March 4, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register March 4, 1997

View all documents issued on March 4, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

98 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 4, 1997

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on the proposed information collection for the Quality Control Sampling Plans required by Part 275 of the Food Stamp P...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of l995, this notice announces the Rural Housing Service's (RHS) intention to request an extension for the currently approved information collection in support of the program for Community Facilities loa...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Southwest Washington Provincial Advisory Committee will meet on March 20, 1997, at the Red Lion Inn in Kelso, Washington, near Interstate 5 at Exit No. 39. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 4:30 p.m. The purpose of the Advisory...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS proposes to amend regulations governing the Atlantic tuna fisheries to: Divide the large school-small medium size class quota and the large medium-giant quotas of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABT) into north and south regional subquotas; establish a n...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1997
On November 25, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of its new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel flanges (SSF) from India (61 FR 59861). These reviews cover export...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Coastal Services Center is issuing this notice to solicit applications for the Coastal Services Center Coastal Management Fellowship program. The Fellowship program was established to provide professional on-the-job education and training opportu...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''), International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and reques...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
NMFS reduces the commercial trip limit of king mackerel in the Florida east coast sub-zone from 50 to 25 per day in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This trip limit reduction is necessary to protect the overfished Gulf king mackerel resourc...
Rule Mar 04, 1997
NMFS is prohibiting retention of Atka mackerel in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). NMFS is requiring that catches of Atka mackerel in this area be treated in the s...
Rule Mar 04, 1997
NMFS is closing directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Eastern Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 1997 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific oce...
Rule Mar 04, 1997
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is notifying the public of its intent to revoke the antidumping duty orders and findings and to terminate the suspended investigations listed below. Domestic interested parties who object to these revocatio...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
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In the Federal Register of January 27, 1997, NMFS announced its intent to hold scoping meetings, prepare Environmental Assessments (EAs) and an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on ocean and in-river fisheries that may result in the incidental tak...
Notice Mar 04, 1997

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

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for the meeting of the National Defense Panel on March 5 and 6, 1997. In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law No. 92-463, as amended [5 U.S.C. App. II,...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Department of the Air Force proposes to add a system of records to its inventory of systems of records notices subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: The addition will be effective on April 3, 1997, unless comments...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Department of the Army is amending a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: This proposed action will be effective without further notice on Apr...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The National Guard Bureau, as co-lead agency with the USDA, Forest Service, will cooperatively participate in the preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Military Trai...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Secretary proposes priorities for the Research and Demonstration Project (R&D) Program, the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) Program, and the Knowledge Dissemination and Utilization (D&U) Program under the National Institute on...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Pursuant to its Procedure for Public Participation in the Formulation of Marketing Policy published in the Federal Register of July 6, 1978, Southeastern intends to revise its marketing policy for future disposition of power from its Cumberland Syste...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
Pursuant to its Procedure for Public Participation in the Formulation of Marketing Policy published in the Federal Register of July 6, 1978, Southeastern intends to revise its marketing policy for future disposition of power from its Kerr-Philpott Sy...
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This notice announces BPA's proposal to purchase an existing fish hatchery suitable for remodeling and operation as a fish hatchery for domestic rainbow trout and testing facility for potential rearing of native Yellowstone cutthroat and redband trou...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application filed on December 31, 1996, by Phillips Alaska Natural Gas Corporation (PANGC) and Marathon Oil Company (Marathon) requesting that DOE approv...
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The Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing rates (Proposed Rates) for Central Valley Project (CVP) commercial firm power, power scheduling service, CVP transmission, transmission of CVP power by others, network transmission, Califor...
Notice Mar 04, 1997

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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Under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), as amended in 1990, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) promulgated anti-dumping regulations for conventional gasoline, that is, gasoline not certified as reformulated gasoline (RFG). Thes...
Rule Mar 04, 1997

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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On February 27, 1997, the Commission released a public notice announcing a change in the time for the March 11 meeting of the North American Numbering Council (NANC). The March 11 meeting and its agenda had been announced in a public notice published...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
On February 7, 1996, the Commission released Implementation of Infrastructure Sharing Provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Report and Order, CC Docket 96-237, FCC 97-36, to implement new section 259 of the Communications Act of 1934, as...
Rule Mar 04, 1997

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council logo Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

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The OCC, FRB, and FDIC (``the Agencies'') are withdrawing their joint guideline entitled: ``Interagency Policy Statement Regarding Uniform Guideline on Internal Control for Foreign Exchange in Commercial Banks,'' dated May 22, 1980 (45 FR 42370, June...
Notice Mar 04, 1997

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

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The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is seeking comments on several aspects of its Monthly Survey of Rates and Terms on Conventional 1-Family Nonfarm Mortgage Loans. The Finance Board seeks comments on whether it should continue to publi...
Notice Mar 04, 1997

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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The Federal Maritime Commission, in response to unfavorable conditions in the foreign oceanborne trade between the United States and Japan, is imposing $100,000 per-voyage fees on liner vessels operated by Japanese carriers calling at United States p...
Rule Mar 04, 1997

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish a no...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final monograph for over-the-counter (OTC) bronchodilator drug products that appeared in the Federal Register of May 20, 1996 (61 FR 25142). The document amended the final monograph for OTC bronc...
Rule Mar 04, 1997
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) announces the availability of FY 1997 funds for Knowledge Development and Application cooperative agreements for the following activit...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Administration on Aging announces that it will hold a priority area competition for grant awards for three (3) to four (4) model projects that demonstrate effective ways of planning, developing, and sustaining statewide senior legal hotlines, and...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to revise its human and animal food labeling regulations that pertain to declarations of net quantity of contents on food packages. This action would establish specific procedures for checking confo...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1997
Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is given of a meeting of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission. The Commission members will address the bioethical issues arising from the...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
Correction Notice for Previously Published Notice (Published on February 26, 1997, page 8743, 2nd Column).
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a document entitled, ``Proposed Approach to Regulation of Cellular and Tissue-Based Products.'' In addition, FDA is announcing a public meeting to solicit information and views...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1997
Notice Mar 04, 1997
The Office of Community Services (OCS) announces that competing applications will be accepted for new grants pursuant to the Secretary's discretionary authority under Section 682 of the Community Services Block Grant Act of 1981, as amended. This Pro...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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Modified base (1% annual chance) flood elevations are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified elevations will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.
Rule Mar 04, 1997
This interim rule lists communities where modification of the base (1% annual chance) flood elevations is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified base flood eleva...
Rule Mar 04, 1997
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA or Agency) gives notice of additions and corrections/changes to, and deletions from, the national master list of places of public accommodations which meet the fire prevention and control guidelines under...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
Base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are made final for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each c...
Rule Mar 04, 1997
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and proposed base flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations ar...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1997

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This notice invites applications from institutions of higher education, area-wide planning organizations (APOs), and States for grants under the Community Development Work Study Program (CDWSP). The CDWSP, authorized by the Housing and Community Deve...
Notice Mar 04, 1997

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service withdraws the proposed rule to list Coccoloba rugosa (ortegon) as threatened, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. This plant, endemic to Puerto Rico, occurs primarily in the eastern portion o...
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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is contemplating entering into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to generate reliable, accurate, and accessible quality information on...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) announces the availability of funds for grants to conduct public education programs about the rights afforded potential victims of employment discrimination and t...
Notice Mar 04, 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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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

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National Labor Relations Board

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The National Labor Relations Board is amending its rules that govern compliance proceedings to clarify that Regional Directors have authority, in appropriate circumstances, to issue a compliance specification at any stage during the pendency of an un...
Rule Mar 04, 1997

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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Applicants, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc., of Springfield, MA, and Greyhound Lines, Inc., of Dallas, TX, jointly seek approval under 49 U.S.C. 14302 of an operations and revenue pooling agreement to govern their motor passenger and express transportation...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
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In this proceeding the Board adopts interim rules relating to the fee policy for proceedings involving major railroad consolidations under the Board's regulations at 49 CFR part 1180 and corresponding modifications in the Board's fee regulations at p...
Rule Mar 04, 1997

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Boeing Model 737 series airplanes. This action requires removal of the main rudder power control unit (PCU) and replacement with a serviceable unit. This amendment is...
Rule Mar 04, 1997
This action corrects the effective date and an error in the geographic coordinates of a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on January 6, 1997 (62 FR 608), Airspace Docket 96- AAL-32.
Rule Mar 04, 1997
The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10502, exempts from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903-05 the abandonment by Blue Mountain Railroad, Inc., of three segments of its rail line located between: (1) milepost 19.0 at Kamiaken Street and milepos...
Notice Mar 04, 1997
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the emergency approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of an information collection request (ICR). An emergency interim final rule (IFR) regarding cargo tank m...
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Notice Mar 04, 1997
This action revises Class E airspace at Klawock, AK. The revision of the Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approach and creation of a non-directional beacon (NDB) instrument approach to RWY 1 has made this action necessary. The area would be...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 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...
Rule Mar 04, 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...
Rule Mar 04, 1997

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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In order to comply with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, concerning proposed extensions of information collection requirements, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is soliciting comments concerning a revision of...
Notice Mar 04, 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 Mar 04, 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 Mar 04, 1997

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