August 3, 1999 (Volume 64)

Federal Register August 3, 1999

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

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Agencies Publishing on August 3, 1999

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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Authorities previously delegated to the Agency Procurement Executive have been redelegated to the Director of the Office of Procurement. Many of these authorities are identified in the USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR), 48 CFR Chapter 7, which con...
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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The USDA, Forest Service will prepare and consider an environmental impact (EIS) on a Proposed Action to manage second-growth forest stands by thinning and regeneration harvest. The proposal also calls for the construction and reconstruction of tempo...
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In 1998 the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) updated and revised its bulletin of specifications and drawings for 24.9/14.4kV overhead distribution line construction. The bulletin, formerly named Bulletin 50-5, was renamed ``RUS Bulletin 1728F-803; Speci...
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The Rural Housing Service (RHS) corrects a notice published June 16, 1999 (64 FR 32373). This action is taken to correct the maximum allowable interest rate to be negotiated between the lender and the applicant. Accordingly, the notice published June...
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Section 342 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act) expands the membership and roles of State Technical Committees established pursuant to Section 1261 of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (the 1985 Act)....
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Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board logo Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

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On July 9, 1999, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines by adding provisions for newly constructed...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Corals and Reef Associated Plants and Invertebrates of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (FMP). This rule proposes to establish a marine conservation dis...
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NMFS proposes a regulatory amendment to separate shortraker rockfish and rougheye rockfish (SR/RE) from the aggregated rockfish bycatch species group and reduce maximum retainable bycatch (MRB) percentages for SR/RE in the Eastern Regulatory Area (ER...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 1999
NMFS issues this final rule to implement some of the measures contained in Framework 30 of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This final rule implements a Georges Bank (GB) cod landing limit (daily landing limit) of 2,000 lb (9...
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This rule adjusts the GOM cod landing limit by increasing it from 30 lb (13.6 kg) to 100 lb (45.4 kg) per day-at-sea (DAS) with a maximum GOM cod possession limit of 500 lb (226.8 kg) per trip and by revising the ``running clock'' provision. The inte...
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NMFS proposes regulations to implement the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This proposed rule would implement the following measures: A commercial quota; seasonal (semi-annual) allocation of the quota; a prohibition on finning; a framewo...
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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish Oversight Committee and Groundfish Advisory Panel.
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The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by raising the performance parameters for those computers which can be exported and reexported under License Exception CTP. The upper threshold of the C...
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 of July 1996.
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The Department of the Navy has prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Developing Home Port Facilities for Three Nimitz- Class Aircraft Carriers in Support of the United State...
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The invention, ``Underwater Spectroscopic Detector,'' is assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and is available for licensing by the Department of the Navy.
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The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of a prospective license to Applied Microsystems, Ltd., to the Government- owned invention described as ``UNDERWATER SPECTROSCOPIC DETECTOR.''
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The Department of the Air Force proposes to alter a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: The amendment will be effective on September 2, 1999, unless commen...
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The Department of the Air Force proposes to delete seven systems of records notices from its inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: The actions will be effective on September 2, 1999, unles...
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The Department of the Navy proposes to amend three systems of records notices in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
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The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to amend a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: The action will be effective on September 2, 1999, unless comments are...
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The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to alter three systems of records notices in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. DATES: This action will be effective without further notice on Septembe...
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The Panel will conduct two public meetings to receive and discuss information associated with military operations at Vieques, Puerto Rico and in the adjoining ocean range complex. The panel will receive information from the Department of the Navy on...
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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Secretary proposes to amend the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program regulations. These proposed regulations implement changes made to the Higher Education Act of 1965 by the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (the ``1998 Amendments'')....
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 1999
This notice announces that the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) will submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget for approval. The ICR is: An Investigation of Alternative Methods for Scale Anchoring...
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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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The proposed regulations would amend the regulations governing the Student Assistance General Provisions, the Campus-Based programs (Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study (FWS), and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) progra...
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The Leader, Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Secretary of the Interior and the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with the concurrence of members of the Interagency Task Force to Improve Hydroelectric Licensing Processes (Interagency Task Force) and after consultation wit...
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The Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in keeping with its energy-related mission to assist in strengthening the Nation's scientific research enterprise through the support of science...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for comment draft Phase I Acid Rain permit modifications that include nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) compliance plans in accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR parts 72 an...
Notice Aug 03, 1999
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing, as a direct final action, Phase I Acid Rain permit modifications that include nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) compliance plans in accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR pa...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a petition submitted by Occidental Chemical Inc. (Occidental) to exclude from hazardous waste control (or delist) a certain solid waste. This action responds to the petition originally submitted b...
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EPA is proposing to lower the reporting thresholds for lead and lead compounds which are subject to reporting under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) and section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 1999
In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Luther Smith Sup...
Notice Aug 03, 1999
In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Boeck Drum Super...
Notice Aug 03, 1999
This document announces the receipt of a complete petition from the Chemical Manufacturers Association's (CMA's) Ethylene Glycol Ethers Panel requesting EPA to remove the chemical ethylene glycol butyl ether (EGBE) (CAS No. 111-76-2) from the list of...
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Notice is hereby given that the State of Tennessee is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Tennessee has adopted drinking water regulations requiring consumer confidence reports from all community water systems. EPA has dete...
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hereby gives notice that it has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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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, as required by the...
Notice Aug 03, 1999
The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning wireless and satellite initiatives to facilitate telecommunications service on Native American reservations. 2.......................... Common Carrier..............................
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Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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The Federal Maritime Commission is issuing this Inquiry to solicit comments concerning the appropriate content of agreements filed with the Commission pursuant to the Shipping Act of 1984, as amended by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998. The comm...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 1999

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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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...
Notice Aug 03, 1999
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``Guidance for Industry: Fast Track Drug Development Programs--Designation, Development, and Application Review'' has been approved by the Office of Manage...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``Survey of Licensed Biologics Manufacturers and Registered Blood Establishments for Year 2000 Compliance'' has been approved by the Office of Management a...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of July 8, 1999 (64 FR 36885). The document announced that the proposed collection of information had been submitted to the Office of Management and B...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled ``Guidance for Industry: Cooperative Manufacturing Arrangements for Licensed Biologics.'' This draft guidance, once finalized, will supersede the guida...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of the Commissioner, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, and the Southeast Region Small Business Assistance Office, in cooperation with the North Carolina Regulatory Af...
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Correction Aug 03, 1999
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability for comment of the following draft guidance document entitled: VICH GL9 ``Good Clinical Practices.'' This draft guidance document was developed by the International Cooperation on...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled ``Draft Guidance on Device Use Safety: Incorporating Human Factors in Risk Management.'' This draft guidance is neither final nor is it in effect at...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled ``Guidance on Quality System Regulation Information for Various PreMarket Submissions.'' This draft guidance is intended to assist medical device manuf...
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This notice announces a Town Hall meeting to provide an opportunity for health care organizations, beneficiary advocates, and other interested parties to offer comments and raise issues regarding the development of the ESRD Networks' contract activit...
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Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and appr...
Notice Aug 03, 1999
Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for the opportunity for public comment on the proposed data collection projects, the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), has sub...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation to regulations governing opening of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Knights Landing bascule bridge over the Sacramento River at Knights Landing, CA. The bridge need open for...
Rule Aug 03, 1999

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (we) proposes to remove the Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia), currently listed as threatened, from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife. Current data indicate that the population of Al...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 1999
We, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose designation of critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi). The species is now classified as endangered throughou...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 1999
The BLM invites the public to identify issues and management needs associated with locating and routing rights-of-way for linear facilities such as oil or natural gas pipelines and power transmission lines on BLM administered public lands in the Sout...
Notice Aug 03, 1999
Notice is given that a meeting of the Advisory Board for the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will be held on Thursday, August 26, 1999 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Best Western Sunridge Inn, One Sunridge Lane, Baker City, Ore...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

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The Visa Waiver Pilot Program (VWPP) permits nationals from participating countries to apply for admission to the United States for ninety (90) days or less as nonimmigrant visitors for business or pleasure without first obtaining a nonimmigrant visa...
Rule Aug 03, 1999
Notice of information collection under review; Early Release for Removal of Criminal Aliens in State Custody Convicted of Nonviolent Offenses; correction.
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Announcement of the availability of the National Institute of Justice Solicitation ``Operations and Maintenance of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)--West.''
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Corrections (NIC), announces the availability of funds in FY 1999 for a cooperative agreement to fund the Project ``Gender-Responsive Strategies: Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles For Wo...
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This document corrects the notice published in the Federal Register on July 26, 1999 relating to certain aliens who filed an abbreviated motion to reopen their cases, on or before September 11, 1998, in order to apply for benefits under section 203(c...
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Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The purpose of this notice is to announce the availability of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Program data for CY 1998. BAM program data are published as part of a UI PERFORMS report, which also includes data from t...
Notice Aug 03, 1999
This document contains a final rule which relocates and redesignates certain regulations relating to adjustment of civil monetary penalties under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). These changes are ne...
Rule Aug 03, 1999
OSHA solicits comments concerning the extension of the information collection requirements contained in the Temporary Labor Camps Standard (29 CFR 1910.142).
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is establishing two new offices for filing applications or complaints under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. This designation is necessary to enforce the voting guarantees of the Fourteenth and Fifte...
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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is adopting temporary Rules 15b7-3T, 17Ad-21T, and 17a-9T under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''). Rules 15b7-3T and 17Ad-21T require registered broker-dealers and non-bank...
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Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

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The Small Business Administration (SBA) is notifying the public that it intends to grant the pending applications of 35 existing Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) for refunding on January 1, 2000, subject to the availability of funds. Ten st...
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State Department logo State Department

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The Department of State has conducted an environmental assessment of the proposed construction by Penn Octane Corporation of two pipelines to transport petroleum products crossing the international boundary near the Port of Brownsville, Texas. The pu...
Notice Aug 03, 1999
Current law provides for a Visa Waiver Pilot Program (VWPP) for nationals of countries qualifying under the provisions of the Pilot Program and designated by the Attorney General, in consultation with Secretary of State, as countries whose nationals...
Rule Aug 03, 1999

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Aerospatiale Model ATR42 series airplanes. This proposal would require a revision to the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the Instructions for Con...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 1999
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Aerospatiale Model ATR72 series airplanes. This proposal would require a revision to the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the Instructions for Con...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 1999
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 757 series airplanes. This proposal would require repetitive inspections to detect wire chafing of the left and right engine fuel shu...
Proposed Rule Aug 03, 1999
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Saab Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections for excessive wear of the aileron control cables, cable guides, and cable pulleys located at the rear...
Rule Aug 03, 1999
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) solicited competitive grants under the Job Access and Reverse Commute grant program, authorized under Section 3037 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Centur...
Notice Aug 03, 1999

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document amends the Customs Regulations to reflect that goods imported from Mexico that qualify as originating goods under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act (the Act) and qualify as goods of Mexico for marking un...
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United States Information Agency

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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...
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Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Aug 03, 1999
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
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The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
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The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
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The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
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