March 10, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register March 10, 1997

View all documents issued on March 10, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

131 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 10, 1997

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Board of Directors of the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center announces three public hearings seeking input on policy objectives to be used in the strategic plan for accomplishing the purposes of the Center. The Board of Directors also ann...
Notice Mar 10, 1997
Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has made a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) with respect to the potential environmental impact related to the construction, operation and maintenance of the Burnside Junction to Co...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Highly Migratory Species Division (HMS Division) will convene 12 hearings to obtain comments from the public on Draft Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Swordfish (Swordfish FMP), on Draft Amendment 1 to the Fishery Managemen...
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) will meet on Wednesday, April 2, 1997, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Board o...
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NMFS issues an inseason adjustment closing directed fishing for pollock by vessels catching pollock for processing by the inshore component in the Aleutian Islands subarea (AI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). An adjustm...
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NMFS issues this final rule to implement measures contained in Framework Adjustment 22 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and Framework Adjustment 4 to the American Lobster FMP. This rule will close certain areas to specific...
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) will meet on Tuesday, April 1, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on Wednesday, A...
Notice Mar 10, 1997
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a 2-day public meeting on March 12 and 13, 1997, to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone.
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a joint meeting of its Crustaceans Plan Team and Hawaii Crustaceans Advisory Panel.
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing export visa requirements.
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Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

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The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are issuing corrections to Federal Acquisition Circular 90-45 published at 62 FR 224, January 2, 1997, to correct miscellaneous editorial and technical errors.
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Modification of notice published on February 14, 1997 (62 FR 6954).
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In accordance with Public Law 101-510, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommended the relocation of the 1111th Signal Battalion, the 1108th Signal Brigade, a portion of the In...
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On November 6, 1996, in accordance with Pub. L. 104-106, Title XXIX, Subtitle A, entitled ``Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995'', the Department of the Army signed a Secretariat Memorandum to transfer approximately 15,080.53 acres of land and imp...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Correction Mar 10, 1997
This notice announces the availability of the ROD to select a system operating strategy for the FCRPS, as analyzed in the Columbia River System Operation Review (SOR) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). To meet the need for a review of the multiple...
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The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) of the Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces its interest in receiving grant applications for innovative experiments in fusion energy confinement systems. Organizations with r...
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The exemptee requests to surrender the exemption for its existing project.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is amending its open access regulations by incorporating by reference standards promulgated by the Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB). These standards require interstate natural gas pipelines to publish speci...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The Environmental Protection Agency is now in the process of developing revision and improvements to the highway vehicle emission factor model (the MOBILE model). The current version of the model, MOBILE5a, was released for use March 26, 1993. The ne...
Notice Mar 10, 1997
In this document, EPA is approving the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Colorado for the purpose of bringing about the attainment of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for carbon monoxide (CO). The i...
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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, PL 92463, EPA gives notice of a two-day meeting, of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) Information Impacts Committee (IIC). NACEPT provides advice and recommendatio...
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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, PL 92463, EPA gives notice of a two-day meeting of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) Reinvention Criteria Committee (RCC). NACEPT provides advice and recommendatio...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to enter into an administrative settlement to resolve claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. Notice is being pub...
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This notice expands the list of acceptable substitutes for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program.
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Notice is given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has postponed the Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Advisory Subcommittee meeting scheduled for April 21-22, 1997 at the National Airport Hilton. This meeting was listed in the Federal Regist...
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This document establishes tolerances for residues of the herbicide sulfentrazone (N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5- dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide) and its major metabolite 3-hydroxymethyl sulfentrazon...
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Notice Mar 10, 1997
EEOC is publishing its notice of proposed rulemaking on agreements waiving rights and claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, in order to set forth procedures for complying with the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990.
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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Presidential Document Mar 10, 1997

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), that the March 13, 1997 regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board) will not be held.
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Commission is proposing to revise its Schedule of Regulatory Fees in order to recover the amount of regulatory fees that Congress has required it to collect for fiscal year 1997. Section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, provides f...
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council logo Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Department of the Treasury; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB); Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Department of the Treasury; and...
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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to reflect the direct authority conferred by statute on the Administrator of General Services to issue regulations implementing subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, and...
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Notice Mar 10, 1997
This notice provides an update of the HHS poverty guidelines to account for last (calendar) year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
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This proposed rule would add additional requirements to the proposed revision to the conditions of participation for home health agencies (HHAs) which also appear in this issue of the Federal Register. Specifically, this proposed rule would require t...
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997
This proposed rule revises the existing conditions of participation that home health agencies must meet to participate in the Medicare program. The proposed requirements focus on the actual care delivered to patients by home health agencies and the r...
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997
In this Part IV--of this issue of the Federal Register, we are publishing two notices of proposed rulemaking relating to revised conditions of participation that home health agencies must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Thi...
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The Family and Youth Services Bureau of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families is publishing final program priorities and announcing the availability of funds for: 1. The Basic Center Program for Runaway and Homeless Youth. The purpose of...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to establish a standard of identity for white chocolate. The proposed standard will provide for the use of the term ``white chocolate'' as the common or usual name of products made from cacao fat, m...
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This proposed rule would limit the circumstances under which a landlord could lease a unit with Section 8 certificate or voucher assistance to a relative of the landlord. It would permit such leasing only if an HA determines that the leasing would ac...
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Notice Mar 10, 1997
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in Arizona, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Service also determines that...
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The National Park Service is seeking a concessioner to operate, under a 4-year permit, a pack station providing pack and saddle animal services and facilities within the Mineral King area of Sequoia National Park. These facilities would be operated f...
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The National Park Service is seeking a concessioner to operate, under a 4-year permit, a pack station providing pack and saddle animal services and facilities within the Wolverton area of Sequoia National Park. These facilities would be operated for...
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The National Park Service is seeking a concessioner to operate, under a 4-year permit, a pack station providing pack and saddle animal services and facilities within the Cedar Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park, as well as guided day-ride servi...
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with the requirements of 36 CFR 51.5 that the National Park Service intends to issue a 3-year concession contract to continue operations currently conducted at Crater Lake National Park to provide park visitors wi...
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Pursuant to the Act of October 9, 1965 (79 Stat. 969; 16 U.S.C. 20 et seq.), notice is hereby given that the National Park Service intends to issue a concession contract at Lake Mead National Recreation Area for a period of two years. This short cont...
Notice Mar 10, 1997
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) advises the public that BASF Corporation of Freeport, Texas has applied for the installation of an 8.625'' O.D. welded steel pipeline across Service land tracts 40c and 40g in Brazoria County, Texas. The p...
Notice Mar 10, 1997
The Service is announcing procedures for obtaining funding for Federal Aid administrative projects and availability of an estimated $2,000,000 for Wildlife Restoration projects and $2,000,000 for Sport Fish projects. This year's program changes the a...
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This notice announces the cancellation of the March 20, 1997 meeting of the Arizona Resource Advisory Council. The meeting was scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. in the 1A Conference Room at the Bureau of Land Management Arizona State Office, 222 North...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice of information collection under review; Local law enforcement block grants progress reporting form.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Notice of meeting cancellation.
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Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and NASA's policy and...
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National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim regulations that implement recent legislation giving employees the right to use annual leave to establish initial retirement eligibility for employees in reduction in force and other restruc...
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that would require a registered investment company with a name suggesting that the company focuses on a particular type of investment (e.g., an in...
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997
Notice of application for deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Act'').
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing a new rule to permit open-end management investment companies to provide investors with a ``fund profile.'' The profile would present a summary of key information about a fund, including the fund's...
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997
The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing amendments to Form N-1A, the form used by open-end investment companies to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and to offer their shares under the Securities Act of 1933. The proposed...
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Notice of Application for Exemption Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document proposes to revise 84-23-06, which currently requires repetitively inspecting the upper mounting brackets, bolts, and bushings on wing mounted engines for cracks, wear, and insufficient fit on certain Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Pilatu...
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Pilatus) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T series airplanes. The proposed action would require modifying the upper engine mounting bracket...
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997
The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order finding Arriva Air International, Inc., fit, willing, and able, and awarding it a certificate of public convenience and necessity to e...
Notice Mar 10, 1997
This action corrects the previous airport name from K.I. Sawyer AFB, Marquette, MI, to Sawyer Airport, Gwinn, MI, as stated in Docket 96-AGL-18. Also, the legal description has been changed to reflect the correct wording for a 24 hour service due to...
Rule Mar 10, 1997
The Department proposes to exempt U.S. and foreign air carriers from the statutory and regulatory duty to file with DOT international passenger tariffs in certain instances, subject to the reimposition of the duty in specific cases when consistent wi...
Proposed Rule Mar 10, 1997
This document amends Standard No. 108, the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on lighting, to afford an option to existing headlamp aiming specifications which is intended to improve the objectivity and accuracy of motor vehicle headlamp aim when...
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The Department of Transportation is deleting the following systems from its inventory of Privacy Act systems of records notices.
Notice Mar 10, 1997
This action corrects the previous airport name from K.I. Sawyer AFB, Marquette, MI, to Sawyer Airport, Gwinn, MI, as stated in Docket 96-AGL-19. Also, corrects an error in the geographic coordinates of the final rule that was published in the Federal...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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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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Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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