September 25, 1998 (Volume 63)

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations for Implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-...
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This rule proposes to amend the regulations governing the Farm Service Agency Guaranteed Farm Loan Programs. It proposes to clarify and simplify the procedures to apply for, make, and service an FSA Guaranteed Loan. This rule also proposes to establi...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 1998
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice announces Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's (FCIC) intent to request a revision to a currently approved information collection for its Common Crop Insurance...
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C., chapter 35), this notice announces Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's (FCIC) intent to request a revision to a currently approved information collection for its Cotton Crop Insuranc...
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The Olympic PIEC Advisory Committee will meet on October 9, 1998 at the Montesano City Hall, 112 N. Main Street, Montesano, Washington. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue until 3:00 p.m. Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Review of...
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This rule decreases the assessment rate from $0.10 to $0.07 per 50-pound bag or equivalent of Vidalia onions established for the Vidalia Onion Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 955 for the 1998-99 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Comm...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology requests comments on proposed revisions to the regulations which implement the Advanced Technology Program (ATP). Changes proposed today include modification of the ATP evaluation criteria and weight...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 1998
The 95th meeting of the Caribbean Fishery Management Council's which is scheduled for September 29, 1998 is cancelled.
Notice Sep 25, 1998
Notice is hereby given of the following actions regarding permits for takes of endangered and threatened species for the purposes of scientific research and/or enhancement: NMFS has received permit applications from the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout...
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This document contains a correction to a partial approval of Community Development Plans (CDPs) (I.D. 082798A) that was published on Wednesday, September 16, 1998 (63 FR 49501). DATES: Partial approval of the (CDPs) is effective September 16, 1998.
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The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Whiting Advisory Panel and Whiting Committee in October, 1998 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recomme...
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The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List commodities previously furnished by such...
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The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List a commodity 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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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is terminating this proceeding because the matters at issue in this proceeding have since been overtaken by events.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the DOE Financial Assistance Rules, 10 CFR 600.8, is announcing its intention to solicit applications for the Southeastern Regional Biomass Energy Program (SERBEP) Management Project. The selected appl...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
This Floodplain/Wetlands Statement of Findings is prepared pursuant to Executive Orders 11990 and 11988 and 10 CFR Part 1022, Compliance with Floodplain/Wetlands Environmental Review Requirements. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to c...
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is proposing to revise its rules concerning communications between persons outside the Commission and the Commission and its employees. The proposed regulations are designed to clarify ambiguities...
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The Department of Energy announces its intent to prepare and issue a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) portion (Volume III, Appendix I) of the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for S...
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The Department of Energy (the Department or DOE) will hold an informal public workshop to discuss the preliminary results from the engineering and life-cycle cost analyses for the proposed water heater energy efficiency standards. DOE will also prese...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) that concerns the control of criteria pollutants. The intended effect of proposing approval of this rule is to regulate emissions of criteria pollutants in accor...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 1998
This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is hereby given that the Printing Sector Subcommittee and the CSI Council will meet on the dates and times described below. Both meetings are open to the public. Seating at bo...
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This is a notice to certain persons who have submitted information to EPA in connection with pesticide information requirements imposed under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act...
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EPA believed that any of the three options being considered will further the objectives of the Coral Fishery Management Plan and will result in beneficial environmental impacts to the aquatic resources in the US Caribbean. Therefore, in accordance wi...
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EPA is issuing a technical amendment to a final rule and is correcting the preamble to the final rule that established an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the biochemical glutamic acid in or on all food commodities, when...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
EPA has granted experimental use permits to the following applicants. These permits are in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of 40 CFR part l72, which defines EPA procedures with respect to the use of pesticides for experimental use pur...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), Pub. L. 99-499, notice is hereby giv...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
This is a notice to certain persons who have submitted information to EPA in connection with pesticide information requirements imposed under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act...
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Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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Presidential Document Sep 25, 1998

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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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 Sep 25, 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...
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The Charter of the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council was renewed on January 6, 1998. Amendments to that Charter will be forthcoming, and in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, this notice...
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``New Animal Drug Application (NADA), Form FDA 356 V, 21 CFR Part 514'' has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork...
Notice Sep 25, 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)...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations regarding the collection of twice the quantity of food, drug, or cosmetic estimated to be sufficient for analysis. This action increases the dollar amount that FDA will consider to de...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that EM Industries, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of synthetic iron oxide and mica to color food and to provide for...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend its regulations regarding the collection of twice the quantity of food, drug, or cosmetic estimated to be sufficient for analysis. This action increases the dollar amount that FDA will cons...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 1998
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 25, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confirming the effective date of April 28, 1998, for the final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of March 27, 1998 (63 FR 14814), and amended the color additive regulations to provide for the safe us...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Fort Dodge Animal Health. The NADA provides for oral veterinary prescription use of etodolac tablets f...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is withdrawing approval of 14 new drug applications (NDA's) and 13 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDA's). The holders of the applications notified the agency in writing that the drug products were no longer...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Coast Guard is temporarily changing the operation of the draw of the SR1 vertical lift bridge across Lafourche Bayou, mile 13.3, in Leeville, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. From October 5, 1998, until November 5, 1998, the draw need not open for na...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
The National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) and its subcommittees on boat occupant protection, navigation lights, personal flotation device-life saving index, and prevention through people will meet to discuss various issues relating to recr...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of New York, (FEMA-1244-DR), dated September 11, 1998, and related determinations.
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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of New York, (FEMA-1244-DR), dated September 11, 1998, and related determinations.
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This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New York (FEMA-1244-DR), dated September 11, 1998, and related determinations.
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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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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the NPS invites public comments on (1) The need for the information including whether the information has practical utility; (2) the accuracy of...
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The Superintendent of Aniakchak National Monument and the Chairperson of the Subsistence Resource Commission for Aniakchak National Monument announce a forthcoming meeting of the Aniakchak National Monument Subsistence Resource Commission. The follow...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announce the meeting of the Upper Columbia--Salmon Clearwater District Resourc...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
This notice announces two possible upcoming meetings of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission. Notice of these meetings is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463). The Citizen Adviso...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
USGS Restructures Prices For Digital Map Products. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has revised prices for some digital cartographic data sets. Known as US GeoData, these data sets include digital elevation models (DEM), digital line graphs (DLG), d...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) withdraws a proposal to list the plant Puccinellia parishii (Parish's alkali grass) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. This small annual grass occurs near desert spri...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 1998
This notice announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Southern Terminus (Section 3X), of the Natchez Trace Parkway.
Notice Sep 25, 1998
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement assessing the potential impacts of...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
This notice announces an upcoming meeting of the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463).
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The National Park Service will shortly release a concession Prospectus seeking operation of a gasoline service station adjacent to the west entrance of Yosemite National Park on Highway 140. The operation is to be located at the park's administrative...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
On June 22, 1998, a notice of opportunity for public comment was published in the Federal Register (Volume 63, Number 119) concerning the proposed agreement for leasing of Colorado River water and non-irrigation of lands on the Chemehuevi Reservation...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
The National Park Service (NPS) announces finalization and publication of the guidance and procedures document dealing specifically with Filming and Photography in units of the NPS. This information was developed to provide guidance and procedures to...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
In a letter dated July 29, 1998 (Administrative Record No. PA- 841.07), the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection submitted to OSM proposed regulatory amendments to the Pennsylvania regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control an...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 1998
This order withdraws 96.59 acres of National Forest System land from mining for a period of 50 years for the Forest Service to protect the Calf Creek Long Term Soil Productivity Site. The land has been and will remain open to such forms of dispositio...
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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 August 21, 1998, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Micron Technology, Inc., 8000 South Federal Way,...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice of Information Collection Under Review; BJA-Offense Coverage Certification-Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act.
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This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations by making technical changes to the addressee where periodic summary statements of user fees collected are to be sent, and revising the name of the payee to whose attent...
Rule Sep 25, 1998

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Notice Sep 25, 1998
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...
Notice Sep 25, 1998
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...
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Notice is hereby given that the Office of Federal Procurement Policy intends to rescind Policy Letter 79-4, Contracting for Motion Picture Productions and Videotape Productions on December 24, 1998. The purpose of the Policy Letter was to designate a...
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National Science Foundation

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Ti...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Postal Service logo Postal Service

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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice Sep 25, 1998
The requested order would permit the implementation, without prior shareholder approval, of new investment advisory and subadvisory agreements (the ``New Agreements'') for a period of up to 150 days following the later of the date on which a merger b...
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Applicants seek an order to permit shares of certain series of The White Elk Funds that are designed to fund insurance products (the ``Funds'') and shares of any other investment company that is designed to fund insurance products and for which White...
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State Department logo State Department

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This public meeting will provide an update on current activities related to international harmonization since the previous public meeting, conducted August 5, 1998. (See Department of State Public Notice 2862, on pages 39926-39927 of the Federal Regi...
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Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) have filed an application under 49 U.S.C. 10706 for approval of the rate-related provisions of an AAR-ASLRRA Agreement (the Agreement)...
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Coach USA, Inc. (Coach), a noncarrier, filed an application under 49 U.S.C. 14303 to acquire control of Clinton Avenue Bus Company (Clinton); Orange, Newark, Elizabeth Bus, Inc. (ONE Bus); and Wisconsin Coach Lines, Inc. (Wisconsin), all motor carrie...
Notice Sep 25, 1998

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Industrie Model A320 series airplanes, that currently requires a revision to the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to prohibit automatic landings in configuration...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A320 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect cracking in the pressurized floor pick-up angles on the rear spar of the wing, and repl...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A320 series airplanes equipped with a bulk cargo door, that requires repetitive inspections to detect fatigue cracking of the upper frame flanges; and repair, if...
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Short Brothers Model SD3-60 SHERPA series airplanes, that requires an initial cleaning and visual inspection of the distance piece and adjacent side plates of the fuselage wi...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
This action corrects an error in the airspace docket identification of a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on August 18, 1998 (63 FR 44128), Airspace Docket No. 97-ACE- 21. The final rule established Class E airspace surface area...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
FRA is proposing to update its requirements issued in 1978 (``1978 standards'') for steam locomotive inspections and maintenance with new standards that represent the consensus recommendations of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee's Tourist and H...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 1998
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at Gunnison County Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).
Notice Sep 25, 1998
This action withdraws the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on June 9, 1998, which proposed to revise Class D airspace at Dallas Naval Air Station (NAS), Dallas, TX. The NPRM proposed to provide Class D airspace,...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 1998

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is issuing a final rule to amend its regulations implementing section 32 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). This statute requires certain savings associations and savings and loan holding companies to...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
This document adopts as a final rule, without any changes, proposed amendments to the Customs Regulations to implement the duty preference provisions of the Andean Trade Preference Act (the Act). The final regulatory texts set forth the country of or...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
This document amends the Customs Regulations by adopting final rules to implement two statutory changes contained in the Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996 (ACPA) enacted by Congress to protect consumers and American businesses from c...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is proposing to delete its regulatory definitions of ``consumer credit classified as a loss,'' ``slow consumer credit,'' and ``slow loans.'' These definitions are not necessary for the interpretation of any OTS...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 1998
This document adopts as a final rule, with some changes, proposed amendments to the Customs Regulations regarding the obligation of the owner, master, pilot, operator, or agent of an arriving carrier to provide notice to Customs and to a bonded wareh...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
This regulation implements the provisions of section 31001(x) of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (Act) that require that, subject to the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to grant waivers, all Federal payments (other...
Rule Sep 25, 1998
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, Customs invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the Commercial Invoices. This request for commen...
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