Federal Register January 23, 1998 (Volume 63)

Agencies Publishing on January 23, 1998

Agency for International Development (3)
Agriculture Department (6)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (8)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (3)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2)
Corporation for National and Community Service (1)
Defense Department (6)
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (1)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (13)
Environmental Protection Agency (10)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Farm Credit Administration (2)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Housing Finance Board (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Federal Trade Commission (3)
Health and Human Services Department (11)
Housing and Urban Development Department (3)
Interior Department (15)
International Trade Commission (1)
Labor Department (2)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
National Archives and Records Administration (1)
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National Science Foundation (8)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
Small Business Administration (4)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (7)
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United States Information Agency (2)

Agency for International Development

Title	Type	Published
Agency for International Development Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is making efforts to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Agency for International Development > IDCA Agency for International Development Board for International Food and Agricultural Development Interim Advisory Committee on Food Security; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Agency for International Development > IDCA Rules on Source, Origin and Nationality for Commodities and Services Financed by USAID: Miscellaneous Amendments USAID proposes to amend its regulation on source, origin and nationality for commodities and services financed by USAID by revising two rules, one on system determinations for commodities and one on ocean transportation eligibility, and clarifying wa...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Electric System Operations and Maintenance The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is amending its regulations by adding a new part on electric system operations and maintenance. This action codifies and clarifies RUS policy relating to the operations and maintenance of electric systems by RUS elec...	Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > FS, Interior Department > BLM Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project, States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada and the Northern, Intermountain, and Pacific Northwest Regions On June 12, 1997, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management published a notice of availability of two draft EISs in the Federal Register (62 FR 32076). That notice stated that a 120-day comment period was provided for the Eastside Draft EI...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > BLM, Agriculture Department > FS Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for a TransColorado Gas Transmission Project; Colorado and New Mexico In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), as lead agency, and in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has prepared a Draft Supplement (Supplement) to the Final Environmental Impact State...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > ARS Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License; Correction Notice In notice document published in the issue of Wednesday, December 31, 1997 (62 FR 68248), the location of the grantee (Integrated BioControl Systems, Inc.) was omitted. In addition, the publication date of the FR Notice of Availability was erroneous....	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > FS Threemile Area Timber Sales and Other Projects, Colville National Forest, Pend Oreille County, Washington On January 18, 1990, a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Threemile Area Timber Sales and Other Projects on the Sullivan Lake Ranger District of the Colville National Forest was published in the Federal...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > OPPM Uniform Procedures for the Acquisition and Transfer of Excess Personal Property The proposed rulemaking sets forth uniform procedures for the acquisition and transfer of excess personal property to the 1890 Land Grant Institutions (including Tuskegee University), the 1994 Land Grant Institutions and the Hispanic-Serving Institut...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998

Civil Rights Commission

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Rhode Island Advisory Committee	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EAB Action Affecting Export Privileges; Nishan Keval; In the Matter of: Nishan Keval, 2511 Sullivan Drive, Auburn, California 95603; Order Denying Permission To Apply for or Use Export Licenses	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products From France; Notice of Court Decision and Suspension of Liquidation On December 18, 1997, in Usinor Sacilor v. United States, Consol. Court No. 93-04-00230, a lawsuit challenging the Department of Commerce's final affirmative countervailing duty determination of certain hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel produc...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Commerce Department > EAB Direct Investment Surveys: BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States1997 These final rules revise 15 CFR 806.17 to set forth reporting requirements for the BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States--1997, and to delete the rules now in 15 CFR 806.17, which were for the last benchmark survey...	Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Control Date This notice announces that persons who, after November 13, 1997, enter the pelagic longline fishery in American Samoa will not necessarily be assured of eligibility for continuing participation in the fishery if, in the future, the Western Pacific Fi...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder and Scup Fisheries; Adjustments to the 1998 Quotas; Commercial Summer Period Scup Quota Harvested for Massachusetts NMFS issues this notification announcing preliminary adjustments to the 1998 summer flounder commercial state quotas and the 1998 scup Summer period state quotas. This action complies with regulations that implement the Fishery Management Plan for th...	Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Notice of Workshop Notice is hereby given that NMFS will sponsor a workshop for the members of its Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Advisory Panels and of the National Research Council (NRC) Committee to Study IFQs. The workshop will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana and...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT) This notice announces availability of funds for the Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT), for training business executives (also referred to as ``interns'') from Russia. The Department of Commerce, International Trade Adminis...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review In response to requests from M/s Panchmahal Steels, Ltd. and Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited, the Department of Commerce is conducting a new shipper administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India. This review c...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

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 Miscellaneous Amendments to Committee Regulations The Committee is proposing to make changes to its regulations to clarify them and improve the efficiency of operation of the Committee's Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program. The Committee is also proposing to make changes in its regulations to correct...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
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	Jan 23, 1998

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Applications of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange for Designation as a Contract Market in On-Peak Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) Electricity Futures and Options and in Off-Peak MAPP Electricity Futures and Options The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE or Exchange) has applied for designation as a contract market in on-peak mid-continent area power pool (MAPP) electricity futures and option contracts and off-peak MAPP electricity futures and option contracts. The...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Voting by Interested Members of Self-Regulatory Organization Governing Boards and Committees On May 3, 1996, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') published for comment in the Federal Register a proposed new Regulation 1.69 <SUP>1</SUP> that would implement the statutory directives of Section 5a(a)(17) of the Commodity Ex...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998

Corporation for National and Community Service

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service Notice of Opportunity To Administer the President's Student Service Awards The Corporation for National Service (the Corporation) seeks an organization or collaboration of organizations that is capable of administering the President's Student Service Awards program. Public or private nonprofit organizations are eligible to...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Civilian Employment and Reemployment Rights of Applicants for, and Service Members and Former Service Members of the Uniformed Services This part identifies DoD guidelines for implementing policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for informing Service members of their reemployment protections. It updates, codifies, and strengthens the civilian employment rights and...	Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Defense Department Compensation of Certain Former Operatives Incarcerated by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam This part implements section 657 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, which authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make payments to persons captured and incarcerated by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This part establis...	Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Defense Department Defense Science Board Task Force on Satellite Reconnaissance The Defense Science Board Task Force on Open Systems will meet in closed session on February 23-24, 1998 at Strategic Analysis, Inc., 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary of D...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
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 February 3, 1998 at TRW, Fairfax, Virginia. In order for the Task Force to obtain time sensitive classified briefing, critical to the understanding of the...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Defense Department Long-Range Air Power Panel Meeting This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for the meeting of the Long-Range Air Power Panel on February 2 and 3, 1998. In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended [5 U.S.C. App. I...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Defense Department > USN Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records Notice The Department of the Navy 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. DATES: The amendment will be effective on February 23, 1998, unless comments ar...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Title	Type	Published
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Privacy Act; Systems of Records The Board is publishing a description of the six systems of records it maintains under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as amended. Minor changes and corrections have been made in the description of each system of records.	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

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	Jan 23, 1998
Education Department Strengthening Institutions Programs; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 1998	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Algonquin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed ANP Bellingham Lateral Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Central Maine Power Company; Notice of Extension of Time	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Cinergy Services, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Order	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC K N Interstate Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Informal Settlement Conference	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Millennium Power Partners, L.P.; Notice of Issuance of Order	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC PP&L, Inc.; Notice of Filing	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company and Southwest Gas Storage Company; Notice of Technical Conference	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Pennsylvania Electric Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Disposal Phase The Department of Energy (DOE or Department) is issuing this record of its decision to dispose of transuranic (TRU) waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a mined repository located 2,100 feet below the surface in an ancient salt deposit ne...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program: Treatment and Storage of Transuranic Waste The Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this Record of Decision on where, i.e., at which DOE sites, the Department will prepare and store its transuranic (TRU) waste prior to disposal. Each of the Department's sites that currently has or will gener...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities Up for Renewal; Identification, Listing and Rulemaking Petitions Information Collection Request 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): Identification,...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Advisory Committee: Accident Prevention Subcommittee Conference Call MeetingFebruary 3, 1998, 2-4 p.m. The Clean Air Act section 112(r) required EPA to publish regulations to prevent accidental releases of chemicals and to reduce the severity of those releases that do occur. On June 20, 1996, EPA published the final rule for risk management programs t...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Endocrine Disruptors; Notice of Public Meeting EPA is announcing the seventh meeting the Endocrine Disruptors Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC), a committee established under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to advise EPA on a strategy for screening chem...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA requested that additional information be provided with respect to water quality, contaminated sediments and eelgrass to fully disclose the environmental impacts of the proposed project. ERP No. D-NOA-B39035-MA Rating LO, New Bedford Harbor Enviro...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Federal Plan Requirements for Large Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed on or Before September 20, 1994 On December 19, 1995, EPA adopted emission guidelines for existing municipal waste combustor (MWC) units. Section 129 of the Act requires States with existing MWC units subject to the guidelines to submit plans to EPA that implement and enforce the e...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability of FY 1998 Multimedia Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention Grant Funds EPA is soliciting grant proposals under the Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention (EJP2) grant program. EPA anticipates that as much as $4 million will be available in Fiscal Year (FY) 1998. The purpose of this program is to support poll...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Phosphoric Acid; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know EPA is denying a petition to delete phosphoric acid from the reporting requirements under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) and section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA). This actio...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Cost Recovery Settlement Under Section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), Hadley Street Drum Site, St. Louis, Missouri The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to enter into a cost recovery administrative settlement to resolve claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Self-Certification of Product Chemistry Data; Notice of Availability of PR Notice EPA is announcing the availability of PR Notice 98-1, entitled ``Self-Certification of Product Chemistry Data.'' This PR Notice describes the Agency's policy on self-certification of certain product chemistry data of manufacturing-use products and en...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Certification Pursuant to Section (b)(1) of Public Law 99-183 and to Section 902(a)(6)(B) of Public Law 101-246	Presidential Document	Jan 23, 1998

Farm Credit Administration

Title	Type	Published
Farm Credit Administration Sunshine Act Meeting; Farm Credit Administration Board; Regular Meeting Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), that the March 12, 1998 regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board) will not be held.	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Farm Credit Administration Sunshine Act Meeting; Farm Credit Administration Board; Special Meeting Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the forthcoming special meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Public Information Collection(s) Approved by Office of Management and Budget	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Federal Communications Commission Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Responds to Questions About the Local Multipoint Distribution Service Auction	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Federal Housing Finance Board

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Membership Eligibility The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is amending the definition of the term ``State'' in its Membership Regulation to include the U.S. Territory of American Samoa (American Samoa) and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands...	Rule	Jan 23, 1998

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Freight Forwarder License; Applicants	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Cigarette Testing; Extension of Deadline for Submission of Public Comments The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') is extending until February 4, 1998 the deadline for filing comments on its proposed revisions to the testing method used to determine the tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide ratings of cigarett...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Federal Trade Commission Report of the Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide of the Smoke of 1249 Varieties of Domestic Cigarettes For the Year 1995 The Federal Trade Commission publishes the Report of the Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide of the Smoke of 1249 Varieties of Domestic Cigarettes.	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Federal Trade Commission Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds for interlocking directorates required by the 1900 amendment of section 8 of the Clayton Act. Section 8 prohibits, with certain exceptions, one person from serving as a director or officer...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
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 ``Premarket Approval of Medical Devices'' has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Indirect Food Additives: Adhesives and Components of Coatings; Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 2,2'-(2,5- thiophenediyl)-bis(5-tert-butylbenzoxazole) as an optical brightener in pressure-sensitive adhesives and in all polymers used i...	Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental Research; Notice of a Meeting of the National Advisory Dental Research Council	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Amended Notice of Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department Office of Consumer Affairs; Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Quality System Design Control; Open Public Meeting The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the following meeting: Quality System Design Control open public meeting. The topic to be discussed is the midcourse review of the new design control requirements. This action is being taken in acc...	Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Case-Control Study of Cancer and Related Disorders Among Benzene-Exposed Workers in China Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and app...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

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	Jan 23, 1998
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	Jan 23, 1998
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information; Collection for Public Comments 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	Jan 23, 1998

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, MMS invites the public and other Federal agencies to comment on a proposal to extend the currently approved collection of information discussed below. The Paperwork Reduction...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > MMS Amendments to Transportation Allowance Regulations for Federal and Indian Leases to Specify Allowable Costs and Related Amendments to Gas Valuation Regulations	Correction	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Book Cliffs Resource Management Plan This notice is to advise the public that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to do a plan amendment for the Book Cliffs Resource Management Plan (RMP) located in Uintah County, Utah.	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/Washington The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Oregon State Office, Portland, Oregon, on or before February 23, 1998.	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey; Idaho	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory CouncilNotice of Meeting Locations and Times In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C., the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), council meeting of the Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resourc...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > BLM National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is withdrawing a rule that proposed removing sections of 43 CFR part 2360. The proposal was published in the Federal Register on October 23, 1996, and would have removed all of part 2360 except for provisions deali...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > BLM New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix 1, The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), announces a meeting of the New Mexico Resource...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council Meeting The next meeting of the Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council will be held on Friday, February 20, 1998, in Grand Junction, Colorado, following a televideo broadcast from the BLM National Training Center in Phoenix, Arizona.	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Intent To Revise the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Manual and Establish Regulations as They Relate to the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-57) The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (Refuge Improvement Act) was signed by President Clinton on October 9, 1997. The Refuge Improvement Act amends and builds upon the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action for Proposed Occupancy Lease of Public Lands for Commercial Photography Camp, and Continued Use as a Base Camp in Conjunction With Livestock Management Activities, Nevada The proposed leasing of public land for a year round camp for conducting commercial photography instruction, as well as for continued use as a base camp in conjunction with existing livestock management activities.	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department Notice of Reestablishment of the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App.). Pursuant to Section 7 of the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act (Pub. L. 92- 195), notice is hereby given that the Secretary...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > OSM Ohio Regulatory Program OSM is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Ohio regulatory program (hereinafter the ``Ohio program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The proposed amendment consists of changes to provisions of the...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > OSM Texas Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan OSM is correcting a proposed rule that appeared in the Federal Register of December 29, 1997 (62 FR 67592). This document announced receipt of a proposed amendment to the Texas abandoned mine land reclamation plan (hereinafter referred to as the ``Te...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Interior Department > BOR Umatilla Basin Project, Umatilla, OR Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) proposes to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on implementing Phase III of the Umatilla Basin Pro...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Proposed Amendments to Rules of Practice and Procedure; Hearing Regarding Five-Year Reviews On October 23, 1997, the Commission published proposed rules to establish procedures for the conduct of five-year reviews of antidumping and countervailing duty orders and suspension agreements (62 FR 55185). The notice of proposed rulemaking indicat...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Maritime Advisory Committee for Safety and Health; Change of Location for Committee Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Labor Department > DOL Wage and Hour Division; Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committee, Commercial Advisory Subcommittee; Meeting In accordance with Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92- 463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committee, Co...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

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	Jan 23, 1998

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Committee of Visitors; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Committee of Visitors; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman Award Committee; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Bioengineering and Environmental Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Geoscience	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Materials Research; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Mathematical Sciences; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual The Commission is adopting an updated edition of the EDGAR Filer Manual and is providing for its incorporation by reference into the Code of Federal Regulations.	Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations: Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 2 Relating to the Treatment of PACE Orders in Double-up/Double-down Tick Situations	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
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 SelectNet Fees	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Establishing an Enhanced Parity Split Pilot Program for Specialists in Foreign Currency Options Effective Until December 31, 1998	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Amendment Nos. 2, 4 and 5 to the Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., Relating to the Listing of Flexible Exchange Traded Equity and Index Options	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Small Business Administration

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Northern Mariana Islands; Amendment #1	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Small Business Administration State of California	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Small Business Administration State of Florida	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Small Business Administration State of Florida	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department International Telecommunications Advisory Committee (ITAC) U.S. Study Group A of the Telecommunications Standardization Sector (ITAC- T); Meeting Notice	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
State Department Proposed Unidroit Convention and Its Aircraft Protocol Meeting Notice Notice is hereby given of an Advisory Committee meeting to be held on Thursday, February 26 starting at 9:00 a.m. in the Civil Aeromedical Institute auditorium, Room 254, located at 6500 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The meeting will end at or before 1:00 p.m. on February 26. There may be an afternoon session from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for further discussion.	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Surface Transportation Board

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DOT, STB Blue Mountain Railroad, Inc.Trackage Rights ExemptionUnion Pacific Railroad Company	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
DOT, STB Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd.Lease and Operation Exemption Union Pacific Railroad Company Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board exempts from the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10902 the lease by Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd. (IAIS) and operation of 6.4 miles of railroad owned by Union Pacific Railroad Company between milepost 358.568 at Des Moines...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

Transportation Department

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Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 777-200 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 777-200 series airplanes. This action requires repetitive visual inspections to determine the presence and condition of the nut and cotter pin of the...	Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Models 172R and 182S Airplanes This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-01-01, which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 172R and 182S airplanes....	Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney JT8D Series Turbofan Engines This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Pratt & Whitney JT8D series turbofan engines. This proposal would require a one-time visual and eddy current inspection of certain stage 3-4 low pressure...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class E Airspace; Audubon, IA	Correction	Jan 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class E Airspace; Lincoln, NE	Correction	Jan 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory CommitteeNew Task Notice is given of a new task assigned to and accepted by the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC). This notice informs the public of the activities of ARC.	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
Transportation Department Computer Reservations System (CRS) Regulations (Part 255) The Department began a rulemaking to determine whether it should continue or modify its existing rules governing airline computer reservations systems (CRSs). On September 10, 1997, the Department published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking as...	Proposed Rule	Jan 23, 1998

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United States Information Agency Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations	Notice	Jan 23, 1998
United States Information Agency Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces that the following information collection activity has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. USIA...	Notice	Jan 23, 1998

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