Federal Register July 31, 1998
View all documents issued on July 31, 1998. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
118 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on July 31, 1998
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Agriculture Department
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Commerce Department
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Corporation for National and Community Service
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Defense Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Office of the President
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Federal Maritime Commission
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Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
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Federal Reserve System
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Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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Interior Department
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International Trade Commission
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Labor Department
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Postal Service
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Social Security Administration
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Agriculture Department
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The Forest Supervisor of the Targhee National Forest gives notice of the agency's intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for the Big Bend Ridge Vegetation Management Project. After conducting a Properly Functioning Condition (PFC) assess...
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We are proposing to amend the Animal Welfare regulations by clarifying the definition of the term field study. We want to clarify that a field study cannot involve an invasive procedure, harm the animals under study, or materially alter the behavior...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) invites comments on proposed revisions to the PACA Regulations to provide for a three-year license renewal period for retailers and grocery wholesalers, and provide all other licensees the option of renewing their...
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The USDA Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental effect of removing trees damaged by a severe snowstorm that occurred in February 1998, and severe wind storms that occurred in April and May 19...
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The Department of Commerce is hereby notifying interested parties of a change to the administration of matched sales. Effective immediately, the Department will use a calendar year quota accounting rather than the previously used delivery year quota...
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On June 18, 1998, the Department of Commerce published the final results of administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Roma...
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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the deep-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the third seasonal bycatch allowance of Pacific halibut apportione...
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NMFS is prohibiting retention of Pacific ocean perch in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). NMFS is requiring that catch of Pacific ocean perch in this area be treated in the same manner as prohibited species and discarded at sea...
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NMFS is prohibiting retention of sablefish by vessels using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). NMFS is requiring that catch of sablefish by vessels using trawl gear in this area be treated in the same manner as pro...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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NMFS is prohibiting retention of ``other rockfish'' in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). NMFS is requiring that catch of ``other rockfish'' in this area be treated in the same manner as prohibited species and discarded at sea w...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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Notice is hereby given that a request for amendment of scientific research permit No. 968 submitted by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project, Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics, 9500 Gilman Dri...
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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On July 15, 1998, Wolverine Tube (Canada) Inc. filed a First Request for Panel Review with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Panel review was requested of the final...
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
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The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete commodities previously furnished by su...
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Corporation for National and Community Service
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Defense Department
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Pub. L. 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Pub. L. 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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The Department of the Army is amending a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: This proposed action will be effective without further notice on Aug...
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The Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee is publishing Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 202. This bulletin lists revisions in the per diem rates prescribed for U.S. Government employees for travel in Alaska, Hawaii, Puer...
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Energy Department
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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 EPA is planning to submit the following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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EPA is finalizing the approval of a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) proposed in the Federal Register on April 17, 1997. The revision concerns a rule from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). This approval...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This action is an administrative change which revises the definitions in Mendocino County Air Quality Management District (MCAQMD or District) R...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This action is an administrative change which revises two definitions and adds one definition in Mendocino County Air Quality Management District (MCAQMD) Rule 1...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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Since the amendments of October, 1988, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) has required payment of an annual maintenance fee to keep pesticide registrations in effect. The fee due last January 15 has gone unpaid for about...
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EPA is proposing to approve the use of a new membrane filter medium for the simultaneous detection of total coliform and Escherichia coli (E. coli) and three revised chemical analytical methods for compliance determinations of acid herbicides and diq...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
Executive Office of the President
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Federal Communications Commission
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The Commission announces the auction of 42 VHF public coast station licenses scheduled for December 3, 1998, and seeks comment on a proposed formula for calculating minimum opening bids and other auction procedural issues.
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Community Media, Inc., proposing the substitution of Channel 229C for Channel 243C3 at Sheridan, Wyoming, and the modification of Station KYTI(FM)'s construction permit (File No. BPH-980211IE) a...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This document requests comments on a petition filed by Arturo Lopez and Eleazar Trevino, proposing the allotment of Channel 274A to Zapata, Texas. The channel can be allotted to Zapata without a site restriction at coordinates 26-54-30 and 99-16-18....
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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By this Memorandum Opinion and Order (``MO&O''), the Commission amends the rules to permit fixed, point-to-point Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (``U-NII'') devices in the 5.725- 5.825 GHz band to operate with one watt maximum transmit...
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Federal Maritime Commission
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Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
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Federal Reserve System
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Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
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Health and Human Services Department
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend the biologics regulations to eliminate references to establishment licenses and product licenses for all products regulated under the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act). In lieu of filing...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that DuPont Chemicals and White Pigments, and The Dow Chemical Co., has jointly filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of monoisopropan...
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published, in the Federal Register of April 17, 1998 (63 FR 19185), a direct final rule to implement the amendments to the humanitarian use devices provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act)...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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We are revising the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems for operating costs and capital-related costs to implement applicable statutory requirements, including section 4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), as well as chan...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This final rule revised Medicare and Medicaid regulations concerning surety bond requirements published in the Federal Register (63 FR 29648) on June 1, 1998. Those regulations specified submission compliance dates for all home health agencies (HHAs)...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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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 approved bacitracin methylene disa...
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Homeland Security Department
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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Iowa, (FEMA-1230-DR), dated July 2, 1998, and related determinations.
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-1225-DR), dated June 23, 1998 and related determinations.
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Minnesota, (FEMA-1225-DR), dated June 23, 1998, and related determinations.
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of New York, (FEMA-1233-DR), dated July 7, 1998, and related determinations.
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota, (FEMA-1220-DR), dated June 15, 1998, and related determinations.
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1220-DR), dated June 15, 1998, and related determinations.
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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of West Virginia, (FEMA-1229-DR), dated July 1, 1998, and related determinations.
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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.
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
Interior Department
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The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is reopening and extending the comment period for the proposed rule, Enhancing AML Reclamation, published on June 25, 1998 (63 FR 34768). The comment period closed on July 27, 1998, and i...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces a draft policy on the National Wildlife Refuge System and Compensatory Mitigation under the Section 10/404 program. This policy establishes national guidelines regarding the use of the National Wildlife Re...
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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OSM is approving a proposed amendment to the Kentucky regulatory program (hereinafter referred to as the ``Kentucky program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Kentucky requested the removal of 30 CFR 917.17(a) wh...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (sec. 309), the Bureau of Land Management Resource Advisory Council for Central California will meet in Galt,...
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
International Trade Commission
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Notice is hereby given that a compliant was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 1, 1998, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Cirrus Logic, Inc., 3100 West Warren Avenue, Fremont...
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Labor Department
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National Science Foundation
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Postal Service
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The Postal Service published a document in the Federal Register of July 10, 1998, concerning revisions to Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) sections M020, M041, and M045, eliminating options for mailers to place packages and bundles of Standard Mail (A) and...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This notice adopts revisions to PS Form 8125, Plant-Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS) Verification and Clearance, adopts new Form 8125- C, Plant-Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS) Verification and Clearance-- Consolidated, and provides notice of the eliminati...
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Act'') for an exemption from all provisions of the Act.
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Social Security Administration
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SSA is announcing the continuation of testing that it has been conducting under the current rules at 20 CFR 404.906, 404.943, 404.966, 416.1406, 416.1443, and 416.1466. Those rules authorize the testing of several modifications to the disability dete...
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 series airplanes. This proposal would require modification of the struts for the stowage box located forward of galley 2. This p...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 series airplanes. This proposal would require repetitive inspections to detect corrosion on the fuselage skin panels that surrou...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300, A310, and A300-600 series airplanes, that requires repetitive detailed visual inspections to detect cracks in the pylon thrust and sideload fitting of...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300, A310, and A300-600 series airplanes, that requires a one-time operational test of the fire shut- off valves (FSOV's) to determine if the FSOV's are fun...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A300-600 series airplanes, that requires inspections of the areas behind the scuff plates below the passenger/ crew doors and bulk cargo door to detect cracks an...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300-600 and A310 series airplanes, that currently requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to instruct the flightcrew to cross-check cer...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A310 series airplanes, that requires inspections of the lower door surrounding structure to detect cracks and corrosion, and repair, if necessary. This amendment...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) T98-15-51 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of all Airbus Model A319, A320, A321, A300, A310, A300-600, A330, and A340 se...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 767 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect corrosion or plating cracks of the pin assemblies in the forward trunnion support of the...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all British Aerospace (Jetstream) Model 4101 airplanes, that currently requires repetitive functional testing of the main entrance door, cleaning and lu...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Dornier Model 328-100 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacement of certain landing gear proximity sensor electrical units (PSEU) w...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Dornier Model 328-100 series airplanes, that requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to require use of the electrical fuel pump for take-off and landing and pe...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Fairchild Aircraft, Inc. (Fairchild) SA226 and SA227 series airplanes. The proposed AD would require repetitively inspecting the wing spar center web cutou...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 airplanes that are equipped with the ``corporate commuter cabin layout.'' This layout is a Pilatus design...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This amendment clarifies information contained in Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-11-01 R1, which currently requires replacing the fuel tank vent valves and drilling a 4.8 millimeter (0.1875 inch) hole in each fuel filler cap on certain Pilatus Aircr...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain de Havilland Model DHC-8- 102, -103, -106, -201, -202, -301, -311, and -315 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time inspection to...
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Proposed Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This action establishes a Class E surface area at Grant County Airport, Moses Lake, WA. The effect of this action is to provide controlled airspace between the surface and the en route phase of flight when the airport traffic control tower is closed.
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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The FHWA is modifying its regulations under 49 CFR part 376 governing the lease and interchange of motor vehicle equipment by exempting commonly-owned and controlled motor carriers from the vehicle identification and exchange of receipt requirements...
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This notice lists those forms, reports, and recordkeeping requirements imposed upon the public which were transmitted by the Department of Transportation to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its approval in accordance with the requirement...
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 1995 (44 USC Chapter 35), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The...
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and appro...
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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This document amends the Customs Regulations to remove the requirement that an exporter of cargo is liable for the payment of the Harbor Maintenance Fee when cargo is loaded for export at a port subject to the Harbor Maintenance Fee. This change is r...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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Customs published in the Federal Register of March 17, 1998, a final rule establishing a Customs port of entry at Kodiak, Alaska. This document corrects the geographical description of the port limits of Kodiak to include the Womens Bay port faciliti...
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Rule | Jul 31, 1998 |
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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 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order...
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Notice | Jul 31, 1998 |
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