Federal Register April 23, 1998 (Volume 63)

Agencies Publishing on April 23, 1998

Agency for International Development (1)
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Agricultural Marketing Service (0)
Agriculture Department (12)
Commerce Department (5)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (4)
Defense Department (2)
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (1)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (9)
Environmental Protection Agency (13)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (1)
Health and Human Services Department (25)
Interior Department (2)
Labor Department (5)
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National Science Foundation (8)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Securities and Exchange Commission (11)
Small Business Administration (6)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (17)
Treasury Department (5)
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United States Information Agency (1)

Agency for International Development

Title	Type	Published
Agency for International Development Notification of Availability of the Monetization Field Manual The Office of Food for Peace (FFP), within the Bureau for Humanitarian Response (BHR), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), hereby announces the availability of its Monetization Field Manual. The Monetization Field Manual sets out the O...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

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Agricultural Marketing Service

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Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Dried Prunes Produced in California; Undersized Regulation for the 1998-99 Crop Year This final rule changes the undersized regulation for dried prunes received by handlers from producers and dehydrators under Marketing Order No. 993 for the 1998-99 crop year. The marketing order regulates the handling of dried prunes produced in Cal...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > FAS Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Foreign Agricultural Service's intention to request an extension and revision for a currently approved information collection in support of the List of Commodities by F...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > RHS, FSA Inviting Preapplications for Rural Cooperative Development Grants The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) announces the availability of approximately $1.7 million in competing Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) funds for fiscal year (FY) 1998. This action will comply with legislation which authorizes g...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > FS Lawson Timber Sale and Associated Projects, Siskiyou National Forest, Curry County, OR On April 27, 1992, a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Lawson Timber Sale and Associated Projects on the Gold Beach Ranger District of the Siskiyou National Forest was published in the Federal Register...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > APHIS Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Addition to Quarantined Areas We are amending the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations by adding a portion of Dade County, FL, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from the quarantined area. This action is necessary on an e...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > AMS Olives Grown in California; Increased Assessment Rate This rule increases the assessment rate established for the California Olive Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 932 for the 1998 and subsequent fiscal years from $14.99 to $17.10 per ton of assessable olives. The Committee is responsible...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Agricultural Marketing Service > GIPSA, Agriculture Department Posting of Stockyards	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > FS Quosatana/Bradford Timber Sales and Integrated Resource Projects, Siskiyou National Forest, Curry County, OR On January 8, 1992, a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Quosatana/Bradford Timber Sales and Integrated Resource Projects on the Gold Beach Ranger District of the Siskiyou National Forest was published i...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > AMS Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, et al.; Establishment of Rules and Regulations for Grower Diversion and a Compensation Rate for the Cherry Industry Administrative Board Public Member and Alternate Public Member This document contains rules and regulations for a grower diversion program under the tart cherry marketing order for the 1998- 1999 and following crop years. It would also establish a compensation rate to be paid to the Cherry Industry Administrativ...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Agriculture Department > FS Two Forks Timber Sales and Other Projects, Siskiyou National Forest, Curry County, OR On February 25, 1992, a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Two Forks Timber Sales and Other Projects on the Chetco Range District of the Siskiyou National Forest was published in the Federal Register (57...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Agricultural Marketing Service > GIPSA, Agriculture Department United States Standards for Rye The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is revising the United States Standards for Rye to certificate dockage to the nearest tenth of a percent. The current method of dockage certification rounds the actual dockage percen...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered Species; Permits Notice is hereby given that the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission at Portland, OR (CRITFC) has applied in due form for permits (1147, 1149) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife at La Grande, OR (ODFW) has applied in due form for a...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 6 NMFS announces that the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP) for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Amendment 6...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; Permit No. 1031 (P623) Notice is hereby given that Ms. D. Ann Pabst, Biological Sciences and Center for Marine Science Research, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-3297, has requested an amendment to Per...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Notice of Workshop Notice is hereby given that NMFS will sponsor a workshop for the members of its Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Advisory Panels and of the National Research Council (NRC) Committee to Study IFQs. The workshop will be held in Boston, Massachusetts and...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Western Pacific Fishery Council (Council) will hold its 96th<SUP></SUP> meeting in Honolulu, HI.	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Consumer Product Safety Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Consumer Product Safety Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Consumer Product Safety Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > DISA Membership of the Defense Information System Agency Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Board (PRB) This notice announces the appointment of the members of the Performance Review Board of the Defense Information Systems Agency. The publication of membership is required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). The Performance Review Board provides fair and impartial...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Title	Type	Published
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Comprehensive Local Reform Assistance Notice; Correction The Department of Education published a document in the Federal Register of April 9, 1998 inviting applications from local educational agencies in Montana and Oklahoma for new awards with fiscal year 1997 and 1998 Goals 2000 funds.	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc., Notice of Request for Extension of Time	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Nevada Power Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending Sec. 284.10 of its regulations governing standards for conducting business practices and electronic communication with interstate natural gas pipelines. The Commission is incorporating...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Tariff Filing	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Western Area Power Administration, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Application for NPDES Discharge Permit and the Sewage Sludge Management Permit In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Application fo...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Amendment of the Provisions To Eliminate and Phase-Out Mixing Zones for Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern and Amendment to Procedure 8.D. of Appendix F (Pollutant Minimization Program) for the Final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System As a result of the decision in American Iron and Steel Institute, et al. v. EPA (AISI), 115 F.3d 979 (D.C. Cir. 1997), EPA today is amending the final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lake System (Guidance) (40 CFR part 132) by removing the provi...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Iowa; Control of Landfill Gas Emissions From Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills The EPA is approving the Iowa plan for implementing the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill Emission Guideline (EG) at 40 CFR part 60, subpart Cc, which was required pursuant to section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (Act). The state's plan was submitt...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Iowa; Control of Landfill Gas Emissions From Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills The EPA proposes to approve the Iowa state 111(d) plan for controlling landfill gas emissions from existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. The plan was submitted to fulfill the requirements of the Clean Air Act. The state plan establishes emi...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Nebraska; Control of Landfill Gas Emissions From Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills The EPA proposes to approve the Nebraska state 111(d) plan for controlling landfill gas emissions from existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. The plan was submitted to fulfill the requirements of the Clean Air Act. The state plan establishes...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Nebraska; Control of Landfill Gas Emissions From Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills The EPA is approving the Nebraska plan for implementing the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill Emission Guideline (EG) at 40 CFR part 60, subpart Cc, which was required pursuant to section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (Act). The state's plan was sub...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Fuel Fleet Program The provisions of subpart C of Title II of the Clean Air Act require states with certain ozone and carbon monoxide (CO) nonattainment areas to revise their State Implementation Plans (SIP) to incorporate a Clean Fuel Fleet Program. Under this program...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Fuel Fleet Program The provisions of subpart C of Title II of the Clean Air Act require states with certain ozone and carbon monoxide (CO) nonattainment areas to revise their State Implementation Plans (SIP) to incorporate a Clean Fuel Fleet Program. Under this program...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding City of Manhattan, KS EPA is providing notice of opportunity to comment on the proposed assessment. Under 33 U.S.C. 1319(g), EPA is authorized to issue orders assessing civil penalties for various violations of the Act. EPA may issue such orders after filing a Complaint c...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency National Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Notification of Meeting and Public Comment Period(s); Open Meetings	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment and Opportunity to Comment EPA is providing notice of a proposed administrative penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. EPA is also providing notice of opportunity to comment on the proposed penalty. EPA is authorized under section 309(g) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Request for Comment on Proposed Statement of Policy Regarding Spent Antifreeze EPA is currently considering issuing a statement announcing that data available to the Agency indicates that spent antifreeze rarely fails the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) test. The TCLP is used for determining whether or not a s...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Request for Proposals for Small Public Water Systems Technology Assistance Centers The Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting proposals from institutions of higher learning interested in establishing a Small Public Water Systems Technology Assistance Center (SPWSTAC). Section 1420(f) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) as...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title	Type	Published
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President National Volunteer Week, 1998	Presidential Document	Apr 23, 1998

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval 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	Apr 23, 1998
Federal Communications Commission Technical Requirements To Enable Blocking of Video Programming Based on Program Ratings By this Report and Order (``R&O''), the Commission is amending the rules to require that television receivers with picture screens 33 cm (13 inches) or greater be equipped with technological features to allow parents to block the display of violent,...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Title	Type	Published
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Supervisory Policy Statement on Investment Securities and End- User Derivatives Activities The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), and the National Credit Union Administration (N...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``Performance Standard for Electrode Lead Wires and Patient Cables: Petitions for Exemptions and Variances'' has been approved by the Office of Management...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``Shipment of a Blood Product Prior to Completion of Testing for Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HbsAg), and Shipment of Blood Products Known Reactive for Hbs...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Comprehensive List of Current Guidance Documents at the Food and Drug Administration; Correction The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a document that published in the Federal Register of February 26, 1998 (63 FR 9795). The document provided a comprehensive list of all guidance documents currently in use at the agency. FDA committ...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Crabmeat; Amendment of Common or Usual Name Regulation The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend the regulation for crabmeat by adding the species Callinectes sapidus (C. sapidus) to those listed in the regulation and to provide that the common or usual name of crabmeat derived from th...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Initiatives by Organizations To Strengthen National Tobacco Control Activities in the United States; Notice of Availability of Funds for Fiscal Year 1998	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Listing of Color Additives for Coloring Sutures; D&C Violet No. 2 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of D&C Violet No. 2 as a color additive in glycolide/dioxanone/trimethylene carbonate tripolymer absorbable sutures for general surgery. Thi...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; Scope of Medicare Benefits and Application of the Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Limitation to Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Social Worker Services This rule addresses requirements for Medicare coverage of services furnished by a clinical psychologist or as an incident to the services of a clinical psychologist and for services furnished by a clinical social worker. The requirements are based on...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Meeting: AIDS Research Advisory Committee, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Eye Institute; Notice of the Meeting of the National Advisory Eye Council	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > PHS National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Contraception and Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program The Center for Population Research of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announces the availability of educational loan repayment under the NICHD Contraception and Infertilit...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Aging; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue Debts	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > AHRQ Notice of Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Availability of Draft Reassessment of the Interim Wolf Control Plan for the Northern Rocky Mountains for Review and Comment The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability for public review of a draft reassessment of the 1988 Interim Wolf Control Plan for the Northern Rocky Mountains. The Service solicits review and comment from the public on this draft...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Temporary Closure of Public Lands: Nevada, Carson City District The Assistant District Manager, Non-Renewable Resources announces the temporary closure of selected public lands under his administration. This action is being taken to provide for public safety and to protect adjacent resources.	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Standardized Program Information Reporting (SPIR) System; Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Labor Department > OSHA National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health requests nominations for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health. The Committee was established under section 7(a) of the Occupational Safety...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Labor Department Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; the National Agricultural Workers Survey Questionnaire Form 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	Apr 23, 1998
Labor Department > OSHA Respiratory Protection; Correction OSHA is correcting errors in the regulatory text of the Respiratory Protection final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on January 8, 1998 (63 FR 1152).	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Labor Department > MSHA The ``Significant and Substantial'' Phrase in Sections 104 (d) and (e) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977; Suspension of Interpretative Bulletin	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences; Committee of Visitors; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Engineering; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Geosciences; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Astronomical Sciences; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Bioengineering & Environmental Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Chemical and Transport Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Chemical and Transport Systems; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
National Science Foundation Special Emphasis Panel in Polar Programs; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Codes and Standards: IEEE National Consensus Standard The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing an amendment to its regulations that would incorporate by reference IEEE Std. 603-1991, ``Criteria for Safety Systems for Nuclear Power Generating Stations,'' a national consensus standard for powe...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance, Irradiator Licenses; Availability of Draft NUREG The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the availability of and requesting comment on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 6, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about 10 CFR Part 36 Irradiator Licenses,'' dated Ma...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission GPU Nuclear Corporation (Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1); Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Northeast Nuclear Energy Company; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Southern Nuclear Operating Company Inc.; Alabama Power Company; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; American Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change Relating to Institutional Index Option Position Limits	Correction	Apr 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Extension and Amendment of the Pilot Program for Equity and Index Option Specialist Enhanced Parity Splits	Correction	Apr 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange, Inc., Relating to the Elimination of Fixed Percentage Tests for Trading Halts in Index Options	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Pacific Exchange, Inc., Relating to Communication Devices on the Trading Floor	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. To Amend Its Rule 3230 Relating to Clearing Agreements	Correction	Apr 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Relating to Mandatory Arbitration of Claims Involving Exempted Securities	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. to Amend and Make Permanent the Allocation Policy and Procedures Pilot Program	Correction	Apr 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 1 to the Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Supervision and Record Retention Rules	Correction	Apr 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., Relating to Allocation Procedures	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., To Amend its By-Law Article X, Sections 10-16, 10-17 and 10-19 To Require That Each of its Trading Floor Committees Consult With Its Corresponding Quality of Markets Committee on All Matters of Policy and All Matters That Are To Be Presented to the Board	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as Amended, and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Amendment No. 2 to the Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Tape Recording of Conversations	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Small Business Administration

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Program SBA is proposing to amend its regulations to conform the eligibility criteria for disaster loans to those applicable in SBA's business loan program. Thus, under the proposed rule, a business could not obtain a physical disaster loan if it is engaged...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Small Business Administration Small Business Size Standards; Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule The Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for towers, telephone and telegraph apparatus, electrical measuring and integrating instruments, engines and turbines, storage batteries, cellular ha...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Small Business Administration State of Alabama	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Small Business Administration State of California (and Contiguous Counties in Oregon)	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Small Business Administration State of Georgia, Amendment #4]	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Small Business Administration State of Minnesota; Amendment #1	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB State of North CarolinaIntracorporate Family ExemptionMerger of Beaufort and Morehead Railroad Company Into North Carolina Railroad Company	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
DOT, STB Union Pacific Railroad CompanyTrackage Rights ExemptionThe Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10502, exempts the trackage rights described in STB Finance Docket No. 33572 <SUP>1</SUP> to permit the trackage rights to expire, as they relate to the operation between Council Bluffs and Hastings, on July 16, 1998, and a...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Aerospatiale Model ATR-42 and ATR-72 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Aerospatiale Model ATR-42 and ATR-72 series airplanes. This action requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to add specific flightcrew instructions to be fol...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; All Models of The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Formerly Piper Aircraft Corporation) Airplanes Equipped With Wing Lift Struts This document proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 93-10-06, which currently applies to all models of The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) airplanes equipped with wing lift struts. AD 93- 10-06 requires repetitively inspecting the wing...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Fokker Model F27 Mark 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Fokker Model F27 Mark 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time detailed visual inspection of the...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Lockheed Model L-1011-385 Series Airplanes This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-08-09 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of certain Lockheed Model L- 1011-385 series airplanes by individual notices....	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and MD- 11F Series Airplanes This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-08-11 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and MD-11F series airplanes by indivi...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > NHTSA Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition This notice sets forth the reasons for the denial of a petition submitted to NHTSA under 49 U.S.C. 30162, requesting that the agency commence a proceeding to determine the existence of a defect related to motor vehicle safety. The petition is hereina...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > RSPA Excess Flow ValveCustomer Notification This document corrects the Amendment number of final rule [Docket No. PS-118A; Amdt. 192-82], published in the Federal Register on February 3, 1998 (63 FR 5464). In the document heading on page 5464, the ``Amendment 192-82'' is changed to read ``Amen...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Athens, OH This action modifies Class E airspace at Athens, OH. An Instrument Landing System (ILS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (Rwy) 25, has been developed for Ohio University Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 to...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Lawrenceville, IL This action modifies Class E airspace at Lawrenceville, IL. A Nondirectional Beacon (NDB) or Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (Rwy) 4, Amendment 5, has been developed for Mount Carmel Municipal A...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Springfield, IL This action modifies Class E airspace at Springfield, IL. An Instrument Landing System (ILS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (Rwy) 31, Amendment 1, has been developed for Capital Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward f...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Washington Court House, OH This action modifies Class E airspace at Washington Court House, OH. A Nondirectional Beacon-A (NDB-A) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) has been developed for Fayette County Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 to 1200...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review, Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces it's determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Indianapolis Airport Authority for Indianapolis International Airport under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Ab...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 98-04-C-00-BTM To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Bert Mooney Airport, Submitted by the Bert Mooney Airport Authority, Butte, Montana The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at Bert Mooney Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 158).	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals The FAA publishes a monthly notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals and disapprovals under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Public Law 101-508) and...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Pilot, Flight Instructor, Ground Instructor, and Pilot School Certification Rules; Clarifying Amendments and Other Editorial Changes This amendment makes minor revisions to clarify regulations regarding the certification, training, and experience requirements for pilots, flight instructors, and ground instructors, and the certification requirements for pilot schools approved by th...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Finding of No Significant Impact The FAA prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA), evaluating a Sea Launch Limited Partnership (SLLP) proposal to construct and operate a mobile, floating launch platform in international waters in the east-central equatorial Pacific Ocean. After rev...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Alice, TX This action revises the Class E airspace at Alice, TX. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to runway (RWY) 16 and 34 at Old Hoppe Place Airport, Agua Dulce, TX, has made this rule necessa...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998

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Treasury Department > OTS Financial Management Policies The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is proposing to adopt a Thrift Bulletin that provides guidance on the management of interest rate risk, investment securities, and derivatives activities. The proposed Bulletin also describes the guidelines OTS...	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Treasury Department > OTS Financial Management Policies; Financial Derivatives The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is proposing to issue a regulation that would apply to all financial derivatives and would replace its existing regulations on forward commitments, futures transactions, and financial options transactions. The p...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Treasury Department > FS Regulations Governing Book-Entry Treasury Bonds, Notes, and Bills; Determination Regarding State Statute The Department of the Treasury is announcing that it has reviewed the recently enacted South Dakota law adopting Revised Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code--Investment Securities (``Revised Article 8'') and has determined that it is substantial...	Rule	Apr 23, 1998
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Apr 23, 1998
Treasury Department > IRS Travel and Tour Activities of Tax Exempt Organizations This document contains proposed regulations clarifying when the travel and tour activities of tax exempt organizations are substantially related to the purposes for which exemption was granted. These proposed regulations are intended to augment the g...	Proposed Rule	Apr 23, 1998

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United States Information Agency U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Meeting The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy will meet on April 22 in Room 600, 301 4th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., from 8:00 a.m. to noon. At 8:30 a.m. the Commission will participate in a USIS 2000 Video Conference with U.S. Embassy Rabat....	Notice	Apr 23, 1998

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