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  • Conditional Permanent Resident Regulations for Alien Entrepreneurs, Spouses, and Children

    59 FR 1317 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 59 › Proposed Rules › 59 FR 1317

    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 605(b), the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service certifies that this rule will not, if promulgated, have a significant adverse economic impact on a … During this time, the alien shall continue to be a lawful conditional permanent resident with all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities provided to persons possessing such status.

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  • Sale of Personal Property

    67 FR 47494 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 67 › Proposed Rules › 67 FR 47494

    State or local government means a State, territory, possession, political subdivision thereof, or tax-supported agency therein. Responsibilities § 102-38.40 Who may sell personal property? … (s) of property or for categories determined by the Administrator of General Services for a designated period but not in excess of three months; (g) Selling the property competitively would have an adverse

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  • Testing of Certain High Production Volume Chemicals; Third Group of Chemicals

    75 FR 8575 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 75 › Proposed Rules › 75 FR 8575

    The potential for adverse economic impact is expected to be higher for these chemical substances. … • The total number of small entities that experience the adverse economic impact.

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  • Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants; Supplemental Proposed Rule

    71 FR 61330 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 71 › Proposed Rules › 71 FR 61330

    “Commencement of construction” was defined as any clearing of land, excavation or other substantial action that would adversely affect the natural environment of a site and construction of nonnuclear … high-level radioactive waste at a geologic repository operations area under parts 60 or 63 of this chapter, and for a license under part 72 of this chapter to acquire, receive or possess spent fuel for

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  • Public Unit and Nonmember Shares

    84 FR 25018 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 84 › Proposed Rules › 84 FR 25018

    ). 2 Id. 3 Id. 4 12 CFR 745.1(c) refers to “the United States, any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Panama Canal Zone, any territory or possession … the Board is aware that some small FCUs, particularly low-income credit unions that rely on large volumes of nonmember shares as a necessary source of funding or newly chartered credit unions, may be adversely

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  • Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the Endangered June Sucker to Threatened With a Section 4(d) Rule

    84 FR 65080 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 84 › Proposed Rules › 84 FR 65080

    Possession of June sucker is prohibited in the State of Utah and it cannot be harvested (Utah Regulation 657-14-8). … (iii) Possession and other acts with unlawfully taken specimens, as set forth at § 17.21(d)(1).

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  • Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List Seven Indo-Pacific Species of Pomacentrid Reef Fish as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act

    79 FR 52276 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 79 › Proposed Rules › 79 FR 52276

    Pacific possessions this species occurs in American Samoa and the Marianas archipelago (Allen, 1991). … Pacific possessions and we therefore have no information in our files regarding estimated global population size.

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  • Licensing, Financial Responsibility Requirements, and General Duties for Ocean Transportation Intermediaries

    83 FR 64502 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 83 › Proposed Rules › 83 FR 64502

    branch office; and establishing an expedited hearing process for license denials, revocations, and suspensions, while continuing to provide applicants and licensees due process and the ability to appeal adverse … (a) Qualification necessary for issuance. (1) The Commission will issue a license if it determines, as a result of its investigation, that the applicant possesses the necessary experience and character

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  • Migratory Bird Hunting; Supplemental Proposals for Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations for the 2004-05 Hunting Season; Notice of Meetings

    69 FR 32418 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 69 › Proposed Rules › 69 FR 32418

    The possession limit in all alternatives would be twice the daily bag limit. … The possession limit in all alternatives would be twice the daily bag limit.

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  • Freedom of Information Act Regulations

    77 FR 42673 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 77 › Proposed Rules › 77 FR 42673

    The following definitions apply to this part: Appeal means a requester's written disagreement with an adverse determination under the FOIA. … (a) CIGIE prohibits employees from releasing or disclosing confidential or otherwise non-public information that CIGIE possesses, except as authorized by this regulation or by the CIGIE Chairperson, when

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  • Private Security Contractors (PSCs) Operating in Contingency Operations, Humanitarian or Peace Operations, or Other Military Operations or Exercises

    86 FR 28042 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 86 › Proposed Rules › 86 FR 28042

    It has been determined that 32 CFR part 159 does not have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in a material way the economy; a section of the economy; productivity … (v) Requirements for the PSC to cooperate with any investigation conducted by the DoD, including by providing access to its employees and relevant information in its possession regarding the matter(s)

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  • Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Amendment to the Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan

    85 FR 81168 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 85 › Proposed Rules › 85 FR 81168

    Therefore, the removal of the CHSRA is expected to have no adverse, and slightly beneficial, economic impacts on any of the small businesses that operate the 88 pelagic longline fishing vessels. … The proposed rule is expected to have an adverse impact on 101 reported multiple mainline sets deployed in the MAB by reducing the length of active gear by 4 nm per mainline set (because these mainline

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  • Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Proposed Exclusion

    74 FR 32838 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 74 › Proposed Rules › 74 FR 32838

    This rule, if promulgated, will not have an adverse economic impact on small entities since its effect would be to reduce the overall costs of EPA's hazardous waste regulations and would be limited to … This rule, if promulgated, will not have an adverse economic impact on small entities since its effect would be to reduce the overall costs of EPA's hazardous waste regulations and would be limited to

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  • Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Opportunity for Comment

    74 FR 16815 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 74 › Proposed Rules › 74 FR 16815

    In determining which records are responsive to a FOIA request, the Foundation will include only records in its possession as of the date the search begins. (g) Publications excluded . … A decision affirming an adverse determination in whole or in part will contain a statement of the reason(s) for the affirmance, including any FOIA exemption(s) applied, and will inform you of the FOIA

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  • Antiboycott Penalty Guidelines

    71 FR 37517 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 71 › Proposed Rules › 71 FR 37517

    Given the scope and detailed nature of the antiboycott provisions, OAC will consider whether a party is an experienced participant in the international business arena who may possess (or ought to possess … An otherwise appropriate denial or exclusion order will be suspended on the basis of adverse economic consequences only if it is found that future violations of the antiboycott provisions are unlikely

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  • Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

    79 FR 27557 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 79 › Proposed Rules › 79 FR 27557

    NMFS prohibits directed fishing for forage fish and prohibits retaining or possessing prohibited species, except as provided under the Prohibited Species Donation Program. … Description of Significant Alternatives that Minimize Adverse Impacts on Small Entities The two aspects of this proposed rule that directly regulate small entities are the requirement to report grenadier

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  • Regulations Implementing the Freedom of Information Act

    72 FR 49238 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 72 › Proposed Rules › 72 FR 49238

    In determining which records are responsive to a request, MCC ordinarily will include only records in its possession as of the date it begins its search for records. … The requester has the right to appeal to the FOIA Appeals Officer any adverse determination.

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  • Criminal Jurisdiction Over Civilians Employed By or Accompanying the Armed Forces Outside the United States, Certain Service Members, and Former Service Members

    69 FR 4890 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 69 › Proposed Rules › 69 FR 4890

    While the U.S. possessed disciplinary jurisdiction over such actions, and was able, therefore, to exercise concurrent jurisdiction under a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) in places around the world, … or threatened to affect adversely the readiness, morale, discipline or health of the Armed Forces or its members.

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  • Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Barrens Darter

    90 FR 28701 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 90 › Proposed Rules › 90 FR 28701

    modify critical habitat or result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat proposed to be designated for such species. … , hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct) within the United States, within the territorial sea of the United States, or on the high seas; (3) possess

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  • Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (20-1.B)

    85 FR 2676 · Federal · Regulations

    Federal Register › Vol. 85 › Proposed Rules › 85 FR 2676

    In the absence of a rule, Order or consent agreement under TSCA section 4 covering the chemical substance, persons are required only to submit information in their possession or control and to describe … Therefore, the potential economic impacts of complying with this proposed SNUR are not expected to be significant or adversely impact a substantial number of small entities.

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