September 4, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register September 4, 1998

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Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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We are amending the Animal Welfare regulations to establish standards for ``swim-with-the-dolphin'' interactive programs. These standards are being promulgated under the authority of the Animal Welfare Act and are necessary to ensure that the marine...
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We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Karnal bunt regulations to add three alternative treatments for seed that originates from a regulated area and that will be planted within a regulated area. We made thi...
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Notice is hereby given that the Regional Forester (R4), in cooperation with Bureau of Land Management and the USDI-Fish and Wildlife Service, is reviewing Utah state-wide information (Habitat Assessment and Management Recommendations for the Northern...
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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking comment on the ``Qualified Through Verification'' Program (QTV). The program, which began in January 1996, is a pilot program provided under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act (AMA) of 1946...
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The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is announcing that nominations are being sought for persons to serve on GIPSA's Grain Inspection Advisory Committee.
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The Southwest Washington Provincial Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, September 17, 1998, in Stevenson, Washington, at the Rock Creek Center (Rock Creek Drive) in the auditorium. The meeting will begin in 10 a.m. and continue until 5 p.m. The...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
This proposed rule establishes procedures for soybean producers to request a referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Order (Order) as authorized under the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act (Act). The Act provides that...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its 95th Council meeting.
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In response to a request from one respondent, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Romania. This administrative review covers one Romania...
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In response to requests from the petitioners and respondent, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on cold-rolled carbon steel flat products from the Netherlands. The review c...
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Based on currently available information, NMFS has determined that the trawl catcher/processor sector will not be able to harvest its entire share of the Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (...
Proposed Rule Sep 04, 1998
NMFS revises permiting, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements for fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Alaska. The revisions made by this rule clarify and simplify existing text, facilitate management of the fisheries, promote compl...
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene public meetings.
Notice Sep 04, 1998
On April 30, 1998, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on live swine from Canada for the period April 1, 1996 through Marc...
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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling several public meetings of its oversight committees and advisory panels in September, 1998 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Re...
Proposed Rule Sep 04, 1998
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet in Seattle, WA, the week of October 5, 1998.
Notice Sep 04, 1998
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a public meeting.
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal Information Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure will hold a meeting on Sept...
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This interim final rule implements the revisions to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-110, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organ...
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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 services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List commodities previously furnished by such agencies.
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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 and services previously fu...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or Exchange) has applied for designation as a contract market in stocker cattle futures contracts and options on stocker cattle futures. The Director of the Division of Economic Analysis (Division) of the Commissi...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following committee meeting:
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In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability of the following U.S. patents for non-exclusive, partially exclusive or exclusive licensing. All of the listed patents have been assigned to the United States of America as rep...
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In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability of the following U.S. patents for non-exclusive, partially exclusive or exclusive licensing. All of the listed patents have been assigned to the United States of America as rep...
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In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-463, The Federal Advisory Committee Act, this announces the 57th Meeting of the Chief of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board (EAB):
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The Defense Science Board Task Force on National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) will meet in closed session on September 24-25, 1998 at SAI, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secr...
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The Ocean Research Advisory Panel will meet to acquaint Panel members with National Oceanographic Partnership Program activities. The session of the meeting from 9:00 a.m. through 11:30 a.m. will be open to the public. The remaining session of the me...
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In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the President's Council on Environmental Quality, the Army has prepared an FEIS for the Disposal and Reuse of Fort McClellan (FMC), Alabama. The approved 1995 Base Closure an...
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Subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a) requires agencies to publish advance notice of any proposed or revised computer matching program by the matching agency for public comment. The DoD, as the matching agency und...
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Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board logo Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

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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 submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Pursuant to Section 131 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2160), notice is hereby given of a proposed ``subsequent arrangement'' under the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the...
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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 Requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)....
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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 continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): RCRA Expanded Pu...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
EPA is conditionally and limitedly approving State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Maryland. These revisions pertain to Maryland's major source volatile organic compound (VOC) reasonably available control technology (RAC...
Rule Sep 04, 1998
EPA proposes conditional limited approval of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Maryland. These revisions pertain to Maryland's major source volatile organic compound (VOC) reasonably available control technology...
Proposed Rule Sep 04, 1998
EPA is taking direct final action on revisions to the California State Implementation Plan. The revisions concern rules from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). The rules control particulate matter (PM) emissions from sources of op...
Rule Sep 04, 1998
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of particulate matter (PM) emissions from open burning and visible emissions within the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. The in...
Proposed Rule Sep 04, 1998
This is a public notice of availability of the US Environmental Protection Agency's Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment for Professional Fabricare Processes (CTSA). This CTSA is a technical report that summarizes a range of information on pro...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture or import a new chemical to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture or import of substances not on the TSCA...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture or import a new chemical to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture or import of substances not on the TSCA...
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Today's notice announces the Agency's plans for developing new and revised effluent guidelines, which regulate industrial discharges to surface waters and to publicly owned treatment works. Section 304(m) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires EPA to...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
Today's final rule revises the waste treatment standards applicable to 40 waste constituents associated with the production of carbamate wastes. The rule sets final alternative treatment standards for seven specific carbamate waste constituents for w...
Rule Sep 04, 1998
EPA expressed environmental concerns about impact to water quality and suggested linkage between NPDES and groundwater permit, application of non-degradation water quality standard and water balance/pollutant load data. ERP No. D-AFS-L65289-00 Rating...
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In the Federal Register of August 6, 1998, EPA announced and requested comment on a proposed pesticide policy guidance document entitled ``Guidance for Identifying Pesticide Chemicals That Have a Common Mechanism of Toxicity, for Use in Assessing the...
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The Local Government Advisory Committee will meet on September 24-25, 1998, in Alexandria, Virginia. The Committee will host two panels of representatives from State and local government associations for discussions about the associations' functions...
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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On September 2, 1998, the Commission released a public notice announcing the September 22 and September 23, 1998, meeting and agenda of the North American Numbering Council (NANC). The intended effect of this action is to make the public aware of the...
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) announces the anticipated availability of fiscal year 1999 funds in three competitive areas: (1) Governance and social and economic development; (2) Governance and social and economic development for Alas...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA)...
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The inventions listed below are owned by agencies of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Fo...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive petition (FAP 2B4343) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of an aqueous solu...
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In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Department of Clinical Bioethics (DCB), National Institutes of Health (NI...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
The Health Services Administration (HRSA) announces that approximately $100,000 is available for grants from the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program, funded under the authority of Section 2691 of the Public Health Service Act, as...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and appr...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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Notice is hereby given that the Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation to the regulation governing the operation of the East Venetian Causeway Drawbridge across Biscayne Bay, between Miami and Miami Beach, at Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida....
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Notice is hereby given that the Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation to the regulations governing the opening of the Union Pacific ``I'' Street Railroad swing bridge over the Sacramento River in Sacramento, CA. The deviation specifies that th...
Rule Sep 04, 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.
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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This notice is published in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) and 41 CFR 101-6.1015(b). The Department of the Interior hereby gives notice of a public meeting of the Alaska Land Manage...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the Conservation Advisory Group, Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Yakima, Washington, established by the Secretary of the Interior, will hold a public meeting...
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The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is currently entertaining proposals that request match funding for wetland conservation projects under the Small Grants program. Projects must meet t...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C., the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council meetings will be held as indicated below. The agen...
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This notice is a scoping document that solicits recommendations for resolutions and agenda items for discussion at the eleventh regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of...
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 31, 1998, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Magnequench International, Inc. of Anderson, Indian...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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This document reopens and extends the period for filing comments regarding the request for comments on proposed labor exchange performance measures as previously published. This action is taken to permit additional comments from interested parties an...
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Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

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The Legal Services Corporation (LSC or Corporation) is the national organization charged with administering federal funds to furnish legal and other assistance to persons who appeal to the United States Court of Veterans Appeals (CVA or Court) but wh...
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Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

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The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is requesting comments on the requirements by which copyright owners shall receive reasonable notice of the use of their works in the making and distribution of phonorecords. The Digital Performance Rig...
Proposed Rule Sep 04, 1998

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice Sep 04, 1998
Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On December 5, 1997, applicant transferred its assets to John Hancock Intermediate Maturity Government Fund, a series of John Hancock Bond Trust (``Bond Trust''), base...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
The Commission is proposing for comment amendments to Rule 17Ad-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Under the proposed amendments, registered transfer agents acting on behalf of issuers in connection with reorganization events would be requ...
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Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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Coach USA, Inc. (Coach), a noncarrier that controls motor passenger carriers, has filed an application under 49 U.S.C. 14303 to continue in control of Salt Lake Coaches, Inc. (SLC), upon SLC becoming a motor passenger carrier. Persons wishing to oppo...
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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This action amends Class E airspace area at Goodland Renner Field-Goodland Municipal Airport, Goodland, KS. A review of the Class E airspace for Goodland Renner Field-Goodland Municipal Airport indicates it does not comply with the criteria for 700 f...
Rule Sep 04, 1998
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is soliciting comments from interested persons concerning the need to amend the existing regulations governing the placement of marine hull insurance on subsidized and Title XI program vessels. The existing regulat...
Proposed Rule Sep 04, 1998
This document corrects a final rule published on August 14, 1998, that inadvertently changed the coordinates of the Akron- Washington County Airport, Akron, CO. This action corrects the final rule by reflecting the proper coordinates.
Rule Sep 04, 1998
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 Sep 04, 1998
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), as Federal lead agency, and the Regional Transportation Commission of Clark County (RTC), as local lead agency, intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance with the National Enviro...
Notice Sep 04, 1998
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for a proposed new location highway/tollway project in Williamson and Travis Counties, Texas.
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This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which establishes Class E airspace at Johnson City, TX.
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This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which establishes Class E airspace at Theodore, AL.
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to request approval for three years of a new information collection entitled Customer Service Surveys.
Notice Sep 04, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the FAA invites public comment on one currently approved public information collection which will be submitted to OMB for renewal.
Notice Sep 04, 1998
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) amends its radio standards and procedures to promote compliance by making the regulations more flexible; to require wireless communications devices, including radios, for specified classifications of railroad...
Rule Sep 04, 1998
This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class D airspace at San Antonio, Kelly AFB, TX.
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This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Cameron, LA.
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This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Morgan City, LA.
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This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Pascagoula, MS.
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This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Refugio, TX.
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains final and temporary regulations providing for changes to the rules regarding qualified retirement plan benefits that are protected from reduction by plan amendment, that have been made necessary by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 19...
Rule Sep 04, 1998
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations providing for changes to the rules regarding qualified retirement plan benefits that are protected from reduction by plan amendment,...
Proposed Rule Sep 04, 1998

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United States Institute of Peace

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