August 26, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register August 26, 1997

View all documents issued on August 26, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

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Agencies Publishing on August 26, 1997

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement to disclose effects of alternatives to harvest live and dead Engelmann spruce, sub-alpine fir, lodgepole pine, aspen and associated road construction an...
Notice Aug 26, 1997
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council of Environmental Quality Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives notice that an enviro...
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) proposes to revise its bulletin of specifications and drawings for 24.9/14.4 kV overhead distribution line construction. RUS proposes to separate the bulletin into 19 sections. Each section would contain an index, co...
Proposed Rule Aug 26, 1997
This rule increases the assessment rate established for the Kiwifruit Administrative Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 920 for the 1997-98 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Committee is responsible for local administration of the marke...
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The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule which changed the regulatory period currently prescribed under the lime marketing order and the lime import regulations. The marketing order...
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Correction Aug 26, 1997
We are amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by quarantining a portion of Los Angeles County, CA, and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from the quarantined area. This action is necessary on an emergency basis to prevent...
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We are giving notice of the date and location of the lottery for authorization of the use of the Harry S Truman Animal Import Center (HSTAIC) in calendar year 1998. We are also giving notice of the period during which applications must reach the Anim...
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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will prepare a supplement to the environmental impact statement, issued in July 1994, for the rulemaking proceeding entitled ``Importation of Logs, Lumber, and Other Unman...
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Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board logo Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

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The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) has scheduled its regular business meetings to take place in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, September 8-10, 1997 at the times and location noted below.
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Assassination Records Review Board logo Assassination Records Review Board

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The Assassination Records Review Board (Review Board) met in a closed meeting on August 5, 1997, and made formal determinations on the release of records under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act). By i...
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Broadcasting Board of Governors logo Broadcasting Board of Governors

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Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is notifying the public of its revocation of the antidumping duty order on aspheric ophthalmoscopy lenses from Japan because it is no longer of any interest to domestic interested parties.
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The Department of Commerce invites U.S. companies to participate in the following overseas trade missions:
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is withdrawing Norfolk Canyon from consideration as an Active Candidate for designation as a National Marine Sanctuary. Norfolk Canyon is located approximately 60 nautical miles east of the entrance...
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On July 16, 1997, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet, and strip from the Republic of Korea (62 FR 38064)....
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Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

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The NCCC seeks collaboration in the performance of service projects in the areas of education, the environment, public safety, other unmet human needs, and disaster relief.
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Army announces the general availability of exclusive, partially exclusive or non-exclusive licenses under U.S. Patent No. 4,867,957, issued 19 Sept. 1989, entitled ``Process for Making Polyphosphaszenes''. Licenses shall comply...
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This proposed rule provides an exception to the CHAMPUS dual compensation/conflict of interest provisions. This exception is for part-time physician employees of government agencies.
Proposed Rule Aug 26, 1997
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a forthcoming meeting of the Executive Committee of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of the meeting is to review the current status of recommendat...
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Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Task Force on Defense Reform (the Task Force). Due to a revision in the schedule, the previously announced closed meeting on this date is now open to the public. One purpose of the meeting is to meet with th...
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This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for the meeting of the National Defense Panel of September 4 and 5, 1997. In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law No. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App....
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On August 7, 1997, the Department of Defense published a notice of closed meetings scheduled for October 23 and 24, 1997 (62 FR 42521). These meetings have been rescheduled to December 10 and 11, 1997. All other information remain unchanged.
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Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board logo Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Citizens Power Sales (CP Sales) and Plum Street Energy Marketing, Inc. (PSEM), power marketers, have submitted applications to export electric energy to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
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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: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Los Alamos National...
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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: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site.
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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 continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): ``Exports From a...
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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 Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): New York City Educ...
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The EPA is taking final action to approve revisions to Missouri's State Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning Missouri's rule 10 CSR 10-6.110, ``Submission of Emission Data, Emission Fees, and Process Information''. This rule also clarifies the requir...
Rule Aug 26, 1997
The EPA is approving revisions to Missouri's federally enforceable operating permit (FESOP) program contained in Missouri rule 10 CSR 10-6.065. These revisions are designed to ease the administrative burden on the state and on affected sources withou...
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is hereby given that the Printing, Computers and Electronics, Metal Finishing, and Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittees of the Common Sense Initiative Council will meet on the...
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Correction Aug 26, 1997
The EPA is proposing to approve a redesignation request submitted by the State of Indiana on April 8, 1993, and supplemented on June 17, 1997. In this submittal, Indiana submitted a maintenance plan and requested that a portion of Vermillion County b...
Proposed Rule Aug 26, 1997
In this action, EPA is approving a redesignation request submitted by the State of Indiana on April 8, 1993. Supplemental information was provided on June 17, 1997. In this submittal, Indiana requested that a portion of Vermillion County be redesigna...
Rule Aug 26, 1997
The Gulf of Mexico Program's Citizens Advisory Committee will hold a meeting at The Pontchartrain Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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As required by section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 9(c), EPA gave notice of the establishment of the ICCR Federal Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as the ICCR Coordinating Committee) in the...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public meeting on September 18, 1997 in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the meeting will be to gather information and collect opinions from parties who will be affected by provisions of the P...
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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This Order removes the Commission's rules implementing Section 7 of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act: Compensation of Costs of Mitigating Cuban Interference because the funding for this activity was only authorized for a four year period from the d...
Rule Aug 26, 1997
On May 30, 1997, the Commission released a Memorandum Opinion and Order (``Order'') establishing sufficient reporting requirements for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILEC's) to enable the Commission and the industry to monitor the service quality...
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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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On July 3, 1997 (62 FR 37744, July 15, 1997), the Board requested comment on a proposal to apply sections 23A and 23B to transactions between a member bank and any subsidiary that engages in activities that are impermissible for the bank itself and t...
Proposed Rule Aug 26, 1997
The Federal Open Market Committee (Committee) hereby proposes to amend its Rules Regarding Availability of Information (Rules) to reflect recent changes in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as a result of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act...
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The Board is amending its delegation rules to remove the delegation to the Board's General Counsel to approve provisions of Federal Reserve Bank operating circulars related to uniform services. Under a newly amended supervisory letter, other Board of...
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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This notice is a request for comment and review of the draft document for the Reporting of Pregnancy Success Rates from Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Programs as required by the Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act of 1992 (FC...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations for gentamicin injection. A document which published in the Federal Register of May 15, 1996 (61 FR 24440), inadvertently resulted in the 1997 edition of the Code of Feder...
Rule Aug 26, 1997
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The NADA provides for intramuscular injection of polysulfated glycosami...
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This notice with comment period interprets the term ``Federal means-tested public benefit[s]'' as used in Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Pub. L. 104-193, to include only mandatory spe...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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At the request of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), the Coast Guard is changing the regulations governing operation of the Route 52 (Ship Channel) Bridge across Great Egg Harbor Bay, mile 0.5, between Somers Point and Ocean City, N...
Rule Aug 26, 1997
In a notice published on May 28, 1997, the Coast Guard announced that it will conduct a comprehensive review of currently effective boating safety regulations during and after the meeting of the National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) in Oct...
Proposed Rule Aug 26, 1997
This document provides notice of the dates and times of the special local regulations contained in 33 CFR 100.114, Fireworks Displays within the First Coast Guard District. All vessels will be restricted from entering the area of navigable water with...
Rule Aug 26, 1997
Temporary special local regulations are being proposed for the Miller Lite Offshore Challenge Boat Race at Islamorada, Florida, sponsored by Offshore Power Boat Racing Association, Inc. This event will be held on October 4, 1997, between 11 a.m. and...
Proposed Rule Aug 26, 1997
This document implements 33 CFR 100.1101, ``Southern California annual marine events, for the ``World Series of Powerboat Racing'' listed as ``Thunderboat Regatta.'' This event consists of circle races by various classes of Hydroplane racing boats an...
Rule Aug 26, 1997
The Director of FEMA (Director) gives notice of the termination of the FEMA Advisory Board (Board) in order to adopt a more inclusive process than previously used for involving constituents and stakeholders in policy development.
Notice Aug 26, 1997

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Superintendent of Denali National Park and the Chairperson of the Denali Subsistence Resource Commission announce a forthcoming meeting of the Denali National Park Subsistence Resource Commission. The following agenda items will be discussed:
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Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Needles Resource Area office is conducting a cooperative planning effort focused on Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) and recreation use in the southeastern portion of Chemehuevi Valley in Calif...
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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended), the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared an abbreviated Final Environmental Impact Statement that responds to comm...
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Notice is hereby given that the BLM has examined certain public lands and hereby classifies them suitable for transfer to the State of Idaho via Indemnity School Land Selection. this action is required to provide the state with public lands to settle...
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This order revokes: (1) In its entirety, a Secretarial Order dated June 6, 1922, as it affects 36.51 acres of public lands withdrawn for Power Site Classification No. 42; (2) in its entirety, an Executive Order dated August 11, 1913, as it affects 15...
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The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting comments from agencies and the public concerning its revisions to its procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Once final these policies would apply to the activities of the National...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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This final rule clarifies when and how fees must be paid when a motion to reopen or reconsider is filed concurrently with any application for relief under the immigration laws for which a fee is chargeable. This final rule applies to motions to reope...
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This document sets forth proposed revisions of the Department's regulations under both the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act of 1974. The FOIA and Privacy Act regulations have been streamlined and condensed, in accordance with the...
Proposed Rule Aug 26, 1997
In this document, the Bureau of Prisons is revising its regulations on the use of urine surveillance to detect and deter illegal drug use in order to reorganize the provisions and to allow for the use of discretion by staff in filing an incident repo...
Rule Aug 26, 1997

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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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 an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continui...
Notice Aug 26, 1997
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 an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continui...
Notice Aug 26, 1997

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Peace Corps logo Peace Corps

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Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1981 (44 USC, Chapter 35) Peace Corps of the United States has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for approval of information collection Peace Corps Medical History and Examination Fo...
Notice Aug 26, 1997

Postal Service logo Postal Service

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Global Package Link Service is an international mail service designed for companies sending merchandise to other countries. To implement agreements previously entered into with the postal administrations of Mexico and Singapore, those two countries a...
Rule Aug 26, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

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The Social Security Administration announces that, for purposes of title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), as amended, the only benefits paid by the Social Security Administration which are ``...
Notice Aug 26, 1997

State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Eurocopter France Model SA-366G1 helicopters, with certain main rotor head frequency adapters (frequency adapters) installed. This proposal would require...
Proposed Rule Aug 26, 1997
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 series turbofan engines, that currently requires cleaning of front compressor front hubs (fan hubs); initial and repetitive eddy current (ECI)...
Rule Aug 26, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Puritan-Bennett Aero Systems Co. (Puritan-Bennett) cone and seal assemblies, part numbers 210543 and 210543-01, that were manufactured or repaired from August 1996 through July...
Rule Aug 26, 1997
This notice announces the decision by NHTSA that 1993 Jeep Wrangler MPVs manufactured for the Middle Eastern and other foreign markets that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are elig...
Notice Aug 26, 1997
The FHWA is considering a revision to the requirement in 49 CFR 391.11(b)(2) of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that drivers of commercial motor vehicles operated in interstate commerce be able to read and speak the English lang...
Proposed Rule Aug 26, 1997
This document proposes to amend the upper interior impact requirements of Standard No. 201, Occupant Protection in Interior Impact, to permit, but not require, the introduction of dynamic head protection systems currently being developed by vehicle m...
Proposed Rule Aug 26, 1997
In March 1997, NHTSA temporarily amended the agency's occupant crash protection standard to ensure that vehicle manufacturers can quickly depower all air bags so that they inflate less aggressively. More specifically, the agency adopted an unbelted s...
Rule Aug 26, 1997
This notice requests public participation in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval process regarding an RSPA new collection of information. RSPA wishes to begin testing a pilot program for a national pipeline mapping system (NPMS) . RSPA...
Notice Aug 26, 1997
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend the following currently approved information collec...
Notice Aug 26, 1997
This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which 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 des...
Rule Aug 26, 1997
This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which 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 Procedu...
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This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which 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 Lochridge Ranc...
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This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which 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 Munic...
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This action confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises the Class E surface airspace at Ponca City, OK. Communication capability and weather observations exist continuously for terminal instrument operations at Ponca City Municip...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document corrects certain typographical errors that were made in the interim regulations document published in the Federal Register on June 4, 1997, which updated the list of ports that process commercial vessels that transport cargo that are su...
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