Federal Register December 15, 1998
View all documents issued on December 15, 1998. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
111 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on December 15, 1998
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Commerce Department
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CCommittee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (6)
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Defense Department
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Education Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Office of the President
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Maritime Commission
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Federal Reserve System
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Interior Department
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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NNational Capital Planning Commission (1)
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National Credit Union Administration
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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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PPostal Regulatory Commission (1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Small Business Administration
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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UUnited States Information Agency (1)
Commerce Department
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The Secretary of Commerce approved an interim final standard, which will be known as Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-1, Digital Signature Standard (DSS). This interim final standard allows for both the use of the Digital Signature...
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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NIST invites and requests nomination of individuals for appointment to Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Board). The terms of some of the members of the Board will soon expire. NIST will consider nominations received...
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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On September 29, 1998 (63 FR 51893), in response to requests from Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Pohang Coated Steel Co., Ltd., Pohang Steel Industries Co., Ltd., Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (respondents), the Depa...
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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On August 11, 1998, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the Agreement suspending the countervailing duty investigation on certain refrigeration compressors from the Republic of Singapore. In ou...
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NMFS issues a final rule to implement a regulatory amendment to extend the current groundfish observer coverage requirements and implementing regulations for the North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program (Observer Program) that expire December 31, 19...
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Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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NMFS announces three workshops to explain provisions of the 1999 recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the Alaska groundfish fisheries, to update information on the proposed electronic reporting system, to provide detailed instructions on comp...
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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NMFS announces changes in its fees and charges for voluntary fishery products inspection, grading, and certification services. NMFS increased the basic fee for full-time in-plant inspection services by $1.95, making the hourly rate $46.35. The fees f...
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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 a limit and sublimit.
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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.
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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.
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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has submitted information collection 3038-0048, Exemptions from Speculative Limits to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-511. The information collected pursuant...
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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The Commission announces that there will be an opportunity for interested parties to present oral comments on a proposed rule that, if issued, would require that multi-purpose lighters resist operation by children under age 5. Oral comments will beco...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
Defense Department
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The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 2801 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999. Section 2801 i...
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Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to clarify requirements for use of a clause pertaining to compliance with Spanish laws and insurance under contracts fo...
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Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to specify that contracting officers must include an e-mail/Internet address, when available, on contracts and modifica...
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The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to clarify that DoD contract administration procedures permit electronic notification to the payment office of Governme...
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The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to remove obsolete guidance pertaining to short form research contracts with educational institutions and nonprofit org...
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Education Department
Energy Department
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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site- Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservatio...
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The Geothermal Energy Program of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing a Supplemental Announcement to EERE's Broad Based Solicitation for Submission of Financial Assistance Applications In...
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the DOE Financial Assistance Rules, 10 CFR 600.8, is announcing its intention to solicit applications for the Great Lakes Regional Biomass EnergyProgram (GLRBEP) Management Project. The selected applic...
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Environmental Protection Agency
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)....
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9, announces its intent to delete operable unit (OU) No. 1, also known as Parcel A, of Treasure Island Naval Station--Hunters Point Annex, also known as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPS), Superfund S...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, notice is hereby given that a proposed pur...
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region II, announces a proposed ad...
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to amend regulations under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, to remove caprolactam (CAS No. 105-60-2) from the list of CERCLA hazardous su...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending regulations under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, to remove caprolactam (CAS No. 105-60-2) from the list of CERCLA hazardous substanc...
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Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
Executive Office of the President
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Federal Communications Commission
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The Commission will consider action to implement Section 258 of the Act, which prohibits a carrier from submitting or executing changes in a subscriber's telephone service except in accordance with the Commission's verification procedures. 2. Cable S...
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Federal Maritime Commission
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The Federal Maritime Commission proposes to amend its regulations governing agreements among ocean common carriers and marine terminal operators to reflect changes made to the Shipping Act of 1984 by the recently enacted Ocean Shipping Reform Act of...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
Federal Reserve System
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The Board requests comment on the potential benefits and drawbacks of a modification to its Regulation CC, Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks, that would shorten the maximum hold for many nonlocal checks. This modification would shorten t...
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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The Coast Guard is removing the operating rules for the Congress Street Bridge, mile 0.3, and the Summer Street Bridge, mile 0.4, across the Fort Point Channel in Boston, Massachusetts. The Congress Street and Summer Street Bridges have been rebuilt...
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Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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This rule establishes the policies and administrative basis for FEMA to assess fees on Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees to recover the full amount of the funds that we obligate to provide services for offsite radiological emergency plann...
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Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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In accordance with FEMA Interim Final Rule, ``Fee for Services to Support FEMA's Offsite Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program,'' 44 CFR Part 354, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FEMA has established a fiscal ye...
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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Temporary special local regulations are being adopted for the Baltimore New Year's Eve Extravaganza Fireworks display to be held over the waters of the Patapsco River, Baltimore, Maryland. These regulations are needed to protect spectator craft and o...
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Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
Interior Department
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines the Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) to be an endangered species under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The Topeka shiner is a small fish pres...
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This order withdraws approximately 37,579 acres of public land from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, in order to create the Lake Todatonten Special Management Area, for the protection of fish, wildlife, and habitat. The land is adja...
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is planning to enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Chicago Map Corporation. The purpose of the CRADA is to conduct market research, product design and development, and pr...
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Justice Department
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Notice of Information Collection Under Review; New Collection; OVC Preliminary Questionnaire to Determine Hate/Bias Crime Record- keeping Practices.
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Notice of information collection under review; reinstatement with no change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired; Victims of Crime Act, Crime Victim Assistance Grant Program Performance Report.
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Labor Department
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All information required to submit a grant application is contained in this announcement. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), announces a demonstration program to test the ability of the workforce develop...
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All information required to submit a grant application is contained in this announcement. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), announces a demonstration program to test the ability of the workforce develop...
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National Capital Planning Commission
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The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the construction and operation of the proposed National Harbor project in accordance with Section 102(2)(c) of the Environmental Policy Act...
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National Credit Union Administration
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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on December 2, 1998 (63 FR 66496), that withdraws an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that requested public comments on questions related to comprehensive quality assurance and a...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the availability of NUREG-1556, Volume 5, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses,'' dated October 1998.
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This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on December 2, 1998 (63 FR 66498), that withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking that would have eliminated several inconsistencies with the generic Environmental Protection Agency st...
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This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on December 2, 1998 (63 FR 66497), that withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking that requested public comments on proposed amendments to its regulations that would have required lice...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on December 2, 1998 (63 FR 66496), that withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking that requested public comments pertaining to steam generator tube integrity. This action is necessary...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribes interest assumptions for valuing benefits under terminating single-employer plans. This final rule amends the regulation to adopt intere...
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Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or are derivable from rates published elsewhere), but...
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Notice of application for exemption under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') from all provisions of the Act.
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'') today is proposing tender offer and Securities Act registration exemptive rules for cross-border tender offers, business combinations, and rights offerings. We are proposing these exemptions...
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Small Business Administration
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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In the Rules and Regulations portion of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations relating to payment of internal revenue taxes by credit card or debit card. The text of the temporary regulations also serves as the...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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This document contains temporary regulations that authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to accept payment of internal revenue taxes by credit card or debit card. The temporary regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Taxpayer Relief Act o...
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Rule | Dec 15, 1998 |
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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 133359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order...
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Notice | Dec 15, 1998 |
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