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Vol. 62, No. 178

Monday, September 15, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

9 CFR Part 77

[Docket No. 97–041–2]

Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State

Designation

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as

final rule.

SUMMARY: We are adopting as a final

rule, without change, an interim rule

that amended the tuberculosis

regulations concerning the interstate

movement of cattle and bison by raising

the designation of Virginia from a

modified accredited State to an

accredited-free State. We have

determined that Virginia meets the

criteria for designation as an accreditedfree State.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The interim rule was

effective on June 27, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Mitchell A. Essey, Senior Staff

Veterinarian, National Animal Health

Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road

Unit 36, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231,

(301) 734–7727; or e-mail:

messey@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In an interim rule effective and

published in the Federal Register on

June 27, 1997 (62 FR 34612–34613,

Docket No. 97–041–1), we amended the

tuberculosis regulations in 9 CFR part

77 by removing Virginia from the list of

modified accredited States in § 77.1 and

adding it to the list of accredited-free

States in that section.

Comments on the interim rule were

required to be received on or before

August 26, 1997. We did not receive any

comments. The facts presented in the

interim rule still provide a basis for the

rule.

This action also affirms the

information contained in the interim

rule concerning Executive Order 12866

and the Regulatory Flexibility Act,

Executive Orders 12372 and 12988, and

the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Further, for this action, the Office of

Management and Budget has waived the

review process required by Executive

Order 12866.

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 77

Animal diseases, Bison, Cattle,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Transportation,

Tuberculosis.

PART 77—TUBERCULOSIS

Accordingly, we are adopting as a

final rule, without change, the interim

rule that amended 9 CFR part 77 and

that was published at 62 FR 34612–

34613 on June 27, 1997.

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111, 114, 114a, 115–

117, 120, 121, 134b, and 134f; 7 CFR 2.22,

2.80, and 371.2(d).

Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of

September 1997.

Terry L. Medley,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 97–24390 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 19

RIN 3150–AF66

Employees; Minor Amendment

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is amending its

regulations to refer to the August 1997

NRC Form 3, ‘‘Notice to Employees’’ or

the latest version of this form provided

by the Commission. This action is

necessary because the version

referenced in the Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) has been updated.

This action also eliminates the need to

update the Commission’s regulations

every time the form is changed.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The final rule is

effective on September 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Haisfield, Office of Nuclear

Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001, telephone 301–415–

6196, e-mail MFH@NRC.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The purpose of this amendment to 10

CFR Part 19 is to promulgate a change

to incorporate a reference to the latest

NRC Form 3. NRC regulations in

§ 19.11, ‘‘Posting of notices to workers,’’

specify that licensees post the January

1996 revision of NRC Form 3, ‘‘Notice

to Employees.’’ A new version of the

form was issued in August 1997 to

inform industry workers that the

responsibility for investigating

discrimination complaints within the

Department of Labor has been

transferred from the Wage and Hour

Division to the Occupational Health and

Safety Administration. Additionally,

NRC Form 3 has been revised to

indicate that the Paducah Gaseous

Diffusion Plant located in Kentucky is

under the purview of Region III and to

show a new NRC address for Region II.

Because licensees and applicants are

required to prominently post the current

version of NRC Form 3, § 19.11 is being

updated to specify the use of the August

1997 version of NRC Form 3. To

eliminate the need to revise the CFR

whenever NRC Form 3 is changed,

§ 19.11 is also being revised to specify

the use of later versions of NRC Form

3 that supersede the August 1997

version within 30 days of receiving the

revised NRC Form 3 from the

Commission. The NRC will inform

licensees of future changes to NRC Form

3 by an administrative letter and, in

addition, the availability of any new

versions will be noticed in the Federal

Register.

Because this is an amendment dealing

with agency organization, practice, and

procedure, the notice and comment

provisions of the Administrative

Procedure Act do not apply pursuant to

5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A). The amendment is

effective upon publication in the

Federal Register. Good cause exists to

dispense with the usual 30-day delay in

the effective date because the
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1 A foreign bank’s U.S. branches and agencies

and an Edge or agreement corporation’s offices will

not be required to adopt a single account structure.

The Board has proposed amendments to Regulation

D to allow such institutions with offices in multiple

Federal Reserve Districts to choose whether to

adopt a single-account structure or retain multiple

accounts as they do currently [62 FR 42708, August

8, 1997].

amendment is of a minor and

administrative nature dealing with an

update to the CFR to reference the latest

version of NRC Form 3.

Compatibility of Agreement State

Regulations

Under ‘‘Policy Statement on

Adequacy and Compatibility of

Agreement States,’’ approved by the

Commission on June 30, 1997, § 19.11 is

listed as compatibility category ‘‘C.’’

Under compatibility category C, the

essential objectives should be adopted

by the State to avoid conflicts,

duplications or gaps with NRC

regulations. The manner in which the

essential objectives are addressed may

be different than that used by the NRC.

Environmental Impact: Categorical

Exclusion

The Commission has determined that

this final rule is the type of action

described in categorical exclusion 10

CFR 51.22(c)(1). Therefore, neither an

environmental impact statement nor an

environmental assessment has been

prepared for this final rule.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

This final rule does not contain a new

or amended information collection

requirement subject to the Paper

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.). Existing requirements were

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget, approval 3150–0044.

Public Protection Notification

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor,

and a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

Regulatory Analysis

A regulatory analysis has not been

prepared for this final rule because this

rule is considered minor and not a

substantial amendment; it has no

economic impact on NRC licensees or

the public.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act

In accordance with the Small

Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act of 1996, the NRC has

determined that this action is not a

major rule and has verified this

determination with the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget.

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 19

Criminal penalties, Environmental

protection, Nuclear materials, Nuclear

power plants and reactors, Occupational

safety and health, Radiation protection,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Sex discrimination.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble and under the authority of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended;

the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974,

as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553;

the NRC is adopting the following

amendment to 10 CFR Part 19.

PART 19—NOTICES, INSTRUCTIONS

AND REPORTS TO WORKERS:

INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATIONS

1. The authority citation for Part 19

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Secs. 53, 63, 81, 103, 104, 161,

186, 68 Stat. 930, 933, 935, 936, 937, 948,

955, as amended, sec. 234, 83 Stat. 444, as

amended, sec. 1701, 106 Stat. 2951, 2952,

2953 (42 U.S.C 2073, 2093, 2111, 2133, 2134,

2201, 2236, 2282 2297f); sec. 201, 88 Stat.

1242, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5841); Pub. L.

95–601, sec. 10, 92 Stat. 2951 (42 U.S.C.

5851).

2. In § 19.11, paragraphs (c)(1) and

(c)(2) are revised to read as follows:

§ 19.11 Posting of notices to workers.

* * * * *

(c)(1) Each licensee and each

applicant for a specific license shall

prominently post NRC Form 3, ‘‘Notice

to Employees,’’ dated August 1997.

Later versions of NRC Form 3 that

supersede the August 1997 version shall

replace the previously posted version

within 30 days of receiving the revised

NRC Form 3 from the Commission.

(c)(2) Additional copies of NRC Form

3 may be obtained by writing to the

Regional Administrator of the

appropriate U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission Regional Office listed in

Appendix D to Part 20 of this chapter or

by calling the NRC Information and

Records Management Branch at 301–

415–7232.

* * * * *

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day

of August, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

L. Joseph Callan,

Executive Director for Operations.

[FR Doc. 97–24381 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

12 CFR Part 210

[Regulation J; Docket No. R–0972]

Collection of Checks and Other Items

by Federal Reserve Banks and Funds

Transfers Through Fedwire

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: Effective January 2, 1998, the

Reserve Banks will begin to implement

a policy under which each depository

institution may maintain only a single

funds account with the Federal Reserve.

A single account will establish a single

debtor-creditor relationship between

each institution and a Federal Reserve

Bank and will make account

management more efficient for banks

with interstate branches. The Board is

adopting amendments to subpart A of

Regulation J to conform the Federal

Reserve check collection rules to the

single account structure.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Oliver Ireland, Associate General

Counsel, (202/452–3625), Stephanie

Martin, Senior Attorney (202/452–

3198), or Heatherun Allison, Attorney

(202/452–3565), Legal Division. For the

hearing impaired only, contact Diane

Jenkins, Telecommunications Device for

the Deaf (TDD) (202/452–3544), Board

of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, 20th and C Streets, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Overview

The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking

and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994

(Pub. L. 103–328) made significant

changes to various banking laws to

authorize and facilitate interstate

banking. Consequently, the number of

depository institutions that operate

branches in more than one Federal

Reserve District is expected to increase.

On January 2, 1998, the Federal Reserve

Banks will begin to implement a new

account structure that will provide a

single Federal Reserve account for each

institution. 1 A primary objective of the

single account structure is to establish a

single debtor-creditor relationship