February 21, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register February 21, 1997

View all documents issued on February 21, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

155 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 21, 1997

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Calgene, Inc., seeking a determination of nonregulated status for cotton lines designated as BXN<Register> with Bt cotton lines derived from t...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
Notice is hereby given that a Federally owned invention, U.S. Plant Patent Application Serial No. 08/634,149, filed April 19, 1996, entitled ``Tift 94 Bermudagrass'' is available for licensing and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural...
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved information collection in support of the CCC's Dairy Exp...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved information collection in support of the CCC's Export En...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will hold a meeting regarding the publication of Salmonella testing data. Participants will discuss methods of making available to the public FSIS-generated testing data on the prevalence of Salmonella fo...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is amending its rule to allow RUS to process loans with a loan period of more than 2 years in two parts when applications substantially exceed available funds. RUS amended its rules in 1995 to lengthen the allowable...
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Assassination Records Review Board logo Assassination Records Review Board

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The Assassination Records Review Board (Review Board) met in a closed meeting on January 29-30, 1997, and made formal determinations on the release of records under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (Supp. V 1...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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In conformity with Title 13, United States Code (Sections 182, 224, and 225), I have determined that annual data to be derived from the surveys listed below are needed to aid the efficient performance of essential governmental functions and have sign...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
NMFS will hold three public hearings to receive comments from fishery participants and other members of the public regarding proposed regulations on the harvest and possession of weakfish in the exclusive economic zone of the Atlantic Ocean from Main...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
NMFS issues a final rule to increase halibut quota share (QS) use limits for halibut QS holders in the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) regulatory areas. This action is necessary to increase individual...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
NMFS proposes to implement a regulatory amendment to the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for fixed gear Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries in and off Alaska. This action would redefine the length of time within which a 6-hour prior notice...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
NMFS has determined that an interim closure of directed fishing for rock sole, flathead sole, and ``other flatfish'' by vessels using trawl gear is necessary in Statistical Area 516 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). Red k...
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Notice Feb 21, 1997
The New England Fishery Management Council and the Mid- Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Councils) will hold public hearings to receive comments on Amendment 9 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Councils have determi...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
This document corrects the preamble to an interim final rule (I.D. 072296B) published in the Federal Register of February 13, 1997, regarding North Atlantic Right Whale Protection. This correction clarifies the exceptions to the requirements of the r...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
This document contains a correction to a final rule that was published on December 19, 1996. This correction specifies the correct longitude of the eastern boundary of the Gulf Shrimp Fishery-Sea Turtle Conservation Area.
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Feb 21, 1997
This action adds to the Procurement List commodities to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Feb 21, 1997
The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List a commodity and a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
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Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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This part promulgates policies and procedures for implementing section 2837 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY96 concerning the Federal agency lease back of property transferred to Local Redevelopment Authorities (LRAs) at installations...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997

Education Department logo Education Department

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On August 20, 1996 a notice was published in the Federal Register (61 FR 43128) inviting applications for new awards under the Endowment Challenge Grant Program for FY 1997. Since the Congress did not appropriate FY 1997 funds for the Endowment Chall...
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The Secretary announces final funding priorities for the Research and Demonstration Project (R&D) Program and the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) Program under the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The EPA proposes adding a sixth interim approval condition to its interim approval of the Operating Permits Program submitted by Maine for the purpose of complying with Federal requirements for an approvable State program to issue operating permits t...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to wetlands and air quality impacts. ERP No. D-AFS-J65258-MT Rating EC2, Lewis and Clark National Forest Plan, Implementation, Oil and Gas Leasing Analysis, Upper Missouri River Basin, several counti...
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As required by section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) at 5 U.S.C. App. II section 9(a)(2), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving notice that it is establishing the Microbial and Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproduct...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that EPA is considering minor technical changes to the proposed Federal Reference Method (FRM) for PM<INF>2.5 sampling published on December 13, 1996. The nature of these changes include improvements...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
This action proposes to expand and clarify definitions in the ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Petroleum Refineries'', which was issued as a final rule on August 18, 1995. Because the revisions add and clarify definitions,...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
This action expands and clarifies definitions in the ``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Petroleum Refineries,'' which was issued as a final rule on August 18, 1995.
Rule Feb 21, 1997
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) held its first public meeting on Monday, February 3, 1997, in Alexandria, VA to hear presentations and statements from a cross-section of stakeholders abo...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, (``CAA''), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement, which was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by the United States Environ...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act as amended (CA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement entered into by EPA and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The proposed settlement ag...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
Notice of Settlement: in accordance with Section 122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given of a settlement concerning past response costs at the Unio...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
Through this action EPA is announcing the revocation of Refrigerant Certification Services (RCS) of Houston, Texas, previously approved to provide the technician certification exam in accordance with the regulations promulgated at 40 CFR part 82 subp...
Notice Feb 21, 1997

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Federal Communications Commissions, 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 information collection, as required by the...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by LifeTalk Broadcasting Association proposing the allotment of Channel *283C3 at Chewelah, Washington, and its reservation for noncommercial educational use. Channel *283C3 can be allotted to Chew...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
The Commission requests comments on a petition by Clayton FM Partnership requesting the substitution of Channel 257A for Channel 300A to Clayton, Louisiana, and modification of Clayton FM's construction permit to reflect the alternate channel. To acc...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by JoeMyers Productions, Inc., proposing the allotment of Channel 221A at Fredonia, Kentucky, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 221A can be allotted to Fredonia in...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Highland Broadcasting Company proposing the allotment of Channel 295A at Freeport, Illinois, as the community's third local FM transmission service. Channel 295A can be allotted to Freeport in c...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by Fred R. Morton, Jr. requesting the allotment of Channel 268A to Greenwood, Arkansas, as its second local FM transmission service. Coordinates used for Channel 268A at Greenwood ar...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Vixon Valley Broadcasting seeking the allotment of Channel 284A to Hope, North Dakota, as the community's first local aural service. Channel 284A can be allotted to Hope in compliance with the C...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Atlantis Broadcasting Co., L.L.C., proposing the allotment of Channel 258A at Lexington, Illinois, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 258A can be allotted to Lexi...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed on behalf of Topaz Enterprises, Inc. proposing the allotment of Channel 253A to Orofino, Idaho, an incorporated community, as its second local FM transmission service. Coordinates us...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
The Commission requests comments on a petition by Vixon Valley Broadcasting proposing the allotment of Channel 272A to Randolph, Utah, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 272A can be allotted to Randolph in compliance w...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Mountain Tower Broadcasting proposing the allotment of Channel 298A to Superior, Montana, as that community's first local broadcast service. The coordinates for Channel 298A are 47-11-30 and 114-...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
The Commission requests comments on a petition by Ohio Broadcast Associates requesting the reallotment of Channel 235C3 from Waynesboro to Collinwood, Tennessee, as the community's first local aural broadcast service, and the modification of Station...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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Based on the research and analyses conducted in preparation of the Draft and Final EIS, GSA and CDC expect the No Action Alternative to have minor adverse impacts on hydrology/water quality, vegetation & wildlife, ambient air quality, ambient noise, comprehensive planning & zoning, housing, and on transportation & parking.
Notice Feb 21, 1997

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Feb 21, 1997
This notice announces the availability for review and comment of a draft document entitled, ``Screening Young Children for Lead Poisoning.'' The document was prepared by CDC staff with advice from CDC's Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled ``Deciding When to Submit a 510(k) for a Change to an Existing Device.'' This guidance is intended to provide direction to manufacturers of devices who inten...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on November 22, 1996 entitled ``Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies and Five-Year Review of and Adjustments to t...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
Notice Feb 21, 1997
NIOSH is requesting comments from all interested parties concerning possible adverse health effects among workers who have used carbonless copy paper. Interested parties may submit medical case reports, experimental data, or other information relatin...
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Notice of program exclusions.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application by Schneider (USA), Inc., Minneapolis, MN, for premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), of the WALLSTENT<Register> Iliac Endopro...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Coast Guard proposes to amend permanent special local regulations established for marine events held in the Norfolk Harbor, Elizabeth River, between Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia by identifying specific annual events for which the regulated ar...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
The Coast Guard is establishing permanent special local regulations for the Augusta Invitational Rowing Regatta. The Augusta Invitational Rowing Regatta will be held annually on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the third week of March, betwe...
Rule Feb 21, 1997

Housing and Urban Development Department logo 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.
Notice Feb 21, 1997

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Minerals Management Service (MMS) will hold a series of one-day public meetings to discuss new ways to further utilize Federal royalty-in-kind (RIK) oil and gas programs onshore and on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The meetings will be open...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
As specified in the official Notice of Availability (FR, Vol. 61, No. 250, p. 68284), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) requested comments on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement be received by February 10, 1997. This noti...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
This notice changes the dates for public meetings in Denver, Colorado, and Houston, Texas, to discuss a proposed rulemaking regarding the valuation of crude oil and royalty oil sales produced from mineral leases on Federal land. The new dates for the...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
Notice Feb 21, 1997
This order will correct the errors in acreage and legal land descriptions in Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Utah.
Notice Feb 21, 1997
In notice document 97-1899 beginning on page 3911 in the issue of Monday, January 27, 1997, make the following correction: The legal land description was written as follows:
Notice Feb 21, 1997
This order partially revokes a public land order insofar as it affects 140 acres of public land withdrawn for use by the Bureau of Reclamation for the Robert B. Griffith Water Project. The land is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was wit...
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OSM is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Texas regulatory program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan (hereinafter the ``Texas program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The proposed amendmen...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Following receipt on January 14, 1997 of a request from the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives for an investigation under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332 (g)), the Commission instituted Investiga...
Notice Feb 21, 1997

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Judicial Conference of the United States

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Notice of opportunity to comment and of public hearing on the ABA Citation Resolution.
Notice Feb 21, 1997

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Correction Feb 21, 1997
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This notice announces the applications of Entela, Inc. for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under 29 CFR 1910.7, for laboratory facilities, test standards, and programs and procedures, and presents the...
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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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Notice Feb 21, 1997
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washingto...
Notice Feb 21, 1997

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National Science Foundation

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National Transportation Safety Board

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has requested that the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') extend the approval for a collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The information collection relates to model forms contain...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget approve a collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of the information collection is to enable the PBGC to pay benefit...
Notice Feb 21, 1997

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Notice of application for exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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The Surface Transportation Board (the Board) is scheduled to relocate over the weekend of March 15-16, 1997. The Board is giving notice of pre-location and post-location procedures. The Board's new address will be: Surface Transportation Board, 1925...
Notice Feb 21, 1997

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Aerospatiale Model ATR42-200, -300, and -320 series airplanes. This action requires modification of the electrical wiring of the stick pusher/shaker test function...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300-600 and A310 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive visual inspections and tap tests of the rudder skin panels to detect disbond...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to AlliedSignal Inc. (formerly Garrett Auxiliary Power Division) GTCP85 Series auxiliary power units (APUs), that currently requires removing the existing turbine wheel sh...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Dornier Model 328-100 series airplanes, that requires the replacement of certain attachment screws on the leading edges of the left and right wings with longer screws. Th...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Fokker Model F27 Mark 050, 100, 200, 300, 400, 600, and 700 series airplanes, that requires an ultrasonic inspection to determine if certain tubes are installed in the dr...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-80 series airplanes, Model MD-88 airplanes, and Model MD-90 airplanes, that currently requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for combined residues of 4-(dichloroacetyl)-3,4-dihydro-3-methyl-2H-1,4- benzoxazine (benoxacor) when used as an inert ingredient (safener) in pesticide formulations containing metolachlor in or on...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
The EPA is promulgating source category-limited interim approval of the Operating Permits Program submitted by the State of Maine for the purpose of complying with Federal requirements for an approvable State program to issue operating permits to all...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the scope of a project in Pierce County, Washington for which a notice of intent had previously been issued has been changed and that additional scoping and public involvement meetings will be...
Notice Feb 21, 1997
The Coast Guard is proposing to amend its regulations concerning the identification numbers affixed to the hulls of recreational boats, including boats carrying six or fewer passengers for hire. These amendments are necessary to align the present num...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
Correction Feb 21, 1997
This document requests comments on data about passenger motor vehicle thefts that occurred in calendar year (CY) 1995, including theft rates for existing passenger motor vehicle lines manufactured in model year (MY) 1995. The theft data preliminarily...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
This document announces the first meeting of an advisory committee to conduct a negotiated rulemaking to develop a proposed rule on qualifications of pipeline employees performing certain safety- related functions on pipelines subject to the pipeline...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule that amends the Drug and Alcohol Testing Rules to allow the optional reporting of drug and alcohol testing results to RSPA by computer disk.
Rule Feb 21, 1997
These special conditions are issued to East Coast Aerospace Engineering, 2601 N. Flagler Dr., W. Palm Beach, FL 33407 for a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) on Beechcraft Model E90 airplane. This airplane will have novel and unusual design feature...
Rule Feb 21, 1997
This notice proposes special conditions for the Sino Swearingen Aircraft Company Model SJ30-2 airplane. This new airplane will have novel and unusual design features not typically associated with normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airp...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
The Coast Guard proposes to amend permanent special local regulations for the Crawford Bay Crew Classic, a marine event held annually in the Southern Branch, Elizabeth River, Portsmouth, Virginia, by changing the dates on which the regulations are in...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 1997
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board exempts Tulare Valley Railroad Company (TVR) from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to permit TVR to abandon an 18.5-mile line of railroad extending from milepost 47.2 near Lindsay to milepost 66.0 ne...
Notice Feb 21, 1997

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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On September 16, 1996, the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (the agencies) requested public comment for 60 days on proposed revisions to the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report), which are currently approved collections of informati...
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