December 14, 1998 (Volume 63)

Federal Register December 14, 1998

View all documents issued on December 14, 1998. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

113 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 14, 1998

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request extension of a currently approved information collection that requests...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is reopening the comment period for the proposed rulemaking, ``Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry Products: Poultry Chilling Performance Standards'' (63 FR 48961, 9/11/98), in response to a request fo...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the final results of the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy. The period of review is January 19, 1996 through June 30, 1997. This extension...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
NMFS publishes for public review and comment summaries of applications submitted by the Government of Estonia and the Government of Lithuania requesting authorization to conduct fishing operations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 1999 und...
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Pub. L. 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Human Resources Strategy will meet in open session on December 21-22, 1998 at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secr...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The Department of the Air Force is amending Title 32, Chapter VII of the CFR by removing Part 888g, Organizational and Representational Activities of Military Personnel. This rule is removed because it duplicates the information found in 32 CFR Part...
Rule Dec 14, 1998
On October 1, 1998, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency was formed by the consolidation of selected elements of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Staff and the Defense Special Weapons Agency. As a result of this consolidation, two former Office...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The Office of the Secretary proposes to transfer two systems of records notices from its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. On October 1, 1998, the United States On-Site Inspection Age...
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Education Department logo Education Department

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted the energy information collection(s) listed at the end of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 1...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The proposed rule would reduce air emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from existing and new sources that manufacture amino or phenolic resins. The proposed rule would implement section 112 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Act) and is...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Region V announces its intent to delete the Whittaker Site from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B of 40 CFR part...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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This document sets forth proposed substantive changes to the 1981 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP),...
Notice Dec 14, 1998

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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As part of its 1998 biennial review of regulations pursuant to section 11 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act),<SUP>1</SUP> the Commission initiated a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) seeking comment on whether its rules gover...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Commission initiates this Notice of Proposed Rule Making to seek comment on whether we should impose limits on activities undertaken by noncommercial educational (``NCE'') television licensees on their DTV capacity. The request for clarification...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
Pursuant to the joint request of National Public Radio, the Association of America's Public Television Stations, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Chief, Mass Media Bureau, acting under delegated authority, extends the comment and repl...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
In this document the Commission consolidates its licensing rules into a single set of rules for all wireless radio services. The Commission establishes a streamlined set of rules that minimizes filing requirements; eliminates redundant, inconsistent,...
Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Mountaineer Communications proposing the allotment of Channel 264A at Arnoldsburg, West Virginia, as its first local aural transmission service. Channel 264A can be allotted to Arnoldsburg in co...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by STARadio Corporation proposing the allotment of Channel 297A at Clifton, Illinois, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 297A can be allotted to Clinton in complianc...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
This document requests comments on a petition filed by Milestone Radio, LLC, requesting the reallotment of Channel 291C2 from Princeton, Minnesota, to Elk River, Minnesota, and modification of the license for Station KLCI to specify Elk River as the...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Mountain State Broadcasting proposing the allotment of Channel 253A at Gassaway, West Virginia, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 253A can be allotted to Gassawa...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Ken Mills Agency proposing the allotment of Channel 256C3 at Lennox, South Dakota, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 256C3 can be allotted to Lennox in complianc...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Bible Radio Broadcasters proposing the allotment of Channel 244A at Peterstown, West Virginia, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 244A can be allotted to Petersto...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by L. Topaz Enterprises, Inc., proposing the allotment of Channel 277A at Rantoul, Illinois, as the community's third local FM transmission service. Channel 277A can be allotted to Rantoul in compl...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by 21st Century Radio Ventures, Inc., proposing the allotment of Channel 282A at Sibley, Iowa, as the community's second local FM transmission service. Channel 282A can be allotted to Sibley in com...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by ALALATEX proposing the allotment of Channel 252A at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, as the community's second local FM transmission service. Channel 252A can be allotted to Sioux Rapids in compliance with t...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Notice Dec 14, 1998
In March 1998, the Board issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking requesting comment on the benefits and drawbacks associated with its same-day settlement rule, which became effective in January 1994. The same-day settlement rule, which is par...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Board has decided to retain the current thirty-minute settlement period at the end of the Fedwire funds transfer operating day and not to implement restrictions on respondent bank transfers during the last fifteen minutes of the settlement period...
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Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

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The Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Board) is publishing a proposed rule that explains the requirements for an acceptable power of attorney, where a participant assigns the authority to act in his or her behalf w...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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The General Services Administration/Federal Supply Service, Office of Transportation and Property Management, Property Management Division has revised the SF 123A, Transfer Order Surplus Personal Property (Continuation Sheet) to make it a single shee...
Notice Dec 14, 1998

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA)...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a new format for export certificates. The new format features the use of several security measures in the paper used to print export certificates to deter falsification of or tampering with FDA- is...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that GEO Specialty Chemicals has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of dimethylolpropionic acid as a pigment dispersant for pigment...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations governing investigational new drug applications (IND's) for human drug and biological products. This action amends the IND clinical hold requirements to state that the agency will res...
Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend its regulations governing investigational new drug applications (IND's) for human drug and biological products. This proposed action would amend the IND clinical hold requirements to state...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
This notice announces the establishment of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee that will advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, as requested by the Secretary, whether...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
This rule establishes procedures for imposing civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions for certain violations of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The regulations also provide for hearings and appeals when those penalties, assessments, an...
Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a call- for-data to identify food and drug products that contain intentionally introduced mercury compounds, e.g., mercurous chloride, mercuric chloride, phenylmercuric acetate, thimerosal. The age...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The District Commander, First Coast Guard District has issued a temporary deviation from the regulations listed under 33 CFR 117.599, governing the operation of the Northern Avenue Bridge, mile 0.0, across the Fort Point Channel in Boston. This devia...
Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Coast Guard conducted a review of Great Lakes pilotage rates. Based on the results of this review, the Coast Guard concluded that no changes were necessary to the Great Lakes pilotage rates for the 1998 navigation season. The Coast Guard is inter...
Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Coast Guard has set the 1999 minimum random drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers. Based on an evaluation of the 1997 Management Information System (MIS) data collection forms submitted by marine employers, we determined that ran...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone to close a portion of the Kennebec River to waterway traffic in a 400 foot radius around Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME, for an explosive load, from 6 a.m. November 25, 1998 through 12 p.m. December...
Rule Dec 14, 1998

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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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 Dec 14, 1998

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The following public land has been found suitable for direct sale under Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713) and at no less than the estimated fair market value. The land will not be offere...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
Zanker Road Resource Management, Ltd. has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service for an incidental take permit pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Service proposes to issue a 3-year permit to...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class I...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The next meeting of the Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council will be held on Thursday, January 14, 1999, at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The Miles City District Resource Advisory Council will have a meeting Wednesday, January 13, 1999 in Billings, Montana on the campus of Montana State University--Billings, Education Building, Room 102. Agenda topics include travel management, impleme...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The Secretary of the Interior proposes to withdraw approximately 605,350 acres of Federal lands and minerals to protect the native biodiversity and the ecological richness of the Shivwits Plateau area in northwestern Arizona. This notice segregates t...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
Notice is hereby given that the Southwest Resource Advisory Council (Southwest RAC) will meet in Montrose, Colorado.
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Since December 23, 1997, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) has granted an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) to Haitian nationals on the basis of Deferred Enforced Department (DED); those EADs bear an expiration date of Decemb...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that had presented preliminary plans for updating the licensing of source material and mill tailings. The contemplated rulemaking would have impro...
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received, by letter dated October 23, 1998, a request from Rio Algom Mining Corporation (Rio Algom) to amend License Condition (LC) 55 A.(3) of Source Material License SUA-1...
Notice Dec 14, 1998

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
This amendment to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Payment of Premiums moves the final filing due date for premium declarations to October 15th for calendar year plans (so that it is the same as the extended Form 5500 due date...
Rule Dec 14, 1998

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for clearance of a revised information...
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice of application for an order pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to AlliedSignal Inc. ALF502R-5 and ALF502R-3A model turbofan engines. This proposal would require incorporation of an improved fan core inlet anti-ice system...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 757-200 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to detect cracking of the honeycomb core of the acoustic panels in the engine inlet, and repai...
Rule Dec 14, 1998
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Breeze Eastern Aerospace rescue hoists. This proposal would require a one-time inspection of the mounting brackets for cracks, and, if necessary,...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to CFE Company model CFE738-1-1B turbofan engines. This proposal would require a one-time dimensional inspection of the curvic coupling tooth profile of cert...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This amendment requires inspections to detect attachment failures of the 12 attachments located on the No. 4 banjo fitting...
Rule Dec 14, 1998
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Rolls-Royce Limited, Bristol Engines Division and Rolls- Royce (1971) Limited, Bristol Engines Division, Viper series turbojet engines, that requires a one-time visual inspection...
Rule Dec 14, 1998
This action delays the effective date for the establishment of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Class B airspace area, and revocation of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Class C airspace area, until further...
Rule Dec 14, 1998
This document denies a petition for rulemaking submitted by the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA). NMEDA sought to extend the duration of the exclusion (now expired) of light trucks and vans (LTVs) ``manufactured for operation b...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order finding that Edelweiss Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Edelweiss Air d/b/a Rio Grande Air is fit, willing, and able to conduct scheduled passenge...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The FHWA is announcing its intent to explore the feasibility of conducting a negotiated rulemaking to revise the drivers' hours-of- service rules and has hired two convenors for that purpose. Until that process is complete and a decision is made conc...
Proposed Rule Dec 14, 1998
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use a PFC at Wood County Airport in Parkersburg, West Virginia, under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnib...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use, the revenue from a PFC at Rogue Valley International--Medford under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR P...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) is initiating a new program with interstate pipeline operators to evaluate an approach to improve the effectiveness of the inspection process. The System Integrity Inspection Pilot Program is designed to enhance th...
Notice Dec 14, 1998
This notice announces the random testing rates for employers subject to the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) drug and alcohol rules.
Notice Dec 14, 1998
RSPA is alerting persons who own, use or are responsible for the maintenance of composite cylinders to a hazard. Damage may occur when a composite cylinder comes in contact with strong cleaners or other strong corrosive agents. RSPA is aware of ruptu...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains final regulations that provide guidance on the requirements of section 204(h) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), relating to defined benefit plans and to individual account plans that ar...
Rule Dec 14, 1998

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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Notice Dec 14, 1998
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hereby gives notice of the weighted average poverty threshold established for 1997 for one person (unrelated individual) as established by the Bureau of the Census. The amount is $8,183.
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