March 25, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register March 25, 1998

View all documents issued on March 25, 1998. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

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Agencies Publishing on March 25, 1998

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on proposed information collection contained in form FCS-260, Requisition for Food Coupon Books.
Notice Mar 25, 1998
We are amending the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Florida from Class A to Class Free. We have determined that Florida meets the standards for Class Free status. This action reli...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) adopts regulations for the General Crop Insurance Regulations; Canning and Processing Tomato and Rice Endorsements; Fresh Market Tomato (Guaranteed Production Plan) Crop Insurance Regulations; and the Com...
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The Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA, published in the Federal Register of February 20, 1998, a document establishing the quantity of spearmint oil produced in the Far West, by class, that handlers may purchase from, or handle for, producers duri...
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Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board logo Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

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The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board and the Department of Transportation propose to amend the accessibility guidelines and standards for over-the-road buses (OTRBs) to include technical specifications for lifts, ramps, whee...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998

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 Mar 25, 1998
This notice serves to inform the public of a business development and trade mission to Barbados, St. Lucia, and Grenada, to be held May 3-8, 1998 (``the mission''); provides interested U.S. firms with the opportunity to submit an application to parti...
Notice Mar 25, 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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NMFS announces the availability of a proposed plan for research and monitoring to support the conservation and management of Atlantic highly migratory species as required by the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA). NMFS has prepared this draft plan...
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NMFS announces the approval of recommendations made by the State of Alaska (State) for the 1998-2000 halibut, fixed gear sablefish, and crab Community Development Plans (CDPs) under the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. This a...
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The Department of Commerce offers a unique opportunity for nonprofit trade promotion organizations to undertake a joint project with the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (US&FCS), the export promotion arm of the U.S. Government, in Brazil, Indones...
Notice Mar 25, 1998
The Department of Commerce ( the Department) is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico. This review covers the period August 1, 1996 through July 31,...
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Pursuant to section 753(b)(4) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the United States International Trade Commission has issued a negative injury determination with respect to the countervailing duty order on steel wire rope from Thailand...
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Army announces the availability of the Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) for the proposed action evaluated by this EA to dispose of property made available by the realignment of Sierra Arm...
Notice Mar 25, 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 requirement and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments a...
Notice Mar 25, 1998
In previous Federal Register notice (Vol. 62, No. 27, pages 5962-5963) Monday, February 10, 1997, the Headquarters, Military Traffic Management Command (HQMTMC) announced a request for comments on the Program for Qualifying Department of Defense (DoD...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) of the Office of Energy Research (ER), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research grants in the Natural and Accelerated Bioremediati...
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The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) of the Office of Energy Research (ER), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for the Integrated Assessment of Global Climate Change Program....
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA is promulgating corrections to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the State of Colorado. First, EPA is correcting its January 21, 1997 rulemaking in which EPA approved several Colorado new source review (NSR) SIP revisions. Specifically, pur...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
EPA has received a specific exemption request from the Washington Department of Agriculture (hereafter referred to as the ``Applicant'') to use the pesticide bifenthrin (CAS 8657-04-3 cis and 83322-02-5 trans), formulated as Brigade WSB, to treat up...
Notice Mar 25, 1998
EPA has received a specific exemption request from the Texas Department of Agriculture and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (hereafter referred to as the ``Applicants'') to use the pesticide flowable carbofuran (Furadan 4F Insecti...
Notice Mar 25, 1998
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of the insecticide 1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2- imidazolidinimine and its metabolites in or on sorghum grain 0.05 parts per million (ppm), forage 0.10 ppm, and stover 0.10 ppm. Gustaf...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of the insecticide 1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2- imidazolidinimine and its metabolites in or on pecans. The Bayer Corporation submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
The EPA is allowing public review and comment on the draft preamble and sections of the draft revisions to the operating permits regulations in 40 CFR part 70. The regulatory sections available for comment include those dealing with definitions, appl...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
EPA has received specific exemption requests from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (hereafter referred to as the ``Applicant'') to use the insect growth regulators pyriproxyfen (CAS 95737-68-1) and buprofezin (CAS 69327-76-0) to trea...
Notice Mar 25, 1998
EPA has received specific exemption requests from the Arizona Department of Agriculture (hereafter referred to as the ``Applicant'') to use the insect growth regulators pyriproxyfen (CAS 95737-68-1) and buprofezin (CAS 69327-76-0) to treat up to 430,...
Notice Mar 25, 1998
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of titanium dioxide when used as an inert ingredient (UV protectant) in microencapsulated formulations of lambda- cyhalothrin. Zeneca AgProducts requested this...
Rule Mar 25, 1998

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...
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Federal Labor Relations Authority logo Federal Labor Relations Authority

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The Federal Service Impasses Panel (Panel) is soliciting public comments on FLRA Form 14, Request for Assistance, as described below, prior to submission of the proposal to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review as required by the Paper...
Notice Mar 25, 1998

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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The Board is publishing for comment a proposed rule amending Regulation M, which implements the Consumer Leasing Act. The act requires lessors to provide consumers with uniform cost and other disclosures about consumer lease transactions. The propose...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
The Board is publishing an interim rule amending Regulation E, which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA). The EFTA establishes certain rights, liabilities, and responsibilities of participants involved in electronic fund transfers (EFT...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
The Board is publishing for comment a proposed rule to eliminate the extended time periods in Regulation E for investigating claims involving point-of-sale (POS) debit card and foreign-initiated transactions. Regulation E implements the Electronic Fu...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
The Board is publishing for comment a proposed rule amending Regulation B, which implements the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. The proposal would permit creditors to use electronic communication (for example, communication via personal computer and mo...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
Notice Mar 25, 1998
The Board is publishing for comment a proposed rule amending Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act. The proposal would permit creditors to use electronic communication (for example, communication via personal computer and modem) to...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
The Board is publishing for comment a proposed rule amending Regulation DD which implements the Truth in Savings Act. The proposed rule would allow depository institutions to deliver by electronic communication disclosures required by the act and reg...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...
Notice Mar 25, 1998

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA)...
Notice Mar 25, 1998
These proposed regulations would implement provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), related to child support enforcement program automation. Under PRWORA, States must have in effect a statewi...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revising its food labeling regulations by amending the definition of the term ``healthy'' to permit certain processed fruits and vegetables and enriched cereal- grain products that conform to a standard of id...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending to May 26, 1998, the comment period for the proposal to amend the nutrition labeling regulations pertaining to reference amounts for certain candy products that published in the Federal Register of...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
This proposed rule would revise the OIG's civil money penalty (CMP) authorities, in conjunction with new and revised provisions set forth in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Among other provisions, this proposed rulema...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
Notice Mar 25, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the current good manufacturing practice regulations for human and veterinary drug products to correct a typographical error. This action is being taken to ensure accuracy and clarity in the agency's...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending to June 29, 1998, the comment period for the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that appeared in the Federal Register of December 23, 1997 (62 FR 67011). This advance notice announced FDA...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
This rule would amend the Medicare regulations governing liability for overpayments to eliminate application of certain regulations of the Social Security Administration and to replace them with HCFA regulations more specific to circumstances involvi...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulation for bambermycins to correct several cross-references in that regulation. In approving a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Hoechst Roussel Vet, FDA failed to amend...
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and approval by March 27, 1998, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is solicit...
Notice Mar 25, 1998

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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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 25, 1998
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, gives notice that two public hearings will be held on its proposal to list the flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) as a threatened spec...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
Due to several Federal court orders, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) amends the List of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife (50 CFR 17.11) to remove critical habitat designations for the Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida), spikeda...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
This notice announces the Forum on Ecological Surveys of Aquatic Nuisance Species. The 1996 amendments to the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act added a new subsection requiring that the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Forc...
Notice Mar 25, 1998
As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the Conservation Advisory Group, Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Yakima, Washington, established by the Secretary of the Interior, will hold a public meeting...
Notice Mar 25, 1998
The Service proposes to clarify and simplify the migratory game bird hunting regulations regarding baiting. The Service is proposing these changes after an extensive review of the current regulations and in response to public concern about interpreta...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
A meeting of the Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council will be held on April 30, 1998. The meeting will convene at 8:00 a.m., at the Spokane District Office of the Bureau of Land Management, 1103 N. Fancher Road, Spokane, WA 99212. The meeting...
Notice Mar 25, 1998
The following public lands in Deschutes County, Oregon have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance to the City of Redmond under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 e...
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Pursuant to the authority vested in the Director of the Minerals Management Service by the joint bidding provisions of 30 CFR 256.41, each entity within one of the following groups shall be restricted from bidding with any entity in any other of the...
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on February 13, 1998, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan. A su...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (``COPS'') announces the availability of grants to support the purchase of equipment and technology, and the procurement of support services under COPS Making Officer Redeploym...
Notice Mar 25, 1998

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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

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The Commission will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, April 9, 1998 and Friday, April 10, 1998 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1250 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC in the Consulate/Ambassador Room. The meetings are tentatively scheduled to begin...
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National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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NCUA is revising its regulations governing the disclosure of information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to reflect recent changes to FOIA brought about by the enactment of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 (E-F...
Rule Mar 25, 1998

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National Labor Relations Board

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Notice Mar 25, 1998

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...
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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend the notice describing the system of records (system) currently entitled NRC-32, ``Office of the Controller Financial T...
Notice Mar 25, 1998
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is withdrawing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that discussed possible changes to the regulations governing specific domestic licenses of broad scope for byproduct material. Additionally, NRC is...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
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Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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5 U.S.C. 4703 authorizes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to conduct demonstration projects that experiment with new and different personnel management concepts to determine whether such changes in personnel policy or procedures would result...
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

State Department logo State Department

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Notice Mar 25, 1998
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. T...
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Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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The Board has approved the second quarter 1998 rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The second quarter 1998 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 0.996. The second quarter 1998 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.642. The...
Notice Mar 25, 1998

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to all British Aerospace (BAe) Jetstream Model 3101 airplanes equipped with a certain autopilot. The proposed action would require modifying the autopilot elevator el...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) PC-6, PC-6/A, PC-6/B, and PC-6/C series airplanes equipped with turbo-prop engines. The proposed action would require modif...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class D and Class E airspace at Salina Municipal airport, KS, and corrects two errors in the airspace designation as published in the direct final rule.
Rule Mar 25, 1998
This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class D and Class E airspace at Topeka, Philip Billard Municipal Airport, KS, and corrects two errors in the airspace designation as published in the direct final rule.
Rule Mar 25, 1998
This action amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at Andover, NJ. The development of a Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) at Aeroflex-Andover Airport ha...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
This action amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at Danville, VA. The amendments to existing Standing Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP)s at Danville Regional Airport has made this action necessary. This...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
This action amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at Galax, VA. The development of a Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) at Twin County Airport has made...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Iola, KS.
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This action amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at Wilmington, DE. The development of a Standards Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) at New Castle County Airpo...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace area at Stuart-Atkinson Municipal Airport, Atkinson, NE. The Federal Aviation Administration has developed Global Positioning System (GPS) Runway (RWY) 29 and VHF Omnidirectional Range/Distance Measu...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
This notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace areas at, Lawrence, KS; Perryville, MO; Warrensburg, MO; Burlington, IA; Des Moines, IA; Fort Madison, IA and Dubuque, IA. A review of the Class E airspace designations for the airports listed above...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Cedar Rapids, The Eastern Iowa Airport, IA, and corrects an error in the airspace designation as published in the direct final rule.
Rule Mar 25, 1998
This notice proposes special conditions for the Boeing Model 757-300. This airplane will utilize new avionics/electronic systems that provide critical data to the flightcrew. The applicable regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety st...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998
The Department is proposing regulations to require the accessibility of new over-the-road buses (OTRBs) and to require accessible OTRB service. The proposed rules, under the authority of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), apply both to interc...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This rule revises regulatory text that identifies, by position title, senior Treasury officials authorized to originally or derivatively classify national security information under Executive Order 12958. These designations are now contained in Treas...
Rule Mar 25, 1998
This document contains corrections to REG-209463-82, which was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, December 30, 1997 (62 FR 67780). The amendments to existing proposed regulations make changes to the rules that apply if a trust is named as...
Proposed Rule Mar 25, 1998

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