February 18, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register February 18, 1997

View all documents issued on February 18, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

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Agencies Publishing on February 18, 1997

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Uruguay Round Agreements Act, (108 Stat. 4954, Public Law 103-465, December 8, 1994), amends the ``Buy American'' provision, (7 U.S.C. 903 note) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) (the ``RE Act'). In the p...
Notice Feb 18, 1997
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes specific crop provisions for the insurance of cotton. The intended effect of this action is to provide policy changes to better meet the needs of the insured.
Rule Feb 18, 1997
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service's (RBS) inte...
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At the December 11, 1996, regular meeting of the Rural Telephone Bank (Bank) Board of Directors, the Board established February 19 and 20, 1997, as the dates for its next staff briefing and regular Board meeting, respectively. The purpose of this not...
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), successor to the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), hereby amends its contract for the procurement of postloan engineering services for telecommunications systems. This action codifies the terms and conditi...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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On June 6, 1995, notice was published in the Federal Register (60 FR 29830-29832) that a Federal Information Processing Standard for Public Key Cryptographic Entity Authentication mechanisms was being proposed for Federal use. The written comments su...
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On October 10, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the second administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel wire rods from France. This review covers Imphy S.A., and...
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NMFS announces final 1997 harvest specifications of total allowable catches (TACs), initial apportionments of TACs for each category of groundfish, and associated management measures in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This...
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene public meetings.
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Defense Science Board Task Force on Stealth Technology and Future S&T Investments will meet in closed session on March 19-20, April 1-2, and April 28-29, 1997 at Science Applications International Corporation, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Vi...
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The Defense Science Board Task Force on Underground Facilities will meet in closed session on March 12-13, 1997 at U.S. Strategic Command, Omaha, Nebraska. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary of Defense through the Und...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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This notice amends the notice published on January 28, 1997, Volume 62, page 4038. The purpose of this amendment is to change the time that the meeting will be convened on March 3, 1997, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The location and matters to be conside...
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The Secretary proposes a priority for a National Research and Development Center. The Secretary takes this action to support research on policymaking and policies to support excellence in teaching.
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On September 20, 1996, the Department of Education published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Student Assistance General Provisions (34 CFR Part 668). In the NPRM, the Secretary proposed new standards of financia...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office (ID) is seeking applications for cost-shared research and development of technologies which will enhance economic competitiveness, and reduce energy consumption and environmental impacts fo...
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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is given of a meeting of the DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee.
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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Board Committee Meeting: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Monticello Site.
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Pursuant to 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: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Pantex Plant, Amaril...
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The Office of Hearings and Appeals of the Department of Energy announces procedures concerning the refunding of $214,236.37 (plus accrued interest) in consent order funds. The funds are being held in escrow pursuant to a Consent Judgment and a Bankru...
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Pursuant to 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: Metal Casting Industrial Advisory Board (IAB).
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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This action corrects three citations made in a direct final rule published on Monday, September 23, 1996 at (61 FR 49685). The direct final rule approved the State of Texas' revision to the sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2) SIP revision which became effectiv...
Rule Feb 18, 1997
The EPA proposes to approve the State implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Indiana for the purpose of incorporating minor changes to existing regulations and accommodating recent revisions to the SIP by adding and updating reg...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) has requested the redesignation of the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton area consisting of Hamilton, Clermont, Butler, and Warren Counties from moderate nonattainment to attainment for ozone. The...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997
EPA is approving revisions to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County portion of the Tennessee State Implementation Plan (SIP) to allow the Chattanooga Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau (CHCAPCB) to issue Federally enforceable state operating perm...
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EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Tennessee on behalf of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau (CHCAPCB) for the purpose of establishing a Federally enforceable state...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997
On October 25, 1994, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) submitted revisions to its State Implementation Plan (SIP). EPA made a finding of completeness in a letter dated November 25, 1994. The revisions to the SIP add or revise...
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Notice Feb 18, 1997
In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region II, announces a proposed ad...
Notice Feb 18, 1997
Under section 211(k)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (Act), the Administrator of EPA shall require the sale of reformulated gasoline in an ozone nonattainment area classified as Marginal, Moderate, Serious, or Severe upon the application of the g...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997
Under section 211(k)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (Act), the Administrator of EPA shall require the sale of reformulated gasoline in an ozone nonattainment area classified as Marginal, Moderate, Serious, or Severe upon the application of the g...
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Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board logo Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

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Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board will meet on Thursday, February 27, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in...
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Commission granted a two-week extension of the deadline to file reply comments in the above-cited dockets in response to a request filed by the Media Access Project (MAP) on behalf of a number of other organizations. The deadline to file reply co...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission logo 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, the Geor...
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Government Accountability Office logo Government Accountability Office

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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a tentative schedule of forthcoming meetings of its public advisory committees for 1997. At the request of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the Commissioner), the Institute of Medicine (the IOM)...
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Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is given of the third meeting of the subcommittee on the protection of human subjects of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission. The subcomm...
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In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is publishing a notice to add two new routine uses to system of records 09-30-0047, entitled ``Patient Records on Chronic M...
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The HRSA announces that approximately $2.3 million in fiscal year (FY) 1997 funds will be available for grants for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Community Integrated Service Systems grants to support strategies for reducing infant mortality and imp...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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This notice announces the initiation of a study that will evaluate the hazards related to potential oil spills by commercial ships while in transit. This study is being completed by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center on behalf of the U....
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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In compliance with Section 202(c) of the National Housing Act, notice is hereby given of the cause and description of administrative actions taken by HUD's Mortgagee Review Board against HUD-approved mortgagees.
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This notice amends the NOFA published in the Federal Register on August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42356) to advise of the procedure that HUD will use to determine how public housing agency and Indian housing authority applications will be selected for funding...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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This document announces the availability of detailed information on the computerized modeling run of Newlands Project operations used in developing the proposed rule, and the availability of summary information on other operations modeling runs consi...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997
This notice announces an upcoming meeting of the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463).
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The Minerals Management Service (MMS) hereby gives notice that it is extending the public comment period on a Notice of proposed rule, which was published in the Federal Register on January 24, 1997, (62 FR 3742). The proposed rule would amend the re...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997
On December 12, 1996, the State of Utah filed quantity grant application, UTU-76019, UTU-76020, and UTU-76021, to have 35.00 acres of federally-owned land and interest in land transferred to the State of Utah under the provisions of Section 7, Sectio...
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) establishes application requirements, permit procedures, and a fee for the issuance of permits to import trophies of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) sport hunted in Canada, including bears taken before the e...
Rule Feb 18, 1997
OSM is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Indiana regulatory program (hereinafter the ``Indiana program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The proposed amendment consists of revisions to Indiana's...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997
OSM is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Indiana regulatory program (hereinafter the ``Indiana program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The proposed amendment consists of revisions to the Indian...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997
A sub-committee of the Lewistown District Resource Advisory Council will meet February 26, 1997, at 10:00 am, in the Conference Room at the Lewistown District Bureau of Land Management Office, on Airport Road in Lewistown. This sub-committee was empo...
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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of Land Management, Kingman Field Office, will be preparing a plan amendment and environmental assessmen...
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing its intention to request approval for the collections of information for 30 CFR part 779 and the OSM-1 Form.
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The intent in the January 23, 1997, Federal Register Notice is to prepare a Coordinated Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Intent to amend the Book Cliffs Resource Management Plan. The following public scoping meeti...
Notice Feb 18, 1997
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, proposes to withdraw 293.39 acres of public lands, and 2,800.14 acres of National Forest System lands, lying within the Rogue River National Forest, to protect the recreational values and facilities...
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Correction Feb 18, 1997
On December 19, 1996, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a document in the Federal Register announcing a proposed rule to revise and update existing regulations for management of designated wilderness areas (61 FR 66968). The 60-day commen...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (th...
Notice Feb 18, 1997
This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restriction of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Inter...
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National Capital Planning Commission

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The National Capital Planning Commission (Commission) announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) prepared by the Commission and the District of Columbia Government as part of the requirements for Commission considerat...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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Correction Feb 18, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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The National Securities Markets Improvements Act of 1996 mandates that the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') adopt a definition of the phrase ``prepared by or on behalf of the issuer'' found in newly revised Section 18 of the Securi...
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State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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The Surface Transportation Board proposes to adopt 1.050 (5.0%) as the measure of average growth in railroad productivity for the 1991-1995 (5-year) period. The current value of 5.9% was developed for the 1990 to 1994 period.
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Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Air Tractor, Inc. (Air Tractor) Models AT-802 and AT-802A airplanes. This action requires revising the Airworthiness Limitations section of the applicable maintenance ma...
Rule Feb 18, 1997
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Airbus Model A310 and A300-600 series airplanes. This proposal would require flow checks of the hydraulic pump drain system to ensure that the sys...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time inspection to detect riding, chafing, or damage of the wire...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes, that currently requires inspections to detect damage of the support brackets and clamps of the t...
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Correction Feb 18, 1997
This notice announces a public meeting at which NHTSA will describe and discuss specific research and development projects. Further, the notice requests suggestions for topics to be presented by the agency.
Notice Feb 18, 1997

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains a correction to final income tax regulations which were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, January 7, 1997 (62 FR 923) relating to the computation of foreign taxes deemed paid under section 902.
Rule Feb 18, 1997
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations relating to the estate tax marital deduction to conform the Estate Tax Regulations to recent court decisions. The text of those tempo...
Proposed Rule Feb 18, 1997
This document contains temporary regulations amending the final estate tax marital deduction regulations. The amendments are made to conform the estate tax regulations to recent court decisions. The amendments affect estates of decedents electing the...
Rule Feb 18, 1997
The Department of the Treasury (``Department'') is issuing in final form an amendment to the recordkeeping rules in Sec. 404.4 of the regulations issued under the Government Securities Act of 1986 (``GSA''). 17 CFR 404.4 of the GSA regulations requir...
Rule Feb 18, 1997
The Department of the Treasury, 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 collection...
Notice Feb 18, 1997
The Department of the Treasury, 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 collection...
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The Department of the Treasury, 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 collection...
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This document contains a correction to final regulations (TD 8701) which were published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 27, 1996 (61 FR 68149). The final regulations provide rules for making a deemed sale or deemed dividend election to pu...
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