December 17, 2001 (Volume 66)

Federal Register December 17, 2001

View all documents issued on December 17, 2001. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

85 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 17, 2001

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
This proposed rule invites comments on procedures for a California Prune/Plum Diversion Program. The program is voluntary and would consist wholly of tree removal. The program would be implemented under clause (3) of Section 32 of the Act of August 2...
Proposed Rule Dec 17, 2001

Field office technical guides; changes:

Title Type Published
It is the intention of NRCS in Oregon to issue a revision to Conservation Practice Standard 702, Agrichemical Handling Facility, in Section IV of the State Technical Guide in Oregon. This practice may be used in conservation systems that treat highly...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Giant Sequoia National Monument Scientific Advisory Board (Scientific Advisory Board) will meet at the Visalia Convention Center in Visalia, California, January 10 and 11, 2002. The purpose of the meeting is to hear comments from the public and c...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of administrative review.
Notice Dec 17, 2001
On September 6, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of its new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China (PRC). See Preliminary Re...
Notice Dec 17, 2001
On August 8, 2001, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published in the Federal Register the preliminary results and partial rescission of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip from the R...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 61 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area, Amendment 61 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, Amendment 13...
Proposed Rule Dec 17, 2001
The National Marine Fisheries Service publishes IFQ standard prices and notification of adjustment of the IFQ fee percentage for the IFQ Cost Recovery Program in the halibut and sablefish fisheries of the North Pacific. This action is intended to pro...
Rule Dec 17, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (DOC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing and proposed information collection, as required by the P...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Observer Committee will meet in Seattle, WA.
Notice Dec 17, 2001
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad Hoc Groundfish Multi-Year Management Committee (GMMC) will hold a work session, which is open to the public.
Notice Dec 17, 2001
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Salmon Technical Team (STT) and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Salmon Subcommittee will hold two joint work sessions, which are open to the public.
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Pub. L. 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Defense Business Practice Implementation Board (DSPIB) is being established in consonance with the public interest and in accordance with the provisions of Pub. L. 92-463, the "Federal Advisory Committee Act," title 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2. The DBPI...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, and the Tennessee Valley Authority (Cooperating Agency) has prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) to the 1995 Environmental Impact Statement titled Chickamauga Dam--Navigation...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Working Group C (Electro-Optics) of the DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.
Notice Dec 17, 2001
The DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.
Notice Dec 17, 2001
Working Group B (Microelectronics) of the DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a change to a closed session meeting.
Notice Dec 17, 2001
Working Group A (Microwave Devices) of the DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.
Notice Dec 17, 2001
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Enduring Freedom Lessons Learned will meet in closed session on January 5-15, 2002, at various locations within the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility; and January 17-18, 2002, at IDA, 1801 N....
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Military Traffic Management Command:

Title Type Published
The Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) proposes to revise transportation services associated with the Defense Transportation Tracking System (DTTS) by requiring carriers to incorporate any charges for Satellite Motor Surveillance Service (SNS...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The Office of the Secretary of Defense 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. The alteration adds a new category of records being maintained and...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Education Department logo Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
On December 4, 2001, a 60-day notice inviting comment from the public was published for "An Assessment of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Pre-Service Training Program" in the Federal Register (Volume 66, Number 233) dated December 4,...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
Northwest Natural Gas Co. et al.
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review determinations; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to implement a Reindustrialization Program at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) in Piketon, Ohio. The PORTS facility contains a number of wetlands. The Reindustrialization Program would en...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The American Forest and Paper Association in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, is seeking applications for cost-shared research and development of technologies, which will reduce energy consumption, enhance economic competitiveness, and...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Natural gas exportation and importation:

Title Type Published
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during November 2001, it issued Orders granting, amending, and transferring authority to import and export natural gas. These Orders are summarized in the attached appendi...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title Type Published
The EPA is taking direct final action to amend the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for phosphoric acid manufacturing plants and the NESHAP for phosphate fertilizers production plants which were promulgated on June 10...
Rule Dec 17, 2001
The EPA is proposing to amend the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for phosphoric acid manufacturing plants and the NESHAP for phosphate fertilizers production plants which were promulgated on June 10, 1999 under auth...
Proposed Rule Dec 17, 2001

Water pollution; discharge of pollutants (NPDES):

Title Type Published
On October 22, 2001, the Acting Regional Administrator for Region VIII of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved a revision to the existing South Dakota Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program. With this revision, the State of Sout...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title Type Published
Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 7514)
Presidential Document Dec 17, 2001

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
This document grants a motion requesting an extension of the comment period established in the above-captioned docket. The order grants a 21-day extension to both the comment and reply comment deadlines.
Proposed Rule Dec 17, 2001

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title Type Published
Unitrans International Corp. (S.F.)
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled "FDA Recall Regulations" has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is publishing a Notice of Availability of Funds for Health Professions Preparatory, Pregraduate, and Indian Health Professions Scholarship Programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002. The IHS announces the availability of appro...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded one Information Collection Report (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-1396-DR), dated November 28, 2001, and related determinations.
Notice Dec 17, 2001
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-1396-DR), dated November 28, 2001, and related determinations.
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is holding a public workshop to discuss security procedures, programs, and capabilities within marine transportation systems. Discussions will focus on identifying possible security measures, standards, and responses to threats and ac...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Ports and waterways safety:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone to ensure the safety of navigation within a radius of 1000 feet of Queen Isabella Bridge construction vessels and machinery. Vessels transiting the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway through the Queen I...
Rule Dec 17, 2001

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Endangered and threatened species permit applications
Notice Dec 17, 2001
Notice of receipt.
Notice Dec 17, 2001
Endangered and threatened species permit applications
Notice Dec 17, 2001
Marine mammals permit applications
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service) will conduct an open meeting on January 24, 2002, to identify and discuss preliminary issues concerning the 2002-03 migratory bird hunting regulations.
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act; implementation:

Title Type Published
In the Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000 ("the Act"), Congress instructed the Department of Justice ("the Department") to promulgate regulations providing minimum safety and security standards for private companies that tra...
Proposed Rule Dec 17, 2001

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Under section 101 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) may allow the modification of the application of a mandatory safety standard to a mine if the Secretary determines either that an alternate method...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Employment of Adults With Disabilities Presidential Task Force
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.:

Title Type Published
Fee schedule; correction
Correction Dec 17, 2001

Safety and health standards, etc.:

Title Type Published
OSHA is withdrawing its Indoor Air Quality proposal and terminating the rulemaking proceeding. In the years since the proposal was issued, a great many state and local governments and private employers have taken action to curtail smoking in public a...
Proposed Rule Dec 17, 2001

Safety standard petitions:

Title Type Published
Wabash Mine Holding Co., et al.
Notice Dec 17, 2001

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
This notice announces the opening of additional Nixon presidential historical materials. Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with section 104 of Title I of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act (PRMPA, 44 U.S.C. 2111 note)...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order under sections 6(c) and 6(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") exempting an escrow account established by the applicant from all provisions of the Act, except section 9 and sections 36 through 53 of the Act, and the rules and regulations under those sections.
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission is issuing a statement regarding the selection and disclosure by public companies of critical accounting policies and practices.
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
Alabama
Notice Dec 17, 2001
Indiana
Notice Dec 17, 2001
Mississippi
Notice Dec 17, 2001

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Bilateral free trade agreements:

Title Type Published
The United States Trade Representative ("the USTR") has determined that the effective date of the "Agreement between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Trade Relations" ("the Agreement"), and, the grant of nondiscriminatory ta...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This action establishes a Class E enroute domestic airspace area beginning at 1,200 feet above ground level (AGL) in the vicinity of the Bristol Mountains, CA, to replace existing Class G uncontrolled airspace.
Rule Dec 17, 2001
This action revokes the Class E Surface Area airspace at Lompoc Airport in Lompoc, CA. The airport does not meet Class E Surface Area criteria due to inadequate radio communications capabilities between the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Cente...
Rule Dec 17, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

No documents available.

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) P206, TP206, TU206, U206, 207, T207, 210, P210, and T210 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require you to visually...
Proposed Rule Dec 17, 2001
This document proposes superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for MD Helicopters Inc. Model MD-900 helicopters. That AD currently requires inspecting the main rotor upper hub assembly drive plate attachment flange (flange), determining...
Proposed Rule Dec 17, 2001
This document proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 77-15-06, which applies to all SOCATA--Groupe Aerospatiale (Socata) Models MS 892A-150, MS 892E-150, MS 893A, MS 893E, Rallye 150T, and Rallye 150ST airplanes. AD 77-15-06 currently req...
Proposed Rule Dec 17, 2001

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee (ATPAC) will be held to review present air traffic control procedures and practices for standardizatio...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose at Albuquerque Sunport and use the revenue from a PFC at Albuquerque International Sunport and Double Eagle II Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Ca...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Technical standard orders:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of and requests comments on a proposed Technical Standard Order (TSO) pertaining to integrated modular avionics hardware elements (IMA). The proposed TSO prescribes the criteria for the minimum performance stand...
Notice Dec 17, 2001

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 17, 2001

Procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations relating to elective changes in entity classification under section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code. The regulations apply to subsidiary corporations that elect to change their classification for Federal tax...
Rule Dec 17, 2001

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