April 21, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register April 21, 1997

View all documents issued on April 21, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

142 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on April 21, 1997

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Agricultural Marketing Service

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Correction Apr 21, 1997
This document gives notice that a referendum will be conducted to determine whether qualified handlers of fresh cut flowers and greens favor the continuation of the Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Order (Order). The O...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is preparing to implement the Boll Weevil Eradication Loan Program as provided in an Act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (Act) programs for the...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 35), this notice announces the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration's (GIPSA) request for an extension for and revision of a currently approved information collectio...
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Correction Apr 21, 1997
The Chief Information Officer has granted a waiver to the Agricultural Marketing Service to use Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman (RSA) digital signature technology in lieu of the Digital Signature Standard (DSS) specified by the Federal Information Proces...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
The Chugach National Forest will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for revising the Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan), and a revised Forest Plan document, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5) and 36 CFR 219.12. The revised pla...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
The program provides grants to rural community facilities such as schools, hospitals, and medical centers; to encourage, improve, and make affordable. The use of advanced telecommunications and computer networks to provide educational and medical ben...
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Correction Apr 21, 1997

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS issues proposed specifications to set Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) fishing category quotas for the 1997 fishing year. The proposed specifications are necessary to implement the 1996 recommendation of the International Commission for the Conservat...
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Correction Apr 21, 1997
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 Oil Country Tubular Goods (``OCTG''...
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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In accordance with 38 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability of U.S. Patent Application SN 08/699,716 entitled ``Recombinant F1-V Plague Vaccine,'' filed December 18, 1996. This patent has been assigned to the United States Government as...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to reduce the consent to subcontract requirements. The rule eliminates the requirement for consent...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat plans to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new information co...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Secretary proposes priorities for the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) Program and the Knowledge Dissemination and Utilization (D&U) Program under the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) for fisc...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
The Director, Information Resources Management Group, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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The Director, Information Resources Management Group, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA proposes to approve certain State implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of North Dakota with letters dated August 15, 1995 and January 9, 1996. The revisions address air pollution control rules regarding general provisions; o...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997
EPA approves certain State implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of North Dakota with letters dated August 15, 1995 and January 9, 1996. The revisions address air pollution control rules regarding general provisions; open burning...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Enviropur...
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The State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Pesticide Operations and Management Working Committee will hold a 2-day meeting, April 28, and 29, 1997. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth the ten...
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Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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Presidential Document Apr 21, 1997

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

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The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) published a final rule (62 FR 4429, January 30, 1997) that amended the regulations which govern the capital adequacy provisions and the customer eligibility provisions for Farm Credit System institutions. This doc...
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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In order to implement the changes mandated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to serve the public more quickly and efficiently, the Commission is proposing to expand the use of electronic filing in FCC proceedings. There has been positive public r...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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The General Services Administration and the Patent and Trademark Office announce their intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed new consolidated Patent and Trademark Office in northern Virginia and to conduct two pub...
Notice Apr 21, 1997

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This notice also summarizes the procedures for the meeting and methods by which interested persons may participate in open public he...
Notice Apr 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 (the PRA)...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for MENTAX and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Co...
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The Indian Health Services (IHS) announces that approximately $900,000 is available for support of competitive grants for approximately five to six projects to Tribal, Urban and non-profit Indian organizations for Demonstration Projects for Indian Ch...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of 4-chloro- 2-[[5-hydroxy-3-methyl-1-(3-sulfophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl]azo]-5- methylbenzenesulfonic acid, calcium salt (1:1); (C.I....
Rule Apr 21, 1997
This notice announces eight additional applications that HCFA has received from hospitals requesting waivers from dealing with their designated organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in accordance with section 1138(a)(2) of the Act. It supplements no...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
This notice lists HCFA manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published during July, August, and September of 1996 that relate to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It also identif...
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Notice of program exclusions.
Notice Apr 21, 1997
This notice is to inform the public that CSAT is making available approximately $1.5 million for supplemental awards in FY 1997 to existing PPW and RWC grantees in the Women and Children's Program to expand and/or enhance services for children. Compe...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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At the request of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), the Coast Guard is proposing to change the regulations that govern the operation of the Route 50 drawbridge across Isle of Wight Bay, mile 0.5, located in Ocean City, Maryland, by re...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997
At the request of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), the Coast Guard is proposing to change the regulations governing operation of the Route 52 (Ship Channel) Bridge across Great Egg Harbor Bay, mile 0.5, between Somers Point and Oc...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997
The Coast Guard proposes to revise the special local regulation for annual fireworks displays in the First Coast Guard District. The revision will include additional fireworks displays, and arrange the events listed in Table 1 by order of event date....
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997
The Coast Guard proposes to amend permanent special local regulations established for an annual marine event held in the Assateague Channel, Chincoteague, Virginia by including an additional event for which the regulated area will be in effect. This...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997
At the request of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), the Coast Guard has approved a temporary deviation from the regulations that govern the operation of the Maryland Route 370 drawbridge across the Miles River, Mile 10.0, at Easton, M...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
This rule reduces annual vessel inspection user fees for small passenger vessels and exempts publicly owned ferries from payment of vessel inspection user fees. These changes are required by the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996. The rule also re...
Rule Apr 21, 1997

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, MMS invites the public and other Federal agencies to comment on a proposal to extend the currently approved collection of information discussed below. The Paperwork Reduction...
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is withdrawing the proposed rule to revise and consolidate the BLM's criminal law enforcement regulations. The proposal was published in the Federal Register on November 7, 1996. BLM is taking this action in respon...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Commission Act that a meeting of the National Landmarks Committee of the Secretary of the Interior's National Park System Advisory Board will be held at 9:00 a.m. on the following date an...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
The following described land, comprising 15.00 acres, has been examined and is determined to be suitable for classification for lease or conveyance pursuant to the authority in the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq....
Notice Apr 21, 1997
Effective May 15, 1997, the Bureau of Land Management will begin charging a site use fee at its Roza and Squaw Creek recreation sites in the Yakima River Canyon. This fee will cover all approved activities at both sites, including camping at designat...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is amending its regulations governing permit application information requirements; criteria for permit issuance; and criteria, procedures, and sanctions for improvidently issued permits....
Rule Apr 21, 1997
Pursuant to sec. 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and sec. 202 and sec. 303 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of Land Management will be preparing a supplemental EIS on the impacts of oil and gas de...
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review portions of the final initial determination issued by the presiding administrative law judge on February 26, 1997, in the above-captioned investigation, and...
Notice Apr 21, 1997

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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The Bureau of Prisons is proposing to amend its regulations on classification and program review to discontinue the practice of permitting inmates to waive appearance at classification team meetings for program reviews. The purpose of this change is...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997
Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of Justice ``Law Enforcement Family Support: Solicitation for Demonstration and Training Programs for Reduction of Stress Among Law Enforcement Officers and Their Families.''
Notice Apr 21, 1997
Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of Justice ``Solicitation for Evaluation of Arrest Policies Program Under the Violence Against Women Act.''
Notice Apr 21, 1997
Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of Justice ``Solicitation for Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women.''
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This temporary rule amends the regulations to provide for a firearms purchaser's affirmative statement of his or her State of residence on ATF Form 4473 (Firearms Transaction Record) and ATF Form 5300.35 (Statement of Intent to Obtain a Handgun) in a...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
In the same separate part of this Federal Register, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is issuing a temporary rule amending the regulations to provide for a firearms purchaser's affirmative statement of his or her State of residence on...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
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 con...
Notice Apr 21, 1997

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

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This final rule implements a provision in the Legal Services Corporation's (``Corporation'' or ``LSC'') FY 1996 appropriations act that is currently incorporated by reference in the Corporation's FY 1997 appropriations act, which subjects LSC recipie...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
This final rule implements a restriction contained in the Legal Services Corporation's (``LSC'' or ``Corporation'') FY 1996 appropriations act that is currently incorporated by reference in the Corporation's FY 1997 appropriations act. The rule requi...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
This final rule revises the Legal Services Corporation's (``Corporation'' or ``LSC'') regulation relating to fee-generating cases. A major revision is the removal of the old regulation's provisions on attorneys' fees. Attorneys' fees now are addresse...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
This final rule revises the Legal Services Corporation's (``Corporation'' or ``LSC'') regulation concerning priorities. The revisions are intended to implement a restriction first appearing in the Corporation's Fiscal Year (``FY'') 1996 appropriation...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
This final rule implements a restriction in the Legal Services Corporation's (``LSC'' or ``Corporation'') FY 1996 appropriations act that is currently incorporated by reference in the Corporation's FY 1997 appropriations act which prohibits recipient...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
This final rule implements a restriction contained in the Legal Services Corporation's (``LSC'' or ``Corporation'') FY 1996 appropriations act that is currently incorporated by reference in the Corporation's FY 1997 appropriations act, which prohibit...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
This final rule revises the Legal Services Corporation's (``Corporation'' or ``LSC'') interim rule on legal representation of aliens. This rule is intended to implement the restrictions on alien representation in the Corporation's Fiscal Year (``FY''...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
This final rule revises the Legal Services Corporation's (``Corporation'' or ``LSC'') regulation on lobbying, rulemaking and other restricted activities. It is intended to implement provisions in the Corporation's FY 1996 appropriations act that are...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
This final rule amends only the fees and dues provisions of the Legal Services Corporation's (``Corporation'' or ``LSC'') regulation concerning subgrants, fees and dues. The revisions are intended to implement a restriction contained in the Corporati...
Rule Apr 21, 1997

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

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This notice sets forth the agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the National Museum Services Board. This notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this meeting is required under the Government through the Sunshine Act (Public Law 94-4...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
This notice sets forth the announcement of a forthcoming meeting of the National Museum Services Board and the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
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National Science Foundation

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The National Science Foundation, 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 collectio...
Notice Apr 21, 1997

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Postal Service logo Postal Service

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The Postal Service, after considering comments submitted in response to its request in 61 FR 55 572 (October 28, 1996) for comments on an interim rule establishing a charge for harmonization of catalog items for mailers using Global Package Link, her...
Rule Apr 21, 1997

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Railroad Retirement Board

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The Railroad Retirement Board (Board) amends its regulations pertaining to the collection of debts by offset against Federal payments to reflect amendments to section 3716 of Title 31 by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-134).
Rule Apr 21, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice Apr 21, 1997
Notice of application for an Order under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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Pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.4(b), CSX Corporation (CSXC), CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR), Conrail Inc. (CRI), and Consolidated Rail Corporation (CRC) <SUP>1 have notified the Su...
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Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee to discuss noise certification issues.
Notice Apr 21, 1997
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Alameda and San Francisco Counties, California.
Notice Apr 21, 1997
This document proposes to revise selected Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) by converting English measurements specified in those standards to metric measurements. This document begins the second phase of several rulemaking actions that...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997
The Department of Transportation is updating its regulation concerning the Equal Access to Justice Act to reflect current statutory requirements. The change is made on the Department's initiative in response to the President's Regulatory Reinvention...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
As required by Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (1988) and 41 CFR Part 101-6, section 101-6, 1015(a), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) gives notice of the fifth meeting of the Maglev Study Advisor...
Notice Apr 21, 1997
The Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy is seeking comments on the planning for the future of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Notice Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 21, 1997
This notice proposes to revoke the Class E airspace at El Rico, CA. The cancellation of instrument approach procedures at El Rico Airport has made this action necessary. The intended effect of this action is to revoke controlled airspace since the pu...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997
The FHWA is announcing a public meeting concerning the development of the North American Cargo Securement Standard. The meeting will include presentations of the results of recently completed research and a discussion of a draft version of the North...
Proposed Rule Apr 21, 1997
On December 16, 1996, FRA published its Final Rule on Roadway Worker Protection (61 FR 65959), which was the product of the agency's first regulatory negotiation. This rule promulgates standards to protect roadway workers while working on or near rai...
Rule Apr 21, 1997
RSPA invites the pipeline industry, in-line inspection (``smart pig'') vendors, and the general public to the third quarterly performance review meeting of progress on the contract ``Detection of Mechanical Damage in Pipelines.'' The meeting is open...
Notice Apr 21, 1997

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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United States Information Agency

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The Agency hereby adopts as final, part of the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on September 5, 1996 (61 FR 46745). This rule specifically adopts the proposed amendment of existing regulations governing the Agency's internal Exchange V...
Rule Apr 21, 1997

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