February 4, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register February 4, 1998

View all documents issued on February 4, 1998. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

121 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 4, 1998

Broadcasting Board of Governors logo Broadcasting Board of Governors

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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending its regulations to remove the requirement that the prior application of a continued prosecution application (CPA) must have been filed on or after June 8, 1995. This requirement is being removed in...
Rule Feb 04, 1998
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
Notice is hereby given that Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County (PUDDC) at East Wenatchee, WA has submitted in due form an amendment to an application for a permit that would provide authorization for takes of an endangered anadromous fis...
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The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''), International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This notice summarizes the conduct for which certification is...
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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA), NMFS publishes its final List of Fisheries (LOF) for 1998. The LOF classifies fisheries as Category I, II, or III, based on their levels of incidental mortalities and ser...
Rule Feb 04, 1998
NMFS amends the regulations implementing the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMPs) to establish performance, technica...
Rule Feb 04, 1998
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 50 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and Amendment 50 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Ale...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 1998
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
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The Department of Commerce (DoC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Redu...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1605.13(d). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Sett...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Product Manager, Construction Equipment/Material Handling Equipment (PM CE/MHE) has prepared a Life-Cycle Environmental Assessment (LCEA) which examines the potential impacts to the natural and human environment from the life cycle activities of...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 811 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998. Section 811 limits the auth...
Rule Feb 04, 1998
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and its implementing regulations promulgated by the President's Council on Environmental Quality, the Army has prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) pertaining to the Environmental...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), DoD announces the proposed extension of a public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited o...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
The Los Angeles District intends to prepare an EIS to support the proposed study for flood control and environmental restoration, in the Flagstaff area. The study area is a riparian corridor traversing a mostly urban environment, extending approximat...
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The U.S. Marine Corps announces its intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental effects of proposed alternative methods of sewage effluent disposal, in order to achieve compliance with a San Die...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted the energy information collection(s) listed at the end of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 1...
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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is given of a meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee.
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This Notice announces the Department of Energy acceptance of claims for reimbursement. Approximately $40 million in funds for fiscal year 1998 are available for reimbursement of certain costs of remedial action at eligible active uranium and thorium...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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Title IV of the Clean Air Act, as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (the Act), authorized the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Acid Rain Program to reduce the adverse health and ecological effects of acidic deposit...
Rule Feb 04, 1998
Title IV of the Clean Air Act, as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (the Act), authorized the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Acid Rain Program to reduce the adverse health and ecological effects of acidic deposit...
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Correction Feb 04, 1998
EPA is issuing a significant new use rule (SNUR) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for the chemical substance described as butanamide, 2,2'-[3'dichloro[1,1'-biphenyl]- 4,4'-diyl)bisazobis N-2,3-dihydro-2-oxo-1H-benximda...
Rule Feb 04, 1998
On January 7, 1998 (63 FR 683), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a technical amendment correcting the effective date of a direct final rule published on December 31, 1996 (61 FR 69032) that concerned the rem...
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is hereby given that the CSI Council will meet on the dates and times described below. The meeting is open to the public. Seating at the meeting will be on a first-come basis...
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Correction Feb 04, 1998
EPA has granted experimental use permits to the following applicants. These permits are in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of 40 CFR part l72, which defines EPA procedures with respect to the use of pesticides for experimental use pur...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
EPA has granted experimental use permits to the following applicant. The permits are in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of 40 CFR part l72, which defines EPA procedures with respect to the use of pesticides for experimental use purpos...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
This rule extends a time-limited tolerance for residues of the herbicide oxyfluorfen and its metabolites in or on strawberries at 0.05 parts per million (ppm) for an additional 1-year period, to April 15, 1999. This action is in response to EPA's gra...
Rule Feb 04, 1998
This rule extends a time-limited tolerance for residues of the herbicide terbacil and its metabolites in or on watermelon at 0.4 parts per million (ppm) for an additional 1-year period, to May 30, 1999. This action is in response to EPA's granting of...
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Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

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The Farm Credit Administration (FCA), through the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board), issues a final rule amending its regulation that governs the funding relationship between a Farm Credit Bank (FCB) or agricultural credit bank (ACB) and a dir...
Rule Feb 04, 1998

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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Notice Feb 04, 1998
The Federal Communications Commission published in the Federal Register of December 9, 1997, a summary of a Report and Order that it adopted on November 25, 1997, that created a new regulatory framework for international telecommunications. The amend...
Rule Feb 04, 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, as required by the...
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This document dismisses an Application for Review filed by WNNX License Investment Co. directed to an Order dismissing an earlier Application for Review in this proceeding. 62 FR 38245 (July 17, 1997). With this action, the proceeding is terminated.
Rule Feb 04, 1998
This document deletes Channel 298A from LaFayette, Georgia, because this allotment cannot be implemented because of FAA restrictions. This deletion also requires the dismissal of a construction permit application for this allotment by Radix Broadcast...
Rule Feb 04, 1998

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to allow an agency to authorize or approve the return transportation of a privately owned vehicle (POV) from outside the continental United States (OCONUS). This amendment allows for POV ship...
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that BP Chemicals, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of nitrile rubber modified acrylonitrile-methyl acrylate copolymers...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the expanded safe use of 2-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-5-(hexyl...
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This notice is to inform the public that CSAT is making available approximately $300,000 for an award in FY 1998 to CASA to support a program intended to identify an effective model for maximizing help to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)...
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Two new proposals for Medicaid demonstration projects were submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services during the months of July, August, September, October, and November 1997 under the authority of section 1115 of the Social Security Ac...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Coast Guard is considering developing alternate tonnage thresholds for certain vessels based on the measurement system established under the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969. Existing tonnage thresholds in domestic l...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 1998
The Coast Guard amends certain lighting provisions and interpretive regulations supplementing the Inland Navigation Rules. These changes bring Inland Navigation Rules into conformity with the November 1995 amendments to the International Regulations...
Rule Feb 04, 1998
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gives notice that it will field test a new delivery system for public assistance infrastructure grants between March 1 and August 31. Public assistance grants are awarded under the authority of the Rober...
Notice Feb 04, 1998

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Minerals Management Service (MMS) will hold a one-day public meeting to discuss issues involved in developing and implementing a royalty-in-kind (RIK) pilot program for crude oil produced from Federal leases in Wyoming. The meeting will be open t...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey have issued their 1995 annual report on marine mammals under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior, as required by sect...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces a meeting of the Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force, established under the authority of the Klamath River Basin Fishery Resources Restor...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
The Bureau of Land Management, Folsom Field Office, proposes to amend the 1988 Sierra Planning Area Management Framework Plan Amendment (MFPA) to allow for a boundary adjustment of the Ione Tertiary Oxisol Soils Area of Critical Environmental Concern...
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The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives notice that the comment period announced in the September 30, 1997, notice of availability of the Draft Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California, will be extended an additional 6...
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Judicial Conference of the United States

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The Advisory Committee on Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure will hold a two-day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation and will be held each day from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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The Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure will hold a two-day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation and will be held each day from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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The Advisory Committee on Rules of Appellate Procedure will hold a two-day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation and will be held each day from 8:30 to 5:00 p.m.
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The Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure will hold a two-day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation and will be held each day from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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The Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence will hold a two- day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation and will be held each day from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice of meeting.
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This final rule adopts without change temporary regulations published in the Federal Register on July 16, 1996. The temporary rule amended the regulations in 27 CFR part 53 that require exemption certificates or vendee statements in support of certai...
Rule Feb 04, 1998
This revises the notice of January 28, 1998 regarding the President's Advisory Board on Race meetings on February 10 and 11, 1998.
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Submission 9702: On January 14, 1998, the Department provided notice in the Federal Register of a hearing, open to the public, on Submission No. 9702. The notice stated that the hearing would be held in San Diego, California, on February 18, 1998, co...
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Management and Budget Office

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This Notice includes an interpretation of Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS), adopted by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This interpretation was recommended by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB...
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National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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The NCUA intends to submit the following revisions to currently approved collections to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). These informatio...
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National Transportation Safety Board

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This notice reopens the comment period and announces two public meetings on the subject proposed airworthiness directives (AD's) that would reduce payload limits for converted Boeing 727 cargo airplanes. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss techn...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 1998
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain AlliedSignal Aerospace (AlliedSignal) KT 76A ATC transponders that are installed on aircraft. The proposed AD would require incorporating a modification on...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 1998
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737, 747, 757, and 767 series airplanes, that currently requires a one-time operational test of the pilots' seat locks and the seat tracks to ensur...
Rule Feb 04, 1998
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-7 airplanes. The proposed AD would require replacing the rudder and elevator pivot arms with parts of improved design. The p...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 1998
In December 1996, NHTSA published a rule amending the specifications for the Hybrid III test dummy. The dummy is specified by the agency for use in compliance testing under its occupant protection standard. The amendments made minor modifications in...
Rule Feb 04, 1998
The Department is exempting those foreign air carriers which currently hold, or may subsequently receive, Department authority to conduct operations in foreign air transportation using only small aircraft, from the provisions of the Foreign Air Carri...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
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This proposed decision responds to a joint petition filed by Lamborghini and Vector requesting that each company be exempted from the generally applicable average fuel economy standard of 27.5 miles per gallon (mpg) for model years 1998 and 1999, and...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. T...
Notice Feb 04, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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