January 2, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register January 2, 1998

View all documents issued on January 2, 1998. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

90 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 2, 1998

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This notice announces a public comment period on a new Dairy Options Pilot Program (DOPP) to be administered by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) in conjunction with the private sector. RMA plans to implement DOPP which would partially subsidize the p...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
GIPSA announces the designation of Lima Grain Inspection Service, Inc., and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Virginia) to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
Notice Jan 02, 1998
In an interim rule published in the Federal Register on November 24,1997, we amended the Karnal bunt regulations by adding portions of McCulloch, Mills, and San Saba Counties, TX, to the list of regulated areas and by expanding the boundaries of the...
Rule Jan 02, 1998
We are amending the provisions of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (the Plan) to update the address of the Plan's office, which has been moved to a new location. We are also making several nonsubstantive changes to the provisions of the Plan to...
Rule Jan 02, 1998
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Rules (7 CFR Part 650), the Natural Resources Conserva...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
We are amending the regulations regarding humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of marine mammals to correct the designations of three footnotes. This action will result in all the footnotes in 9 CFR part 3, ``Standards,'' being number...
Rule Jan 02, 1998
The Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement on Wasatch Powderbird Guides request for a five-year outfitter and guide special-use permit for guided helicopter skiing activities on National Forest Land.
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS has incorporated public comments into revisions of marine mammal stock assessment reports. The revision, which was initiated in 1996 is now complete, and copies of the revised reports are available to the public.
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NMFS announces the availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA) that examines the environmental consequences of preventing California sea lion foraging and predation on salmonids at the Willamette Falls in Oregon. The proposed action consists of...
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The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting to discuss stock assessment plans for 1998. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Jan 02, 1998
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Salmon Technical Team (STT) will hold a work session which is open to the public.
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Notice Jan 02, 1998
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to U.S. Drug Testing, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States and certain foreign countries to practice the Government owned invention described in...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Notice Jan 02, 1998
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board published Recommendation 97-2, concerning criticality safety at defense nuclear facilities in the DOE complex, on May 29, 1997 (62 FR 2918). Under section 315(e) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended...
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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Committee meeting: Name: Environmental Management Advisory Board. Date and Times: Wednesday, January...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is hereby given that the Iron and Steel Sector and Petroleum Refining Sector Subcommittees of the CSIC will meet on the dates and times described below. Both meetings are open...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
EPA expressed environmental concerns that cyanide heap leach operations and overburden piles could adversely impact surface or groundwater, and recommended specific design modifications and mitigation. ERP No. D-IBR-K64016-CA, Rating LO1, Hamilton Ci...
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The EPA is extending by an additional three-day period the deadline for taking final action on petitions that eight States have submitted to require EPA to make findings that sources upwind of those States contribute significantly to nonattainment pr...
Rule Jan 02, 1998
The Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is a data base of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that contains EPA scientific consensus positions on potential human health effects from environmental contaminants. On April 2, 19...
Notice Jan 02, 1998

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Memorandum Opinion and Order (Order) in CC Docket No. 97- 208 concludes that BellSouth Corporation, et al. (BellSouth) has not satisfied the requirements of section 271(c)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act). The Commission the...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
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 t...
Notice Jan 02, 1998

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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The FDIC proposes to amend its regulations governing the public disclosure of information to reflect recent changes to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as a result of the enactment of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 1998

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Notice Jan 02, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making available a policy from its Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) entitled ``CDRH Interim Regulatory Policy for External Penile Rigidity Devices.'' The document outlines several changes in...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
This notice sets forth a revised schedule of limits on home health agency costs that may be paid under the Medicare program for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1997. These limits replace the per visit limits that were set fort...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application submitted by Richard-James, Inc., Peabody, MA, for premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), of the SILIKON 1000-Silicone Oil. Af...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its approval of the application submitted by Vitrophage, Inc., Lyons, IL, for premarket approval, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), of VITREON<Register> . After reviewing th...
Notice Jan 02, 1998

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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In title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Sec. 8365.1-5 establishes rules of conduct in regard to property and resources managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Section 8365.1-5(b) establishes that it is permissible to collect from the public...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability for public review of a draft recovery plan for the Rio Grande silvery minnow, (Hybognathus amarus). The species currently occurs in only 10 percent of the historic range, 180 miles of the...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
In accordance with Title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, subpart 8364, notice is hereby given that the below described public lands in the Cow Mountain area of Lake County are temporarily closed to public access and use. The closure will be in effec...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District, intends to develop an Activity Plan/Land Use Plan amendment for the Black Rock Desert located in the northwest portion of the district. The purpose of the plan and amendment is to better manage the...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
The following described public land in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada has been examined and found suitable for lease/ conveyance for recreational or public purposes under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
This notice places restrictions on recreation and vehicle use of the Indian Creek Canyon Corridor and adjacent canyons in the San Juan Resource Area in southeast Utah. Actions are implemented under the authority of 43 CFR 8341, 8364, 8365, and 8372.
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Pursuant to 43 CFR 8364.1, eleven caves in the Upper Snake River Districts are identified as bat hibernation sites (hibernacula) are seasonally closed to entry. With the exception of approved research, essential search and rescue, or other emergency...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
This order revokes in its entirety a Secretarial order which withdrew 40.46 acres of National Forest System land for the Bureau of Land Management's Powersite Classification No. 193. The land is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was withd...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
This order withdraws 3,805.87 acres of National Forest System lands from mining for a period of 20 years for the Forest Service to protect the Howell Canyon Recreation Complex. The lands have been and will remain open to surface entry and mineral lea...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...
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National Labor Relations Board

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Railroad Retirement Board

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
The Railroad Retirement Board (Board) proposes to revise its regulations to eliminate the list of Board forms and their descriptions found therein. The Board also proposes to remove the tables which cross-reference Board forms to OMB information coll...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department logo State Department

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document corrects information that appeared in airworthiness directive (AD) 97-25-06, amendment 39-10230, that was published in the Federal Register on December 1, 1997 (62 FR 63622). The error resulted in an advertent omission in reference to a...
Rule Jan 02, 1998
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee to discuss Aircraft Certification Procedures Issues.
Notice Jan 02, 1998
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee to discuss general aviation operations issues.
Notice Jan 02, 1998
Operators transporting persons or property by air from one location to another for compensation or hire must comply with the regulatory requirements for air carriers and commercial operators. The FAA has not enforced these regulatory requirements con...
Rule Jan 02, 1998
On April 8, 1997, (62 FR 16718) NHTSA published a final rule amending Standard No. 201, ``Occupant Protection in Interior Impact,'' to include another phase-in option, allow manufacturers to carry forward credits for vehicles certified to the free-mo...
Rule Jan 02, 1998
This document denies two petitions for reconsideration of NHTSA's March 1996 final rule rescinding the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard on reflecting surfaces. Neither petitioner has raised any new issues nor presented any new evidence that were...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 1998
In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the FHWA to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend its current approval of an information...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
Pursuant 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 Jan 02, 1998
This notice invites pubic comment on a proposed Advisory Circular (AC) which provides guidance as to acceptable means of accomplishing the requirements of a proposed rule on the subject of repair assessment of pressurized fuselages published elsewher...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
This notice announces the availability of and request for comments on a proposed AC, which provides information and guidance concerning certification of part 23 airplanes for flight in icing conditions.
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This proposed rulemaking would require incorporation of repair assessment guidelines for the fuselage pressure boundary (fuselage skins and pressure webs) of certain transport category airplane models into the FAA-approved maintenance or inspection p...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 1998

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains final regulations relating to the application of the diesel fuel excise tax to fuel used in Alaska. This document also contains final regulations relating to the gasoline and diesel fuel excise tax definitions. The regulations...
Rule Jan 02, 1998
This document contains temporary regulations that provide guidance to a passive foreign investment company (PFIC) shareholder that makes the election under section 1295 (section 1295 election) to treat the PFIC as a qualified electing fund (QEF). Thi...
Rule Jan 02, 1998
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations that provide guidance to a passive foreign investment company (PFIC) shareholder that makes the election under section 1295 (section...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 1998
This document amends proposed Income Tax Regulations under section 72(p) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to loans made from a qualified employer plan to plan participants or beneficiaries. Section 72(p) was added by section 236 of the Tax Equit...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 1998
The Department of 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 collections, a...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
The Department of 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 collections, a...
Notice Jan 02, 1998
This document contains proposed regulations relating to consumer protection with respect to qualified long-term care insurance contracts and relating to events that will be considered material changes with respect to long-term care insurance contract...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 1998

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