Federal Register October 30, 1998 (Volume 63)

Agencies Publishing on October 30, 1998

Agriculture Department (3)
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Census Monitoring Board (1)
Commerce Department (8)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (3)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (4)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Defense Department (20)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (11)
Environmental Protection Agency (5)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Farm Credit Administration (1)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (1)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (18)
Homeland Security Department (4)
Housing and Urban Development Department (3)
Interior Department (8)
Justice Department (4)
Labor Department (8)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Peace Corps (3)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
Small Business Administration (3)
Social Security Administration (2)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (14)
Treasury Department (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Electric Program Standard Contract Forms The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is amending its regulations to change the manner in which it publishes the standard forms of contracts that borrowers are required to use when contracting for construction, procurement, engineering services, or archi...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Agriculture Department > FS Klamath Provincial Advisory Committee (PAC); Meeting The Klamath Provincial Advisory Committee will meet on November 12-13, 1998, in Weaverville, California. On Thursday, November 12, the PAC will meet at the Weaverville Ranger Station, 210 Main Street Highway 299, for a field trip leaving the Ranger S...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Agriculture Department > FS Whitehawk Timber Sale, Boise National Forest, Valley County, ID The Boise National Forest will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to document the analysis and disclose the environmental impacts of a proposed timber sale in the Whitehawk subwatershed of the Deadwood drainage. The Lowman Ranger Distric...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

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Census Monitoring Board

Title	Type	Published
Census Monitoring Board Notice of Public Meeting This notice, in compliance with PL 105-119, sets forth the meeting date, time and place for the third business meeting of the full Census Monitoring Board. The meeting agenda will include an examination of ongoing preparations by the Census Bureau fo...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Japan; Initiation of Anticircumvention Inquiry on Antidumping Duty Order In response to a request from USS-POSCO Industries (``UPI''), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is initiating an anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether imports of boron-added hot-dipped and electrolytic corrosion-resistant carbon st...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Closure of the Commercial Red Snapper Component NMFS closes the commercial fishery for red snapper in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of Mexico. NMFS has determined that the annual commercial quota for red snapper was reached on October 15, 1998. This closure is necessary to protect...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Vessel Monitoring System Power Down Exemption NMFS issues this final rule to amend the regulations implementing the Atlantic Sea Scallop and Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plans (FMP). This action changes the name ``Vessel Tracking System (VTS)'' to ``Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)''...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Northern Anchovy Fishery NMFS announces receipt of an application for an exempted fishing permit(EFP) that would allow an experimental fishery for northern anchovy in an area off San Francisco closed to vessels fishing for the purposes of reducing the catch into products suc...	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Bar from India; Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce has received three requests to conduct a new shipper administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India. In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Bar from Japan: Notice of Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review Notice of extension of time limits for preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative review.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Deletion to the Procurement List; Correction	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions and Deletions 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 and a service previously furn...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete commodities previously furnished by s...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Sublimits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Singapore Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting sublimits.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Cotton Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mauritius Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a limit.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Denial of Participation in the Special Access Program Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs suspending participation in the Special Access Program.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Two-Part Documents for Commodity Pools On March 30, 1998, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or ``Commission'') published for comment the National Futures Association's (``NFA'') Compliance Rule 2-35 subsections (a) through (c) <SUP>1</SUP> (``the Rule''), its related Inte...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Intelligence Agency, Science and Technology Advisory Board Closed Panel Meeting On September 30, 1998, the Defense Intelligence Agency published an announcement (63 FR 52245) for a closed meeting on 15 October 1998. This meeting was cancelled due to the lack of an approved DOD Budget.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Defense Department Defense Intelligence Agency, Science and Technology Advisory Board Closed Panel Meeting Pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d) of Section 10 of Public Law 92-463, as amended by Section 5 of Public Law 94-409, notice is hereby given that a closed meeting of the DIA Science and Technology Advisory Board has been scheduled as follows...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Defense Department Defense Intelligence Agency, Science and Technology Advisory Board Closed Panel Meeting Pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (d) of Section 10 of Public Law 92-463, as amended by Section 5 of Public Law 94-409, notice is hereby given that a closed meeting of the DIA Science and Technology Advisory Board has been scheduled as follows...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Defense Department Defense Intelligence Agency, Science and Technology Advisory Board Closed Panel Meeting Pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (d) of Section 10 of Public law 92-463, as amended by Section 5 of Public Law 94-409, notice is hereby given that a closed meeting of the DIA Science and Technology Advisory Board has been scheduled as follows...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Defense Department Defense Intelligence Agency, Science and Technology Advisory Board Closed Panel Meeting On September 30 1998, the Defense Intelligence Agency published an announcement (63 FR 52245) for a closed meeting on 13 October 1998. This meeting was cancelled due to the lack of an approved DOD Budget.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Circular 97-09; Introduction This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules issued by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-09. A companion document, the Smal...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Alternative Dispute Resolution 1996 The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-320) and...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Civil Defense Costs The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to delete the civil defense cost principle. This regulatory action was not subject t...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Costs Related to Legal/Other Proceedings The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify the allowability of costs incurred for qui tam suits in which the Governm...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Electronic Commerce in Federal Procurement The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Section 850 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Yea...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Pay-As-You-Go Pension Costs The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) for consistency with the cost accounting standards for composition and measurement o...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Payment Due Dates The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify that agencies may authorize amendment of the FAR payment clauses to speci...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Rehabilitation Act, Workers With Disabilities The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to adopt the interim rule published in the Federal Register at 63 FR 34073, June 22, 1998, as a final rule without change. The rule amends the Federal...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Service Contracts The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to expand the authority of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard to enter in...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small Entity Compliance Guide This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Taxpayer Identification Numbers The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Subsection (i) of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and Se...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation in order to update references and make editorial changes.	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Defense Department U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Code Committee Meeting This notice announces the forthcoming public meeting of the Code Committee established by Article 146(a), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. Sec. 946(a), to be held at the Naval Base Brig and the Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston, South...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting This notice set forth the schedule and a proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board. This notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Fede...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Financial and Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Amendments to Office Of Hearings and Appeals Procedural Regulations The Department of Energy (DOE) adopts several minor technical amendments to its procedural regulations governing most proceedings before the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), a quasi-judicial branch of the DOE, pertaining to matters within the ju...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Bear Swamp Generating Trust No. 1; Notice of Amendment to Application for Commission Determination of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Bear Swamp Generating Trust No. 2; Notice of Amendment to Application for Commission Determination of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Bear Swamp I LLC; Notice of Amendment to Application for Commission Determination of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Bear Swamp II LLC; Notice of Amendment of Application for Commission Determination of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Energy Department > DOE Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts Energy Conservation Standards The Department of Energy reopens the record of its rulemaking to revise energy conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. This notice provides an opportunity for public comment regarding the Dep...	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Si...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice Establishing Technical Conference	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Energy Department Office of Fossil Energy: AES Ironwood, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Coal Capability Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act On October 5, 1998, AES Ironwood, Inc. submitted a coal capability self-certification pursuant to section 201 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Energy Department Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board This notice designates the Performance Review Board Chair for the Department of Energy.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Energy Department Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board This notice provides the Performance Review Board Standing Register for the Department of Energy. This listing supersedes all previously published lists of PRB members.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 104Announcement of Proposal Deadline for the Competition for the 1999 National Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin to accept proposals for the National Brownfields Assessment Pilots on October 30, 1998. The brownfields assessment pilots (each funded up to $200,000 over two years) test cleanup and...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Issuance of NPDES General Permits for Wastewater Lagoon Systems Located On Indian Reservations in MT, ND, SD, and UT Region VIII of EPA is hereby giving notice of its issuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permits for wastewater lagoon systems located on Indian Reservations in the States of MT, ND, SD, and UT, and treating prima...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Notification of Meeting and Public Comment Period(s); Open Meetings Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, we now give notice that the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) along with the subcommittees will meet on the dates and times described below. All times not...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability: The Office of Solid Waste (OSW) is Announcing the Availability of a New Draft Guidance Document Entitled Human Health Risk Assessment Protocol for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities The Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'' or ``the Agency'') is providing notice that the following draft guidance document: Human Health Risk Assessment Protocol for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities (Peer Review Draft) is available and that...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Sudan	Presidential Document	Oct 30, 1998

Farm Credit Administration

Title	Type	Published
Farm Credit Administration Organization; Funding and Fiscal Affairs, Loan Policies and Operations, and Funding Affairs; Disclosure to Shareholders; Title V Conservators and Receivers; Capital Provisions; Correction The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) published a final rule (63 FR 39219, July 22, 1998) that amended the capital adequacy and related regulations to address: interest rate risk; the grounds for appointing a conservator or receiver; capital and bylaw...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Reexamination of Comparative Standards for Noncommercial Educational Applicants The Commission is seeking further comment on methods that it might use to choose among competing applications involving noncommercial educational (NCE) broadcast stations, both on the reserved and nonreserved portions of the broadcast spectrum. The C...	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreement(s) Filed	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Notice	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title	Type	Published
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Federal Trade Commission Pay-per-Call Rule In this document, the Federal Trade Commission (the ``Commission'' or ``FTC'') issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend the Commission's Trade Regulation Rule Pursuant to the Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act of 1992 (the ``900-N...	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998

General Services Administration

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Medical Devices; FDAMA Third-Party Review 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 (PRA).	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing 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	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department Grants to Indian Tribal Organizations for Supportive and Nutritional Services for Older Indians The Administration on Aging will accept applications for funding in fiscal year (FY) 1999 under the Older Americans Act, title VI, Grants for Native Americans, part A-Indian Program, from all current title VI, part A grantees, current grantees who wi...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program: Reporting of Final Adverse Actions This proposed rule would establish a new 45 CFR part 61 to implement the statutory requirements of section 1128E of the Social Security Act, as added by section 221(a) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. Sectio...	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute: Opportunities for Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) for the Joint Evaluation and Development of Methods to Generate and Expand In-Vitro Modified Dendritic Cell Populations in Order to Elicit Phenotype Specific Immune Responses Pursuant to the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (FTTA, 15 U.S.C. 3710; and Executive Order 12591 of April 10, 1987, as amended by the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the Nation...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental Research; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > PHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH; National Toxicology Program	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > PHS National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is issuing regulations to implement provisions of the Public Health Service Act authorizing the NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds. The purpose of the pr...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Peer Review Meeting of the Draft Research Protocol of the Full Ensemble Fire Testing of Fire Fighters' Protective Clothing and Equipment	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) ENV-Coded Peptide Capable of Eliciting HIV-Inhibiting Antibodies in Mammals This is notice in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, in contemplating the grant of a limited field of use exclusive world-wide license t...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department Publication of the OIG's Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol This Federal Register notice sets forth the OIG's recently- issued Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol. This Self-Disclosure Protocol offers health care providers specific steps, including a detailed audit methodology, that may be undertaken if they wi...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Traineeships The National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposes to amend its regulations governing traineeships to reflect additional conditions under which NIH may terminate traineeship awards and to reflect changes in the authorities for the awards.	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations Modified base (1% annual chance) flood elevations are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified elevations will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations This interim rule lists communities where modification of the base (1% annual chance) flood elevations is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified base flood eleva...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Final Flood Elevation Determinations Base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are made final for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each c...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed base (1% annual chance) flood elevations and proposed base flood elevation modifications for the communities listed below. The base flood elevations and modified base flood elevations ar...	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Housing and Urban Development Department Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards HUD is proposing to amend the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (FMHCSS) to update many of the standards that are incorporated by reference therein. These reference standards, which are developed by voluntary consensus or in...	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Amendment by Brazil to Appendix III Listing of Bigleaf Mahogany Under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora This rule announces an amendment to the Appendix III listing of bigleaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES or Convention). The species in the Americas and...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Interior Department > MMS Environmental Documents Prepared for Proposed Oil and Gas Operations on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) The Minerals Management Service (MMS), in accordance with Federal Regulations (40 CFR 1501.4 and 1506.6) that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), announces the availability of NEPA-related Site-Specific Environmental Assessments (...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Intent to prepare four Riparian Habitat Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statements (HMPs/EISs) The Bureau of Land Management is initiating the preparation of four Riparian Habitat Management Plans and Environmental Impact Statements (HMPs/EISs). This action will be located in the following four areas in New Mexico: locations: (1) Farmington Fi...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Interior Department > NPS National Capital Region; National Capital Memorial Commission Public Meeting	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Interior Department National Informational Meeting on Section 1115 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) The Department of the Interior is giving notice of its intention of holding an informational meeting to share information about the regulatory negotiating process in Section 1115 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), concern...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item in the Possession of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY Notice.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA and the Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA Notice.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Interior Department Notice of the Secretary's Decision to Assume Jurisdiction and Review United States v. United Mining Corporation, and to Accept Briefs From Interested Parties Pursuant to a petition and a letter requesting Secretarial review, the Secretary of the Interior has decided to exercise his authority as set forth in 43 CFR 4.5 to review United States v. United Mining Corporation (United Mining), 142 IBLA 339 (1998...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Bradford's Pharmacy Conditional Grant of Registration	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Justice Department > DEA Importer of controlled substances Notice of Registration	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Justice Department > DEA Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Notice of Registration	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Justice Department National Instant Criminal Background Check System Regulation The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is publishing a final rule implementing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (``Brady Act''), to provide notice of the establi...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Labor Department > DOL, WHD Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Perm-O-Penn Exploration, Midland, Texas; Notice of Termination of Investigation	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Labor Department > MSHA Petitions for Modification	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Labor Department > MSHA Safety Standards for Reporting Daily Inspections of Surface Coal Mines; Technical Amendment MSHA is making a nonsubstantive technical amendment to its safety standard which requires reports of daily inspection for surface coal mines. This technical amendment updates the standard to allow a mine official with authority and responsibility equ...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Labor Department > PWBA Summary Plan Descriptions; Claims Procedures; Notice of Extension of Comment Period This document extends the comment period regarding the proposed regulations under section 102(b) of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (relating to the content of the Summary Plan Description required to be furnish...	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council, Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology Advisory Committee, Aviation Operations Systems Subcommittee; Meeting Notice of Meeting Cancellation.	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Peco Energy Company; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Unit 2; Notice of Partial Denial of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Yankee Nuclear Power Station; Notice of Reconstitution of Board	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Peace Corps

Title	Type	Published
Peace Corps Information Collection Requests Under OMB Review The Associate Director for Management invites comment on information collection requests as required pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This notice announces that the Peace Corps has submitted to the office of Management...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Peace Corps Information Collection Requests Under OMB Review The Associate Director for Management invites comments on information collection requests as required pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This notice announces that the Peace Corps has submitted to the Office of Management...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Peace Corps Information Collection Requests Under OMB Review Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1981 (44 USC, Chapter 35), this notice announces that the Peace Corps has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request to approve the new collection of the Career Information Consultants waiver...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Requests Under Review by Office of Management and Budget	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., Relating to the Trading of the Ordinary Shares of DaimlerChrysler AG	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto, By the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. To Allow the Chairman of the Equity Floor Procedure Committee, or the Chairman's Designee, To Increase the Eligible Order Size for Entry Into RAES	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Pacific Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Amendment No. 2 to Proposed Rule Change Relating to Market Maker Participation in the Pacific Exchange's Automatic Execution System for Options (``Auto-Ex'')	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Regarding Stock Fund Options	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Small Business Administration

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Index to Approved SBA Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Small Business Administration State of Kansas (Amendment # 1)	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Small Business Administration State of Mississippi (Amendment # 3)	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Office of the Commissioner; 1999 Cost-of-Living Increase and Other Determinations The Commissioner has determined-- (1) A 1.3 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (the Act), effective for December 1998; (2) An increase in the Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Social Security Administration Testing Modifications to the Disability Determination Procedures; Disability Determination Services Full Process Model with Rationale Summary The Social Security Administration (SSA) is announcing the locations of additional tests that it will conduct under the current rules codified at 20 CFR 404.906, 404.943, 404.966, 416.1406, 416.1443, and 416.1466. Those rules provide the authority to...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Expedited Relief for Service Inadequacies In a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking served October 15, 1998, and published in the Federal Register on October 20, 1998 (63 FR 55996) (October supplemental notice), the Surface Transportation Board requested the filing of supplemental repl...	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA- 28-140, PA-28-150, PA-28-160, and PA-28-180 Airplanes This amendment revises Airworthiness Directive (AD) 96-10-01, which currently requires a complete landing light support replacement on certain The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) Models PA-28-140, PA-28-150, PA-28-160, and PA-28-180 airplanes. Some...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment of Class E Airspace; Riverton, WY This action changes the Riverton, WY, Class E surface airspace legal description from part-time to continuous. The FAA has commissioned an Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) at the Riverton Regional Airport which makes the airport eligible for...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility Program, Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the Indianapolis Airport Authority under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96-193...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Transportation Department > RSPA Control of Drug Use and Alcohol Misuse in Natural Gas, Liquefied Natural Gas, and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Operations Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program RSPA has received and evaluated the 1997 Management Information System (MIS) Data Collection forms for the drug testing of pipeline industry personnel. The RSPA determined that the random positive drug testing rate for the pipeline industry for the p...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Transportation Department > RSPA Hazardous Materials: Requirements for DOT Specification Cylinders RSPA proposes to amend certain requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to establish four new DOT cylinder specifications and to revise the requirements for maintenance, requalification, and repair of all DOT specification cylinders....	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Transportation Department > MARAD Marine Transport Corp.; Application for Written Permission Under Section 608 and Section 805(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as Amended	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of the Phoenix Class B Airspace Area; Arizona This action modifies the Phoenix, AZ, Class B airspace area. Specifically, this action reconfigures several area boundaries; creates two new areas; and raises and/or lowers the floors of several existing areas. The FAA is taking this action to enhanc...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Use a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Grant County International Airport, Moses Lake, Washington; Correction This correction incorporates information from the public agency's application. In notice document 98-27250 beginning on page 54516 in the issue of Friday, October 9, 1998, make the following correction: In the first column: Proposed charge expiration...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent to Rule on Application (98-03-U-00-RIW) to Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Riverton Regional Airport, Submitted by the City of Riverton, Wyoming The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to use PFC revenue at Riverton Regional Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 158).	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA Special Committee 172; Future Air-Ground Communications in the VHF Aeronautical Data Band (118-137 MHz)	Notice	Oct 30, 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 30, 1998
Transportation Department Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Retrofit of Improved Seats in Air Carrier Transport Category Airplanes This document announces a public meeting in which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will discuss changes in and solicit comments and information from the public on the FAA's current draft rule to require the retrofit of improved seats in air...	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998
Transportation Department > RSPA Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Miscellaneous Amendments; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration On July 10, 1998, RSPA published a final rule under Docket RSPA-97-2905 (HM-166Y) which amended the HMR by incorporating miscellaneous changes based on petitions for rulemaking and RSPA initiative. The intent of the final rule was to provide relief f...	Rule	Oct 30, 1998

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Treasury Current Value of Funds Rate Pursuant to Section 11 of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 (31 U.S.C. 3717), the Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for computing and publishing the percentage rate to be used in assessing interest charges for outstanding debts on claims owed th...	Notice	Oct 30, 1998

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Well Grounded Claims/Duty to Assist The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to establish policy and guidance regarding what action, if any, VA should take to develop evidence pertaining to benefit claims that are not well grou...	Proposed Rule	Oct 30, 1998

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Transportation Department

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