Federal Register December 14, 2001 (Volume 66)

Agencies Publishing on December 14, 2001

Agriculture Department (10)
Commerce Department (2)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Corporation for National and Community Service (1)
Defense Department (5)
Education Department (1)
Environmental Protection Agency (12)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (10)
General Services Administration (2)
Health and Human Services Department (12)
Homeland Security Department (4)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (6)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (6)
Labor Department (8)
Library of Congress (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (3)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (3)
Small Business Administration (2)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (2)
Transportation Department (2)
Treasury Department (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (2)

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of the gypsy moth program.	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Agriculture Department > FNS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Nutrition Education Materials for Food and Nutrition Service Population Groups In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on a proposed information collection. This information collection is based on the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amen...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Appealable decisions; legal notice:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Newspapers Used for Publication of Legal Notice of Appealable Decisions for the Northern Region; Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and Portions of South Dakota and Eastern Washington This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by all Ranger Districts, Forests, and the Regional Office of the Northern Region to publish legal notice of all decisions subject to appeal under 36 CFR parts 215 and 217 and to publish notices for p...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Availability of an Environmental Assessment We are advising the public that an environmental assessment has been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to the control of Melaleuca quinquenervia. The environmental assessment considers the effects of, and alternative...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Salmon-Challis National Forest Noxious Weed Environmental Impact Statement; Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a Proposed Forest-Wide Noxious Weed Management Program The USDA, Forest Service is gathering information and preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a forest-wide noxious weed management program. The intent of this program is to: Protect the natural condition and biodiversity of ecosystems...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Agriculture Department > FS B-Line Phase III (Sewer Export Pipeline Replacement), Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU), El Dorado County, California; Notice of Intent The USDA Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to address whether or not to authorize the South Tahoe Public Utility District to construct Phase III of the B-Line Export Pipeline. This project would complete the replacem...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Glenn/Colusa County Resource Advisory Committee The Glenn/Colusa County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold its first meeting.	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Agriculture Department > FS Grays Harbor Resource Advisory Committee (RAC); Meeting The Grays Harbor Resource Advisory Committee will hold its first meeting on January 8, 2002. The meeting will be held at the Grays Harbor County Courthouse, Montesano, Washington. The meeting will begin at 9:30 AM and end at approximately 3:45 PM. Ag...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Agriculture Department > FS Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee (RAC); Meeting The Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee will hold its first meeting on January 10, 2001. The meeting will be held at the Washington State University Cooperative Extension Office, 201 W. Pattison, Port Hadlock, Washington. The meeting will b...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Agriculture Department > FS Tehama County Resource Advisory Committee The Tehama County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold its first meeting.	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Commerce Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: 90-Day Finding for a Petition to List North American Green Sturgeon as Threatened or Endangered under the Endangered Species Act NMFS announces a 90-day finding for a petition to list the North American green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) as a threatened or endangered species and to designate critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NMFS finds that the petit...	Proposed Rule	Dec 14, 2001
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; Sea Turtle Conservation Requirements Notice is hereby given that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce, will extend the public comment period, through February 15, 2002, for the purpose of receiving c...	Proposed Rule	Dec 14, 2001

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List commodities to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions and Deletions This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List commodities previously furnished by such...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Corporation for National and Community Service

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service Funding Opportunity for AmeriCorpsVISTA Financial Asset Development Projects, Placements of AmeriCorpsVISTA Members, and Supervisory Grants Subject to the availability of appropriations, AmeriCorpsVISTA (Volunteers In Service To America), a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, is seeking applications to sponsor AmeriCorpsVISTA projects to build financial asset...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Defense Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Science Board; Meeting The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Precision Compellence will meet in closed session on February 25-26, 2002, and March 26-27, 2002, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. The Task Force will conduct a comprehensive study of the en...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Defense Department Defense Science Board; Meetings The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Defense Against Terrorists' Use of Biological Weapons will meet in closed session on February 18-19, 2002; March 11-12, 2002; April 1-2, 2002; April 29-30, 2002; June 3-4, 2002; June 24-25, 2002; and July...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Defense Department Defense Science Board; Meeting The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Defense Against Terrorists' Use of Biological Weapons will meet in closed session on February 18-19, 2002; March 11-12, 2002; April 1-2, 2002; April 29-30, 2002; June 3-4, 2002; June 24-25, 2002; and July...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > DLA Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to alter a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Defense Department > USA Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of the Army is altering a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The alteration adds a routine use and expands the purposes for collecting t...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests On December 7, 2001, a notice was published for the Discretionary Grant collection, "Generic Application Package for Discretionary Grant Programs" in the Federal Register (Volume 66, Number 236) dated December 7, 2001. This collection needed to be pr...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. Seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required t...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Automobile Refinishing Operations The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a February 1, 2001, request from Wisconsin to revise its State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone. Wisconsin's submittal revises the state's regulations to control volatile organic co...	Proposed Rule	Dec 14, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Automobile Refinishing Operations The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a February 1, 2001, request from Wisconsin to revise its State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone. This rule revises Wisconsin's regulations to control volatile organic compound emissions from a...	Rule	Dec 14, 2001

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Colorado; Denver Carbon Monoxide Redesignation to Attainment, Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes, and Approval of Related Revisions On August 22, 2001, EPA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to propose approval of the State of Colorado's request to redesignate the Denver-Boulder metropolitan (hereafter, Denver) "serious" carbon monoxide (CO) nonattainment area to att...	Rule	Dec 14, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA expressed environmental concerns related to the purpose and need statement, the No Action Alternative, impacts to water quality and quantity, improved inter-governmental coordination, and more fully disclosed indirect and cumulative effects. ERP...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Pesticide programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Labeling and Other Regulatory Revisions EPA is revising certain labeling regulations for pesticide products for clarity. EPA is also interpreting the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act as it applies to nitrogen stabilizers, and revising regulations that contain statutory pr...	Rule	Dec 14, 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	Dec 14, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing Pesticide Petitions to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 14, 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	Dec 14, 2001

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions; Multiple Chemicals This regulation extends time-limited tolerances for the various pesticides listed in this document. These actions are in response to EPA's granting of emergency exemptions under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (F...	Rule	Dec 14, 2001

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Agreement and Covenant Not To Sue Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; In Re: Western Sand and Gravel Superfund Site, Located on the Boundary of Burrillville and North Smithfield, RI In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9601, et. seq., notice is hereby given of a proposed Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue between the United States, on behalf...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Designation of Afghanistan and the Airspace Above as a Combat Zone Afghanistan; designating airspace as a combat zone (EO 13239)	Presidential Document	Dec 14, 2001

Government agencies and employees:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Certification Related to Northern Ireland Under Section 405 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 Federal law enforcement training and exchange programs in Northern Ireland; certification (Memorandum of December 7, 2001)	Presidential Document	Dec 14, 2001

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Deletion of Agenda Item From December 12th Open Meeting; Sunshine Act The Commission will consider a First Report and Order to provide for new ultra-wideband devices. ------------------------------------------------------------------------	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Revised Sunshine Notice*; 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 requirements for incumbent LECs' provision of broadband services. As part of this proceeding, the Commission also invit...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the P...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority, Comments Requested The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Petition of Federal Transtel, Inc. for Waiver of Universal Service Fund Contribution Requirements In this document, the Commission denies the request of Federal Transtel, Inc. (Federal Transtel) to waive or reconsider the Commission's rules and permit Federal Transtel to recalculate its 1998 and 1999 contributions to the federal universal service...	Rule	Dec 14, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Promotion of Competitive Networks in Local Telecommunications Markets In this document, the Commission is requesting comments on the current state of the market for local and advanced telecommunications services in multitenant environments ("MTEs"). The comments requested will aid the Commission in gauging the effects...	Proposed Rule	Dec 14, 2001

Radio services, special:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Review of Part 87 of the Commission's Rules Concerning the Aviation Radio Service In this Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), the FCC proposes to consolidate, revise, and streamline the Commission rules governing the Aviation Radio Service. The proposed rule changes are designed to ensure that these rules reflect recent technol...	Proposed Rule	Dec 14, 2001

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Sugar Hill and Taccoa, GA This document grants a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Southern Broadcasting of Pensacola, Inc. to the extent of setting aside a previous action substituting Channel 291C1 for Channel 291C at Taccoa, Georgia, reallotting Channel 291C1 to Sugar...	Rule	Dec 14, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Moberly, Malta Bend, Chillicothe, Lee's Summit, La Monte, Warsaw, Nevada, Maryville & Madison, MO, Topeka, Junction City, Humboldt, Marysville & Burlington, KS, & Auburn, NE In response to a petition filed by Best Broadcasting, Inc., the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making proposing the substitution of Channel 247C2 for Channel 247C3 at Moberly, Missouri, and modification of the license for Station KCSX ac...	Rule	Dec 14, 2001
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Big Piney, LaBarge, WY The Commission dismisses a petition for rule making filed by Mount Rushmore Broadcasting, Inc., requesting the allotment of Channel 259A at Big Piney, Wyoming, and Channel 261A at La Barge, Wyoming. Petitioner filed no comments in response to the Not...	Proposed Rule	Dec 14, 2001

General Services Administration

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Record of Decision: Programmatic Development Plan and Phase 1 Implementation for the Suitland Federal Center (SFC) in Suitland, MD Suitland Federal Center, Suitland MD; correction	Correction	Dec 14, 2001

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS, Veterans Affairs Department, General Services Administration Catch-Up Contributions for Individuals Age 50 and Over Correction	Correction	Dec 14, 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	Dec 14, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Prescription Drug Product Labeling; Medication Guide Requirements The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA)...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > AHRQ Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow the proposed information collection: "Voluntary Customer Surveys of `Partners' for the Agency f...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > AHRQ Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow the proposed information collection project: "Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Medical Provide...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Meeting of the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification Groups In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), this notice announces the second annual meeting of the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification Groups. The purpose of this panel is to review the am...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Open Public Meeting on January 16, 2002 to Discuss Activities Related to the Collection of Diagnostic Data from Medicare+Choice Organizations for Risk Adjustment This notice announces a public meeting to provide Medicare+Choice Organizations (M+COs), providers, practitioners, and other interested parties an opportunity to ask questions and raise issues regarding the risk adjustment model that will be selected...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders; Notice of Meeting National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review: Notice of Closed Meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Homeland Security Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Number 2115-0638. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Coast Guard intends to seek the approval of OMB for the renewal of one Information Collection Request (ICR). The ICR concerns the National Survey of Recreational Boating. Before submitting t...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department International Maritime Security Initiative The Coast Guard announces a public meeting on January 3, 2002 to discuss a proposed United States submission to the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on maritime security.	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Regulated Navigation Area; Savannah River, Georgia The Coast Guard proposes to create a Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) on a portion of the Savannah River to regulate waterway traffic when vessels carrying Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) are transiting or moored on the Savannah River. This action is nece...	Proposed Rule	Dec 14, 2001

Vessel documention and measurement:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Vessel Documentation: Lease-Financing for Vessels Engaged in the Coastwise Trade In response to public requests, the Coast Guard is reopening the comment period on its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on Vessel Documentation: Lease-Financing for Vessels Engaged in the Coastwise Trade. Reopening the comment period gives the pu...	Proposed Rule	Dec 14, 2001

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Interior Department

Electric utility power rate and service fee adjustment:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Electric Utility Power Rate and Service Fee Adjustment, Mission Valley Power The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) proposes to adjust the electric power rates for operation and maintenance assessed to customers of the Mission Valley Power Utility. We request your comments on the proposed rate adjustment.	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > OSM Louisiana Regulatory Program The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is approving an amendment to the Louisiana regulatory program (Louisiana program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). Louisiana proposed to add standards...	Rule	Dec 14, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Manual Chapters on Audits The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) plans to establish policy on State audits accomplished by its Division of Federal Aid by issuing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Manual Chapters on the subject. The Service is requesting comments and sugges...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Pursuant to section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Pursuant to section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Pursuant to section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Oscillating Sprinklers, Sprinkler Components, and Nozzles; Request for Written Submissions on Remedy, the Public Interest, and Bonding Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission is requesting briefing on remedy, the public interest, and bonding in the above-captioned investigation. The Commission previously found the only remaining respondent in the investig...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > BLS Proposed Collection, Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Labor Department > PWBA Proposed Extension of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Application for EFAST Electronic Signature and Codes for EFAST Transmitters and Software Developers The Department of Labor (the Department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and other federal agencies with an opportunity to comment...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Labor Department > BLS Proposed Collection, Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Labor Department Office of Disability Employment Policy; Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed collection; Comment request; Employer Assistance Referral Network (EARN) The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearence consultation process to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), announces the availability of grant funds for skills training programs for unemployed and employed workers. These grants are financed by a user fee paid by employers to...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Labor Department > ETA Work Incentive Grants The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), announces the availability of approximately $20 million to award competitive grants designed to enhance the employability, employment and career advancement of people w...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Library of Congress

Copyright arbitration royalty panel rules and procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Mechanical and Digital Phonorecord Delivery Compulsory License The Recording Industry of America, Inc. ("RIAA"), the National Music Publishers' Association, Inc. ("NMPA"), and The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. ("HFA"), have submitted a joint statement to the Copyright Office to advise the Office of certain developments...	Proposed Rule	Dec 14, 2001

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National Science Foundation

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request clearance of this collection. In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing opportunity for public comment on...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Minor Errors in Regulatory Text; Correction The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this final rule to make a number of minor corrections to its regulations. This rule is necessary to correct omissions, typographical errors, and erroneous citations and references that appear in t...	Rule	Dec 14, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Enforcement actions:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Enforcement Program and Alternative Dispute Resolution Request for Comments The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing its intent to evaluate the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the NRC's enforcement program, which is governed by the NUREG-1600, "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enf...	Notice	Dec 14, 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 can be derived from rates published elsewhere), bu...	Notice	Dec 14, 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	Dec 14, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 14, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., Establishing the Fees for NYSE OpenBookTM New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Small Business Administration

Business loans:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Business Loans and Development Company Loans The SBA is withdrawing the direct final rule published on November 14, 2001 (66 FR 56985) implementing various changes in the Business Loan Program enacted by the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000. Pending further evaluation SBA will publish...	Rule	Dec 14, 2001

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of Tennessee (and Contiguous Counties in the State of Arkansas, Kentucky and Mississippi) Tennessee et al.	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Surface Transportation Board

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DOT, STB Central Montana Rail, Inc.-Trackage Rights Exemption-The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10502, exempts the trackage rights described in STB Finance Docket No. 34069\1\ to permit the trackage rights to expire, as they relate to the operations in the vicinity of Moccasin, MT, on January 1, 2003. ----------------...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

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Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act; determinations:

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Trade Representative, Office of United States Renewal of Treatment on Government Procurement of Products From Countries Designated Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act Renewal of treatment on government procurement of products from countries designated under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Trade Policy Staff Committee:

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Trade Representative, Office of United States Extension of Deadline for the Submission of Public Comments on Draft Environmental Review of the Proposed U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, through the Trade Policy Staff Committee, is extending the deadline for the submission of public comments via fax or E-mail for the draft environmental review of the proposed U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreemen...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

Transportation Department

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Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Noise Limitations for Aircraft Operations in the Vicinity of Grand Canyon National Park This document notifies the public that a copy of a working draft of a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) Noise Limitations for Aircraft operations in the Vicinity of Grand Canyon National Park was released to an industry representativ...	Proposed Rule	Dec 14, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 Series Airplanes This document corrects information in an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 series airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive eddy current inspections for cracking of the main landing gear...	Rule	Dec 14, 2001

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Treasury Department

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Treasury Department > IRS Payment by Credit Card and Debit Card This document contains final regulations authorizing the Commissioner to accept payment of internal revenue taxes by credit card or debit card and limit the use and disclosure of information relating to payment of taxes by credit card and debit card....	Rule	Dec 14, 2001

Veterans Affairs Department

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Veterans Affairs Department Notice of Insufficient VA Appropriations To Implement Requirements for Notification, Evaluation, and Reduction of Lead Based Paint Hazards in VA-Acquired Properties This document provides notice of a determination by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that it lacks appropriations sufficient to cover the costs of implementing certain regulations concerning Lead Based Paint hazards in single family properties...	Notice	Dec 14, 2001

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Medical benefits:

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Veterans Affairs Department Copayments for Inpatient Hospital Care and Outpatient Medical Care heading, in the first line, "Interim and Final Rule" should read "Interim Final Rule".	Correction	Dec 14, 2001

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