[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Department of Commerce Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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Part IV
Department of Commerce
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Secretary
13 CFR Ch. III
15 CFR Subtitle A; Subtitle B, Chs. I, II, III, IV, VII, VIII, IX, XI,
and XXIII
19 CFR Ch. III
37 CFR Chs. I, IV, and V
48 CFR Ch. 13
50 CFR Chs. II, III, IV, and VI
October 1996 Semiannual Agenda of Regulations
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Commerce.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 entitled
``Regulatory Planning and Review'' and the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(Pub. L. 96-354), as amended, the Department of Commerce, in April and
October of each year, publishes in the Federal Register an agenda of
regulations under development or review over the next 12 months.
Rulemaking actions are grouped according to prerulemaking, proposed
rules, final rules, long-term actions, and rulemaking actions completed
since the April 1996 agenda. The purpose of the agenda is to provide
information to the public on regulations currently under review, being
proposed, or issued by the Department. The agenda is intended to
facilitate comments and views by interested members of the public.
The Department's October 1996 regulatory agenda includes
regulatory activities that are expected to be conducted during the
period October 1, 1996, through September 30, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Specific: For additional information about specific regulatory actions
listed in the agenda, contact the individual identified as the contact
person.
General: Comments or inquiries of a general nature about the agenda
should be directed to Michael A. Levitt, Assistant General Counsel for
Legislation and Regulation, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: 202-482-0846.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E.O. 12866 requires agencies to publish an
agenda of those regulations that are under consideration pursuant to
this order. By memorandum of July 19, 1996, the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) issued guidelines and procedures for the preparation
and publication of the October 1996 Unified Agenda of Federal
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5
U.S.C. 602(a), requires agencies to publish, in April and October of
each year, a regulatory flexibility agenda which contains a brief
description of the subject area of any rule which is likely to have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Reinventing Government
As part of the President's Regulatory Reform Initiative, the
President directed agencies to conduct a page-by-page review of all
regulations and eliminate or revise those that are outdated or
otherwise in need of reform. The October 1996 agenda contains
information on the Department's review of its regulations and
identifies whether or not a current rulemaking is part of the
Regulatory Reform and Reinventing Government effort. A number of
regulations will be eliminated. Other regulations will be revised
to reduce burden or duplication or to streamline the requirements.
Department of Commerce Regulatory Plan
For this edition of the Department of Commerce's agenda, the
most important significant regulatory actions are included in The
Regulatory Plan, which appears in Part II of this issue of the
Federal Register. The Regulatory Plan entries are listed in the
Table of Contents below and are denoted by a bracketed bold
reference, which directs the reader to the appropriate Sequence
Number in Part II.
Explanation of Information Contained in the Agenda
Within the Department, the Office of the Secretary and various
operating units may issue regulations. Operating units, such as the
Bureau of Export Administration, the International Trade
Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), and the Patent and Trademark Office, issue the greatest
share of the Department's regulations.
A large number of regulatory actions reported in the agenda
deal with fishery management programs of NOAA's National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS). To avoid repetition of programs and
definitions, as well as to provide some understanding of the
technical and institutional elements of the NMFS programs, a
section on ``Explanation of Information Contained in NMFS
Regulatory Entries'' is provided below.
Explanation of Information Contained in NMFS Regulatory Entries
The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.) (Act) governs the management of fisheries within the
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The EEZ refers to those waters from
the outer edge of the State boundaries, generally 3 nautical miles,
to a distance of 200 nautical miles. Fishery Management Plans
(FMPs) are to be prepared for fisheries which require conservation
and management measures. Regulations implementing these FMPs
regulate domestic fishing and foreign fishing where permitted.
Foreign fishing can be conducted in a fishery for which there is no
FMP only if a preliminary fishery management plan has been issued
to govern that foreign fishing. Under the Act, eight Regional
Fishery Management Councils (Councils) prepare FMPs or amendments
to FMPs for fisheries within their respective areas. In the
development of such plans or amendments and their implementing
regulations, the Councils are required by law to conduct public
hearings on the draft plans and to consider the use of alternative
means of regulating.
The Council process for developing FMPs and amendments makes it
difficult for NMFS to determine the significance and timing of some
regulatory actions under consideration by the Councils at the time
the semiannual regulatory agenda is published.
The DOC October 1996 regulatory agenda follows.
Dated: September 30, 1996.
Susan G. Esserman,
Acting General Counsel.
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Office of the Secretary--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
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623 Streamlining of Commerce Acquisition Process.......................................... 0690-AA26
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Office of the Secretary--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
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624 Guidelines for Empowerment Contracting................................................ 0690-AA25
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Office of the Secretary--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
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Number Number
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625 Standards of Ethical Conduct--Department of Commerce Supplemental Regulations......... 0690-AA23
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Office of the Secretary--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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626 Contract Clauses and Solicitation Provisions for the Commerce Automated Solicitation
System................................................................................ 0690-AA08
627 Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments.......................................... 0690-AA27
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Bureau of Economic Analysis--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
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628 Benchmark Survey of Selected Services Transactions With Unaffiliated Foreign Persons.. 0691-AA27
629 Annual Survey of Royalties, License Fees, and Other Receipts and Payments for
Intangible Rights Between U.S. and Unaffiliated Foreign Persons....................... 0691-AA28
630 Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States--1997.............. 0691-AA29
631 Annual Survey of Selected Services Transactions With Unaffiliated Foreign Persons..... 0691-AA30
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Bureau of the Census--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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632 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) To Clarify the Definition
of Exporter........................................................................... 0607-AA20
633 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) Requiring a Designator
When the Export Shipment Is a Foreign Military Sale................................... 0607-AA22
634 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) Requiring the Filing of
Shipper's Export Declarations (SEDs) for Company-Owned Tools of Trade................. 0607-AA23
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Bureau of the Census--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
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635 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) To Add a Requirement To
Collect Information on Canadian Province of Origin for U.S. Imports From Canada....... 0607-AA21
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Bureau of the Census--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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636 Cutoff Dates for Recognition of Boundary Changes for the 2000 Decennial Census of
Population and Housing................................................................ 0607-AA18
637 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) to Conform Requirements
and Wording to the U.S. Customs Service Requirements for the Automated Export System
(AES)................................................................................. 0607-AA19
638 Special Services and Studies by the Bureau of the Census; General..................... 0607-AA24
639 Furnishing Personal Census Data From Census of Population Schedules; General
Requirements.......................................................................... 0607-AA25
640 Furnishing Personal Census Data From Census of Population Schedules: General
Requirements.......................................................................... 0607-AA26
641 Special Services and Studies by the Bureau of the Census; Fee Structure for Age Search
and Citizenship Information........................................................... 0607-AA27
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Economic Development Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
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Number Number
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642 General Requirements for Financial Assistance--Excess Capacity........................ 0610-AA55
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General Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
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Number Number
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643 Uniform Administrative Requirement for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of
Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofits and Commercial Organizations........ 0605-AA09
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General Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
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644 Cost Principles for State, Local, and Indian Tribal Governments....................... 0605-AA10
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International Trade Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
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645 Proposed Change in Definition of Scientific Instruments and Apparatus for Florence
Agreement Program..................................................................... 0625-AA47
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International Trade Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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646 Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Administrative Protective Order
Procedures and Procedures for Imposing Sanctions for Violation of a Protective Order.. 0625-AA43
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647 Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties (Reg Plan Seq. No. 13)...................... 0625-AA45
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
International Trade Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
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Number Number
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648 Proposed Changes in Procedures for Insular Watch Program.............................. 0625-AA46
649 Lapse of Authority Provisions; Inactive Foreign Trade Zones........................... 0625-AA48
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Bureau of Export Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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650 Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS)...................................... 0694-AA02
651 Implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention......................................... 0694-AB06
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Bureau of Export Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
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652 Revision of Foreign Boycott Provisions of Export Administration Regulations........... 0694-AA11
653 Transfer of Dual-Use Items From U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List...... 0694-AA52
654 Exports to Iran; Syria and Sudan, Revision of Foreign Policy Control.................. 0694-AA62
655 Simplification of the Export Administration Regulations............................... 0694-AA67
656 Implementation of the Cuba Democracy Act.............................................. 0694-AA77
657 Transfer of Certain Remote Sensing Satellites From the U.S. Munitions List to the CCL. 0694-AB09
658 Clarification of Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative (EPCI) ``Catch-All''
Provision and Validated License Requirements.......................................... 0694-AB10
659 Revision to the EAR; Supplement No. 2 to Part 778..................................... 0694-AB12
660 Revisions to the EAR: Establishment of a Standard Saving Clause....................... 0694-AB15
661 Countries Eligible to Receive Supercomputers Under Special Licensing Procedures....... 0694-AB16
662 Revisions to Licensing Policy for North Korea......................................... 0694-AB19
663 Editorial Clarification and Corrections to the Export Administration Regulations;
Removal of ECCN 1C65.................................................................. 0694-AB23
664 Proliferation Entity List............................................................. 0694-AB24
665 Administration of State Log Exports Ban............................................... 0694-AB25
666 Revision to the EAR: ELAIN Accepts Classification Request............................. 0694-AB26
667 Libya: Expansion of Foreign Policy Controls........................................... 0694-AB28
668 Revision to General License GCG (Shipments to Agencies of Cooperating Governments).... 0694-AB34
669 Changes to the Commerce Control List to Accord With the Wassenaar Arrangement on
Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies............. 0694-AB35
670 Changes to the Export Administrative Regulations To Implement the Guidelines and
Information Sharing Provisions of the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for
Conventional Arms and Dual-Use........................................................ 0694-AB40
671 Change the Commerce Control List To Revise Controls on Communication Intercepting
Devices (Export Commerce Control Number ECCN 5A80D.................................... 0694-AB41
672 Change the Commerce Control List to Revised Controls on Shotguns (Export Commerce
Control Number ECCN 0A84C)............................................................ 0694-AB42
673 Export Regulation for Certain Exports of Business Equipment for Support to the Cuban
People................................................................................ 0694-AB43
674 Revisions to the Commerce Control List: Export of Mixtures Containing Trace Quantities
of Precursor Chemicals................................................................ 0694-AB46
675 Licensing of, and Expansion of National Security and Foreign Policy Controls on,
Recoverable Encryption Software....................................................... 0694-AB47
676 Incorporation of the Wassenaar Arrangement Into Category 2 of the Commerce Control
List; Expansion of License Exception CIV.............................................. 0694-AB48
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677 Clarification of License Exception GFT (Humanitarian Donations)....................... 0694-AB49
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Bureau of Export Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
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Number Number
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678 Chemical Weapons Convention Implementing Regulations (Enforcement).................... 0694-AB39
679 Further Expansion of General License GLX.............................................. 0694-AB45
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Bureau of Export Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
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Number Number
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680 Computer Reform of Export Control; Establishment of General License G-CTP............. 0694-AB36
681 Biological Warfare Experts Group Meeting: Implementation of Changes to the Export
Administration Regulation; ECCNs, 1C991, 1C61B, 1B71E, and 1C91F...................... 0694-AB37
682 Expansion of General License GFW; Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment............... 0694-AB38
683 Exports of Alaskan North Slope Crude Oil; Establishment of General License and License
Exception ANS......................................................................... 0694-AB44
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National Institute of Standards & Technology--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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684 Fastener Quality...................................................................... 0693-AA90
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
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685 Proposed Rule To Implement Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic
Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries............................................. 0648-AJ06
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
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Number Number
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686 Fishery Management Plan for the Queen Conch Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands............................................................................... 0648-AD91
687 Secretarial Amendment to the FMP for Atlantic Swordfish............................... 0648-AE09
688 Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean
Quahog Fisheries...................................................................... 0648-AF41
689 Regulatory Amendment To Implement Trawl Mesh Restrictions for the BSAI Trawl Fisheries 0648-AF57
690 Fishery Management Plan for Tilefish.................................................. 0648-AF87
691 Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Billfish...................... 0648-AF88
692 Amendment 8 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP To Implement Individual Quotas for the
Fixed-Gear Sablefish Fishery (or Regulatory Amendment for Nontrawl Trip Limits)....... 0648-AF90
693 Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of
the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP)........................................... 0648-AG25
694 Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the
South Atlantic........................................................................ 0648-AG27
695 Regulatory Amendment To Establish a Certification Program for At-Sea Scales........... 0648-AG32
696 General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries--Standard Definitions....................... 0648-AG46
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697 Regulatory Amendment To Impose Restrictions on Fishing Black Rockfish Off Oregon...... 0648-AG81
698 Regulatory Amendment for Managing Pelagic Fisheries by U.S. Vessels Beyond EEZ
Throughout Pacific.................................................................... 0648-AG85
699 Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin Islands........................................................... 0648-AG87
700 Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Corals and Reef-Associated Plants and
Invertebrates for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands............................. 0648-AG88
701 Regulatory Amendment Allowing Year-Round Individual Fishing Quota Fishing in the
Aleutian Islands Area................................................................. 0648-AG97
702 Regulatory Amendment to Increase Individual Fishery Quota Limits...................... 0648-AH02
703 Amendment 9 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan.. 0648-AH06
704 Regulatory Amendment To Facilitate Monitoring and Enforcement in the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery.................................................................... 0648-AH21
705 FMP Amendment 37 to the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI................................ 0648-AH28
706 Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of
Mexico................................................................................ 0648-AH52
707 Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Bluefish...................... 0648-AH63
708 Amendment 39 to the FMP for Groundfish Fishery of BSAI, Amendment 41 to the FMP for
Groundfish of the GOA and Amendment 5 to the FMP for Commercial King & Tanner Crab
Fisheries of the BSAI................................................................. 0648-AH65
709 FMP Amendment 36 for the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI and FMP Amendment 39 for the
Groundfish of the GOA................................................................. 0648-AH67
710 Regulatory Adjustments to the FMP for Sharks of the Atlantic Ocean.................... 0648-AH77
711 Plan Amendment to FMP for Sharks of the Atlantic Ocean That Would Limit Entry......... 0648-AH78
712 Regulatory Amendment To Establish Management Measures for Atlantic and Gulf Groups of
King and Spanish Mackerel for the 1996-97 Fishing Year................................ 0648-AI13
713 Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South
Atlantic.............................................................................. 0648-AI15
714 Consolidation of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Regulations........................ 0648-AI28
715 Regulatory Amendment Requiring Longline Vessel Operators in the Western Pacific
Pelagics Fisheries To Carry Observers at No Cost to U.S. Government................... 0648-AI31
716 Amendment 6 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan....................... 0648-AI36
717 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust the Annual Total Allowable Catch for Royal Red Shrimp
in the Gulf of Mexico................................................................. 0648-AI39
718 Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of
Mexico................................................................................ 0648-AI47
719 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust Red Snapper Management Measures in the Gulf of Mexico
for 1997 Season....................................................................... 0648-AI54
720 Negotiated Rulemaking on Mid-Atlantic Tuna Fishery Dispute............................ 0648-AI60
721 Amendment 43 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands and Amendment 43 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of Alaska.. 0648-AI61
722 Amendment 41 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands............................................................................... 0648-AI62
723 Regulatory Amendment To Establish a Date of December 1 for the Reopening of a Bering
Sea Pollock and/or Cod Fishery if Sufficient Amounts of Fish Remain for a Directed
Fishery............................................................................... 0648-AI64
724 Regulatory Amendment To Revise Maximum Allowable Bycatch Amounts Established for the
Alaska Groundfish Fisheries........................................................... 0648-AI65
725 Regulatory Amendment To Require Electronic Submission by Alaska Groundfish Processors
of Weekly Production Reports and Check In/Out Reports................................. 0648-AI66
726 Regulatory Amendment To Revise the Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for
Groundfish Fisheries of the EEZ off of Alaska......................................... 0648-AI68
727 Amendment 46 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands............................................................................... 0648-AI70
728 Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Red Drum Fishery of the Gulf Of
Mexico (FMP).......................................................................... 0648-AI73
729 Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the
South Atlantic........................................................................ 0648-AI74
730 Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery....... 0648-AI77
731 Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Herring Fishery.............................. 0648-AI78
732 Pacific Whiting Allocation Among Non-Tribal Sectors, Season Setting, and Salmon
Bycatch............................................................................... 0648-AI80
733 Amendment 12 to FMP for Salmon Fisheries Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and
California............................................................................ 0648-AI82
734 Amendment 6 to the American Lobster Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment 6 to the
Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP, and Amendment 8 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP........... 0648-AI83
735 Regulatory Amendment To Revise the Product Recovery Rate Regulations.................. 0648-AI87
736 Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska......... 0648-AI88
737 Regulatory Amendment under the Fishery Management Plan for Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands (FMP) Concerning Red Hind Aggregation Closure............. 0648-AI97
738 Regulatory Amendment to Limited Access Management of Federal Fisheries In and Off of
Alaska................................................................................ 0648-AJ00
739 A Moratorium on Issuance of New Permits for Fishing in the Mau Zone Portion of the
NWHI Bottomfish Fishery............................................................... 0648-AJ02
740 Options for Angling Category Season for the Atlantic Season for the Atlantic Bluefin
Tuna Fisheries........................................................................ 0648-AJ04
741 Regulatory Amendment To Increase the Halibut Individual Fishing Quota Use Limitations
in International Pacific Halibut Commission Area 4.................................... 0648-AJ05
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742 Fishery Data Reporting for Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries.......................... 0648-AJ08
743 Regulatory Amendment To Increase Observer Coverage in the BSAI During the Pollock
``A'' or Roe Season................................................................... 0648-AJ10
744 International Fisheries Regulations; Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plans... 0648-AJ11
745 Regulatory Amendment To Establish Total Allowable Catch Limits for the Atlantic and
Gulf of Mexico Groups of King and Spanish Mackerel for the 1997-98 Fishing Year....... 0648-AJ12
746 Weakfish Regulations for the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)............................ 0648-AJ15
747 Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of
Mexico - Resubmitted Measures......................................................... 0648-AJ16
748 Regulatory Amendment To Implement 1997 Nontrawl Sablefish Harvest Regime.............. 0648-AJ19
749 Regulatory Amendment To Restrict Pacific Groundfish Limited Entry Permit Transfers.... 0648-AJ20
750 Regulatory Amendment To Extend California Gillnet Regulations to the EEZ.............. 0648-AJ21
751 Amendment 10 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP Regarding Salmon Bycatch in
Groundfish Trawl...................................................................... 0648-AJ22
752 Amendment 9 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP to Require Endorsements in the
Sablefish Fishery..................................................................... 0648-AJ23
753 Designated Critical Habitat; Pacific Steelhead........................................ 0648-AG49
754 Designated Critical Habitat; Pacific Coho Salmon...................................... 0648-AG56
755 Designated Critical Habitat; Umpqua River Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout..................... 0648-AG58
756 Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Puget Sound Salmon Stocks................ 0648-AH11
757 Proposed Rule To Provide Regulations for Permits for Capture, Transport, Import and
Export of Protected Species for Public Display, and for Maintaining a Captive Marine
Mammal Inventory...................................................................... 0648-AH26
758 Proposed Rule Governing the Issuance of Permits for Marine Mammal Photography......... 0648-AH31
759 Proposed Rule To Govern the Transportation of Native Handicrafts...................... 0648-AH83
760 Implementation of 1996 MMPA Amendments Affecting Yellowfin Tuna Purse Seine Fishing in
the Eastern Tropical Pacific.......................................................... 0648-AI85
761 Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary................................................. 0648-AE41
762 Allowance of Small-Scale Non-Intrusive Jade Collecting in Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary............................................................................. 0648-AI06
763 Revision of Overflight Regulations.................................................... 0648-AI91
764 Licensing of Private Remote-Sensing Space Systems..................................... 0648-AC64
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
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Number Number
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765 National Weather Service Modernization Criteria for Closure Certification............. 0648-AI90
766 Regulatory Amendment To Implement Permit, Reporting, and Recordkeeping and Observer
Requirements for Processing Vessels Over 125 Feet and Their Catcher Vessels: Pacific
Coast Groundfish...................................................................... 0648-AE01
767 Regulatory Amendment To Require Electronic Communication of Observer Data in the
Groundfish Fishery of the GOA and BSAI................................................ 0648-AE78
768 Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South
Atlantic.............................................................................. 0648-AG26
769 Amendment 12 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of
Mexico................................................................................ 0648-AG29
770 Striped Bass Regulations for the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)........................ 0648-AH57
771 Withdrawal of Federal Fisheries Regulations........................................... 0648-AI16
772 Interim Final Rule To Implement High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995; Permit
Application Process................................................................... 0648-AI50
773 Interim Final Rule to the North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan....................... 0648-AI67
774 Regulatory Amendment to Establish Trip Limits Applicable to the Commercial Fishery For
Atlantic Migratory Group of King Mackerel............................................. 0648-AI92
775 Amendment 47 to the BSAI FMP; Amendment 47 to the GOA FMP and Amendment 6 to the
Commercial King and Tanner Crab FMP of the BSAI....................................... 0648-AI95
776 Regulatory Amendment to Allow Use of Longline Pot Gear in the Directed Sablefish
Fishery in the Bering Sea............................................................. 0648-AI96
777 Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of
1995.................................................................................. 0648-AI99
778 1997-98 Management Measures for Commercial, Recreational, and Treaty Indian Salmon
Fisheries Off the Coasts of WA, OR, and CA............................................ 0648-AJ09
779 Civil Procedures...................................................................... 0648-AF96
780 Designated Critical Habitat; Johnson's Seagrass....................................... 0648-AF79
781 Take of Marine Mammals by the U.S. Navy Incidental to Military Activities in the South
Atlantic of the United States......................................................... 0648-AG55
782 Final Rule To Establish Guidelines for Nonlethally Deterring Marine Mammals From
Endangering Personal Safety or Damaging Public or Private Property.................... 0648-AH19
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783 General Authorization for Scientific Research Involving Level B Harassment............ 0648-AH20
784 Identification of Special Sea Turtle Conservation Areas and Appropriate Conservation
Measures.............................................................................. 0648-AH89
785 Final Rule; Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Consolidation of Regulations...... 0648-AI89
786 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (Reg Plan Seq. No. 14)......................... 0648-AD85
787 Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary............................. 0648-AH91
788 Restricting or Prohibiting Attracting Sharks in the Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary............................................................................. 0648-AH92
789 Revision of Coastal Zone Management Act Regulations to Conform to Statutory Changes... 0648-AJ24
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Long-Term Actions
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790 Financial Disclosure of Fishery Management Council Nominees, Members, and Executive
Directors............................................................................. 0648-AG16
791 Regulatory Amendment for the Gulf of Alaska Seamount Fisheries........................ 0648-AG94
792 Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster....................... 0648-AH41
793 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the American Lobster Fishery Management Plan 0648-AI14
794 Amendment to the Observer Program..................................................... 0648-AI69
795 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust Reef Fish Management Measures to the Gulf of Mexico for
the 1998 season....................................................................... 0648-AJ13
796 Amendment 15 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of
Mexico................................................................................ 0648-AJ14
797 Fishing Vessel Capital Construction Fund Procedures--Eligibility for Safety
Improvements.......................................................................... 0648-AF22
798 Civil Enforcement Proceedings: Opportunity for In-Person Hearing...................... 0648-AI53
799 Performance Standards for Tuna Vessel Operators....................................... 0648-AD03
800 Procedure for Setting Quotas on Removal of Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins From the
Waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Florida's East Coast................................. 0648-AD39
801 Sea Turtle Monitoring and Conservation Measures for Nonshrimp Fisheries............... 0648-AE54
802 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Dolphin Mortality Limits During Purse Seine
Sets on Marine Mammals in the Eastern Tropical Pacific................................ 0648-AF07
803 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; ``Dolphin-Safe'' Tuna Labeling................ 0648-AF08
804 Proposed Rule To Require Certain Fish From Mexico To Retain Heads and Tails Intact in
Order To Protect the Endangered Totoaba............................................... 0648-AF32
805 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Fisheries-Related Research..................... 0648-AF50
806 Foreign Nations' Marine Mammal Program Amendments..................................... 0648-AG05
807 Designation of Critical Habitat for the Gulf of Maine Population of Harbor Porpoise... 0648-AG06
808 Direct Take of Threatened Salmon by Native Americans.................................. 0648-AG15
809 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals: Tuna Purse Seine Vessel Observer Expenses..... 0648-AG35
810 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals Under the ATA Permit
After February 28, 1994............................................................... 0648-AG36
811 General Provisions; Endangered Fish or Wildlife; Threatened Fish and Wildlife; Sea
Turtle Conservation Measures (Section 9 Protection)................................... 0648-AG38
812 Designated Critical Habitat; Atlantic Salmon.......................................... 0648-AG50
813 Proposed Rule To Authorize Lethal Takings of Marine Mammals by State Authorities...... 0648-AG79
814 Final Rule To Amend Marine Mammal Regulations To Authorize Incidental Takings of
Marine Mammals by Harassment as Authorized by Public Law 103-238...................... 0648-AG80
815 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals: Proposed Rule Prohibiting U.S. Citizens From
Encircling Marine Mammals During Tuna Fishing Operations.............................. 0648-AH04
816 Protection Zones for Northern Right Whales; Response to Petition...................... 0648-AH47
817 Shrimp Vessel Registration Requirement................................................ 0648-AH87
818 Critical Habitat Designation for Green Sea Turtles in Culebra, Puerto Rico............ 0648-AH88
819 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Take Reduction
Plan Regulations and Emergency Regulations............................................ 0648-AI84
820 Revision of Federal Consistency Regulations Under the Coastal Zone Management Act..... 0648-AD83
821 Regional Marine Research Program...................................................... 0648-AF20
822 NOAA Climate and Global Change Program--Proposal Submission Guidelines................ 0648-AG51
823 National Undersea Research Program Funding Regulations................................ 0648-AH90
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
824 Scientific Research--Domestic and Foreign Fishing..................................... 0648-AC61
825 Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and
Butterfish............................................................................ 0648-AF01
826 Regulatory Amendment for Red Grouper in the Gulf of Mexico............................ 0648-AF78
827 Amendment 1 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska............................. 0648-AF81
828 Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas............................................ 0648-AF86
829 Regulatory Amendment To Prohibit Use of Open Access and Limited Entry Gear on the Same
Trip for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery......................................... 0648-AG30
830 Regulatory Amendment Designating ``Routine'' Trip Limits in the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery.................................................................... 0648-AG31
831 Amendment 33 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI and Amendment 37 to the
FMP for Groundfish of the GOA......................................................... 0648-AG41
832 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust Red Snapper Management Measures in the Gulf of Mexico
for 1996 Season....................................................................... 0648-AG89
833 Generic Fishery Management Plan Amendment for the Definition of Traps in the Gulf of
Mexico................................................................................ 0648-AG90
834 Amendment 26 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands and Amendment 29 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of Alaska.. 0648-AH03
835 Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Summer Flounder Fishery............ 0648-AH05
836 Regulatory Amendment for Multiple ``A'' Pacific Groundfish Limited Entry Permits per
Vessel................................................................................ 0648-AH07
837 Definition of ``Safe Boarding Ladder'' for Fisheries Regulations...................... 0648-AH39
838 Enforcement of Permit Requirements and Other Provisions Governing the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Fishery................................................... 0648-AH48
839 Weakfish Regulation for the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)............................. 0648-AH58
840 Regulatory Amendment to Limited Access Management of Federal Fisheries In and Off of
Alaska................................................................................ 0648-AH61
841 1996 Regulations for Pacific Halibut and Approval of Catch Sharing Plans.............. 0648-AH64
842 FMP Amendment 38 for the Groundfish Fishery of the GOA................................ 0648-AH68
843 Regulatory Amendment Regarding Exercise of Rights of Northwest Treaty Indian Tribes to
Harvest Groundfish.................................................................... 0648-AH84
844 Fishery Management Plan for the Golden Crab Fishery Off the South Atlantic Region..... 0648-AH86
845 Consolidation of General Fishery Regulations of the United States..................... 0648-AI17
846 Consolidation of Fisheries Regulations of Alaska...................................... 0648-AI18
847 Consolidation of Fisheries Regulations of the Pacific Coast and Western Pacific....... 0648-AI19
848 Consolidation of Fisheries Regulations of the Southeastern United States, Puerto Rico,
and the U.S. Virgin Islands........................................................... 0648-AI20
849 Consolidation of Fisheries Regulations of the Northeastern United States.............. 0648-AI21
850 Consolidation of International Fisheries Regulations.................................. 0648-AI22
851 1996 Total Allowable Catch of Atlantic Swordfish...................................... 0648-AI23
852 Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries......... 0648-AI26
853 Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog
Fisheries............................................................................. 0648-AI27
854 1996 Atlantic Tuna Fisheries Quotas and Effort Controls............................... 0648-AI29
855 Amendment 9 to the Western Pacific Crustacean Fishery Management Plan................. 0648-AI32
856 Annual Harvest Guideline for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Fishery........ 0648-AI33
857 Regulatory Amendment To Change the Start of the Whiting Regular Season to May 15 North
of 42 Degrees North Latitude and Change the Start of the Nontrawl Sablefish Regular
Season to September 1................................................................. 0648-AI34
858 Management Measures for Commercial, Recreational, and Treaty Indian Salmon Fisheries
Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.................................. 0648-AI35
859 Transforming the Seafood Inspection Program Into a Performance Based Organization..... 0648-AI45
860 Regulatory Amendment To Include the City of Akutan as a Community Development Quota
Community............................................................................. 0648-AI46
861 Amendment 45 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of Alaska.............. 0648-AI56
862 Amendment 42 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands and Amendment 42 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of Alaska.. 0648-AI57
863 Regulatory Amendment To Delay the Start Date of the Offshore Bering Sea Pollock Non-
Roe Season From August 15 to September 1.............................................. 0648-AI58
864 Amendment 44 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands and Amendment 44 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of Alaska.. 0648-AI63
865 Amendment 13 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of
Mexico................................................................................ 0648-AI71
866 Consolidation of Atlantic Striped Bass and Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Management
Regulations........................................................................... 0648-AI72
867 Revision of Whaling Regulations to Update and Broaden Scope........................... 0648-AI81
868 Regulatory Amendment to Implement Management Measures for 1996 Recreation Summer
Flounder Fishery...................................................................... 0648-AI93
869 Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Multispecies Fisheries... 0648-AI94
870 Implement Measure Containing Frame Work Adjustment 8 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop
Fishery Management Plan............................................................... 0648-AI98
871 Final Rule To Implement Framework Adjustment 15 to FMP to the Fishery Management Plan
for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery................................................ 0648-AJ07
872 Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of
Mexico................................................................................ 0648-AJ17
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873 Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of
Mexico (FMP)--Approved Measures....................................................... 0648-AJ18
874 Processed Fishery Products, Processed Products Thereof & Certain Other Processed Food
Products: U.S. Standards for Grades of Frozen Fish Blocks & Products Made Therefrom,
Etc................................................................................... 0648-AA46
875 U.S. General Standards for Grades of Shrimp........................................... 0648-AA47
876 Fishermen's Protective Act, Fishing Vessel and Gear Damage Compensation Fund Claims
Program............................................................................... 0648-AC73
877 U.S. General Standards for Grades of Finfish Products................................. 0648-AD53
878 U.S. Standards for Grades of Frozen Fish Portions..................................... 0648-AD92
879 Certificate of Legal Origin for Anadromous Fish Products.............................. 0648-AD93
880 U.S. Standards for Grades of Whole or Dressed Fish.................................... 0648-AE69
881 U.S. Standards for Grades of North American Freshwater Catfish and Products Made
Therefrom............................................................................. 0648-AE70
882 U.S. Standards for Grades of Fish Fillets............................................. 0648-AE71
883 Fishing Vessel Obligation Guarantee Program, Reinvention of Regulations............... 0648-AF48
884 Prescription of Fishways Under Section 18 of the Federal Power Act.................... 0648-AG53
885 Financial Aid Program Procedures, Conditional Fisheries............................... 0648-AI76
886 Final Rule for Regulations Generic to Permits Issued Under Section 104 of the MMPA,
and for Regulations Specific to Permits Issued for Scientific Research and Enhancement
Purposes.............................................................................. 0648-AD11
887 Screening of Water Diversions To Protect Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon... 0648-AF80
888 Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Licensing Program..................................... 0648-AI42
889 Coastal Zone Management Program Development and Approval Regulations.................. 0648-AI43
890 National Weather Service Modernization Criteria for Automation Certification.......... 0648-AF72
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
891 Public Telecommunications Facilities Program.......................................... 0660-AA09
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
892 The Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Grant Program................... 0660-AA04
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Patent and Trademark Office--Prerule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
893 Requirements for Registration to Practice Before the PTO in Patent Cases.............. 0651-AA93
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Patent and Trademark Office--Proposed Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
894 1996 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure......................................... 0651-AA80
895 Patent Process Reengineering.......................................................... 0651-AA84
896 Miscellaneous Changes to TTAB Rules................................................... 0651-AA87
897 Changes Implementing International Acceptable Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence
Listings.............................................................................. 0651-AA88
898 Limitations in Patent Claims.......................................................... 0651-AA91
899 Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 1998............................ 0651-AA92
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Patent and Trademark Office--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
900 Changes to Implement 18-Month Publication of Patent Applications...................... 0651-AA75
901 Rules of Practice in Patent Cases; Reexamination Proceedings.......................... 0651-AA79
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Patent and Trademark Office--Long-Term Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
902 Patent Application Electronic Submission Rules........................................ 0651-AA50
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Patent and Trademark Office--Completed Actions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
903 Communications With the Patent and Trademark Office................................... 0651-AA70
904 Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal 1997................................. 0651-AA82
905 Elimination of Requirement for Proof of Service in Consented Request for Extensions of
Time To File a Notice of Opposition................................................... 0651-AA89
906 Recordal Fees Associated With the Fastener Quality Act................................ 0651-AA90
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Technology Administration--Final Rule Stage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
907 Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under
Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements.............................. 0692-AA14
908 Acquisition and Protection of Foreign Rights in Inventions............................ 0692-AA15
909 Licensing of Foreign Patents Acquired by the Government............................... 0692-AA16
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Technology Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identifier
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
910 Promotion of Private Sector Industrial Technology Partnerships........................ 0692-AA13
911 Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions.............................................. 0692-AA17
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_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Prerule Stage
Office of the Secretary (OS)
_______________________________________________________________________
623. STREAMLINING OF COMMERCE ACQUISITION PROCESS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline requirements.
Legal Authority: 41 USC 251
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1301 to 1353
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Department has reengineered its acquisition processes and
is planning to implement the new processes Departmentwide. The
Department is also testing the effectiveness of the new processes at
two pilot sites within the agency. The intended effect is to create a
more customer-friendly acquisition process that is less complex, less
time consuming and less expensive for the Department as well as the
vendor community, and is more responsive to meeting the Department's
program objectives. In order to implement the new processes on a
Departmentwide
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basis a class deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulations
provisions is required. The Department will request public comment on
the changes. Commerce Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR 13) will be
amended to incorporate the reengineered acquisition processes. A draft
of changes to the regulation will be published for public comment prior
to issuance of the final regulation.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Sectors Affected: All
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. The agency has not yet determined whether there
is a paperwork burden associated with this action.
Agency Contact: Joe Gray, Procurement Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Office of the Secretary, Office of Acquisition Management, Room 6422,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 301 258-4505
Email: J L G[email protected]
RIN: 0690-AA26
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Office of the Secretary (OS)
_______________________________________________________________________
624. GUIDELINES FOR EMPOWERMENT CONTRACTING
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: EO 13005, Empowerment Contracting
CFR Citation: None
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The purpose of Executive Order 13005 is to strengthen the
economy and secure broad-based competition for Federal contractors in
economically distressed communities. The Order charged the Secretary of
Commerce, in consultation with Secretaries of Housing and Urban
Development, Labor and Defense and the Administrators of the General
Service Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the Small Business Administration, and the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy, to develop policies and procedures to
ensure that Federal agencies, when awarding contracts in unrestricted
competitions, grant qualified large and small businesses appropriate
price or evaluation incentives to encourage business activity in areas
of general economic distress. The Department plans to issue guidelines
which will serve as the basis for a proposed revision to the Federal
Acquisition Regulation.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/13/96 61 FR 48463
NPRM Comment Period End 12/01/96 61 FR 55616
Final Action 02/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with
this action.
Agency Contact: Joe Levine, Attorney-Advisor, Department of Commerce,
Office of the Secretary, 14th and Constitution NW., Washington, DC
20230
Phone: 202 482-1071
RIN: 0690-AA25
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Long-Term Actions
Office of the Secretary (OS)
_______________________________________________________________________
625. STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SUPPLEMENTAL
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Karen Kucik
Phone: 202 219-9132
RIN: 0690-AA23
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Completed Actions
Office of the Secretary (OS)
_______________________________________________________________________
626. CONTRACT CLAUSES AND SOLICITATION PROVISIONS FOR THE COMMERCE
AUTOMATED SOLICITATION SYSTEM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 48 CFR 1301 to 1353
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Withdrawn 08/26/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is no
statutory requirement. There is no paperwork burden associated with
this action.
Agency Contact: Kenneth J. Buck
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Phone: 202 482-2773
RIN: 0690-AA08
_______________________________________________________________________
627. CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-410, as amended; PL 104-134
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, October 23, 1996.
Abstract: This final rule will adjust each civil monetary penalty
provided by law within the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action Effective 10/23/96
Final Action 10/24/96 61 FR 55092
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Charles Yaple, Department of Commerce, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Financial Management, 14th and Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-0232
RIN: 0690-AA27
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
_______________________________________________________________________
628. BENCHMARK SURVEY OF SELECTED SERVICES TRANSACTIONS WITH
UNAFFILIATED FOREIGN PERSONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 to 3108 Int'l Investment & Trade in Svc.
Survey Act
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 801
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This is the quinquennial benchmark survey of selected
services transactions with unaffiliated foreign persons (BE-20), which
will cover transactions in 1996. It is conducted to obtain
comprehensive data on a variety of business and professional services,
such as advertising; computer and data processing services; management,
consulting and public relations; legal services; and
telecommunications. The data are needed for compiling the balance of
payments and national income and product accounts, and will be used to
develop international trade policy and to support U.S. trade policy
initiatives. The data will also be used in deriving universe estimates
in conjunction with the annual survey of such services transactions
that is conducted in nonbenchmark years. Consideration is being given
to expanding the number of services covered by this benchmark survey
compared with the prior (1991) benchmark.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/17/96 61 FR 54109
NPRM Comment Period End 11/18/96
Final Action 12/00/96
Final Action Effective 01/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: R. David Belli, Asst. Chief, International Investment
Div., Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, (BE-50),
U.S. Department of Commerce
Phone: 202 606-9800
Fax: 202 606-5318
RIN: 0691-AA27
_______________________________________________________________________
629. ANNUAL SURVEY OF ROYALTIES, LICENSE FEES, AND OTHER
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR INTANGIBLE RIGHTS BETWEEN U.S. AND
UNAFFILIATED FOREIGN PERSONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 to 3108, Intl Investment & Trade in Svc
Act
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 801
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This is annual survey of international transactions with
unaffiliated foreign persons involving rights to use patents,
trademarks, copyrights, and other intangible property (BE-93), which
will cover transactions beginning in 1997. It is conducted to obtain
data that are needed for compiling the balance of payments and national
income and product accounts, and will be used in developing U.S. trade
policy and supporting U.S. trade policy initiatives. Consideration in
being given to expanding coverage to include transactions in copyrights
and other intellectual property rights that are related to computer
software. At present, such transactions are covered on another BEA
survey, which would be revised simultaneously.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 10/00/97
Final Action 12/00/97
Final Action Effective 01/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: R. David Belli, Asst. Chief, International Investment
Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 606-9800
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 0691-AA28
_______________________________________________________________________
630. BENCHMARK SURVEY OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE
UNITED STATES--1997
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 to 3108 International Investment & Trade
in Svc Act
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend existing 15 CFR 806.17 to provide for
the conduct of the BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment
in the United States-1997, as required in the International Investment
and Trade in Services Survey Act, 22 USC 3101 to 3108 (see especially
section 4(b) or the Act). The existing rule covers a similar survey for
1992 which has been completed and which the new survey will update.
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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/97
Final Action 10/00/97
Final Action Effective 11/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: R. David Belli, Assistant Chief, International
Investment Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic
Analysis, (BE-50), Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 606-9800
Fax: 202 606-5318
RIN: 0691-AA29
_______________________________________________________________________
631. ANNUAL SURVEY OF SELECTED SERVICES TRANSACTIONS WITH
UNAFFILIATED FOREIGN PERSONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 International Investment & Trade in Svcs
Survey Act
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 801
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This is the annual survey of selected services transactions
with unaffiliated foreign persons (BE-22), which will cover
transactions beginning in 1997. It is conducted to obtain annual sample
data on a variety of business and professional services, such as
advertising; computer and data processing services; management,
consulting, and public relations; legal services; and
telecommunications. The data will be used to produce universe level
estimates for 1997 and beyond based on data reported in the proposed
1996 BE-20 benchmark survey of selected services. The data are needed
to compile the balance of payments and national income and product
accounts, and to support U.S. trade policy. Categories of services
covered on the BE-22 survey may be modified to bring them into
conformity with the proposed 1996 BE-20 survey.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 10/00/97
Final Action 12/00/97
Final Action Effective 01/00/98
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: R. David Belli, Asst. Chief, International Investment
Divisioin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, (BE-
50), Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 606-9800
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 0691-AA30
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
Bureau of the Census (CENSUS)
_______________________________________________________________________
632. CHANGES TO THE FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICAL REGULATIONS (FTSR) TO
CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF EXPORTER
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 13 USC 301 to 307
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30.4; 15 CFR 30.7
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Census Bureau proposes to amend the FTSR definition of
exporter for purposes of clarifying responsibility to report trade
information. The FTSR also will be amended to reinforce the requirement
for filing a power of attorney when an agent acts for an exporter
specifying the essential provisions to be included with additional
requirements if the exporter does not have a permanent U.S. residence.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Bruce C. Walter, Assistant Division Chief, Foreign
Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, FB3, Room
2104, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 457-2210
Fax: 301 457-2645
RIN: 0607-AA20
_______________________________________________________________________
633. CHANGES TO THE FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICAL REGULATIONS (FTSR)
REQUIRING A DESIGNATOR WHEN THE EXPORT SHIPMENT IS A FOREIGN MILITARY
SALE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 13 USC 301 to 307
CFR Citation: 15 CFR subpart A, 30.7
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Census Bureau proposes to amend the FTSR to require
exporters or their designated agents to provide a foreign military
sales indicator when merchandise is exported from the United States
under the Department of Defense (DOD) Foreign Military Sales (FMS)
Program. The indicator would be inserted in the area on the SED
currently reserved for the Harmonized System Check Digit. This action
is taken to assist the Bureau of Economic Analysis in collecting actual
FMS value data. Currently this information is derived from crude
estimates provided by DOD.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Bruce C. Walter, Assistant Division Chief, Foreign
Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, FB3, Room
2104, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 457-2210
Fax: 301 457-2645
RIN: 0607-AA22
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_______________________________________________________________________
634. CHANGES TO THE FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICAL REGULATIONS (FTSR)
REQUIRING THE FILING OF SHIPPER'S EXPORT DECLARATIONS (SEDS) FOR
COMPANY-OWNED TOOLS OF TRADE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 13 USC 301 to 307
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30.56 (b) (1)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Census Bureau proposed to amend the FTSR to eliminate the
requirement for filing SEDs for temporary exports of tools of trade
when these tools are company owned. Currently, privately owned tools of
trade do not require SEDs when exported temporarily for a period of
less than one year.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/96
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Bruce C. Walter, Assistant Division Chief, Foreign
Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, FB3, Room
2104, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 457-2210
Fax: 301 457-2645
RIN: 0607-AA23
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Bureau of the Census (CENSUS)
_______________________________________________________________________
635. CHANGES TO THE FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICAL REGULATIONS (FTSR) TO ADD
A REQUIREMENT TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON CANADIAN PROVINCE OF ORIGIN FOR
U.S. IMPORTS FROM CANADA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 13 USC 301 to 307
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30.80
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Census Bureau proposes to amend the FTSR to require
importers to report on U.S. Customs Service records the Canadian
Province of Origin for imports from Canada. This action is being taken
to fulfill the requirements of a Memorandum of Understanding with
Canada concerning the collection and exchange of import information.
The USTR also has directed the Census Bureau to collect Canadian
Province of Origin Information for selected softwood lumber products.
This information is now collected for use in monitoring an agreement
negotiated with Canada on softwood lumber products.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/10/96 61 FR 36318
NPRM Comment Period End 09/10/96
Final Action 10/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Bruce C. Walter, Assistant Division Chief, Foreign
Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, FB3, Room
2104, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 457-2210
Fax: 301 457-2645
RIN: 0607-AA21
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Long-Term Actions
Bureau of the Census (CENSUS)
_______________________________________________________________________
636. CUTOFF DATES FOR RECOGNITION OF BOUNDARY CHANGES FOR THE 2000
DECENNIAL CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 70.1 to 70.3
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Joel L. Morrison
Phone: 301 457-1132
Fax: 301 457-4710
RIN: 0607-AA18
_______________________________________________________________________
637. CHANGES TO THE FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICAL REGULATIONS (FTSR) TO
CONFORM REQUIREMENTS AND WORDING TO THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM (AES)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline requirements.
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30.1; 15 CFR 30.3; 15 CFR 30.4; 15 CFR 30.5
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Bruce C. Walter
Phone: 301 457-2210
Fax: 301 457-2645
RIN: 0607-AA19
_______________________________________________________________________
638. SPECIAL SERVICES AND STUDIES BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS;
GENERAL
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1526; 13 USC 8
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 50.1(d)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Chapter 1, part 50.1(d) should be amended to read as follows:
If a search is unsuccessful and additional information for a further
search is requested by the Bureau, such information must be received
within 90 days of the request or the case will be considered closed.
Additional
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information received after 90 days must be accompanied by a new fee and
will be considered a new request.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Stanley M. Domzalski, Assistant Division Chief
(Services), Data Preparation Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census, 1201 East 10th Street, Jeffersonville, IN 47132
Phone: 812 288-3579
Fax: 812 288-3293
RIN: 0607-AA24
_______________________________________________________________________
639. FURNISHING PERSONAL CENSUS DATA FROM CENSUS OF POPULATION
SCHEDULES; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 13 USC 8
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 80.1(c)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Chapter 1, part 80.1(c): Change the address from Pittsburg,
Kansas 66762 to Jeffersonville, Indiana 47131.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Stanley M. Domzalski, Assistant Division Chief
(Services), Data Preparation Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census, 1201 East 10th Street, Jeffersonville, IN 47132
Phone: 812 288-3579
Fax: 812 288-3293
RIN: 0607-AA25
_______________________________________________________________________
640. FURNISHING PERSONAL CENSUS DATA FROM CENSUS OF POPULATION
SCHEDULES: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 13 USC 8
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 80.1(g)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Chapter 1, part 80.1(g): The language may be clarified by
changing it to read: Census information will not be furnished to
another person unless the person to whom the information relates
authorizes such release in the space provided on the Form BC-600.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Stanley M. Domzalski, Assistant Division Chief
(Services), Data Preparation Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census, 1201 East 10th Street, Jeffersonville, IN 47132
Phone: 812 288-3579
Fax: 812 288-3293
RIN: 0607-AA26
_______________________________________________________________________
641. SPECIAL SERVICES AND STUDIES BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS;
FEE STRUCTURE FOR AGE SEARCH AND CITIZENSHIP INFORMATION
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1526; 13 USC 8
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 50.5
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Chapter 1, part 50.5: the note following the chart of the fee
structure can be eliminated since we have not had a fee increase since
February 1993.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Stanley M. Domzalski, Assistant Division Chief
(Services), Data Preparation Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census, 1201 East 10th Street, Jeffersonville, IN 47132
Phone: 812 288-3579
Fax: 812 288-3293
RIN: 0607-AA27
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Economic Development Administration (EDA)
_______________________________________________________________________
642. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE--EXCESS
CAPACITY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 3211; 43 USC 3212
CFR Citation: 13 CFR 316
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: EDA intends to clarify its rule regarding studies, reports,
and exemptions necessary pursuant to its statutory requirement that
financial assistance is not extended to any project when the result
would be to increase the production of goods, materials, or
commodities, or the availability of services or facilities in excess of
the demand for such goods or services.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 11/00/96
Final Action 01/00/97
Final Action Effective 01/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Agency Contact: Awilda R. Marquez, Chief Counsel, Department of
Commerce, Economic Development Administration, 14th & Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4687
Fax: 202 482-5671
Email: Awilda Marquez @OCC@EDA
RIN: 0610-AA55
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Final Rule Stage
General Administration (ADMIN)
_______________________________________________________________________
643. UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENT FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER NONPROFITS AND
COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 14
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On November 29, 1993, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Circular A-110, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and
Agreements, with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other
Non-Profit Organizations'' was published in the Federal Register (58 FR
62992). In the published revised circular, OMB specified as ``required
action'' that Federal agencies responsible for awarding and
administering grants and other agreements to recipients described
therein, shall adopt the language of the Circular unless other
provisions are required by Federal Statute or exceptions or deviations
are approved by OMB. This interim final rule adopts the provisions of
the Circular and its language to the maximum extent feasible with minor
language changes made to make the language apply specifically to the
DOC and its operating units. This rule also contains certain policies
that have been DOC policy for many years that may differ from the
language of Circular A-110, but are consistent with and further
implement the intent of Circular A-110 with DOC.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John J. Phelan III, Director, Office of Executive
Assistance Management, Department of Commerce, Office of
Administration, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20230
Phone: 202 482-4115
RIN: 0605-AA09
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Completed Actions
General Administration (ADMIN)
_______________________________________________________________________
644. COST PRINCIPLES FOR STATE, LOCAL, AND INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 24
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/24/96 61 FR 26095
Final Action Effective 05/24/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal
Agency Contact: John J. Phelan III
Phone: 202 482-4115
RIN: 0605-AA10
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
International Trade Administration (ITA)
_______________________________________________________________________
645. PROPOSED CHANGE IN DEFINITION OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS AND
APPARATUS FOR FLORENCE AGREEMENT PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline requirements.
Legal Authority: 19 USC 1202; PL 89-651 (80 Stat 897)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 301
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action invites public comment on a proposal to change
the definitions of scientific instruments and apparatus to include
components for instruments too large to be preassembled.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jim Von Dundas, Program Manager, Department of
Commerce, International Trade Administration, SIPS Room 4311,
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202 482-4216
Fax: 202 482-0949
RIN: 0625-AA47
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Final Rule Stage
International Trade Administration (ITA)
_______________________________________________________________________
646. ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY PROCEEDINGS; ADMINISTRATIVE
PROTECTIVE ORDER PROCEDURES AND PROCEDURES FOR IMPOSING SANCTIONS FOR
VIOLATION OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline requirements.
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 19 USC 1677f
CFR Citation: 19 CFR 351; 19 CFR 354
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Department needs to enhance the administrative efficiency
of its investigations of alleged violations of administrative
protective orders (APOs) and of the process for imposing sanctions for
violations, as well as the fairness of the procedures to all concerned
parties. In addition, the Department needs to simplify and streamline
the APO administrative process and reduce the administrative burdens on
the ITA and trade practitioners. The Department is considering a
variety of amendments to its existing regulations to achieve these
goals. With respect to APO violations and sanctions, the Department is
considering (1) expedited procedures for certain APO violations that
are uncontested, inadvertent, and technical; (2) providing for warnings
to be issued where a finding of a violation would lead to unjustifiably
harsh sanctions; (3) where warranted, permitting the agency to dismiss
a charge without prejudice without the appointment or approval of an
administrative law judge; (4) providing for a sunset provision that is
fairer to past violators and that eases the administrative burden; and
(5) permitting a private reprimand as a sanction without requiring as a
precondition that parties engage in settlement discussions. The
Department expects to benefit from gains in administrative efficiency
and fairness without incurring any additional costs.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 02/08/96 61 FR 4826
NPRM Comment Period End 03/11/96
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Joan MacKenzie, Senior Attorney, Department of
Commerce, International Trade Administration, Room H4621, 14th Street &
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-1310
RIN: 0625-AA43
_______________________________________________________________________
647. ANTIDUMPING DUTIES; COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 13 in Part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 0625-AA45
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Completed Actions
International Trade Administration (ITA)
_______________________________________________________________________
648. PROPOSED CHANGES IN PROCEDURES FOR INSULAR WATCH PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline requirements.
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 303
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 10/30/96 61 FR 55883
Final Action Effective 10/30/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Faye Robinson
Phone: 202 482-1660
Fax: 202 482-0949
RIN: 0625-AA46
_______________________________________________________________________
649. LAPSE OF AUTHORITY PROVISIONS; INACTIVE FOREIGN TRADE
ZONES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 19 USC 81a to 81u
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 400
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Foreign Trade Zones Board plans to issue an
interpretative rule to help administer the ``lapse provision'' adopted
as part of the Foreign Trade Zone Board's regulations issued in 1991
(to take effect on November 8, 1996). The interpretative rule will not
change the lapse provision, but will clarify how it works and indicate
the procedures for its implementation. The Board received comments from
most of the zone grantees initially affected that indicate, despite no
actual shipments under FTZ procedures, their FTZ projects were still an
active part of State/local economic development programs, and they wish
to take the appropriate steps necessary to avoid losing FTZ authority.
The interpretative rule will set forth guidelines and procedures to
provide an alternative form of FTZ activation for projects that are
actively offering FTZ services as well as a reinstatement period prior
to termination of authority.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 10/11/96 61 FR 53305
Final Action Effective 10/11/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: John De Ponte, Director, FTZ Staff, Department of
Commerce, International Trade Administration, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2862
RIN: 0625-AA48
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
Bureau of Export Administration (BXA)
_______________________________________________________________________
650. DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM (DPAS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline requirements.
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2061 et seq; 50 USC app 468; EO 12656; EO
12742; EO 12919
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS)
implements the priorities and allocations authority of title I of the
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and the priorities
authority of section 18 of the Selective Service Act of 1948. The DPAS
was published as a final rule on July 30, 1984. Based on the findings
and recommendations of an interagency sponsored study concerning the
controlled materials program, and comments from both defense agency and
industry users, this proposed rule would amend the DPAS to remove the
controlled materials provisions and make certain revisions to its
procedural requirements. These amendments will have no costs associated
with them, would reduce the regulatory and information reporting burden
on industry and make the DPAS more effective and efficient, would
result in cost savings for defense contractors, would update certain
other provisions to conform to statutory and jurisdictional changes,
and would make the DPAS more compatible with current industry
practices.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Sectors Affected: Multiple
Agency Contact: Richard V. Meyers, DPAS Program Manager, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Off of Strategic Industries
Econ Security, National Security Preparedness Div., Room 3878,
Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3634
Fax: 202 482-5650
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 0694-AA02
_______________________________________________________________________
651. IMPLEMENTATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 40 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1995 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration is developing regulations
and procedures that specify industry obligations under the chemical
weapons convention.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 12/23/94 59 FR 66291
ANPRM Comment Period End 01/23/95
NPRM 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Nancy Crowe, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AB06
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Bureau of Export Administration (BXA)
_______________________________________________________________________
652. REVISION OF FOREIGN BOYCOTT PROVISIONS OF EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; EO 12002;
EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12924; Note of August 14, 1996, (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 769
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Department proposes to revise the foreign boycott
provisions of the Export Administration Regulations. The revisions
would clarify the application of: (1) the intent provision to the
reporting requirement; (2) the jurisdictional requirements relating to
the implementation of letters of credit; (3) the furnishing information
prohibitions to information about the nationality of directors and
about blacklisted persons; (4) the shipping requirement exception to
refusals to use blacklisted vessels; and (5) the import and shipping
document exception to information about the nationality of carriers and
residence of manufacturers or suppliers. The revisions are intended to
clarify areas of confusion. In addition, the proposal would remove many
references and provisions dealing with effective dates and grace
periods that are no longer applicable.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/26/89 54 FR 39415
NPRM Comment Period End 10/26/89
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Frederick S. Davidson, Senior Policy Analyst,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC
20230
Phone: 202 482-5795
RIN: 0694-AA11
_______________________________________________________________________
653. TRANSFER OF DUAL-USE ITEMS FROM U.S. MUNITIONS LIST TO THE COMMERCE
CONTROL LIST
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 74301(e); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 799.1
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Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The former COCOM Industrial List (IL) controls so-called
dual-use items, which have both civil and military uses. There is not a
direct correspondence between the IL and BXA's Commerce Control List
(CCL) because some IL items are controlled by the State Department in
the U.S. Munitions List. In his November 15, 1990, memorandum of
disapproval of H.R. 4653, the President determined that, ``By June 1,
1991, the United States will remove from the U.S. Munitions List all
items contained on the COCOM dual-use list unless significant U.S.
national security interests would be jeopardized.'' This rule will
implement BXA controls through the CCL on those items removed from the
U.S. Munitions List as a result of the President's decision.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Transfer of Communications
Satellites 10/23/92 57 FR 48312
Navigation and Avionics 06/23/93 58 FR 34211
Final Rule: Transfer of
Commercial Communication
Satellites 09/08/93 58 FR 47322
Transfer of Items From the USMI
to the CCL; Imposition of
Certain Foreign Policy Controls 10/26/93 58 FR 57549
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James A. Lewis, Director, Office of Strategic Trade &
Foreign Policy Controls, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4196
Fax: 202 482-4094
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 0694-AA52
_______________________________________________________________________
654. EXPORTS TO IRAN; SYRIA AND SUDAN, REVISION OF FOREIGN POLICY
CONTROL
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996, (60 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 771; 15 CFR 785; 15 CFR 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration is amending the Export
Administration Regulations by imposing foreign policy controls on
exports to Sudan under section 6(a) and by reflecting controls imposed
in 1993. Sudan under section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of
1979, as amended (EAA). This provision is consistent with the Secretary
of State's determination that the Government of Sudan has repeatedly
provided support for acts of international terrorism. The decision to
extend foreign policy controls on exports to Sudan under section 6(a)
of the EAA was notified to the Congress on January 21, 1996 in the
Department of Commerce Annual Foreign Policy Report and incorporated by
an interim rule publisher in the Federal Register on March 25, 1996 (61
FR 12714).
In addition this rule modifies the licensing policy to Syria for items
subject to nuclear weapons proliferation controls and eliminates
certain general license eligibility provisions for Iran.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Muldonian, Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AA62
_______________________________________________________________________
655. SIMPLIFICATION OF THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or
duplication, or streamline requirements.
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1995 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule restructures and reorganizes the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR), the regulatory regime through which
the Bureau of Export Administration imposes export and reexport
controls on those items and activities within its jurisdiction. The
rule clarifies the language of the EAR, simplifies their application,
and generally makes the export control regulatory regime more user-
friendly.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 02/10/94 59 FR 6528
ANPRM Comment Period End 03/28/94
NPRM 05/11/95 60 FR 25268
NPRM Comment Period End 07/10/95
Interim Final Rule 03/25/96 61 FR 12714
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Muldonian, Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AA67
_______________________________________________________________________
656. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CUBA DEMOCRACY ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (610 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Cuba Democracy Act required certain actions to tighten
the embargo on Cuba. This includes changes in general license
provisions for ship stores and new controls on medicines. These changes
will complement regulations already issued by the Department of the
Treasury.
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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AA77
_______________________________________________________________________
657. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES FROM THE U.S.
MUNITIONS LIST TO THE CCL
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The former COCOM Industrial List (IL) controls dual-use
items, which have both civil and military applications. At present,
there is not a direct correspondence between the IL and the Commerce
Control List (CCL) because some IL items are controlled by the State
Department under the United States Munitions List (USML). In his
November 15, 1990 memorandum disapproving H.R. 4653, former President
Bush determined that ``by June 1, 1991, the United States will remove
from the U.S. Munitions List all items contained on the COCOM dual-use
list unless significant U.S. national security interests would be
jeopardized.'' This rule will implement Commerce controls on those
items removed from the USML as a result of the President's 1990
decision. Remote sensing satellites are such an item, and this rule
specifically provides for their transfer from the USML to the CCL.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James A. Lewis, Director, Office of Strategic Trade and
Foreign Policy Control, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4196
Fax: 202 482-4094
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 0694-AB09
_______________________________________________________________________
658. CLARIFICATION OF ENHANCED PROLIFERATION CONTROL INITIATIVE (EPCI)
``CATCH-ALL'' PROVISION AND VALIDATED LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12924; Notice of August 14, 1995 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations to
clarify and make more effective provisions that require exporters and
others to submit individual validated license applications if they
``know'' or are ``informed'' of certain proliferation activities. These
changes are among those directed by the Trade Promotion Coordinating
Committee, a 19-member interagency group chaired by the Secretary of
Commerce. Specifically, this rule creates categories of items subject
to the EPCI licensing requirements.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AB10
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659. REVISION TO THE EAR; SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 TO PART 778
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 11912;
EO 12058; EO 12924; Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations list
of countries that are party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
and/or the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin
America (Treaty of Tlatelolco). In addition, this rule makes certain
editorial clarifications and corrections, and adds material
inadvertently omitted. This rule adds language in the exceptions
section to clarify that General License GLV does not authorize
commodities controlled for nuclear non-proliferation reasons; clarifies
that General License GFW does not authorize commodities controlled for
nuclear non-proliferation reasons; and clarifies that General License
GCT does not authorize commodities controlled for nuclear non-
proliferation reasons.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AB12
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660. REVISIONS TO THE EAR: ESTABLISHMENT OF A STANDARD SAVING CLAUSE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 40 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996, (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule establishes a standard saving clause (a grace
period after the date of imposition of controls within which shipments
that are en
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route to the point of export may be exported under the previously
applicable authorization) when an individual validated license
requirement is imposed on items and/or destinations that formerly were
eligible for a general license or special license procedure.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AB15
_______________________________________________________________________
661. COUNTRIES ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SUPERCOMPUTERS UNDER SPECIAL
LICENSING PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1995, (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will expand the list of countries eligible to
receive supercomputers under the special license procedures. This rule
will lessen the administrative burden on U.S. exporters.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB16
_______________________________________________________________________
662. REVISIONS TO LICENSING POLICY FOR NORTH KOREA
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996, (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule further implements the October 21, 1994, U.S.-North
Korea Agreed Framework. This is part of the initial steps the United
States is taking in response to North Korea's decisions to freeze its
nuclear program and facilities and cooperate with the United States and
IAEA to verify the freeze and ensure safe storage of spent nuclear
fuel.
This rule amends Commerce Department license policy on exports of
telecommunications items to support international gateways. Export
applications for such projects will be reviewed on a case-by-case
basis.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Nancy Crowe, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB19
_______________________________________________________________________
663. EDITORIAL CLARIFICATION AND CORRECTIONS TO THE EXPORT
ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS; REMOVAL OF ECCN 1C65
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 7419;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (60 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule makes the following revisions and clarifications to
the Export Administration Regulations: (1) Clarifies the licensing
requirements for equipment and material that can be used in the
production of biological agents by removing the reference to Export
Control Classification Number (ECCN) 1C65 (complex media); (2) Adds to
that which was inadvertently omitted on September 7, 1993 (58 FR
47049); and (3) Clarifies the missile technology and nuclear
nonproliferation controls applicable to ECCN 1E01.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB23
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664. PROLIFERATION ENTITY LIST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Department of Commerce maintains export controls to limit
the proliferation of chemical or biological weapons, nuclear weapons or
explosive devices, and missile systems. The Export Administration
Regulations (EAR) provide that the Bureau of Export Administration
(BXA) may inform exporters, individually or through amendment to the
EAR, that an individual validated license is required for exports or
reexports to certain entities because there exists an unacceptable risk
of use in or diversion to certain nuclear end-uses, missile end-uses,
or chemical or biological weapons end-uses. In addition, BXA may inform
U.S. persons that an individual validated license is required to export
or reexport, perform any contract, service, or employment, or otherwise
support such end-uses.
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Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB24
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665. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LOG EXPORTS BAN
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The rule will provide the Department of Commerce's
regulations implementing the ban on the export of unprocessed timber
originating from non-Federal public lands in 17 western states,
pursuant to the Forest Resource Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of
1990, as amended (FRCSRA). This rule defines the actions the Department
will take to implement the State log export ban.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 06/07/95 60 FR 30030
ANPRM Comment Period End 07/07/95
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: Bernard Kritzer, Manager, Short Supply Programs,
Chemical/Biological Control, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-0894
Fax: 202 482-0751
RIN: 0694-AB25
_______________________________________________________________________
666. REVISION TO THE EAR: ELAIN ACCEPTS CLASSIFICATION REQUEST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1995 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is currently on a
road to automating all of the services that fall under the ``license
determination'' umbrella. The services that fall under the umbrella of
``license determinations'' are: classification requests, jurisdiction
requests, EXODUS (Custom Department) requests, Export Enforcement
Certifications, and Advisory Opinions. The first step has been
successfully accomplished; ELAIN has been successfully modified to
accept classification requests. Any person or company that has already
acquired a Personal Identification Number (PIN) and has been authorized
by their company and the Department of Commerce to submit license
applications via ELAIN, may immediately start submitting classification
requests electronically.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharon Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB26
_______________________________________________________________________
667. LIBYA: EXPANSION OF FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7450(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will bring the licensing policy for Libya into
conformance with the licensing policy for Iran and Syria. This rule
will not increase the amount of Libyan reexport authorization requests
submitted to the Department of Commerce, but will increase the amount
of items falling under the general policies of denial and case-by-case
review.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharon Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AB28
_______________________________________________________________________
668. REVISION TO GENERAL LICENSE GCG (SHIPMENTS TO AGENCIES OF
COOPERATING GOVERNMENTS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1995 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 771
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is amending the
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by revising General License
GCG, which authorizes certain exports to agencies of cooperating
governments. These revisions will bring General License GCG, which was
originally intended to apply to exports of items controlled for
national security reasons, into line with subsequent statutes and
agreements dealing with proliferation and regional stability concerns.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
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Agency Contact: Hillary Hess, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2255
RIN: 0694-AB34
_______________________________________________________________________
669. CHANGES TO THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST TO ACCORD WITH THE WASSENAAR
ARRANGEMENT ON EXPORT CONTROLS FOR CONVENTIONAL ARMS AND DUAL-USE GOODS
AND TECHNOLOGIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The United States and 27 allied countries are implementing a
new regime to succeed the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral
Export Controls (COCOM) which dissolved on March 31, 1994. The new
organization, called the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for
Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, is expected to
implement controls in April 1996. New lists of goods to be controlled
have been agreed by the members, who will each have to amend their
existing national procedures to harmonize them with the Wassenaar
Arrangement. Commerce will need to make extensive changes in the
Commerce Control List when the Wassenaar Arrangement dual-use control
list becomes effective.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James A. Lewis, Director, Office of Strategic Trade and
Foreign Policy Controls, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4196
Fax: 202 482-4094
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 0694-AB35
_______________________________________________________________________
670. CHANGES TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE
GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION SHARING PROVISIONS OF THE WASSENAAR
ARRANGEMENT ON EXPORT CONTROLS FOR CONVENTIONAL ARMS AND DUAL-USE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The United States and 27 allied countries are implementing a
new regime to replace the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral
Export Controls (COCOM) which dissolved on March 31, 1994. The new
organization, called The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for
Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, is expected to
implement controls in April 1996. Procedural guidelines and provisions
for sharing information between members will have to be harmonized in
numbers' national regulations. Commerce will need to alter the Export
Administration Regulations to reflect the Wassenaar guidelines and
information sharing provisions agreed on by the members.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James A. Lewis, Director, Office of Strategic Trade and
Foreign Policy Controls, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4196
Fax: 202 482-4094
RIN: 0694-AB40
_______________________________________________________________________
671. CHANGE THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST TO REVISE CONTROLS ON
COMMUNICATION INTERCEPTING DEVICES (EXPORT COMMERCE CONTROL NUMBER ECCN
5A80D
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Individual validated licenses are required for the export of
all communication intercept devices to all destinations (including
Canada). The Export Administration Regulations specify that such
exports will only be issued to: (1) a provider of wire or electronic
communication service or an officer, agent or employee of or person
under contract with such a provider in the normal course of the
business of providing that wire or electronic communication service; or
(2) officers, agents, or employees of, or person under contract with
the United States, one of the 50 States, or a political subdivision
thereof, when engaged in the normal course of government activities.
Commerce will need to make changes to the Commerce Control List and the
Export Administration Regulations to clarify the requirements for
issuing export licenses.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James A. Lewis, Director, Office of Strategic Trade and
Foreign Policy Controls, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4196
Fax: 202 482-4094
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 0694-AB41
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672. CHANGE THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST TO REVISED CONTROLS ON SHOTGUNS
(EXPORT COMMERCE CONTROL NUMBER ECCN 0A84C)
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Shotgun licensing and policy requirements will be streamlined
to exempt Wassenaar Arrangement member countries. The policy will also
be streamlined to exclude certain other countries form licensing
requirements by either the type of shotgun or country importation
licensing procedures. These changes will reduce the number of license
applications by approximately 500 applications per year, and thereby
reduce the paperwork burden on U.S. industry.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James A. Lewis, Director, Office of Strategic Trade and
Foreign Policy Controls, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4196
Fax: 202 482-4094
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 0694-AB42
_______________________________________________________________________
673. EXPORT REGULATION FOR CERTAIN EXPORTS OF BUSINESS EQUIPMENT FOR
SUPPORT TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The President has authorized transactions intended to provide
support for the Cuban people including activities of recognized human
rights and nongovernmental organizations and individuals which promote
independent activity in Cuba. The new measures support the President's
announcement of October 1995 designed to increase support for the Cuban
people through a regulation that would permit U.S. persons to export
business related equipment to eligible Cuban entities and equipment for
the establishment of news bureaus. The action is consistent with the
Cuban Democracy Act of 1992. Individual license applications will be
processed consistent with Executive Order 12981 regarding export
licensing procedures and timeframes.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James A. Lewis, Director, Office of Strategic Trade and
Foreign Policy Controls, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4196
Fax: 202 482-4094
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 0694-AB43
_______________________________________________________________________
674. REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST: EXPORT OF MIXTURES
CONTAINING TRACE QUANTITIES OF PRECURSOR CHEMICALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will amend the Commerce Control List of the Export
Administration Regulations to implement a new ``trace chemical''
exemption under Export Control Classification Number 1C350. No license
is required for mixtures that contain no more than 10,000 parts by
weight per million, of a precursor or intermediate chemical listed in
ECCN 1C350. Such mixtures are controlled under ECCN 1C995. This will
eliminate license requirements for many common commercial products
while focusing controls on those mixtures that contain significant
quantities of precursor chemicals.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Nancy Crowe, Export Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB46
_______________________________________________________________________
675. LICENSING OF, AND EXPANSION OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND
FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS ON, RECOVERABLE ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will amend the Export Administration Regulations by
imposing enhanced national security and foreign policy controls on
certain recoverable encryption to supplement the national security
controls on those items. This rule will also amend the FAR to exclude
recoverable encryption software from the de minimis provisions for
exports from abroad of foreign-origin software incorporating U.S.-
origin software. In addition, this rule amends the Commerce Control
List by adding ECCNs to control recoverable encryption software
transferred from the U.S. Munitions List.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 11/00/96
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Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Nancy Crowe, Export Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB47
_______________________________________________________________________
676. INCORPORATION OF THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT INTO CATEGORY 2
OF THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST; EXPANSION OF LICENSE EXCEPTION CIV
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(e); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule revises the Export Administration Regulation (EAR)
by incorporating the Wassenaar Arrangement into the regulations, and by
expanding License Exception CIV eligibility to include: certain
numerically controlled machine tools; units specially designed for
machine tools; and certain spin forming and flow forming machines. The
incorporation of the Wassenaar Arrangement and the expansion of License
Exception CIV to include additional items will reduce paperwork and
licensing delays for exporters, and will focus controls on exports that
are of direct strategic concern.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB48
_______________________________________________________________________
677. CLARIFICATION OF LICENSE EXCEPTION GFT (HUMANITARIAN
DONATIONS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1710 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations by
clarifying the terms and conditions of applying to the shipment of
humanitarian donations under license exception GFT. This rule provides
guidance on the types of donors, end-users, and items that are eligible
for this license exception.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Export Administration
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB49
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Long-Term Actions
Bureau of Export Administration (BXA)
_______________________________________________________________________
678. CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS (ENFORCEMENT)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William H. Arvin
Phone: 202 482-1564
Fax: 202 482-4173
Email: [email protected]
RIN: 0694-AB39
_______________________________________________________________________
679. FURTHER EXPANSION OF GENERAL LICENSE GLX
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 18 USC 2510 et seq; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 6212; 10 USC
7429; 10 USC 7430(e); 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC
2139(a); 43 USC 1354; 50 USC ap 2401 et seq; 46 USC 466(c); EO 12924;
Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Additional items on the Wassenaar Arrangement Basic List will
be made general license GLX-eligible under this rule change. Final list
of these items TBD.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 00/00/00
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Nancy Crowe, Export Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
RIN: 0694-AB45
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Completed Actions
Bureau of Export Administration (BXA)
_______________________________________________________________________
680. COMPUTER REFORM OF EXPORT CONTROL; ESTABLISHMENT OF GENERAL LICENSE
G-CTP
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 01/25/96 61 FR 2099
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AB36
_______________________________________________________________________
681. BIOLOGICAL WARFARE EXPERTS GROUP MEETING: IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGES
TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATION; ECCNS, 1C991, 1C61B, 1B71E, AND
1C91F
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 08/08/96 61 FR 41326
Final Action Effective 08/08/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James Seevaratnam
Phone: 202 482-3343
Fax: 202 482-0751
RIN: 0694-AB37
_______________________________________________________________________
682. EXPANSION OF GENERAL LICENSE GFW; SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING
EQUIPMENT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 02/14/96 61 FR 5677
Final Action Effective 02/14/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jerald R. Beiter
Phone: 202 482-6105
RIN: 0694-AB38
_______________________________________________________________________
683. EXPORTS OF ALASKAN NORTH SLOPE CRUDE OIL; ESTABLISHMENT OF
GENERAL LICENSE AND LICENSE EXCEPTION ANS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: PL 105-58, 30 November 1995
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 754.2; 15 CFR 758.3; 15 CFR 762.2
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On May 31, 1996, BXA amended the short supply provisions of
the Export Administration Regulations (ERA) to modify restrictions on
the export of Alaskan North Slope (ANS) crude oil and establish License
Exception TAPS authorizing such exports with certain conditions. The
License Exception TAPS is based on: (1) Public Law 104-58, which allows
for the export of crude oil transported by pipeline over right-of-way
granted pursuant to section 203 of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Authorization Act (TAPS); (2) the President's April 28, 1996
determination that exports are in the national interest; and (3) the
President's direction to the Secretary of Commerce to issue a License
Exception with conditions for the export of TAPS crude oil.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/31/96 61 FR 27255
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Bernard Kritzer, Manager, Short Supply Programs,
Chemical/Biological Control, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export
Administration, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-0894
Fax: 202 482-0751
RIN: 0694-AB44
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Completed Actions
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
_______________________________________________________________________
684. FASTENER QUALITY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 280
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 09/26/96 61 FR 50538
Final Action Effective 11/25/96
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Belinda L. Collins
Phone: 301 975-4000
RIN: 0693-AA90
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Prerule Stage
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
_______________________________________________________________________
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
________________________________
685. PROPOSED RULE TO IMPLEMENT AMENDMENT 6 TO THE FISHERY
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ATLANTIC MACKEREL, SQUID, AND BUTTERFISH FISHERIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Amendment 6 would revise overfishing definitions for Loligo
and Illex squid and Butterfish and implement management measures that
would close the directed fisheries for Loligo and Illex squid and
Butterfish when 95 percent of the domestic annual harvest is taken (as
opposed to the current closure when 80 percent is taken), implement a
10 percent bycatch restriction per trip of the species for which the
fishery is closed and allow the Regional Director to impose seasonal
closures in the Illex Fishery.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 10/00/96
ANPRM Comment Period End 11/00/96
NPRM 11/00/96
Final Action 12/00/96
Final Action Effective 01/00/97
Small Entities Affected: None
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Andrew A. Rosenberg, Director, Northeast Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 518 281-9250
RIN: 0648-AJ06
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
_______________________________________________________________________
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
________________________________
686. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE QUEEN CONCH FISHERY OF PUERTO RICO
AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq, Magnuson Fishery Conservation &
Mgmt. Act
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory. Final, Statutory. Other, Statutory.
NPRM 15 days and final action 110 days after receipt from the fishery
management council.
Abstract: This new Fishery Management Plan for the Queen Conch Fishery
of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands will establish Federal
management measures to rebuild the overfished queen conch resource off
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Proposed measures include: (1)
requirement that Caribbean conch resources be landed in the shell; (2)
minimum commercial fishery size limit for queen conch; (3) recreational
fishery daily bag limit; (4) daily harvest limits for the commercial
fishery; (5) seasonal closure to protect spawning conch; and (6) gear
restrictions.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/00/96
NPRM Comment Period End 11/00/96
Final Action 12/00/96
Final Action Effective 01/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Andrew J. Kemmerer, Director, Southeast Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL
33702-2432
Phone: 813 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AD91
_______________________________________________________________________
687. SECRETARIAL AMENDMENT TO THE FMP FOR ATLANTIC SWORDFISH
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 630
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory. Final, Statutory. Other, Statutory.
NPRM 15 days and final action 110 days after beginning of review.
Abstract: FMP Amendment to reduce overfishing by placing a moratorium
on issuance of new permits and developing a limited entry system of
management.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/00/96
NPRM Comment Period End 11/00/96
Final Action 12/00/96
Final Action Effective 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Richard H. Schaefer, Director, Office of Fisheries
Conservation and Management, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2334
RIN: 0648-AE09
_______________________________________________________________________
688. AMENDMENT 10 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE ATLANTIC SURF
CLAM AND OCEAN QUAHOG FISHERIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 652
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory.
NPRM 15 days from date amendment review begins and council is sent copy
for comments.
Abstract: This amendment would manage the fishery for mahogany clams
(ocean quahogs) off a portion of the coast of Maine, in the EEZ.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/97
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Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Dr. Andrew A. Rosenberg, Director, Northeast Region,
NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 508 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AF41
_______________________________________________________________________
689. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO IMPLEMENT TRAWL MESH RESTRICTIONS FOR THE
BSAI TRAWL FISHERIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory amendment specifies minimum trawl mesh size
to reduce bycatch of undersized fish and reduce waste in the Alaska
groundfish fisheries.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/96
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/96
Final Action 02/00/97
Final Action Effective 03/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Steven Pennoyer, Director, Alaska Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228
RIN: 0648-AF57
_______________________________________________________________________
690. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR TILEFISH
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: Not yet determined
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory. Final, Statutory. Other, Statutory.
NPRM 15 days and final action 110 days after receipt from a regional
fishery management council.
Abstract: This FMP would manage tilefish (Lopholatilus
chamaeleonticeps) in the EEZ along the Atlantic Coast north of the
Virginia/North Carolina border to rebuild the stock.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Dr. Andrew A. Rosenberg, Director, Northeast Region,
NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 508 281-9300
RIN: 0648-AF87
_______________________________________________________________________
691. AMENDMENT 1 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ATLANTIC BILLFISH
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 644
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory. Final, Statutory. Other, Statutory.
NPRM 15 days and final action 110 days after beginning of review.
Abstract: This amendment will define overfishing for Atlantic billfish,
clarify the plan objectives and the definition of optimum yield, and
implement regulatory changes to reduce fishing mortality.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 03/00/97
Final Action 05/00/97
Final Action Effective 06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Richard H. Schaefer, Director, Office of Fisheries
Conservation and Management, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-7334
RIN: 0648-AF88
_______________________________________________________________________
692. AMENDMENT 8 TO THE PACIFIC COAST GROUNDFISH FMP TO IMPLEMENT
INDIVIDUAL QUOTAS FOR THE FIXED-GEAR SABLEFISH FISHERY (OR REGULATORY
AMENDMENT FOR NONTRAWL TRIP LIMITS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory. Final, Statutory.
NPRM 15 days and final action 110 days after receipt from the Pacific
Fishery Management Council.
Abstract: If legislation permits, regulations would implement Amendment
8 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP to establish an individual quota
system for sablefish caught with fixed gear off Washington, Oregon, and
California. Alternatively a regulatory amendment may implement trip
limits in the nontrawl sablefish fishery.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 09/00/97
Final Action 02/00/98
Final Action Effective 03/00/98
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: William Stelle, Director, Northwest Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle,
WA 98115-0070
Phone: 206 526-6150
RIN: 0648-AF90
_______________________________________________________________________
693. AMENDMENT 8 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR COASTAL MIGRATORY
PELAGIC RESOURCES OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC (FMP)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory. Final, Statutory.
NPRM 15 days and final action 110 days from receipt from a Regional
Fishery Management Council.
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Abstract: Amendment 8 would: Establish a 5-year moratorium on issuing
new commercial permit for the king mackerel fishery (Gulf of Mexico and
South Atlantic exclusive economic zone); revise the FMP framework
rulemaking procedure to change overfishing and optimum yield
definitions, the type of measures that can be modified, and other
changes; specify allowable gear for Atlantic group king and Spanish
mackerel and other FMP-managed species and restrict incidental catches
by non-conforming gear to applicable bag limits; extend the northern
limit of the cobia management area to the New York/Connecticut
boundary; change the eligibility and transfer requirements for
commercial mackerel fishery permits; establish commercial fishery trip
limits for Atlantic group king mackerel; and give the South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council authority to recommend annual management
measures for Gulf group king mackerel in the November-March fishery off
Florida's east coast.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/00/96
NPRM Comment Period End 11/00/96
Final Action 01/00/97
Final Action Effective 02/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Andrew J. Kemmerer, Director, Southeast Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL
33702-2432
Phone: 813 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AG25
_______________________________________________________________________
694. AMENDMENT 8 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SNAPPER-GROUPER
FISHERY OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory. Final, Statutory. Other, Statutory.
NPRM 15 days and final action 110 days from receipt from a Regional
Fishery Management Council.
Abstract: Amendment 8 would: Establish a minimum size limit of 15
inches (tail length), a bag limit, and a commercial trip limit for red
porgy; establish similar measures for vermillion snapper; increase the
minimum size limit for black sea bass and establish a zone where the
use of sea bass pots would be prohibited within 30 miles of shore from
approximately Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina to Cape Roman, South
Carolina; and change the minimum size limit and bag limit for greater
amberjack. Other possible measures include: changing the overfishing
definition; establishing a transit zone for possession of fish traps in
the Key West, Florida area, and clarifying the acceptable use of bottom
longlines in the south Atlantic.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 03/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 04/00/97
Final Action 06/00/97
Final Action Effective 07/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Andrew J. Kemmerer, Director, Southeast Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL
33702-2432
Phone: 813 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AG27
_______________________________________________________________________
695. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO ESTABLISH A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR AT-
SEA SCALES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Regulatory amendment to establish requirements for testing
and certifying scales used by processor vessels to comply with
requirements to weigh catch at sea.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 02/20/96 61 FR 6337
ANPRM Comment Period End 03/21/96
NPRM 01/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/97
Final Action 04/00/97
Final Action Effective 05/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Steven Pennoyer, Director, Alaska Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228
RIN: 0648-AG32
_______________________________________________________________________
696. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR DOMESTIC FISHERIES--STANDARD DEFINITIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would standardize definitions for: vessels-for-
hire engaged in recreational fishing (VHERF), charter boat, headboat;
and marine recreational and commercial fishing and fishermen.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/97
Final Action 03/00/97
Final Action Effective 04/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Richard H. Schaefer, Chief, Staff Office for
Intergovernmental, and Recreational Fisheries Affairs, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2334 Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
Phone: 301 713-2339
RIN: 0648-AG46
_______________________________________________________________________
697. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS ON FISHING BLACK
ROCKFISH OFF OREGON
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
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CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory action would impose trip limits and time/area
closures on black rockfish fishing off the coast of Oregon in order to
preserve declining stocks of black rockfish. Restrictions on harvest
and areas fished would adversely affect fishermen in the short term,
but these measures are designed to protect black rockfish and encourage
the rebuilding of stocks in the long term. These measures will be
developed by the State of Oregon and complement measures in state
waters.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 04/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 05/00/97
Final Action 07/00/97
Final Action Effective 08/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: William Stelle, Director, Northwest Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle,
WA 98115-0070
Phone: 206 526-6150
RIN: 0648-AG81
_______________________________________________________________________
698. REGULATORY AMENDMENT FOR MANAGING PELAGIC FISHERIES BY U.S. VESSELS
BEYOND EEZ THROUGHOUT PACIFIC
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulatory amendment would extend permit, reporting, and
observer placement requirements on longline vessels of the U.S. that
are fishing stocks in the management unit for the Fishery Management
Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region beyond the
exclusive economic zone in the Pacific Ocean. The rule is necessary for
comprehensive monitoring of all vessels fishing common stocks and
possibly affecting the status of the shared stocks, other fishery
interests, or protected resources so that the need for conservation and
management measures can be determined.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 03/00/97
Final Action 05/00/97
Final Action Effective 06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Hilda Diaz-Soltero, Director, Southwest Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90804-
4213
Phone: 310 980-4001
RIN: 0648-AG85
_______________________________________________________________________
699. AMENDMENT 3 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE REEF FISH
FISHERY OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory. Final, Statutory.
NPRM 15 days and final action 110 days from receipt from a Region al
Fishery Management Council.
Abstract: Amendment 3 would: Revise the overfishing definition for red
hind to ensure better conservation of this highly utilized resource and
restrict the use of gillnets in the exclusive economic zone of the
Caribbean.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 02/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 03/00/97
Final Action 05/00/97
Final Action Effective 06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Andrew J. Kemmerer, Director, Southeast Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL
33702-2432
Phone: 813 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AG87
_______________________________________________________________________
700. AMENDMENT 1 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR CORALS AND REEF-
ASSOCIATED PLANTS AND INVERTEBRATES FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Amendment 1 would establish marine conservation districts to
conserve representative reef areas and fishery habitat in the exclusive
economic zone of the Caribbean.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End 03/00/97
Final Action 05/00/97
Final Action Effective 06/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Andrew J. Kemmerer, Director, Southeast Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL
33702-2432
Phone: 813 570-5301
RIN: 0648-AG88
_______________________________________________________________________
701. REGULATORY AMENDMENT ALLOWING YEAR-ROUND INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTA
FISHING IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AREA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: To alter season opening date for sablefish in the Aleutian
Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish
fishery to relieve restrictions on a small number of vessels that
traditionally fish in that area.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/00/96
NPRM Comment Period End 11/00/96
Final Action 12/00/96
Final Action Effective 01/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
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Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Steven Pennoyer, Director, Alaska Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228
RIN: 0648-AG97
_______________________________________________________________________
702. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO INCREASE INDIVIDUAL FISHERY QUOTA LIMITS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Increase personal/vessel use limits to relieve potentially
unnecessary restrictions on halibut and sablefish fixed gear Individual
Fishing Quota use.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/00/96
NPRM Comment Period End 11/00/96
Final Action 12/00/96
Final Action Effective 01/00/97
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Steven Pennoyer, Director, Alaska Region, NMFS,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
Phone: 907 586-7228
RIN: 0648-AH02
_______________________________________________________________________
703. AMENDMENT 9 TO THE SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP, AND BLACK SEA BASS
FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 637; 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, November 15, 1994.
Abstract: The draft FMP has objectives to reduce fishing mortality to
assure that overfishing does not occur, protect immature black sea bass
to increase spawning stock biomass, and improve yield in the fisheries.
Management measures contained in the draft FMP are designed to reduce
exploitation rates in the fishery from the current amount of 41 percent
to 14 percent by year 8 of the FMP. Measures include: (1) Minimum fish
sizes and commercial gear regulations during the first two years of
implementation, (2) a moratorium on entry to the commercial fishery,
(3) permit requirements for commercial, party and charter boats and
dealers; (4) operator permit requirements for commercial, party and
charter boats; and (5) reporting requirements for commercial vessels,
party and charter boats, and dealers.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/21/96 61 FR 43217
NPRM Comment Period End 10/07/96
Final Action 11/00/96
Small Entities Affected: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Dr. Andrew A. Rosenberg, Director, Northeast Region,
NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 518 281-9250
RIN: 0648-AH06
_______________________________________________________________________