December 3, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register December 3, 1998

View all documents issued on December 3, 1998. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

97 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 3, 1998

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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This notice lists approved SES executives and public members who will comprise a standing roster for service from 1998 to the year 2000 on the Agency's SES Performance Review Board. The Agency will use this roster to select members for the Board each...
Notice Dec 03, 1998

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This document amends regulations relating to the establishment and management of statewide central filing systems as they pertain specifically to the filing of ``effective financing statements'' for ``farm products'', as defined in section 1324 of th...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amends the Common Crop Insurance Policy; Basic Provisions for the purpose of: Clarifying certain provisions; adding definitions and provisions to allow enterprise and whole farm units; allowing the use of...
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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes the Cotton Crop Insurance Provisions and the Extra Long Staple (ELS) Cotton Crop Insurance Provisions for the 1999 and succeeding crop years to provide a prevented planting coverage level of 50...
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The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule which exempts shipments of potatoes handled for experimentation and the manufacture or conversion into specified products...
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Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS is closing directed fishing for yellowfin sole by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 1998 Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
On November 4, 1998, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published the preliminary determination of its antidumping duty investigation of stainless steel plate in coils (``SSPC'') from Taiwan. This investigation covers two respondents, Yi...
Notice Dec 03, 1998
NMFS notifies fishermen that it has renewed the authorization for shrimp trawlers to use limited tow times as an alternative to the otherwise required use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) in the inshore waters of Mississippi. Its previous authorizat...
Rule Dec 03, 1998

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of a prospective license to Photonics Components International L.L.C. to the Government owned invention described in U.S. Patent 4,763,272 entitled ``AUTOMATED AND COMPUTER CONTROLLED PRECISION METHOD OF...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Financial and Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is proposing regulations to establish a chronic beryllium disease prevention program (CBDPP) to reduce the number of workers currently exposed to beryllium in the course of their employment with DOE or...
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to update its regulations governing the filing of applications for the construction and operation of facilities to provide service or to abandon facilities...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA is taking direct final action on revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This revision establishes and requires volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>x</INF>)...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
EPA is finalizing a limited approval and limited disapproval of a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) proposed in the Federal Register on August 11, 1998. The revised rule controls VOC emissions from sources coating metal parts...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92- 463, notice is hereby given that the CSI Council will meet on the date and time described below. The meeting is open to the public. Seating at the meeting will be on a first-come basis and l...
Notice Dec 03, 1998
EPA received an application dated March 6, 1998 from Johnson Matthey, Incorporated (JM), for certification of urban bus retrofit/ rebuild equipment pursuant to 40 CFR 85.1401--85.1415. The kit is identified as the Cam Converter Technology (CCT<SUP>TM...
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Commission has released a Public Notice which suggests various procedural guidelines for filing petitions for Commission action pursuant to section 253 of the Communications Act. Section 253 requires the Commission, subject to enumerated exceptio...
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Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

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The Office of Government Ethics is proposing to amend its rules under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) primarily to effectuate various provisions under the 1996 Electronic FOIA Amendments. The proposed revisions include the new response time for...
Proposed Rule Dec 03, 1998

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Notice Dec 03, 1998
The Department of Health and Human Services notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet standards of Subpart C of Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (59 FR 29916, 29925). A similar notice li...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) (Preble's) was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973 (16 U.S.C. sections 1531 to 1544) on May 13, 1998. At the time the Preble's was listed, a special...
Proposed Rule Dec 03, 1998
Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (as amended), the Orange County Water District and the Orange County Sanitation District and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation)...
Notice Dec 03, 1998
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is finalizing the interim rule that was published in the Federal Register on July 28, 1998 (63 FR 40175). This action implements the requirements of the Helium Privatization Act of 1996 by establishing procedures f...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of revisions and additional explanatory information pertaining to previously proposed amendment to the New Mexico regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``New Mexico progr...
Proposed Rule Dec 03, 1998
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the New Mexico regulatory program (hereinafter, the ``New Mexico program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCR...
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reopening the public comment period under a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on January 13, 1998, (63 FR 1936), concerning lessee responsibility for oil and gas drainage. BLM is reopening the comm...
Proposed Rule Dec 03, 1998
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to revise its Federal oil and gas leasing and operations regulations. This rule uses performance standards in certain instances in lieu of the current prescriptive requirements. These proposed regulati...
Proposed Rule Dec 03, 1998
This notice announces a public workshop that the MMS will conduct to acquire information pertinent to revision of Form-2005, Oil and Gas Lease of Submerged Lands Under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss t...
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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).
Notice Dec 03, 1998
Emergency Extension of Existing Collection; Telephone Verification System (TVS) Phase II Pilot Non-Citizen Employees Employment Status Report.
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Notice of Information Collection under Review: Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence.
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Notice of Information Collection under Review: Fax Request Form from Benefit Agency to INS for Confirmation of Status of I-130 & Fax Request Form from Benefit Agency to EOIR for Confirmation of Status.
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Notice of Information Collection under Review: Haitian Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) Supplement to Form I-765.
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Notice of Information Collection under Review: Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant.
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Notice of information collection under review: election form to participate in an employment eligibility confirmation pilot program.
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Notice of Information Collection under Review: Passenger List, Crew List.
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Notice of Information Collection under Review: Application for Advance Permission to Enter as Nonimmigrant (Pursuant to 212(d)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act).
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Notice of Information Collection under Review: Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers.
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Notice of Information Collection under Review: Document Verification Request and Document Verification Request Supplement.
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The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (``COPS'') announces the Visiting Fellowship Program (VFP) designed to support training, technical assistance, research, program development and policy analysis to contribute t...
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The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (``COPS'') announces a new grant program, COPS in Schools, designed to combat school violence by helping local law enforcement agencies hire community policing officers to work...
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The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (``COPS'') announces the availability of Universal Hiring Program (UHP) grants to pay up to 75 percent of the total salary and benefits for new officers over three years, and u...
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National Transportation Safety Board

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Commission has requested the staff to develop and assess options on incorporating risk insights in the Code of Federal Regulations 10 CFR 50.59. This regulation permits licensees to implement certain changes that do not require prior NRC approval...
Proposed Rule Dec 03, 1998
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is amending its regulations to provide specific uniform procedures and rules of practice for handling requests for hearings associated with license transfer applications involving material and reactor licenses as wel...
Rule Dec 03, 1998

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim regulations to implement the staffing provisions of S. 1021, The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998. This Act allows preference eligibles or veterans who have been honorably disch...
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Railroad Retirement Board

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In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board will publish periodic summaries of pro...
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State Department logo State Department

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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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Pursuant to Section 10(A)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 72-363; 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics (ACTS) to be h...
Notice Dec 03, 1998
This amendment supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 96-23- 19, which currently requires installing a new flap actuator overtravel stop and a roll pin through the overtravel stop and jack screw on certain Air Tractor, Inc. (Air Tractor) Models AT-3...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A321-111, -112, and -131 series airplanes. This action requires repetitive inspections to detect fatigue cracking in the area surrounding certain attachment...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-22-11 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of AlliedSignal, Inc. (formerly Textron Lycoming) model T5317A-1 turboshaft en...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Allison Engine Company 250-B and 250-C series turboshaft and turboprop engines, that requires replacing existing beryllium copper main fuel control (MFC) bellows assembli...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all BFGoodrich Avionics Systems, Inc. (BFGoodrich) SKYWATCH SKY497 installations with a top-mounted antenna that are installed on aircraft. This AD requires incorporating inform...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 172R airplanes that are not equipped with an autopilot. This AD requires inspecting the right wing for an incorrectly routed, fray...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Hamilton Standard 54H60 series propellers. This action requires affected propeller blades to be removed from service and shipped to designated repair facilities for inspec...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9 and DC-9-80 series airplanes, Model MD-88 airplanes, and C-9 (military) series airplanes, that requires a one-time visual inspection to detec...
Rule Dec 03, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect debris in the areas behind the aft lavatory toilet shroud, behind the af...
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This final rule deletes the material and manufacturing process requirements in the standard on compressed natural gas fuel container integrity. The agency believes that this amendment will facilitate technological innovation, without adversely affect...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the revised current and future noise exposure maps submitted by Monroe County, Florida, for Key West International Airport under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safe...
Notice Dec 03, 1998
This notice announces an extension of the comment period on a Direct final rule; request for comments which proposed to remove the Class D airspace at Fort Leavenworth, KS. This action is being taken due to a delay in distribution of the Direct final...
Rule Dec 03, 1998

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United States Information Agency

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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978 (43 FR 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order...
Notice Dec 03, 1998

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