August 5, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register August 5, 1998

View all documents issued on August 5, 1998. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

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Agencies Publishing on August 5, 1998

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This rule revises the administrative rules and regulations of the California almond marketing order (order) pertaining to the quality control program. The order regulates the handling of almonds grown in California, and is administered locally by the...
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This rule amends regulations for the peanut price support program to, pending comment, ease conditions for marketing Segregation 3 peanuts by allowing the peanuts to be reconditioned and regraded in certain limited instances. Peanuts are graded as ``...
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The Agencies are revising their Property Management regulations to clarify changes in definitions that only affect Real Estate Owned (REO) by the Agency, and not a customer's account. This action is being taken to update and correct the definitions o...
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby amends the regulations utilized to service loans and grants. The final rule will permit loan reamortization with interest rate adjustment for eligible delinquent borrowers. The final rule will provide debt rel...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS is closing the commercial fishery for large coastal sharks conducted by persons aboard vessels issued a Federal Atlantic shark permit in the Western North Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. This action is necessa...
Rule Aug 05, 1998
The draft Recovery Plan (Plan) for the North Pacific and North Atlantic Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) and Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) stocks is available for review and comment by interested parties prior to preparing the final plan for app...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 45 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP) for Secretarial review. This amendment would reauthorize the...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene a public meeting of the Socioeconomic Panel (SEP).
Notice Aug 05, 1998
In the June 30, 1998, Federal Register notice announcing the final rule and extension of implementation date for the Fastener Quality Act, important information was inadvertently omitted from one of the amendments, which has created ambiguity in the...
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The Pacific Fishery Management Council's Groundfish Total Catch Determination Committee will hold a public meeting.
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America's national and economic security are increasingly reliant on certain critical infrastructures and upon cyber-based information systems. Accordingly, in Presidential Decision Directive 63, the President directed the establishment of a program...
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Notice is hereby given that the Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, of the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U. S. Department of Commerce, will...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
This notice serves as a supplement to the Department of Commerce's July 10, 1998, notice of preliminary results of administrative review and new shipper review of tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, from the People's R...
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Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announces the general availability of exclusive, or partially exclusive licenses under the following patents. Any license granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404.
Notice Aug 05, 1998
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Walla Walla District, intends to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for dredging, dredged material disposal activities, and measures to reduce dredging requirements within the navigable wat...
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Delaware River Basin Commission

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Enron Power Marketing, Inc. has applied for renewal of its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) announces its interest in receiving applications for federal assistance to assist U.S. manufacturing industries with the research and development of advanced sensor and control technologies which: (1) Meet the high prio...
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The Department of Energy's (DOE) Final Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (WM PEIS) (May 1997) analyzed alternatives for the annual treatment of approximately 3,440 metric tons of non-wastewater hazardous waste that is curre...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB):...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
A proposed disapproval of the Texas AVR program was published in the Federal Register (FR) on December 19, 1997 (62 FR 66576). The purpose of this action is to withdraw the proposed disapproval. The State has withdrawn the SIP submittal.
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of buprofezin in or on cucurbits, tomatoes and tomato paste. This action is in response to EPA's granting of emergency exemptions under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing issuance of guidance on ``Definition of a Public Water System in SDWA Section 1401(4) as Amended by the 1996 SDWA Amendments.'' The guidance is published as an Appendix to this notice.
Notice Aug 05, 1998
This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for the combined residues of fluroxypyr 1-methylheptyl ester and its metabolite fluroxypyr in or on wheat, barley, field corn, and sweet corn. This action is in response to EPA's granting of emergen...
Rule Aug 05, 1998
This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities. DATES: Comments, identified by the docket control number PF-817,...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities. DATES: Comments, identified by the docket control number PF-818,...
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EPA Region 6 is proposing to issue a general NPDES permit authorizing discharges of facility waste water and contact storm water from petroleum bulk stations and terminals in Texas. This permit covers facilities having Standard Industrial Classificat...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
In accordance with Section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendment by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations.
Notice Aug 05, 1998
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendment by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. DATES: The...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendment by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. DATES: The...
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In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.
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EPA has established a unified library for test guidelines issued by the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), and is announcing the availability of final test guidelines for the Series 870--Health Effects Test Guidelines. The...
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Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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On July 21, 1998, the Federal Communications Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed to eliminate, in toto, part 41 (Telephone and Telegraph Franks) of the Commission's rules. The NPRM, part of the Commission's 1998 b...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
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 Aug 05, 1998
The Federal Communications Commissions, 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, as required by the...
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This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed on behalf of Zimin Broadcasting Corp. requesting the allotment of FM Channel 221A to King Salmon, Alaska, as that community's first local aural transmission service. Coordinates used...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Russell L. Lindley, proposing the allotment of Channel 261A to Lufkin, Texas. The channel can be allotted to Lufkin at coordinates 31-16-13 and 94- 43-50. There is a site restriction 8.5 kilomete...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Wright & Wright, Inc., seeking the allotment of Channel 283A to Pauls Valley, OK, as the community's first or second local FM service. Channel 283A can be allotted to Pauls Valley in compliance...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This document allots Channel 288A to Redwood, Mississippi, as that community's first local aural transmission service, in response to a petition filed by Dominant Communications Corporation. See 61 FR 63809, December 2, 1996. Coordinates used for Cha...
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The Commission, at the request of MainQuad, Inc., substitutes Channel 297A for Channel 297C2 at Warrenton, NC, reallots Channel 297A to Powhatan, VA, as the community's first local aural service, and modifies the construction permit of Station WXNC t...
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This document requests comments on a petition filed by Whitehall Broadcasting Company proposing the allotment of Channel 274A to Whitehall, Montana, as that community's first local broadcast service. The channel can be allotted to Whitehall with a si...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service logo Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

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This notice announces that the major information collection form for FMCS mediation services, FMCS-F-7 form, ``Notice to Mediation Agencies,'' OMB No. 3076-0004, which expires on November 30, 1998, is coming up for renewal. Before submitting this ren...
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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

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The Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Board) is publishing a final rule amending the Board's Freedom of Information Act regulations to implement the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996. The rul...
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Notice Aug 05, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing changes to its Orphan Products Development (OPD) grant program for fiscal year (FY) 1999. The previous announcement of this program, which was published in the Federal Register of July 9, 1997, is...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for ETOPOPHOS<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...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that General Electric Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the expanded safe use of phosphorous acid, cyclic butylethyl propanediol, 2,4,6...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confirming in part and withdrawing in part the provisions in the direct final rule that published in the Federal Register of April 20, 1998, to revise the general safety test (GST) requirements for biological...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation in 33 CFR 117.5 governing the operation of the SR 57 swing span drawbridge across Dulac Bayou, mile 0.6, at Dulac, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. This devi...
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The Coast Guard is amending the permanent special local regulations for the Annual Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament, by increasing the size of the No Wake Zone on the waters of the St. Johns River and establishing the annual date of the event...
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of a funding decision made by the Department to QuanTech, Inc. This announcement contains the name an...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
The purpose of this notice is amend the Fiscal Year 1998 Notice of Funding Availability for the Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages to implement a single application process for the FY 1998 funds all...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
On June 30, 1998, HUD published proposed rules that would establish uniform physical condition standards for housing assisted under certain HUD programs (FR-4280), and uniform annual financial reporting standards for HUD's Public Housing, Section 8 h...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Notice Aug 05, 1998
This proposed rule supplement establishes the Service's final regulatory alternatives for the 1998-99 duck hunting season for the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The effect of this supplement is to facili...
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This order revokes in their entirety two Secretarial orders as to 4,030.86 acres of public lands withdrawn for Bureau of Land Management Powersite Reserve No. 526 and Powersite Classification No. 65. The lands are no longer needed for the purposes fo...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
This order revokes in their entirety, two Executive orders which withdrew 945.86 acres of public and National Forest System lands for Bureau of Land Management Powersite Reserve Nos. 289 and 323. The lands are no longer needed for the purposes for wh...
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to grant the joint petition of Ciena Corporation (Ciena) and Pirelli S.p.A., Pirelli Cavi e Sistemi S.p.A., and Pirelli Cables and Systems LLC (collectively ``Pirelli'...
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The Commission has prepared and published annual reports on U.S. trade shifts in selected industries/commodity areas under investigation No. 332-345 since 1993. The Commission plans to publish the next report in July 1999, which will cover shifts in...
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Judicial Conference of the United States

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The Advisory Committees on Rules of Bankruptcy and Civil Procedure and Rules of Evidence have proposed the following rules:
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Procedures for the administration of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of Justice solicitation for ``Forensic Document Examination Validation Studies.''
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Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) intends to enter into cooperative agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies to assist them in providing the Gang Resistance Education and...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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MSHA is extending the period for public comment regarding the Agency's proposed rule addressing diesel particulate matter exposure of underground coal miners, which was published in the Federal Register on April 9, 1998; and the notice of preliminary...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces a meeting of the Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee. OSHA invites all interested persons to attend. The committee members represent groups inter...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
A Committee has been established to advice the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training (ETA) regarding the overall operation and administration of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker programs authorized under Title IV, Section 4...
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Management and Budget Office

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Under title 44 U.S.C. 3504, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public comment on the Standard Occupational Classification Revision Policy Committee's (SOCRPC) final recommendations for revising the 1980 Standard Occupational Classif...
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National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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NARA is required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a) to provide an opportunity for public comment on proposed records schedules that will authorize the destruction of Federal records. This notice contains the full text of proposed changes to the General Records Sc...
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National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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National Science Foundation

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review the following proposals for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Ch...
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has reassessed and updated its policy on the conduct of adjudicatory proceedings in view of the potential institution of a number of proceedings in the next few years to consider applications to renew re...
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

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The Small Business Administration (SBA) is notifying the public that it intends to grant the pending applications of 35 existing Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) for refunding on January 1, 1999, subject to the availability of funds. Ten st...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying th...
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Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 767 series airplanes. This proposal would require a detailed visual inspection to detect corrosion inside the forward trunnion joint...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This action confirms the effective date of Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-12-31, which applies to certain British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3101 airplanes. AD 98-12-31 requires repositioning the fuel cross feed pipes in the lower center fuselage to...
Rule Aug 05, 1998
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all IAI, Ltd., Model 1121, 1121A, 1121B, 1123, 1124, and 1124A series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive inspections of the trim actuator of...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain de Havilland Model DHC-8-100, - 200, and -300 series airplanes, that would have required modification of the flight compartment door. That proposal was prom...
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Notice Aug 05, 1998
The Federal Highway Administration is considering amending the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) in response to the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (hereinafter referred as ``TEA-21''). Section 4008(a) of TEA-21 amends...
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the FAA invites public comment on 2 currently approved public information collections which will be submitted to OMB for renewal.
Notice Aug 05, 1998
The FHWA is seeking comments on a proposal to amend its regulation governing the examination to determine the physical condition of drivers. The FHWA takes this action in response to numerous requests from medical examiners to update and simplify the...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Anaktuvuk Pass, AK. The establishment of Global Positioning System (GPS) and Non-Directional Radio Beacon (NDB) instrument approaches at Anaktuvuk Pass, AK, have made this action necessary. The An...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Atka, AK. The establishment of a Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approach at Atka, AK, has made this action necessary. The Atka Airport status will change from Visual Flight Rules (VFR)...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This action proposes to modify the Salt Lake City, UT, Class B airspace area. Specifically, this action proposes to reconfigure three existing subarea boundaries. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance safety and improve the flow of air traffic...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This action proposes to amend the Gulf of Mexico Low Offshore Airspace Area. Specifically, this action proposes to modify the Gulf of Mexico Low Offshore Airspace Area by extending the boundaries further south and southwest of the current location to...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at Yakutat, AK. The establishment of the Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approaches to runway (RWY) 02, RWY 11, and RWY 29 at Yakutat, AK, has made this action necessary. Adoption of this pro...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This document corrects the preamble to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on July 9, 1998, (63 FR 37172) that would revise the certification requirements for mechanics and repairmen. This correction provides the public with the correct...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998
This rule modifies Class E airspace at Barrow, AK. The establishment of Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approaches to runway (RWY) 6 and RWY 24 at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport, Barrow, AK, made this action necessary. The intende...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document changes the time and location of the public hearing and extends the date by which commentators should submit requests to speak on proposed regulations relating to the optional adjustments to the basis of partnership property following c...
Proposed Rule Aug 05, 1998

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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 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order...
Notice Aug 05, 1998
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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