July 17, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register July 17, 1998

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

127 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on July 17, 1998

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), as amended by Section 2 of Pub. L. 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on the proposed information collections. This noti...
Notice Jul 17, 1998
Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture has renewed the Burley Tobacco Advisory Committee for an additional period of 2 years.
Notice Jul 17, 1998
Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture has renewed the Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee for an additional period of 2 years.
Notice Jul 17, 1998
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby amends its regulations on audits of RUS borrowers. This final rule incorporates changes to the audit regulations necessitated by the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 and by Office of Management and Budget (...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
Notice is hereby given that the USDA proposes to revise its systems of records relating to the Rural Development Mission Area.
Notice Jul 17, 1998
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) proposes to revise its regulations on telecommunications system construction policies and procedures. This revision includes empowering the telecommunications borrowers by reducing oversight by RUS with respect to pr...
Proposed Rule Jul 17, 1998
The notice of availability for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for the Thompson Creek Mine Supplemental Plan of Operation published in the June 19, 1998 Federal Register (Vol. 63, No. 118, 33651) indicated the close of t...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS issues a final rule to implement Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska (FMP), which delegates to the State of Alaska (State) the authority to manage all aspects of the scallop fishery, except limited acces...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
Notice is hereby given that Dr. W. John Richardson, LGL Ltd. Environmental Research Associates, 22 Fisher St., P.O.B. 280, King City, Ontario L7B 1A6, Canada has applied in due form for a permit to take bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus), ringed sea...
Notice Jul 17, 1998
The NWS is publishing proposed certifications for the consolidation, automation, and closure of the-- (1) Charlotte, North Carolina Weather Service Office (WSO) which will be automated at FAA Weather Observation Service Level A and have its services...
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Jul 17, 1998
The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Jul 17, 1998
The Committee has received a proposal to add to the Procurement List commodity to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') is proposing revisions to its Guideline on Economic and Public Interest Requirements for Contract Market Designation, 17 CFR Part 5, Appendix A (``Guideline No. 1''). Guideline No. 1 details the i...
Proposed Rule Jul 17, 1998
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') has long established and enforced speculative position limits for futures contracts on various agricultural commodities. On April 7, 1993, the Commission promulgated interim final rules amendi...
Proposed Rule Jul 17, 1998

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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This notice is to advise interested parties of a demonstration project in which the Department of Defense (DoD) will provide health care services to Medicare-eligible military retirees in a managed care program, called TRICARE Senior, and receive rei...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision to the EIA procedure of confidentiality treatment given to electric power data collected and disseminated by the EIA through a series of primarily man...
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The Division of High Energy Physics of the Office of Energy Research (OER), U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for support under its Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) Program. Applications sho...
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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 document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS Sub...
Notice Jul 17, 1998
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities. DATES: Comments, identified by the docket control number PF-82...
Notice Jul 17, 1998
EPA is taking direct final action to delegate the authority to implement and enforce specific national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPs) to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) in Arizona. The preamble outlin...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
Pursuant to section 112(l) of the 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA), the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) requested delegation of specific national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPs). In the Rules section of this Feder...
Proposed Rule Jul 17, 1998
EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested additional information related to increased sediment potential, large woody debris mitigation and road closure methodology. ERP No. D-AFS-J65284-MT Rating EC2, Patty-Piper Access Road Project, Implem...
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This regulation establishes new tolerances for combined residues of fipronil, its metabolites MB46136 and MB45950, and its photodegradate MB46513, in or on rice grain and rice straw. In pesticide petition (PP) 7F4832, Rhone Poulenc AG, Inc. requested...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
On March 12, 1998, the State of Mississippi submitted an application for EPA approval to administer and enforce training and certification requirements, training program accreditation requirements, and work practice standards for lead-based paint act...
Notice Jul 17, 1998
This rule extends a time-limited tolerance for residues of the fungicide myclobutanil and its metabolites in or on mint (peppermint and spearmint) at 2.5 part per million (ppm) for an additional eighteen months, to January 31, 2000. This action is in...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
This rule establishes a temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the microbial pest control agent pseudomonas fluorescens strain PRA-25 on peas, snap beans, sweet corn, supersweet corn when applied/used on vegetable see...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
This document announces the availability of a draft final report of a peer review and risk assessment workshop, sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Assessment, on behalf of the Joint Subcommi...
Notice Jul 17, 1998
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (RCRA), authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant approval to states to operate their underground storage tank programs in lieu of the federal program. 40 CFR part 282...
Rule Jul 17, 1998

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The FDIC is proposing to amend its regulations governing the insurance coverage of joint ownership accounts and revocable trust (or payable-on-death) accounts. These proposed amendments to the insurance regulations would supplement the revisions adop...
Proposed Rule Jul 17, 1998

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Trade Commission is amending Rules 4.10(d) and (e) of its Rules of Practice, which describe confidentiality protections for materials that the agency obtains pursuant to process in a law enforcement investigation, materials that the agenc...
Rule Jul 17, 1998

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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This notice announces GSA's plan to continue providing MMS under the Household Goods Tender of Service (HTOS) until October 31, 1999, with the expectation of adding MMS to the Governmentwide Employee Relocation Services Schedule as a separate service...
Notice Jul 17, 1998

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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This notice describes the final methodology to identify and estimate the number of children with a serious emotional disturbance (SED) within each State. This notice is being published as part of the requirements of Public Law 102-321, the ADAMHA Reo...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for QUADRAMET<Register> and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an applicat...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guide entitled ``National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish.'' The guide was developed cooperatively by FDA and the Interstate S...
Notice Jul 17, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Alpharma Inc. The NADA provides for using approved bacitracin methylene disalicylate, decoquinate, and...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an amendment to the notice of meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee. This meeting was announced in the Federal Register of June 26, 1998 (63 FR 34902). The amendment is being made...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Alpharma Inc. The supplemental NADA provides for using soluble bacitracin methylene disal...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of an abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Phoenix Scientific, Inc. The ANADA provides for veterinary prescription use of ivermecti...
Rule Jul 17, 1998

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 6867, declaring a national emergency, the Coast Guard, after consultation with the Department of Justice, established a security zone, restricting the operation of certain vessels within the internal waters a...
Rule Jul 17, 1998

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Jul 17, 1998

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).
Notice Jul 17, 1998
The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service) is proposing to establish the 1998-99 early-season hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. The Service annually prescribes frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hun...
Proposed Rule Jul 17, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing that the information collection request for the Procedures and Criteria for Approval or Disapproval of State Program...
Notice Jul 17, 1998

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Jul 17, 1998
Notice Jul 17, 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 con...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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NASA hereby gives notice that Lantis Laser, Inc., has applied for a partially exclusive license to practice the invention disclosed in NASA Case No. LAR-15564-1-SB, entitled, ``Method of Controlling Laser Wavelength(s),'' for which a U.S. Patent Appl...
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National Transportation Safety Board

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations regarding the use of respiratory protection and other controls to restrict internal exposure to radioactive material. The proposed amendments are intended to make these reg...
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Postal Service logo Postal Service

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The Postal Service is staying its recently published interim rule on Global Package Link which added a merchandise return service for customers utilizing the GPL service to Germany and France.
Rule Jul 17, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Notice of application for an order under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from section 12(d)(1) of the Act.
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Notice of application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act. SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: The order would permit applicants to enter into and materially amend subadvisory agreements without obtaining shareholder approval.
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Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
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Global Passenger Services, L.L.C. (Global or applicant), a noncarrier, filed an application under 49 U.S.C. 14303 to acquire control of 20 motor passenger carriers, consisting of 15 existing subsidiaries--Bortner Bus Company (Bortner), C&D Transporta...
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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document announces a reopening of the comment period for the above-referenced NPRM which proposed adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. That NP...
Proposed Rule Jul 17, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Dornier Model 328-100 series airplanes, that requires replacing the existing roll spoiler control rods with improved parts. This amendment is prompted by issuance of mand...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes, that currently requires a revision of the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to alert the flightcrew that both flight...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at Colorado Springs Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 158).
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This notice proposes to modify Class E airspace at Two Harbors, MN. A Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (Rwy) 24 has been developed for Richard B. Helgeson Airport. Controlled airspace extending u...
Proposed Rule Jul 17, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and ap...
Notice Jul 17, 1998
This document confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which amends the Class D airspace area operating times and establishes a Class E airspace surface area at Yuma MCAS-Yuma International Airport, AZ; and corrects the Class E airspace leg...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has reviewed all its files on Circular Letters to General Agents (CLs) and Operating Letters to General Agents (OLs). As a result of this review, MARAD has determined to revoke all said Circular Letters to General...
Notice Jul 17, 1998
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP's) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of change...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
Rule Jul 17, 1998

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is issuing a final rule revising adjustable-rate mortgage loan (ARM) disclosure requirements for savings associations. In the interim final rule, the OTS conformed its ARM disclosure rule text to recent changes...
Rule Jul 17, 1998
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jul 17, 1998
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
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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...
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United States Information Agency

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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978 (43 FR 133359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order...
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