February 3, 1999 (Volume 64)

Federal Register February 3, 1999

View all documents issued on February 3, 1999. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

110 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 3, 1999

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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As a collaborative, interagency effort, the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) of the Department of Agriculture, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy are soliciting proposals for the United...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The purpose of this interim-final rule is to revise regulations of the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to implement the comprehensive amendment to the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, by the Economic Developmen...
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NMFS reduces the commercial trip limit in the hook-and-line fishery for king mackerel in the Florida west coast subzone to 500 lb (227 kg) of king mackerel per day in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This trip limit reduction is necessary t...
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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel with gears other than jig in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding...
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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the interim 1999 pollock total allowable catch (TAC) for Statistical Area 610 established by the 1999...
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NMFS issues this notification announcing preliminary adjustments to the 1999 summer flounder commercial quotas. This action complies with the regulations that implement the Fishery Management Plan for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fis...
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The Department of Commerce has received a request from Atlas Tube, Inc., to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods from Canada (51 FR 21782, June 16, 1986). In accordance with the Department of Commerc...
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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As part of its regulatory reform initiative, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is proposing to amend Parts 15 and 17 of its rules, 17 CFR Parts 15 and 17. The proposed amendments to Part 15 would raise the reporting levels...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (d) of Section 10 of Pub. L. 92-463, as amended by Section 5 of Pub. L. 94-409, notice is hereby given that a closed meeting of the DIA Science and Technology Advisory Board has been scheduled as follows:
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Due to the unforeseen specific scheduling for finalizing this meeting date unable to allow the 15 day notification as required by law. Pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (d) of Section 10 of Pub. L. 92-463. As amended by Section 5 of Pub. L. 94...
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) intends to issue a solicitation for cooperative agreement applications (SCAA) to assist state and local governments and other nonprofit eligible entities in establishing or maintaining procurement technical assistan...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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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.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Hydrogen 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 Involving R...
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The Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for innovative research on the topic of complex and collective phenomena. Opportun...
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) proposes to adopt a set of uniform business practices implementing the Commission's policies on transmission service price negotiation and improving interactions between transmission providers...
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is granting rehearing and clarification of Order No. 587-I, 63 FR 53565, with respect to the procedures pipelines must follow in maintaining parity between transactions offered on interactive Internet web site...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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This notice announces receipt of an application to register the pesticide product Chlorfenapyr 25 WP Termiticide Insecticide, containing a new active ingredient not included in any previously registered product pursuant to the provisions of section 3...
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Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture or import a new chemical to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture or import of substances not on the TSCA...
Notice Feb 03, 1999
This document proposes to amend provisions of two existing rules applicable to nonroad engines. This document proposes amendments to regulations applicable to small spark-ignition (Small SI) engines under 19 kilowatts (kW) and proposes specifically t...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1999
This proposed rule would amend the technology-based effluent limitations guidelines for the discharge of certain pollutants into waters of the United States by existing and new facilities in portions of the offshore and coastal subcategories of the o...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1999
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating revisions to the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) that sets limits on radon emissions from phosphogypsum stacks, codified as subpart R of 40 CFR part 61. The Ag...
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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 Feb 03, 1999
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III Office will hold a series of six public meetings to obtain information from stakeholders regarding their use of and access to environmental information.
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In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.
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EPA asked the federal Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) to recommend five existing standards that may merit reevaluation in order to further protect children's environmental health. This document includes EPA's response to the C...
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EPA published in the Federal Register of October 26, 1998, a document announcing the revocation of tolerances for residues of the pesticides listed in the regulatory text. The amendatory language for two of the sections was incorrect. This document c...
Rule Feb 03, 1999
On February 1, 1996 (61 FR 3572), the Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register a direct final rule for State Implementation Plan (SIP) and section 112(l) approval of the State of Florida's minor source operating permit progra...
Rule Feb 03, 1999
On February 1, 1996 (61 FR 3572), the Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register a direct final rule for State Implementation Plan (SIP) and section 112(l) approval of the State of Florida's minor source operating permit progra...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1999

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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Presidential Document Feb 03, 1999

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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On January 11, 1999, the Commission received a Petition for Rulemaking from James Bopp, Jr., on behalf of the Virginia Society for Human Life. The Petition urges the Commission to revise its rules defining ``express advocacy'' to conform with recent...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1999

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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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...
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing thata collection of information entitled ``Medical Devices; Reports of Corrections and Removals'' has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of N,N'''- [1,2-ethanediylbis [[[4,6-bis [butyl (1,2,2,6...
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Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has made a final finding of scientific misconduct in the following case:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that GEO Specialty Chemicals has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of trimethylolethane as a dispersant for pigments used as compo...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``FDA Approval of New Cancer Treatment Uses for Marketed Drug and Biological Products.'' The guidance considers the quality and quantity of data...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled ``Guidance for Staff, Industry and Third Parties: Third Party Programs Under the Sectoral Annex on Medical Devices to the Agreement on Mutual Recognition Bet...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Elanco Animal Health, Division of Eli Lilly & Co. The supplemental NADA provides for use...
Rule Feb 03, 1999
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled ``Points To Consider Guidance Document on Assayed and Unassayed Quality Control Material.'' This draft guidance is neither final nor is it in effect...
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is establishing a Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The establishment of the committee is required by the Quality Housing and Work Opportunity Act...
Rule Feb 03, 1999

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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Notice of Availability, Decision Record for the Approved Paradise-Denio and Sonoma-Gerlach Management Framework Plans Lands Amendment.
Notice Feb 03, 1999
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, has filed an application to withdraw 429,000 acres of National Forest System lands to preserve the area for traditional cultural purposes by Native Americans, protection of threatened and endangered...
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to extend by three weeks, or until February 17, 1999, the deadline for determining whether to review an initial determination (ID) (Order No. 12) issued by the presidi...
Notice Feb 03, 1999
Following receipt of a request on December 23, 1998, from the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Commission instituted investigation No. 332-404, Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE): Conditions Affecting the Domestic Industry, under sectio...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will convene two sub- committee meetings of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes as follows: The Diagnostic Sub-Committee Meeting will be held on February 23 and 24, 1999; the Therapeutic Sub-C...
Notice Feb 03, 1999
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting comments on a Draft Standard Review Plan for Review of a Reclamation Plan for Mill Tailings Sites Under Title II of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (NUREG-1620) from intereste...
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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The Commission is extending the compliance date for certain amendments to the rule under the Investment Company Act that governs the custody of investment company assets outside the United States.
Rule Feb 03, 1999
Notice of application for an order under sections 6(b) and 6(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') granting an exemption from all provisions of the Act, except section 9, section 17 (other than certain provisions of paragraphs (a), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (j)), section 30 (other than certain provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), (e), and (h)), sections 36 through 53, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
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State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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The Board adopts its 1999 User Fee Update and revises its fee schedule at this time to recover the cost associated with the January 1999 Government salary increases plus increases to its Federal Register publication costs.
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The Surface Transportation Board (Board) revises its tariff filing regulations to eliminate the option of filing tariffs with the Board electronically through the Federal Maritime Commission's (FMC) Automated Tariff Filing and Information System (ATF...
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On April 27, 1998, the Tongue River Railroad Company (TRRC) filed an application with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) under U.S.C. 10901 and 49 CFR 1150.1 through 1150.10 seeking authority to construct and operate a 17.3-mile line of railroa...
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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Textron Lycoming Model O-540-F1B5 reciprocating engines. This action requires the removal and replacement of the crankshaft gear retaining bolts. This amendment is prompte...
Rule Feb 03, 1999
This document revises the emission standards for turbine engine powered airplanes to incorporate the current standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for gaseous emissions of oxides of nitrogen (No<INF>X</INF>) and carbon mon...
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On December 24, 1998, the FAA published a final rule in the Federal Register that established E3 airspace at Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, CA. The airspace description contained two inadvertent errors. This document corrects those error...
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This action establishes a Class E airspace area at Oroville, CA. The establishment of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) To Runway (RWY) 1 at Oroville Municipal Airport has made this action necessary. Cont...
Rule Feb 03, 1999
Pursuant to the agency's partial grant of a petition for rulemaking from the Truck Manufacturers Association, NHTSA proposes to amend the air brake standard to correct an inconsistency between two provisions concerning emergency brake stops, provide...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1999
This notice announces a public meeting at which NHTSA will answer questions from the public and the automobile industry regarding the agency's vehicle regulatory program.
Notice Feb 03, 1999
On December 31, 1996, the FAA published a final rule that codified the provisions of Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 50-2, Special Flight Rules in the Vicinity of Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP); modified the dimensions of GCNP Speci...
Rule Feb 03, 1999
This notice announces the availability of and requests comments on a proposed Technical Standard Order (TSO) pertaining to stand-alone airborne navigation equipment using the Global Positioning System (GPS) Augmented by the Wide Area Augmentation Sys...
Notice Feb 03, 1999
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
Rule Feb 03, 1999

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains proposed regulations that provide guidance under section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the COBRA continuation coverage requirements applicable to group health plans. The proposed regulations in this document su...
Proposed Rule Feb 03, 1999
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) added health care continuation requirements that apply to group health plans. Coverage required to be provided under those requirements is referred to as COBRA continuation coverage....
Rule Feb 03, 1999
The Department of the Treasury, 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 proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 03, 1999
The Department of the Treasury, 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 proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 03, 1999
The Department of the Treasury, 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 proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 03, 1999
The Department of the Treasury, 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 proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 03, 1999
The Department of the Treasury, 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 proposed and/or continuing information collection...
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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978 (43 FR 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order...
Notice Feb 03, 1999

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