April 1, 1998 (Volume 63)

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Regulations promulgated under the Animal Welfare Act require animal dealers and exhibitors to establish and use appropriate methods to prevent, control, diagnose, and treat diseases in animals covered by the Act. This document gives notice that, for...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
GIPSA announces the designation of Detroit Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Detroit), Keokuk Grain Inspection Service (Keokuk), and Michigan Grain Inspection Services, Inc. (Michigan), to provide official services under the United States Grain Standar...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is publishing this document to clarify its policy in regard to HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) requirements for meat and poultry establishments producing either multiple products that...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
This rule revises the handling and reporting requirements for California nectarines and peaches by modifying the grade, size, maturity, and container requirements for fresh shipments of these fruits, beginning with 1998 season shipments. This rule mo...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), provides that official agency designations will end not later than triennially and may be renewed. The designation of Cairo Grain Inspection Agency, Inc. (Cairo), will end October 31, 1998, acc...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to consider amending Marketing Agreement and Order No. 956, hereinafter referred to as the ``order.'' The order regulates the handling of Walla Walla Sweet Onions grown in the Walla Walla Valley of Southeast...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998

Broadcasting Board of Governors logo Broadcasting Board of Governors

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Notice Apr 01, 1998

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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In response to a request by respondent Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. (Ta Chen), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain welded stainless steel pipe from Taiwan (A...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
NMFS closes the commercial fishery for Atlantic migratory group king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Atlantic. This closure is necessary to protect the Atlantic group king mackerel resource.
Rule Apr 01, 1998
NMFS closes the commercial fishery for king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the western zone of the Gulf of Mexico. This closure is necessary to protect the overfished Gulf king mackerel resource.
Rule Apr 01, 1998
Notice of Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value.
Notice Apr 01, 1998

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 Flammable Fabric Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1605.13. Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlement Agr...
Notice Apr 01, 1998

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Army announces today the availability of the Environment Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) for the disposal and reuse of the Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD), Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in accordance with...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The proposed action evaluated by this FEIS is the disposal of the Seneca Army Depot Activity (SEDA), New York, in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510, as amended. The FEIS addresses the environment...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition and Technology (Industrial Affairs and Installations) announces the proposed reinstatement of a public informat...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) (February 1997) for the proposed construction of a rail connector for Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has been completed. The ROD was developed in accordance with Council on En...
Notice Apr 01, 1998

Education Department logo Education Department

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Provides grants to support local educational agencies in their efforts to reform elementary and secondary school programs that serve Indian students in order to ensure that such programs are based on challenging State content standards and State stud...
Notice Apr 01, 1998

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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Standards...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
This rule extends a time-limited tolerance for residues of the insecticide bifenthrin and its metabolites in or on cucurbits at 1.0 part per million (ppm) for an additional one-year period, to April 30, 1999. This action is in response to EPA's grant...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
This rule extends a time-limited tolerance for residues of the insecticide imidacloprid and its metabolites in or on cucurbits at 0.2 part per million (ppm) for an additional 1-year period, to March 31, 1999. This action is in response to EPA's grant...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to enter into de minimis settlements pursuant to Section 122(g)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, (CERCLA) 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4)....
Notice Apr 01, 1998
Under the authority of section 110(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or ``the Act''), EPA today proposes a federal implementation plan (FIP) to address the moderate area PM-10 requirements for the Phoenix PM-10 nonattainment area. Specifically, for bot...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
This notice announces a proposed revision in the burden estimates for the Information Collection Request (ICR) entitled ``Certification of Pesticide Applicators,'' (EPA ICR No. 0155.06, OMB No. 2070-0029). In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction A...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
As a part of EPA's 1994 regulatory review, the reporting requirements under section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) were reviewed for burden reduction opportunities. As a result of this review, EPA is revising its TSCA section 8(d) he...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is today announcing the availability of an EPA Risk Assessment Forum report entitled, Assessment of Thyroid Follicular Cell Tumors (hereafter ``Forum Report''). The Forum Report presents science policy guidan...
Notice Apr 01, 1998

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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This Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration of the Fifth Report and Order (``MO&O'') reaffirms & clarifies the Commission's rules to implement digital television. The intended effect of this action is to provide a host of new and beneficial...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
This Second Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making seeks comment regarding proposed rules that would prohibit cable systems from overriding local broadcaster's emergency related programming with voluntary state and/or local level Emergency Alert Syst...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
In this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) describes the license renewal procedures for certain 800 MHz conventional SMR licenses on General Category channels. Specifically, the Bureau reminds the licensees of their respon...
Notice Apr 01, 1998

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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Notice Apr 01, 1998

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Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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The Commission is amending its rules to make more efficacious the procedures by which the General Counsel reaches determinations on requests by former employees for clearance to participate in Commission matters. The revised procedures are intended t...
Rule Apr 01, 1998

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) to add new Chapter 300 which contains general guidance on how to use the FTR and agency reporting requirements, and a revised Chapter 301 regarding temporary duty (TDY) travel allowances exce...
Rule Apr 01, 1998

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (ANCPR) announces release of a Program Announcement of its broad priority interests for extramural grants for research, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation projects to: (1) Support Improvements...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The Children's Bureau and its Office on Child Abuse and Neglect announce the availability of fiscal year 1998 funding and request for applications to support a National Resource Center for Programs Serving Abandoned Infants and Infants At Risk of Aba...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled ``Guidance to Industry and CDRH for PMAs and PMA Supplements: Use of Published Literature, Use of Previously Submitted Materials, and Priority Review...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Rohm and Haas Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of completely hydrolyzed copolymer of acrylonitrile and trivinylcyclo...
Notice Apr 01, 1998

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Coast Guard proposes to revise user fees for Coast Guard services relating to the issuance of merchant mariner licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariner documents. The proposed revisions are based on the most recent recalculation o...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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The purpose of this document is to announce the OMB approval number for the collection and analysis of data on crime in a Chicago public housing development and the adjacent neighborhood.
Notice Apr 01, 1998
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 Apr 01, 1998
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 Apr 01, 1998

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Act), the Department of the Interior has submitted the collection of information discussed below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. The Act provides that an agency may not co...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has reviewed the International Tin Research Institute, Ltd.'s (ITRI) application for approval of tin shot as nontoxic for waterfowl hunting in the United States. The Service has found that the Tier 1 test...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The Fish and Wildlife Service proposes endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended for one perennial plant, Phlox hirsuta (Yreka phlox). Phlox hirsuta is known only from two locations on serpentine slopes in Sis...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes to list Rumex orthoneurus (commonly known as Chiricahua or Blumer's dock) as threatened pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This plant is a rare Southwest endemic occ...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes to list Helianthus paradoxus (Pecos or puzzle sunflower) as a threatened species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This species is dependent on desert wetlands for its s...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
The collection of information described below will be submitted to OMB for renewal of approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Copies of specific information collection requirements, related forms, and explanatory materia...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The collection of information described below will be submitted to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Copies of specific information collection requirements and explanatory material may be obtained by contac...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability population of the roseate tern (Sterna dougallii dougallii). The roseate tern is a worldwide species that breeds in two discrete areas in the Western Hemisphere. One of those areas is the...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The following described public lands in Wayne County, Utah have been examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance to Wayne County under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). Way...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces that the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will conduct a meeting on matters pertaining to management and protection of wild, free-roaming horses and burros on the Nation's public lands.
Notice Apr 01, 1998

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Following receipt of a request on March 18, 1998, from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the Commission instituted investigation No. 332-392, Advice Concerning APEC Sectoral Trade Liberalization, under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's (``ALJ's'') initial determination (``ID'') granting the parties'' joint motion to terminate the above-captioned...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has decided not to review the presiding administrative law judge's (ALJ's) initial determination (ID) terminating the above- captioned investigation as to every respondent on the bas...
Notice Apr 01, 1998

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is canceling the solicitation, Victim Sensitive Family Group Conferencing in School Settings. This solicitation, which appeared on page 15 of OVC's FY 1998 Discretionary Program Application Kit, was one of ten co...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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This notice contains all information required to submit a grant application. The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA), announces the availability of $2,460,383 to award competitive grants for projects that assist far...
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...
Notice Apr 01, 1998

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

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This notice is issued to inform the public that the Copyright Office is proposing new fees for special services. The effect of these proposed amendments is to increase existing fees and to institute fees for existing special services as authorized in...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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In accordance with the 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.
Notice Apr 01, 1998

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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This notice provides information on NARA's space planning initiative and provides information on where the public may obtain information on this initiative and provide comments to NARA. NARA is beginning a planning effort that will analyze our curren...
Notice Apr 01, 1998

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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National Institute for Literacy

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Notice of Invite.
Notice Apr 01, 1998

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Notice Apr 01, 1998
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend the licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees. The proposed amendments are necessary to implement the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-9...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is revising its statement of organization and general information to reflect the creation of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), the reorganization...
Rule Apr 01, 1998

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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The Office of Personnel Management is issuing proposed regulations governing personnel records and Federal employee training. The proposed regulations amend a statement about maintaining individual employee training records and clarify agency authori...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998

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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model AB 412 helicopters. This action requires an inspection of the tail rotor blades for debond voids and replacement, if necessary. This amendment...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (BHTC) Model 407 helicopters. This proposal would require shimming the tail rotor drive system bearing supports (bearing su...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting priority letter airworthiness directive (AD) 97-24-17, which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (BHTC) Model 407 helicopte...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (BHTI) Model 47B, 47B-3, 47D, 47D-1, 47G, 47G-2, 47G-2A, 47G-2A-1, 47G-3, 47G-3B, 47G-3B-1, 47G- 3B-2, 47G-3B-2A, 47G-4, 47G-4A, 47G-5, 47G-5A, 47H-...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all British Aerospace Model HS 748 series airplanes. This action requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to modify the limitation that prohibits the positioning of the...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model AS 332C, L, and L1 helicopters. This proposal would require initial and repetitive inspections of the tail rotor shaf...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to GKN Westland Helicopters Limited (Westland) WG-30 series 100 and 100-60 helicopters. This action requires an initial visual inspection and replacement, if necessary, of al...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to all Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau GmbH (Glaser- Dirks) Models DG-100 and DG-400 gliders. The proposed AD would require repetitively inspecting the airbrakes to assure t...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all IAI, Ltd., Model 1125 Westwind Astra and Astra SPX series airplanes. This action requires disabling of the baggage compartment electrical heating blankets. This amendm...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Model PC-12 airplanes. The proposed action would require replacing and re- routing the power return cables on the starter g...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB 340B and SAAB 2000 series airplanes. This proposal would require modification of the check valves of the airfoil de-icing system,...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Short Brothers Model SD3-60 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time inspection to detect discrepancies of certain diode mounting asse...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
In this final rule, RSPA is making changes to a final rule published on January 8, 1997, and modified in a July 22, 1997 final rule, which amended the Hazardous Materials Regulations to better identify hazardous materials in transportation. The prima...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
This action proposes to amend Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 67 to extend until May 10, 2000, the prohibition on flight operations within portions of the territory and airspace of Afghanistan by any United States air carrier and commercia...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998
Notice Apr 01, 1998

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 8765) which were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, March 5, 1998 (63 FR 10772), relating to adjustments required when a qualified business unit (QBU) that used the profit and lo...
Rule Apr 01, 1998
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is revising its lending limits regulation by making several technical changes designed to clarify certain provisions in the current rule.
Rule Apr 01, 1998
In 1991 the IRS established the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC) in response to a recommendation made by the United States Congress. The primary purpose of IRPAC is to provide an organized public forum for discussion of releva...
Notice Apr 01, 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 Apr 01, 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 Apr 01, 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 Apr 01, 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 Apr 01, 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 Apr 01, 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 Apr 01, 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 Apr 01, 1998
The inflation adjustment factor, nonconventional source fuel credit, and reference price are used in determining the tax credit allowable on the production of fuel from nonconventional sources under section 29.
Notice Apr 01, 1998
The 1998 inflation adjustment factor and reference prices are used in determining the availability of the renewable electricity production credit under section 45(a).
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United States Information Agency

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This rule establishes requirements and conditions necessary for the implementation of the new Electronic Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 552, as amended by Pub. L. 104-231. This addition to the present regulation will e...
Proposed Rule Apr 01, 1998

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