Federal Register December 16, 1998 (Volume 63)

Agencies Publishing on December 16, 1998

Agriculture Department (2)
Commerce Department (11)
Energy Department (12)
Environmental Protection Agency (15)
Farm Credit Administration (2)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Election Commission (2)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Trade Commission (5)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (7)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Interior Department (6)
International Trade Commission (3)
Justice Department (3)
Labor Department (14)
Library of Congress (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (6)
Securities and Exchange Commission (4)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (16)
Treasury Department (4)
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United States Information Agency (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Notice of Program Continuation Notice is hereby given that the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP) was allocated $1,200,000 in the Federal budget for fiscal year 1999. Funds remain available for this program. States interested in obtaining funds under the program a...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Agriculture Department > FS Olympic Provincial Interagency Executive Committee (PIEC), Advisory Committee The Olympic PIEC Advisory Committee will meet on January 15, 1999 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Olympic National Forest Headquarters at 1835 Black Lake Blvd. S.W., Olympia, Washington. Agenda items to be covered include:...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Export Trade Certificate of Review The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''), International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and reques...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Export Trade Certificate of Review The Secretary of Commerce issued an export trade certificate of review to AEON International Corporation. Because this certificate holder has failed to file an annual report as required by law, the Department is initiating proceedings to revoke the c...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Modified Hired Skipper Requirements for the Individual Fishing Quota Program NMFS proposes a regulatory amendment to the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for fixed gear Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries in and off of Alaska. This action would require an initial recipient of certain categories of quota share (QS) w...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Commerce Department Foreign-Trade Zone 138Columbus, Ohio, Area; Application for Expansion	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Commerce Department Foreign-Trade Zone 35Philadelphia, PA; Application for Subzone Status, Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (Shipbuilding)	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Georgia Institute of Technology; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 594-1467 Notice is hereby given that Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Nongame/Endangered Wildlife Program Coastal Office, One Conservation Way, Brunswick, GA 31520-8687, has been issued a permit to take right whales, humpback whales, bottlenose dolphi...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Commerce Department > EAB President's Export Council, Subcommittee on Export Administration; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Roller Chain, Other Than Bicycle, From Japan: Amended Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review On November 10, 1998, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published in the Federal Register (63 FR 63026) the final results of its expedited sunset review of the antidumping finding on roller chain, other than bicycle, from Japan. Subsequ...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA University of California, Davis; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Energy Department > FERC California Independent System Operator Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Energy Department > FERC National Power Management Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Northeast Utilities Service Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Energy Department Office of Fossil Energy; Gregory Power Partners, L.P.; Notice of Filing of Coal Capability; Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act On November 24, 1998, Gregory Power Partners, L.P. submitted a coal capability self-certification pursuant to section 201 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended.	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Energy Department Office of Fossil Energy; Niagara Mohawk Energy (Formerly Plum Street Energy Marketing, Inc.); Numac Energy (U.S.) Inc.; Pemex Gas Y Petroquimica Basica; Energy West Resources, Inc.; Equitable Energy L.L.C.; Idaho Power Co.; Megan-Racine Associates, Inc.; Tristate Pipeline, L.L.C.; Statoil Energy Services, Inc.; Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.; Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.; Orders Granting, Amending, and Vacating Authorizations to Import and/or Export Natural Gas, Including Liquefied Natural Gas The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that it has issued Orders granting, amending, and vacating various natural gas, including liquefied natural gas, import and export authorizations. These Orders are summarized i...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Energy Department Opportunity for Leadership Entity: Beijing Energy-Efficiency and Renewable Energy Demonstration Building The United States Department of Energy recently entered into an agreement with the People's Republic of China Ministry of Science and Technology to determine the feasibility of jointly constructing an energy efficient, mid-size office building demons...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Southwestern Public Service Company and Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Filing	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Southwestern Public Service Company and Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc; Notice of Filing	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Energy Department > FERC Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency American Cyanamid Company; Approval of Pesticide Product Registrations This notice announces Agency approval of applications to conditionally register the pesticide products Acrobat Technical, Acrobat MZ Fungicide, and Acrobat MZ WDG Fungicide containing a new active ingredient not included in any previously registered...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Reasonably Available Control Technology for Oxides of Nitrogen for Specific Sources in the State of New Jersey Due to receipt of an adverse comment, EPA is withdrawing a portion of the direct final rule which approved revisions to the New Jersey State Implementation Plan. EPA published the direct final rule on October 20, 1998 (63 FR 56086), approving four (4...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Approval of Section 112(l) Authority for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Chromium Emissions from Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks; State of California The California Air Resources Board (CARB) requested approval, under section 112(l) of the Clean Air Act (the Act), to implement and enforce California's ``Hexavalent Chromium Airborne Toxic Control Measure for Chrome Plating and Chromic Acid Anodizin...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Availability of the Dicofol Reregistration Eligibility Decision Document for Comment This notice announces the availability of and starts a 60-day public comment period of the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) document for the active ingredient dicofol. The RED for this chemical is the Agency's formal regulatory assessment of...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Bifenthrin; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of bifenthrin in or on citrus, whole fruit; citrus oil; and citrus dried pulp. This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal Ins...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Biocontrol Limited; Application to Register Pesticide Product This notice announces receipt of an application to register a pesticide product containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Certain Chemicals; Availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documents, Opening of Public Comment Period This notice announces availability and starts a 60-day public comment period of the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the active ingredients deet, triclopyr, dichlobenil, propachlor, and methylisothiazolinone. The REDs for the c...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Copper Ammonium Complex; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance This rule establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of copper ammonium complex in or on raw agricultural commodities when used in accordance with good agricultural practices as an active ingredient in pesticide formula...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Federal Plan Requirements for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills That Commenced Construction Prior to May 30, 1991 and Have Not Been Modified or Reconstructed Since May 30, 1991 On March 12, 1996, pursuant to section 111 of the Clean Air Act (Act), EPA promulgated emission guidelines applicable to existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. Section 111(d) of the Act and 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 62, subpa...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit EPA has granted an experimental use permit to the following applicant. The permit is in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of 40 CFR part 172, which defines EPA procedures with respect to the use of pesticides for experimental use purpos...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts In this document, EPA is finalizing maximum residual disinfectant level goals (MRDLGs) for chlorine, chloramines, and chlorine dioxide; maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs) for four trihalomethanes (chloroform, bromodichloromethane, dibromochlorom...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment In this document, EPA is finalizing the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR). The purposes of the IESWTR are to: Improve control of microbial pathogens, including specifically the protozoan Cryptosporidium, in drinking water; and ad...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Rhone-Poulenc Co.; Approval of Pesticide Product Registrations This notice announces Agency approval of applications to conditionally register the pesticide products Technical Isoxaflutole and Balance WDG Herbicide containing a new active ingredient not included in any previously registered products pursuant to...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Stakeholders Meeting on Chemical Monitoring Revisions for Public Water Systems The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a two-day public meeting on January 12 and January 13, 1999 in Washington, D.C. Please be advised that if the agenda is completed on January 12, the meeting will not resume on January 13, 1999....	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Tralkoxydim; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerances This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of the herbicide tralkoxydim in or on certain raw agricultural commodities. Zeneca Ag Products requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998

Farm Credit Administration

Title	Type	Published
Farm Credit Administration Interest Rate Risk Management The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or Agency), through the FCA Board (Board), is issuing a final policy statement that provides guidance on interest rate risk management to Farm Credit System (System) institutions, excluding the Federal Agricultural...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Farm Credit Administration Organization; Loan Policies and Operations; General Provisions; Chartered Territories The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) Board extends the comment period on the proposed rule that would allow Farm Credit System (FCS) customers to do business with the FCS association of their choice. The FCA Board extends the comment period on the pr...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Fees for Ancillary or Supplementary Use of Digital Television Spectrum This Report & Order establishes a fee of five percent of gross revenues received from ancillary or supplementary services for which DTV licensees receive specified compensation from third parties. This requires the Commission to establish a program t...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commissions, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by t...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Definition of ``Member'' of a Membership Association The Commission is seeking comments on further proposed revisions to its rules governing who qualifies as a ``member'' of a membership association. A membership association can solicit contributions from its members to a separate segregated fund estab...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Federal Election Commission Public Financing of Presidential Primary and General Election Candidates The Federal Election Commission requests comments on proposed changes to its rules governing publicly financed Presidential primary and general election candidates. These regulations implement the provisions of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Freight Forwarder License Applicants	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission American College for Advancement in Medicine; Analysis to Aid Public Comment The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Federal Trade Commission Max F. James; Analysis to Aid Public Comment The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public comment describes both the allegations in the draft...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Federal Trade Commission New Vision International et al.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Federal Trade Commission Public Workshop: U.S. Perspectives on Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Marketplace The Federal Trade Commission plans to hold a public workshop to examine U.S. perspectives on consumer protection in the global electronic marketplace, and seeks academic papers and public comment to inform this examination.	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Federal Trade Commission Trade Regulation Rule on Care Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel and Certain Piece Goods The Federal Trade Commission (``the Commission'') will hold a public workshop-conference in connection with the notice of proposed rulemaking published May 8, 1998 proposing amendments to its Trade Regulation Rule on Care Labeling of Textile Wearing...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Questionnaire: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Office of Acquisition Policy has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved info...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > IHS Health Professions Preparatory, Pregraduate and Indian Health Professions Scholarship Programs The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces the availability of approximately $3,578,200 to fund scholarships for the Health Professions Preparatory and Pregraduate Scholarship Programs for FY 1999 awards. These programs are authorized by section 103 o...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Intent To Reallot Part CProtection and Advocacy Funds to States for Developmental Disabilities Expenditures The Administration on Developmental Disabilities herein gives notice of intent to reallot funds which were set aside in accordance with section 142(c)(5) of the Act. Of the $806,682 which was set aside for technical assistance and Indian Consortiums,...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration; Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Anacostia River, Washington, DC The Coast Guard is revising the rule currently governing the operation of the Frederick Douglass Memorial (South Capitol Street) bridge across Anacostia River at mile 1.2 in Washington, DC. This temporary rule again authorizes this bridge to remain c...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway; Cape May Canal The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District has issued a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the Cape May Canal Railroad Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), mile 115.1, in Cape May, New Jersey. From 8 a.m. unt...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Application for Recordable Disclaimer of Interest; Nevada The United States of America, pursuant to the provisions of Section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1745), proposes to disclaim all interest in the following described land to Horace Countryman, nunc pro tunc, the...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Interior Department California Desert District Advisory Council; Renewal This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 Public Law 92-463. Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior has renewed the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) California Desert...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Interior Department > BOR Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) and Glen Canyon Technical Work Group (TWG) The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group will conduct an open public meeting to discuss administrative and program related issues. The meeting will discuss the following agenda items: Administrative Issues, 1999 Beach/Habitat-Building Flows...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Interior Department > NPS Mary McLeod Bethune Council House General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Park Service is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan for the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site. This statement w...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Interior Department > NPS Submission of Study Package to Office of Management and Budget; Review Opportunity for Public Comment Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirement, the NPS invites public comment on these three proposed information collection requests (ICR). Comments are invited on: (1) The...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Interior Department > NPS Yosemite Valley Plan, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California; Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190) and Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 1502.9(c)), and in order to foster coordinated valley planning and operations, the National Park Ser...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Drams of One Megabit and Above From Taiwan	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
International Trade Commission Pianos: Economic and Competitive Conditions Affecting the U.S. Industry Following the receipt of a request on November 12, 1998, from the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Commission instituted investigation No. 332-401, Pianos: Economic and Competitive Conditions Affecting the U.S. In...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
International Trade Commission Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of a full review pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1675(c)(5)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on polychloroprene rubbe...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection: Comment Request Notification of Information Collection Under Review; Extension of a currently approved collection; Procedures for the Administration of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Justice Department > OJP, NIJ Announcement of the Availability of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Solicitation ``Fiscal Year 1999 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Research and Evaluation Grants'' Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of Justice solicitation ``Fiscal Year 1999 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Research Grants.''	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Justice Department > BOP Designation of Offenses Subject to Sex Offender Release Notification This interim rule designates various offenses as sexual offenses for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 4042(c). The designations ensure that notifications can be made for military offenders, for District of Columbia Code offenders, and for these and other federa...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Anvil Knitwear, Incorporated, Whiteville, North Carolina, Mullins, South Carolina; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Anvil Knitwear, Incorporated, Whiteville, North Carolina; Notice of Termination of Investigation	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Boise Cascade Wood Products Division, Elgin Stud Mill, Elgin, Oregon; Notice of Termination of Investigation	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Farah USA, Incorporated, Savane International Corporation, El Paso, Texas; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Frank H. Fleer Corporation, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, and Costa Mesa, California, Slidell, Louisiana, Lake Forest, Illinois; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Geneva Steel, Vineyard, Utah; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > PWBA Grant of Individual Exemptions; Service Employees International Union Local 252 Welfare Fund This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (th...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Lightalarms Electronics Corporation, Baldwin, New York; Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Nazdar, Chicago, Illinois; Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance of NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Incorporated Headquartered in Midland, Texas, et al.; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > ETA Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Incorporated, Headquartered in Midland, Texas, and Operating in The Following States: New Mexico TA-W- 34,358C, Kansas TA-W-34,358D, Louisiana TA-W-34,358E; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Labor Department > PWBA Proposed Exemptions; MONY Life Insurance Company This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Inte...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Library of Congress

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Notice and Recordkeeping for Making and Distributing Phonorecords The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is reopening the comment period on the requirements by which copyright owners shall receive reasonable notice of the use of their works in the making and distribution of phonorecords.	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. Comments regarding (a) whether the collection of inform...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duke Energy Corporation; Correction to Notice of Issuance of Amendments	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duke Energy Corporation; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Notice	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Deregistration of Certain Registered Investment Companies The Commission is proposing for public comment amendments to the rule and form under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that govern the deregistration of registered investment companies. The Commission also is proposing to require that investment com...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration (Boise Cascade Corporation, Common Stock, $2.50 Par Value; Associated Common Stock Purchase Rights); File No. 1-5057	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Options Price Reporting Authority; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Amendment to OPRA Plan Revising the Allocation of Expenses Among the Participant Exchanges	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Public Meeting on Government Activities on the Negotiation of a Protocol on Biosafety This public meeting will provide an overview of the major issues to be addressed in the final negotiating session of the Protocol on Biosafety under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Negotiations on a protocol to govern the transboundary...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Ogeechee Railway CompanyLease ExemptionLine of Central of Georgia Railroad Company	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A310 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A310 series airplanes, that requires various inspections to detect fatigue cracks at certain locations on the fuselage, horizontal stabilizer, and wings and tail...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A321 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A321 series airplanes. This action requires modification and re-identification of the evacuation slide systems at left-and right-hand emergency exits 2 and 3...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 757 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 757 series airplanes, that currently requires an inspection of the engine fuel shutoff valves (spar valves) to detect leakage of fuel and to ensure...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Model S- 61A, D, E, L, N, NM, R, and V Helicopters This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Model S-61A, D, E, L, N, NM, R, and V helicopters, that requires a nondestructive inspection (NDI) for cracks in the main rotor shaft (shaft), and r...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class E Airspace; West Plains, MO This document confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at West Plains, MO.	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > NHTSA DeTomaso Modena S.p.A., Mootness of Application for Temporary Exemption From Three Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > NHTSA Decision that Nonconforming 1987-1989 Saab 900 S Passenger Cars are Eligible for Importation This notice announces the decision by NHTSA that 1987-1989 Saab 900 S passenger cars not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation into the United States because they are...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; Bolivar, MO This action establishes the Class E airspace area at Bolivar, MO. The development of Global Positioning System (GPS) Runway (RWY) 18, GPS RWY 36, and VHF Omnidirectional Range/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) RWY 36 Standard Instrument Approach...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Modesto City-County AirportHarry Sham Field, Modesto, CA The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use a PFC at Modesto City-County Airport-- Harry Sham Field under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus B...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > NHTSA Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 1991-1998 Honda VT600 Motorcycles Are Eligible for Importation This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 1991-1998 Honda VT600 motorcycles that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicl...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued 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 16, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Barter Island, AK This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Barter Island, AK. The establishment of Global Positioning System (GPS) and Nondirectional Radion Beacon (NDB) instrument approaches at Barter Island, AK, has made this action necessary. The Barte...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Modification of the Orlando Class B Airspace Area, FL; Public Meeting This notice announces two fact-finding informal airspace meetings. The purpose of these meetings is to provide interested parties the opportunity to present views, recommendations, and comments on the proposal to modify the Orlando Class B airspace a...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Soldotna, AK This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at Soldotna, AK. The establishment of Global Positioning System (GPS) instrument approaches to runway (RWY) 07 and RWY 25 at Soldotna, AK, have made this action necessary. Adoption of this proposal woul...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA Program Management Committee (PMC)	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Transportation Department > NHTSA Research and Development Programs Meeting Agenda This notice provides the agenda for a public meeting at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will describe and discuss specific research and development projects.	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Commission to Study Capital Budgeting (Advisory Commission to the President of the United States) The meeting scheduled for Friday, December 18, 1998, of the Commission to Study Capital Budgeting is canceled.	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Treasury Department > OCC Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
Treasury Department > IRS Marital Deduction; Valuation of Interest Passing to Surviving Spouse This document contains proposed regulations relating to the effect of certain administration expenses on the valuation of property which qualifies for the estate tax marital or charitable deduction. The proposed regulations define estate transmission...	Proposed Rule	Dec 16, 1998
Treasury Department > FS Regulations Governing Book-Entry Treasury Bonds, Notes and Bills The Department of the Treasury is publishing a final rule to amend its TRADES Commentary (Appendix B of 31 CFR Part 357), to update the list of states that have enacted Revised Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code and that were the subject of pri...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998

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United States Information Agency Proposed Collection; Comment Request Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), federal agencies are required to submit proposed or established reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in th...	Notice	Dec 16, 1998
United States Information Agency U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Meeting The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy will meet on December 16 in Room 600, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.	Notice	Dec 16, 1998

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Veterans Affairs Department VA Acquisition Regulation: Title and Reference Updates This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR): to update office names and job titles due to administrative changes within the Department; correct references and typographical errors; delete obsolete material; d...	Rule	Dec 16, 1998

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