April 16, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register April 16, 1997

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Food and Consumer Service's intention to request Office of Management and Budget approval of the Tracking Nutrition Security Changes Study.
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Responsible Officials in the Southwestern Region will publish notice of availability for comment and notice of decisions that may be subject to administrative appeal under 36 CFR part 215. These notices will be published in the legal notice section o...
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The California Coast Province Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet for a field trip to the Fork Fire area of the Upper Lake Ranger District, Mendocino National Forest, on May 7, 1997. The field trip will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Upper Lake Ranger Dis...
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is proposing to amend its regulation concerning the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. This proposed rule will promulgate regulations for a new loan program that will provide both loans and grants for...
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), successor to the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), proposes to amend its regulations by adding a new part concerning electric system operations and maintenance. These new regulations would codify and clari...
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By this notice, the Department of Agriculture is updating the maximum food stamp allotments for participating households in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. These annual adjustments, required by law, take into account changes in the cost...
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The purpose of this notice is to update for Fiscal Year 1997: the maximum allotment levels, which are the basis for determining the amount of food stamps which participating households receive, the gross and net income limits for food stamp eligibili...
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 109-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR Part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) intention...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice is hereby given that Jorgen E. Skjeveland of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (P45Z) has applied in due form for a scientific research permit to take listed shortnose sturgeon.
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Notice is hereby given that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in Olympia, WA (WDFW) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in La Grande, OR (ODFW) have applied in due form for modifications to permits authorizing takes of threate...
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The Department of Commerce has issued an amendment to the Export Trade Certificate of Review granted to U.S. Shippers Association (``USSA'') on June 3, 1986. Notice of issuance of the Certificate was published in the Federal Register on June 9, 1986...
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NMFS issues this final rule to implement Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP). Amendment 2 adds brown and pink shrimp to the FMP's fishery management unit, defines overfishing for brown...
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NMFS is closing directed fishing for species in the rock sole/ flathead sole/``other flatfish'' fishery category by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding...
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This rule proposes: Allocation of the commercial harvest guideline of Pacific whiting (whiting) among nontribal sectors; a framework procedure for annually choosing the starting dates of the primary whiting seasons for the nontribal sectors; and allo...
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The Economic Development Administration has agreed to a settlement with Navistar International Transportation Corporation (Navistar) regarding the Wisconsin Steel Works, located in Chicago, Illinois (the Site), pursuant to Section 122 (i) of the Comp...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Army announces the general availability of exclusive, partially exclusive, or nonexclusive licenses under the following patents. Any licenses granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404.
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The Defense Science Board Task Force on Advanced Modeling and Simulation for Analyzing Combat Concepts in the 21st Century will meet in open session on April 28-29, 1997 at Strategic Analysis, Inc., 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 175, Alexandria, Virgi...
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The Defense Science Board Task Force on Deep Attack Weapons Mix Study (DAWMS), Phase II will meet in closed session on April 24, 1997 at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary of Defense...
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The Defense Science Board Task Force on Innovative Support Structure, Phase II will meet in closed session on May 13, 1997 at Strategic Analysis, Inc., Arlington, Virginia. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary of Defens...
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The Defense Privacy Office is amending Appendix C to 32 CFR Part 310 by adding a new Department of Defense `Blanket Routine Use'. EFFECTIVE DATE: April 16, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Vahan Moushegian, Jr., at (703) 607-2943. SUPPLEMEN...
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The Department of the Navy proposes to alter a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: The alteration will be effective on May 16, 1997, unless comments are re...
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of P.L. 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
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Education Department logo Education Department

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This notice describes the schedule and agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council. Notice of this meeting is required under section 685<Copyright> of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended, an...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to conduct a removal action at the Weldon Spring Site to remove radiologically and chemically contaminated sediment from an intermittent stream located in St. Charles County, Missouri. The proposed act...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for comment draft Phase I Acid Rain permits and permit modifications including nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X) compliance plans in accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR parts 72...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing, as a direct final action, Phase I Acid Rain permits and permit modifications including nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>x) compliance plans in accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR...
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EPA is proposing to revise portions of part 58 of chapter 1 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Appendix D, the Ozone Monitoring Season by State Table in Section 2.5. The revisions change the ozone monitoring season for Connecticut,...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 1997
This final rule contains revisions to 40 CFR part 58, Appendix D, the Ozone Monitoring Season By State Table in Section 2.5. EPA's approval of these revisions will change the ozone monitoring season for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshir...
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The USEPA is proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request submitted by the Indiana Department of Environmental Maintenance (IDEM) on October 2, 1996. In the October 2 submittal, IDEM requested a SIP revision to eliminate...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 1997
In this action, USEPA is approving a State Implementation Plan Revision (SIP) request submitted by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) on October 2, 1996, to eliminate references to total suspended particulates (TSP) while maint...
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On November 12, 1996, USEPA received a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA). This revision request was in the form of an amendment to the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) which added...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 1997
On November 12, 1996, USEPA received a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA). This revision request was in the form of an amendment to the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) which added...
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EPA is extending the attainment date for the Portland, Maine moderate ozone nonattainment area from November 15, 1996 to November 15, 1997. This extension is based in part on monitored air quality readings for the national ambient air quality standar...
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EPA proposes to extend the attainment date for the Portland, Maine moderate ozone nonattainment area to November 15, 1997. This extension is based in part on monitored air quality readings for the national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for ozo...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 1997
This document establishes tolerances for residues of the herbicide clopyralid (3,6-dichloro-2-pyridine-carboxylic acid) in or on the raw agricultural commodities corn, field, fodder; corn, field, forage; corn, field, grain; and corn, field, milling f...
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Section 405 of the Water Quality Act of 1987 (WQA) added section 402(p) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) which requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a phased approach to regulating storm water discharges under the National Polluta...
Notice Apr 16, 1997
On February 11, 1997 (62 FR 6365), EPA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed emission standards for locomotives and locomotive engines. EPA is changing the date on which it will hold the public hearing for that NPRM and exten...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 1997
This notice announces Agency approval of applications submitted by FMC Corporation, to conditionally register the pesticide products Sulfentrazone Technical, Authority 4F, Authority 75DF, Authority BL, and Authority Broadleaf containing new active in...
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In this action, EPA is proposing to amend certain requirements of the reformulated gasoline (RFG) regulations which are applicable to California gasoline refiners, importers and oxygenate blenders. These amendments will reduce the burden associated w...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 1997
This notice announces that the following Information Collection Requests (ICRs) are coming up for renewal. The ICRs titled ``Notice of Supplemental Distribution of a Registered Pesticide Product'' (ICR No. 0278.06, OMB No. 2070-0044) and ``FIFRA Rere...
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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On February 14, 1997, Motorola filed a petition seeking clarification of the Commission's decision in the Memorandum Opinion and Order in PR Docket 92-235, FCC 96-492 (released Dec. 30, 1996) (Refarming MO&O). Specifically, Motorola notes that the Re...
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The Commission, at the request of Lac Qui Parle Broadcasting Company, Inc., allots Channel 296C3 at Clear Lake, South Dakota, as the community's first local aural transmission service. See 61 FR 60067, November 26, 1996. Channel 296C3 can be allotted...
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This document requests comments on a petition filed by North American Broadcasting Co., Inc., requesting the substitution of Channel 295C3 for Channel 296A at Hutchinson, Minnesota, and reallotment of Channel 295C3 from Hutchinson to Dassel, Minnesot...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 1997
The Commission, in response to a counterproposal filed by MTD, Inc., proposes the allotment of Channel 296C to Tatum, NM, as the community's first local aural transmission service. To accommodate the allotment at Tatum, the Commission also proposes t...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 1997
The Commission, at the request of Ninety-Five Point Seven, Inc., licensee of Station KASO(FM), Channel 239A, Minden, Louisiana, and Bundrick Communications, Inc., licensee of Station KZBL(FM), Channel 240A, Natchitoches, Louisiana, substitutes Channe...
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Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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Notice Apr 16, 1997
The Federal Maritime Commission is delaying the effective date of its final rule assessing fees on liner vessels operated by Japanese carriers, in light of recent commitments made by the Government of Japan addressing restrictive and unfavorable cond...
Rule Apr 16, 1997
The Federal Maritime Commission is amending the final rule in this proceeding to provide that fees shall not be assessed on vessels for which fees have been assessed within the preceding seven days, or in the case of vessels calling at ports in Hawai...
Rule Apr 16, 1997

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Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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The Federal Trade Commission is revising its policy concerning disclosure of investigations. The Commission's policy is to conduct its investigations on a nonpublic basis. In the past, the Commission has established some narrow exceptions to that pol...
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General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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Since 48 CFR 52.215-41 and 42 give agencies more flexible procedures in requesting exceptions for submitting certified cost and pricing data, the following Standard Forms are canceled:
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The General Services Administration/ICMR is revising the SF 93, Medical Record--Report of Medical History to update the information collected on the patient. You can obtain the updated form in three ways:
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This notice announces the General Services Administration's intent to cancel the following Standard form because of low user demand: SF 2B, U.S. Government Lease for Real Property (Short Form). This form was replaced with GSA Form 3626, U.S. Governme...
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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) published a document in the Federal Register of March 28, 1997, concerning availability of funds for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program (LRP). The deadline date need...
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The Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Children and Families, announced that public comments are being requested on tentative funding priorities for Fiscal Year 1997 Projects of National Significance prior to being annou...
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Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has made a final finding of scientific misconduct in the following case: Manoj Misra, Ph.D., Dartmouth College: Based upon the Office of Research Integrity's (ORI) review of a report...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application by Genzyme Corp., Cambridge, MA, for premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), of Seprafilm<SUP>TM Bioresorbable Membrane. After...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Notice Apr 16, 1997
In June 1974, Congress enacted the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (Act). This Act directed the Secretary of the Interior to develop a program to enhance and protect water quality in the Colorado River for use in the United States and the R...
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing its intention to request renewal of existing approval to collect certain information from applicants who wish to acquire a right-of-way on publi...
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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.
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The National Park Service (NPS) proposes this rule to provide the legal basis for reinitiating public discussion in order to arrive at a prompt final resolution of the longstanding controversy concerning commercial fishing activities in Glacier Bay N...
Proposed Rule Apr 16, 1997
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is planning to submit the collection of information requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. Copies of...
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Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Milwaukee District Office, has completed the Michigan Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Disposal of U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouse P...
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A parcel of land which was segregated for exchange CACA-35734 has dropped from the exchange. This order terminates the exchange segregation and opens the land.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is amending 25 CFR part 142 as mandated by Executive Order 12866 to streamline the regulatory process and enhance the planning and coordination of existing regulations.
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) regulates international trade in certain animal and plant species, which are listed in the appendices of this treaty. The United States, as a Party to CITES,...
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice Apr 16, 1997
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's (ALJ's) initial determination (ID) (Order No. 13) in the above-captioned investigation terminating the investiga...
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that the respondents in the above-captioned formal enforcement proceeding have violated the Commission consent order issued to them on October 11, 1995.
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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National Crime Victimization Survey.
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This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (the Service) regulations by precluding foreign employers from directly filing petitions for O and P nonimmigrant aliens. Prospective foreign employers seeking to file petitions in these two...
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This notice informs carriers that effective April 1, 1997, carriers are required to present for inspection, in accordance with the special procedures outlined in the notice, all international-to- international (ITI) passengers, formerly known as in-t...
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This final rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations relating to waivers of the 2-year home country residence and physical presence requirement (2-year requirement) pursuant to a request by a State Department of Pub...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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On February 11, 1997, the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA), published a notice in the Federal Register at 62 FR 6272, announcing the availability of funds and a solicitation for grant applications (SGA) for funding mi...
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Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

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The Copyright Office is examining the copyright licensing of broadcast retransmissions for the purpose of recommending legislative changes to Congress. In response to a request for an extension of time in filing comments for this study, the Copyright...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing. Copies of patent applications cited are available from t...
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The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing. Copies of patent applications cited are available from t...
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The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing. Copies of patent applications cited are available from t...
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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NAC Task Force on the Shuttle-Mir Rendezvous and Docking Missions.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Peace Corps logo Peace Corps

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Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1981 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Peace Corps is requesting approval from the Office of Management and Budget for the continued use of the Teacher Brochure/ Enrollment Form to be used by the World Wise School...
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Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1981 (44 U.S.C., Chapter 35), the Peace Corps is requesting approval from the Office of Management and Budget for the continued use of the RPCV Country Survey to be used by the World Wise Schools (WWS) progr...
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Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is amending the Schedule A excepted service appointing authority agencies use to fill positions in temporary organizations. These regulations delete the GS- 15 grade level limitation to permit agencies to make...
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Postal Service logo Postal Service

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In October, 1996, the Board of Governors adopted two bylaw revisions. One relates to the information to be furnished to the Board concerning program review. This purpose of this revision was to further clarify what information management is to furnis...
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Investment Company Act'') and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (``Advisers Act'').
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''') is announcing the revised phase-in schedule for compliance with Rules 11Ac1-1(c)(5) (``ECN Amendment'' of the ``Quote Rule'') and 11Ac1-4 (``Limit Order Display Rule'') under the Securities Exc...
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Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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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...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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The Department of the Treasury is amending its regulations to set forth policies and procedures for reimbursing employees for personal items that are lost, stolen, or damaged during the performance of an employee's official duty.
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The Department of the Treasury (Department) or (Treasury) is issuing in final form an amendment to its regulations governing book- entry Treasury Bonds, Notes and Bills to reduce the number of days required for processing transaction requests affecti...
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