as a final rule the continued suspension of the regulations previously issued under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts at 29 CFR 1.7(d), 29 CFR 5.2(n)(4), and 29 CFR 5.5(a)(1)(ii) and suspended at 58 FR 58954 (Nov. 5, 1993), while...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Labor Department Proposed Exemptions; The Retirement Plan for Salaried and Certain Hourly Employees of Keebler Company (the Plan) This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restriction of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Inter...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Labor Department Service Contract Act; Labor Standards for Federal Service Contracts This document adopts as a final rule a new methodology for establishing minimum health and welfare benefits requirements under the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA). In this document, the Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) also issu...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions; Notice The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will accept applications for participation in the Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions throughout calendar year 1997, subject to availability of funds. Application procedures f...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Endowment for the Arts; Proposed Collection; Comment Request The National Endowment for the Arts, 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 propose...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Environmental Review for Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses; Correction This document corrects a final rule appearing in the Federal Register on December 18, 1996 (61 FR 66537), that amends regulations on the environmental review of applications to renew the operating licenses of nuclear power plants. This action is nece...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Nuclear Regulatory Commission IsoStent, Inc.; Withdrawal of Petition for Rulemaking The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing, at the petitioner's request, a petition for rulemaking (PRM-35-14) filed by IsoStent, Inc. By a letter dated May 9, 1996, the petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations by adding a...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Processing Garnishment Orders for Child Support and/or Alimony	Correction	Dec 30, 1996
Personnel Management Office Training	Correction	Dec 30, 1996

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Science and Technology Policy Office

Title	Type	Published
Science and Technology Policy Office President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology; Meeting This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a meeting of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Adviso...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Odd-Lot Tender Offers by Issuers The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is adopting an amendment to Rule 13e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''). The amendment removes the rule's requirement that an issuer cash tender offer made to odd-lot...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission PIMCO Advisors Funds, et al.; Notice of Application Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Securities Transactions Exempt From Transaction Fees The Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') is adopting amendments to Rule 31-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and an amendment to Rule 24e-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The purpose of these amendments...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Extending the Pilot Injunctive Relief for an Additional Year	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Amendments to Rule 117 (Circuit Breakers)	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Expiration Time and Assignment Processing Procedures for Certain Flexibly Structured Foreign Currency Options	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Electronic Service Delivery In accordance with 20 CFR 422.406(b)(1), the Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of Social Security Ruling SSR 96-10p. This Policy Interpretation Ruling represents the Social Security Administration's (SSA) policy for allowing our customers...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Amendment to the International Traffic In Arms Regulations This rule amends the International Traffic in Arms Regulations by removing from the U.S. Munitions List (USML), for transfer to the Department of Commerce's Commerce Control List (CCL), all cryptographic items except those specifically designed, deve...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Illinois Central Railroad CompanyTrackage Rights Exemption Norfolk Southern Railway Company	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
DOT, STB Railroad Contracts The Surface Transportation Board (Board) adopts revised regulations governing contracts under 49 U.S.C. 10709 that are entered into between one or more rail carriers and one or more purchasers of rail services for the transportation of agricultural p...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-300, -400, and -500 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes, that requires inspections to detect bent or damaged tie links and washers of the elevator feel and centering unit,...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; CFM International Model CFM56-3C-1 and CFM56-3B-2 Turbofan Engines This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all CFM International (CFMI) CFM56-3C-1 and certain CFM56-3B-2 engines, that currently requires the removal from service of certain fan disk and fan blade hardware, and...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; de Havilland Model DHC-7 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all de Havilland Model DHC-7 series airplanes, that requires performing a review of the airplane maintenance records to determine if any insulation blankets have been repaired or...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Transportation Department Airworthiness Directives; de Havilland Model DHC-7 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain de Havilland Model DHC-7 series airplanes, that requires modification of the power control relay installation of the emergency lights. This amendment also requires revisi...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Transportation Department > RSPA Prohibition of Oxidizers Aboard Aircraft RSPA proposes to amend the Hazardous Material Regulations to prohibit the carriage of oxidizers, including compressed oxygen, in passenger carrying aircraft and in Class D compartments on cargo aircraft. This proposal specifically analyzes the prohib...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Transportation Department > RSPA Prohibition of Oxygen Generators as Cargo in Passenger- Aircraft RSPA is prohibiting the transportation of oxygen generators as cargo on board passenger-carrying aircraft. This rule applies to both foreign and domestic passenger-carrying aircraft entering, leaving or operating in the United States, and to any pers...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms, and Record keeping Requirements This notice solicits public comments that requires each tire manufacturer to collect and maintain records of the names and addresses of the first purchasers of new tires. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it mus...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Transportation Department Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements This notice solicits public comments that labeling requirements ensure that tires are mounted on the appropriate rims; and that the rims and tires are mounted on the vehicles for which they are intended. Before a Federal agency can collect certain in...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Transportation Department Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under new procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Fe...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Transportation Department > RSPA Second Quarterly Performance Review Meeting on the Contract ``Detection of Mechanical Damage in Pipelines'' (Contract DTRS-56-96-C- 0010) RSPA invites the pipeline industry, in-line inspection (``smart pig'') vendors, and the general public to the second quarterly performance review meeting of progress on the contract ``Detection of Mechanical Damage in Pipelines.'' This contract is be...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (the ``agencies'') may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collec...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Treasury Department > IRS Certain Transfers of Domestic Stock or Securities by U.S. Persons to Foreign Corporations This document contains final regulations relating to certain transfers of stock or securities of domestic corporations by United States persons to foreign corporations pursuant to the corporate organization, reorganization, or liquidation provisions...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Treasury Department > OCC Fiduciary Activities of National Banks; Rules of Practice and Procedure The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is revising its rules that govern the fiduciary activities of national banks. The OCC also is relocating provisions concerning disciplinary sanctions imposed by clearing agencies to its rules of pra...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Treasury Department > OCC, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (collectively, the Agencies), as part of their continuing efforts to reduce paperw...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Treasury Department > OTS Public Disclosure of Reports of Condition The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) revised its Thrift Financial Report (TFR), effective June, 1996. The revisions to the TFR format do not affect the availability of information contained in the TFR. Most information collected in the TFR will con...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Treasury Department > OCC, Justice Department, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Qualification Requirements for Transactions in Certain Securities The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (banking agencies) propose to adopt a qualification regulation for those banks that en...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1996

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Office of Management (OM) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being made pursuant...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Office of Management (OM) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being made pursuant...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U....	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department Appeals Regulations: Notice of Board of Veterans' Appeals Decisions This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Appeals Regulations for appeals to the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) by removing provisions that do not conform to recent legislation.	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department Delegation of Subpoena Authority and Description of Means of Service This document adopts as a final rule an interim rule amending the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations concerning authority of VA officials to issue subpoenas by revoking the delegation of authority to the Inspector General and subordinate...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department Miscellaneous Regulations This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations by removing an unnecessary provision that states all decisions will conform to the statutes and regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to the precede...	Rule	Dec 30, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity; Public Comment Request As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being made...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity; Public Comment Request As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being made...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity; Public Comment Request As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information collection. This request for comment is being made...	Notice	Dec 30, 1996

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