March 28, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register March 28, 1997

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This notice announces the Secretary of Agriculture's amplified decision concerning whether a compelling public interest exists in the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact Region, and whether implementation of the Compact should be authorized. After rev...
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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. Under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) the Forest Service...
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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes specific crop provisions for the insurance of fresh market sweet corn. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contain standard t...
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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes specific crop provisions for the insurance of fresh market (dollar plan) tomatoes. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contai...
Rule Mar 28, 1997
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed forest health improvement project within the boundaries of the Liberty Analysis Area. This area is identifie...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes specific crop provisions for the insurance of fresh market peppers. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contain standard term...
Rule Mar 28, 1997
The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is announcing the solicitation for proposals for Fiscal Year 1997 for standard grants for basic studies in certain areas of rangeland research.
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Willamette PIEC Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, April 17, 1997. The meeting will be held at the Mt. Hood National Forest Supervisor's Office; 16400 Champion Way; Sandy, Oregon 97055; phone (503) 688-1700. The meeting is scheduled to beg...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice Mar 28, 1997
On February 4, 1997, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on calcium aluminate flux (CA flux) from France (62 FR 5200). The period of review is June 15, 199...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the preliminary determination for the investigation on certain cut-to- length carbon steel plate products from the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Republic of South Afr...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is notifying the public of its determination not to revoke the countervailing duty orders listed below.
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Notice is hereby given that NMFS is extending the deadline for sending nominations for two advisory panels for an Individual Fishing Quota study to be conducted by the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council. The advisory panel format...
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NOAA, as required by section 2306 of the Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary Act (the HINMSA or Act), has developed a comprehensive final management plan and implementing regulations for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanc...
Rule Mar 28, 1997
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory bodies will meet in Anchorage, Alaska. All meetings are open to the public with the exception of Council executive sessions to discuss personnel, international issues, and litiga...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS conducted an investigation to determine whether California sea lions and Pacific harbor seals are having a significant negative impact on the recovery of certain salmonid stocks or on t...
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The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has received a request to conduct a new shipper administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India. In accordance with 19 CFR 353.22(h), we are initiating this adminis...
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds to the Procurement List a commodity to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Mar 28, 1997
This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Notice Mar 28, 1997
Correction to Notice of Reissue of the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
Notice Mar 28, 1997
Empire, Ltd., of Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, has submitted an application for a Department of the Army permit to discharge 2.5 million cubic yards of dredged and/or fill material into 206 acres of waters of the United States, including wetlands, to facil...
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Education Department logo Education Department

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Eastern Power Distribution, Inc. (EPD), a power marketer, has submitted an application to export electric energy to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
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Inland Pacific Energy Service Corporation (Inland Pacific), a power marketer, has submitted an application to export electric energy to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Western Systems Power Pool (``WSPP'') has filed an application on behalf of its members to amend its electricity export authorization issued September 5, 1996, in Order EA-98-C. The application requests the authorization be amended to permit 8 ne...
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The Office of Health and Environmental Research (OHER) of the Office of Energy Research (ER), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces its interest in receiving research applications from potential applicants for funding of Centers of Excellence for...
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(1) for Southern to construct, install and operate (a) a new meter station at an interconnection with Texas Eastern on Southern's Cranfield-Gwinville Line in Franklin County, Mississippi, (b) modification to Southern's existing Gwinville compressor station in Jefferson County, Mississippi, (c) modification to Southern's existing Kosciusko meter station in Attala County, Mississippi; (2) for Southern to abandon by lease, and Destin to acquire, capacity on Southern's system to the extent necessary to permit Destin to deliver 200 MMcfd of natural gas to Texas Eastern on a firm basis at the Union Church meter station or on an interruptible basis at the Kosciusko meter station; (3) authorization for Southern to charge Destin lease payments in an amount designed to collect the incremental cost of service of the proposed facilities over the 20-year term of the Lease Agreement on a present value basis; (4) a determination that the costs attributable to the proposed facilities and the revenues attributable to the lease payments received shall be included in Southern's cost of service and revenues on a rolled-in basis in any future rate proceedings; (5) a determination that in any rate proceeding concerning Southern's transportation rates, the revenue responsibility of the capacity lease services proposed in this application shall be limited to that collected by charging the lease payments authorized herein and no additional costs shall be allocated to these services during the term of the Lease Agreement; (6) a determination that the lease payments made by Destin to Southern shall be included in Destin's cost of service on a rolled-in basis in any future rate proceeding; and (7) pre-granted abandonment and reacquisition of the leased capacity upon termination of the Capacity Lease Agreement between the parties.
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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 continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submittin...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve requested State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Michigan for the purpose of transferring the authority of the Michigan Air Pollution Control Commission (C...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 1997
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 Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Collection of Qual...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
EPA expressed environmental concerns over the elimination of water conservation as an alternative to be considered in the EIS, as well as the minimal information provided regarding the water reuse and reclamation alternative. EPA also expressed conce...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to streamline the process for EPA approval of analytical methods (and modifications thereof) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The current methods approval proce...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 1997
Michigan has applied for final authorization of revisions to its hazardous management program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act on 1976, as amended, (hereinafter RCRA) resulting from Michigan Executive Order 1995-18 (EO 1995-18). The E...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 1997
This document announces EPA's intention to approve modification of Michigan's approved National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program, specifically, to explicitly and formally recognize that a recent internal reorganizatio...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 1997
This document announces EPA's intention to approve modification of Michigan's assumed Clean Water Act Section 404 (Section 404) permitting program, specifically, to explicitly and formally recognize that a recent internal reorganization of Michigan's...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 1997
EPA is extending the public comment period from April 30, 1997 to June 30, 1997 on the proposed rule to require the testing of 21 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) for certain health effects. This proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 1997
This action proposes to modify 40 CFR 80.70(k) of the reformulated gasoline (RFG) regulations to allow states to opt into the RFG program for any area classified as a marginal, moderate, serious or severe ozone nonattainment area as of November 15, 1...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 1997
In this document EPA is proposing to change the regulations for states to opt-out of the federal reformulated gasoline (RFG) program for areas where a state had previously voluntarily opted into the program. Under this proposal, if a state has not su...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 1997

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
On March 24, 1997, the Commission released a public notice announcing the April 15, 1997, April 23, 1997, and May 14, 1997, meetings of the North American Numbering Council (NANC) and the Agenda for those meetings. The intended effect of this action...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Federal Communications Commission, 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 P...
Notice Mar 28, 1997

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 35), the Board hereby gives notice that it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on behalf of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Fe...
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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is delegating to an individual member the Board's authority to approve extensions of the 180-day period for final Board action on applications to establish certain foreign bank offices in t...
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General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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The GSA hereby gives notice under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 that it is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate information collection, 3090-0021, Profit and Loss Statement--Operating Statement. This form is used by...
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) anticipates that approximately $305,000 will be available in FY 1997 to support two cooperative agreements for the purpose of providing technical and non-financial assistance to Migrant Health C...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces the availability of approximately $290,000 under section 338L of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act for competing and project period renewal Grants to States for Community Scholarship...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces that applications will be accepted for fiscal year (FY) 1997 for awards for educational loan repayment under the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) (Sect...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting comments on two citizen petitions that ask the agency to revise its current policy concerning therapeutic equivalency ratings between tablets and capsules. The petitions propose that a tablet and a...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
This notice describes the proposed methodology for identifying and estimating the number of adults with serious mental illness (SMI) within each State. This notice is being served as part of the requirement of Public Law 102-321, the ADAMHA Reorganiz...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
This proposed rule sets forth proposed revisions to the salary equivalency guidelines for Medicare payment for the reasonable costs of physical therapy and respiratory therapy services furnished under arrangements by an outside contractor. The propos...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on pending changes to certain Food Chemicals Codex specification monographs in the fourth edition and on proposed new specification monographs. New monographs for...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
As part of ongoing efforts initiated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in March 1996 to ensure meaningful public participation in the guidance document development process, FDA's Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications (DD...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Director, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the i...
Notice Mar 28, 1997

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Arkansas, (FEMA-1162-DR), dated March 2, 1997, and related determinations.
Notice Mar 28, 1997
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (FEMA-1163-DR), dated March 4, 1997, and related determinations.
Notice Mar 28, 1997
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Kentucky (FEMA-1163-DR), dated March 4, 1997, and related determinations.
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC) will meet to discuss various issues relating to offshore safety. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Coast Guard establishes minimum performance standards for tank level or pressure monitoring devices for single-hull tank vessels that carry oil in bulk as cargo. The purpose of these devices is to reduce the size and impact of an oil spill by ale...
Rule Mar 28, 1997
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Tennessee, (FEMA-1167-DR), dated March 7, 1997, and related determinations.
Notice Mar 28, 1997

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Mar 28, 1997
On March 3, 1997 (62 FR 9488) and republished on March 12, 1997 (62 FR 11526) because of a error in the formatting of the administrative fees, the Department published a Notice that announced the monthly per unit fee amounts for use in determining th...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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This notice advises the public of the availability of the final Environmental Impact Report/Statement on the proposed issuance of incidental take permits for up to 85 species within the Multiple Species Conservation Program planning area in San Diego...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
This action corrects an error in the land description published as FR Doc. 89-27518 in the Federal Register, 54 FR 48659- 48664, November 24, 1989, of the public lands transferred to the Forest Service pursuant to Public Law 100-550, October 28, 1988...
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The following public lands, located near the city of St. George in Washington County, Utah, have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance to the Washington County Water Conservancy District under the provisions of t...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C., the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) council meeting of the Upper Snake River Districts Resource...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
The Bureau of Reclamation will be conducting a public meeting for a preliminary review of the comments received on the review of the 1970 Criteria for Coordinated Long-Range Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs (Criteria). Members of the Reclamatio...
Notice Mar 28, 1997

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Correction Mar 28, 1997

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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National Bankruptcy Review Commission

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Notice of public meeting.
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Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

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The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has determined that additional time is necessary to properly evaluate the efficacy of its pilot E-Z Trial program. Accordingly, the Review Commission is amending the ``sunset'' provisions of the Co...
Rule Mar 28, 1997

Postal Service logo Postal Service

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This final rule sets forth the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards adopted by the Postal Service to change the ancillary service endorsements that mailers use to request an addressee's new address and to provide the Postal Service with instructions...
Rule Mar 28, 1997
This final rule revises and updates references to organizational names of Postal Service administrative units in title 39, Code of Federal Regulations, part 111, that relate to the Domestic Mail Manual. The Postal Service publishes its rules and proc...
Rule Mar 28, 1997
This proposal would add new sections to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) and title 39, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), to reflect policies and regulations pertaining to the Information Based Indicia Program (IBIP). The proposal supports the IBIP tec...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announces that competing applications will be accepted for new research grants authorized under Section 1110 of the Social Security Act. This announcement, consisting of three parts, describes the nature of th...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
In accordance with 20 CFR 422.406(b)(1), the Acting Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of Social Security Ruling SSR 97-1p. This Policy Interpretation Ruling clarifies the Social Security Administration's longstanding policy that State law...
Notice Mar 28, 1997

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 series airplanes. It requires a one-time template inspection of the rear pressure bulkhead to detect dents; repetitive eddy current inspections o...
Rule Mar 28, 1997
This amendment supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 81-11- 04 that applies to The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) Models PA31, PA31-300, PA31-325, and PA31-350 airplanes that have Cleveland nose wheel assembly part number (P/N) 40-76B installed....
Rule Mar 28, 1997
This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) to discuss transport airplane and engine (TAE) issues.
Notice Mar 28, 1997
This action establishes Class E airspace at Atqasuk Airport, AK. The development of Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approaches to runway (RWY) 6 and RWY 24 at Atqasuk, AK, have made this action necessary. The airport status will change fro...
Rule Mar 28, 1997
This action establishes Class E airspace at Kake Airport, AK. The development of non-directional beacon (NDB) and Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approaches to runway (RWY) 10 at Kake, AK, have made this action necessary. The airport statu...
Rule Mar 28, 1997
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by the city of Fort Smith, AR, for Fort Smith Regional Airport under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
On January 30, 1997, the Coast Guard published a Federal Register notice (62 FR 4567) that announced public meetings and a request for comment on the Coast Guard program Prevention Through People (PTP). This notice announces a site change for the fou...
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Notice to amend and delete systems of records.
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Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under new procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Fe...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
This action revises Class E airspace at Nuiqsut Airport, AK. The modifications to the Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approaches to runway (RWY) 4 and RWY 22 at Nuiqsut, AK, have made this action necessary. The intended effect of this acti...
Rule Mar 28, 1997
This action revises Class E airspace at Selawik Airport, AK. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approach to runway (RWY) 27 and recomputation of the Airport Reference Point (ARP) at Selawik, AK, have made this action nece...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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In 1991 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) established the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC) at the request of the United States Congress. The primary purpose of IRPAC is to provide an organized public forum for discussion of r...
Notice Mar 28, 1997
This document contains a correction to final and temporary regulations (TD 8711) which were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, January 16, 1997 (62 FR 2267). The temporary regulations relate to the purchase price allocations in taxable as...
Rule Mar 28, 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 28, 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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Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations in 38 CFR Part 1 by amending the delegation of authority for making determinations regarding right, title and interest in employee inventions. The General Counsel has determined...
Rule Mar 28, 1997
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Schedule for Rating Disabilities (38 CFR part 4) by revising the evaluation criteria for frozen feet. The intended effect of this amendment is to provide evaluation criteria base...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 1997
This document makes nonsubstantive changes to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations regarding upgraded discharges. The intended effect of these changes is to make the regulations simpler and easier to understand.
Rule Mar 28, 1997
By statute, the monthly rates of basic educational assistance payable to veterans and servicemembers under the Montgomery GI Bill-- Active Duty must be adjusted each fiscal year. In accordance with the statutory formula, the regulations governing rat...
Rule Mar 28, 1997

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