March 14, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register March 14, 1997

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Agencies Publishing on March 14, 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 proposed information collections. This notice announces the Food and Consumer Service's (FCS) intention to request...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service announces its intent to request an extension of a currently approved information collection. The Cooperative Funds and Deposits Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 565a through 565a-3) aut...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
This rule proposes to amend the Food Distribution Program regulations, the Emergency Food Assistance Program regulations, and the Food Distribution Program for Households on Indian Reservations regulations to implement the provisions of the Child Nut...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes specific crop provisions for the insurance of raisins. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contain standard terms and conditi...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 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 National Agricultural Statistics Service's...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the Federal meat inspection regulations to add cooked roast beef products to the list of products in which sorbitol is permitted. FSIS proposes this action in response to a petition...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS issues the final specifications for the 1997 scup fishery that include a commercial catch quota, a recreational harvest limit, and other management measures. The intent of these measures is to prevent overfishing of the scup resource.
Rule Mar 14, 1997
The Department of Commerce gives notice of an amendment to the systems of records under Commerce Department System 5: Freedom of Information and Privacy Request Records. This action has been taken to add the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to the li...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold its 65th meeting.
Notice Mar 14, 1997

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission''), by letter dated December 19, 1996, notified the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago (``CBT''), under section 5a(a)(10) of the Commodity Exchange Act (``Act''), 7 U.S.C. 7a(a)(10), that the...
Notice Mar 14, 1997

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board logo Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

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Education Department logo Education Department

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Request for comments on an accrediting agency appealing a previous recommendation of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity to withdraw its recognition.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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This notice announces BPA's decision to fund the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Billy Shaw Dam and Reservoir on the Duck Valley Reservation. This project is part of a continuing effort to address system-wide fish and wildlife losses...
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The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) announced the availability of a Draft Request For Proposals (RFP) for Waste Acceptance and Transportation Services in the December 23, 1996 Commerce Business Daily (Section V, Page 10) and i...
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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 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is revising its policy on posting discounts to be consistent with changes in the discount policy that we simultaneously are implementing in Order No. 888-A. Additionally, we are making other minor revisions to...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) reaffirms its basic determinations in Order No. 888 and clarifies certain terms. Order No. 888 requires all public utilities that own, control or operate facilities used for transmitting electric...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA has authorized its contractor, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), of Reston, Virginia, access to information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the informatio...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) entitled: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Manufacturing, Processing and Distribution in Commerce Exemptions...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The USEPA is proposing to approve the ozone maintenance plan submitted as a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request and the redesignation request submitted by the State of Indiana for the purpose of redesignating Vanderburgh County (Evansvil...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997
This notice announces the filing of a pesticide petition proposing regulations establishing tolerances for residues of the pyrethroid cyfluthrin in or on the raw agricultural commodities (RACs) group citrus, fruits and to establish a maximum residue...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
EPA had environmental objections to the proposed project based on its potential impacts to a wet meadow and disturbance of more land for waste rock dumps, impacts to water quality and habitat in Ellison Creek, facilities design, and air quality. EPA...
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EPA has granted an experimental use permit to the following applicant. The permit is in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of 40 CFR part l72, which defines EPA procedures with respect to the use of pesticides for experimental use purpos...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The State of Oklahoma has applied for Final authorization to revise its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The EPA has reviewed Oklahoma's application and decided that its hazardous waste program revision...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
On September 11, 1995 (60 FR 47172), the EPA announced the establishment of the Ozone, Particulate Matter and Regional Haze Implementation Programs Subcommittee under the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC). The CAAAC was established on November...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Agency received an application dated March 22, 1996 from the Engelhard Corporation (Engelhard) with principle place of business at 101 Wood Avenue, Iselin, New Jersey for certification of urban bus retrofit/rebuild equipment pursuant to 40 CFR 85...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
EPA is announcing the availability of the ``Special Report on Environmental Endocrine Disruption: An Effects Assessment and Analysis.'' The report provides an overview of the current state of the science for endocrine disruption. The report's major c...
Notice Mar 14, 1997

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau announced the application procedures for the upcoming WCS auction (Auction #14) in a Public Notice dated February 20, 1997. The auction is scheduled to begin April 15, 1997 and will consist of 128 licenses: two...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Red Rock Broadcasting proposing the allotment of Channel 224A at Centennial, Wyoming, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 224A can be allotted to Centennial in com...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Jane Lafler proposing the allotment of Channel 279A to Hubbardston, Michigan, as that community's first local FM broadcast service. There is a site restriction 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) west of th...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997
This document dismisses a petition filed by Sonia A. Humphrey seeking the allotment of FM Channel 244A to Kula, Hawaii, based upon the lack of interest by the petitioner or any other interested party to provide information, as requested in the Notice...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Indian River Broadcasting Company proposing the allotment of Channel 260A to Manistique, Michigan, as that community's first local FM broadcast service. The coordinates for Channel 260A are 45-57...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997
This document dismisses a petition for rule making filed by Happy Nice Valley Broadcasting requesting the allotment of Channel 252A to Riverdale, California, as that locality's first local aural transmission service (RM-8795). The proposal is dismiss...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
The Commission, at the request of Arturo Lopez, allots Channel 228A at Zapata, Texas, as the community's first local FM service. See 60 FR 46562, September 7, 1995. Channel 228A can be allotted to Zapata in compliance with the Commission's minimum di...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
This Public Notice provides an opportunity for public response to the comments filed in these related proceedings. On February 7, 1997, we received comments in each of these rulemaking proceedings regarding broadcast television ownership and broadcas...
Notice Mar 14, 1997

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Correction Mar 14, 1997

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council logo Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

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The ASC has submitted a collection of information, 12 CFR part 1102, subpart D, entitled, ``Description of Office, Procedures, Public Information.'' to OMB for review and approval as an extension of an existing collection of information, with no revi...
Notice Mar 14, 1997

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

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The Board of Directors of the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is amending its regulation on Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) advances to nonmembers. The rule establishes uniform eligibility requirements and review criteria for determini...
Rule Mar 14, 1997

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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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 public workshop to provide information to the positron emission tomography (PET) radiopharmaceutical industry on submitting abbreviated new drug applications (ANDA's) and other regulatory issues...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information regarding the Cosmetic Product Voluntary Reporting Program has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995....
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Fermenta Animal Health Co. The NADA provides for the use of separately approved Type A medicated artic...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
Provide a one-page summary of the proposed program plan outlining the goals and objectives, the target population(s), the applicant's working partners, the proposed primary prevention activities, the evaluation design, and the desired program outcome...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is consolidating a list of drugs, previously determined by rulemaking to be new drugs, into one section. This document also removes the sections now providing for these drugs, except for certain information in t...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application submitted by the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Field, as the United States Representative on behalf of Eurexpan Labo, 41120 Cellettes, France, for prema...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is withdrawing a notice published in the Federal Register of July 21, 1995 (60 FR 37652), which announced the agency's position on patent information submitted by applicants of new drug applications (NDA's) and...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is withdrawing approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) held by I. D. Russell Co. Laboratories. The NADA provides for use of 10 percent sulfaquinoxaline powder for making animal feed and 20 percent sulfa...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its medical device regulations to include provisions for the disqualification of clinical investigators. These amended regulations parallel, with minor exceptions, the regulations for disqualificatio...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
Section 602 of Public Law 102-585, the ``Veterans Health Care Act of 1992,'' enacted section 340B of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, ``Limitation on Prices of Drugs Purchased by Covered Entities.'' Section 340B provides that a manufacturer who s...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Ciba-Geigy Animal Health, Ciba-Geigy Corp. The supplemental NADA provides for oral admini...
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This Notice identifies underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Mar 14, 1997

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is asking the public, private organizations, and government agencies to submit proposals for the restoration of the Exxon Valdez oil spill region. The Invitations to Submit Restoration Proposals for Federal...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service) herein proposes to amend the Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (hereinafter Program) regulations. The Service plans to add Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Texas (beginning w...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997
This notice of availability is issued by the Bureau of Land Management, Interior, with the Forest Service, Agriculture, as the joint lead agency. The draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) documents the effects of withdrawing from federal mineral...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Department of the Interior plans to hold four public scoping workshops to gather information that can be used to prepare an EIS on actions related to water resources in the Truckee and Carson Rivers. The purpose of this EIS is to review, in a com...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
Draft rangeland standards and guidelines for livestock grazing on public land in Oregon and Washington, managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), have been developed in consultation with three Resource Advisory Councils (Eastern Washington, Joh...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The following public lands in Mono County, California have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease to the County of Mono, State of California under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C....
Notice Mar 14, 1997
Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Department and the District have issued a joint Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) on the Upalco Unit Replacement Project (Upalco). The Draf...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the County of San Joaquin, California, intend to prepare a joint Federal Environmental Impact Statement/State Environmental Impact Report (Statement/Report), pursuan...
Notice Mar 14, 1997

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice of information collection under review; Collection of laboratory analysis data on drug samples tested by non-Federal (state and local government) crime laboratories.
Notice Mar 14, 1997

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is announcing a public meeting of the Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee. Membership for this committee has been drawn from shipyard operators, lab...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

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This interim rule revises the Legal Services Corporation's (``Corporation'' or ``LSC'') rule concerning the use of non-LSC funds by LSC recipients. The revisions are intended to address constitutional challenges raised by the previous rule, and to en...
Rule Mar 14, 1997

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Northeast Dairy Compact Commission

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The Commission has previously sought comment, and held a hearing, on a variety of issues relating to the possible establishment of a compact over-order price regulation. See 61 FR 65604 dated December 13, 1996. In this notice, the Commission is provi...
Notice Mar 14, 1997

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering a request to amend License No. 12-13536-01. This license is issued to Chem-Nuclear Systems, Incorporated (CNSI) for the disposal of wastes containing special nuclear material (SNM) in the low-leve...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
NRC staff and industry will discuss the core research capabilities of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

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This document proposes several revisions to the procedural rules governing practice before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Although most of the revisions are technical and clarifying in nature, this proposal also contains severa...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribes interest assumptions for valuing benefits under terminating single-employer plans. This final rule amends the regulation to adopt intere...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
In order to provide penalty relief, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is announcing a new penalty policy. Under the new policy, the PBGC will not assess a penalty if a post-distribution certification is filed within 90 days after the deadline...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or are derivable from rates published elsewhere), but...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
In order to extend deadlines and otherwise to simplify the standard termination process, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is proposing amendments to its termination regulation. The amendments also require that plan administrators provide part...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

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Notice Mar 14, 1997
The Social Security Administration is announcing the continuation of a test that it has been conducting under the final rules published in the Federal Register on April 24, 1995 (60 FR 20023), as well as the location and duration of that test. Those...
Notice Mar 14, 1997

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

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The Acting United States Trade Representative (Acting USTR) has initiated an investigation under section 302(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (the Trade Act) with respect to certain acts, policies and practices of the European Communities (EC), more speci...
Notice Mar 14, 1997

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Boeing Model 737-100 and -200 series airplanes, that would have required replacement of certain outboard and inboard wheel halves with improved wheel halves. Th...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Boeing Model 737-100, -200, - 300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This proposal would require installation of a newly designed rudder-limiting devic...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997
This document proposes the supersedure of two existing airworthiness directives (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737 series airplanes, that currently require tests of the main rudder power control unit (PCU) to detect excessive internal leaka...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Dornier Model 328-100 series airplanes, that requires modification of the restraining systems of certain passenger seats by replacing anchor point fasteners with fastener...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
The Docket No. 97-113; Notice 1, as it appeared in the Federal Register on March 7, 1997, on page 10618 is incorrect. It should appear as Docket 97-013; Notice 1.
Notice Mar 14, 1997
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to use the revenue from a PFC at New Hanover International Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget R...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
FTA is revising and clarifying its Joint Development policies with respect to program income in relation to real estate acquired with funds under Federal transit law, 49 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. This Notice supplements the guidance contained in Appendix B...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
Notice Mar 14, 1997
This action revises the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above ground level (AGL) at Gallup, NM. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 24 at Gallup Municipal...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
This notice proposes special conditions for the Jetstream Aircraft Limited Model 4101 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with installation of the CPR system. This notice contains the additional safety stand...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains technical corrections to final regulations [TD 8560; TD 8597; TD 8660] which were published in the Federal Register on Monday, August 15, 1994 (59 FR 41666); Tuesday, July 18, 1995 (60 FR 36671); and Thursday, March 14, 1996 (6...
Rule Mar 14, 1997
This document clarifies T.D. 95-25 by notifying the public that, with respect to imported goods which are produced in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, acceptable country of origin markings consist of ``West Bank/Gaza,'' ``West Bank/Gaza Strip,'' ``West...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 641, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (19 U.S.C. 1641), and Parts 111.51 and 111.74 of the Customs Regulations, as amended (19 CFR 111.51 and 111.74), canceled the following Customs broker license withou...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
Notice is hereby given that on October 28, 1996, the Commissioner of Customs, pursuant to Section 641, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (19 U.S.C. 1641), and Parts 111.51 and 111.74 of the Customs Regulations, as amended (19 CFR 111.51 and 111.74), ca...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 641, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (19 U.S.C. 1641), and Parts 111.51 and 111.74 of the Customs Regulations, as amended (19 CFR 111.51 and 111.74), canceling the following Customs broker licenses with prej...
Notice Mar 14, 1997
This document proposes to amend and expand the weekly entry procedure for foreign trade zones under certain circumstances to include merchandise involved in activities other than exclusively assembly-line type production operations. Under the propose...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 1997

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