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
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Agency for International Development
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Agriculture Department
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Commerce Department
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Defense Department
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Education Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Office of the President
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Maritime Commission
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Federal Reserve System
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Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
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Federal Trade Commission
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General Services Administration
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Government Accountability Office
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Health and Human Services Department
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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Interior Department
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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NNational Science Foundation (2)
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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PPostal Regulatory Commission (1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Small Business Administration
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Social Security Administration
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Agency for International Development
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
Agriculture Department
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
Commerce Department
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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.
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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.
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
Defense Department
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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...
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Education Department
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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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,...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
Executive Office of the President
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Federal Communications Commission
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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.
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
Federal Maritime Commission
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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...
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Federal Reserve System
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Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
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Federal Trade Commission
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
General Services Administration
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
Government Accountability Office
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
Health and Human Services Department
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
Interior Department
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
Justice Department
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
Labor Department
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National Science Foundation
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Postal Regulatory Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
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The Commission is adopting new Regulation M governing the activities of underwriters, issuers, selling security holders, and others in connection with offerings of securities. Regulation M is intended to preclude manipulative conduct by persons with...
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Small Business Administration
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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.
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Social Security Administration
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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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...
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 1997 |
Treasury Department
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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,...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 1997 |
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