Federal Register November 2, 2001 (Volume 66)

Agencies Publishing on November 2, 2001

Agriculture Department (2)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (7)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Defense Department (9)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (17)
Environmental Protection Agency (9)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (7)
Federal Reserve System (1)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (32)
Homeland Security Department (3)
Housing and Urban Development Department (3)
Interior Department (4)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (4)
Labor Department (1)
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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (1)
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National Science Foundation (2)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (9)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Postal Service (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (8)
Treasury Department (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS Definitions and Standards of Identity or Composition: Elimination of the Pizza Standard The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the Federal meat inspection regulations to remove the standards of identity for "pizza with meat" and "pizza with sausage." The Agency has determined that these standards may be inhi...	Proposed Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) will hold a public meeting on November 14-15, 2001, to review and discuss two issues: (1) Retail Store Exemption-FSIS Current Thinking, and (2) Modernizing Standards of Identity...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the New Mexico Advisory Committee New Mexico	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From France: Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is extending the time limit for the final results of the review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from France. This review covers the period January 4, 1999 through June 30, 2000.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From The Netherlands Notice of amended final determination of sales at less than fair value.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Extension of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan Notice of extension of final results of antidumping duty administrative review.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 204-Tri-Cities Area (TN/VA); Application for Expansion Tennessee and Virginia	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Availability of Seats for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS or Sanctuary) is seeking applicants for the following four seats on its Sanctuary Advisory Council (Council): Conservation, Tourism, Education, and Diving. Applicants are chosen based upon their parti...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Black Sea Bass Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for Quarter 4 Period NMFS announces that the black sea bass commercial quota available in the quarter 4 period to the coastal states from Maine through North Carolina has been harvested. Commercial vessels may not land black sea bass in these states north of 35 deg.15.3'...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries off the West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Trip Limit Adjustments; Correction This document corrects a section heading in the trip limit adjustments for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery published on October 5, 2001.	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions This action adds to the Procurement List a commodity and a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed additions and deletions The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete a commodity and a service previously furnished b...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
CFTC, SEC Customer Margin Rules Relating to Security Futures; Applicability of CFTC and SEC Customer Protection, Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Bankruptcy Rules and the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 to Accounts Holding Security Futures Products The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") (collectively, the "Commissions") are extending the comment periods for the customer margin rules relating to security futures contained in proposed Rele...	Proposed Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for a new collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This is a proposed collection of information not prev...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Record of Decision for Transfer and Reuse of the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Bethpage, NY The Department of the Navy announces its decision to transfer the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, at Bethpage, New York, to Nassau County, New York.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Defense Department > COE Availability of the Draft Detailed Project Report and Environmental Impact Statement (DPR/EIS), Marlinton Local Protection Project, Marlinton, Pocahontas County, WV In accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District has prepared a Draft Detailed Project Report and Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in response to s...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Va Shly'ay Akimel Salt River Restoration Project, Maricopa County, AZ The Los Angeles District intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to support the proposed study for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the City of Mesa. The Va Shly'ay Akimel study area is located in the upper Sonoran...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for the Missouri River Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Project Located on the Missouri River From Sioux City, IA to the Mouth Near St. Louis, MO in the States of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri The purpose of the DSEIS is to identify and evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with the reauthorized Missouri River Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Project and to provide this information in the form of a Draft Supplemental Environm...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Critical Care Platform Litters In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application No. 09/961,405 entitled "Critical Care Platform for Litters" and filed September 25, 2001. Foreign rights are also available (PCT/US01/...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Defense Department > USA Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive License of a U.S. Government-Owned Patent; Correction The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command published a document in the Federal Register of October 18, 2001, concerning intent to grant an exclusive license of a U.S. Government-owned patent. Inadvertently, the incorrect information was prov...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Defense Department > USA Availability of U.S. Patent Application for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404 announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the following U.S. Patent application for non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive licensing. The patent application listed below h...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Defense Department > USA Availability of U.S. Patents for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing In accordance with 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1) and 35 U.S.C. 209 announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the following U.S. Patents for non-exclusive, exclusive or partially exclusive licensing. All of the patents listed below have been assi...	Notice	Nov 02, 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 02, 2001

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Transfer of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Aquenergy Systems, Inc.; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation Aquenergy Systems, Inc.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Copper Eagle Gas Storage, L. L. C.; Notice of Petition Copper Eagle Gas Storage, L.L.C.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application Dominion Transmission, Inc.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Duke Power, a Division of Duke Energy Corporation, Nantahala Area; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation Duke Power	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Enterprise Mill, LLC; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation Enterprise Mill, LLC	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC City of Hamilton, OH; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation Hamilton, OH	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Northeast Generation Company; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation Northeast Generation Co.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC PacifiCorp; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation PacifiCorp	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC PacifiCorp; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation PacifiCorp	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Sea Robin Pipeline Company; Notice of Informal Settlement Conference Sea Robin Pipeline Co.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Amendment Texas Eastern Transmission, LP	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Woronoco Hydro LLC; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation Woronoco Hydro LLC	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Public Service Company of New Mexico, et al., Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Public Service Co. of New Mexico et al.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Notice of Stakeholder Involvement Opportunity: Stakeholder Forum on Alternative Technologies to Incineration The Department of Energy (DOE) seeks to improve stakeholder involvement in its efforts to develop and evaluate alternative technologies to incineration for treatment of mixed transuranic and mixed low level waste. To encourage broad, diverse stakehol...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Regulations Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice Off-the-record communications	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Protection of Stratospheric Ozone-Recordkeeping and Periodic Reporting of the Production Import, Export, Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories: Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards On June 29, 1999, we issued the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories: Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards (64 FR 34854). On November 22, 1999 (64 FR 63779), we proposed minor amendments to...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities This action finalizes amendments to the emissions standards for sterilization facilities by eliminating maximum achievable control technology (MACT) requirements for chamber exhaust vents. This action reduces safety problems associated with the exist...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Control of Emissions from Nonroad Large Spark Ignition Engines and Recreational Engines (Marine and Land-based); Correction The Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register of October 5, 2001 a document concerning new emission standards for large spark-ignition engines, recreational vehicles using spark-ignition engines, and recreational marine diesel...	Proposed Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on December 3, 2001, and ending December 4, 2001. This notice announces the location and ti...	Notice	Nov 02, 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 02, 2001

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Methoxyfenozide; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of methoxyfenozide in or on field corn grain, stover and oil, aspirated grain fractions and soybean forage, hay, oil, and seed. This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emerge...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Cliff/Dow Dump, Marquette, MI In accordance with section 122(i) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Continuation of Sudan Emergency Sudan; state of emergency (Notice of October 31, 2001)	Presidential Document	Nov 02, 2001

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Veterans Day, 2001 Veterans Day (Proc. No. 7491)	Presidential Document	Nov 02, 2001

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Petition for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the P...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Wireless E911 Service, Petition of City of Richardson, TX This document responds to a petition for clarification and/or declaratory ruling by amending the Commission's rules to clarify what constitutes a valid Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) request for Enhanced 911 (E911) service so as to trigger a wi...	Proposed Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Mount Pleasant and Hemlock, MI This document reallots Channel 233C1 from Mount Pleasant, Michigan to Hemlock, Michigan, and modifies the license for Station WCEN-FM to specify operation on Channel 233C1 at Hemlock, Michigan, in response to a petition filed by Wilks Broadcasting LL...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Junction City and Marquand, MO Bishop Community Radio, Inc. proposed the allotment of Channel 295A at Junction City, Missouri. See 16 FCC Rcd 3527 (2001). No comments were received supporting an allotment at Junction City. In response to a counterproposal filed by Dockins Communic...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Barnwell, SC, Pembroke, Douglas and Willacoochee, GA At the request of the Bullie Broadcasting Corporation, this document substitutes Channel 257C1 for Channel 256C3 at Barnwell, South Carolina, reallots Channel 257C1 to Pembroke, Georgia, and modifies the license of Station WBAW to specify operation o...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Various Locations The Commission, on its own motion, editorially amends the Table of FM Allotments to specify the actual classes of channels allotted to various communities. The changes in channel classifications have been authorized in response to applications filed...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Federal Reserve System

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 02, 2001

General Services Administration

Federal Management Regulation:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Annual Real Property Inventories The General Services Administration (GSA) is revising the Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) by moving coverage on the annual real property inventories into the Federal Management Regulation (FMR). A cross-reference is added to the FPMR t...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Current List of Laboratories Which Meet Minimum Standards To Engage in Urine Drug Testing for Federal Agencies The Department of Health and Human Services notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet standards of subpart C of Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (59 FR 29916, 29925). A similar notice li...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Notice of Intent To Issue a Notice of Funding Availability for Cooperative Agreements for Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Sites and an ATTC National Office This notice is to inform the public of SAMHSA/CSAT's intention to issue a Notice of Funding Availability in late October or early November, to announce the availability of FY 2002 funds for cooperative agreements to support 7 ATTC sites to cover 7 AT...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Discretionary Announcement of the Availability of Funds and Request for Applications for Select Service Areas of Early Head Start; Correction This document contains a correction to the Notice that was published in the Federal Register on September 20, 2001. On page 48475, Appendix A, Part II, in the State of Missouri, in the County of St. Charles, in the FY 2002 funding level column, delet...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Human drugs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Prescription Drug Products; Doxycycline and Penicillin G Procaine Administration for Inhalational Anthrax (Post-Exposure) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is clarifying that the currently approved indications for doxycycline and penicillin G procaine drug products include use in cases of inhalational exposure to Bacillus anthracis (the bacterium that causes anthra...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Schering Corp. et al.; Withdrawal of Approval of 51 New Drug Applications and 25 Abbreviated New Drug Applications; Correction The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of August 16, 2001 (66 FR 43017). The document announced the withdrawal of approval of 51 new drug applications (NDAs) and 25 abbreviated new drug app...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Announcement of the Calendar Year 2002 Conversion Factor for the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and a Pro Rata Reduction on Transitional Pass-Through Payments This final rule announces the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system conversion factor for calendar year (CY) 2002. In addition, it describes the Secretary's estimate of the total amount of transitional pass-through payments for CY 2...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program-Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Services: Criteria for Establishing Additional Pass-Through Categories for Medical Devices This interim final rule with comment period sets forth the criteria the Secretary will use to establish new categories of medical devices eligible for transitional pass-through payments under Medicare's hospital outpatient prospective payment system.	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute; Notice of Meeting National Cancer Institute	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute; Notice of Meeting National Cancer Institute	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Closed Meeting National Center for Research Resources	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of General Medical Sciences	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Mental Health	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Drug Abuse	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Closed Meeting National Library of Medicine	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Scientific Review Center	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Scientific Review Center	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting Scientific Review Center	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Office of Budget, Technology and Finance, Office of Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management; Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority Budget, Technology, and Finance Office	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Plan to Create an Open and Responsive Federal Agency This notice announces our efforts to enhance our openness and responsiveness to all of our constituencies including Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and other individuals involved in their care, physicians, nurses, other health care providers, adv...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > NCS Request for Information on Telecommunications Emergency Alerting Capabilities The National Communications System (NCS) is seeking information on potential emergency notification capabilities; before, during, and after an emergency; via: (1) The Public Telephone System. Notified telephone numbers might be all lines in a geograp...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Pollution:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Pollution Prevention for Oceangoing Ships and Certain Vessels in Domestic Service The Coast Guard amends regulations for pollution prevention from ships to align domestic requirements with international maritime pollution standards. This rule changes regulations concerning: oily- water separators, operational discharges of oil, da...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Security Zone; Verrazano Narrows Bridge, New York The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary emergency security zone around the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, New York that will restrict vessel traffic in a portion of The Narrows, between Staten Island and Brooklyn, NY. This action is necessary to ensur...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Revision of Cost Limits for Native American Housing The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Announcement of Funding Awards-Fiscal Year 2001, Office of Troubled Agency Recovery Cooperative Agreements In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department from funds distributed to the Office of Troubled Agency R...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Interior Department

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Availability of Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, Contra Costa County, California The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces that a Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (CCP/EA) for Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) is available for review and comment. This CCP/EA, prepared pursuant to...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Marine Mammals; Finding on Petition To List the Alaska Stock of Sea Otters as Depleted On August 21, 2001, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) received a petition under section 115 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) from the Center for Biological Diversity. The petition requests that FWS list the Alaska stock of sea otters...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > OSM Louisiana Regulatory Program The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Louisiana regulatory program (Louisiana program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Loui...	Proposed Rule	Nov 02, 2001
Interior Department > OSM Mississippi Regulatory Program The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Mississippi regulatory program (Mississippi program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act)....	Proposed Rule	Nov 02, 2001

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain Pasta From Italy and Turkey Italy and Turkey	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
International Trade Commission Clad Steel Plate From Japan Japan	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request. Notice of information collection under review: request for premium processing service.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review: application for removal.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review: Canadian border boat landing permit.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement and Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Friedland, Robert	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > DOL Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Commission Meeting The Commission will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, November 15, 2001, and Friday, November 16, 2001, at the Ronald Reagan Building, International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting is tentatively sched...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

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National Science Foundation

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request clearance of this collection. In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing opportunity for public comment on...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure; Notice of Meeting Cyberinfrastructure Advisory Committee	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Management Company, LLC; Duane Arnold Energy Center Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to a Proposed License Amendment To Increase the Maximum Rated Thermal Power Level Duane Arnold Energy Center	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Joint Meeting of the Subcommittees on Human Factors and Safety Research Program; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting of the Subcommittee on Reactor Fuels Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards and Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste Joint Subcommittee Meeting; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee et al.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Radioactive wastes, high-level; disposal in geologic repositories:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, NV The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing licensing criteria for disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes in the proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. As mandated by law, this final rule changes t...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Future Licensing and Inspection Readiness Assessment The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing, for information, the availability of SECY-01-0188, "Future Licensing and Inspection Readiness Assessment," dated October 12, 2001. This document presents the staff's assessment of its readiness t...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Rulemaking petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission National Mining Association; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received and requests public comment on a petition for rulemaking filed by the National Mining Association (NMA). The petition, docketed on September 11, 2001, has been assigned Docket No. PRM-170-5. The petition...	Proposed Rule	Nov 02, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Three Mile Island Alert; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received and requests public comment on a petition for rulemaking filed by the Three Mile Island Alert. The petition has been docketed by the NRC and has been assigned Docket No. PRM-73-11. The petitioner i...	Proposed Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent storage; licensing requirements:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Westinghouse MC-10 Termination; Confirmation of Effective Date The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of November 5, 2001, for the direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of August 21, 2001 (66 FR 43761). This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulations revis...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Personnel Management Office

Absence and leave:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Absence and Leave; Use of Restored Annual Leave The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim regulations to aid agencies and employees responding to the "National Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks" on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The regulations provide that emp...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Postal Service

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Implementation of the Contract With America Advancement Act The Postal Service is amending the rules implementing the Equal Access to Justice Act in Postal Service proceedings to reflect the statutory increase in the amount of the hourly fees payable.	Rule	Nov 02, 2001
Postal Service Sunshine Act Meeting Notification of items added to meeting agenda and change in dates and times of meeting.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Books and Records Requirements for Brokers and Dealers Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 The Securities and Exchange Commission today is adopting amendments to its broker-dealer books and records rules. The amendments clarify and expand recordkeeping requirements with respect to purchase and sale documents, customer records, associated p...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 by the American Stock Exchange LLC, Relating to Listing Additional Funds of iShares, Inc. Based on Foreign Stock Indexes American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated Relating to Permanent Approval of the Pilot Program To Eliminate Position and Exercise Limits for OEX, SPX, and DJX Index Options and Flex Options on These Indexes Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self Regulatory Organizations; Government Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Placement of Highly Leveraged Members on Surveillance Status Government Securities Clearing Corp.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Amending the Exchange's Floor Conduct and Safety Guidelines and Exchange Rule 35 To Allow Specialists' Trading Assistants To Assist Specialist in Capturing Trades and Quotes During Active Market Conditions New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

African Growth and Opportunity Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Determinations Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act The United States Trade Representative has determined that Uganda has adopted an effective visa system and related procedures to prevent unlawful transshipment and the use of counterfeit documents in connection with shipments of textile and apparel a...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulator actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of change o...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Information Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved information collection.	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Overland Aviation Services Fire Extinguishing System Bottle Cartridges This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Overland Aviation Services (OAS) fire extinguishing system bottle cartridges that were distributed during a certain time period and are installed on aircraft. This AD re...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Marine carriers and related activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Denial of Vessel Transfer to Foreign Registry Upon Revocation of Fishery Endorsement The Maritime Administration (MARAD, we, our, or us) is amending regulation to state that approvals will not be granted for the transfer of a Fishing Vessel, Fish Processing Vessel, or Fish Tender Vessel to a foreign registry or operation under author...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Renewal of Fuel Tank Exemptions for Vehicles Manufactured by the Ford Motor Company The FMCSA is announcing its intent to renew exemptions granted in response to applications from the Ford Motor Company (Ford), from certain fuel tank design and certification labeling requirements in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCS...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems NHTSA has been mandated by Congress to consider whether to prescribe clearer and simpler labels and instructions for child restraints. This notice reviews research NHTSA has conducted on child restraint labels and proposes changes to those labels and...	Proposed Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties; Redelegation to the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) redelegates to the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs the authority previously delegated by the President to the Secretary to carry out the duties and powers granted under section 10...	Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Pollution:

No documents available.

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No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Financial Management Service; Proposed Collection of Information: CMIA Annual Report and Direct Cost Claim The Financial Management Service, 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 a continuing information collection. By this no...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001
Treasury Department > BPD Proposed Collection: Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, 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 collection...	Notice	Nov 02, 2001

Veterans Affairs Department

Disabilities rating schedule:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Ankylosis and Limitation of Motion of Digits of the Hands This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Schedule for Rating Disabilities by revising the evaluation criteria for ankylosis and limitation of motion of the fingers and thumb. This change is necessary to ensure that vete...	Proposed Rule	Nov 02, 2001

Federal Register November 2, 2001

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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

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Trade Representative, Office of United States