Federal Register May 23, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register May 23, 1997

View all documents issued on May 23, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

157 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 23, 1997

Agriculture Department (2)
Commerce Department (17)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Defense Department (4)
Energy Department (15)
Environmental Protection Agency (21)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (4)
Federal Labor Relations Authority (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (4)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (6)
Housing and Urban Development Department (6)
Interior Department (9)
Justice Department (3)
Labor Department (5)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (3)
Surface Transportation Board (5)
Tennessee Valley Authority (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (32)
Treasury Department (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FCIC General Crop Insurance Regulations, Rice Endorsement; and Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Rice Crop Insurance Provisions The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes specific crop provisions for the insurance of rice. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contain standard terms and conditions...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Agriculture Department > FSIS International Standard-Setting Activities This notice informs the public of the sanitary and phytosanitary standard-setting activities of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), in accordance with section 491 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements...	Notice	May 23, 1997

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Business Development Mission to Belfast and Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, October 13-17, 1997 This notice serves to inform the public of a trade and investment mission to Belfast and Londonderry, Northern Ireland to be held October 13-17, 1997; provides interested U.S. firms with the opportunity to submit an application to participate in the...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department > USBC Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal 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 23, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA, Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Species; Reopening of Comment Period on Proposed Threatened Status for a Distinct Population Segment of Anadromous Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) in Seven Rivers The State of Maine formally submitted the Maine Atlantic Salmon Conservation Plan (Plan) to the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (collectively the Services) on March 5, 1997, in response to the Services' propos...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department Expansion of Foreign Trade Zone 168 Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, Area Fort Worth, TX	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 165, Midland, Texas, Area	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 168 Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, Area Carrollton, TX	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 20 Hampton Roads, Virginia, Area	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA Federal Approval of the Ohio Coastal Management Program Notice is hereby given that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) approved the Ohio Coastal Management Program (OCMP) on May 16, 1997, pursuant to the provisions of section 306 of the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972,...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Crustacean Fisheries; 1997 Harvest Guideline NMFS announces a 1997 harvest guideline of 327,000 lobsters for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) crustacean fishery. The guideline was calculated according to the formula in Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Crustacean Fisher...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department Foreign-Trade Zone 137Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia; Application for Expansion	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department > EAB Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department > NIST Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that there will be a closed meeting of the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on Tuesday, June 10, 1997. The Judges Panel is composed of...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; Permit No. 963 (P532B) Notice is hereby given that a request for amendment of scientific research permit no. 963 submitted by Dr. Randall W. Davis, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, TX 77553-1675 [Co-investigators: Dr. Michael A....	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Court Decision: Canned Pineapple Fruit From Thailand On March 18, 1997, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) affirmed the Department of Commerce's results of redetermination pursuant to remand of the final determination of sales at less than fair value in the investigation of canned pin...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department > NIST Public Meeting To Gather Information for an Assessment of the State-of-Knowledge of the Properties of Possible SFINF6/INF Replacement Gases Notice of public meeting to gather information for an assessment of the state-of-knowledge of the properties of possible sulfur hexafluoride (SF<INF>6</INF>) replacement gases.	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department > ITA Roller Chain, Other Than Bicycle, From Japan: Termination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews In response to requests made by the American Chain Association (petitioner), the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated reviews for various respondents in the antidumping proceeding of roller chain, other than bicycle, for the periods Apri...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations On April 7, 1997, NMFS issued a proposed plan and implementing regulations that would reduce serious injury and mortality of four large whale stocks that occur incidental to certain fisheries. During the comment period NMFS received many comments exp...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 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 commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	May 23, 1997
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	May 23, 1997

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	May 23, 1997

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are made available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. Copies of patents cited are available from the Commissioner of Pa...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Defense Department > USAF Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Minuteman III System Dismantlement Based out of Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND	Notice	May 23, 1997
Defense Department > USN Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Enhancement of the Capability of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, HI To Conduct Missile Defense Testing and Training Activities Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as implemented in the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Im...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Defense Department > USAF Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	May 23, 1997

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE Advisory Committee on Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following advisory committee meeting: Advisory Committee on Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards. The Department will consi...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department Applications to Export Electric Energy; PacifiCorp PacifiCorp, a public utility, has submitted applications to export electric energy to Mexico and Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department Applications to Export Electric Energy; Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc. Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc. (TEMI), a power marketer, has submitted applications to export electric energy to Mexico and Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Barnes Transportation Company, Inc.; Notice of Application To Abandon Certificate and Petition for Declaratory Order	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department > FERC CNG Transmission Corporation; Correction to Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Frontier Gas Storage Company; Notice of Sale Pursuant to Settlement Agreement	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Hydroelectric Applications [Indianford Water Power Company, Inc., et al.]; Notice of Applications	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department Intent To Establish the Beryllium Rule Advisory Committee Notice of intent to establish a Beryllium Rule Advisory Committee.	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department > FERC NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Filing	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Notice of New Docket Prefix DR	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department > WAPA Parker-Davis ProjectProposed Firm Power Charge and Firm and Nonfirm Transmission Service Rate The Western Area Power Administration (Western) is initiating a rate adjustment process for firm power and firm and nonfirm transmission service for the Parker-Davis Project (P-DP). The existing rate schedules were placed into effect on October 1, 19...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Power Authority of the State of New York; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold Public Scoping Meetings on Project Relicensing	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 The Commission is issuing the index that oil pipelines must apply to their July 1, 1996-June 30, 1997 rate ceiling levels to compute their rate ceiling levels for the period July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998, in accordance with 18 CFR 342.3(d). This...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Energy Department > FERC William Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	May 23, 1997

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Acid Rain Program: Draft Permits and Permit Modifications The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for comment draft Phase I Acid Rain permits and permit modifications including nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) compliance plans in accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR pa...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Acid Rain Program: Permits and Permit Modifications The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing, as a direct final action, Phase I Acid Rain permits and permit modifications including nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>x</INF>) compliance plans in accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Notice for Stored Pesticides With Canceled or Suspended Registrations In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Notificati...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Extension of Temporary Section 182(f) and Section 182(b) Exemption to the Nitrogen Oxides (NOINFX/INF) Control Requirements for the Houston/Galveston and Beaumont/Port Arthur Ozone Nonattainment Areas; Texas In this action, EPA is approving a petition for an extension of the temporary exemption from the NO<INF>X</INF> control requirements of sections 182(f) and 182(b) of the Clean Air Act (the Act) for the Houston/Galveston (HGA) and Beaumont/Port Arthur...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Indiana On April 3, 1997 (62 FR 15844), the EPA approved Indiana's June 26, 1995, submittal of a Rate-Of-Progress (ROP) plan to reduce Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emissions in Lake and Porter Counties by 15 percent (%) by November 15, 1996, a contingenc...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Certain Companies; Applications to Register Pesticide Products This notice announces receipt of applications to register a pesticide product containing a new active ingredient not included in any previously registered product and a product involving a change use pattern pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Cooperative Agreements to Develop and Carry Out Authorized State Training, Accreditation and Certification Programs for Lead-Based Paint Professionals This notice announces EPA's intent to enter into cooperative agreements with States, Territories, the District of Columbia and federally-recognized Indian governing bodies to provide financial assistance for purposes of developing and carrying out EP...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Cyclanilide; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of the plant growth regulator, cyclanilide, in or on the food commodities cottonseed, cotton gin byproducts, milk, fat, meat, meat by-products, and kidney of cattle, goats, horses, hogs and sheep. R...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology Reinvention Criteria Committee; Public Meeting Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, PL 92463, EPA gives notice of a teleconference meeting of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) Reinvention Criteria Committee (RCC). NACEPT provides advice and recomm...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III announces its intent to delete the Middletown Air Field Site (Site) from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B of the Nationa...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability of Regional Environmental Stewardship Program Grants EPA is announcing the availability of approximately $498 thousand in fiscal year 1997 grant/cooperative agreement funds under section 20 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as amended, (the Act), for grants to States an...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Ozone, Particulate Matter and Regional Haze Implementation Programs Subcommittee Meeting On September 11, 1995 (60 FR 47172), the EPA announced the establishment of the Ozone, Particulate Matter and Regional Haze Implementation Programs Subcommittee under the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC). The CAAAC was established on November...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Pelargonic Acid; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance This document establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of pelargonic acid when used as an herbicide in or on all food commodities. Mycogen Corporation submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosme...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemption This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of the herbicide pendimethalin and its 3,5-dinitrobenzyl alcohol metabolite (CL 202, 347) in or on fresh mint hay and mint oil in connection with EPA's granting an emergency exemption u...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Utah; Salt Lake and Davis Counties Ozone Redesignation to Attainment, Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes, Proposed Approval of Related Elements, Proposed Approval of Partial NOINFX/INF RACT Exemption, and Proposed Approval of Weber County I/ M Program On February 19, 1997, the Governor of Utah submitted revisions to the Utah State Implementation Plan (SIP) that included a maintenance plan. He also submitted a request to redesignate the Salt Lake and Davis Counties (SLDC) moderate nonattainment are...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Notice of Revocation of Certification of Refrigerant Reclaimers Through this action EPA is announcing the revocation of certification of nine refrigerant reclaimers previously certified to reclaim refrigerant in accordance with the regulations promulgated at 40 CFR part 82, subpart F. In addition, EPA is announci...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board, Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meetings; June 1997	Notice	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Testing Consent Order For Phenol On January 17, 1997, EPA published a document (62 FR 2607) which, among other things, announced a testing consent order (Order) that incorporated an enforceable consent agreement (ECA) concluded between EPA and 14 specified companies. In the ECA, the...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Underground Storage Tank Program: Approved State Program for Mississippi The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (RCRA), authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant approval to states to operate their underground storage tank programs in lieu of the federal program. 40 CFR part 282...	Rule	May 23, 1997

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President National Maritime Day, 1997	Presidential Document	May 23, 1997

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 This Order amends the Commission's rules regarding indecent programming on leased access and public, educational and governmental access channels. This action is necessary to conform the rules to the decision of the Supreme Court in Denver Area Educa...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Implementation of the AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan The Federal Communications Commission published in the Federal Register of April 29, 1997, page 23176, a document concerning Implementation of the AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan, FCC 97-68. The Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis was inadvertently...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Local Multipoint Distribution Service (``LMDS'') On May 8, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission adopted an Order reconsidering on its own motion its decision in the Rulemaking to Amend Parts 1, 2, 21, and 25 of the Commission's Rules To Redesignate the 27.5-29.5 GHz Frequency Band, To Reallo...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections, as required by the...	Notice	May 23, 1997

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Title	Type	Published
Federal Labor Relations Authority Unfair Labor Practice Proceedings: Miscellaneous and General Requirements The Federal Labor Relations Authority proposes to revise portions of its regulations regarding unfair labor practice (ULP) proceedings (Part 2423) and miscellaneous and general requirements (Part 2429). The purpose of the proposed revisions is to str...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 1997

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Freight Forwarder License Applicants	Notice	May 23, 1997

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB Under Delegated Authority	Notice	May 23, 1997
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	May 23, 1997
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	May 23, 1997
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	May 23, 1997

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Rules and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act The Federal Trade Commission announces amendments to Rule 7 of the Rules and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (``Textile Rules''), which lists generic names and definitions for manufactured fibers. 16 CFR 303.7 (1996)....	Rule	May 23, 1997

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Reporting Requirements for Foreign Gifts and Decorations This regulation revises criteria for reporting foreign gifts and decorations to the General Services Administration (GSA) for disposal and provides for gifts below the minimal value set by GSA to be handled in accordance with employing agency regulat...	Rule	May 23, 1997

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Administration on Children, Youth and Families; Early Head Start Program Grant Availability This notice corrects the announcement of the availability of financial assistance and request for applications for the Early Head Start program, published in the Federal Register on April 17, 1997. Five of the geographic areas noted in Appendix D of...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request	Notice	May 23, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request	Notice	May 23, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA). This notice solicits comments on a data...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Health and Human Services Department Health Care Programs, Fraud and Abuse; Intent To Form the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for the Shared Risk Exception We have been statutorily-mandated under section 216 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee in accordance with the Negotiated Rulemaking Act and the Federal Advisory C...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Project Grants for Renovation or Construction of Non-Acute Health Care Facilities The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces that approximately $725,000 is available for project grants to renovate or construct outpatient clinics. Funds were appropriated by Public Law 104- 208 under the provisions of Section...	Notice	May 23, 1997

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Announcement of Awards for the Economic Development and Supportive Services ProgramFiscal Year 1996 In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document notifies the public of funding awards for Fiscal Year 1996 Public and Indian Housing Authority applicants under the Economic...	Notice	May 23, 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 23, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Federally Assisted Low-Income Housing Drug Elimination Grants; Notice of Funding AvailabilityFY 1997 This NOFA announces the availability of $17,000,000 in FY 1997 funds for Federally Assisted Low-Income Housing Drug Elimination Grants. The purposes of the Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program are to eliminate drug-related crime and related prob...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program; Notice of Funding AvailabilityFY 1997 This NOFA announces HUD's FY 1997 funding of $250,649,052 under the Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP) for use in reducing/eliminating drug-related crime. Hereafter, the term housing authority (HA) shall include public housing...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Technical Assistance Program Notice of Funding AvailabilityFY 1997 This notice announces the availability of $2.8 million under the FY 97 Public and Indian Housing Drug Elimination Technical Assistance Program. The $2.8 million is derived from $376,411 available from prior year carryover funds and $2,423,589 availab...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Safe Neighborhood Grants; Notice of Funding AvailabilityFiscal Year 1997 This NOFA announces the availability of $20,000,000 in FY 1997 funds for Safe Neighborhood Grants. The purpose of the Safe Neighborhood Grants Program is to eliminate drug-related and other crime problems on the premises and in the vicinity of low-in...	Notice	May 23, 1997

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Establishment of Supplementary Rules The Coos Bay District proposes new supplementary rules to regulate recreational placer mining activities at the Sixes River Recreation Site in Curry County, Oregon and further describe penalties for violation of these proposed rules. The rules are de...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Filing of Plats of Survey; California The purpose of this notice is to inform the public and interested state and local government officials of the latest filing of Plats of Survey in California.	Notice	May 23, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Filing of Plats of Survey; Wyoming The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.	Notice	May 23, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Plan Amendment to Land Use Plans in the Development of Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Grazing Management on Public Lands in California and Northwestern Nevada The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in California has available a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) to address Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Grazing Management as provided in BLM's grazing regulations (43 CFR part 4...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Final Supplementary Rules for King Range National Conservation Area The Arcata Resource Area will establish the following Supplementary Rules for the King Range National Conservation Area as provided for under Title 43 Code of Federal Regulations Subpart 8365.1- 6: A. Parking Restriction, Black Sands Beach: Busses, c...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Meeting A meeting of the Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council will be held on June 11, 1997. The meeting will convene at 7:00 p.m., at the Red Lion, ``Spokane Falls Ball Room'', 322 Spokane Falls Ct., Spokane, Washington, 99201; (509) 455-9600. The m...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act Classification; California The following public lands in Lassen County, California have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended, (43 U.S.C. 869, et seq.). These lands...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit	Notice	May 23, 1997
Interior Department > NPS Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Citizens Advisory Council; Meeting This notice sets forth the revised dates of the meetings of the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council for the remainder of calendar year 1997.	Notice	May 23, 1997

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Adjustment of Status for Certain Polish and Hungarian Parolees This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations by providing for the adjustment to lawful permanent resident status of certain alien parolees from Polish and Hungary. This is necessary to ensure that these individual...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Justice Department Procedures for Suspension and Removal of Panel Trustees and Standing Trustees The United States Trustee Program (``Program'') is formalizing procedures by which a chapter 7 panel trustee and a standing chapter 12 or chapter 13 trustee can seek review within the agency of a decision by the United States Trustee to suspend or te...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 1997
Justice Department Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: Evidentiary Requirements; Definitions and Number of Claims Filed The Department of Justice (``the Department'') proposes to amend its existing regulations implementing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (``RECA'' or ``Act''). The proposed rule would: Allow claimants to submit affidavits or declarations in sup...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 1997

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA Grant of Individual Exemptions; Norwest Investment Services, Inc. This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (th...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Labor Department > DOL, WHD Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions	Notice	May 23, 1997
Labor Department > PWBA Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemptions (PTEs) 90-30 Involving Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., (D-10245) 90-32 Involving Prudential Securities Incorporated, (D-10246) This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed amendment to the Underwriter Exemptions. The Underwriter Exemptions are individual exemptions that provide relief for the origination and operat...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Labor Department > DOL Proposed Collection; 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 con...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	May 23, 1997

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	May 23, 1997

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has submitted the following public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval as required by the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act...	Notice	May 23, 1997

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee Meeting on Human Factors; Revised	Notice	May 23, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Capital Engineering Services, Inc. Dover, Delaware; Order Revoking License	Notice	May 23, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission David F. Johns, P.E., Dover, Delaware; Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC-Licensed Activities (Effective Immediately)	Notice	May 23, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Errata to Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability	Notice	May 23, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, et al., Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact	Notice	May 23, 1997

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Holidays and Premium Pay In compliance with recent changes in law, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim regulations on compensatory time off for prevailing rate (wage) employees, ``in lieu of'' holidays for employees on compressed work schedules, and p...	Rule	May 23, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated, Relating to OEX-SPX Spread Orders	Notice	May 23, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange, Inc. to Amend the Manner of Calculation of the Hong Kong Option Index]	Notice	May 23, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	May 23, 1997

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Coach USA, Inc.Control ExemptionAmerica Charters, Ltd. Coach USA, Inc. (Coach), a noncarrier that controls 27 motor passenger carriers, seeks an exemption, under 49 U.S.C. 13541, from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 14303(a)(5), to acquire control of America Charters, Ltd. (America Charters)...	Notice	May 23, 1997
DOT, STB East West Resort Express, LLCControlResort Express, Inc. East West Resort Express, LLC (East West), a noncarrier in control of Colorado Mountain Express (CME), and Resort Express, Inc. (REI) jointly seek approval under 49 U.S.C. 14303(a)(5) for East West to acquire control, through purchase, of the assets...	Notice	May 23, 1997
DOT, STB Rail General Exemption AuthorityNonferrous Recyclables By decision served May 5, 1997, the Surface Transportation Board issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) proposing, inter alia, a total exemption from regulation for 29 nonferrous recyclable commodities. The NPR was not published in the Federal...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 1997
DOT, STB Railroad Consolidation ProceduresModification of Fee Policy In this proceeding the Board adopts as final rules with one minor change in the interim rules relating to the Board's fee policy for proceedings involving major railroad consolidations, which were published in the Federal Register at 62 FR 9714 on Ma...	Rule	May 23, 1997
DOT, STB South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, Inc.Abandonment Exemption in Neosho and Wilson Counties, KS	Notice	May 23, 1997

Tennessee Valley Authority

Title	Type	Published
Tennessee Valley Authority Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as Amended by Public Law 104-13; Proposed Collection; Comment Request The proposed information collection described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). The Tennessee Valley Authority is so...	Notice	May 23, 1997

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Generalized System of Preferences; Expedited Review of Melamine Institutional Dinnerware Products Imported From Indonesia This notice invites public comments on whether melamine institutional dinnerware imported from Indonesia should continue to be eligible for benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences.	Notice	May 23, 1997

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 25.571-1B, Damage-Tolerance and Fatigue Evaluation of Structure This notice announces the issuance of Advisory Circular (AC) 25.571-1B, Damage-Tolerance and Fatigue Evaluation of Structure. This AC, which sets for the acceptable means of compliance with the damage- tolerance and fatigue evaluation requirements fo...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A300 series airplanes, that requires inspections of the lower door surrounding structure to detect cracks and corrosion, and repair, if necessary. This amendment...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A320 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A320 series airplanes, that requires an initial inspection of fastener holes on certain outer frames of the fuselage to detect fatigue cracking, and modifica...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Hiller Aircraft Corporation Model UH- 12, UH-12A, UH-12B, UH-12C, UH-12D, UH-12E, CH-112, H-23A, H-23B, H- 23C, H-23D, H-23F, HTE-1, HTE-2, and OH-23G Helicopters This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Hiller Aircraft Corporation Model UH-12, UH-12A, UH-12B, UH-12C, UH-12D, UH-12E, CH-112, H-23A, H-23B, H-23C, H-23D, H- 23F, HTE-1, HTE-2, and OH-23G helicopters, and U...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Jetstream Aircraft Limited HP137 Mk1, Jetstream Series 200, and Jetstream Models 3101 and 3201 Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Jetstream Aircraft Limited (JAL) HP137 Mk1, Jetstream series 200, and Jetstream Models 3101 and 3201 airplanes. This AD requires repetitively inspecting the main landing...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Sikorsky Aircraft-Manufactured Model S- 64F Helicopters This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Sikorsky Aircraft-manufactured Model S-64F helicopters, that requires inspections, and replacement, if necessary, of the main gearbox second stage lower planetary plate (plate)....	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class E Airspace; Marion, VA This amendment modifies the Class E airspace at Marion, VA, to accommodate a Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 26 for the Mountain Empire Airport. The intended effect of this action is to...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class E Airspace; Olean, NY This amendment modifies the Class E airspace at Olean, NY, to accommodate two Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 22 and RWY 4 at Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport. The intended effect of this...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class E Airspace; Plattsburgh, NY This amendment modifies the Class E5 airspace at Plattsburgh, NY, to accommodate Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) to Clinton County Airport. This amendment also deletes Plattsburgh Air Force Base and Valcour TACAN from the description a...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department Aviation Proceedings, Agreements Filed During the Week of May 16, 1997	Notice	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Commercial Space Transportation Licensing Regulations; Correction This document corrects the preamble to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on March 19, 1997 (62 FR 13216) which proposes to amend licensing regulations for launching commercial launch vehicles from Federal launch ranges. The proposed r...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; East Butler, PA This action establishes Class E airspace at East Butler, PA, to accommodate a Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), Helicopter Point In Space Approach based on the Global Positioning System (GPS), serving Butler Memorial Hospital Heliport. T...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; Frostburg, PA This action establishes Class E airspace at Frostburg, PA, to accommodate a Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), Helicopter Point In Space Approach based on the Global Positioning System (GPS), and serving Punxsutawney Area Hospital Helipor...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; Jeannette, PA This action establishes Class E airspace at Jeannette, PA, to accommodate a Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), Helicopter Point In Space Approach based on the Global Positioning System (GPS), and serving Monsour Medical Center and Jeannet...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; South New Castle, PA This action establishes Class E airspace at South New Castle, PA, to accommodate a Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), Helicopter Point In Space Approach based on the Global Positioning System (GPS), serving Jameson Memorial Hospital Helip...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; Thiel, PA This action establishes Class E airspace at Thiel, PA, to accommodate a Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), Helicopter Point In Space Approach based on the Global Positioning System (GPS), and serving Greenville Area Hospital Heliport. The...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; Uniontown, PA This action establishes Class E airspace at Uniontown, PA, to accommodate a Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), Helicopter Point In Space Approach based on the Global Positioning System (GPS), and serving Uniontown Hospital Heliport. The i...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department Notice of Application for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart Q During the Week Ending May 16, 1997	Notice	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Completion and Availability of the Final EIS JFK International Airport Light Rails System (LRS) The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) are Joint Lead Agencies for purposes of implementing the procedures required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, for a pr...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace: Lewisburg, WV This notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace area at Lewisburg, WV. The development of new Standard instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) at the Greenbrier Valley Airport based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) and VHF Omnidirectional Radi...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Carlisle, AR This action withdraws a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed to revise the Class E airspace at Carlisle, AR. The proposal was to revise the controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the ground (AGL) needed to contain airc...	Proposed Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA, Inc. Joint RTCA Special Committee 189/EUROCAE Working Group 53; Air Traffic Services Safety and Interoperability Requirements	Notice	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA, Inc. Special Committee 191; Collaborative Decisionmaking and Near-Term Procedures	Notice	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > NHTSA Receipt of Petition for Decision that Nonconforming 1988 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign Passenger Cars Are Eligible for Importation This notice announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that a 1988 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign that was not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety...	Notice	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Altus, OK This action revises the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Altus, OK. The development of a Instrument Landing System (ILS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 17R at Altus Air Force Base (AF...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Athens, TX This action revises the Class E airspace at Athens, TX. The development of a Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 17 at Lockridge Ranch Airport has made this rule necessary. This action is in...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Carlisle, AR This action revises the Class E airspace at Carlisle, AR. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 09 at Carlisle Municipal Airport and a Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) SIAP...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Ponca City, OK This action revises the Class E surface airspace at Ponca City, OK. Communication capability and weather observations exist continuously for terminal instrument operations at Ponca City Municipal Airport. Therefore, Class E surface airspace should be...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Revocation of Class D Airspace and Class E4 Airspace; Plattsburgh, NY This action revokes the Class D airspace designated as a surface area for Plattsburgh, NY. The rule also revokes the Class E4 surface areas designated as an extension to Class D airspace at Plattsburgh, NY.	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Revocation of Class D Airspace and Class E5 Airspace; Calverton, NY This action revokes the Class D airspace and Class E5 airspace at Calverton Naval Weapons Reserve Plant (Peconic), Calverton, NY. All standard instrument approaches (SIAPs) have been canceled and the airport closed. Controlled airspace will no longer...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Revocation of Class E Airspace; Alice, TX This action revokes the Class E surface airspace at Alice, TX. Communication capability with aircraft operating within the surface area no longer exists; therefore, Class E surface airspace designated to provide controlled airspace for terminal instr...	Rule	May 23, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Jetstream Aircraft Limited, Jetstream Model 4100 Series Airplanes, Passenger Airbag Installation These special conditions are to be issued to Jetstream Aircraft Limited of Prestwick, Scotland (formerly British Aerospace Public Limited Company (BAe)) for the Jetstream Model 4100 series airplanes. This airplane series has a novel or unusual design...	Rule	May 23, 1997

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 1040A and Schedules 1,2,3, and EIC 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 23, 1997
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 6468 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 23, 1997

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Fund Availability Under the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program In a document published in the Federal Register on April 2, 1997, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the availability of funds for applications for assistance under the grant component of VA's Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program....	Notice	May 23, 1997

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