March 17, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register March 17, 1998

View all documents issued on March 17, 1998. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

142 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 17, 1998

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule which removed the 23-day reporting requirement and established a new date for importers to report disposition of peanuts...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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This action allocates 1998 duty-exemptions for watch producers located in the Virgin Islands pursuant to Public Law 97-446, as amended by Public Law 103-465 (``the Act'').
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the 1996-1997 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel butt- weld pipe fittings from Taiwan. The review cover...
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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limit for the final results of the 1995-1996 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on welded stainless steel pipe from Taiwan. The review covers one manufacturer/exporter...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
On August 28, 1997, the Department of Commerce initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium from the Russian Federation for one manufacturer or producer of ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium...
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NMFS issues regulations to implement Amendment 36 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and Amendment 39 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMPs). This...
Rule Mar 17, 1998
NMFS issues this proposed rule to amend the regulations implementing the Fishery Management Plan for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries (FMP). This rule proposes a possession limit of 8 fish per person and a minimum fish size of...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 1998
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee will hold a public meeting.
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a number of public meetings of its oversight committees and advisory panels in March and April 1998 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
On February 20, 1998, Cerestar, USA, Inc., filed a First Request for Panel Review with the Mexican Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Several other Requests for Panel Review were also...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is announcing that it will hold a one-day conference on issues related to protection of and access to compilations of data.
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), on behalf of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes annual management measures promulgated as regulations by the IPHC and approved by the Secretary of State governing the P...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has reproposed to amend Commission Regulation 1.35(a-1) to permit eligible customer orders to be placed on a contract market without individual customer account identifiers either at the time of order placemen...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 1998

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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The Commission will conduct a public hearing on May 5-6, 1998 to receive scientific and technical information, such as published or unpublished studies, relating to the toxicity, exposure, bioavailability, and environmental effects of flame retardant...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 1998
The Commission is proposing a rule to require child-resistant (``CR'') packaging for minoxidil preparations containing more than 14 mg of minoxidil in a single package. The Commission has preliminarily determined that child-resistant packaging is nec...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 1998

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant Environics, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States to practice the Government owned invention described in U.S. Patent Application No. 08/625,506,...
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The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Zesto Therm, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license in the United States to practice the Government owned invention described in U.S. Patent No. 4,264,362...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Marine Corps has been in the process of preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for the construction and operation of a solid waste landfill on Marine Corps Base (MCB), Qu...
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The Department of the Army is amending the system identifier to a system of records notice. The Army system of records notice identified as A0635/690 TAPC, entitled Army Career and Alumni Program, Pre-separation and Job Assistance Counseling publishe...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, The Defense Logistics Agency, announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether...
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservatio...
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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: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Rocky Flats.
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In 1979, the Secretary of Energy designated inactive uranium milling sites, including two sites at Belfield and Bowman, North Dakota, for cleanup under the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978. In 1995, the State of North Dakota reques...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the following advisory committee teleconference: Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. The purpose of the teleconferenc...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required t...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Clean Ai...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
Four projects of the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) will hold meetings open to the public at the time and place listed below in this notice. The public is encouraged to attend the proceedings as observers. However, in the interest o...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
EPA has established a unified library for test guidelines issued by the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS). The unified library for test guidelines is periodically updated by notices of availability of final test guidelines...
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Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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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 Mar 17, 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 th...
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The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Daryl A. Alligood requesting the allotment of Channel 296A to Shenandoah, Virginia, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 296A can be allotted to Shenandoah in compl...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 1998

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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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 an amendment to the notice of meeting of the Arthritis Advisory Committee Meeting. This meeting was announced in the Federal Register of March 3, 1998 (63 FR 10399). The amendment is being made to...
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The inventions listed below are owned by agencies of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Fo...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The inventions listed below are owned by agencies of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Fo...
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Moraxella catarrhalis is the third most common pathogen for otitis media, the most common cause of illness requiring medical treatment in children. The NIDCD is investigating candidate vaccines based on detoxified lipooligosaccharide-protein conjugat...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revoking the regulations under the Tea Importation Act. This action is in response to the passage of the Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act on April 9, 1996, that repealed the Tea Importation Act of 1897. In addi...
Rule Mar 17, 1998
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is seeking early public input on their proposed action to modernize the National Distress System (NDS), a major portion of their Short Range Communications System (SRCS). To more effectively accomplish maritime sa...
Notice Mar 17, 1998

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Newhall Land and Farming Company, Incorporated (Newhall), has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service for a 50-year incidental take permit pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. Newhall's project involves...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to identify management needs and issues associated with the recent discovery of dinosaur tracks on BLM-administered public lands in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The BLM is prohibiting persons, for an indefinite period, from target shooting and operating motorized vehicles in certain areas around, and within, the Swasey Drive--Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). These closures will protect sensitiv...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Glen Canyon Technical Work Group (TWG) was formed as an official subcommittee of the Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) on September 10, 1997. The TWG members were named by the members of the AMWG and will provide advice and inform...
Notice Mar 17, 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 Fishery Management Council, established under the authority of the Klamath River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
This Notice advises the public that Alliance Pipeline of Mankato, Minnesota has applied for the installation of a 36-inch diameter natural gas pipeline right-of-way across U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tract 94, Stevens County, Minnesota Waterfowl...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
Members of the public are hereby invited to participate with Spring Creek Coal Company in a program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America in the lands described below located in Big Horn County, Montana:
Notice Mar 17, 1998
This notice is to inform the public of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) decision by the Tucson Field Office Manager of the Tucson Field Office to prohibit the discharge of firearms on public land at Indian Kitchen archaeological site as posted,...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The temporary 2-year segregation of a proposed withdrawal of 21,256.58 acres of public lands for the Department of Air Force's Mountain Home Air Force Base Enhanced Training in Idaho (ETI) site expires April 7, 1998, after which the lands will be ope...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
This order modifies a public land order to establish a 20-year term as to 20 acres of National Forest System land withdrawn for the Forest Service's West Eagle Meadow Campground in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. The land has been and remains cl...
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Western Pacific Housing (applicant) has submitted an application with a Habitat Conservation Plan to the Fish and Wildlife Service for an incidental take permit pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. The ap...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
Pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations in CFR 1610.5-5, BLM intends to amend the Resource Management Plan (RMP) for its Glenwood Springs Resource Area (GSRA). As d...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
This notice is to inform the public of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) decision by the Tucson Field Office Manager of the Tucson Field Office of the temporary road closure of selected public lands under the Field Office's administration. The se...
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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 con...
Notice Mar 17, 1998

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook regulation is published in the Code of Federal Regulations. This is a final rule to amend the Handbook to: require the centers to discuss whether any special provisions might be needed for a cooperati...
Rule Mar 17, 1998
This is a final rule amending the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to clarify that Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) is the preferred contracting technique for the acquisition of all supplies and services at NASA; provide guidance on the appropriate contr...
Rule Mar 17, 1998

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Notice Mar 17, 1998
This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on January 20, 1998 (63 FR 2873). This action is necessary to correct miscellaneous errors in the codified text of the final rule.
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Notice of intent to terminate the NRC license for the Schott Glass Technologies, Inc. (Schott) facility located in Duryea, Pennsylvania, notice of a public meeting, and notice of opportunity for a hearing for release of the site for unrestricted use.
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department logo State Department

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Consular offices abroad have been experiencing an ever- increasing volume of nonimmigrant visa (NIV) applications. Some have had to begin declining to accept new applications from persons denied as intending immigrants in the recent past. This propos...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 1998

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Alexander Schleicher Segelflugzeugbau (Schleicher) Models ASW-19 and ASK-21 sailplanes. The proposed AD would require: modifying the rudder surface panels;...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 1998
In this final rule, the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) modifies current procedures in its drug testing regulations by requiring a face-to-face evaluation by substance abuse professionals (SAP) for pipeline employees who have eith...
Rule Mar 17, 1998
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Howard County, Maryland.
Notice Mar 17, 1998
This notice announces the FAA's policy with respect to passenger capacity increases and compliance with the type certification requirements for transport airplane emergency evacuation. This notice advises the public of FAA policy and gives all intere...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
This proposed rule would amend the Cedar City, UT, Class E airspace. If amended, the proposal would provide additional airspace necessary to fully encompass various new and revised Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) at Cedar City Regional...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 1998
This action revises Class E airspace at Homer, AK. The modification of the Localizer (LOC)/Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) instrument approach to RWY 21 Homer, AK, has made this action necessary. Adoption of this proposal would result in the provi...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 1998
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 approval. The...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3501, et seq.) this notice announces that the Department of Transportation has submitted an emergency processing public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Ma...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 comme...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
This action withdraws the Direct Final Rule (DFR) published in the Federal Register on February 12, 1998, which revised Class E airspace at Eastland, TX. The DFR was to provide adequate controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the sur...
Rule Mar 17, 1998
This amendment revises the Class E airspace at Eastland, TX. The development of a Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a Global Positioning System (GPS) SIAP to runway (RWY) 35 at Eastland Municipal Airp...
Rule Mar 17, 1998
This action withdraws a Direct Final Rule (DFR) published in the Federal Register on December 15, 1997, which revised the Class E airspace at Gallup, NM. The DFR was to provide adequate controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the sur...
Rule Mar 17, 1998
This amendment revises the Class E airspace at Gallup, NM. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to runway (RWY) 6 at Gallup Municipal Airport, Gallup, NM, has made this rule necessary. Thi...
Rule Mar 17, 1998
This action revokes the Class E surface area airspace at Wrangell, AK, and Peterburg, AK. Plans to develop Required Navigation Performance (RNP) instrument approach procedures at these airports have been canceled or delayed indefinitely. Consequently...
Rule Mar 17, 1998

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document proposes to amend the Customs Regulations pertaining to the field organization of the Customs Service by designating Fort Myers, Florida, as a port of entry. The new port of entry would include Southwest Florida International Airport, w...
Proposed Rule Mar 17, 1998
This document amends the Customs Regulations pertaining to the field organization of Customs by designating Kodiak, Alaska, as a Customs port of entry and removing its designation as a Customs station. As part of the Treasury and General Government A...
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Correction Mar 17, 1998
This document notifies the public of foreign entities which have been issued a penalty claim under section 592 of the Tariff Act, for certain violations of the customs laws. This list is authorized to be published by section 333 of the Uruguay Round...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 17, 1998
This document amends the Customs Regulations to provide for the availability by electronic means of the code assigned by Customs to identify frequent entry filers. This action is expected to assist port authorities, sureties, carriers, customs broker...
Rule Mar 17, 1998

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United States Information Agency

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The United States Information Agency is seeking private sector support for the United States Pavilion at the Hannover World's Fair in the year 2000. There is a wide range of tax deductible opportunities available, ranging from taking responsibility f...
Notice Mar 17, 1998

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