Federal Register October 13, 1998 (Volume 63)

Agencies Publishing on October 13, 1998

Agriculture Department (11)
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Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1)
Commerce Department (11)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
Corporation for National and Community Service (1)
Defense Department (4)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (16)
Environmental Protection Agency (10)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (4)
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (1)
Federal Reserve System (4)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
Health and Human Services Department (10)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (2)
Interior Department (16)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (1)
Merit Systems Protection Board (1)
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Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
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National Science Foundation (2)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (3)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (17)
Treasury Department (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene The Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); the Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA; Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and the National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Depa...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Agriculture Department > FS National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council will meet in Seattle, Washington, October 15-17, 1998. The purpose of the meeting is to review the status of the Council's 1998 annual report and to discuss emerging issues in urban and commu...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Agriculture Department > FSA Notice of Request for Approval for a New Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request approval for the Crop Data Report Pilot Project. The purpose of this pilot project is to determine the feasibility of...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Agriculture Department > AMS Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved information collection for Toba...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Agriculture Department > CCC Notice of Request for an Approval of a New Information Collection The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to obtain information regarding intermodal transportation services needed to meet domestic and export food assistance program needs. This inform...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Agriculture Department > CCC Notice of Request for an Approval of a New Information Collection Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to obtain information regarding transportation services needed to meet domestic and export food assistance program needs. This information collectio...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Agriculture Department > AMS Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Decreased Assessment Rate The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule which decreased the assessment rate, from $0.125 to $0.11 per \7/10\ bushel carton, established for the Texas Valley Citr...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Agriculture Department > APHIS Solid Wood Packing Material From China We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is hosting, in addition to the public hearing in Washington, DC, two more public hearings to accept oral comments from the public on an interim rule that will amend the re...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Agriculture Department > FNS Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Food and Nutrition Services and Administration Funding Formulas Rule This rule proposes to revise both the food and the nutrition services and administration (NSA) funding formulas to improve the effectiveness of WIC funds distribution now that WIC is in a relatively stable funding environment. The revised food fundin...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Agriculture Department > FNS Summer Food Service Program: Program Meal Service During the School Year, Paperwork Reduction, and Targeted State Monitoring This rulemaking proposes a change to the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) which was mandated by the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994. The change allows SFSP meal service to be provided at non-school sites to children who are not in s...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Agriculture Department > AMS Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Partial Exemption From the Handling Regulation for Producer Field-Packed Tomatoes This rule changes the handling requirements currently prescribed under the Florida tomato marketing order. The marketing order regulates the handling of tomatoes grown in Florida and is administered locally by the Florida Tomato Committee (committee)...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998

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Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Title	Type	Published
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency The Director's Advisory Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Anti-Circumvention Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Pasta From Italy: Affirmative Final Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order Notice of Affirmative Final Determination of Circumvention of Antidumping Duty Order.	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Swordfish Fisheries; Dealer Permitting and Import Documentation Requirements NMFS proposes to amend the regulations governing the Atlantic swordfish fishery to prohibit the import into the United States of Atlantic swordfish or Atlantic swordfish pieces, weighing less than 33 pounds dressed weight (lb dw) (15 kg) unless docum...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; License Limitation Program	Correction	Oct 13, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revisions to Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Correction This document contains corrections to the final rule pertaining to recordkeeping and reporting requirements published in the Federal Register on September 4, 1998.	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Commerce Department Foreign-Trade Zone 50, Long Beach, CA; Proposed Foreign-Trade Subzone Equilon Enterprises LLC (Oil Refinery Complex), Los Angeles County, CA, Area	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Commerce Department Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Pharmaceutical Products), Barceloneta, Puerto Rico	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Commerce Department > EAB Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Commerce Department > EAB Request for Comments on Effects of Foreign Policy-Based Export Controls The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is reviewing the foreign policy-based export controls in the Export Administration Regulations to determine whether they should be modified, rescinded or extended. To help make these determinations, BXA is se...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Explosives Testing at Eglin Air Force Base, FL NMFS has received a request from the U.S. Air Force to take, by harassment and non-serious injury, bottlenose dolphins, spotted dolphin, and possibly other cetacean species incidental to explosive testing of obstacle and mine clearance systems at Egl...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA University of Minnesota; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Slovak Republic Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Corporation for National and Community Service

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the ``Corporation''), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal a...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Board of Visitors, United States Military Academy In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following meeting: Name of Committee: Board of Visitors, United States Military Academy. Date of Meeting: 13 November 1998. Place...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/EIR) for the Lower Mission Creek, Santa Barbara, CA The Mission Creek drainage area is located in and adjoining the city of Santa Barbara, California, about 100 miles northwest of the City of Los Angeles. The drainage area, comprising about 11.5-square miles, is a narrow coastal area and extends from...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Defense Department > USN Notice of Availability of Invention for Licensing; Government- Owned Invention The invention listed below is assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and is available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent Application No. 09/025,028 entitled ``Optically Stimulated, F...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Defense Department > USN Notice of Deadline for Submission of Donation Application for the Guided Missile Destroyer Ex-CHARLES F. ADAMS (DDG 2) The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of the deadline of January 6, 1999 for submission of a donation application for the Guided Missile Destroyer ex-CHARLES F. ADAMS (DDG 2), located at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadel...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Education Department Title IHelping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards The U.S. Secretary of Education (Secretary) amends the regulations implementing programs under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. These amendments update the regulations to reflect subsequent statutory changes that affect...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Discovery Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Tariff Filing	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, TX Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Pantex Plant, Amaril...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Application	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Kansas Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Intent to File Application for New License	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Petal Gas Storage Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Trunkline Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Application	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection; Comment Request; 1999 Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial Report) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): 1999 Hazardous...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Announcement of National Drinking Water Advisory Council Benefits Working Group Open Meeting Under section 10(a)(2) of Pub. L. 92-423, ``The Federal Advisory Committee Act,'' notice is hereby given that a conference call for the Benefits Working Group of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) established under the Safe Drinking...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Minnesota The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving revisions to Minnesota's State Implementation Plan (SIP) for sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) in Air Quality Control Region (AQCR) 131. The EPA's action is based upon a revision request submitted...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Minnesota In this document, the EPA is proposing to approve revisions to Minnesota's State Implementation Plan (SIP) for sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) in Air Quality Control Region (AQCR) 131. This revision amends two State Administrative Orders for two Nort...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Dimethomorph [(E,Z) 4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4- dimethoxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propenyl]morpholine]; Pesticide Tolerance This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of the fungicide dimethomorph [(E,Z) 4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4- dimethoxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propenyl]morpholine] in or on potatoes. American Cyanamid Company requested this tolerance under the Fede...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Dimethyl Adipate, Dimethyl Glutarate, Dimethyl Succinate; Export Notification Requirements Under the authority of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) sections 4 and 12(b)(1), EPA is proposing to require that exporters of certain dibasic esters (DBEs) (consisting of dimethyl adipate (CAS No. 627-93-0) (DMA), dimethyl glutarate (CAS No....	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for combined residues of hexythiazox (trans-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-N- cyclohexyl-4-methyl-2-oxothiazolidine-3-carboxamide) and its metabolite containing (4-chlorophenyl)-4-methyl-2-oxo-3-thiazolidine m...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Methyl Isobutyl Ketone; Export Notification Requirements Under the authority of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) sections 4 and 12(b)(1), EPA is proposing to require that exporters of methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) (CAS No. 108-10-1) be subject to TSCA section 12(b)(1) export notification requirement...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Proposed Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Emissions From Ferroalloys Production The EPA is extending the public comment period on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for hazardous air pollutants emissions from ferroalloys production, which was published in the Federal Register on August 4, 1998 (63 FR 41508). The comment pe...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Modification of the Covered Areas Provision for Reformulated Gasoline	Correction	Oct 13, 1998

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Presidential Determination on FY 1999 Refugee Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country Refugee Status Pursuant to Sections 207 and 101(a)(42), Respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, as Amended	Presidential Document	Oct 13, 1998
Executive Office of the President Transfer of Funds To Support Court To Try Accused Perpetrators of Pan Am 103 Bombing	Presidential Document	Oct 13, 1998

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Auction of Location and Monitoring Service Licenses; Auction Notice and Filing Requirements for 528 Multilateration Licenses Scheduled for December 15, 1998; Minimum Opening Bids and Other Auction Procedural Issues On August 13, 1998, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (``Bureau'') released a Public Notice, seeking comment on the establishment of reserve prices or minimum opening bids for the Location and Monitoring Service (``LMS'') auction, in accordance...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission 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, as required by the P...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Eastland, Baird, TX The Commission, at the request of Cowboy Broadcasting LLC substitutes Channel 236C3 for Channel 236A; reallots Channel 236C3 from Eastland to Baird, Texas, as the community's first local aural service, and modifies petitioner's license for Station KV...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Laramie and Rock River, WY In response to the Notice of Proposed Rule Making in this proceeding, 61 FR 67765 (December 24, 1996), this document allots Channel 254A to Laramie, Wyoming, (at reference coordinates 41-18-42 and 105-35-06) to provide an additional local radio servi...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Title	Type	Published
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Uniform Interagency Trust Rating System The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is revising the Uniform Interagency Trust Rating System (UITRS), commonly referred to as the trust rating system. The revisions update the rating system to reflect changes that have occur...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies; Correction	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Del Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al.; Analysis to Aid Public Comment	Correction	Oct 13, 1998
Federal Trade Commission Premerger Notification: Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements The Premerger Notification Office (``PNO'') of the Federal Trade Commission (``FTC''), with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (``DOJ''), is adopting a Formal Interpretat...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; CorlopamRegister The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for Corlopam<Register> and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an applicati...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; NormifloRegister The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for Normiflo<Register> and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an applicati...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; Ray Threaded Fusion CageSUPTM/SUP The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for Ray Threaded Fusion Cage<SUP>TM</SUP> and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submiss...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; Rimadyl The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for Rimadyl and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the C...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; WiktorRegister Prime Coronary Stent System The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for Wiktor<Register> Prime Coronary Stent System and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > HCFA Medicare Program; October 28, 1998, Meeting of the Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee This notice announces a public meeting of the Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee (the CPAC) on October 28, 1998. Section 4012 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (the Secretary)...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Servo Deldon BV; Filing of Food Additive Petition The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Servo Deldon BV has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of polyethylene glycol monoisotridecyl ether sulfate, sodium salt as a...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Regulated Navigation Area: Navigable Waters Within the First Coast Guard District The Coast Guard proposes to establish a permanent Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) within the navigable waters of the First Coast Guard District to increase operational safety for towing vessels and tank barges. The proposed rule would require four se...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Designation of Senior Procurement Executive and Revocation and Delegation of Procurement Authority In this Notice, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development transfers the designation of Senior Procurement Executive from the Assistant Secretary for Administration to the Chief Procurement Officer, and transfers all procurement authority for the...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Housing and Urban Development Department Revocation and Redelegation of Procurement Authority In this Notice, the Chief Procurement Officer revokes all current redelegations of procurement authority and redelegates procurement authority to the Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts. The Director, Office of Procurement and Contracts fur...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR 4.5 Foot Spillway Gate Extensions, Glen Canyon Dam Based upon recommendations from the Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), the Secretary of the Interior has decided to postpone the permanent installation of the 4.5 foot spillway gate extensions on Glen Canyon Dam. During this postponement, the ope...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered or Threatened Status for Four Plants From Southwestern California and Baja California, Mexico The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status for one plant Monardella linoides ssp. viminea (willowy monardella) throughout its historic range in southwestern California and northwestern Baja California, Mexico, and threatened...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered or Threatened Status for Four Southwestern California Plants from Vernal Wetlands and Clay Soils The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for two plants--Allium munzii (Munz's onion) and Atriplex coronata var. notatior (San Jacinto Valley crownscale), a...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered or Threatened Status for Three Plants from the Chaparral and Scrub of Southwestern California The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for two plants, Berberis nevinii (Nevin's barberry) and Fremontodendron mexicanum (Mexican flannelbush) and th...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of Comment Period on Proposed Endangered Status for Devils River Minnow (Dionda diaboli) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice that the comment period on the proposed determination of endangered status for the Devils River minnow (Dionda diaboli) is reopened. This fish is found in Val Verde and Kinney counties, Texas,...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule to List Nolina interrata (Dehesa beargrass) as Threatened The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) withdraws the proposal to list Nolina interrata (Dehesa beargrass) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This plant species is one of four chaparral species that were p...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Extension of Comment Period: Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations Regarding Baiting and Baited Areas	Correction	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Filing of Plats of Survey; Wyoming The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act The information collection requirements to issue a user permit by the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for access to units of the National Wildlife Refuge System outside Alaska have been submitted to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Pa...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Closure of Campbell Tract Closure of all lands and waters, within the 730 acre Campbell Tract, Anchorage Field Office, to the use of motor vehicles, firearms, archery, traps, unleashed dogs, campfires, camping, consumption of alcohol, fireworks, building of structures, unauth...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent To Amend Plan This notice is to advise the public that the Bureau of Land Management proposes to amend the Escalante Management Framework Plan (MFP) to re-allocate forage in certain allotments of the Escalante area of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monumen...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items from Oregon in the Possession of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM Notice.	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items from the Pecos Valley, NM in the Possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA Notice.	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects from Pecos Valley, NM in the Possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. Notice.	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Resource Advisory Council Meeting The Utah Bureau of Land Management's Resource Advisory Council (RAC) has scheduled a meeting for November 5-6, 1998, in Cedar City, Utah. On November 5, a field tour is planned to see the deer winter range treatment at the Parowan Front; water qualit...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Southwest Resource Advisory Council Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 USC), notice is hereby given that the Southwest Resource Advisory Council (Southwest RAC) will meet in Paonia, Colorado.	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Alan L. Ager, D.P.M.; Revocation of Registration	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Justice Department > DEA Garth A.A. Clark, M.D.; Revocation of Registration	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Notice of Renewal	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Merit Systems Protection Board

Title	Type	Published
Merit Systems Protection Board Opportunity To File Amicus Briefs in Bracey v. Office of Personnel Management, MSPB Docket No. DC-831E-97-0643-I-1, and Wilson v. Office of Personnel Management, MSPB Docket No. AT-844E-97-0645-I-1 The Merit Systems Protection Board has requested an advisory opinion from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) concerning the interpretation of regulations promulgated by OPM. The Board is providing interested parties with an opportunity to submit amicus briefs on the same questions raised in the request to OPM. The Board's request to OPM is reproduced below:	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

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Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

Title	Type	Published
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Endowment for the Arts; Leadership Initiatives Advisory Panel	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Advisory Panel for Developmental Mechanisms; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
National Science Foundation Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Minor Revision of Design Basis Accident Dose Limits for Independent Spent Fuel Storage and Monitored Retrievable Storage Installations The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations governing the dose limits and the dose calculational methodology used in design basis accident analyses for Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations (ISFSIs) and Monitored Retrie...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pennsylvania Power & Light Company and Alleghany Electric Cooperative, Inc, Susquehana Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Philadelphia Electric Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission STP Nuclear Operating Company, South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2; Confirmatory Order Modifying License, Effective Immediately	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Prevailing Rate Systems; Environmental Differential Pay for Working at High Altitudes The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed regulation to establish an 8 percent environmental differential pay (EDP) category for Federal Wage System (FWS) employees who work at land-based worksites located at more than 3900 meter...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (Johns Manville International Group, Inc., 10\7/8\% Senior Notes due 2004)	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change To Include Closed- End Funds in Nasdaq's Mutual Fund Quotation System	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Establishing an Omnibus Account at the Canadian Depository for Securities	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Twin Cities & Western Railroad CompanyTrackage Rights ExemptionMinnesota Commercial Railway Company	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Actions on Exemption Applications In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, exemptions from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given of the actions on exemptio...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747 Series Airplanes Equipped with Pratt & Whitney Model JT9D-70 Engines This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive inspections to detect fatigue cracking of the spring beams on the outboard struts; replace...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3101 Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3101 airplanes. This AD requires replacing the elevator trim servo motor with a new motor of improved design; and inspecting the cable...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3101 Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3101 airplanes. This AD requires modifying the airplane's navigational system by shortening and re-clipping the cable looms to the No....	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3201 Airplanes This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to all British Aerospace Jetstream Model 3201 airplanes. The proposed AD would require accomplishing both a routine visual inspection and either a detailed visual ins...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Dornier Model 328-100 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Dornier Model 328-100 series airplanes that requires replacement of the de-icing system timer with a new, improved timer. This amendment is prompted by reports of possibl...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; SOCATAGroupe AEROSPATIALE Model TBM 700 Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain SOCATA--Groupe AEROSPATIALE (SOCATA) Model TBM 700 airplanes. This AD requires modifying the oxygen generators. This AD is the result of mandatory continuing airworthine...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Saab Model SAAB 2000 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes, that currently requires deactivation of certain floormat heaters in the cabin area. In addition, that AD provides for opt...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Approval of Amendment to Noise Compatibility Program; Fort Worth Meacham Airport; Fort Worth, TX The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the amendment to the noise compatibility program submitted by the city of Fort Worth under the provisions of Title 49, USC, Chapter 475 and CFR Part 150. These findings are made in r...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards This document proposes a new Federal motor vehicle safety standard that would establish requirements and test procedures which address safety issues exclusive to electric vehicles: Electrolyte spillage, post-crash retention of batteries in their moun...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards This document proposes a new Federal motor vehicle safety standard that would establish requirements and test procedures which address safety issues exclusive to electric vehicles: Electrolyte spillage, post-crash retention of batteries in their moun...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FRA Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment Program The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA 21) adds a new section 322 to title 23 of the United States Code. Section 322 provides a total of $55 million for Fiscal Years 1999 through 2001 for transportation systems employing magnetic lev...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Revocation of McClellan Class C Airspace Area, Establishment of McClellan Class E Surface Area, and Modification of Class C Airspace Area at Sacramento International Airport, CA; Public Meeting This document announces a fact-finding informal airspace meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to solicit information from airspace users and others concerning proposals to revoke the Class C airspace area at McClellan Air Force Base (AFB), Califor...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements This notice lists those forms, reports, and recordkeeping requirements imposed upon the public which were transmitted by the Department of Transportation to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its approval in accordance with the requirement...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Satellite Operational Implementation Team (SOIT) Hosted Forum on the Capabilities of the Global Positioning System (GPS)/Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) and Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) The FAA SOIT will be hosting a public forum to discuss the FAA's GPS approvals and WAAS/LAAS operational implementation plans. This meeting will be held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled meeting of the FAA SOIT and in response to aviation ind...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Open Meeting of the Community Development Advisory Board This notice announces the next meeting of the Community Development Advisory Board (the ``Advisory Board''), which provides advice to the Director of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (the ``Fund'').	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Treasury Department > OFAC, Transportation Department Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) Kosovo Sanctions Regulations The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is issuing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) Kosovo Sanctions Regulations to implement Executive Order 13088 of June 9, 1998, ``Blocking Property of...	Rule	Oct 13, 1998

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Notice of Meeting	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Veterans Affairs Department Medical Care Collection or Recovery In a companion document published in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of this issue of the Federal Register, we proposed to amend VA's medical regulations concerning collection or recovery by VA for medical care or services provided or furnished to a v...	Notice	Oct 13, 1998
Veterans Affairs Department Medical Care Collection or Recovery This document proposes to amend VA's medical regulations concerning collection or recovery by VA for medical care or services provided or furnished to a veteran: For a non-service connected disability for which the veteran is entitled to care (or the...	Proposed Rule	Oct 13, 1998

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