October 28, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register October 28, 1998

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is extending the public comment period from October 27, 1998, to November 27, 1998, on the proposed rule to amend the Beef Promotion and Research Rules and Regulations (Rules and Regulations) established under...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has established the Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture. In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), notice is hereby given of the third meeting of the Comm...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service announces its intent to establish a new information collection. The new collection is necessary to monitor customer satisfaction with existing Forest Service customer services...
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The Intergovernment Advisory Committee will meet on November 5, 1998, at the Embassy Suites Portland Downtown, 319 SW Pine Street, Portland, Oregon 97204-2726. The purpose of the meeting is to continue discussions on the implementation of the Northwe...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing proposed specifications for soil handling in relation to mining activities on prime farmland, as provided for in the Surface Mining Control and Recla...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking comments on three papers that address certain issues raised in the comments received on the National Organic Program proposed rule published in the Federal Register on December 16, 1997. These issue pap...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
Notice is hereby given of the intention of NRCS to issue a series of new or revised conservation practice standards in its National Handbook of Conservation Practices. These standards include ``Contour Buffer Strips'', ``Cross Wind Trap Strips'', ``D...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
The Southwest Oregon PIEC Advisory Committee will meet on November 17, 1998 in Roseburg, Oregon at the Umpqua National Forest Supervisor's Office. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m and continue until 5:00 p.m. Agenda items to be covered include: (1)...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice of extension of due date for the submission of comments.
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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 a permit application from Garcia and Associates in San Anse...
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Notice is hereby given that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game at Boise, ID (IDFG) has applied in due form for a permit that would authorize an incidental take of anadromous fish species listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Notice Oct 28, 1998
Subject to the availability of funds, NMFS will continue MARFIN to assist persons in carrying out research and development projects that optimize the use of fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and off the South Atlantic States of North Carolina, South Ca...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
NMFS issues this final rule to implement a regulatory amendment prepared by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) in accordance with framework procedures for adjusting management measures of the Fishery Management Plan for the Golde...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
NMFS informs surf clam and ocean quahog allocation owners that they will be required to purchase their 1999 cage tags from a vendor.
Notice Oct 28, 1998
NMFS announces that the summer flounder commercial quota available to the State of New York has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in New York for the rema...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
In accordance with 5 U.S.C., 4314(c)(4), DOC announces the appointment of persons to serve as members of the Department Performance Review Board (DPRB). The DPRB is responsible for reviewing performance appraisals and ratings of Senior Executive Serv...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
This notice announces the availability of proposed revised environmental review procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The proposed revisions will update th...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
NMFS issues this rule to allow the use of limited tow times by shrimp trawlers in the inshore waters of Mississippi and in the inshore waters of Louisiana, north and east of the Mississippi River to its terminus at the South Pass, as an alternative t...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.
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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing limits.
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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a limit.
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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing a limit.
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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a designated consultation level.
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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To accommodate requests from the public, the Department of the Army has decided to extend the public comment period on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for the Mission and Master Plan, Fort Bliss, Texas and New Mexico fro...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require that, when conditionally accepting nonconforming items, amounts withheld from payments...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
This announces the availability of the DEIS which assesses the potential environmental impacts of the exchange of tracts of land between Fort Benning and the City of Columbus (hereafter referred to as the City). Section 2829 of Pub. L. 101-510, enact...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a curr...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a curr...
Notice Oct 28, 1998

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
Notice is hereby given that EPA is sponsoring three public meetings to discuss drinking water data quality on November 5, 6, and 9, 1998. The meetings will be held in Denver, Colorado (Nov. 5th), Washington, D.C. (Nov. 6th), and Kansas City, Missouri...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
The State of Arizona has applied for final authorization of revisions to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed its review of Arizona's...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
This action proposes a consolidated Federal air rule for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI). This proposed rule consolidates major portions of the following new source performance standards (NSPS) and national emission stan...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
The Director, Office of Water, EPA Region 10 is issuing a modified General NPDES permit for mechanical placer mining in the state of Alaska. The modified general permit contains a new effluent limitation for arsenic which was based on the ``Withdrawa...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
EPA will hold a meeting to provide an opportunity for the public to provide additional comment on a proposed rule to establish standards for lead-based paint hazards in most pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities. The rule is being issued und...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
On August 31, 1998, the State of Utah submitted an application for EPA approval to administer and enforce training and certification requirements, training program accreditation requirements, and work practice standards for lead-based paint activitie...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the deletion of the Operable Unit 2 of the South Andover Salvage Yards Superfund Site in Minnesota from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, which is the Nat...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
In accordance with section 122(I)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), and section 7003(d) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (``RCRA''), notice is hereby giv...
Notice Oct 28, 1998

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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Presidential Document Oct 28, 1998

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Federal Communications Commissions, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the...
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In response to a request by Team Broadcasting Company, permittee of Station WGNG(FM), Channel 292A, Belzoni, Mississippi, this document substitutes Channel 292C3 for Channel 292A at Belzoni, reallots Channel 292C3 to Tchula, Mississippi, and modifies...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
The Commission, at the request of C. C. Broadcasting Company, allots Channel 282A at Chehalis, Washington, as the community's first local commercial FM transmission service (RM-8947). See 62 FR 3653, January 24, 1997. We also deny the one-step upgrad...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
The Commission requests comments on a petition jointly filed by Triathlon Broadcasting of Omaha Licensee, Inc., licensee of Station KTNP, Bennington, NE, and Saga Communications of Iowa, Inc., licensee of Station KIOA-FM, Des Moines, IA, requesting (...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
This document allots Channel 221A to King Salmon, Alaska, as that community's first local aural transmission service in response to a petition filed on behalf of Zimin Broadcasting Corp. See 53 FR 41766, August 5, 1998. With this action, the proceedi...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
This document substitutes Channel 224C3 for Channel 224C2 at Ottumwa, Iowa, and modifies the license of Station KTWA, Ottumwa, Iowa, to specify operation on Channel 224C2. See 62 FR 27710, May 21, 1997; The reference coordinates for Channel 224C2 at...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by Angel T. Babudro, seeking the allotment of FM Channel 293A to Paonia, Colorado, as that community's first local commercial FM transmission service. Coordinates used for this propo...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
In a letter dated October 22, 1998, to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, MicroTrax<SUP>TM</SUP> (``MicroTrax'') requested a temporary delay of the Location and Monitoring Service auction. On October 23, 1998, the Wireless Telecommunications Bur...
Notice Oct 28, 1998

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to permit aqueous transition metal catalytic hydrogenation in the production of polydextrose and to adopt the specifications for polydextrose of the Food Chemicals Codex...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing two technical scientific workshops to discuss and clarify issues related to the implementation of the agency's rule requiring a warning statement for certain juice products. In particular, the work...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft document entitled ``Essential Principles of Safety and Performance of Medical Devices on a Global Basis; Final Working Draft'' (draft document). This draft document has...
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In the August 11, 1998 issue of the Federal Register (63 FR 42912), we published a notice with comment period setting forth revised schedules of limitations on home health agency costs that may be paid under the Medicare program for cost reporting pe...
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This proposed rule would amend HUD regulations on Consolidated Submissions for Community Planning and Development Programs to establish a standard for determining if the jurisdiction's certification regarding affirmatively furthering fair housing is...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Minerals Management Service (MMS) will hold a public meeting with lessees, operators, and payors on royalty-in-kind (RIK) gas produced from a number of Federal leases in the 8(g) zone offshore Texas in MMS's Gulf of Mexico Region (GOMR). The purp...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces a 90-day finding for a petition to list the Junaluska salamander (Eurycea junaluska) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Service finds that the petition presents substantia...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines the cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis), flat pebblesnail (Lepyrium showalteri), and plicate rocksnail (Leptoxis plicata) to be endangered species; and the painted rocksnail (Leptoxis taen...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes to list the armored snail (Pyrgulopsis (=Marstonia) pachyta) and slender campeloma (Campeloma decampi) as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The armored snai...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) and general management plan for the Missouri National Recrea...
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Notice of the Proposed Partial Settlement and Hearing is being mailed to each class member. The notice is set forth below. It consists of nine parts and describes the purpose, general nature of claim and action, definition of the class, the proposed...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
Pursuant to the authority contained in Public Law 104-333, November 12, 1996, (110 Stat. 4105), and as certain lands authorized to be acquired and conveyed by exchange by the Secretary of the Interior have now been so exchanged, the boundaries of Zio...
Notice Oct 28, 1998

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review either of the presiding administrative law judge's (``ALJ's'') initial determinations (``IDs'') granting the parties' joint motions to terminate the abov...
Notice Oct 28, 1998

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice of Information Collection Under Review; (Reinstatement, without change of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired).
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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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 Oct 28, 1998

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National Transportation Safety Board

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Notice Oct 28, 1998

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Postal Service logo Postal Service

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This final rule sets forth revised rates, fees, and mail preparation standards for In-County Periodicals automation mail, Destination Delivery Unit Parcel Post, and Library Mail adopted by the Postal Service in the October 5, 1998, Decision of the Go...
Rule Oct 28, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new, and/or currently approved information collection.
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Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

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These final regulations revise our rules on determining whether a natural child has inheritance rights under appropriate State law and therefore may be entitled to Social Security benefits as the child of an insured worker. Specifically, they revise...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
In accordance with 20 CFR 404.985(e) and 402.35(b)(2), the Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of the rescission of Social Security AR 86-17(9).
Notice Oct 28, 1998

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

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This notice announces the initiation of a review to consider the designation of the Republic of Gabon as a beneficiary developing country under the GSP program and solicits public comment relating to the designation criteria by December 10, 1998.
Notice Oct 28, 1998

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Aerospatiale Model SN 601 (Corvette) series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect discrepancies of the upper and lower reinforcement panels and panel...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 767 series airplanes. This action requires repetitive detailed visual inspections to detect cracked, corroded, or stained collar fittings on both inbo...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Dassault Model Falcon 2000 series airplanes, that requires modification of the front galley and rear lavatory water heaters. This amendment is prompted by issuance of man...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to General Electric Company CF6-6, -45, -50, -80A, and - 80C2 series turbofan engines. This action requires, prior to further flight, an ultrasonic immersion inspection for c...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-10, -20, -30, and - 40 series airplanes; and certain C-9 (military) series airplanes. This amendment requires modifying the piping of the pot...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
This action establishes the Class E airspace area at Guthrie, IA. The development of Global Positioning System (GPS) Runway (RWY) 36 and Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) RWY 18 Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) have made this rule nece...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
This action establishes Class E airspace at Longville, MN. A Nondirectional Beacon (NDB) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 31 has been developed for Longville Municipal Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 70...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) on lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment includes a provision regulating headlamp concealment devices. In this document, NHTSA proposes to amend that FMVSS so that manufacturers of motor...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
Notice Oct 28, 1998
This notice constitutes the required quarterly publication of an index of the Administrator's decisions and orders in civil penalty cases. This publication represents the quarter ending on September 30, 1998, This publication ensures that the agency...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
This action modifies Class E airspace at Grand Rapids, MN. A Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (Rwy) 16, and a VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) or GPS SIAP to Rwy 34, Amendment (Amdt) 10, have been...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in cooperation with the State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Airports Division is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for proposed...
Notice Oct 28, 1998
The Secretary is delegating his authority to the Federal Railroad Administrator under section 322 to Title 23 of the United States Code. Section 322, titled the Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment Program, was added by section 12...
Rule Oct 28, 1998
This notice proposes to amend the Class E airspace area at Winchester, VA. The development of a new Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) at Winchester Regional Airport has made this proposal neces...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
This action will remove the Class D airspace area at Fort Leavenworth, KS. The Control Tower at Fort Leavenworth, Sherman Army Airfield, KS, has been closed and will not be operational in the foreseeable future. The intended effect of this rule remov...
Rule Oct 28, 1998

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document provides notice of cancellation of a public hearing on proposed regulations that provide guidance on the application of the rule governing qualified covered calls.
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998
This document proposes to revise Appendix B to Part 171 of the Customs Regulations, which sets forth the guidelines for remitting and mitigating penalties relating to violations of section 592 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. A violation of sec...
Proposed Rule Oct 28, 1998

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct on Matching programs, notice is hereby given of the conduct of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) computer match. P...
Notice Oct 28, 1998

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