September 24, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register September 24, 1998

View all documents issued on September 24, 1998. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

147 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 24, 1998

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Notice of Rechartering of Committee.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes specific crop provisions for the insurance of nursery. The intended effect of this action is to provide policy changes to better meet the needs of nursery operators by adding new Nursery Crop In...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) proposes to amend its regulations on Telecommunications Standards and Specifications for Materials, Equipment, and Construction, by rescinding RUS Bulletin 345- 54, RUS Specification for Telephone Cable Splicing Conn...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 1998
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess and disclose the environmental effects the South Fork Salvage Analysis of a portion of the Routt Div...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess and disclose the environmental effects the Buffalo Pass Analysis of a portion of the Routt Divide Bl...
Notice Sep 24, 1998

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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This notice advises the public that Pacific Gas and Electric Company has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for incidental take permits pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, a...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
To Give Firms an Opportunity to Comment.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Department of Commerce (DoC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing and proposed information collection, as required by the P...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) published a concept release concerning the placement of foreign board of trade computer terminals in the United States on July 24, 1998 (63 FR 39779). Comments on the concept release were original...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 1998
Correction Sep 24, 1998
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is planning to renew information collection 3038-0048, Off-Exchange Agricultural Trade Options, which is due to expire January 31, 1999. The Commission has removed the prohibition on off-exchange trade options...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is planning to renew information collection 3038-0013, Exemptions from Speculative Limits, which is due to expire February 28, 1999. Section 4a(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act) allows the Commission to s...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is proposing amendments to its rules governing the granting of a temporary license (TL) by the National Futures Association (NFA) to applicants for registration in the categories of associ...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 1998

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Sep 24, 1998

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
EPA is promulgating treatment standards for spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction (EPA hazardous waste: K088) under its Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) program. The purpose of the LDR program, authorized by the Resource Conservation and Re...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
On September 14, 1998, the Regional Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 6, approved the application by the State of Texas to administer and enforce the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program fo...
Notice Sep 24, 1998

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
On July 28, 1998, the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) published for public comment a Notice of Availability of Study concerning procedures for estimating the historical default and loss experience on agricultural real estate loans that meet the Fede...
Notice Sep 24, 1998

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
Action in this document allots Channel 280A to Arcadia, Missouri, as that community's first local service in response to a petition filed by Iron County Broadcasting Company. See 62 FR 42225, August 6, 1997. The coordinates for Channel 280A at Arcadi...
Rule Sep 24, 1998

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Notice Sep 24, 1998

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the expanded safe use of 5,7-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-hydroxy-2(3H)-...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the revocation of Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) section 615.100 entitled ``Extralabel Use of New Animal Drugs in Food-Producing Animals (CPG 7125.06)'' to fulfill the commitment made by the agency...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a guidance entitled ``Q5A Viral Safety Evaluation of Biotechnology Products Derived From Cell Lines of Human or Animal Origin.'' The guidance was prepared under the auspices of the International Co...
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to announce the OMB approval number for the collection of information pertaining to the Fiscal Year 1999 Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring Program Request for Qualifications.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
This rule revises the security issuance procedures for Ginnie Mae. Physical securities now will be issued only upon the request of the registered holder. Ginnie Mae is revising two sections of part 320 to reflect this change. These changes bring Ginn...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight is proposing to adopt a regulation that establishes the rules of practice and procedure to be followed when OFHEO conducts hearings on the record. The proposed regulation implements the provisions of...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 1998
The United States Housing Act of 1937 requires that assistance contracts signed by owners participating in the Department's Section 8 housing assistance payments programs provide for annual adjustment in the monthly rentals for units covered by the c...
Rule Sep 24, 1998

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a new automated system of records, the Automated Land and Mineral Record System (ALMRS), is being implemented by the Bureau of Land Management in Arizona. The expected implementation of this system is November 16, 1998. In...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Safford Field Office, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Dos Pobres/San Juan Project, as described in the mining plan of operations (MPO)...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
To meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) and the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, Reclamation developed and published the Criteria for Evaluating Water Conservation Plans, dated April 30, 1993, and revised and ren...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The temporary closure of certain public lands in Washington County, Utah to off-road travel other than on existing roads.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines the San Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami parvus) to be an endangered species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This subspecies now occurs primarily in...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will participate in a field tour of the BLM-administered...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
A meeting of the Hells Canyon Subgroup of the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council will be held on October 23 and 24 at the Quality Inn, 700 Port Drive, in Clarkston, Washington. The meeting will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on October 23, and...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Bureau of Land Management, Folsom Field Office, is amending the 1988 Sierra Planning Area Management Framework Plan Amendment (MFPA) to allow for a boundary adjustment of the Ione Tertiary Oxisol Soils Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
This action corrects the Notice of Proposed Withdrawal, 63 FR 13686, published March 20, 1998 as FR Doc. 98-7199. 1. On page 13686, third column, under T. 15 N., R. 2 W., replace ``sec. 19, lot 4; sec. 30, lot 1.'' with ``Portions of lot 4, sec. 19 a...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The BLM has amended the Southwest and Southcentral MFPs to allow for the sale of public lands needed for church-group related development and to resolve several land occupancy problems. The following described public lands have been examined through...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice is hereby given that the Vernal Field Office herewith issues a temporary emergency closure of public land in Uintah County, Utah, effective October 1, 1998. This order temporarily closes 1,320 acres of public land to public use and entry. This...
Notice Sep 24, 1998

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Application for Permit to Export Controlled Substances--DEA Form 161.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Controlled Substances Import/Export Declaration--DEA Form 236.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; U.S. Official Order Forms for Schedules I and II Controlled Substances (ACCOUNTABLE FORMS), Order Form Requisition.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Reports of Suspicious Orders or Theft/ Loss of Listed Chemicals/Machines.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Removal of Restrictions on Employing Certain Individuals.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Report of Theft or Loss of Controlled Substances--DEA Form 106.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Application for Permit to Export Controlled Substance--DEA Form 161.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Application for Registration Under Domestic Chemical Diversion Control Act of 1993 and Renewal Application for Registration under Domestic Chemical Control Act of 1993.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Import/Export Declaration: Precursor and Essential Chemicals.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Records and Reports of Registrants: Changes in Record Requirements for Individual Practitioners.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
Notice of information collection under review; Extension of a currently approved collection; ARCOS Transaction Reporting--DEA Form 333.
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.
Notice Sep 24, 1998
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committee,...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committee,...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committee.
Notice Sep 24, 1998

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title Type Published
Notice Sep 24, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
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The Board has approved the fourth quarter 1998 rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The fourth quarter 1998 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.003. The fourth quarter 1998 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.618. The...
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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A300-600 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect fatigue cracking of the wing top skin at the front spar joint; and a follow-on eddy cur...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model T210R airplanes. This AD requires revising the FAA-approved Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to specify procedures that would prohibit flight...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-19-15, which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Fairchild Aircraft, Inc. (Fairchild) SA226 and SA227 series airplanes. Th...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 airplanes. This AD requires revising the FAA-approved Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to specify procedures that would prohibit flig...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain SAFT America Inc. P/N 021929-000 (McDonnell Douglas P/N 43BO34LB02) and P/N 021904-000 (McDonnell Douglas P/N 43BO34LB03) nickel cadmium batteries that are installed on...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
This document proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-04-27, which currently requires incorporating certain icing information into the FAA-approved airplane flight manual (AFM) of The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) PA-23, PA-30, PA-31...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 1998
The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order finding Aero Micronesia, Inc. d/b/a Asia Pacific Airlines fit, willing, and able, and awarding it certificates of public convenience a...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue orders finding Reliant Airlines, Inc., fit, willing, and able and awarding it certificates of public convenience and necessity to engage in int...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The FAA amends the regulations that require an access investigation, including a fingerprint-based criminal record check in certain cases, for unescorted access privileges to security areas at airports. This final rule extends the requirement for an...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
This amendment establishes Class E airspace at Carrizo Springs, Glass Ranch Airport, TX. The development of a global positioning system (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) to the Glass Ranch Airport at Carrizo Springs, TX, has made th...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
On May 27, 1998, NHTSA published a final rule amending selected Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSSs) by converting English measurements specified in those standards to metric measurements. In this document, NHTSA corrects typographical and...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Burbank- Glendale-Pasadena Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omni...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
RSPA published a document in the Federal Register of September 1, 1998, regarding the intent to approve the Natural Gas Pipe Line Company of America as a participant in the Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program. The document contained an err...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
This document contains a correction to the NPRM published in the Federal Register (62 FR 45912) on August 27, 1998. The NPRM proposes to ban, in certain domestic operations, the transportation of devices designed to chemically generate oxygen, includ...
Proposed Rule Sep 24, 1998

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces the date and time for the next meeting and the agenda for consideration by the Committee.
Notice Sep 24, 1998

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United States Information Agency

Title Type Published
The Youth Programs Division/Office of Citizen Exchanges of the United States Information Agency's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for the FREEDOM Support Act Future Leaders Exchange Program. Public and private...
Notice Sep 24, 1998

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
Notice Sep 24, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations concerning compensation for diseases claimed to be the result of exposure to ionizing radiation. This amendment implements a decision by the Secretary of Veterans A...
Rule Sep 24, 1998
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish noti...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Sep 24, 1998
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Sep 24, 1998

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