Federal Register December 30, 1998 (Volume 63)

Agencies Publishing on December 30, 1998

Agriculture Department (5)
Commerce Department (11)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (2)
Defense Department (5)
Education Department (4)
Energy Department (1)
Environmental Protection Agency (6)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (2)
Federal Reserve System (1)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (16)
Homeland Security Department (4)
Interior Department (13)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (19)
Library of Congress (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
National Credit Union Administration (3)
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National Science Foundation (1)
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National Transportation Safety Board (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (6)
Presidio Trust (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (3)
Small Business Administration (1)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (10)
Treasury Department (2)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CCC Debarment and Suspension Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) proposes to revise the regulations setting forth its policies with regard to the debarment and suspension of individuals or firms from participation in Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities. The U.S. Dep...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Agriculture Department > APHIS Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the gypsy moth quarantine and regulations by adding 3 areas in Ohio and 14 areas in Wisconsin to the list of generally infested areas. The interim rule was necessary to pre...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Agriculture Department > FS Morrison Creek, Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest, Routt County, Colorado The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest, Yampa Ranger District will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess and disclose the environmental effects on a proposal to prepare and sell timb...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Agriculture Department > CCC Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved information collection. This information collection is u...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Agriculture Department > APHIS Veterinary Services User Fees; Embryo Collection Center Approval Fee We are amending the existing user fees for the inspection and approval of embryo collection centers. Existing user fees require embryo collection centers to pay user fees based on hourly rates for inspections and approval. We are replacing the hourly...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna NMFS adjusts the daily catch limit for Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) in all areas to one fish per vessel, which may be from the school, large school, or small medium size class.. The Angling category trophy fishery for large medium and giant BFT remain...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; Special Management Zones In accordance with the framework procedure of the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP), NMFS establishes 10 special management zones (SMZs) at the sites of artificial reefs (ARs) in the exclusive...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Proposed 1999 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish NMFS proposes 1999 harvest specifications and prohibited species bycatch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits and associated manageme...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Final 1999 Fishing Quotas for Atlantic Surf Clams, Ocean Quahogs, and Maine Mahogany Quahogs NMFS issues quotas for the Atlantic surf clam, ocean quahog, and Maine mahogany quahog fisheries for 1999. These quotas were selected from a range defined as the optimum yield (OY) for each fishery. The intent of this action is to establish allowable...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of Alaska; Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone; Gulf of Alaska; Proposed 1999 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish NMFS proposes 1999 harvest specifications, reserves, and apportionments, for groundfish; Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) limits; and associated management measures for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Live Cattle from Canada and Mexico	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Commerce Department > ITA Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation of Live Cattle From Canada	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Atlantic Swordfish Fishery; Atlantic Billfish Fisheries; Atlantic Shark Fisheries; Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) NMFS announces the receipt of applications for EFPs. If granted, these EFPs would authorize, until such time that the Highly Migratory Species fishery management plan (FMP) is effective, collections of a limited number of swordfish, billfish, and sha...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Commerce Department > PTO Notice of Round Table Discussion on Proposed Reform of Patent Law and Operational Authority of the Patent and Trademark Office The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) announces a one-day, round table discussion on legislative proposals to reform patent law and the operational authority of the PTO. There will be approximately 10 to 20 round table participants. The participants...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Notice of Sea Grant Review Panel Meeting This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Sea Grant Review Panel. The members of the Review Panel and other participants will discuss matters related to the functions and operations of the Reveiw Panel, i...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking of Threatened or Endangered Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Extension of Permits NMFS hereby extends the current permits for those fisheries that have negligible impacts on marine mammal stocks listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for 6 months through June 30, 1999. This action allows the inci...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. Petition for Exemption From the Dual Trading Prohibition Set Forth in Section 4j(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission Regulation 155.5 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') is granting the petition of the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (``CSCE'' or ``Exchange'') for exemption from the prohibition against dual trading in its Cocoa futures contract.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Privacy Act of 1974; Republication of Systems of Records The Consumer Product Safety Commission is republishing its Privacy Act systems of records with certain changes, additions, and deletions.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Consumer Product Safety Commission Requirements for Child-Resistant Packaging; Household Products Containing Methacrylic Acid The Commission is proposing a rule to require child-resistant (``CR'') packaging for liquid household products containing more than 5 percent or more methacrylic acid (weight-to-volume) in a single package. The Commission has preliminarily determined...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); TRICARE Claimcheck Appeals This Notice sets forth the Department's plans for enhancing the appeals process available to providers and beneficiaries for claims determinations resulting from TRICARE Claimcheck coding logic.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Defense Department Defense Science Board Task Force on National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) The Defense Science Board Task Force on National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) will meet in closed session on January 14-15 and February 25-26, 1999 at Strategic Analysis Inc. (SAI), Arlington, Virginia. The mission of the Defense Science Board i...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Bid/Offer Acceptance Period Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Contractor Use of Government Supply Sources Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
DOD, GSA, NASA Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Contractor Use of Interagency Motor Pool Vehicles Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests 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.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests 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.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Financial and Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Regulation of Short-Term Natural Gas Transportation Services; Regulation of Interstate Natural Gas Transportation Services; Order Granting Extention of Time for Filing Comments On July 29, 1998, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM98-10-000 (63 FR 42982) and a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) in Docket No. RM98-12-000 (63 FR 42974) dealing with the Regulation of Short-Term Natural Gas Transpo...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Announcement of the Availability and Request for Comments on Protocols for Testing the Efficacy of Disinfectants Used to Inactivate Hepatitis B Virus and Corresponding Label Claims EPA is announcing the availability and requesting comments on two protocols for testing the efficacy of disinfectants against Hepatitis B Virus (HBV). The protocols use Duck Hepatitis B Virus (DHBV) in an in-vitro or an in-vivo assay system. These pr...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality State Implementation Plans (SIP); Louisiana: Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Program The EPA is proposing conditional approval of a Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Program proposed by the State of Louisiana. This action is taken under section 110 of the Clean Air Act (the Act). This conditional approval is also being propose...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Arizona Maricopa Nonattainment Area; PM-10 EPA is proposing to approve under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) a revision to the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP) reflecting Arizona State legislation that provides for the expeditious implementation of best management practices to reduce fu...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency EPA Identification of Additional Waters to be Added to Virginia's 1998 Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waters The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing public notice of the availability of its December 16, 1998 identification of additional waters to be added to Virginia's 1998 Clean Water Act section 303(d) list and is inviting public comment on...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticides: Science Policy Issues Related to the Food Quality Protection Act; Extension of Comment Period On November 5, 1998, EPA issued a notice of availability for two draft science policy papers--``Guidance for Submission of Probabilistic Exposure Assessments to the Office of Pesticide Program'' and ``Office of Pesticide Program's Science Policy on t...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Commercial Television Station Children's Programming Report and Commercial Broadcast Station Ownership Report These rules announce the effective date of the rules published on December 18, 1998. Those rules amended the Commission's rules governing the manner of filing of the commercial television station children's programming report (FCC Form 398) and the i...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Repudiation and Asset-backed Securitizations and Loan Participations In response to inquiries from insured depository institutions, accountants, and other parties involved in asset-backed securitizations and loan participations, the Board of Directors of the FDIC (Board) is proposing to adopt a Statement of Policy Reg...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreement(s) Filed	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB Background. Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

General Services Administration

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Dental Devices; Effective Date of Requirement for Premarket Approval; Temporomandibular Joint Prostheses The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule to require the filing of a premarket approval application (PMA) or a notice of completion of a product development protocol (PDP) for certain devices, namely, the total temporomandibular...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidance for Premarket Submissions for Kits for Screening Drugs of Abuse To Be Used by the Consumer; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled ``Guidance for Premarket Submissions for Kits for Screening Drugs of Abuse to Be Used By The Consumer.'' This draft guidance addresses screening devi...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are owned by agencies of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Fo...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program: Reporting of Final Adverse ActionsExtension of Comment Period On October 30, 1998, we published a notice of proposed rulemaking designed to set forth the policy and procedures for implementing the new Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Banks (HIPDB), in accordance with the statutory requirements of sectio...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Medical Devices; List of Premarket Approval Actions The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a list of premarket approval application (PMA) approvals. This list is intended to inform the public of the existence and the availability of summaries of safety and effectiveness of approved PMA's...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meetings	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Young Drivers Intervention Study In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), the National...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Amended Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Closed Meetings	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Upper Mississippi River The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District has issued a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad bridge at Mile 1.0, Black River, at La Crosse, Wisconsin. This deviation...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Emergency Control Measures for Tank Barges This interim rule implements measures for maintaining or regaining control of a tank barge that will reduce the likelihood of a tank barge's grounding and spilling its cargo. These measures are necessary because without them a tug that loses its tow...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Regattas and Marine Parades The Coast Guard is delaying the effective date of the interim rule on regatta and marine parades published in the Federal Register on June 26, 1996. The interim rule more precisely identifies those marine events that require a permit, those that requ...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Regulated Navigation Area: Navigable Waters Within the First Coast Guard District The Coast Guard is establishing a permanent Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) within the navigable waters of the First Coast Guard District to increase operational safety for towing vessels and tank barges. This rulemaking implements section 311(b)(1)(...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Alaska Native Claims Selection; Correction The Bureau of Land Management published a document in the Federal Register of December 7, 1998, concerning a decision to issue a conveyance to Sealaska Corporation. The document contained an incorrect legal description.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > MMS Announcement of Posting of Invitation for Bids on Crude Oil From Federal Leases and State of Wyoming Properties in Wyoming The Minerals Management Service (MMS) will post on MMS's Internet Home Page, and make available in hard copy, a public competitive offering of approximately 3,810 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil, to be taken as royalty-in-kind (RIK) from a combina...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Availability of an Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan and Receipt of Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Construction and Operation of a Residential and Commercial Development on Approximately 471.5 Acres of the 714-Acre Balfour Tract, Austin, Travis County, Texas BRE/Baldwin, L.P. (Applicant) has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The Applicant has been assigned permit number TE-003593-0. The requested...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposal to List Nine Bexar County, Texas Invertebrate Species as Endangered We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to list nine cave- dwelling invertebrates from Bexar County, Texas as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Rhadine exilis (no common name) and Rhadine infernalis (no...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Determination of Critical Habitat for the Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose designation of critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum). A total of approximate...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Determination of Critical Habitat for the Huachuca Water Umbel, a Plant We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose designation of critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for Lilaeopsis schaffneriana ssp. recurva, the Huachuca water umbel, a plant. Proposed critica...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > BIA Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Notice is hereby given of the current list of tribal entities recognized and eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs by virtue of their status as Indian tribes. This notice is published pursuant to Section 104 of the Act o...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > BOR Lower Mokelumne River Restoration Program, Lower Mokelumne River, California Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (as amended) Reclamation (Reclamation) proposes to participate in a joint Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the Lower Mokelumne River Restoration...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Intent To Prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Associated National Environmental Policy Act Document for Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, Contra Costa County, California The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is preparing a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document for Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge. This notice advises the public that the Service intends to...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Modified Competitive Sale of Public Lands in Klamath County, Oregon (OR 53189) The following land is classified as suitable for modified competitive sale under Section 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1713 and 43 U.S.C. 1719, and Section 7 of the Taylor Grazing (43 U.S.C. 315f). The l...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > FWS, BLM Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for Federal Permits Associated With Construction and Operation of the High Desert Power Plant Project, Victorville, San Bernardino County, CA The Fish and Wildlife Service, with the Bureau of Land Management as a cooperator, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement. This Impact Statement will consider the Federal actions associated with the High Desert Power Plant Project. Spec...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Interior Department > BLM Raptor Workshop for the Northeast Planning Area of the NPR-A, Northern Alaska	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Agency Form Submitted for OMB Review The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has submitted the following information collection requirements to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requesting emergency processing for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. Chap. 35). The Commission has requested OMB approval of this submission by COB January 5, 1999.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
International Trade Commission Ethyl Alcohol for Fuel Use: Determination of the Base Quantity of Imports Section 7 of the Steel Trade Liberalization Program Implementation Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2703 note), which concerns local feedstock requirements for fuel ethyl alcohol imported by the United States from CBI-beneficiary countries, requires the Co...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of Information Collection under Review: Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of Information Collection under Review: Request for the Return of Original Document(s).	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of Information Collection under Review: Medical Examination of Aliens Seeking Adjustment of Status.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of Information Collection under Review: Immigration User Fee.	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department Criminal Intelligence Sharing Systems; Policy Clarification The current policy governing the entry of identifying information into criminal intelligence sharing systems requires clarification. This policy clarification is to make clear that the entry of individuals, entities and organizations, and locations t...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > INS Finalizing Without Change the Interim Regulations that Added Visa Waiver Pilot Program Countries The Visa Waiver Pilot Program (VWPP) permits nationals from designated countries who participate in the VWPP to apply for admission to the United States for ninety (90) days or less as nonimmigrant visitors for business or pleasure, without first obt...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993CommerceNet Consortium	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993CommerceNet Consortium	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993CommerceNet Consortium	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993CommerceNet Consortium	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993CommerceNet Consortium	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Commercenet Consortium	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Global Chipcard Alliance	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Southwest Research Institute (``SwRI''): Joint Industry ProgramDevelopment of an Instrument for Corrosion Detection in Insulated Pipes Using a Magnetostrictive Sensor	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department Notice of Consent Judgments Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Library of Congress

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Notice to Libraries and Archives of Normal Commercial Exploitation or Availability at Reasonable Price The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is issuing interim regulations and requesting comment on the requirements by which a copyright owner or its agent may provide notice to libraries and archives that a published work in the final 20 years...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

No documents available.

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request The NCUA is submitting the following reinstatement with change for an expired information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35)....	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
National Credit Union Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request The NCUA is resubmitting the following information collections without change to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). These information colle...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
National Credit Union Administration Organization and Operations of Federal Credit Unions The Credit Union Membership Access Act modified NCUA's chartering and field of membership authority. Accordingly, NCUA is finalizing a number of amendments to its policies to update them consistent with the recent legislation. Additionally, the final...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Extend and Revise a Current Information Collection The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request renewal of this collection. In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), we are providing opportunity for pub...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

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National Transportation Safety Board

Title	Type	Published
National Transportation Safety Board Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards was established by Section 29 of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) in 1954. Its purpose is to provide advice to the Commission with regard to the hazards of proposed or existing reactor facilities, to review eac...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Meeting of the Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Meeting of the Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Revised	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Procedures Applicable to Proceedings for the Issuance of Licenses for the Receipt of High-Level Radioactive Waste at a Geologic Repository The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its Rules of Practice for the licensing proceeding on the disposal of high-level radioactive waste at a geologic repository (HLW proceeding). The amendments are intended to allow application of tech...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Presidio Trust

Title	Type	Published
Presidio Trust Management of the Presidio: Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and Federal Tort Claims Act The Presidio Trust (Trust) published proposed regulations in the Federal Register on September 18, 1998 (63 FR 50024-50055) concerning management of the area under the administrative jurisdiction of the Trust as well as various administrative matters...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Issuance of Temporary Cease and Desist Orders	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Pacific Exchange, Inc.; Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change Relating to Extension of PCX Specialist Evaluation Program for One Year	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to an Interpretation With Respect to Rule 344 (``Supervisory Analysts'')	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Small Business Administration

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under OMB Review Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying th...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Determination on U.S. Bilateral Assistance to the Republika Srpska and Serbia	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
State Department Overseas Schools Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Surface Transportation Board

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Wisconsin Central Ltd.Lease ExemptionSoo Line Railroad Company d/b/a CP Rail System Under 49 U.S.C. 10505, the Board grants a retroactive exemption from the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11343-45 covering the lease by Wisconsin Central Ltd. of Tracks No. 17 and 18 of Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a CP Rail System, located in the Schille...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998

Transportation Department

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Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche Model Piaggio P-180 Airplanes This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to all Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche (I.A.M.) Model Piaggio P-180 airplanes. The proposed AD would require inspecting the upper and lower engine nacelle inner p...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. ModelsPC-12 and PC-12/45 Airplanes This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 airplanes. The proposed AD would require removing the ``Alternate Flap System'' from the airplane...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Westland Helicopters Ltd. 30 Series 100 and 100-60 Helicopters This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Westland Helicopters Ltd. (Westland) 30 Series 100 and 100-60 helicopters. This action requires the removal and replacement of conformal pinion quill shafts installed in c...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FRA Annual Adjustment of Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents This final rule establishes at $6,600 the monetary threshold for reporting railroad accidents/incidents involving railroad property damage that occur during calendar year 1999. There is no change from the reporting threshold for calendar year 1998. T...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Transportation Department Aviation Proceedings, Agreements Filed During the Week Ending December 18, 1998	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Transportation Department Federal Transit Administration (FTA); Environmental Impact Statements: City of St. Louis and St. Louis County, Missouri The FHWA in cooperation with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is issuing this notice to advise the public that Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) will be prepared for proposed improvements to the transportation system in the City of St. L...	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FHWA Global Positioning System (GPS) Technology; Extension of Application Date The FHWA is extending the deadline for motor carriers to submit applications to participate in the agency's Global Positioning System (GPS) technology pilot demonstration project. This project allows qualified motor carriers that use GPS technology a...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Transportation Department Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart Q during the Week Ending December 18, 1998	Notice	Dec 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FRA Random Drug and Alcohol Testing: Determination of 1999 Minimum Testing Rate Under FRA's regulations on drug and alcohol testing, each year the Federal Railroad Administrator (Administrator) determines the minimum annual percentage rate for random drug and alcohol testing for the rail industry. Currently, the minimum rates fo...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Transportation Department > FHWA Truck Size and Weight; National Network; North Dakota This document modifies the National Network for commercial motor vehicles by adding a route in North Dakota. The National Network was established by a final rule on truck size and weight published on June 5, 1984, as since modified. This rulemaking a...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Arbitrage Restrictions on Tax-Exempt Bonds This document contains final regulations on the arbitrage restrictions applicable to tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments. Changes to applicable law were made by the Tax Reform Act of 1986. These regulations affect issuers of tax-ex...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998
Treasury Department > FS Offset of Tax Refund Payments To Collect Past-Due Support Federal law authorizes the Federal tax refund of a taxpayer who owes past-due support to be reduced, or offset, by the amounts owed by the taxpayer. Past-due support includes delinquent child support or other obligations for the support of a child. T...	Rule	Dec 30, 1998

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