August 20, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register August 20, 1997

View all documents issued on August 20, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

122 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 20, 1997

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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We are amending the regulations to remove the regulated portion of Los Angeles County, CA, from the list of areas regulated because of the Mexican fruit fly, and to remove California from the list of States quarantined because of the Mexican fruit fl...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
This document contains clarifications to the Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting published Friday, August 1, 1997, (62 FR 41336). The notice failed to specifically mention that the propos...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
The USDA Forest Service published a revised notice of intent for the Fourmile Timber Sale in the Federal Register March 26, 1993 (Vol. 58, No. 57, pages 16394-16395). That revised notice is hereby revised to show a change in the schedule of the EIS....
Notice Aug 20, 1997
This interim final rule increases the assessment rate established for the Winter Pear Control Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 927 for the 1997-98 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Committee is responsible for local administration of...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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In response to a request from Proton Electronic Industrial Co. (Proton), the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated a review of the antidumping duty order on color television receivers, except for video monitors, from Taiwan on May 21, 199...
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NOAA issues this notice describing the procedures under which applications will be accepted, and how NOAA will determine which applications it will fund for environmental restoration work to be completed on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Pursuant to P...
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Notice of amended final results of antidumping duty administrative review.
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The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/Hard Bottom Habitat Sub-Group.
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to revise DD Form 350 and DD Form 1057 contract action reporting requirements for compliance with the Clinger-Cohen Act...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
The Director of Defense Procurement is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to revise guidance pertaining to the conduct of Contractor/Insurance Pension Reviews (CIPRs).
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 1997
The Director of Defense Procurement is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to provide additional guidance on defense capability preservation agreements.
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 1997
The Department of Defense is issuing a correction to the final rule published at 61 FR 58488, November 15, 1996.
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The Department of Defense (DoD) has decided to withdraw a proposed rule published at 60 FR 57691, November 17, 1995. The rule proposed amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 1091 of the Federa...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 1997
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to facilitate the use of management or manufacturing processes that have been accepted by DoD under the Single Proce...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
The Product Manager, Construction Equipment/Material Handling Equipment (PM CE/MHE) has prepared a Life-Cycle Environmental Assessment (LCEA) which examines the potential impacts to the natural and human environment from the life cycle activities of...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to alter a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The changes are required as a result of action by the Bureau of Alcohol, Toba...
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The Department of the Army is proposing to alter two existing systems of records notices in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The alterations consist of adding a routine use to e...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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The Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rule amending the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) to incorporate certain contract reform initiatives on June 27, 1997. (62 FR 34842) Among the initiatives is the implementation of DO...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB):...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
The EPA is taking final action to approve revisions to Missouri's State Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning Missouri rules 10 CSR 10-2.260 and 10 CSR 10-5.220, ``Control of Petroleum Liquid Storage, Loading, and Transfer.'' The purpose of these revi...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
On May 6, 1996, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control submitted revisions to the South Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP) involving revisions to 61-62.5 Standard 7, Prevention of Significant Deterioration to add Supp...
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On May 6, 1996, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control submitted revisions to the South Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP) involving the addition of Supplement C to the air quality modeling guidelines located in 61-62...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 1997
Participating Agencies Programs within the following Federal agencies are participating in the selection and implementation of the Brownfields Showcase Communities: Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that, for the period October 1992 to October 1994, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), which is operated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), was in compliance with the Federal statutes...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that, for the period October 1994 to October 1996, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), which is operated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), was in compliance with the pertinent Federal...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
EPA has granted experimental use permits to the following applicants. These permits are in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of 40 CFR part l72, which defines EPA procedures with respect to the use of pesticides for experimental use pur...
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Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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In accordance with the Privacy Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is combining the two systems of records entitled Payroll (BGFRS-7) and Leave (BGFRS-8), and making amendments to include new routine uses, as well as ref...
Notice Aug 20, 1997

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Office of Acquisition Policy has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a reinstatement of a previously approved i...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
The General Services Administration (GSA) announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for realignment and expansion of the Tecate Port of Entry (POE) in Tecate, California. GSA will hold a public meeting to take publ...
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that it will reopen the comment period for the proposed rule on dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids that appeared in the Federal Register of June 4, 1997 (62 FR 30678). The agency in...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 1997
Notice Aug 20, 1997
Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has made a final finding of scientific misconduct in the following case: Shoushu Jiao, M.D., University of Wisconsin: Based upon reports from the University of Wisconsin as well as in...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has made a final finding of scientific misconduct in the following case: Jill A. London, Ph.D., University of Connecticut Health Center: Based upon a report from the University of Con...
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In the November 10, 1994 issue of the Federal Register (FR Doc. 94-27703) (59 FR 56116), we established rules for survey of skilled nursing facilities that participate in the Medicare program, and nursing facilities that participate in the Medicaid p...
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This is notice in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of a domestic exclusive license to practice the inventio...
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This notice sets forth proposed actions to be taken under the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (59 FR 34496, amended 59 FR 40170, 60 FR 20726, 61 FR 1482, 61 FR 10004, 62 FR 4782). Interested parties are invited to subm...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of July 21, 1997 (62 FR 39003). The document announced that Ube Industries (America), Inc., filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulati...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Ecosystem Roundtable (a subcommittee of the Bay-Delta Advisory Council) will meet to discuss the following issues: an update on the type and number of proposals received as a result of the 1997 Category III Request for Proposals; the evaluation a...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
On July 22, 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) designated critical habitat for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), a species federally listed as endangered under the authority of the Endangered Species Act...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
On July 21, 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule designating the Rocky Mountain population of whooping cranes (Grus americana) as experimental nonessential and removing whooping crane critical habitat designations...
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is amending the regulations that pertain to formation and administration of logical mining units (LMUs) by limiting the inclusion in an LMU of Federal coal leases that have not produced commercial quantities of coa...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
This rule prescribes final early-season frameworks which States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 1997-98 migratory bird hunting seasons. Early seasons are those which generally open prior...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
The following described land in Lander County, Nevada, patented to the Board of Regents, University of Nevada under provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended, has been examined and found suitable for elimination of the reversio...
Notice Aug 20, 1997

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Revised schedule for the subject investigations.
Notice Aug 20, 1997
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to extend by 15 days, i.e., until October 2, 1997, the administrative deadline for determining whether to review the final initial determination (ID) issued by the presid...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of countervailing duty investigations Nos. 701-TA-368-371 (Final) under section 705(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1671d(b)) (the Act) to determine whether an indus...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 15, 1997, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1337, on behalf of Raychem Corporation, 300 Constitution Drive, M...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (ID) of the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) in the above-captioned investigation finding respondent Giftline Internatio...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
Notice is hereby given that, in response to an order issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (``the Federal Circuit'') on April 24, 1997 (the ``remand order''), the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that the requireme...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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In September 1997, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS or Service) will begin producing two versions of identification cards with new designs and form numbers. The new cards are Form I-872, the American Indian Card, for United States citi...
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Merit Systems Protection Board logo Merit Systems Protection Board

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As required by The Privacy Act of 1974, the Merit Systems Protection Board published a notice in the Federal Register on Monday, August 4, 1997 (62 FR 41978) proposing to establish a new system of records entitled Workload and Assignment Tracking Sys...
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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington,...
Notice Aug 20, 1997

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, of a collection of information in its regulations on Termination of Single Empl...
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Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is revising its regulations to clarify the nomination, selection, and employment procedures of the Presidential Management Intern (PMI) Program. The revised regulations also clarify that PMI's do not serve pro...
Rule Aug 20, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying th...
Notice Aug 20, 1997

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

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In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, this notice announces a computer matching program that SSA plans to conduct with the States.
Notice Aug 20, 1997

State Department logo State Department

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This public meeting will provide an overview of ongoing negotiations through the U.N. Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization to develop a binding agreement on the application of a prior informed consent procedure for certain ha...
Notice Aug 20, 1997
Determination Under the Arms Export Control Act.
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The United States Government has determined that entities in North Korea have engaged in missile technology proliferation activities that require imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, and the Export Administrati...
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State Justice Institute

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This Guideline sets forth the administrative, programmatic, and financial requirements attendant to Fiscal Year 1998 State Justice Institute grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.
Notice Aug 20, 1997

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (BHTI) Model 214ST helicopters, that requires replacement of each emergency float inflation solenoid valve (valve). This amendment is prompted by tw...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 777-200 series airplanes. This action requires repetitive torquing of the bushing retainer nuts of the pivot pins in the horizontal stabilizer hinge a...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain British Aerospace BAe Model ATP airplanes and all Model HS 748 series airplanes. This proposal would require inspection of the main hydraulic accu...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 1997
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Model 369F and 369FF helicopters. This proposal would require removing the tail rotor control rod assembly (ro...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 1997
This amendment revises an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-80 series airplanes and Model MD-88 airplanes, that currently requires visual/dye penetrant and ultrasonic inspections to detect crack...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes, that requires replacement of the existing fire, tailpipe, and bleed-air overheat detector control units with new, improved units. T...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
This document corrects NHTSA's regulation specifying the characteristics of the test dummy representing a six-year-old child. It revises the specification for locating the center of gravity (cg) of the thorax by moving it forward 0.4 inches from the...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
The Research and Special Programs Administration proposes to modify current procedures in its drug testing regulations governing situations in which pipeline employees test positive on a drug test. The proposed changes would require pipeline operator...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 1997
On December 30, 1996, RSPA proposed to amend the Hazardous Material Regulations to prohibit the carriage of oxidizers, including compressed oxygen, aboard all passenger-carrying aircraft. The effect of this prohibition would be to limit oxidizers to...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 1997

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains final regulations relating to the allocation of depreciation recapture among partners in a partnership. The final regulations amend existing regulations to require that gain characterized as depreciation recapture be allocated,...
Rule Aug 20, 1997
This document amends the Customs Regulations to ease the requirement that whenever words appear on imported articles indicating the name of a geographic location other than the true country of origin of the article, the country of origin marking alwa...
Rule Aug 20, 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 Aug 20, 1997

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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