January 3, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register January 3, 1997

View all documents issued on January 3, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

89 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 3, 1997

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to final regulations (22 CFR Part 228) which were published Tuesday, October 15, 1996 (61 FR 53615). The regulations cover USAID's rules on source, origin and nationality for commodities and services financed by USA...
Rule Jan 03, 1997

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes specific crop provisions for the insurance of fresh market sweet corn. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contain standard te...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes specific crop provisions for the insurance of fresh market peppers. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contain standard terms...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
NMFS amends the final regulations governing the Atlantic tunas fisheries by removing references to the Regional Director for the purposes of applying for and issuing tuna permits. These changes are necessary to allow the Atlantic tunas permit program...
Rule Jan 03, 1997
NMFS issues this final rule to allow fishermen to use the Fishing Vessel Capital Construction Fund Program (Program) for equipping and/or modifying their fishing vessels to increase general vessel safety and/or to comply with specific requirements es...
Rule Jan 03, 1997
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined to amend the effective date of the revocation of the countervailing duty order on Certain Apparel from Thailand, with respect to the products classified under the item numbers of the Harmoniz...
Notice Jan 03, 1997
On December 6, 1996, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register the final reults of the 1992 Administrative Review of the countervailing duty order on Certain Iron Metal Castings from India (``castings'') (61 FR...
Notice Jan 03, 1997
The Department of Commerce is notifying the public of its determination not to revoke the antidumping duty orders and findings nor to terminate the suspended investigations listed below.
Notice Jan 03, 1997
NMFS proposes to approve and implement revisions to the Catch Sharing Plan (Plan) for sport harvests of Pacific halibut off Oregon under authority of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (Halibut Act). NMFS also proposes sport fishery regulations...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
On September 4, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on professional electric cutting tools (PECTs) from Japan. This review covers the period of...
Notice Jan 03, 1997
This document corrects the notice announcing hearings on Draft Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic (FMP), published on December 20, 1996, at 61 FR 67294.
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to reflect proposed changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to treat Independent Research and Development and Bid and Proposal c...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
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Notice Jan 03, 1997

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Achievement Levels Committee of the National Assessment Governing Board. This notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this meeting is required...
Notice Jan 03, 1997
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming partially closed teleconference meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Assessment Governing Board. This notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of t...
Notice Jan 03, 1997

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In the Federal Register of October 1, 1996, EPA issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to announce EPA's intention to expand its Community Right-to-Know initiatives to increase the information available to the public on chemical use,...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
EPA is denying a petition to remove the barium compounds category from the list of chemicals subject to the reporting requirements under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) and section 6607 of the Pol...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
Notice Jan 03, 1997
EPA is announcing the availability of approximately $5 million in fiscal year 1997 grant/cooperative agreement funds under the Pollution Prevention Incentives for States (PPIS) grant program. The grant dollars are targeted at State and Tribal program...
Notice Jan 03, 1997

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Presidential Document Jan 03, 1997

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Robert J. Flotte seeking the allotment of Channel 250C1 to Cloudcroft, New Mexico, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 250C1 can be allotted to Cloudcroft in compl...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Mid- Minnesota Broadcsting Company proposing the allotment of Channel 231A to Mankato, Minnesota. The coordinates for Channel 231A at Mankato are 44-10-12 and 94-00-24.
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by Darin L. Siebert requesting the allotment of Channel 277A to Moscow, Idaho, as that community's second local commercial FM service. Coordinates used for Channel 277A at Moscow are...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed on behalf of North Wave Communications, Inc., seeking the allotment of FM Channel 227A to Valdez, Alaska, as that community's first local FM transmission service. Coordinates used fo...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
This document substitutes Channel 285C3 for Channel 252A at Willcox, Arizona, and modifies the license of Station KWCX-FM to specify operation on the nonadjacent higher powered channel, as requested by William S. Konopnicki. See 60 FR 22022, May 4, 1...
Rule Jan 03, 1997

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Notice Jan 03, 1997
The Federal Maritime Commission (``FMC'' or ``Commission'') is lifting the stay of monitoring report requirements contained in its agreement regulations. The filing of the quarterly monitoring reports will begin with the report covering the first qua...
Rule Jan 03, 1997

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title Type Published
Notice Jan 03, 1997

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent agreement, accepted subject to final Commission approval, would require, among other things, Baxter I...
Notice Jan 03, 1997
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent agreement, accepted subject to final Commission approval, would permit, among other things, the $63 b...
Notice Jan 03, 1997

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Title Type Published
This regulation updates fuel economy standards; provides references to the newly-established General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Governmentwide Policy; updates reporting requirements pertaining to leasing vehicles from commercial activiti...
Rule Jan 03, 1997

Government Accountability Office logo Government Accountability Office

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board will meet on Friday, January 17, 1997, from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. in room 7C...
Notice Jan 03, 1997

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the reinstatement of four collections of information have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This document announces the OMB...
Notice Jan 03, 1997
The Department of Health and Human Services notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet standards of Subpart C of Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (59 FR 29916, 29925). A similar notice li...
Notice Jan 03, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the establishment of a public docket for documents and other information pertaining to the export and the import-for-export of certain FDA- regulated products (such as drugs, biologics, and devices...
Notice Jan 03, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of December 19, 1996 (61 FR 67020). The document announced a meeting of the FDA standing oversight committee in the Center for Biologics Evaluation an...
Notice Jan 03, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend the regulations to provide that animal protein derived from ruminant and mink tissues is not generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use in ruminant feed, and is a food additive subject to...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Jan 03, 1997
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
Notice Jan 03, 1997

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Superintendent of Lake Clark National Park and the Chairperson of the Subsistence Resource Commission for Lake Clark National Park announce a forthcoming meeting of the Lake Clark National Park Subsistence Resource Commission. The following agend...
Notice Jan 03, 1997

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Notice Jan 03, 1997
This rule proposes to amend the regulations of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) governing the conduct of both expedited and regular removal proceedings, and handling of asylum...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
This order amends and adopts rules that govern the processing of petitions for remission and mitigation of forfeitures by the Criminal Division, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Naturalizat...
Rule Jan 03, 1997

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
Notice Jan 03, 1997
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
Notice Jan 03, 1997

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
Section 103(c) of the Small Business Programs Improvement Act of 1996 (1996 legislation), enacted on September 30, 1996, authorizes SBA to continue its Low Documentation (LowDoc) loan program through lenders with significant experience in making smal...
Rule Jan 03, 1997
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new, and/or currently approved information collection.
Notice Jan 03, 1997
Notice Jan 03, 1997

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would amend our regulations regarding reports of earnings to the Social Security Administration (SSA) required of beneficiaries who work and earn more than the applicable exempt amount. Beneficiaries under age 70, who work and earn...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
These proposed rules would revise our regulations governing representation of claimants seeking Social Security or supplemental security income (SSI) benefits under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act (the Act). They would establish standards...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
We are revising our rules to bring them into accord with statutory changes which require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to charge the States an administration fee for making supplementary payments on behalf of States and authorize SSA to ch...
Rule Jan 03, 1997

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) T96-26-52 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Boeing Model 747 series airplanes by individual telegrams. This AD require...
Rule Jan 03, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 747 series airplanes. This action requires a one-time inspection to detect damage of the sleeving and wire bundles of the boost pumps of the numbers 1...
Rule Jan 03, 1997
This notice revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would have been applicable to all Textron Lycoming 235 series and 290 series, and certain 320 and 360 series reciprocating engines, that would have required initial and repet...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Textron Lycoming reciprocating engines. This action requires removal from service of defective piston pins, and replacement with serviceable parts. This amendment...
Rule Jan 03, 1997
This amendment modifies the Class E airspace at Staunton, VA, to accommodate a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 23 at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport. This amendment also corrects the ai...
Rule Jan 03, 1997
In this document, NHTSA proposes to set the minimum driving range only for dual fueled electric passenger automobiles, otherwise known as hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), at 17.7 miles when operating on electricity alone. The purpose of establishing...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), RSPA is publishing the following list of exemption applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and the expected completion date for action on each appl...
Notice Jan 03, 1997
This proposed rule would establish Class E Airspace at Johnstown, NY. The development of two new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) at Fulton County Airport based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) has made this proposal necessary. Ad...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
This proposed rule would establish Class E Airspace at Stuart, VA. The development of a new Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) at Micro Airport based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) has made this proposal necessary. Additional contr...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997
Notice Jan 03, 1997
Notice Jan 03, 1997
The Board exempts from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903 the abandonment by South Plains Lamesa Railroad, Ltd., of 49.06 miles of rail line between milepost 5.00 near Slaton and milepost 54.06 near Lamesa, in Dawson and Lynn Counties...
Notice Jan 03, 1997

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document proposes rules providing that for certain reorganizations, transfers by the acquiring corporation of target assets or stock to certain controlled corporations, and under prescribed conditions, transfers of target assets to partnerships,...
Proposed Rule Jan 03, 1997

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