Federal Register November 15, 2001 (Volume 66)

Agencies Publishing on November 15, 2001

Agriculture Department (1)
Broadcasting Board of Governors (1)
Commerce Department (13)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Corporation for National and Community Service (1)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (12)
Environmental Protection Agency (17)
Executive Office of the President (11)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (4)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
Health and Human Services Department (5)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Housing and Urban Development Department (3)
Interior Department (13)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (10)
Labor Department (1)
Merit Systems Protection Board (1)
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National Council on Disability (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (2)
Postal Service (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (5)
Treasury Department (4)

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Information Collection; Forest Product Removal Permits and Contracts In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension of an information collection associated with forest product removal permits and contract...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Broadcasting Board of Governors

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Broadcasting Board of Governors Performance Review Board Members This Notice is issued to announce the membership of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Performance Review Board.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Export Trade Certificate of Review The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs ("OETCA"), International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and requests...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China; Final Results of 1999-2000 Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of Review, and Determination Not To Revoke Order in Part We have determined that sales of tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, from the People's Republic of China, were made below normal value during the period June 1, 1999, through May 31, 2000. Based on our review of commen...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Administrative Review The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the final results of the seventh administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain helical spring lock washers from the People's Republic of China. The period of review is Octobe...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Germany: Notice of Court Decision and Suspension of Liquidation On October 19, 2001, the Court of International Trade (the Court) affirmed the redetermination made by the Department of Commerce (the Department) pursuant to the Court's remand of the final determination of sales at less than fair value of stainless...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from Japan: Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review Notice of extension of time limit for final results of administrative review.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On July 10, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from the Republic of Korea (66...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Mexico; Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Time Limits The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limits for the final results of the 1999-2000 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Mexico. This review covers one manufa...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From the Netherlands: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review In a response to a request by petitioners (Bethlehem Steel Corporation, LTV Steel Company, Inc., National Steel Corporation, and United States Steel LLC, collectively "petitioners") that the Department of Commerce (the Department) revoke the antidump...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Advisory Panels NMFS solicits nominations for the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) advisory panel (AP) and the Billfish AP. The purpose of the AP's will be to assist NMFS in the collection and evaluation of information relevant to modification or amendment of the fish...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna NMFS adjusts the October-December subquota for the General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery by transferring 40 metric tons (mt) from the Longline South subcategory quota, 50 mt from the Angling category (25 mt from the school size class N...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Commercial Quota Transfer NMFS announces that the Commonwealth of Virginia has transferred a total of 100,000 lb (45,372 kg) of commercial bluefish quota to the State of New York for 2001. NMFS has adjusted the quotas and announces the revised commercial quotas for Virginia a...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Closure NMFS closes the commercial fishery for king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the northern Florida west coast subzone. This closure is necessary to protect the Gulf king mackerel resource.	Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Quotas and Fishing Areas; Trade Monitoring NMFS proposes to amend regulations governing the Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) fisheries to implement recommendations adopted at the 2000 meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Specifically,...	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 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 Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Federative Republic of Brazil Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Technology Advisory Committee; First Renewal Technology Advisory Committee	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Corporation for National and Community Service

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the "Corporation") has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paper Reduction...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Transactions Other Than Contracts, Grants, or Cooperative Agreements for Prototype Projects Representatives of the military departments, defense agencies and other DoD activities, have agreed on a final rule that amends the interim rule as a result of comments received and incorporates clarification enacted in fiscal year 2001 that limits C...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE Availability Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Greers Ferry Lake Shoreline Management Plan, Arkansas Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (as amended), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Little Rock District, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed implementa...	Notice	Nov 15, 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 15, 2001

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Establishing Procedures for Relicensing, and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Arcata Energica S.A.; Notice of Amendment to Application for Commission Determination of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status Arcata Energica S.A.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Cementos Norte Pacasmayo Energia S.A.; Notice of Amendment to Application for Commission Determination of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status Cementos Norte Pascamayo Energia S.A.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization Dominion Transmission, Inc.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Roseburg Forest Products Company; Notice of Filing Roseburg Forest Products Co.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Hydro Licensing Status Workshop Hydro licensing status workshop	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meeting be announced in the...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Rocky Flats This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Rocky Flats. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meeting be announced in the Fe...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Order Providing Guidance The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is providing guidance to the electric industry with respect to its goals for the next phase of regional transmission organization (RTO) implementation. The action is needed to clarify the Commissi...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of the 610 Nonessential Products Ban This final rulemaking amends the current regulations that implement the statutory ban on nonessential products that release Class I ozone-depleting substances under section 610 of the Clean Air Act, as amended. This final rule does not affect the use...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Partial Removal of Direct Final Rule Revising the California State Implementation Plan, Bay Area Air Quality Management District On September 12, 2001 (65 FR 47392), EPA published a direct final approval of a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) which pertained to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Rule 8-51, Adhesive and Sealant Produc...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision; Interim Final Determination That State Has Corrected the Deficiencies On September 12, 2001 in the Federal Register, EPA published a direct final rulemaking fully approving revisions to the California State Implementation Plan. The revisions concern Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Rule 8-51, Adhesive...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; VOC RACT Determination for the Thomas Manufacturing Corporation Inc. in the Baltimore Ozone Nontattainmant Area EPA is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the State of Maryland's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revision was submitted by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to establish and require reasonably available control t...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; VOC RACT Determinations for the Thomas Manufacturing Corporation in the Baltimore Ozone Nonattainment Area EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland for the purpose of establishing and requiring reasonably available control technology (RACT) for the Thomas Manufacturing Corporation, a major sou...	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Missouri EPA is announcing it is approving the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the state of Missouri which provides for the attainment and maintenance of the sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) i...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Missouri EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the state of Missouri which provides for the attainment and maintenance of the sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) in St. Jose...	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan Revision for Montana; Revisions to the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program EPA proposes to approve the State implementation the State implementation plan (SIP) revisions regarding the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program, as submitted by the Governor of Montana with a letter dated April 30, 2001. On November 1...	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan for Montana; Revisions to the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program EPA approves the State implementation plan (SIP) revisions regarding the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program, as submitted by the Governor of Montana with a letter dated April 30, 2001. On November 17, 2000, the Montana Board of Enviro...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting There will be a 1-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) to review a set of issues being considered by the Agency pertaining to the applica...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Diazinon; Products Cancellation Order This notice announces EPA's cancellation order for the product and use cancellations as requested by companies (hereafter collectively referred to as the "EUP Registrants") that hold the registrations of pesticide End-Use Products (EUPs) containing t...	Notice	Nov 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Recent Posting of Agency Regulatory Interpretations Pertaining to Applicability and Monitoring for Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants to the Applicability Determination Index (ADI) Database System In accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)), and the Clean Air Act provisions for judicial review (42 U.S.C. 7607(b)), this notice announces interpretations of applicability and alternative monitoring decisions that have bee...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Preparation of Third U.S. Climate Action Report In June 1992, the United States signed, and later ratified in October, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Pursuant to the national communication reporting requirements under Articles 4.2 and 12 of the Convention and t...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of Public Comment Extension for Federal Register Notices This notice announces the extension availability of the public comment period of the Federal Register notice 66 FR 47673-47674 published on 9/13/2001 and Federal Register notice 66 FR 52403-52404 published on 10/15/2001. These TMDLs were completed in...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Water pollution; discharge of pollutants (NPDES):

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Final NPDES General Permit for Discharges From the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category to Coastal Waters in Texas (TXG330000) EPA Region 6 today issues a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit regulating discharges from oil and gas wells in the Coastal Subcategory in Texas and regulating produced water discharges from wells in the Striper and...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Determinations Under Section 1106(a) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988People's Republic of China China; trade relations (Memorandum of November 9, 2001)	Presidential Document	Nov 15, 2001
Executive Office of the President Determinations Under Section 1106(a) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988Separate Customs Taiwan; trade relations (Memorandum of November 9, 2001)	Presidential Document	Nov 15, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism, Presidential Task Force on; establishment (EO 13234)	Presidential Document	Nov 15, 2001

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Month, 2001 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Month (Proc. 7495)	Presidential Document	Nov 15, 2001
Executive Office of the President National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2001 National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Proc. 7496)	Presidential Document	Nov 15, 2001
Executive Office of the President National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, 2001 National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month (Proc. 7497)	Presidential Document	Nov 15, 2001
Executive Office of the President National American Indian Heritage Month, 2001 National American Indian Heritage Month (Proc. 7500)	Presidential Document	Nov 15, 2001
Executive Office of the President National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week, 2001 National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week (Proc. 7494)	Presidential Document	Nov 15, 2001
Executive Office of the President National Family Caregivers Month, 2001 National Family Caregiver Month (Proc. 7498)	Presidential Document	Nov 15, 2001
Executive Office of the President National Farm-City Week, 2001 National Farm-City Week (Proc. 7501)	Presidential Document	Nov 15, 2001
Executive Office of the President World Freedom Day, 2001 World Freedom Day (Proc. 7499)	Presidential Document	Nov 15, 2001

Federal Communications Commission

Frequency allocations and radio treaty matters:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Flexibility for Delivery of Communications by Mobile Satellite Service Providers in the 2 GHz Band, the L-Band, and the 1.6/2.4 GHz Band In this document, the Commission gives notice that it extended the period for reply comment in the proceeding that it initiated to explore proposals to bring flexibility to the delivery of communications by Mobile Satellite Service ("MSS") providers....	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreement(s) Filed Agreements filed, etc.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Revocation of License No. 012234 AAA Nordstar Line Inc.; Notice of Show Cause Proceeding AAA Nordstar Line, Inc.; revocation	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants AE Eagle America Inc. et al.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocations Davies, Turner Co., et al.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Federal Trade Commission

Prohibited trade practices:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Esrim Ve Sheva Holding Corp., et al.; Analysis to Aid Public Comment The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the compl...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Health and Human Services Department

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 15, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Medical devices:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Medical Devices; Reclassification of Three Anesthesiology Preamendments Class III Devices into Class II The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reclassifying three anesthesiology preamendments devices from class III (premarket approval) into class II (special controls). FDA is also identifying the special controls that the agency believes will reason...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Medical Devices; Exemptions From Premarket Notification; Class II Devices The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a final rule exempting from the premarket notification requirements the fluoroscopic compression device, a manual compression device that allows a radiologist to press on the abdomen during a fluor...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Medical Devices; Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Indwelling Blood Gas Analyzers; Final Guidance for Industry and FDA; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled "Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Indwelling Blood Gas Analyzers; Final Guidance for Industry and FDA." This guidance document describes the co...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Snake Creek Drawbridge, Islamorada, Florida The Coast Guard is changing the operating regulations governing the Snake Creek drawbridge (US 1) connecting Windley Key and Plantation Key at Islamorada, Florida. This rule requires the drawbridge to open on signal, except that from 8 a.m. until 4 p...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety Zones; The Icebreaker Youth Rowing Championship-Boston Harbor, Boston, MA The Coast Guard is establishing temporary safety zones for the Icebreaker Youth Rowing Championship to be held on November 17, 2001 in Boston, MA. These safety zones are needed to protect the maritime public from any hazards. This rule will temporari...	Rule	Nov 15, 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; Automated Clearing House (ACH) Program Application-Title I Insurance Charge Payments System The propose 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 proposa...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Preauthorized Debits, HUD PAD Authorization 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 15, 2001
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Technical Suitable of Products Program Section 521 of the National Housing Act 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 15, 2001

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit Endangered and threatened species permit applications	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Interior Department Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Closure of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Restriction Order for BLM Lands on Blackwell Island, Kootenai County, ID By order, all public land at Blackwell Island Coeur d'Alene, Idaho is temporarily closed to all public use for the duration of site improvement construction activities. The affected area is described as all public land north of U. S. Highway 95 withi...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Cirsium loncholepis (La Graciosa thistle), Eriodictyon capitatum (Lompoc yerba santa), and Deinandra increscens ssp. villosa (Gaviota tarplant) We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for Cirsium loncholepis (La Graciosa thistle), Eriodictyon capitatum (Lompoc yerba santa), and D...	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Holocarpha macradenia (Santa Cruz Tarplant) We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for Holocarpha macradenia (Santa Cruz tarplant). Approximately 1,360 hectares (3,360 acres) in C...	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent To Prepare an Integrated Activity Plan IAP/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Management of the Northwestern Portion of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A); Request for Information; and Call for Nominations and Comments In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), as amended; the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as amended; Title I of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, and Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council-Notice of Meeting Locations and Times In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Council meetings will be held as indicated below. Topics for discussi...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Direct Sale of Public Lands in Klamath County, OR-Notice of Realty Action The following land has been found suitable and is classified for direct sale under section 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1713 and 43 U.S.C. 1719, and section 7 of the Taylor Grazing (43 U.S.C. 315f). The...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Resource management plans, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Intent To Prepare an Amendment to the Headwaters Resource Management Plan and an Associated Environmental Assessment This document provides notice that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to prepare an amendment to the Headwaters RMP and an associated EA. This process will develop a Travel Management Strategy that will identify a designated road and trail s...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability of Proposed Planning Criteria and Public Meeting Related to the Multi-Jurisdictional Land-Use Planning Effort for the Coast Dairies Property, Santa Cruz County, CA The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) provides formal notice that, pursuant to 43 CFR 1610.2(f)(2) and 1610.4-2, the proposed planning criteria related to the Hollister Resource Management Plan Amendment are available...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Restoration of lands to Indian Tribes:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice Identifying Lands Subject to Secretarial Order of Restoration of February 22, 1945 On February 22, 1945, the Secretary of the Interior issued an Order restoring to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota ("Tribe") certain lands that the Tribe had previously ceded to the United States for use by non-Indians. The lands res...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Survey plat filings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Colorado: Filing of Plats of Survey Colorado	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey; Illinois Illinois	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Hot Rolled Steel Products From China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, The Netherlands, Romania, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine Various countries	Notice	Nov 15, 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; contacts concerning INS practitioner fraud pilot program.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice of information collection under review: Biological Information/Program Eligibility Questionnaire and Practitioner Fraud Pilot Program Initial Interview Form.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Firearms:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Implementation of Public Law 104-208, the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997, Relating to a National Repository for Arson and Explosives Information (98R-266P) We are proposing to amend the regulations to implement the provision of Public Law 104-208, the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997, relating to a national repository for information on explosives incidents and arson. The proposed regulat...	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decrees Under the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Act East Lake Management Development Corp.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement and Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Friedland, Robert	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Resolving U.S. v. IBP Inc. (D. Nebraska) IBP, Inc.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act John Evans Sons, Inc., et al.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act NCR Corp. et al.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act National Metal Finishing Corp.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Act Oak Park Real Estate, Inc., et al.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
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 15, 2001

Merit Systems Protection Board

Title	Type	Published
Merit Systems Protection Board Merit Systems Protection Board Pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)), notice is hereby given that the Merit Systems Protection Board is holding a closed meeting on November 14, 2001, at 2 p.m., in the Board's conference room at 1615 M Street, NW., 6th Fl...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

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National Council on Disability

Meetings:

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National Council on Disability Advisory Committee Meeting/Teleconference This notice sets forth the schedule of the forthcoming meeting/teleconference for NCD's Youth Advisory Committee. Notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(1)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463). Youth Advisory Comm...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Waste Control Specialists, LLC (WCS); Order to Exempt Waste Control Specialists, LLC From Requirements Relative to the Possession of Special Nuclear Material (SNM) Waste Control Specialists, LLC	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Subcommittee Meeting on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multiemployer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Required Interest Rate Assumption for Determining Variable-Rate Premium; Interest Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan Valuations Following Mass Withdrawal This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or are derivable from rates published elsewhere), but...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Single-employer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-e...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Postal Service

Postage meters:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Plan for Secure Postage Meter Technology The Postal Service has already completed the first phase of a plan to remove insecure postage meters from use with the decertification of mechanical postage meters. The second phase of the plan, the retirement of manually reset electronic meters, is...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Privacy Act of 1974, System of Records The Postal Service proposes to amend Postal Service Privacy Act System of Records 120.090, Personnel Records--Medical Records. The proposed amendments reflect the collection, maintenance, and storage of candidate medical assessment records for Postal...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment companies:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Funds The Commission is seeking comment on various issues relating to actively managed exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"). All existing ETFs are based on various equity market indices. An actively managed ETF would not track an index. This type of ETF currentl...	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Investment Company Mergers The Commission is proposing amendments to the rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that permits mergers and other business combinations between certain affiliated investment companies. The proposed amendments would expand the types of busine...	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC to Increase to Two Hundred and Fifty the Maximum Permissible Number of Equity and Index Option Contracts Executable Through AUTO-EX American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposal to Permit SuperSOES To Trade Through the Quotations of UTP Exchanges That Do Not Participate in the Nasdaq National Market Execution Service National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change to Amend Rule 13 on XPress Quote Parameters New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to an Increase in the Maximum Guaranteed Size for Auto-X Eligible Orders in Options on the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock (“QQQ” from 100 Contracts to 250 Contracts Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

State Department

Arms Export Control Act:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls; Notifications to the Congress of Proposed Commercial Export Licenses Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has forwarded the attached Notifications of Proposed Export Licenses to the Congress on the dates shown on the attachments pursuant to sections 36(c) and 36(d) and in compliance with section 36(e) o...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Department United States-Egypt Science and Technology Joint Board Public Announcement of a Science and Technology Program for Competitive Grants To Support Junior Scientist Development Visits by U.S. and Egyptian Scientists Notice.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Flats Industrial Railroad Company and Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Joint Relocation Project Exemption-in Cleveland, OH Flats Industrial Railroad Co. et al.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
DOT, STB Fort Worth and Western Railroad Company, Inc.-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Union Pacific Railroad Company Union Pacific Railroad Co.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Notice of Meeting of the Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business (ISAC-13) The Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Services (ISAC-13) will hold a meeting on November 20, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The meeting will be opened to the public from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. and closed to the public from 9:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Models 172N, 172P, R172K, 172RG, F172N, F172P, FR172J, and FR172K Airplanes This amendment supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 80-04- 08, which requires inspecting (one-time) the fuel line and map light switch in the left hand forward door post for chafing or arcing on certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 172N,...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Reims Aviation S.A. Model F406 Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Reims Aviation S.A. (Reims) Model F406 airplanes. This AD requires you to repetitively inspect the canted rib upper cap in the center wing carry-through area for cracks,...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Aviation proceedings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Aviation Proceedings, Agreements Filed During Week Ending October 26, 2001 Agreements filed; weekly receipts	Notice	Nov 15, 2001
Transportation Department Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) During the Week Ending October 26, 2001 Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Electronically Controlled Braking System Test Track Validation The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is seeking partners who have the potential of providing electronically controlled braking systems (ECBS) that can be used in an electronically controlled braking system test track evaluation. This notice de...	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Firearms:

No documents available.

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Withdrawal of Proposed Regulations Relating to Certain Corporate Reorganizations Involving Disregarded Entities This document withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking relating to certain corporate reorganizations involving disregarded entities. The proposed regulations were published on May 16, 2000, and a public hearing on the regulations was held on August...	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 2001
Treasury Department > IRS Statutory Mergers and Consolidations This document contains proposed regulations that define the term statutory merger or consolidation as that term is used in section 368(a)(1)(A). The proposed regulations permit certain transactions involving entities that are disregarded as entities...	Proposed Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Sanctions; blocked persons, specially designated nationals, terrorists, and narcotics traffickers, and foreign terrorist organizations,

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OFAC Additional Designations and Removal of Persons Listed in Appendix A to 31 CFR Chapter V and Appendix I to 31 CFR Part 539, Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations The Treasury Department is amending appendix A to 31 CFR chapter V to add or remove, as appropriate, the names of individuals and entities designated as specially designated narcotics traffickers, a foreign terrorist organization, or blocked persons...	Rule	Nov 15, 2001

Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds: Termination-Mutual Service Casualty Insurance Company This is Supplement No. 12 to the Treasury Department Circular 570; 2001 Revision, published July 2, 2001 at 66 FR 35024.	Notice	Nov 15, 2001

Federal Register November 15, 2001

Agencies Publishing on November 15, 2001

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Broadcasting Board of Governors

Senior Executive Service:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Fishery conservation and management:

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Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Corporation for National and Community Service

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Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs:

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

Meetings:

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Water pollution control:

Water pollution; discharge of pollutants (NPDES):

Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Special observances:

Federal Communications Commission

Frequency allocations and radio treaty matters:

Federal Maritime Commission

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Federal Trade Commission

Prohibited trade practices:

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Medical devices:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Ports and waterways safety:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Interior Department

Closure of public lands:

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Meetings:

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Resource management plans, etc.:

Restoration of lands to Indian Tribes:

Survey plat filings:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Firearms:

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Labor Department

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Merit Systems Protection Board

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multiemployer plans:

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Postal Service

Postage meters:

Privacy Act:

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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National Council on Disability

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Trade Representative, Office of United States