October 2, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register October 2, 1997

View all documents issued on October 2, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

138 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 2, 1997

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Secretary of Agriculture is renewing the charter for the California Spotted Owl Federal Advisory Committee which is reviewing a preliminary revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Managing California Spotted Owl Habitat in the Sierra Nev...
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The Forest Service published a notice of the establishment of the Homochitto Purchase Unit in the Federal Register on Tuesday, July 1, 1997. The establishment designation document, published as part of the notice, contained an error in the descriptio...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice of opportunity to request administrative review of antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended investigation.
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NMFS adjusts the October-December subquota for the General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) fishery by transferring 13 mt from the Reserve, 3 mt from the Incidental Longline North quota, and 54 mt from the Incidental Longline South quota, for a r...
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The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''), International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and reques...
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NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from trawl catcher/processors to trawl catcher vessels in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the 1997 total allowable catch (TA...
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Notice is hereby given that the National Marine Fisheries Service has denied issuance of a permit to M & M Amusement Park to import marine mammals for public display purposes.
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The NWS is publishing a proposed certification for the automation of the Williston, ND, Weather Service Office which will be automated at FAA Weather Observation Service Level D and with services being provided by the future Bismarck Weather Forecast...
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The NWS is publishing proposed certifications for the automation and closure of the following Weather Service offices at the indicated FAA Weather Observation Service Level: (1) Abilene, TX Weather Service Office (WSO) which will be automated at FAA...
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The NWS is publishing proposed certifications for the consolidation, automation, and closure of the following Weather Service offices at the indicated FAA Weather Observation Service Level: (1) Alamosa, CO Weather Service Office (WSO) which will be a...
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On May 13, 1997, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain welded carbon steel pipe and tube from Turkey. The review covers shipments of this me...
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In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting oil exp...
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On June 6, 1997, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on viscose rayon staple fiber from Sweden for the period January 1, 1...
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Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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This document corrects the preamble to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on September 8, 1997, which concerns the Navy's request to amend the danger zone regulations. In the preamble the size of a restricted area is incorrectly expres...
Proposed Rule Oct 02, 1997
The Director of Defense Procurement is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to expand the list of positions in which contractors may not allow persons convicted of fraud or other DoD contract-related feloni...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The 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 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to amend its regulations governing information and requests to reflect the requirements and specifications of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996. The Commission...
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In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collec...
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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 the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Voluntary...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be holding a one-day public meeting on Thursday, October 30, 1997, in Boston, MA. The purpose of this meeting is to present information on EPA's plans for activities to develop a proposed National Primar...
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This document contains a correction to the EPA's approval action of Louisiana's RACT Catch-up SIP revision, published on July 25, 1996. Several minor regulation citations and the date of the Governor's SIP submission letter were erroneously cited in...
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The Environmental Protection Agency, Region I Office, Boston, MA, has notified in writing the EPA--New England states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut that effective October 1, 1997, all owners or operators of a demolition or r...
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EPA's grant regulations (40 CFR 35.150) require the Agency to evaluate the performance of agencies which receive grants. EPA's regulations for regional consistency (40 CFR 56.7) require that the Agency notify the public of the availability of the rep...
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92- 463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2), notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Sub...
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In this document EPA is making a final finding that the Clark County, Nevada carbon monoxide (CO) nonattainment area has not attained the CO national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) under the Clean Air Act (CAA) after having received a one year...
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This document announces the completion of EPA evaluation of Vehicle Exhaust Emission Control Device (VEECD) under provision of Section 32918 of Title 49 U.S.C. This notice also announces EPA's findings, conclusions, and the availability of the report...
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On January 23, 1996 (61 FR 1730), EPA proposed to amend the Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants under section 304(h) of the Clean Water Act to replace existing gravimetric test procedures for the determination of th...
Proposed Rule Oct 02, 1997
EPA is extending the comment period on an August 22, 1997 document which announced a public meeting and requested written comments on the development of training and certification requirements and work practice standards for individuals and firms con...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to enter into three separate cost recovery settlement agreements to address claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42...
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Through this notice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting applications for consideration at the Tenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the Protocol) to be held in September...
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On July 29, 1997, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a direct final rule (62 FR 40708) which established regulations to implement the Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1996 (LDPFA). These regulations provide additional fl...
Rule Oct 02, 1997
EPA is revoking significant new use rules (SNURs) promulgated under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 95 substances based on new toxicity data. Based on the new data the Agency no longer finds that activities not describe...
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Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is postponing a public meeting it had previously scheduled for October 3, 1997, to discuss development of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on coordinating environmental response actions with natural resou...
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Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

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The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) published a final rule under part 602 on August 1, 1997 (62 FR 41253). The final rule amends the regulations governing the release of information. The objective of the final rule is to conform applicable FCA regul...
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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Each Wednesday, the Common Carrier Bureau holds meetings with the proponents of the Hatfield Model and the Benchmark Cost Proxy Model to solicit the model proponents' individual views on the models' current features, the relative merits of the two mo...
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

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The inventions listed below are owned by agencies of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the United States in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research and develo...
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The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is publishing a notice to amend one of its Systems of Records, ``The Federal Parent Locator System and Federal Tax Offset System (FPLS), DHHS/OCSE No. 09- 90-0074. We are also amending the routine uses f...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Albuquerque District, Taos Resource Area and Canon City District, San Luis Resource Area have completed a Draft CRMP/EIS, and a Taos Resources Management Plan Amendment. This notice amends the Notice of Availabilit...
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The United States of America, pursuant to the provisions of Section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1745 (1994)), proposes to disclaim all interest in the following described land to Ruth O'Connell, the owner of r...
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The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit (ITP) pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Th...
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The following land is suitable for direct sale under Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1713, and at no less than the appraised fair market value. The land will not be offered for sale until at least 60 days...
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This proposed rule would implement a provision of the December 10, 1996, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) Regarding Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Pipelines. Unde...
Proposed Rule Oct 02, 1997
The Bureau of Indian Affairs proposes to change the assessment rates for operating and maintaining the Fort Belknap Irrigation Project for 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and subsequent years. The following table illustrates the impact of the rate adjus...
Notice Oct 02, 1997
This notice terminates a Recreation and Public Purpose Act Classification on 160 acres so the lands can be clear listed to the State of Idaho pursuant to Sections 2275 and 2276, Revised Statutes, as amended (43 U.S.C. 851 and 852).
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission (``the Commission'') determined to impose a civil penalty of $ 1,550,000 on respondents San Huan New Materials High Tech, Inc., Ningbo Konit Industries, Inc., and Tridus Internationa...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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The Department of Justice (Department) has determined that the State of Maine Human Rights Act, 5 MRSA Sec. 4553 et seq., as implemented by the Maine Accessibility Regulations (together, the Maine law), meets or exceeds the new construction and alter...
Notice Oct 02, 1997
The Department of Justice will hold informal hearings on the proposed certification that the Maine Human Rights Act, 5 MRSA Sec. 4553 et seq., as implemented by the Maine Accessibility Regulations, meets or exceeds the new construction and alteration...
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U.S. Parole Commission is amending its regulations on disclosure of Parole Commission files to provide for expedited processing of requests and a multi-track system to comply with the ``Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996.''
Rule Oct 02, 1997
The United States Trustee Program (``Program''), a component of the Department of Justice, is formalizing procedures to govern the suspension and termination of future case assignments to panel and standing trustees. The final rule enables a trustee...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Inte...
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Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

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The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is submitting for public comment certain settlement proposals for the adjustment of the royalty rates for the noncommercial educational broadcasting compulsory license.
Proposed Rule Oct 02, 1997
This rule amends the Library of Congress's Best Edition Statement concerning motion pictures deposited under Title 17, section 407, mandatory deposit, and section 408, registration deposit. The Statement sets out the criteria to be applied in determi...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and NASA policy and p...
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National Counterintelligence Center logo National Counterintelligence Center

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On February 27, 1997, the National Counterintelligence Center (NACIC) published for public comment a notice for the establishment of a new Privacy Act system of records. It was provided in that notice that the system of records would become effective...
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act of Ti...
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The NRC will hold a public workshop in Rockville, Maryland, to provide the NRC staff and the public with an overview of dose modeling methods that may be useful in demonstrating compliance with dose-based radiological criteria for license termination...
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Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Model MD-900 helicopters, that requires removing certain serial-numbered main rotor swashplate bearings (bearings) and replacing them...
Rule Oct 02, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Mitsubishi) MU-2B series airplanes. This AD requires incorporating information into the Limitations Section of the Airplane Flight Manual...
Rule Oct 02, 1997
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by Fort Smith Airport Commission under the provisions of Title 49 U.S.C., Chapter 475 and CFR part 150. These findings are made in recogniti...
Notice Oct 02, 1997
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for proposed improvements to the transportation system in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
Notice Oct 02, 1997
This document changes the date aircraft operators are liable for overflight fees for air traffic and related services received during Canada-to-Canada overflights from October 1, 1997, to March 1, 1998. This change is necessary to avoid temporary dis...
Rule Oct 02, 1997
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at McAllen-Miller International Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Om...
Notice Oct 02, 1997
Purusant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal...
Notice Oct 02, 1997
The Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) invites representatives of industry, state and local government, and the public to an open meeting on the use of remotely controlled valves (RCVs) on natural gas pipeline facilities. Congress ma...
Proposed Rule Oct 02, 1997
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review a...
Notice Oct 02, 1997
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
Rule Oct 02, 1997
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP's) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of change...
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This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document changes the date of the New York City public hearing on proposed regulations relating to the government's use of electronic funds transfer to make all Federal payments, with the exception of tax refunds, after January 1, 1999.
Proposed Rule Oct 02, 1997
The Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, gives notice of a proposed alteration to the system of records entitled, ``General Personnel and Payroll Records -Treasury/IRS 36.003,'' which is subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S...
Notice Oct 02, 1997
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (the ``agencies'') may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, and information colle...
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The Office of Academic Programs of the United States Information Agency's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for an assistance award program. Accredited, post-secondary educational institutions meeting the provis...
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The Office of Academic Programs of the United States Information Agency's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for an assistance award program. Accredited, post-secondary educational institutions meeting the provis...
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The Office of International Visitors (E/V) of the United States Information Agency's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces a competition for an assistance award. Public and Private nonprofit organizations not currently receiving Office...
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The Russia/Eurasia Division of the Office of Citizen Exchanges of the United States Information Agency's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for an assistance award. Public and private non-profit organizations mee...
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Subject to the availability of funds, the Office of Academic Programs, Academic Exchanges Division, European Branch, of the United States Information Agency's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for an assistance...
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