May 22, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register May 22, 1997

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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We are declaring Costa Rica free of exotic Newcastle disease (END). Declaring Costa Rica free of END is appropriate because the country has had no clinical, pathological, or laboratory confirmation of END for the last 5 years. This action removes the...
Rule May 22, 1997
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing a final rule for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). CCC published a proposed rule for EQIP in the Federal Register on October 11, 1996 (61 FR 53574) and solicited comments from the p...
Rule May 22, 1997
Section 306E of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, directs The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to minimize approval rights, requirements and prohibitions imposed on the operations of electric borrowers whose net worth exceeds 110 percen...
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We are notifying the public of the closure of the Hawaii Animal Import Center in Honolulu, HI. We are no longer accepting reservations for quarantine space at the Hawaii Animal Import Center. The Hawaii Animal Import Center will officially close at t...
Notice May 22, 1997
We are amending the regulations regarding the interstate movement of livestock by combining the provisions for the approval of livestock markets for cattle and bison, horses, and swine into a single section. These changes are the result of a comprehe...
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Correction May 22, 1997
We are amending the animal importation regulations by adding Dayton, OH, to the list of limited ports of entry for horses and horse products, such as horse test specimens, that do not appear to require restraint and holding inspection facilities. We...
Rule May 22, 1997
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed timber harvest, plantation thinning, fuels reduction, and wildlife habitat improvement projects for areas in the Wolf/Kanaka/Indian...
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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will permit the use of liquid nitrogen for the contact freezing of meat and meat products. The use of liquid nitrogen to contact freeze poultry and poultry products is already permitted and the effects ar...
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Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

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The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) is revoking its existing superseded employee responsibility and conduct regulations at 22 CFR part 606, and, in their stead, inserting cross-references to the executive branch-wide Standard...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Minority Business Development Agency is cancelling the announcement to solicit competitive applications under its Minority Business Development Center (MBDC) program to operate the Las Vegas and Anaheim MBDCs. The solicitations were originally pu...
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Correction May 22, 1997
NMFS issues this final rule to implement approved measures contained in a regulatory amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries (FMP). This regulatory amendment revises the allocation and mana...
Rule May 22, 1997
On June 5, 1997, the Department of Commerce will be holding a public seminar on the final antidumping regulations. In addition to a general overview of the new regulations, the seminar will include a presentation by Robert S. LaRussa, Acting Assistan...
Notice May 22, 1997
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal Information Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure will hold a meeting on June...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing guaranteed access levels.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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The Commission has received a petition from Scott and Diana Anderson for development of a safety standard for escalators. The petition alleges that escalators are associated with unreasonable risks of serious injuries resulting from entrapment of fee...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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This notice identifies the surplus real property located at Sierra Army Depot (SIAD), Herlong, California. SIAD is located approximately 55 miles north northwest of Reno, Nevada just north of U.S. Highway 395. SIAD is a base realignment facility and...
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In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability of the following U.S. patents for non-exclusive, partially exclusive or exclusive licensing. All of the listed patents have been assigned to the United States of America as rep...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District intends to prepare a DEIS to access the social, economic and environmental effects of the proposed construction of the Daniel Island Terminal in the City of Charleston, Berkeley County, South Caro...
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In compliance with 37 CFR 404 et seq., the Department of the Army hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Allen Telecom Group, Inc., Decibel Products Division, a corporation having its principle place of business at 8635 Stemmons Freeway, Dalla...
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Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a forthcoming meeting of the National Security Education Board. The purpose of the meeting is to review and make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense concerning requirements established...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The U.S. Secretary of Education (the Secretary) issues final general regulations governing programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (the ``Elementary and Secondary Ed...
Rule May 22, 1997
The Director, Information Resources Management Group, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice May 22, 1997
The Secretary proposes to amend the Department's regulations governing the protection of human research subjects to add special protections for children who are involved as subjects of research. These amendments to the Department's regulations are ne...
Proposed Rule May 22, 1997
THIS NOTICE CONTAINS ALL OF THE NECESSARY INFORMATION AND FORMS NEEDED TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING. This notice announces competitions for Indian Program Development and Implementation Grants to enable local partnerships to begin development or implem...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Department of Energy (DOE) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on the disposition of United States' weapons-usable surplus plutonium. This EIS is tiered...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be holding a one-day public meeting on June 26, 1997. The purpose of this meeting is to present information on EPA plans for activities to develop a proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NP...
Proposed Rule May 22, 1997
EPA is revising the format of 40 CFR part 52 for materials submitted by states that are incorporated by reference into their respective state implementation plans (SIPs). This format revision will primarily affect the ``Identification of plan'' secti...
Rule May 22, 1997
In recent years, community officials and the general pubic have increased their attention to the waste generated by households, institutions, and commercial businesses. They have used information about municipal solid waste (MSW) to plan for programs...
Notice May 22, 1997
The EPA is giving limited approval to certain control measures adopted by the State of Texas in its 15 Percent Rate of Progress Plan. The effect of this action is to finalize the proposed limited approval of these measures published on January 29, 19...
Rule May 22, 1997
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing modifications to the list of regulated substances and threshold quantities the accidental release prevention regulations authorized by section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act as amended. EPA is propo...
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Region V announces its intent to delete the Tri-State Plating Site from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B of 40 C...
Proposed Rule May 22, 1997
Under Sections 104, 106(a), 107 and 122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has offered to a potentially responsible party an Administrative Ord...
Notice May 22, 1997
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the Department of Energy's (DOE) Compliance Certification Application (CCA) for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is complete. The Administrator of the EPA provided written notice of...
Proposed Rule May 22, 1997

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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This interim rule modifies the Public Buildings Service's (PBS's) pricing practices for Reimbursable Work Authorizations (RWAs). Currently, our customer agencies are billed the actual costs for supplies, materials, labor, contract costs and overhead...
Rule May 22, 1997

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance document entitled ``A Primer on Medical Device Interactions with Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems.'' The purpose of this document is twofold. It should serve...
Notice May 22, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled ``Accidental Radioactive Contamination of Human Food and Animal Feeds: Recommendations for State and Local Agencies.'' This draft guidance would replac...
Notice May 22, 1997
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...
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The Children's Bureau (CB) within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1997 funds for competing new discretionary grants under the Abandoned Infant...
Notice May 22, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application by Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Rochester, NY, for premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), of the BAUSCH & LOMB<Register> SofLens66<SUP...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its intention to accept and consider a single-source application for the award of a cooperative agreement to the University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP). The cooperative agreement will suppor...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period on the notice announcing the availability of a draft guidance, which was published in the Federal Register of December 6, 1996 (61 FR 64755), entitled ``Guidance on the Content an...
Notice May 22, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing an order prohibiting the extralabel use of fluoroquinolones and glycopeptides. The agency is issuing this order because it believes that some extralabel uses of fluoroquinolones and glycopeptides in f...
Rule May 22, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to authorize the use, on food labels and in food labeling, of health claims on the association between soluble fiber from psyllium husks and reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). FDA is prop...
Proposed Rule May 22, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations to provide a timeframe in which it will issue, in rulemakings on health claims, final rules announcing whether it will authorize the use of the claim at issue. FDA is also providing f...
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In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an open meeting with representatives of health professional organizations. The meeting will be chaired by Sharon Smith Holston, Deputy Commissioner for External Affairs. This meeting will provide p...
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This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Technology Transfer Office, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is contemplating the grant of a w...
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Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a requ...
Notice May 22, 1997

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Coast Guard announces the availability of the application for recertification submitted by the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (CIRCAC) for June 1, 1997, through May 31, 1998. Under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker Environmental Ove...
Notice May 22, 1997
The Coast Guard announces the availability of the application for recertification submitted by the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (PWSRCAC) for July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998. Under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker Envir...
Notice May 22, 1997
The Coast Guard is hereby giving notice that the Florida Department of Transportation has been granted permission to temporarily deviate from the regulations governing the Royal Park (SR 704) drawbridge mile 1022.6 at Palm Beach, from April 14, 1997...
Rule May 22, 1997
The Coast Guard proposes to revise the regulations governing the operations of the Maple Street bridge, mile 1.1, and the U.S. Route 31 bridge, mile 1.4, both over the Manistee River in Manistee, MI. This proposal would change the times that the brid...
Proposed Rule May 22, 1997
Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District has authorized a temporary 90-day deviation from the current bridge operating regulations for the Maple Street bridge, mile 1.1, and the U.S. Route 31 bridge, mile 1.4, both over the Manistee River in Manistee, M...
Rule May 22, 1997
By statute, the monthly rates of basic educational assistance payable to reservists under the Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve must be adjusted each fiscal year. In accordance with the statutory formula, the regulations governing rates of basic e...
Rule May 22, 1997
This notice implements the permanent regulations for the annual Harvard-Yale Regatta, a rowing competition held on the Thames River in New London, CT. The regulation is necessary to control vessel traffic within the immediate vicinity of the event du...
Rule May 22, 1997
Special local regulations are being adopted for the Virginia is for Lovers Cup Unlimited Hydroplane Races to be held in Willoughby Bay, Norfolk, Virginia. The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) May 24, 1997 to May 26...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines threatened status for Helianthus eggertii (Eggert's sunflower) under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This rare plant is presently known from an estimated 3...
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This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, has completed a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal to establish a new national wildlife refuge in Georgetown, Horry, and Marion Counties,...
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Under the provisions of Public Law 97-451, a petition for reinstatement of Oil and Gas Lease OKNM 89758, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, was timely filed and was accompanied by all required rentals and royalties accruing from November 1, 1996, the date...
Notice May 22, 1997
The Bureau of Land Management proposes to withdraw 54.33 acres of public land in Palm Beach County to protect special status species, including endangered species, as well as sensitive habitats on the Jupiter Inlet tract. This notice closes the land...
Notice May 22, 1997
This rule amends the surety bond provisions of Minerals Management Service (MMS) regulations to establish December 8, 1997, as the deadline for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas and sulphur lessees to comply with new levels of bond coverage e...
Rule May 22, 1997

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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This notice announces the Agency's final decision on the Entela, Inc. application for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under 29 CFR 1910.7.
Notice May 22, 1997
This document provides the text of final regulations to implement Executive Order 12933, ``Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Certain Contracts'' (59 FR 53560, October 24, 1994). The Executive Order requires that workers on a building service...
Rule May 22, 1997

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National Institute for Literacy

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This Notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board (Advisory Board). This notice also describes the function of the Advisory Board. Notice of this meeting is required...
Notice May 22, 1997

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Generic Letter 97-02 to notify all holders of operating licenses for nuclear power reactors, except those who have permanently ceased operations and have certified that fuel has been permanently remo...
Notice May 22, 1997

Postal Service logo Postal Service

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This document clarifies the Postal Service's Request for Comments, published in the Federal Register on April 2, 1997, and requests further comments. The April 2, 1997, notice asked for public comments on the development of the Postal Service Strateg...
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Railroad Retirement Board

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In accord with amendments to the Social Security Act made by section 104 of Public Law 104-121, the Railroad Retirement Board hereby proposes to amend its regulations to eliminate the ``living with'' requirement as an alternative to actual dependency...
Proposed Rule May 22, 1997

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Science and Technology Policy Office

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This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a meeting of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Adviso...
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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 (the ``Act'').
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The Commission is adopting new rules and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (``Advisers Act'') to implement provisions of the Investment Advisers Supervision Coordination Act (``Coordination Act'') that reallocate regulatory re...
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(a) the unbundling of round lots for the purpose of entering odd lot limit orders in comparable amounts; (b) the failure to aggregate odd lot orders into round lots when such orders are for the same account or for various accounts in which there is a common monetary interest; and (c) the entry of both buy and sell odd lot limit orders in the same stock before one of the orders is executed for the purpose of capturing the ``spread'' in the stock. The proposal also states that, in general, the Exchange views order entry practices that are intended to circumvent the round lot auction market as abuses of the intent and purpose of the odd lot system, and such practices shall be considered violations of these rules.
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Notice of Application for Exemption Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Selective Service System

State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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The Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Customs Matters (IFAC 1) will hold a meeting on June 16, 1997 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice May 22, 1997

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This action corrects the notice of availability of commercial air tour routes for the Grand Canyon National Park and disposition of comments document published in the Federal Register on May 15, 1997. The closing date for comments is corrected to rea...
Notice May 22, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Bombardier Model CL-415 series airplanes. This action requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to modify the limitation that prohibits positioning the power levers...
Rule May 22, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 airplanes, that requires revising the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness [MD-90-30 Airworthine...
Rule May 22, 1997
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes. This proposal would require performing a one-time inspection of the dropout boxes of the passenger oxygen s...
Proposed Rule May 22, 1997
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes. This proposal would require the deactivation of certain floormat heaters in the cabin area. In addition, th...
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The National Park Service (NPS) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announce the establishment of the National Parks Overflights Working Group (NPOWG). The NPOWG is formed to recommend a proposed regulation which would define the process for re...
Notice May 22, 1997
The Department of Transportation (DOT) announces a meeting of the DOT Partnership Council (the Council). Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Notice May 22, 1997
On Thursday, June 5, 1997, the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) will sponsor a satellite-based, town meeting video teleconference on the status of the Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program. The broadcast will show how communities can learn ab...
Notice May 22, 1997
The NYDO is issuing this notice to advise the public that it has made a programmatic EO 11990 Wetland Finding for Federally Aided Highway Projects Classified as a Categorical Exclusion under 23 CFR 771.117 which involve only the use of U.S. Corps of...
Notice May 22, 1997

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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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 22, 1997
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice May 22, 1997
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice May 22, 1997
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice May 22, 1997

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