March 4, 1999 (Volume 64)

Federal Register March 4, 1999

View all documents issued on March 4, 1999. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

119 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 4, 1999

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has submitted the following information collections to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. Comments regarding this information collection are best a...
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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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We are extending the comment period for our notice of a petition for rulemaking received by the Secretary of Agriculture. The petition, sponsored by several petitioners, requests that the Secretary amend the definition of ``animal'' in the Animal Wel...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1999
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to increase the fees that FSIS charges meat and poultry establishments, plants, importers, and exporters for providing voluntary inspection, identification, and certification services; labora...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1999
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Plant Variety Protection Advisory Board.
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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting comments on its proposal to change the United States Standards for Grades of Canned Whole Kernel (Whole Grain) Corn. Specifically, USDA is proposing to pro...
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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from the University of Saskatchewan seeking a determination of nonregulated status for a flax line designated as CDC Triffid, which has been geneti...
Notice Mar 04, 1999
We are proposing to amend the regulations pertaining to the standard requirements for rabies vaccine, killed virus, so that they incorporate the latest edition of a guide to laboratory techniques. The regulations currently refer to the previous editi...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1999

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology, (NIST) invites interested parties to attend a half-day workdshop for the development of requirements for a sub-program under the National Voluntary Conformity Assessment System Evaluation (NVCASE) P...
Notice Mar 04, 1999
On January 20, 1999, NMFS requested comments on a draft Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish and Sharks (HMS FMP), and draft Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Billfish FMP, and the proposed rule that would implement these FMPs. On February...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1999
These final rules amend 15 CFR Part 806.15 by raising the exemption level for reporting in the Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (Form BE-15. The survey is a mandatory survey conducted by the Bureau of Economic Analysis...
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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 1999 interim harvest specification of Atka macker...
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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by vessels catching pollock for processing by the inshore component in the Bering Sea subarea (BS) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). NMFS adjusts the time of closure to pre...
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NMFS is closing directed fishing for species in the rock sole/ flathead sole/``other flatfish'' fishery category by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding...
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The Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) requests public comments on a proposed rule to implement Amendment 13 to the West Coast Salmon Plan (FMP) in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). Am...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1999
The Patent and Trademark Office has issued a certificate under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a one-year interim extension of the term of U.S. Patent No. 4,229,449.
Notice Mar 04, 1999
The Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) are seeking nominations for appointment to each of the Industry Sector and Functional Advisory Committees on Trade Policy Matters. Nominations will be accepted for current va...
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The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the first and second administrative reviews of the antidumping duty order on large newspaper printing presses from Japan. These reviews cover t...
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The Department of Commerce is extending by 120 days the time limit of the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of the antidumping duty order on persulfates from the People's Republic of China (PRC) covering the period Dec...
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The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Japan in response to a request from a respondent, Aichi Steel Works, Ltd. This review covers the period February 1, 1997, thro...
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or Exchange) has applied for designation as a contract market in E-Mini Nasdaq 100 futures and options. The Acting Director of the Division of Economic Analysis (Division) of the Commission, acting pursuant to the...
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') is granting the petition of the Chicago Board of Trade (``CBT'' or ``Exchange'') for exemption from the prohibition against dual trading in the U.S. Treasury Bond futures contract traded on it...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules issued by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-11. A companion document, the Smal...
Rule Mar 04, 1999
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Section 804 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act...
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to adopt as final, with changes, the interim rule published in Federal Acquisition Circular 90- 42 on August 29, 1996. The rule amends the Federal Acq...
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order 12933, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers under Certa...
Rule Mar 04, 1999
This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in...
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This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation in order to update references and make editorial changes.
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to remove the requirement to include the clause at FAR 52.211-16, Variation in Quant...
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Small Business Administration's Very Small Business Pilot Progra...
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Section 805 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act fo...
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The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry as the Board shall deem necessary into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Acad...
Notice Mar 04, 1999
DOD, GSA
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the ``recruitment costs'' and the ``public relations and advertising cost'...
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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to remove or reduce certain requirements for representations and other statements fr...
Rule Mar 04, 1999

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Acting 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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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending 40 CFR part 58, appendix D, section 2.5, to lengthen the ozone monitoring season in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee from April 1 through October 31 to March 1 through October...
Rule Mar 04, 1999
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 has received petitions from the State of South Carolina requesting a determination that adequate and reasonably available pump out facilities exist for Broad Creek, Lake Keowee, Lake Murray, Lake Thu...
Notice Mar 04, 1999
EPA is correcting minor errors in the preamble and effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the pharmaceutical manufacturing point source category, which appeared in the Federal Register on September 21, 1998 (63 FR 50388).
Rule Mar 04, 1999
In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., notice is hereby given that a proposed P...
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Mar 04, 1999
The Commission has released this document that adopts several amendments to the Private Land Mobile Radio Services rules. This document was prepared in response to the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this proceeding regarding eliminatin...
Rule Mar 04, 1999

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996, which amend the Freedom of Information Act, are designed to make government documents more accessible to the public in electronic form. The amendments are also intended to expedite and str...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1999

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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The Federal Maritime Commission published in the Federal Register of February 18, 1999, a final rule making changes and corrections to existing regulations to update and improve them, and to bring them into conformity with the Ocean Shipping Reform A...
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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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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 a tentative schedule of forthcoming meetings of its public advisory committees for 1999. At the request of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the Commissioner), the Institute of Medicine (the IOM)...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...
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The Department of Health and Human Services notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet standards of Subpart C of Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (59 FR 29916, 29925). A similar notice li...
Notice Mar 04, 1999
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for Regranex<Register> and Becaplermin Concentrate and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of th...
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), announces the availability of FY 1999 funds for grants for the following activity. This activity is discussed in more detail under Sec...
Notice Mar 04, 1999
This notice announces the award of a grant in the sum of $2 million to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation of Los Angeles, California, for a demonstration project entitled, ``START PROGRAM: Success Through Anti-Retroviral Therapy.''
Notice Mar 04, 1999
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Merial, Ltd. The supplemental ANADA provides for use of a larger package siz...
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This proposed rule sets forth the methodologies and procedures to determine the Federal fiscal year allotments of Federal funds available to individual States, Commonwealths and Territories for the new State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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This notice announces an upcoming meeting of the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463).
Notice Mar 04, 1999
The Glen Canyon Technical Work Group (TWG) was formed as an official subcommittee of the Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG). The TWG members were named by members of the AMWG and provide advice and information for the AMWG to act upon....
Notice Mar 04, 1999
Public Notice is hereby given that the National Park Service (NPS) has received an application from Washington, D.C. SMSA Limited Partnership (D.C. SMSA), managing partners Cellco and Bell Atlantic Mobile, for a right-of-way permit to construct, oper...
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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C., the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) council meeting of the Upper Snake River Districts Resource...
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International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico logo International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

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This notice announces the XIX public meeting of the BECC Board of Directors on Friday, March 26, 1999, from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in the Empire Ballroom of the Holiday Inn, 181 West Broadway, Tucson, Arizona, 85701, telephone: (520)-624-8711, fax: (520)-6...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Notice of information collection under review; visa waiver nonimmigrant arrival/departure document
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Notice of information collection under review; application for waiver of the foreign residence requirement of Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Notice of information collection underrReview; Baggage and personal effects of detained aliens.
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Notice of information collection under review; petition to classify orphan as an immediate relative and application for advance processing of orphan petition
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Notice of information collection under review; application by refugee for waiver of ground of excludability.
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH), established under section 7 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to advise the Secretary of Labor on issues relating to occupational safety and health programs,...
Notice Mar 04, 1999
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 Mar 04, 1999

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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As required by the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (the Act), see 42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq., the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has reviewed its programs for any age distinctions it imposes on its recipients by regulation, policy, or administrativ...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently proposed licensing criteria for disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes in the proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWP...
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Railroad Retirement Board

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice of application for an order under section 12(d)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from section 12(d)(1) of the Act, under section 6(c) of the Act for an exemption from section 14(a) of the Act, and under section 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act.
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State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for the proposed highway improvement of State Trunk Highway (STH) 26 from the vicinity to Janesville to STH 60 (East) north of Watertow...
Notice Mar 04, 1999
This notice proposes to establish Class D and Class E airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 2,600 feet mean sea level (MSL), within a 4.2-mile radius of the Sugar Land/Hull Airport at Sugar Land, TX. A non-federal air traffic co...
Proposed Rule Mar 04, 1999
This notice proposes to revise Class D and Class E airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 6,800 feet mean sea level (MSL), within a 4.6-mile radius of the Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), NM. The Class D airspace will revert to Class...
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Notice Mar 04, 1999
This action revises the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above ground level (AGL) at Allen Parish Airport, Oakdale, LA. The relocation of Restricted Area, R-3806 has made this rule necessary. This action is intended to provide adequate...
Rule Mar 04, 1999

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United States Institute of Peace

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Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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