Federal Register December 10, 2001 (Volume 66)

Agencies Publishing on December 10, 2001

Agriculture Department (7)
Commerce Department (9)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (15)
Environmental Protection Agency (2)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (7)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (8)
Homeland Security Department (9)
Housing and Urban Development Department (3)
Interior Department (4)
Justice Department (2)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2)
National Archives and Records Administration (1)
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Postal Regulatory Commission (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (3)
Small Business Administration (1)
Social Security Administration (1)
Surface Transportation Board (4)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (11)
Treasury Department (3)
Veterans Affairs Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSA Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intent of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request an extension of currently approved information collection for a regulation used in support of the FSA Farm Loan Progr...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Georgia Transmission Corporation; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has made a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) with respect to a request from Georgia Transmission Corporation for assistance from the RUS to finance the construction of a 230 kV tran...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Agriculture Department > RUS Georgia Transmission Corporation; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has made a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) with respect to a request from Georgia Transmission Corporation for assistance from the RUS to finance the construction of a 230 kV tran...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Agriculture Department > NRCS Hackberry Draw Watershed, Eddy County, NM Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Rules (7 CFR part 650); the Natural Resources Conserva...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Change in Disease Status of Portugal Because of African Swine Fever We are proposing to remove Portugal from the list of regions where African swine fever exists. We are proposing this action because Portugal is now free of African swine fever. This action would relieve restrictions due to African swine fever on the...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CSREES Special Research Grants Program, Potato Research: Request for Applications and Request for Input The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) announces the availability of grant funds and requests applications for the Special Research Grants Program, Potato Research (Potato Research) for fiscal year (FY) 2002 to faci...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS Codex Alimentarius: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Meat and Poultry Hygiene The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is sponsoring a public meeting on December 12, 2001, to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items that will be discussed at the Eighth Ses...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Antidumping Duty Order; Honey From Argentina Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order; Honey From the People's Republic of China Notice of antidumping duty order and amendment to final determination.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Honey From Argentina Argentina	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Sulfanilic Acid From Hungary: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation The Department of Commerce is postponing the preliminary determination of the countervailing duty investigation of sulfanilic acid from Hungary. This postponement is made pursuant to section 703(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Monkfish Fishery; Scoping Process The New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils (Councils) announce their intent to prepare Amendment 2 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and to prepare an SEIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Hawaii-based Pelagic Longline Restrictions and Seasonal Area Closure, and Sea Turtle and Sea Bird Mitigation Measures This action extends an emergency interim rule, now in effect, applicable to vessels registered for use under a Hawaii longline limited access permit (Hawaii longline vessels) and allows the use of basket-style longline gear as an alternative method f...	Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Proposed Implementation Guidelines The purpose of this document is to request comments on NOAA's proposed Implementation Guidelines (Guidelines) for the Coral Reef Conservation Program (Program) under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (Act). The Act authorizes the Secretary of C...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Commerce Department > MBDA Amendment to Selection Procedures To Include Site Visits This notice announces the Minority Business Development Agency's (MBDA) amendment of prior Federal Register notices published by MBDA that identified selection procedures for MBDA's Minority Business Development Center Program and its Native American...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Repairs at the Carpinteria Oil and Gas Processing Facility, Carpinteria, CA In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take small numbers of Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) by harassment...	Notice	Dec 10, 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 and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Defense Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Armed Forces Epidemiological Board (AFEB); Closed Meeting In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-463, The Federal Advisory Committee Act, this announces the forthcoming select AFEB subcommittee meeting. This Board will meet via teleconference on 20 December 2001. The purpose of the meeting is...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Defense Department > USN Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry as the Board shall deem necessary into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Acad...	Notice	Dec 10, 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	Dec 10, 2001

Energy Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > EIA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for emergency OMB Review; Comment Request The EIA has submitted the energy information collections listed at the end of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency processing under section 3507(j)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Algonquin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Algonquin Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Alliance Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Negotiated Rates Alliance Pipeline L.P.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Negotiated Rate Dominion Transmission, Inc.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Energy Department > FERC East Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing East Tennessee Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Llano Estacado Wind, LP Shell WindEnergy Inc.; Notice of Filing Llano Estacado Wind, LP, et al.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Negotiated Rate Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Shell Offshore Inc., Complainant, v. Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation, Williams Gas Processing-Gulf Coast Company, L.P., and Williams Field Services Company, Respondents; Notice of Complaint Shell Offshore Inc.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate and Compliance Filing Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Compliance Filing Texas Eastern Transmission, LP	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation findings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC GNE, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings GNE, LLC, et al.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Copiah County Storage Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Copiah Storage Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Copiah County Storage Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Station 35 Clean Air Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Notice of Availability of a Financial Assistance Solicitation Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue Financial Assistance Program Solicitation No. DE-PS26-02NT40865 entitled "Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Core Technology Program." The purpose of the SECA Core Technology Program is to deve...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Energy Department National Nuclear Security Administration; Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Program Financial Assistance Number DE-PS03-01SF22349 The DOE/NNSA, through the Oakland Operations Office, is seeking applications/proposals in specific areas of physical science with the principal goals of: (1) Grow the U.S. scientific community, through the funding of research projects at universities...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Equipment Containing Ozone Depleting Substances at Industrial Bakeries In today's Federal Register the Environmental Protection Agency announces a unique voluntary Partnership Program for the baking industry. EPA believes that there are many bakeries that are leaking ozone depleting substances, including chlorofluorocar...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Guidance for Dermal Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund, Volume I, Part E The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed and is requesting public comment on a draft Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Volume I Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part E, Supplemental Guidance for Dermal Risk Assessment) (RAGS...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Closing of Federal Government Executive Departments and Agencies on Monday, December 24, 2001 Closing of Executive branch Department and Agencies on December 24, 2001 (EO 13238)	Presidential Document	Dec 10, 2001

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2001 National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (Proc. 7511)	Presidential Document	Dec 10, 2001

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Sunshine Act Meeting; Open Commission Meeting Wednesday, December 12, 2001 The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rule Making initiating a comprehensive examination of the appropriate regulatory framework for incumbent LECs' provision of broadband services. As part of this proceeding, the Commission also invites...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Performance Measurements and Standards for Interstate Special Access Services This document seeks comment on whether the Commission should adopt a select group of performance measurements and standards for evaluating incumbent local exchange carrier (incumbent LEC) performance in the provisioning of special access services. Th...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Bryan, TX The Commission requests comments on a request filed by KWTX/ KBTX License Corporation, requesting the substitution of DTV channel 50 for DTV channel 59 at Bryan, Texas. DTV Channel 50 can be allotted to Bryan, Texas, in compliance with the principle...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Nogales,Vail and Patagonia, AZ In response to a proposal filed on behalf of Desert West Air Ranchers Corporation, licensee of Station KZNO(FM), Nogales, Arizona, the Commission substitutes Channel 253A for Channel 252A at Nogales, reallots Channel 253A to Vail, Arizona, as that co...	Rule	Dec 10, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Fremont and Sunnyvale, CA This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed on behalf of Chase Radio Properties, L.L.C., licensee of Station KCNL(FM), Channel 285A, at Fremont, California, requesting the reallotment of Channel 285A from Fremont to Sunnyvale,...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Bethel Springs, Martin, Tiptonville, Trenton, South Fulton, TN The Allocations Branch dismisses the petition for rule making filed by Sherry A. Brown proposing the allotment of Channel 249A at Bethel Springs, Tennessee, as being procedurally defective for failure to properly file comments in compliance with sect...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Grants, Milan, and Shiprock, New Mexico; Van Wert and Columbus Grove, Ohio; Lebanon and Hamilton, Ohio and Fort Thomas, KY In this document, the Commission allots channels in three separate docketed proceedings which were proposed together in a multiple docket Notice of Proposed Rule Making. (1) At the request of KXXQ(FM) Radio Partners, Inc., Channel 264C0 is substitute...	Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Federal Trade Commission

Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in labeling and advertising:

Title	Type	Published
FTC, HHS Rules Concerning Disclosures Regarding Energy Consumption and Water Use of Certain Home Appliances and Other Products Under the Energy Policy and Conseravation Act (“Appliance Labeling Rule”) Refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers, etc.; correction	Correction	Dec 10, 2001

General Services Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Appraisal of Fair Annual Parking Rate Per Space for Standard Level User Charge (GSA Form 3357) Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration (GSA) has sumitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously appro...	Notice	Dec 10, 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 notice listing al...	Notice	Dec 10, 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	Dec 10, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in labeling and advertising:

No documents available.

Human drugs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Patient Profile Viewer; Notice of Pilot Project The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), is seeking volunteers to participate in a pilot project involving the testing of the Patient Profile Viewer (PPV). The PPV is computer software that allows a revi...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Medicare and State health care programs; fraud and abuse:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Ambulance Replenishing Safe Harbor Under the Anti-Kickback Statute Correction	Correction	Dec 10, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Food Code; 2001 Revision; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the 2001 revision of the Food Code (2001 Food Code). This 2001 revision was initiated in cooperation with the Conference for Food Protection (CFP or Conference) to help ensure t...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Findings of Scientific Misconduct Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the following case: Momiao Xiong, Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: On November 26, 20...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Homeland Security Department

Boating safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Federal Requirements For Propeller Injury Avoidance Measures The Coast Guard proposes to require owners of non-planing recreational houseboats with propeller-driven propulsion located aft of the transom to install one of two propulsion unit measures or employ three combined measures. This change responds to re...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Propeller Injury Prevention Aboard Rental Boats The Coast Guard is withdrawing its proposed rulemaking regarding requirements for manufacturers to prevent propeller strike injuries and terminating rulemaking under the following Regulatory Identification Number: (RIN) 2115-AE37 (USCG-2001-10299; CG...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Civil and criminal penalty proceedings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Revised Options for Responding to Notices of Violations The Coast Guard proposes changing the procedure for Notices of Violation when the recipient fails to either accept or decline it within 45 days. Instead of automatically converting the Notice of Violation to a marine violation case with its lengthier...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Mississippi River, Iowa and Illinois The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District has authorized a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the Burlington Northern Railroad Drawbridge, Mile 0.2, St. Croix River at Prescott, Wisconsin. This deviation allows the drawbridge to remai...	Rule	Dec 10, 2001
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operating Regulation; Lake Pontchartrain, LA The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the bascule spans of the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission Causeway across Lake Pontchartrain between Metairie, Jeffers...	Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FLETC, Treasury Department FLETC Cheltenham, MD; Notice of Availability of Document for Review Notice is hereby given that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Suspension of Community Eligibility This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are suspended on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain...	Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Outer Continental Shelf activities:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety Zones for Outer Continental Shelf Facilities in the Gulf of Mexico The Coast Guard proposes to establish safety zones around five petroleum and gas production facilities in the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. The four platforms and one moored spar buoy need to be protected from vessels operating outsi...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Regattas and marine parades:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Special Local Regulations: Cingular Wireless Winterfest Boat Parade, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, FL Temporary special local regulations are being established for the Cingular Wireless Winterfest Boat Parade. The event will be held on December 15, 2001, on the waters of the Port Everglades turning basin and the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) from Dania...	Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Mortgagee Review Board; Administrative Actions In compliance with section 202(c) of the National Housing Act, notice is hereby given of the cause and description of administrative actions taken by HUD's Mortgagee Review Board against HUD-approved mortgagees.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Information Collection To Identify Users and Uses of Electronic Permitting Applications 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	Dec 10, 2001
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; HUD Mobility-Impaired Tenant Survey 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	Dec 10, 2001

Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Critical Habitat for the Oahu Elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis ibidis) We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the Oahu elepaio pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Oahu elepaio is a forest bird found only on the island of Oahu and is listed as en...	Rule	Dec 10, 2001
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the San Miguel Island Fox, Santa Rosa Island Fox, Santa Cruz Island Fox, and Santa Catalina Island Fox as Endangered We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), for four subspecies of island fox (Urocyon littoralis): San Miguel Island Fox (Uroc...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability; Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Light Goose Management; Extension of Comment Period The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is extending the comment period on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) which is available for public review. The DEIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts of several management alternativ...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Migratory bird hunting:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Migratory Bird Hunting and Permits; Regulations for Managing Harvest of Light Goose Populations; Extension of Comment Period The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is extending the comment period on a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on October 12, 2001. The rule would implement our preferred alternative identified in a Draft Environmental Impact State...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Notice of Information Collection Under Review, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Announcement of the Availability of the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program for FY 2002 Announcement of the availability of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) funding for FY 2002.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Patent License NASA hereby gives notice that Fiber Materials, Inc. of Biddeford, Maine has applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 5,610,363, entitled "Enhanced Whipple Shield," which is assigned to the Un...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Patent License NASA hereby gives notice that International Electronic Machines Corporation, 60 Fourth Avenue, Albany, New York, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,726,632, entitled "Flame Imaging System," w...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

National Archives and Records Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application to Withdraw From Listing and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC (Quicksilver Resources Inc., Common Stock, $.001 par value) File No. 1-14837 Quicksilver Resources Inc.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission First Variable Life Insurance Company, et al. First Variable Life Insurance Co. et al.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Cautionary Advice Regarding the Use of “Pro Forma” Financial Information in Earnings Releases The Securities and Exchange Commission is issuing a statement regarding the use by public companies of "pro forma" financial information in earnings releases.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of Texas; Disaster Loan Areas Texas	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Social Security Administration

Social security benefits:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Skin Disorders We propose to revise the criteria in the Listing of Impairments (the listings) that we use to evaluate claims involving skin disorders. We apply these criteria when you claim benefits based on disability under title II and title XVI of the Social Sec...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Union Pacific Railroad Company-Petition for Declaratory Order-Unilaterally Imposed Interchange Charges This proceeding was instituted by the Surface Transportation Board (Board) in response to a request for a declaratory order concerning ways in which rail carriers deal with interchange delays. However, because issues regarding interchange delays are...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Railroad services abandonment:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB CSX Transportation, Inc.-Abandonment Exemption-in Lenoir County, NC CSX Transportation, Inc.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
DOT, STB Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Abandonment Exemption-in McDowell County, WV Norfolk Southern Railway Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
DOT, STB Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Buchanan County, VA Norfolk Southern Railway Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 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 Namibia 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...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace, Springhill, LA This notice confirms the effective date of a direct final rule which revises the Class E Airspace, Springhill, LA.	Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Advisory Circular 33.17-1, Fire Prevention This notice announces the availability of proposed Advisory Circular (AC) 33.17-1, titled "Fire Prevention".	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Public Notice For Waiver of Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance; Toledo Express Airport; Toledo, OH The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering a proposal to change a portion of airport land from aeronautical use to non-aeronautical use and to authorize the sale of the airport property. The proposal consists of sixty-seven parcels of l...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) This final rule amends the list of airspace locations where Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) may be applied to include the New York Flight Information Region (FIR) portion of West Atlantic Route System (WATRS) airspace. RVSM is the reductio...	Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Airport noise compatibility program:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Noise Exposure Map Notice and Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Seattle-Tacoma Internation Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47503 (a) and 14 CFR part 150 are in compliance with applicable requi...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Agusta S.p.A. Model A119 Helicopters This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2001-22-51, which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model A119 helicopters by individual letters. Th...	Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Aviation proceedings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Aviation Proceedings, Agreements Filed During the Week Ending November 23, 2001 Agreements filed; weekly receipts	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Boating safety:

No documents available.

Civil and criminal penalty proceedings:

No documents available.

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Outer Continental Shelf activities:

No documents available.

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application (02-05-C-00-CPR) To Impose and Use a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at the Natrona County International Airport, Submitted by the County of Natrona, WY The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comments on the application to impose and use a PFC at the Natrona County International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 158).	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Regattas and marine parades:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revenue Procedure 98-55 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	Dec 10, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Financial Management Service:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Delivery of Checks and Warrants to Addresses Outside the United States, Its Territories and Possessions This final rule amends the regulations governing the delivery of Treasury checks outside the United States by removing the reference to Democratic Kampuchea, now known as Cambodia, as an area to which checks may not be sent. With the resumption of di...	Rule	Dec 10, 2001

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; System of Records In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Internal Revenue Service, Treasury, is publishing its Privacy Act systems of records.	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Veterans Affairs Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal a...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Dec 10, 2001

Federal Register December 10, 2001

Agencies Publishing on December 10, 2001

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Countervailing duties:

Fishery conservation and management:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Marine mammals:

C Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Defense Department

Meetings:

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Energy Department

Agency information collection activities:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Electric rate and corporate regulation findings:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Federal Trade Commission

Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in labeling and advertising:

General Services Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in labeling and advertising:

Human drugs:

Medicare and State health care programs; fraud and abuse:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions:

Homeland Security Department

Boating safety:

Civil and criminal penalty proceedings:

Drawbridge operations:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Outer Continental Shelf activities:

Regattas and marine parades:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Migratory bird hunting:

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

National Archives and Records Administration

P Postal Regulatory Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Social Security Administration

Social security benefits:

Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Railroad services abandonment:

T Trade Representative, Office of United States

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States