March 21, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register March 21, 1997

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Agencies Publishing on March 21, 1997

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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At OPIC's request, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is reviewing this information collection for emergency processing for 90 days. Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to publish a...
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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This rule proposes improving the administration of the tobacco marketing quota and price support program by amending program regulations to: provide for making quota ``inequity adjustments'' on a ``common ownership unit'' basis rather than strictly o...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 1997
On March 21, 1997, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) will make available for public comment its Draft EA regarding its proposed Spartina Control Cost-Share Program. FSA and CCC have an interest in controlling Sm...
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Notice of finding of no significant impact.
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This technical amendment streamlines the rules for obtaining information from the Forest Service by combining related sections into a single rule and by making editorial changes to clarify the procedures by which the public may obtain agency informat...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
The purpose of this rule is to provide procedures which the Department of Agriculture (Department) will use in conducting the referendum to determine whether the issuance of the proposed Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order is...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and Research, Education, and Economics; The Department of Health and Human Services'' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control an...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
This proposed rule would establish an industry-funded promotion, research, and consumer information program for popcorn. An order for the proposed program--the Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order (Order)--was submitted to the...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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On September 17, 1996, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register (61 FR 48882) a notice announcing the initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limit of the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Brazil. This review covers the period August 1, 1995 through Jul...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
Notice is hereby given that on February 7, 1997, NMFS issued modification 1 to scientific research Permit 943 to Thomas Savoy, of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (P430A). On March 6, 1997, NMFS issued scientific research Permit 102...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery (FMP). Amendment 9 would require a sablefish endorsement on limited entry permits for permit holders to participate in the...
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Initiation of antidumping investigation.
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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is notifying the public of its revocation of the antidumping duty order on photo albums and photo album filler pages from South Korea because it is no longer of any interest to domestic interested parties.
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The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
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Correction Mar 21, 1997
The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology and Aerospace Industries will lead a telecommunications trade mission to Rome, Italy on May 11-14, 1997. The mission's goal is to provide first-hand market information and access to key Italian government...
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The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
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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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The Committee has received proposal(s) to add to the Procurement List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Mar 21, 1997
This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Mar 21, 1997

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') is proposing to amend Rules 1.23, 1.25, and 1.27 to permit futures commission merchants (``FCMs'') to increase or decrease the amount of funds segregated for the benefit of commodity customers...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 1997

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15170, the D...
Notice Mar 21, 1997

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Secretary amends the regulations governing the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program to add the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number to certain sections of the regulations. These sections contain information collection requ...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) at SR is requesting Expressions of Interest and soliciting comments on several key issues which could significantly affect the Multi-Purpose Pilot Plant Campus (MPPC, formerly known as ``TNX'') located at the Savan...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB):...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register of March 7, 1997, the authorization of Arizona's Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The heading in that published...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
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The EPA is proposing a new approach for issuing Federal operating permits to covered stationary sources in Indian country, pursuant to title V of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (Act). Consistent with EPA's Indian Policy, the Agency will protect...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 1997
This announcement is a notice of availability and invitation for comment on the following reports pertaining to the proposed requirement for continuous emissions monitoring systems for hazardous waste combustors (61 FR 17358 (April 19, 1996)): Site-s...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 1997
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region I announces its intent to delete the Cheshire Ground Water Contamination site from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B of 40 CF...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 1997
EPA is preparing to promulgate water quality standards applicable to surface waters in the State of Idaho. These federally promulgated standards will supersede those aspects of Idaho's water quality standards that EPA disapproved on June 25, 1996. EP...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 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 20, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission adopted an Order amending and clarifying its general competitive rules. The Order also clarifies the extent of authority delegated to the Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau to i...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
In this Notice of Proposed Rule Making (``NPRM''), the Commission proposes changes to its general competitive bidding rules that are intended to simplify regulations and eliminate unnecessary rules wherever possible, increase the efficiency of the co...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 1997
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 Mar 21, 1997
The Commission, at the request of Hilton Broadcasting, dismisses the request to allot Channel 238A to Hilton, NY, as the community's first local aural transmission service. See 61 FR 31084, June 19, 1996. At the request of Albion Broadcasting Associa...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
This document grants an Application for Review filed by CWA Broadcasting, Inc. directed to a staff action denying its proposal to reallot Channel 232A from Cambridge to St. Michaels, Maryland, and modify its Station WFBR construction permit to specif...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by Keith L. Reising seeking the allotment of FM Channel 245A to Hardinsburg, Indiana, as that community's first local aural transmission service. Coordinates used for Channel 245A at...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 1997
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Faith Congregation proposing the allotment of Channel 287A to Mukwonago, Wisconsin, as that community's first local broadcast service. There is a site restriction 11.8 kilometers (7.3 miles) west...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 1997
The Commission, at the request of Paulino Bernal, substitutes Channel 264C3 for Channel 285A at Premont and modifies Station KMFM(FM)'s license to specify operation on the higher powered channel. See 60 FR 39141, August 1, 1995. Channel 264C3 can be...
Rule Mar 21, 1997

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent agreement, accepted subject to final Commission approval, would require, among other things, the elev...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent agreement, accepted subject to final Commission approval, would prohibit, among other things, the bab...
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General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to allow an agency to pay a fixed amount for househunting trip subsistence expenses instead of a per diem allowance under the lodgings-plus reimbursement method. This amendment will save the...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to allow an agency to pay a fixed amount for temporary quarters subsistence expenses. This amendment will save the Government money by easing the burden of processing relocation claims and wi...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to allow an agency to pay a home marketing incentive to a transferred employee who uses the agency s homesale program provided by a relocation services company under contract with the Governm...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to eliminate the fixed dollar caps on residence transaction expenses reimbursement and to modify the regulations governing the use of relocation services companies. This amendment will save t...
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This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to allow an agency to pay for property management services when an employee transfers in the interest of the Government. This amendment will save the Government money when property management...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to allow an agency to pay a limited set of relocation allowances in connection with a temporary change of station for a period of not less than 6, nor more than 30, months. This amendment is...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to permit an agency to authorize the transportation of a privately owned vehicle (POV) in connection with the transfer of an employee within the continental United States (CONUS), or the assi...
Rule Mar 21, 1997

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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This notice announces forthcoming meetings of public advisory committees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This notice also summarizes the procedures for the meetings and methods by which interested persons may participate in open public hea...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
This notice announces forthcoming meetings of public advisory committees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This notice also summarizes the procedures for the meetings and methods by which interested persons may participate in open public hea...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comment on the proposed application o...
Notice Mar 21, 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 noti...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
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.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application by Behring Diagnostics, Inc., San Jose, CA, for premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), of the EMIT<Register> 2000 Cyclosporine...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for DAUNOXOME<Register> and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an applicat...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled, ``Guidance for Industry: FDA Approval of New Cancer Treatment Uses for Marketed Drug and Biological Products.'' The draft guidance considers the quali...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled, ``Guidance for Industry: Providing Clinical Evidence of Effectiveness for Human Drug and Biological Products.'' The purpose of the draft guidance is t...
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Correction Mar 21, 1997
This notice sets forth Fiscal Year 1998 individual allotments and percentages to States administering the State Developmental Disabilities Councils and Protection and Advocacy programs, pursuant to Section 125 and Section 142 of the Developmental Dis...
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The Administration on Aging announces that it will hold a grant award competition, under this announced priority area, for five (5) to seven (7) new model projects that demonstrate effective ways of planning, developing, and sustaining Family Friends...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of March 27, 1996 (61 FR 13506). The document announced the withdrawal of approval of 49 new drug applications (NDA's), 9 abbreviated antibiotic appli...
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Section 602 of Public Law 102-585, the ``Veterans Health Care Act of 1992,'' enacted section 340B of the Public Health Service Act, ``Limitation on Prices of Drugs Purchased by Covered Entities.'' Section 340B provides that a manufacturer who sells c...
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This notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of a limited field of use exclusive license worldwide to pr...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
This notice is a quarterly announcement that contains a list of sites for which ATSDR has completed public health assessments during the period October-December 1996. This list includes sites that are on, or proposed for inclusion on, the National Pr...
Notice Mar 21, 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 681A of the Community Services Block Grant Act of 1981, as amended. This Pr...
Notice Mar 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 Mar 21, 1997
This document contains corrections to the final rule which was published Monday, September 30, 1996, (61 FR 51168). That final rule concerned the streamlining of the Shelter Plus Care regulations by removing provisions that were redundant of statutes...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice Mar 21, 1997

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service has amended their withdrawal application for the Nederland Work Center to include an additional 12.32 acres. This amendment will segregate the land described below from location and entry under the m...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
This Notice makes available to the public the Final Environmental Assessment for the Conservation of Polar Bears in the Chukchi/Bering seas. The Chukchi/Bering seas and a portion of the Eastern Siberian Seal stock of polar bears, hereafter referred t...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
This notice sets forth the new mailing address of the Bureau of Land Management, Carlsbad Resource Area Office, Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability for public review of the technical/agency draft recovery plan for Braun's rockcress. Braun's rockcress (Arabis perstellata) is a perennial herb that grows in calcareous mesophytic and sub-...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The Bureau of Land Management proposes to withdraw approximately 1,440 acres of public land to protect endangered species and riparian areas. This notice closes this land to operation of the public land laws including location and entry under the min...
Notice Mar 21, 1997

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on February 18, 1997, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1337, on behalf of Atmel Corporation, 2325 Orchard Parkway, S...
Notice Mar 21, 1997

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Request OMB Emergency Approval; Application--Checkpoint Pre- enrolled Access Lane.
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Request OMB emergency approval; arrival record.
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
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The Department of Labor, 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 to comment on proposed and/or cont...
Notice Mar 21, 1997

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

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The Copyright Office issues this Notice of Inquiry to seek information relating to the proposed adoption of a different design for certificates of registration issued through the Copyright Office Electronic Registration, Recordation, & Deposit System...
Notice Mar 21, 1997

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Records schedules identify records of sufficient value to warrant...
Notice Mar 21, 1997

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), has published a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) regarding the proposed construction and op...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
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Notice is hereby given that Rio Algom has requested U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval for renewal of license SUA-1548 for the Smith Ranch Uranium Project as a performance based license. Rio Algom's request was transmitted to NRC by letter d...
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Notice of meeting.
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

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This document contains corrections to the interim final rules published Tuesday, February 11, 1997 (62 FR 6408). These rules implement the childhood disability provisions of sections 211 and 212 of Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
Correction Mar 21, 1997

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee (ATPAC) will be held to review present air traffic control procedures and practices for standardizatio...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
This amendment makes minor revisions to correct editorial errors. It also revises certain sections of regulations published on July 2, 1996 (61 FR 34508), to make them consistent with the intent expressed in the notice and final rule. These amendment...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
This action amends the Class E airspace area at Battle Mountain, NV. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 03 has made this action necessary. The intended effect of this act...
Rule Mar 21, 1997
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee to discuss Aircraft Certification Procedures issues.
Notice Mar 21, 1997
Correction Mar 21, 1997
On March 7, 1997, NHTSA published a notice announcing a technical workshop on the accelerator control system safety standard. In this document, NHTSA changes the date of the workshop to May 20, 1997.
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 1997
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Key Field Airport under the provisions of the aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconc...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal...
Notice Mar 21, 1997
The Department of Transportation is deleting the following system from its inventory of Privacy Act systems of records notices.
Notice Mar 21, 1997
This notice proposes to revise the legal description for the Class E airspace area at Bishop, CA. A review of airspace classification and air traffic procedures has made this action necessary. The intended effect of this action is to remove overlappi...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 1997
This notice proposes to revise the Class E Airspace area at Marysville, CA. This action removes from the Marysville airspace description that portion of airspace defined for instrument operations at Truckee-Tahoe Airport, CA. A review of airspace cla...
Proposed Rule Mar 21, 1997
This final rule strengthens the existing rules protecting sensitive security information from unauthorized disclosure. Part 191 is expanded to apply to air carriers, airport operators, indirect air carriers, foreign air carriers, and individuals, and...
Rule Mar 21, 1997

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