February 3, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register February 3, 1997

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

134 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 3, 1997

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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Agricultural Marketing Service

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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GIPSA announces the designation of Springfield Grain Inspection, Inc. (Springfield), and the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (Alabama), to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The Secretary announces the establishment of the Edward R. Madigan United States Agricultural Export Excellence Award Program.
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The Willamette PIEC Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, February 20, 1997. The meeting will be held at the USDI Salem BLM; 1717 Fabry Road SE; Salem, Oregon 97306; phone (503) 375-5642. The meeting is schedule to begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude...
Notice Feb 03, 1997

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation.
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) may inform exporters, individually or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is required for exports or reexports to certain entities. To provide...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene a public meeting of the Stone Crab Advisory Panel (AP).
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene a public meeting of the Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel (RFSAP).
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Committee and its Comprehensive Management Committee will hold a public meeting.
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee's Salmon Subcommittee will hold a public meeting.
Notice Feb 03, 1997
In response to a request by an importer of the subject merchandise, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on porcelain-on- steel (POS) cooking ware from the People's Republic...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Shrimp Committee, Joint Controlled Access and Snapper Grouper Committees, Joint Snapper Grouper Committee and Wreckfish Advisory Panel, Scientific and Statistical Sele...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting of its Pacific Insular Area Fishery Agreement Working Group.
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting of its Bottomfish Task Force.
Notice Feb 03, 1997

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 the U.S. dollar-Singapore dollar, U.S. dollar-Indonesia rupiah, U.S. dollar-Malaysian ringgit and U.S. dollar-Thai baht currency futures and option co...
Notice Feb 03, 1997

Congressional Budget Office logo Congressional Budget Office

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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The Commission announces that it has received no objections to its final rule amending its fireworks regulations under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act that was published on December 20, 1996. 61 FR 67197. This final rule changes the allowable fu...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
In the Federal Register of February 12, 1996 (61 FR 5537), the Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to see...
Notice Feb 03, 1997

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
This rule revises and provides DoD policy and updates procedures to meet changed circumstances for publishing DoD internal command information newspapers, magazines and civilian enterprise publications. It has minimal impact on some civilian printers...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1997
In FR Doc. 96-32567 concerning a notice of proposed information collection available for comment on Department of Defense FY 1997: Assistance to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), 0704-0389, appearing on page 67774 in the issue of Tuesday, December 2...
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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a curr...
Notice Feb 03, 1997

Education Department logo Education Department

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Notice Feb 03, 1997
This notice announces the availability of a Supplement to the Firm Non-Requirements Products and Services Contracts (FNR) ROD (October 17, 1995). This Supplement relies on BPA's Business Plan Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (June 1995) and the B...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
This is to give notice of DOE's planned actions for the Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP), located approximately 18 miles (29 kilometers) northwest of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The subject of this Floodplain Statement of Findings is th...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
In response to requests from several interested persons, the Department of Energy has granted additional time to comment on proposed amendments to 10 CFR part 960 that were published at 61 FR 66157 December 16, 1996.
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This notice reopens the public comment period for the Department of Energy's (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Disposal Phase Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS-II) until February 27, 1997. All comments received by that date will...
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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--Openness Advisory Panel. Date and Time:...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for combined residues of the fungicide carboxin in or on the raw agricultural commodity onion seed in connection with EPA's granting of emergency exemptions under section 18 of the Federal Insectic...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is hereby given that the Common Sense Initiative Council and the CSIC's Metal Finishing and Printing Sector Subcommittees will meet on the dates and times described below. All...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
EPA is announcing the availability of the second edition of the Label Review Manual. The Label Review Manual is used as a training tool for new employees and as guidance for product team members who are responsible for performing label reviews. It is...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
Correction Feb 03, 1997
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.
Notice Feb 03, 1997

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996), added a new provision, Section 713, to the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, which requires the Commission to prescribe, by August 8, 1997, rules and implementation sc...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1997
This action amends the performance standards for directional microwave antennas of the Commission's Rules in order to permit the use of new antenna technology. Specifically, the rule amendments will allow licensees to show compliance with the Commiss...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
In accordance with the Federal Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, this order amends the Commission's rules regarding forfeiture proceedings to implement inflation adjustments to mo...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
The Commission is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPRM'') to seek comment on the scope of the statutory exemption under Section 402(b)(2)(A) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Section 402(b)(2)(A) provides that common carriers are exem...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1997
Correction Feb 03, 1997
The Federal Communications, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed and/or continuing information collections, as...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The Federal Communications, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed and/or continuing information collections, as...
Notice Feb 03, 1997

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
As part of the FDIC's systematic review of its regulations and written policies under section 303(a) of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (CDRI), the FDIC is revising its regulations relating to forms, instructio...
Rule Feb 03, 1997

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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 order prohibits, among other things, a Kentucky-based manufacturer of residential air filters from ma...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order permits Class Rings, Inc. to acquire L.G. Balfour Company and prohibits, among other things, Cl...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, an Alabama-based corporation and three of its officers from maki...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order requires, among other things, an Illinois-based manufacturer of opaque contact lenses to divest...
Notice Feb 03, 1997

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Ashland Chemical Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of polypropylene glycol with a molecular weight of 1,200 to 3,000...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Life Sciences Research Office (LSRO) of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) are announcing an open meeting on the review of infant formula nutrient requirements for pret...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The HRSA announces that approximately $15.5 million in fiscal year (FY) 1997 funds will be available for project grants that enhance access to clinical research trials and other research, and develop and support the provision of coordinated comprehen...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-1158-DR), dated January 16, 1997, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 03, 1997
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Nevada, (FEMA-1153-DR), dated January 3, 1997, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 03, 1997
This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are suspended on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
Notice of meeting.
Notice Feb 03, 1997

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
This notice amends the field reorganization Revocation and Redelegation of Authority for the Office of Housing, published on December 6, 1994, at 59 FR 62739, which was amended by the Revocation and Redelegation of Authority published on June 26, 199...
Notice Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 03, 1997
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Feb 03, 1997

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the new mailing address of the Bureau of Land Management, Farmington District Office, Farmington New Mexico AND the new mailing address and physical location of the Farmington Indian Minerals Office (FIMO).
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis). This animal is restricted to vernal pools in sou...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
In the Federal Register of November 1, 1996 (Vol. 61, p. 56567), a notice was published pertaining to the availability of the draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Imperial Project. This amends that notice....
Notice Feb 03, 1997
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Sec. 2710, of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-497), the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal/State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III (c...
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing an amendment to the Pony Express Resource Management Plan (RMP). The proposed amendment would designate certain public lands in Utah and Tooele Counties as a Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA)....
Notice Feb 03, 1997
Wilmon Timberlands seeks an incidental take permit (ITP) from the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Act), as amended. The ITP would authorize, for a pe...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
Establishment of Supplemental Rules for the management of recreational suction dredging only on Public Lands and associated waters that are withdrawn from mineral entry. These rules would apply to all mineral withdrawn lands administered by the Folso...
Notice Feb 03, 1997

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
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This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed class exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and f...
Notice Feb 03, 1997

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The Library of Congress is vacating the current precontroversy discovery schedule and the date for initiating the proceeding to determine reasonable rates and terms for digital transmissions that constitute a digital phonorecord delivery to allow fur...
Notice Feb 03, 1997

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

No documents available.

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
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Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The Office of Personnel Management is revising the regulations on the Standards for a Merit System of Personnel Administration. The revision reflects changes and revisions in laws or regulations that require State and local governments to establish a...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1997
Notice of meeting.
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
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Notice Feb 03, 1997

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 727 and 737 series airplanes, that requires replacing the fuel cap assembly with a new assembly on the inlet fitting at the inside top of the Boeing-designed...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100) series airplanes. That AD currently requires revisions to the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1997
This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Fokker Model F28 Mark 0070 and 0100 series airplanes, that would have required a one-time operational test of the pitot heating system, and repair or replac...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1997
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas DC-9 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive visual inspections to detect corrosion and cracking of the fuselage upper skin and f...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2, BN-2A, and BN-2B series airplanes that do not have generator terminal diodes installed with Modification NB/M/1571. This action requires rem...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Pratt & Whitney JFTD12A series and T73 series turboshaft engines, that requires initial and repetitive fluorescent penetrant inspections (FPI) of compressor hubs, disks, spacers,...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Pratt & Whitney (PW) JT8D-200 series turbofan engines, that requires, for front compressor front hubs (fan hubs), cleaning; initial and repetitive eddy current (ECI) and fluoresc...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Rolls-Royce plc RB211-535E4 and -535E4-B series turbofan engines, that requires installation of an improved fuel flow governor that incorporates revised minimum compressor discha...
Rule Feb 03, 1997
NHTSA will conduct a telephone survey as a major component of a two-site evaluation of its Bystander Care program. In accordance with the agency's mandate to reduce fatalities and economic loss resulting from motor vehicle crashes, the Bystander Care...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
This notice announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that a 1992 Mercedes-Benz 230CE that was not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety s...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
The FAA proposes changes that are mostly editorial or typographical in nature in parts 21, 25, 91, 119, 121, 125, and 135. Most of the proposed changes are necessary to correct errors, make terminology consistent, or clarify the intent of the regulat...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1997
The Department of Transportation (DOT) announces a meeting of the DOT Partnership Council (the Council). Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Notice Feb 03, 1997
Correction Feb 03, 1997
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces one information collection request coming up for renewal. Before submitting the renewal package to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Departmen...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
In his Regulatory Reinvention Initiative Memorandum of March 4, 1995, President Clinton directed Federal agencies to conduct a page- by-page review of all of their regulations and to ``eliminate or revise those that are outdated or otherwise in need...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1997

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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Notice Feb 03, 1997

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United States Information Agency

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces that the following information collection activity has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. USIA...
Notice Feb 03, 1997

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), 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 Paperw...
Notice Feb 03, 1997
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 Feb 03, 1997
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 Feb 03, 1997
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 Feb 03, 1997
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 Feb 03, 1997
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 Feb 03, 1997
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 Feb 03, 1997
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 Feb 03, 1997

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