Federal Register May 16, 1997 (Volume 62)

Agencies Publishing on May 16, 1997

Agriculture Department (5)
Assassination Records Review Board (1)
Commerce Department (9)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
Defense Department (5)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (10)
Environmental Protection Agency (18)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Housing Finance Board (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Government Ethics Office (1)
Health and Human Services Department (4)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (5)
Interior Department (10)
Justice Department (1)
Labor Department (4)
Legal Services Corporation (2)
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Management and Budget Office (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (4)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
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National Science Foundation (10)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
Securities and Exchange Commission (19)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (3)
Surface Transportation Board (4)
Tennessee Valley Authority (1)
Transportation Department (5)
Treasury Department (9)
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United States Information Agency (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FAS Criteria for Evaluating Market Development Proposals for Participation in the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has developed approval criteria and weighting factors for allocating funds on a competitive basis under the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program. FAS invites suggestions and comments regarding these pro...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Agriculture Department > FSA Implementation of the Boll Weevil Eradication Loan Program This action is being taken to implement provisions of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Act). The Act directed the Secretary to implement a new loan program to facilitate...	Rule	May 16, 1997
Agriculture Department > ARS Intent To Grant Exclusive License Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Callaway Chemical Company of Columbus, Georgia, a coexclusive license with FMC Corporation and Rohm and Haas Company for U.S. Patent No...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Agriculture Department Intent to Extend a Currently Approved Information Collection Survey In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR Part 1320 (60 FR 44978, dated August 29, 1995), this notice announces the Policy Analysis and Coordination Center,...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Agriculture Department > FS Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort Master Development Plan, Wasatch- Cache National Forest, Salt Lake Ranger District, Salt Lake County, Utah and Uinta National Forest, Pleasant Grove Ranger District, Utah County, Utah The Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement on Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort's proposed master development plan.	Notice	May 16, 1997

Assassination Records Review Board

Title	Type	Published
Assassination Records Review Board Formal Determinations, Releases, Assassination Records Designation, and Reconsideration The Assassination Records Review Board (Review Board) met in a closed meeting on April 23-24, and made formal determinations on the release of records under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act). By issu...	Notice	May 16, 1997

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ECSA 2000 Census Advisory Committee Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463, as amended by Public Law 94-409, Public Law 96-523, and Public Law 97-375), we are giving notice of a meeting of the 2000 Census Advisory Committee. The meeting will convene on May 30,...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA Bluefin Tuna Statistical Documents 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...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA Economic Data for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries and Alaska Halibut Fisheries 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...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Greenland Turbot in the Aleutian Islands Subarea NMFS issues a modification of a closure from prohibiting retention to closing the season for directed fishing for Greenland turbot in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels using hook-and...	Rule	May 16, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA Information Needed for Wreckfish Share Transfer 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...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube From Turkey	Notice	May 16, 1997
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube From Turkey	Notice	May 16, 1997
Commerce Department > EAB Public Assistance Payments by County 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...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Commerce Department > EAB Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Addition of Bharat Electronics, Ltd., (aka Baharat Electronics, Ltd.) India, to Entity List The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) may inform exporters, individually or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is required for exports or reexports to certain entities. The EAR co...	Rule	May 16, 1997

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List Additions 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	May 16, 1997
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List Proposed Additions The Committee has received proposal(s) to add to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	May 16, 1997

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Amendment of Quota and Visa Requirements to Include a New Exempt Certification Arrangement for Chinese Floor Coverings Produced or Manufactured in the People's Republic of China Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending quota and visa requirements.	Notice	May 16, 1997

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); Selected Reserve Dental Program This interim final rule establishes the TRICARE Selected Reserve Dental Program (TSRDP) to provide dental care to members of the Selected Reserves of the Ready Reserve. The rule details operation of the program and seeks comments on our plan to imple...	Rule	May 16, 1997
Defense Department Meeting of the DOD Advisory Group on Electron Devices Working Group C (Electro-Optics) of the DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.	Notice	May 16, 1997
Defense Department Meeting of the DOD Advisory Group on Electron Devices Working Group A (Microwave Devices) of the DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.	Notice	May 16, 1997
Defense Department Meeting of the DOD Advisory Group on Electron Devices Working Group B (Microelectronics) of the DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.	Notice	May 16, 1997
Defense Department Meeting of the DOD Advisory Group on Electron Devices The DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.	Notice	May 16, 1997

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Reopening of Closing Date for Receipt of Applications for Designation as an Eligible Institution for Fiscal Year 1997; Eligibility for the Strengthening Institutions, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Endowment Challenge Grant Programs On November 27, 1996 and January 13, 1997, notices were published in the Federal Register (61 FR 60254-60265 and 62 FR 1739- 1740) that established closing dates for transmittal of applications for the FY 1997 designation of eligible institutions for...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Education Department Student Assistance General Provisions The Secretary amends the regulations governing the Student Assistance General Provisions to add the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers to certain sections of these regulations. These sections contain information collection requirem...	Rule	May 16, 1997

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > DOI OHA, Energy Department Cases Filed During the Week of April 7 Through April 11, 1997	Notice	May 16, 1997
Interior Department > DOI OHA, Energy Department Cases Filed During the Week of March 31 Through April 4, 1997	Notice	May 16, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Chandeleur Pipe Line Company; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	May 16, 1997
Interior Department > DOI OHA, Energy Department Issuance of Decisions and Orders; Week of April 7 Through April 11, 1997	Notice	May 16, 1997
Energy Department > FERC NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	May 16, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Pontchartrain Natural Gas System; Notice of Petition for Rate Approval	Notice	May 16, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Stingray Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	May 16, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Western Resources, Inc.; ONEOK, Inc., and WAI, Inc.; Notice of Application to Abandon Transportation and Exchange Services and Application for Certificate Transferring Certificates, Services, and Authorizations	Notice	May 16, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Report of Refunds	Notice	May 16, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	May 16, 1997

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency American Cyanamid Company; Pesticide Tolerance Petition Filing This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities. DATES: Comments, identified by the docket control number PF-73...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Bromoxynil; Pesticide Tolerances; Extension of Comment Period Notice is hereby given that the period for filing public comment on the proposed tolerances for bromoxynil and its metabolite DBHA on cotton commodities, and for bromoxynil on animal commodities is extended.	Proposed Rule	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Carbon Disulfide; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of the nematicide, insecticide, and fungicide, carbon disulfide (Chemical Code Number 16401 and CAS Number 75-15-0), in or on the food commodities almond nutmeat, almond hulls, peaches, and plums (f...	Rule	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Clopyralid; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for residues of the herbicide clopyralid in or on the food commodity canola in connection with EPA's granting emergency exemptions under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodent...	Rule	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Emamectin Benzoate; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for residues of the insecticide emamectin benzoate: 4''-epi-methylamino- 4''-deoxyavermectin B1 benzoate in or on the raw agricultural commodities head and Napa (chinese) cabbage in connection with...	Rule	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA expressed environmental concerns and suggests the final EIS contain specific mitigation measures for proposed road modifications. ERP No. D-AFS-J65257-UT Rating LO, High Uintas Wilderness Forest Plan Amendment, Implementation, Ashley and Wasatch-...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability	Notice	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency National Drinking Water Advisory Council Operator Certification Working Group; Notice of Open Meeting	Notice	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities. DATES: Comments, identified by the docket control number PF-734,...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities. DATES: Comments, identified by the docket control number PF-733,...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities. DATES: Comments, identified by the docket control number PF-732,...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Plant-Pesticides; Nucleic Acids; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking This document announces the availability of information for additional public comment regarding a proposed exemption from the requirement of a tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) for residues of nucleic acids (i.e., deoxy...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Plant-Pesticides; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking This document announces the availability of information for additional public comment regarding a proposed exemption from the requirement of a tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) for pesticidal substances that are a compo...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Plant-Pesticides; Viral Coat Proteins; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking This document announces the availability of information for additional public comment regarding the proposed exemption from the requirement of a tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) for residues of coat proteins from plant...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) Program: Permit Review Procedures for Sources That May Adversely Affect Air Quality in Non-Federal Class I Areas Under the Clean Air Act's PSD program, States and Tribes may, with EPA approval, redesignate their lands as ``Class I'' areas to enhance protection of their air quality resources. This notice requests early public input on preliminary issues in clari...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Propamocarb Hydrochloride; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of the fungicide propamocarb hydrochloride in or on the food commodities tomatoes, tomato puree, and tomato paste in connection with EPA's granting of emergency exemptions under section...	Rule	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Settlement Agreement; Ozone Nonattainment Areas; 15% VOC FIP for Phoenix, AZ In accordance with Section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement concerning litigation instituted against the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') by the A...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Pyridaben; Pesticide Tolerance This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances with an expiration date of May 31, 2001 for residues of the pesticide pyridaben [2-tert-butyl-5-(4-tert-butylbenzylthio)-4-chloropyridazin-3(2H)-one] in or on the food commodities apples, wet apple...	Rule	May 16, 1997

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title	Type	Published
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Increased Fine for Notice Posting Violations In accordance with Federal Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, this final rule adjusts for inflation the civil money penalty for violation of notice posting requirements.	Rule	May 16, 1997

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Advanced Television Systems This Report and Order amends the Commission's rules by adopting service rules to implement digital television. The intended effect of this action is to promote rapid conversion to and implementation of digital television. This Report & Order contains...	Rule	May 16, 1997

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Insured State Nonmember Banks Which are Municipal Securities Dealers As part of the FDIC's systematic review of its regulations and written policies under section 303(a) of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (CDRI), the FDIC is proposing to rescind its regulation that requires insu...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 1997

Federal Housing Finance Board

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Technical Amendment to Definition of Deposits in Banks or Trust Companies The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is amending the definition of the term ``deposits in banks or trust companies'' to expressly include a deposit in, or a sale of federal funds to, a branch or agency of a foreign bank located in the Un...	Rule	May 16, 1997

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreement(s) Filed	Notice	May 16, 1997

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies	Notice	May 16, 1997
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	May 16, 1997

Government Ethics Office

Title	Type	Published
Government Ethics Office Post-Employment Conflict of Interest Restrictions; Exemption of Positions and Revision of Departmental Component Designations The Office of Government Ethics is issuing this rule to provide notice of the exemption of certain senior employee positions from the one-year post-employment restriction of 18 U.S.C. 207(c) and to designate certain additional departmental components...	Rule	May 16, 1997

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 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	May 16, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Exxon Chemical Co.; Filing of Food Additive Petition The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Exxon Chemical Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to change the melting point range specification for polypropylene intended for use in contact wi...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Family Violence Prevention and Services Program This multi-year announcement supersedes Program Announcement No. OCS 95-04, published January 11, 1995 in Volume 60, No.7, pages 2769-2780 of the Federal Register. This announcement governs the proposed award of formula grants under the Family Violen...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > FDA International Conference on Harmonisation; Guideline for the Photostability Testing of New Drug Substances and Products; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a guideline entitled ``Guideline for the Photostability Testing of New Drug Substances and Products.'' The guideline was prepared under the auspices of the International Conference on Harmonisation...	Notice	May 16, 1997

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Fire Administration; Open Meeting: Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS) Notice of meeting.	Notice	May 16, 1997

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Admission Preferences, Public Housing Development, and Public Housing Modernization Regulations: Technical Amendments This final rule makes technical amendments to several of HUD's regulations that affect its assisted housing programs. These amendments make the following changes: revise language in a rule governing admission preferences in the assisted housing progr...	Rule	May 16, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	May 16, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Funding Availability for FY 1997 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program; Correction This notice corrects information that was provided in the notice of funding availability (NOFA) for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program for fiscal year 1997, published in the Federal Register on May 12, 1997 (62 FR 26180). This n...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request 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	May 16, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request 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	May 16, 1997

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for the Kern Water Bank Natural Community Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan, Kern County, California This notice advises the public that the Kern Water Bank Authority (Authority) has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service for two 75-year incidental take permits pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act)...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Colorado: Filing of Plats of Survey	Notice	May 16, 1997
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming; Notice of Approved Tribal-State Compact Pursuant to Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming on Indian lands...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Interior Department > BIA Indian Highway Safety Program Competitive Grant Selection Criteria The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) intends to make funds available to federally recognized tribes on an annual basis for financing tribal highway safety projects designed to reduce the incidence of traffic accidents within Indian country. Due to the...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 1997
Interior Department > BOR Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Interior Department > BOR Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws; Surface Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published in the Federal Register of February 28, 1997, a final rule amending the bonding provisions of the regulations on mining on public lands under the Mining Law of 1872. The preamble of that final rule contai...	Rule	May 16, 1997
Interior Department > BIA Notice of Schedule of Regional Consultation Sessions on Tribal Shares	Notice	May 16, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Realty Action; Direct Sale of Public Land; Cody Resource Area, Wyoming The Bureau of Land Management has determined that the following land is suitable for direct sale to Peter M. Scripps under Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, (90 STAT. 2750, 2757), (43 U.S.C. 1713, 171...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Termination of Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Classification; Nevada This notice terminates R&PP Classification N-58975. The termination of this classification is for record-clearing purposes. The subject lands will remain segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the general min...	Notice	May 16, 1997

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP National Institute of Justice Solicitation for Evaluations of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program (1997) Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of Justice ``Solicitation for Evaluations of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program (1997).''	Notice	May 16, 1997

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA General Statutory and Work-Flex Waiver Request; Comment Request 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	May 16, 1997
Labor Department > DOL Regulations implementing the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, as Amended; Extension of Comment Period; Additions to the Record This document extends the period for filing comments regarding the proposed rule to amend and revise the regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act. This action is taken to permit additional comment from interested persons. In addition, thi...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 1997
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	May 16, 1997
Labor Department > DOL Wage and Hour Division; Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions	Notice	May 16, 1997

Legal Services Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Legal Services Corporation Notice of Availability of 1997 Competitive Grant Funds for Service Area PA-3 for Delaware County, Pennsylvania In a notice published on April 14, 1997 (62 FR 18151), the Legal Services Corporation announced the reopening of competition for 1997 and the solicitation of proposals for the provision of civil legal services for Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The i...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Legal Services Corporation Notice of Availability of 1998 Competitive Grant Funds In a notice published on April 24, 1997 (62 FR 20038), the Legal Services Corporation announced the availability of competitive grant funds to solicit grant proposals from interested parties who are qualified to provide effective, efficient and high...	Notice	May 16, 1997

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Management and Budget Office

Title	Type	Published
Management and Budget Office Governmentwide Implementation of the President's Welfare-to-Work Initiative for Federal Grant Programs This Notice provides information, in the form of nonbinding questions and answers, to assist the Federal grantmaking agencies, grantees, and subrecipients in responding to the President's Welfare- to-Work Initiative. The Office of Management and Budg...	Notice	May 16, 1997

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing 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...	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committee, Space Station Utilization Advisory Subcommittee; Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advi...	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Copyright License NASA hereby gives notice that Command and Control Technologies, Inc., Titusville, Florida, has applied for an exclusive copyright license for the Computer Software entitled ``Control Monitor Unit (CMU),'' KSC-11830, which is assigned to the United St...	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Patent License NASA hereby gives notice that Virginia Power, the primary subsidiary of Dominion Resources Incorporated (DRI), of Glen Allen, Virginia 23060, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the inventions described and claimed in NASA Case Nos. LAR...	Notice	May 16, 1997

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Notice of Meetings	Notice	May 16, 1997

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Advanced Scientific Computing; Notice of Meeting	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Biological Sciences; Notice of Meeting	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Chemistry; Notice of Meeting	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and Mechanical Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and Mechanical Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Electrical and Communications Systems; Notice of Meetings	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Geosciences: Notice of Meeting	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Information, Robotics and Intelligent Systems; Notice of Meetings	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Materials Research; Notice of Meeting	Notice	May 16, 1997
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Physics; Notice of Meeting	Notice	May 16, 1997

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Boston Edison Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License	Notice	May 16, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Homestake Mining Company Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has amended Homestake Mining Company's (HMC's) Source Material License for the Grants Mill site in New Mexico to change reclamation milestone dates. This amendment was requested by HM...	Notice	May 16, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Custody of Investment Company Assets Outside the United States The Commission is adopting amendments to the rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that governs the custody of investment company assets outside the United States. The amendments provide investment companies with greater flexibility in managi...	Rule	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (``Act'')	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Government Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Regarding Off- The-Market Transactions	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Government Securities Clearing Corporation; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Interdealer Broker Repurchase Agreement Transactions	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Government Securities Clearing Corporation; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change to Eliminate Grandfather Privileges	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Election of Directors	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; MBS Clearing Corporation; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Liens on Participants' Property	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Midwest Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Return of Sponsored Account Fund Deposits	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Stock Exchange, Incorporated Relating to SRO Fees	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc., Relating to Name Change From SCOREX to P/COAST	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., Relating to Specialist Wheel Rotation Frequency	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated Relating to Minimum Sizes for Closing Transactions, Exercises, and Responses to Requests for Quotes in FLEX Equity Options	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to an Amendment to the NASD's Rule Governing the Eligibility of Members To Become Primary Market Makers in Issues Subject to a Secondary Offering	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Relating to an Amendment to the NASD's Rule Governing Market Maker Registration	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Fees Charged for the Nasdaq Level 1 Service	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment Nos. 3 and 4 to Proposed Rule Change by the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., To Amend the Execution Guarantee Rule and BEACON Rule 5	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Participants Trust Company; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Limited Cross-Guarantee Agreements	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change to Increase the Size of the Board of Directors	Notice	May 16, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; Order Temporarily Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Admission of Non-U.S. Entities as Direct Depository Participants	Notice	May 16, 1997

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Administrative Review Process, Testing Elimination of the Fourth Step of Administrative Review in the Disability Claim Process (Request for Review by the Appeals Council) We propose to amend our rules to establish authority to test elimination of the final step in the administrative review process used in determining claims for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits based on disability. If the...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 1997

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; International Harmonization of Chemical Safety and Health Information This public meeting follows the close of the comment period on this subject on June 2, 1997. The Federal Register of April 3, 1997 contained Department of State Public Notice 2526 on pages 15951-15957. Please refer to the notice for more complete inf...	Notice	May 16, 1997
State Department Preparation of Special Report on the Regional Impacts of Climate Change Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has prepared a Special Report on the Regional Impacts of Climate Change. The IPCC Secretariat requires comments on this report from national governments so that the Secretariat...	Notice	May 16, 1997
State Department Shipping Coordinating Committee Council and Associated Bodies; Notice of Meeting	Notice	May 16, 1997

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Owensville Terminal Company, IncAbandonment Exemptionin Edwards and White Counties, IL and in Gibson and Posey Counties, IN	Notice	May 16, 1997
DOT, STB Rail General Exemption AuthorityExemption of Nonferrous Recyclables and Railroad Rates on Recyclable Commodities The Surface Transportation Board is discontinuing the rulemaking in Ex Parte No. 346 (Sub-No. 36).	Proposed Rule	May 16, 1997
DOT, STB Rail General Exemption AuthorityNonferrous Recyclables The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) in Ex Parte No. 346 (Sub-No. 36) on August 23, 1994, published in the Federal Register on August 24, 1994, to consider whether to exempt partially from regulation t...	Proposed Rule	May 16, 1997
DOT, STB The Indiana Rail Road CompanyDiscontinuance of Trackage Rights Exemptionin Marion County, IN	Notice	May 16, 1997

Tennessee Valley Authority

Title	Type	Published
Tennessee Valley Authority Proposed Construction of United States Penitentiary, Lee Pennington Gap, Virginia This notice is provided in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR 1500 to 1508) and TVA's implementing procedures. TVA has decided to adopt the preferred alternative in the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal...	Notice	May 16, 1997

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Aviation Proceedings, Agreements Filed During the Week of May 9, 1997	Notice	May 16, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting on Training and Qualifications The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee to discuss training and qualification issues.	Notice	May 16, 1997
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement: Hennepin and Wright Counties, Minnesota The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the current Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process for a proposed highway project on Trunk Highway 12 (TH 12) in Hennepin and Wright Counties, Minnesota is terminated. The original notic...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Transportation Department Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart Q During the Week Ending May 9, 1997	Notice	May 16, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Pellston Regional Airport of Emment County, Pellston, Michigan This correction amends the information included in the previously published notice.	Notice	May 16, 1997

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > Customs Service Application for Recordation of Trade Name: ``Swiss Gold Premium Beer'' Application has been filed pursuant to section 133.12, Customs Regulations (19 CFR 133.12), for the recordation under section 42 of the Act of July 5, 1946, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1124), of the trade name ``SWISS GOLD PREMIUM,'' used by Westeinder Ltd...	Notice	May 16, 1997
Treasury Department Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of the Treasury issues a final rule to add the exemption claimed for the Pacific Basin Reporting Network--Treasury/Customs .171.	Rule	May 16, 1997
Treasury Department > OTS Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request 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	May 16, 1997
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 4972 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	May 16, 1997
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 6198 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	May 16, 1997
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8482 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	May 16, 1997
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 982 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	May 16, 1997
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project 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	May 16, 1997
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revenue Procedure 97-27 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	May 16, 1997

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United States Information Agency

Title	Type	Published
United States Information Agency Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces that the following new information collection activity has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. U...	Notice	May 16, 1997

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