Federal Register December 5, 1997 (Volume 62)

Agencies Publishing on December 5, 1997

Agriculture Department (4)
Assassination Records Review Board (1)
Commerce Department (7)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (4)
Defense Department (4)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (2)
Environmental Protection Agency (10)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (1)
Federal Reserve System (4)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (13)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (18)
International Trade Commission (1)
Labor Department (2)
Library of Congress (1)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Postal Service (1)
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Railroad Retirement Board (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (11)
Social Security Administration (2)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Tennessee Valley Authority (1)
Transportation Department (15)
Treasury Department (2)
United States African Development Foundation (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Cattle Imported In Bond for Feeding and Return to Mexico We are adopting as a final rule, with one change, an interim rule that amended the animal exportation and importation regulations by removing provisions that allowed the temporary, in-bond importation of cattle from Mexico into the United States for...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Agriculture Department > APHIS Karnal Bunt; Approved Treatments We are amending the Karnal bunt regulations by adding three alternative treatments for seed originating from a regulated area that will be planted within a regulated area. We are making this change based on new data that demonstrates that these treat...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Agriculture Department > APHIS Monsanto Co. and Dekalb Genetics Corp.; Availability of Determination of Nonregulated Status for Genetically Engineered Corn Line We are advising the public of our determination that a corn line developed by Monsanto Company and Dekalb Genetics Corporation designated as GA21, which has been genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate, is no longer considere...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Agriculture Department > APHIS Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and regu...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Assassination Records Review Board

Title	Type	Published
Assassination Records Review Board Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review Notice of opportunity to request administrative review of antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended investigation.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA, Environmental Protection Agency Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Conditional Approvals, Findings Documents, Responses to Comments, and Records of Decision Notice is hereby given of the conditional approval of the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Programs (coastal nonpoint programs) and of the availability of the Findings Documents, Responses to Comments, and Records of Decision for Florida, Mississip...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Commerce Department > ITA Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From the Netherlands; Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Extension of Time Limit The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limit of the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Netherlands. This review covers the period August 1, 1995 th...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Commerce Department > NOAA Notice of Settlement Agreement on the R/V Columbus Iselin Grounding Between the United States on Behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Miami The United States, on behalf of NOAA, and the University of Miami (collectively referred to as the ``Parties'') enter into this Settlement Agreement (``Agreement'') to settle civil claims for damages for injury to Sanctuary resources, civil penalties...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Commerce Department > ITA Steel Wire Rope from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Intent To Revoke Antidumping Duty Order in Part In response to requests by the petitioner, the Committee of Domestic Steel Wire Rope & Specialty Cable Manufacturers, and by six manufacturers/exporters of subject merchandise, the Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions The Committee has received a proposal 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 a commodity and services previously f...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Sri Lanka Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Announcement of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products and Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Apparel Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Denial of Participation in the Special Access Program Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs denying the right to participate in the Special Access Progam.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed Rio Salado Environmental Restoration, Salt River and Indian Bend Wash, Cities of Phoenix and Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and a Feasibility Report for the Proposed Rio Salado Environmental Restoration which will restore native type habitat along a five mile stretch of the Salt River in...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental Impact Report for the Bolsa Chica Wetlands Restoration Project, Orange County, CA The Corps, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), and the California State Lands Commission (CSLC) propose to restore the Bolsa Chica Wetlands by dredging approximately 1.5 million cubic yards of material from the interior, and creating full a...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Defense Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Office of the Secretary proposes to add a system of records notice to its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The system is identified as DHA 08, Health Affairs Survey Data Base. D...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Defense Department > USN Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records An administrative oversight occurred when a listed change to a system of records notice published on November 20, 1997, at 62 FR 62020 was not incorporated into the notice, as amended. Therefore, the notice is being republished in its entirety. EFFEC...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Northern States Power Company (Minnesota Company); Notice of Filing	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Energy Department > FERC Starghill Alternative Energy Corporation; Notice of Issuance of Order	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California; South Coast Air Quality Management District EPA is proposing to approve a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of California to provide for attainment of the carbon monoxide (CO) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) in the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin...	Proposed Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Clarification of Standards for Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Restriction Treatment Variances EPA is today finalizing clarifying amendments to the rule authorizing treatment variances from the national Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) treatment standards. The clarifying changes adopt EPA's longstanding interpretation that a treatment variance...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Louisiana; Correction of the Designation for Lafourche Parish On July 17, 1997, EPA published a proposed rulemaking to correct the designation of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, to nonattainment for ozone (62 FR 38237). One adverse comment letter was received during the 30-day comment period, and the issues raised...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA expressed environmental objections about project impacts on water quality, including 303(d) listed waters. Specific mitigation measures need to be included in the Final EIS.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Fluorine Compounds; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for residues of the insecticidal fluorine compounds cryolite and/or synthetic cryolite (sodium aluminum fluoride) in or on the raw agricultural commodity (RAC) potatoes and in the processed animal...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Maleic hydrazide; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of maleic hydrazide (1,2-dihydro-3,6-pyridazinedione) in or on rice commodities as well as tolerances for secondary residues in animal commodities. This action is in response to EPA's g...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Nominations to the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Request for Comments This notice provides the names, addresses, professional affiliations, and selected biographical data of persons nominated to serve on the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) established under section 25(d) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Roden...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Proposed NPDES General Permits for Discharges From Hydrostatic Testing of New and Existing Natural Gas Pipelines in Texas (TXG670000), Oklahoma (OKG670000) and New Mexico (NMG670000) EPA Region 6 is proposing to issue general NPDES permits authorizing discharges resulting from the hydrostatic testing of new and existing natural gas pipelines in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. These permits cover discharges resulting from the hydr...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Environmental Protection Agency Opportunity To Present Oral Testimony on EPA's Proposed Rule: ``40 CFR Part 194, Criteria for the Certification and Recertification of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's (WIPP) Compliance With the 40 CFR Part 191 Disposal Regulations: Certification Decision;'' Notice of Public Hearings EPA will conduct public hearings to receive comments on the proposed certification decision, published October 30, 1997, for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.	Proposed Rule	Dec 05, 1997

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval 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	Dec 05, 1997
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Applications for State Certification Accepted	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Title	Type	Published
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Labor-Management Cooperation Program; Application Solicitation for Labor-Management Committees FY 1998	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) The General Services Administration (GSA) hereby gives notice it intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, and the President's Council on Environmental Q...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Manufacturers and Distributors of Electronic Products'' has been approved by the Office of Management and Bu...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 05, 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	Dec 05, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Memoranda of Understanding Between the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have revised three memoranda of understanding (MOU's) with regard to control of aflatoxin in peanuts, in-shell Brazil nuts, and in-shell pistachio nuts. The...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Aging; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed Projects	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Repeal of Obsolete Title IV-A and IV-F Program Rules This document removes regulations governing certain programs repealed or eliminated under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, including: Emergency Assistance; Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training; and t...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Health and Human Services Department Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Cancellation of Receipt Date for SAMHSA Conference Grant Applications SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) are canceling the January 10, 1998, receipt date for applications for the following grant programs:	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals; Withdrawal of Approval of 11 Abbreviated Antibiotic Applications and 105 Abbreviated New Drug Applications The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is withdrawing approval of 11 abbreviated antibiotic applications (AADA's) and 105 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDA's). Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals notified the agency in writing that the drug product...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Small Passenger Vessel Inspection and Certification; Correction This document contains corrections to the final rule [CGD 85- 080] which was published on September 30, 1997 (62 FR 51326). The rule completely revised Coast Guard regulations that affect small passenger vessels of less than 100 gross tons in 46 CFR...	Rule	Dec 05, 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	Dec 05, 1997

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS 60-day Notice of Intention to Request Clearance of Collection of InformationOpportunity for Public Comment The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing in 1998 to conduct customer service studies at all 376 parks in the National Park System to establish baseline data for the customer satisfaction measurement program that NPS is instituting in response to...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Carbon Basin Area; Potential Federal Coal Planning Decisions; Carbon Co., WY The Carbon Basin planning review area is located approximately 40 miles east of the town of Rawlins and 12 miles southeast of the town of Hanna, all located in Carbon County, Wyoming. The planning review is being conducted because an application to l...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for the Callippe Silverspot Butterfly and the Behren's Silverspot Butterfly and Threatened Status for the Alameda Whipsnake The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) for the callippe silverspot butterfly (Speyeria callippe callippe) and Behren's silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zeren...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Endangered Status for Two Cave Animals From Kauai, Hawaii The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for two animals--the Kauai cave wolf spider (Adelocosa anops), and the Kauai cave amphipod (Spelaeorchestia kolo...	Proposed Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of Public Comment Period on the Proposed Rule to List the Arkansas River Basin Population of the Arkansas River Shiner as Endangered On August 3, 1994, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed to list the Arkansas River basin population of the Arkansas (AR) River shiner (Notropis girardi) as an endangered species under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 19...	Proposed Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > USGS Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC); Public Comment on the Proposal To Develop the ``FGDC Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization'' as a Federal Geographic Data Committee Standard The FGDC is soliciting public comments on the proposal to develop a ``FGDC Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization.'' If the proposal is approved, the standard will be developed following the FGDC standards development and approval process. If the st...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > USGS Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC); Public Comment on the Proposal to Develop the ``FGDC Standard for a Geologic Data Model'' as a Federal Geographic Data Committee Standard The FGDC is soliciting public comments on the proposal to develop a ``FGDC Standard for a Geologic Data Model.'' If the proposal is approved, the standard will be developed following the FGDC standards development and approval process. If the standar...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department Fish and Wildlife Service The Peregrine Fund (J. Peter Jenny; applicant) has applied for an amendment to its incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act) issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) on December 16, 1996, under...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > FWS Humane and Healthful Transport of Wild Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians to the United States; Notice of Reopening of Comment Period and Scheduling of Public Meetings The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), pursuant to the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981, provides notice of the reopening of the comment period and the scheduling of two public meetings to receive input from the general public for the proposed amendmen...	Proposed Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey; Idaho	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Pursuant to Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved amendments to Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engag...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > FWS Listing of all Sturgeon and Paddlefish Species and Their Products in the Appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and its Implementation by the United States; Public Meetings With this notice the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces 2 public meetings to discuss the implementation of the listing of all sturgeon and paddlefish, and their products in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species o...	Proposed Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > MMS Marine Transportation of Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Crude Oil Produced Offshore California MMS proposes to issue an NTL concerning information requirements on marine transportation of OCS crude oil produced offshore California. MMS recognizes that the State of California and its localities have concerns about potential impacts on the envir...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > OSM Montana Regulatory Program and Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of revisions and additional explanatory information pertaining to a previously proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``Montana program''...	Proposed Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council Meeting The next meeting of the Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council will be held on Friday, January 9, 1998, in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Direct Sale of Public Lands in Klamath County, Oregon Correction In the Notice of Direct Sale of Public Lands in Klamath County, Oregon beginning on page 53019 in the issue of Friday, October 10, 1997 Volume 62, Number 197 make the following correction: On page 53019 in the third column, the first sentence in para...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey; Minnesota, Stay Lifted	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Interior Department > NPS Request for Comments on the National Park Service Franchise Fee Determination Guideline The National Park Service (NPS) is considering revising that portion of its concession management guideline (NPS-48) that concerns the franchise fees to be charged NPS concessioners. This portion of NPS-48 (Chapter 24, Section D) was adopted on Decem...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission North American Free Trade Agreement: Probable Economic Effect on U.S. Industries and Consumers of Accelerated Elimination of U.S. Tariffs on Certain Articles From Mexico, Round Two Following receipt on November 25, 1997, of a request from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Commission amended the scope of its investigation No. 332-387, North American Free Trade Agreement: Probable Economic Effect on...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training Proposed Procedure and Policy; Request for Comment In October 1993, both President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno asked that each Federal department and agency review its commitment to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and to the principles of openness in Government. Subsequently, then U...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Labor Department > DOL, WHD Minimum wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Library of Congress

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress Assignment of Special Research Facilities The Library of Congress issues this final regulation to revise Library of Congress Regulation 815-3. The revised regulation will reflect the change in availability for assignment of study shelves, study desks and study rooms, the renaming of the resp...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Rules of NCUA Board Procedure; Promulgation of NCUA Rules and Regulations; Public Observation of NCUA Board Meetings The NCUA Board amends its rules to revise and clarify Board procedures relating to procedural rulings, notation voting, Board meetings, and the agenda. This amendment more clearly defines the procedures that are to be followed when a Board member app...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Institute of Museum and Library Services, Office of Library Services, Submission for OMB Review; 1998 Indian Library Services Application and Guidelines, 1998 Native Hawaiians Library Services Application and Guidelines; Comment Request The Institute of Museum and Library Services, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on propos...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duke Energy Corporation; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Opportunity for a Hearing	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of Entergy Gulf States, Inc., Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (River Bend Station, Unit No. 1); Order Approving Transfer of License for River Bend Station, Unit No. 1	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission New York State Electric & Gas Corporation; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Northeast Nuclear Energy Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guides; Availability	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Postal Service

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Records and Information Management Definitions and Release of Information The Postal Service is amending its regulations relating to the availability of records to the public. This rule is made necessary by amendments to the Freedom of Information Act, made by Public Law 104- 231, the ``Electronic Freedom of Information Ac...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed Changes To Systems of Records The purpose of this document is to give notice of a proposed routine use in one system of records and an addition to the categories of records in the same system.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Railroad Retirement Board Recovery of Benefits In an interim rule published August 1, 1997, the Railroad Retirement Board (Board) amended part 340 of its regulations to reflect its authority to compromise debts provided that the amount recoverable does not exceed $100,000 exclusive of interest. T...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Consolidated Tape Association; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Third Charges Amendment to the Second Restatement of the Consolidated Tap Association Plan and Second Charges Amendment to the Restated Consolidated Quotation Plan	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Federated Index Trust, et al.; Notice of Application Notice of application for exemption under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') from section 15(a) of the Act.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Collection; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Government Securities Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to Election of Directors	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, Inc.; Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 2 to Proposed Rule Change Relating to Its Arbitration Code	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Computer Assisted Execution Service and Intermarket Trading System/Computer Assisted Execution Service Fees	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Punitive Damages in Arbitration	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Tape Recording of Conversations	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by National Association of Securities Dealers Inc. Relating to the Electronic Delivery of Information Between Members and Their Customers	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Supplement to Options Disclosure Document Regarding Mutual Fund Index Options	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission Strong Advantage Fund, Inc., et al.; Notice of Application Notice of application for an order under section 17(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') and rule 17d-1.	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection Requests	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Social Security Administration Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; Disclosure of Information to Consumer Reporting Agencies and Overpayment Recovery Through Administrative Offset Against Federal Payments In this final rule, we are making several revisions to our regulations dealing with debt collection. First, we are modifying the regulations dealing with the recovery of benefit overpayments under title II of the Social Security Act (the Act) to refl...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Burlington Shortline, Inc., d/b/a Burlington Junction Railway Acquisition and Operation ExemptionThe Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
DOT, STB Coach USA, Inc.Control ExemptionBrowder Tours, Inc. and El Expreso, Inc. Coach USA, Inc. (Coach), a noncarrier in control of 28 motor passenger carriers at the time of filing its petition,<SUP>1</SUP> seeks an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 13541 from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 14303(a)(5) to acquire control...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Tennessee Valley Authority

Title	Type	Published
Tennessee Valley Authority Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; AlliedSignal Inc. TSCP700-4B and -5 Auxiliary Power Units This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 97-19-18 applicable to AlliedSignal Inc. (formerly AiResearch and Garrett) TSCP700-4B and -5 Series Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) that was published in the Federal Register on September...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment of Class E Airspace; Camden, AR This amendment modifies the Class E airspace at Camden, AR. The development of a Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to runway (RWY) 18 at Harrell Field has made this rule necessary. This action is intended...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment of Class E Airspace; New Braunfels Municipal, TX This amendment modifies the Class E airspace at San Antonio, TX. The development of Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) to runways (RWY) 13 and 17 and a Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR)/Distan...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class E Airspace; Alliance, NE This action amends the Class E airspace area at Alliance Municipal Airport, Alliance, NE. The FAA has developed Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Runway (RWY) 12 and NDB RWY 30 Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) to serve the Alliance Muni...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class E Airspace; Belleville, KS; Correction This action corrects an error in the geographic coordinates of a direct final rule, request for comments, that was published in the Federal Register on October 17, 1997 (62 FR 53943), Airspace Docket No. 97-ACE-7. The direct final rule amends the Cla...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement: Traverse City, Michigan The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for the proposed construction of a new Boardman River crossing with a connection between US-31 south of Traverse City and US-31 east of Trave...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; Encino, TX This action establishes Class E airspace at Encino, TX. The development of two Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) to runway (RWY) 13 and RWY 31 at El Coyote Ranch Airport has made this rule necessary. This...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FTA FTA Fiscal Year 1998 Apportionments, Allocations and Program Information The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Pub. L. 105-66), was signed into law by President Clinton on October 27, 1997. Pending further consideration of a multi-year authorization next Spring, Congress has...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart Q During the Week Ending November 28, 1997	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Amendment to Class E Airspace; Big Piney, WY This proposed rule would amend the Big Piney, WY, Class E airspace. If amended, the proposal would provide additional airspace necessary to fully encompass a new Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) at Big Pin...	Proposed Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Establishment of Class D Airspace; Fayetteville (Springdale), AR This notice proposes to establish Class D airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 3,800 feet mean sea level (MSL), within a 4.4-mile radius of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport at Fayetteville (Springdale), AR. An air traffi...	Proposed Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Poplar, MT, and Revision of Class E Airspace, Wolf Point, MT This proposal would establish Class E Airspace at Poplar, MT and revise Wolf Point, MT Class E 1,200-foot airspace. The development of a new Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) at the Poplar Airport, Poplar, MT, utilizing the Global Positio...	Proposed Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA Special Committee 188; Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards for High Frequency Data Link	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA Special Committee 191; Collaborative Decisionmaking and Near-Term Procedures	Notice	Dec 05, 1997
Transportation Department > FHWA Revision of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices: General Provisions and Traffic Control for School Areas The MUTCD is incorporated by reference in 23 CFR part 655, subpart F, approved by the Federal Highway Administrator, and recognized as the national standard for traffic control on all public roads. The FHWA announced its intent to rewrite and reforma...	Proposed Rule	Dec 05, 1997

Treasury Department

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Treasury Department > CDFI Bank Enterprise Award Program The Department of the Treasury is issuing a revised interim rule implementing the Bank Enterprise Award (BEA) Program administered by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (Fund). The purpose of the BEA Program is to encourage insured...	Rule	Dec 05, 1997
Treasury Department > CDFI Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications for the Bank Enterprise Award (BEA) Program The Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) authorizes the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (hereafter referred to as ``the Fund'') to provide incentives to insured depository ins...	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

United States African Development Foundation

Title	Type	Published
United States African Development Foundation Sunshine Act Meeting; Board of Directors Meeting	Notice	Dec 05, 1997

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