Federal Register October 3, 1997 (Volume 62)

Agencies Publishing on October 3, 1997

Agriculture Department (4)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (8)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
Defense Department (8)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (14)
Environmental Protection Agency (10)
Federal Communications Commission (9)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Health and Human Services Department (9)
Homeland Security Department (8)
Housing and Urban Development Department (5)
Interior Department (10)
Justice Department (9)
Labor Department (5)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (3)
National Archives and Records Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (2)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (2)
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State Justice Institute (1)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (5)
Treasury Department (4)
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United States Information Agency (1)
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United States Sentencing Commission (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (2)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Employee Responsibilities and Conduct The Department of Agriculture (Department) is repealing its internal standards of conduct regulations as part of the National Performance Review (NPR) program to eliminate unnecessary regulations.	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Housing Service's (RHS) intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the Section 502 Rural Housing Demonstratio...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Agriculture Department > FS, Interior Department > BLM Oil and Gas Leasing Analysis; Helena & Deerlodge National Forests, MT Counties: Lewis and Clark, Powell, Jefferson, Broadwater, and Meagher. State: Montana The period of public review for the draft supplement to the FEIS for the Helena National Forest and Elkhorn Portion of the Deerlodge National Forest Oil and Gas Leasing Analysis has been extended to October 29, 1997. The USDA Forest Service and USDI...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Agriculture Department > CCC Standards for Approval of Cold Storage Warehouses for Peanuts This final rule removes obsolete regulations pertaining to approval of cold storage warehouses for peanuts under the peanut price support program. The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) no longer uses cold storage warehouses for peanuts owned by CCC...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997

Civil Rights Commission

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 121 Albany, NY, Area and Approval for Manufacturing Authority (Eyeglass Frames)	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Commerce Department Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 80 San Antonio, Texas, Area	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Trip Limit Changes NMFS announces further adjustments to the Pacific Coast groundfish limited entry fisheries for the Sebastes complex and its components canary and yellowtail rockfish, the Dover sole-thornyhead- trawl sablefish (DTS) complex and its components Dover s...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Commerce Department Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Coastal Mobile Refining Company; (Oil Refinery) Mobile County, AL	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Commerce Department Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Phillips Petroleum Company (Oil Refinery) Brazoria County, TX	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Plan Regulations NMFS issues a final rule to require new training, equipment, and gear modifications for operators and vessels in the California/ Oregon drift gillnet fishery for thresher shark and swordfish to reduce the level of mortality and serious injury of seve...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Commerce Department > USBC The 1998 Study of Privacy Attitudes (SPA) 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	Oct 03, 1997
Commerce Department > ITA U.S.-Turkey Business Development Council: Membership As part of its Big Emerging Market Strategy for Turkey, the U.S. Department of Commerce is establishing a Business Development Council (BDC) in cooperation with the Turkish Government. This notice updates the Federal Register notice published Novembe...	Notice	Oct 03, 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 and Deletion 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, and deletes from the Procurement List a service previously furnished by such ag...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete commodities previously furnished by su...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Visa Requirements for Textile and Clothing Products in the Second Stage of Integration Into the World Trade Organization Notice.	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Certification on Conversion of Military Positions to Civilian Positions This notice is being published in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1997. This Act requires that the Department of Defense provide notification upon its certification to Congress that 3,000 military positions were converte...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Defense Department Defense Science Board Task Force on Submarine of the Future The Defense Science Board Task Force on Submarine of the Future will meet in closed session on October 10, at TRW, One Federal Systems Park, Fairfax, Virginia; on October 27-28, at Science Applications International Corporation, 8301 Greensboro Drive...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Defense Department > DSWA Defense Special Weapons Agency Privacy Program The Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA) is proposing to add two sections to its procedural rule for the DSWA Privacy Program. The two sections are entitled Disclosure of record to persons other than the individual to whom it pertains and Fees. The...	Proposed Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Interior Department > BOR, Defense Department > USA, COE Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (DEIR/DEIS) for the Hamilton City Pumping Plant Fish Screen Improvement Project, Central Valley, CA The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District (GCID), and the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) propose to construct the Hamilton City Pumping Plant Fish Improvement Scr...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Defense Department Fall 1997 Conference Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) Pursuant to Section 10(a), Public Law 92-463, as amended, notice is hereby given of a forthcoming semiannual conference of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of the Fall 1997 DACOWITS Conference is to assi...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Defense Department > USN Notice of Public Hearings for a Draft Clean Air Act Conformity Determination and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Realignment of F/A-18 Aircraft and Operational Functions From Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Florida to Other East Coast Installations Pursuant to Section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and the Clean Air Act, General Conformity Rule (40 CFR Part 93), the Depar...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Defense Department > USA Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of the Army 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 alteration adds a new category of individuals covered and a routine use to...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Defense Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to amend 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 amendments are needed to update the current notice. DATES: The...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Advisory Council on Education Statistics, (ACES) This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of the forthcoming meetings of the Advisory Council on Education Statistics (ACES). Notice of these meetings are required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This docum...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Application	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department Acquisition Regulation, Classification, Security and Counterintelligence The Department of Energy (DOE) is amending the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) to revise its classification contract clause, revise its access authorization (security clearance) procedures for contractor personnel, and add new coun...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department Certification of the Radiological Condition of Four Buildings at the Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research, Davis, California The Department of Energy (DOE) has completed radiological surveys and taken remedial action to decontaminate and decommission four buildings located at the Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research (LEHR) facility in Davis, California. This prope...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department Denver City Energy Associates, L.P.; Notice of Filing of Coal Capability Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act On September 23, 1997, Denver City Energy Associates, L.P. submitted a coal capability self-certification pursuant to section 201 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department > DOE Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedure for Kitchen Ranges, Cooktops, Ovens, and Microwave Ovens The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is amending its test procedure for kitchen ranges, cooktops, ovens, and microwave ovens. Generally, this rulemaking incorporates portions of the International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 705 a...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Hermiston Generating Company, L.P., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department > FERC MIGC, Inc., Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Public Outreach Meeting	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Public Outreach Meeting	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department > FERC PacificCorp; Notice of Filing	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department Restricted Eligibility in Support of Advanced Coal Research at U.S. Colleges and Universities The FETC announces that pursuant to 10 CFR 600.8(a)(2), and in support of advanced coal research to U.S. colleges and universities, it intends to conduct a competitive Program Solicitation and award financial assistance grants to qualified recipients...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Williams Generation Company-Hazelton, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Asbestos-Containing Materials in School Rule and Model Accreditation Plan (MAP) Rule; Agency Information Collection Activities 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). Before submittin...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Consent Decree: Phoenix Federal Implementation Plan for Carbon Monoxide In accordance with Section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree in litigation instituted against the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') regarding implementation of the contingency measure p...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential increased wastewater pollutant loadings to area ground water, and lack of analysis and disclosure of potential indirect effects of induced development. Additional information is needed to fully ass...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Exception Decisions to Early Entry Prohibition, Worker Protection Standard; Technical Amendment EPA is modifying its worker protection regulation to provide notice of an additional administrative exception to the general prohibition on early entry into pesticide-treated areas contained in the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) issued under the Fe...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) Projects; Open Meetings Three projects of the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) will hold meetings open to the public at the time and place listed below in this notice. The Lead Project will not be meeting this session. The public is encouraged to attend the...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Worker Protection Standard; Administrative Exception for Cut-Rose Hand Harvesting With this document, EPA is announcing it has granted a limited administrative exception to the 1992 Worker Protection Standard (WPS) restrictions on early entry into pesticide-treated areas allowing workers to hand harvest roses during restricted ent...	Proposed Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Settlement Under Section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1) The EPA is proposing to enter into an administrative settlement to resolve claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA). Notice is being published to inform the public of the prop...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Review and Evaluation of EPA Standards Regarding Children's Health Protection from Environmental Risks As part of its ongoing commitment to protect children from environmental health risks, EPA will select five existing human health and environmental protection standards for review and evaluation to determine if they sufficiently protect children's he...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of Test Data This notice announces EPA's receipt of test data on Tertiary Amyl Methyl Ether (TAME) (CAS No. 994-05-8). These data were submitted pursuant to an enforceable testing consent agreement/order issued by EPA under section 4 of the Toxic Substances Contr...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Implementation of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 This order amends the Commission's rules regarding implementation of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 to comply with the changes mandated by the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996. This action will ma...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) 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 collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Naylor, MO This document allots Channel 260A to Naylor, Missouri, as that community's first local FM broadcast service in response to a petition filed by B.B.C., Inc. See 62 FR 38053, July 16, 1997. The coordinates for Channel 260A at Naylor are 36-34-12 and 90...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; New Boston, TX and Idabel, OK The Commission, at the request of Dixie Broadcasting Company, allots Channel 286A to New Boston, Texas. See 62 FR 3851, January 27, 1997. In response to a counterproposal filed by Idabel Community Broadcasters (RM-9067), the Commission also allots Ch...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Perry, FL This document requests comments on a petition filed by Frank Vela proposing the allotment of Channel 228A to Perry, Florida, as that community's second local FM broadcast service. There is a site restriction .8 kilometers (.5 miles) east of the commu...	Proposed Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Sardis, MS The Commission, at the request of Delta Radio, Inc., allots Channel 271A to Sardis, Mississippi, as the community's first local aural transmission service. See 62 FR 36756, July 9, 1997. Channel 271A can be allotted in compliance with the Commission'...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Spring Valley, MN and Osage, IA Action in this document substitutes Channel 282C3 for Channel 282A at Spring Valley, Minnesota, and modifies the license for Station KVGO(FM) to specify operation on Channel 282C3 in response to a petition filed by KVGO, Inc. See 62 FR 29090, May 29,...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Renewal of North American Numbering Council Charter Through October 4, 1999; GSA Approval On September 25, 1997, the Commission released a public notice announcing the General Services Administration (GSA) approval for the renewal of the North American Numbering Council (NANC) charter through October 4, 1999. The intended effect of this a...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Telecommunications Services Inside Wiring; Cable Home Wiring The Commission extended the deadline from October 2, 1997 to October 6, 1997 for filing reply comments in response to the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CS Docket No. 95-184 and MM Docket No. 92-260, FCC 97-304 (62 FR 46453 September 3, 199...	Proposed Rule	Oct 03, 1997

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the FDIC hereby gives notice that it plans to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for OMB review and approval of the information collec...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Title	Type	Published
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Supervisory Policy Statement on Investment Securities and End- User Derivatives Activities The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), and the National Credit Union Administration (N...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA)...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Current List of Laboratories Which Meet Minimum Standards To Engage in Urine Drug Testing for Federal Agencies, and Laboratories That Have Withdrawn From the Program The Department of Health and Human Services notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet standards of Subpart C of Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (59 FR 29916, 29925). A similar notice li...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Research and Demonstration Grants; Occupational Safety and Health	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
HHS, HUD Office of Lead Hazard Control; Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request 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...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Sveriges Starkelseproducenter; Filing of Food Additive Petition The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Sveriges Starkelseproducenter has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of industrial starch modified by treatment with up to 21...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Announces the Following Workshop	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations This interim rule lists communities where modification of the base (1% annual chance) flood elevations is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified base flood eleva...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations Modified base (1% annual chance) flood elevations are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified elevations will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Final Flood Elevation Determinations Base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are made final for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each c...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and proposed base flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations ar...	Proposed Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Regulated Navigation Area; Egmont Channel, Tampa Bay, FL This final rule removes the regulated navigation area on the Egmont Channel. The Channel has been dredged and the restriction of one way vessel movement for vessels with drafts in excess of 36 feet are no-longer required.	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety Zone Regulations; Interstate 5 Bridge Repair Project, Columbia River, Vancouver, WA The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone for the Interstate 5 bridge repair project on the Columbia River in Vancouver, Washington. This project will run from Tuesday, September 16, 1997, from 5 a.m. (PDT) through Wednesday, October 8, 1997, at...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety Zone: San Diego Bay, CA The Coast Guard is establishing a moving safety zone encompassing all navigable waters within 75 yards on all sides of the dredge FLORIDA while the FLORIDA is in the waters of San Diego Bay, California. This regulation is needed to restrict vessel tr...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Security Zone Regulations: New London Harbor, CT The Coast Guard is disestablishing two of four existing security zones in the Thames River, New London, Connecticut. Security Zone A and Security Zone D are being disestablished as these zones were used to safeguard moored Navy vessels which no longe...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
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	Oct 03, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment 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...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department if soliciting public comments on the subject propos...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Housing and Urban Development Department Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request The purposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS 30-Day Notice of Submission to OMBOpportunity for Public Comment Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3507) and 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the National Park Service invites public comments on eight information collection requests (IC...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request The Minerals Management Service's Office of Indian Royalty Assistance (OIRA) is soliciting comments from Indian mineral owners to determine the effectiveness of its services. OIRA will use this information to develop and implement new procedures to i...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Interior Department > DOI OHA Department Hearings and Appeals Procedures This action extends the comment period an additional 60 days on the Department of the Interior's Office of Hearings and Appeals' proposal to amend its rules to provide that, except as otherwise provided by law or other regulation, a decision will be...	Proposed Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Availability of Director's Order Concerning Relationships Between the National Park Service and Cooperating Associations The National Park Service (NPS) is converting and updating its current system of internal instructions to a three-level system consisting of: (1) NPS Management Policies; (2) Director's Orders; and (3) Reference Manuals/Handbooks and other helpful in...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the Coconino National Forest, United States Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ Notice.	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Hearing and Call for Public Comment The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces a public hearing on the Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposed coal lease sale and requests public comment on the fair market value of certain coal resources it proposes to offer for competitive lea...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Restrictions on Public Land; San Juan, Rio Arriba and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico In order to reduce the impacts to various resources caused by the high number of open roads and the use of off-highway vehicles in the Farmington District, use restrictions are announced by the Farmington District. Effective immediately, vehicle trav...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Southwest Resource Advisory Council Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.), notice is hereby given that the Southwest Resource Advisory Council (Southwest RAC) will meet on Thursday, November 13, 1997, at the Anasazi Heritage Center near Dolores, Colorado.	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Temporary Closure of Public Lands in the Southeastern Portion of Carbon County, MT and the Northern Portion of Big Horn County, WY Notice is served that designated areas of the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range will be closed to public access on a temporary and rotating basis during the wild horse gather operation scheduled to begin on or about October 20, 1997. It is anticipated...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request 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	Oct 03, 1997
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request 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	Oct 03, 1997
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request 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	Oct 03, 1997
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request 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	Oct 03, 1997
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request 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	Oct 03, 1997
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request 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	Oct 03, 1997
Justice Department > DEA Schedules of Controlled Substances: Excluded Veterinary Anabolic Steroid Implant Products The interim rule (62 FR 29289, May 30, 1997) which identified eight veterinary anabolic steroid implant products as being excluded from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is adopted without change.	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Justice Department > DEA Schedules of Controlled Substances: Exempt Anabolic Steroid Products The interim rule (62 FR 29288, May 30, 1997) which identified ten anabolic steroid products as being exempt from certain regulatory provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is adopted without change.	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Justice Department > INS, EOIR Suspension of Deportation and Cancellation of Removal This rule amends the regulations of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) by establishing a procedure for processing suspension of deportation and cancellation of removal and adjustmen...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA Grant of Individual Exemptions; McCroskey, Feldman, Cochrane & Brock, P.C. 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	Oct 03, 1997
Labor Department > DOL, WHD Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Labor Department > MSHA Petitions for Modification	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Labor Department > MSHA Petitions for Modification	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing The inventions listed below are assinged to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Space Science Advisory Committee (SScAC), Sun-Earth Connection Advisory Subcommittee; Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Space Science Advisory Committee, Sun-Earth Connection Advisory...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council, Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology Advisory Committee, Air Traffic Management Research and Development Executive Steering Committee; Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a NASA Advisory Council, Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology Advisory Committee, Air Traffic...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

National Archives and Records Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Records schedules identify records of sufficient value to warrant...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirements to be submitted: 1. The...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atlantic Richfield Company; Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted the Long-Term Surveillance Plan (LTSP) submitted by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), by letter dated July 31, 1997, for the Bluewater uranium mill and tailings disp...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission License Applications for Certain Items Containing Byproduct Material; Correction This document corrects a proposed rule appearing in the Federal Register on September 19, 1997 (62 FR 49173). The action is necessary to correct a publication date and cite.	Proposed Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Northern States Power Company Issuance of Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206 (DD-97-24)	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Updated Environmental Standard Review Plan: Availability The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared an update to the Environmental Standard Review Plan for the review of environmental reports for nuclear power plants (ESRP) for review and comment. A draft of the updated ESRP, NUREG-1555, incorpor...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Personnel Management Office

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Personnel Management Office Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of the Orlando, Florida, Appropriated Fund Wage Area The Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim rule to remove the requirement that a full-scale wage survey be conducted in the Orlando, Florida, Federal Wage System appropriated fund wage area in September 1997.	Rule	Oct 03, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Rule Amendments Relating to Multiple Class and Series Investment Companies The Commission is adopting amendments to the rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that permits open-end management investment companies (``funds'') to issue multiple classes of shares representing interests in the same portfolio. The amendme...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Listing and Trading of DIAMONDSSUPSM/SUP Trust Units	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Social Security Administration

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Social Security Administration Disability Insurance Benefits; Reduction Due to Receipt of State Workers' Compensation; Validity of an Amended Stipulation on a Prior Workers' Compensation Settlement Award; Minnesota In accordance with 20 CFR 402.35(b)(1), the Acting Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of Social Security Ruling, SSR 97-3. This Ruling, based on an SSA Regional Chief Counsel opinion, concerns whether the Social Security Administration shou...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

State Department

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State Department Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Notice of a Public Meeting Regarding Government Activities on International Harmonization of Chemical Classification and Labeling Systems This public meeting will provide an update on current activities related to international harmonization since the previous public meeting, conducted July 30, 1997. (See Department of State Public Notice 2570, on page 38337 of the Federal Register of...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
State Department Imposition of Chemical and Biological Weapons Proliferation Sanctions on Foreign Entities and Persons The United States Government has determined that two entities have engaged in chemical weapons proliferation activities that require the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Administration Act of 1979 (the au...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

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State Justice Institute

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State Justice Institute Grant Guideline This guideline sets forth the administrative, programmatic, and financial requirements attendant to Fiscal Year 1998 State Justice Institute grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB East Penn Railways, Inc.; Lease and Operation Exemption; Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
DOT, STB The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company; Trackage Rights Exemption; Union Pacific Railroad Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Aviation Proceedings, Agreements Filed During the Week Ending September 26, 1997	Notice	Oct 03, 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 September 26, 1997	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Extension of Comment Period and Additional Public Hearings In accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the FAA is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for terminal Doppler weather radar to serve John F. Kennedy I...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997
Transportation Department Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties to the Chief Information Officer; Miscellaneous Changes, Office of the Secretary The rule delegates certain functions to the Office of the Chief Information Officer.	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Transportation Department > FHWA Supplement to the Environmental Impact Statement: Gibson, Daviess, Greene, Monroe, Pike, Warrick Counties The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Southwest Indiana Highway Corridor will be prepared.	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OTS Electronic Operations The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is proposing to streamline and update regulations relating to electronic operations. The proposal would amend OTS electronic-related regulations to address advances in technology, and to permit prudent innovatio...	Proposed Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Treasury Department > Customs Service Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological Artifacts From Guatemala This document amends the Customs Regulations to reflect the imposition of import restrictions on pre-Columbian culturally significant archaeological artifacts of Maya material from the Peten Lowlands, and related pre-Columbian material from the Highl...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Treasury Department > Customs Service Technical Amendments to the Customs Regulations This document makes various minor technical changes and corrections to the Customs Regulations, in accordance with the Customs policy of periodically reviewing its regulations to ensure that they are current.	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Treasury Department > Customs Service Update of Ports Subject to the Harbor Maintenance Fee; Corrections This document corrects an omission that was 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 subject to the Water...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997

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United States Information Agency

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United States Information Agency Culturally Significant Objects Imported For Exhibition Determinations	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

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United States Sentencing Commission

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United States Sentencing Commission Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts The Sentencing Commission hereby gives notice of: (a) Several amendments to policy statements and commentary made pursuant to its authority under 28 U.S.C. 994(a); (b) conforming and technical amendments to several amendments submitted to Congress on...	Notice	Oct 03, 1997

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Disinterments From National Cemeteries The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing a final rule to amend regulations concerning disinterments from national cemeteries. Current regulations permit disinterment of persons buried in a national cemetery with the consent of immediate fam...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997
Veterans Affairs Department Survivors and Dependents Education: Extension of Eligibility Period This document amends the educational assistance and educational benefit regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It restores provisions that govern the extension of the period eligible spouses and surviving spouses have to use Survivor...	Rule	Oct 03, 1997

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