January 8, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register January 8, 1997

View all documents issued on January 8, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

134 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 8, 1997

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has made a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) with respect to a request by Central Virginia Electric Cooperative for financing assistance to construct a headquarters office facility...
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The Coconino National Forest of the Forest Service is planning to prepare an environmental impact statement on proposals to change cattle management on the 248,792 acre Windmill Allotment planning area.
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This interim final rule establishes interim and final free and restricted percentages for domestic inshell hazelnuts for the 1996-97 marketing year under the Federal marketing order for hazelnuts grown in Oregon and Washington. The percentages alloca...
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The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, with appropriate modifications, the provisions of an interim final rule relaxing the minimum grade requirements issued under the Export Apple and Pear Act for U.S.-grown apples a...
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This document revises the delegations of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture and general officers of the Department to delegate the authority vested in the Secretary pursuant to section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trad...
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Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board logo Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

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The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) gives notice of the dates and location of the meetings of the Telecommunications Access Advisory Committee.
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Broadcasting Board of Governors logo Broadcasting Board of Governors

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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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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...
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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...
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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...
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This Notice announces availability of funds for the Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT), for training business executives and scientists (also referred to as ``interns'') from the New Independent States (NIS) of the former S...
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE or Exchange) has applied for designation as a contract market in futures and futures options on the NYCE pound sterling-Swiss franc and pound sterling-Japanese yen currency cross rates. The Acting Director of the Di...
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Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Director of Defense Procurement is amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to revise guidance regarding the acquisition of information technology, for conformance with recent amendments to the Federal Acquisition Re...
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The Director of Defense Procurement is amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to add an exception to the restriction on the use of cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts for military construction. The exception applies to contr...
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The Defense Science Board will meet in closed session on January 29-30, April 30-May 1, and October 22-23, 1997 at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secreta...
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The Defense Science Board Task Force on Aviation Safety will meet in closed session on January 9 and January 16, 1997 at Strategic Analysis, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia. In order for the Task Force to obtain time sensitive classified briefings, critic...
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Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality regulations implementing NEPA procedures, 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508; and Chief of Naval Operations Environmental and Natural Resourc...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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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...
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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...
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DOE proposes to conduct a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective-action program and other environmental remediation activities at contaminated sites at Argonne National Laboratory-East (ANL-E). Two of the contaminated sites include...
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The Commission's proposed rule in this proceeding would amend its open access regulations by incorporating by reference standards promulgated by the Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB). A staff technical conference was held on December 12 and 13, 199...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA is authorizing Booz, Allen & Hamilton of McLean, VA and its team subcontractor PRC-EMI, of McLean, VA access to information which has been submitted to EPA under Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability...
Notice Jan 08, 1997
EPA is approving revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone for 6 nonattainment areas: South Coast, Southeast Desert, Ventura, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Joaquin Valley. In addition, EPA is approving specific local and...
Rule Jan 08, 1997
EPA is approving a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone for Santa Barbara County. Specifically, EPA is approving the emissions inventory, control measures, and 15% rate-of-progress plan. The California Air Resources Bo...
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This notice announces the filing of amendments to pesticide petitions 0E3909, 2E4052, 2E4065, 2E4092, and 3E4162. These amendments propose to extend the effective date for time-limited tolerances established for the combined residues of the herbicide...
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EPA is soliciting grant proposals under the Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention (EJP2) grant program. EPA anticipates that $4.2 million will be available in Fiscal Year 1997. The purpose of this program is to support pollution preventi...
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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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This General Services Administration (GSA) final rule revises the regulations regarding the delegation of authority to occupant agencies to contract for reimbursable space alterations. The present FPMR provisions stated in 101-20.106-1 cite a project...
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and collaborating institutes of the NIH are seeking CRADA partners and/or licensees for the development of different technologies and applications to provide a safe and efficient introduction of exoge...
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The National Institutes of Health is seeking licensees and/or CRADA partners for the further development and commercialization of its patent portfolio for antiflammins. The inventions claimed in U.S. Patent No. 5,266,562 issued 30 Nov 1993, ``Anti-In...
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Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and appr...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Coast Guard is undertaking an effort to identify the minimum capabilities a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) must have to serve its wide range of users. The Coast Guard needs to establish national baseline operating requirements that will permit it t...
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This notice announces the first meetings sponsored by HUD to develop the regulations necessary to carry out the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Pub. L. 104-330, approved October 26, 1996).
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Alaska regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``Alaska program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA)....
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Wyoming State Office Cheyenne, Wyoming, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.
Notice Jan 08, 1997
This document corrects a section title in the regulation at 25 CFR part 151 governing land acquisitions by an Indian individual or tribe. The correction eliminates the word ``nongaming'' from the title. It is being published to prevent possible confu...
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This notice announces a meeting of the Arizona Resource Advisory Council. The meeting will be held January 31, 1997, beginning at 10:00 a.m. in the 1A Conference Room at the Bureau of Land Management Arizona State Office, 222 North Central Avenue, Ph...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Prospective Payment Assessment Commission

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Railroad Retirement Board

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

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These regulations implement an amendment to section 1611(e)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (the Act) made by section 214 of Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Section 214 extends applica...
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State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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DOT, STB
The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Public Law 104-88, 109 Stat. 803 (ICCTA), at 49 U.S.C. 11324(f), permits, but does not require, ex parte communications in certain circumstances involving the consolidation, merger, or acquisition of control of railro...
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Trade Representative, Office of United States

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Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Trade Act), requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or deny fair and equitable market a...
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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) T96-26-51 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of certain Boeing Model 747 series airplanes powered by Rolls Royce Model RB2...
Rule Jan 08, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Fokker Model F27 Mark 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700 series airplanes, that requires an inspection to detect cracking of the torque tube assembly of the left-hand (LH)...
Rule Jan 08, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to General Electric Aircraft Engines (GE) CT7 series turboprop engines, that requires replacement of the gas generator turbine stage 2 forward cooling plates prior to the published...
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Hamilton Standard 14RF and 14SF series, and Hamilton Standard/British Aerospace Model 6/5500/F propellers, that requires initial and repetitive inspections of critical control co...
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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Jetstream Model BAe ATP series airplanes. This proposal would require modification of certain parts in the elevator flight control system and the...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This amendment modifies Class D surface area airspace at Hollywood, FL. A GPS RWY 9R Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) has been developed for North Perry Airport. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from the surface is needed...
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This amendment modifies the Class E airspace area at Claxton, GA. A NDB RWY 9 Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) has been developed for the Claxton-Evans County Airport. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above t...
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This amendment modifies the Class E airspace area at Miami, FL. A GPS RWY 9R Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) has been developed for the North Perry Airport at Hollywood, FL. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet...
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This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at Gregory, SD. A Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to Runway 31 has been developed for the Gregory Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This action establishes a Class E airspace area at Hemet, CA. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 05 to Hemet-Ryan Airport has made this action necessary. The intended eff...
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This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at Hot Springs, SD. A Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to Runway 19 has been developed for the Hot Springs Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extendin...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace Lemmon, SD. A Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to Runway 29 has been developed for the Lemmon Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at Oakes, ND. A Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to Runway 30 has been developed for Oakes Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 70...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at Shawano, WI. A Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to Runway 29 has been developed for the Shawano Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This document initiates rulemaking based upon oral presentations at the agency's public meetings and written comments received on the appropriate classification and safety regulations for golf carts and other small, light-weight vehicles that are cap...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This final rule requires that all intrastate shippers and carriers comply with the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) with certain exceptions. This action is necessary to comply with amendments to the Federal hazardous materials transportation law...
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This final rule amends the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to better identify hazardous materials in transportation. Changes include adding a new ``POISON INHALATION HAZARD'' (PIH) label and placard to enhance the ready identification of materi...
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This notice announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that a 1984 Nissan 300ZX that was not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard...
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This notice announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that a 1986 Mazda RX-7 that was not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards...
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This notice announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 1992 through 1996 BMW 325i passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor...
Notice Jan 08, 1997
This action corrects an error in the airspace description and allows for an extension of the comment period of a proposed notice of rulemaking that was published in the Federal Register on December 18, 1996, Airspace Docket No. 96-AWP-32.
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace area at Columbia, SC. A GPS RWY 31 Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) has been developed for Columbia Owens Downtown Airport. Additional controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This notice proposes to establish a Class E airspace area at Fallbrook, CA. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 18 at Fallbrook Community Airpark has made this proposal ne...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This action withdraws the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which proposed to establish Class E airspace at Milton, FL, to accommodate a GPS RWY 36 Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) for Peter Prince Field. The NPRM is being withdrawn,...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This notice proposes to revise Class D and Class E airspace areas at Los Angeles, CA. This action is a reduction of the surface areas for the Los Angeles Hawthorne Municipal Airport, CA. A review of airspace classification and air traffic procedures...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
This proposed rule would amend the Jackson, Wyoming, Class E airspace to accommodate a Standard Terminal Arrival Route (STAR) to the Salt Lake City (SLC) International Airport. The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot reference.
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICR) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. Th...
Notice Jan 08, 1997
This action establishes a temporary Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) at Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) to preserve the natural enjoyment of visitors to RMNP by preventing any potential adverse noise impact from aircraft-based sightseei...
Rule Jan 08, 1997
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
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This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Jan 08, 1997
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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This document proposes to amend the educational assistance and educational benefits regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The current regulations provide that schools must submit a catalog or bulletin to the State Approving Agency (...
Proposed Rule Jan 08, 1997

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