Federal Register November 1, 2001 (Volume 66)

Agencies Publishing on November 1, 2001

Agriculture Department (6)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (6)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (2)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (4)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (5)
Environmental Protection Agency (15)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Health and Human Services Department (2)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (9)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (1)
Labor Department (4)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
Postal Service (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (8)
Transportation Department (14)
Treasury Department (2)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Financing for Household Water Well Systems The Water and Environmental Program within the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) seeks written comments on the need for a program which is specifically tailored to financing household wells, both new wells and well repairs.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act; Title VIII implementation (subsistence priority):

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS, Interior Department > FWS Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart D; Emergency Closures and Adjustments-Yukon River Drainage This provides notice of the Federal Subsistence Board's in- season management actions to protect chinook and chum salmon escapement in the Yukon River drainage. These regulatory adjustments and the closures provide an exception to the Subsistence Man...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Electric loans:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Mergers and Consolidations of Electric Borrowers The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is proposing to amend regulations to provide the Administrator with loan processing prioritization authority for recently merged companies. This change will allow the Administrator to grant or decline priority or gra...	Proposed Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS States Approved To Receive Stallions and Mares From CEM-Affected Regions; Rhode Island We are amending the animal importation regulations by adding Rhode Island to the list of States approved to receive certain stallions and mares imported into the United States from regions affected with contagious equine metritis (CEM). We are taking...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Oriental Fruit Fly; Designation of Quarantined Area We are amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by quarantining a portion of San Diego County, CA, and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from the quarantined area. This action is necessary on an emergency basis to prevent t...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Mexican Hass Avocado Import Program We are amending the regulations governing the importation of fruits and vegetables to increase the number of States in which fresh avocado fruit grown in approved orchards in approved municipalities in Michoacan, Mexico, may be distributed. We are al...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Civil Rights Commission

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Sunshine Act Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Northeast Region Raised Footrope Whiting Trawl Exemption Requests and Notifications The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Pasta from Italy and Turkey: Extension of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews Italy and Turkey	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Taiwan: Extension of Final Determination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is extending the time limit for the final determination of the review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Taiwan. This review covers the period June 8, 1999 through June 30, 2000.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Alaska Commercial Operator’s Annual Report; Correction This document contains corrections to the final rule for the Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) that was published in the Federal Register on August 20, 2001.	Rule	Nov 01, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Yellowfin Sole by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area NMFS is closing directed fishing for yellowfin sole by vessels using trawl gear in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 (Zone 1) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2001 bycatch allowa...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Arab Republic of Egypt Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Russia Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting a limit.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Security futures products:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Listing Standards and Conditions for Trading Security Futures Products The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission") is promulgating rules 41.21 through 41.25 under the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA").\1\ These rules relate to new statutory provisions enacted by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Settlement agreements:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Honeywell Consumer Products, Inc. (Formerly Known as Duracraft Corp.) Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20. Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlem...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Defense Department

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Anticompetitive Teaming DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to add policy addressing exclusive teaming arrangements. The proposed amendments specify that certain exclusive teaming arrangements may evidence violations of th...	Proposed Rule	Nov 01, 2001
Defense Department Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Acquisition of Commercial Items DoD has issued a final rule amending Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) policy pertaining to the acquisition of commercial items. The rule updates the lists of clauses included in contracts for commercial items to implement sta...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001
Defense Department Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Overseas Use of the Purchase Card in Contingency, Humanitarian, or Peacekeeping Operations DoD has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to permit contracting officers supporting an overseas contingency, humanitarian, or peacekeeping operation to use the Governmentwide commercial purchas...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001
Defense Department Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments DoD is making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to update activity names and addresses, reference numbers, and terminology.	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Energy Department

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Standardizing Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) seeks comments on a standard generator interconnection agreement and procedures that would be applicable to all public utilities that own, operate or control transmission facilities under the Fede...	Proposed Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Interim Management of Nuclear Materials On December 12, 1995, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Record of Decision (ROD) and Notice of Preferred Alternatives, 60 FR 65300 (December 19, 1995), for the final environmental impact statement, Interim Management of Nuclear Materials (...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee This notice announces an open meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee under the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Los Alamos; Meeting This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Los Alamos. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in th...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > BPA Notice of Revised Schedule Regarding Issues Arising Under Bonneville Power Administration's New Large Single Load Policy Review This notice announces a change in the schedule for the policy review of certain issues relating to BPA's existing policy on New Large Single Loads (NLSL). Three issues were identified in the initial Federal Register notice (published June 25, 2001) a...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Full Approval of Operating Permit Program; Allegheny County; PA EPA proposes to approve a partial operating permit program for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. This program will allow the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD), located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to issue federally enforceable operatin...	Proposed Rule	Nov 01, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Full Approval of Partial Operating Permit Program; Allegheny County; Pennsylvania EPA is taking direct final action fully approving a partial operating permit program under title V of the Clean Air Act (the Act). This program will allow the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD), located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for Calendar Year 2002; and Extension of the De Minimis Exemption for Essential Laboratory and Analytical Uses through Calendar Year 2005 With this action, EPA is proposing to allocate essential-use allowances for import and production of class I stratospheric ozone depleting substances (ODSs) for calendar year 2002. Essential use allowances permit a person to obtain controlled ODSs as...	Proposed Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Nitrogen Oxides Budget Trading Program EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the District of Columbia for the purpose of establishing a nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) allowance trading program for large electric generating and industrial units...	Proposed Rule	Nov 01, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Nitrogen Oxides Budget Trading Program EPA is taking direct final action on a revision to the District of Columbia (the District) State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision was submitted in response to EPA's regulation entitled, "Finding of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking for...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Determination of Attainment for PM10 Nonattainment Areas; Montana and Colorado EPA is finalizing determinations of attainment for the particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 10 microns (PM<INF>10</INF>) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for the Whitefish, Montana, Thompson Fa...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Montana; State Implementation Plans; Correction The EPA published in the Federal Register on June 12, 2001 and June 18, 2001 several documents that, among other things, approved updates to Montana's State Implementation Plan (SIP). In the June 12, 2001, rule, which approved the State's Emergency E...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; OR EPA is proposing to approve most but not all of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Oregon. This rulemaking proposes to approve most provisions of the Oregon Visibility State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted Aug...	Proposed Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Air quality implementations plans; approval and promulgation:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan; Oregon EPA is taking direct final action approving most but not all of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Oregon. This rulemaking evaluates the provisions of the Oregon Visibility SIP submitted August 26, 1993, smoke man...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Hawaii: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Hawaii has applied for final authorization of its hazardous waste management program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reviewed Hawaii's application and has reached a final determin...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notification of Meeting and Public Comment Period; Open Meetings National Environmental Justice Advisory Council	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Products; Registration Applications This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Oxadixyl; Cancellation Order This notice announces a cancellation order that was signed September 27, 2001, ordering cancellations as requested by Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., and Gustafson LLC for registrations of pesticide products containing 2-methoxy-N-(2-oxo-1,3-oxazolid...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission SES Performance Review Board Members Notice is hereby given of the names of the members of the SES Performance Review Board of EEOC .	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Auction No. 43 Multi-Radio Service Auction Scheduled for January 10, 2002; Notice and Filing Requirements, Minimum Opening Bids, Upfront Payments and Other Procedural Issues This document announces the procedures and minimum opening bids for the upcoming auction of licenses in the Phase II 220 MHz Service, 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio ("SMR") Service General Category Frequencies, and Location and Monitoring Service (...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Federal Reserve System

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Agency Information Collection Activities: Discontinuance Discontinuance	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collections; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies and Five-Year Review of and Adjustments to the Relative Value Units Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2002 This final rule with comment period makes several changes affecting Medicare Part B payment. The changes affect: refinement of resource-based practice expense relative value units (RVUs); services and supplies incident to a physician's professional s...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Homeland Security Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Number 2115-0636 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Coast Guard intends to seek the approval of OMB for the renewal of one Information Collection Request (ICR). The ICR concerns the survey of "customers" of the International Ice Patrol run by...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Inland navigation rules:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Certification of Navigation Lights for Uninspected Commercial Vessels and Recreational Vessels The Coast Guard is requiring domestic manufacturers of vessels to install only certified navigation lights on all newly manufactured uninspected commercial vessels and recreational vessels. This rule aligns the requirements for these lights with thos...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Housing Choice Voucher Program: Notice of Funding Availability for Reallocated Baseline Units and Annual Budget Authority and for Reallocated Baseline Welfare to Work Units and Annual Budget Authority This notice announces HUD procedures for reallocating baseline units and annual budget authority in the housing choice voucher program. The notice outlines public housing agency (PHA) eligibility criteria to apply for reallocated units and budget aut...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered Species Permit Applications The following applicants have applied for a scientific research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act; Title VIII implementation (subsistence priority):

No documents available.

Classification of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Recreation and Public Purposes, Classification; Utah The following public land in Kane County, Utah has been examined and found suitable for classification for lease under the provisions of the R&PP Act of 1954, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.):	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Invitation to Participate in Coal Exploratioin License Application Members of the public are hereby invited to participate with Spring Creek Coal Company in a program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America in the following- described lands located in Big Horn County, Montana, enco...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Invitation To Participate; Exploration for Coal in New Mexico Members of the public are hereby invited to participate with San Juan Coal Company on a pro rata cost sharing basis, in a program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Land Exchange With the Pueblo of San Felipe; Albuquerque Field Office, NM The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Albuquerque Field Office has completed the FEIS for the land exchange with the Pueblo of San Felipe. This FEIS documents the BLM's analysis of three alternative courses of action for exchanging public lands admini...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Interior Department > FWS Record of Decision on Sea Lamprey Control Program in Lake Champlain Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issues this Record of Decision (ROD) upon consideration of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the sea lamprey contro...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Notification of Approved Off Road Vehicle and Area of Critical Environmental Concern Designations, Southern Washoe County Urban Interface Plan Amendment, Nevada The Southern Washoe County Urban Interface Plan Amendment amends a portion of the Lahontan Resource Management Plan (RMP). The purpose is to provide for improved management of public lands in the Reno and Sparks metropolitan area. The amendment ident...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

No documents available.

Resource management plans, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan for Public Lands and Resources in Garfield, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne Counties, UT This document provides notice that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to prepare an RMP and associated EIS for the Richfield Field Office. This planning activity encompasses approximately 2.2 million acres of public land in the above named c...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Utah The Bureau of Land Management, has filed an application to extend Public Land Order No. 6132 for a 20-year period. This order withdrew public land from location or entry under the mining laws to protect the Escalante Administrative Site.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Meetings; Sunshine Act Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe From Japan Japan	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review: Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Respirator Program Records The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Labor Department > MSHA Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Rock Burst Control Plan The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Labor Department > DOL Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Intertek Testing Services, NA, Inc., Application for Expansion of Recognition This notice announces the application of Intertek Testing Services, NA, Inc., for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7, and presents the Agency's preliminary finding. This preliminary finding...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council (NAC); Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces an open meeting of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC).	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

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National Science Foundation

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Extend a Current Information Collection The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request approval of this collection. In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), we are providing an opportunity for...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Postal Service

Postage meters:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Authorization To Manufacture and Distribute Postage Meters This final rule clarifies and strengthens requirements for manufacturers/distributors of postage meters to destroy meters at the end of their useful life.	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public utility holding company filings	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Notice of Applications for Deregistration Under Section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On September 18, 2001, applicant made a liquidating distribution to its shareholders based on net asset value. Applicant incurred no expenses in connection with the li...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Citizens Funds, et al; Notice of Application Notice of application for an order under section (c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Arrangements To Integrate Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Emerging Markets Clearing Corp.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Government Securities Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Accelerated Approval of A Proposed Rule Change Relating to Arrangements to Integrate Government Securities Clearing Corporation and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Government Securities Clearing Corp.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; MBS Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating To Arrangements To Integrate MBS Clearing Corporation and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation MBS Clearing Corp.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc., as Amended, and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment Nos. 4 and 5 Concerning the Establishment of the Archipelago Exchange as the Equities Trading Facility of PCX Equities, Inc. Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. To Amend Phlx By-Law Article XII, Section 12-4 and Article XV, Sections 15-1 and 15-2 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Aviation Insurance Incremental Premium Reimbursement The Air Transportation System Safety and Stabilization Act of September 22, 2001 authorized the FAA to reimburse qualifying air carriers for the difference in insurance premiums paid as a result of increases resulting from the premium increases exper...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Transportation Department > FTA Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of the curr...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Collision Avoidance Systems This document proposes to use airplane weight and performance characteristics to require a collision avoidance system on airplanes operating under part 121, 125, or 129. The current traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) rules for parts...	Proposed Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-600, -700, and -800 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Boeing Model 737-600, -700, and -800 series airplanes, that currently requires an inspection of the power distribution panels (PDP) to verify proper installation of...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -300, -400, and -500 Series Airplanes; and Model 747, 757, 767, and 777 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes; and certain Boeing Model 747, 757, 767, and 777 series airplanes; that requires replacing the rudder pe...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney PW2000 Series Turbofan Engines The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD), that is applicable to Pratt & Whitney (PW) PW2000 series turbofan engines. That AD currently requires revisions to the engine manufacturer's tim...	Proposed Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA, Interior Department > NPS Environmental Impact Statement; Loudon, Fairfax, Fauquier, and Prince William Counties, VA The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared, in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS), for potential transportation improvements in the vicinity of the Manassas National Batt...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Inland navigation rules:

No documents available.

Motor vehicle defect proceedings; petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Denial of a Petition for a Defect Investigation, DP01-001 This notice sets forth the reasons for the denial of a petition submitted to NHTSA under 49 U.S.C. 30162, requesting that the agency investigate an alleged safety-related defect in certain Ford Escort and Mercury Tracer vehicles. The petition is here...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001
Transportation Department > NHTSA Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition This notice sets forth the reasons for the denial of a petition submitted to NHTSA under 49 U.S.C. 30162 by William A. Schroeder, requesting that the agency commence a proceeding to determine the existence of a defect related to motor vehicle safety...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA John Chevedden; Denial of Petition for Rulemaking Chevedden, John; petition denied	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Procedural regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Procedures for Compensation of Air Carriers Correction	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Transfer of federally assisted land or facility:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Transfer of Federally Assisted Land or Facility Section 5334(g) of the Federal Transit Laws, as codified, 49 U.S.C. 5301, et seq., permits the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to authorize a recipient of FTA funds to transfer land or a facility to a public body for any pub...	Notice	Nov 01, 2001

Treasury Department

Community bank-focused regulation review; lending limits pilot program

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC Community Bank-Focused Regulation Review: Lending Limits Pilot Program The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently published a final rule amending part 32, the regulation governing the percentage of capital and surplus that a national bank may loan to any one borrower. Inadvertently, six cross-reference...	Rule	Nov 01, 2001

Lending and investment:

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Treasury Department > OTS Lending and Investment The Office of Thrift Supervision ("OTS") proposes to revise and clarify its lending and investment regulations to give savings associations greater flexibility in a changing marketplace. Today's proposed regulatory amendments are intended to help thr...	Proposed Rule	Nov 01, 2001

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