Federal Register December 31, 2001 (Volume 66)

Agencies Publishing on December 31, 2001

Agriculture Department (2)
Commerce Department (6)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (3)
Environmental Protection Agency (11)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
Health and Human Services Department (10)
Homeland Security Department (6)
Interior Department (10)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (1)
Labor Department (5)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (8)
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Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (1)
Personnel Management Office (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (11)
Social Security Administration (1)
Surface Transportation Board (3)
Transportation Department (10)
Treasury Department (5)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests Resource Advisory Committee The Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests Resource Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 15, 2002, at the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council building, main conference room, 2363 SW Glacier Place, Redmond, Oregon. The meeting will beg...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Agriculture Department > FS Notice of Resource Advisory Committee Meeting Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393) the Boise and Payette National Forests' Southwest Idaho Resourc...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination: IQF Red Raspberries From Chile We preliminarily determine that individually quick frozen ("IQF") red raspberries from Chile are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. The e...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination: Folding Metal Tables and Chairs From the People's Republic of China China	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the People's Republic of China China	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Japan: Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review of the Antidumping Order, and Intent To Revoke Order in Part In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(b), Dana Glacier Daido America, LLC ("Dana") filed a request for a changed circumstances review of the antidumping order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan with respect to the carbon...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From the Republic of Korea: Notice of Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On October 1, 2001, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published a notice of initiation in the above-named case. As a result of this review, the Department preliminarily finds for the purposes of this proceeding that INI Steel Company is the s...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Sea Turtle Conservation; Restrictions Applicable to Fishing and Scientific Research Activities NMFS is amending the sea turtle handling and resuscitation regulation. Recent scientific and technical information indicates that the current procedures need to be updated. This measure is necessary to improve the handling of sea turtles that are inc...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE Federal Energy Management Program; Federal Purchasing of Energy-Efficient Standby Power Devices The Department of Energy (DOE or Department) is publishing a preliminary standby product list and testing guidelines on its website as part of the implementation of Executive Order 13221, which directs government agencies to purchase devices with min...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Amendment to Rules Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Final Rule The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is revising its regulations governing off-the-record communications. The revisions ensure that the regulations do not impede the Commission's ability to quickly address issues relating to national...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revision to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District We are proposing a full approval of a revision to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) portion of the California SIP concerning PM-10 emissions from industrial processes. We are proposing action on a local rule tha...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested additional information regarding potential impacts to air quality, water resources, and other alternatives considered. ERP No. D-BLM-K81027-NV Rating EC2, Nevada Test and Training Range Resource Mana...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Good Neighbor Environmental Board Meeting The next meeting of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board, a federal advisory committee that reports to the President and Congress on environmental and infrastructure projects along the U.S. border with Mexico, will take place in Washington, DC on Ja...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Product Registrations; Conditional Approval This notice announces Agency approval of applications submitted by Eco Soil Systems, Inc., to conditionally register the pesticide product AtEzeTM containing a new active ingredient not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the p...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Products; Registration Applications This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...	Notice	Dec 31, 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 31, 2001

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Clethodim; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for combined residues of clethodim and its metabolites and their sulphoxides and sulphones in or on tall fescue forage and tall fescue hay. This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergen...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Project Work Plan for Revised Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants This notice announces the availability of the External Review Draft of a document, Project Work Plan for Revised Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants, NCEA-R-1068, prepared by the Office of Research and Development of the...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Environmental Protection Agency Research Needed To Improve Health and Ecological Risk Assessment for Ozone This notice announces the availability of the Second External Review Draft of a document, Research Needed to Improve Health and Ecological Risk Assessment for Ozone, EPA/600/R-98/031B, prepared by the Office of Research and Development of the U.S. En...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisi...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Federal Trade Commission

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Second Public Conference: Factors That Affect Prices of Refined Petroleum Products The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") will hold a second public conference on May 6-9, 2002, to examine issues concerning prices of refined petroleum products in the United States. The Commission held its first conference on August 2,...	Notice	Dec 31, 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 31, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > IHS Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program This document announces scheduled CHGME Payment Program conference calls for calendar year 2002. The purpose for these conference calls is to provide technical assistance related to the CHGME Payment Program.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Human drugs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Final Monograph; Partial Stay; Final Rule The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is staying the final monograph for over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen drug products that published in the Federal Register of May 21, 1999 (64 FR 27666). The final monograph established conditions under which OTC...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Notice of Hearing: Reconsideration of Disapproval of Ohio State Plan Amendment 98-020 This notice announces an administrative hearing to reconsider the decision to disapprove Ohio State Plan Amendment (SPA) 98-020, on February 21, 2002, at 10:00 a.m., Chicago Regional Office Federal Building; Fifth Floor; Minnesota Room; 233 North Mic...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Services; Delay in Effective Date of Calendar Year 2002 Payment Rates and the Pro Rata Reduction on Transitional Pass-Through Payments This document delays the effective date of the payment rates announced for Medicare hospital outpatient services paid under the prospective payment system for calendar year 2002. These rates were announced in a November 30, 2001 final rule (66 FR 598...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Preparation for ICH Meetings in Brussels, Belgium, Including Progress on Implementation of the Common Technical Document; Notice of Public Meeting The Food and Drug Administration is announcing a public meeting entitled "Preparation for ICH Meetings in Brussels, Belgium, Including Progress on Implementation of the Common Technical Document (CTD)" to solicit information and receive comments on t...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Health and Human Services Department Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics The President's Council on Bioethics will hold its first meeting, to discuss its agenda and future activities.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Random Drug Testing Rate for Covered Crewmembers The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2002 minimum random drug testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers. An evaluation of the 2000 Management Information System (MIS) data collection forms submitted by marine employers determined that ra...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee The Subcommittees of the Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) on Prevention Through People (PTP) and Vessel Cargo Tank Overpressurization will meet to continue their work on their Subcommittee Task Statements. The PTP Subcommittee will m...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee The Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee (CFIVAC) will meet to discuss various issues relating to commercial vessel safety in the fishing industry. The meetings are open to the public.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Reform of Pilotage on the Great Lakes The Coast Guard's Office of Great Lakes Pilotage is holding a public meeting to discuss ways of improving the safety, reliability, and efficiency of pilotage on the Great Lakes. We will also discuss issues brought to our attention during the meeting...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Towing Safety Advisory Committee The Towing Safety Advisory Committee's (TSAC) Working Group for Crew Alertness, and its Working Group for the Review of a Report from the Gulf Coast Mariner's Association (GCMA), will meet to discuss alertness risk factors on towing vessels and a var...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Security Zone: Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, Seabrook, New Hampshire The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone around the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire. The security zone will close off public access to all land and waters within 250 yards of the waterside property boundary of...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit Endangered and threatened species permit applications	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Interior Department > DOI OHA Trust Management Reform: Probate of Indian Trust Estates The Department of the Interior, Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), is revising its regulations regarding hearings and appeals involving the probate of property and funds held in trust or restricted status for individual Indians and Alaska Natives....	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Information Collection Being Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has submitted the information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The Service...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Interior Department > FWS Information Collection for Monitoring Species After Delisting Under the Endangered Species Act The collection of information described below has been submitted to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Copies of specific information collection requirements, related forms and explanatory material may be ob...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Record of Decision (ROD) for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Proposed Use of Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) Systems on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf, Western and Central Planning Areas The MMS has completed a ROD for the EIS on the proposed use of FPSO systems in the deepwater areas (generally beyond 650 feet or 200 meters water depth) of the Western and Central Planning Areas of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > USGS Technology Transfer Act 1986; Notice The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is contemplating entering into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Devon Energy Corporation to develop information on coal bed methane resources in North Central Louisiana. Inquirie...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Interior Department > USGS Technology Transfer Act of 1986; Notice The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is contemplating entering into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with OptiQuest Technologies, LLC to develop a water quality model and automated systems for quality control and visuali...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Interior Department > USGS Technology Transfer Act of 1986; Notice The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is contemplating entering into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Sequoia Scientific, Inc. for development of a laser sensor system for collecting fluvial sediment data in rivers....	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Western Regional Panel This notice announces a meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force Western Regional Panel and an Invasive Species Screening Process workshop. The meeting topics and workshop agenda are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Outer Continental Shelf operations :

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Alaska Region, Cook Inlet, Oil and Gas Lease Sales 191 and 199 for Years 2004 and 2006 The Secretary's preliminary decision to consider two sales in the Cook Inlet area in the Proposed OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2002-2007 provides for the first sale to be held in 2004, with a second sale in 2006. The MMS has modified its prele...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Folding Gift Boxes From China China	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP 2002 Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories The purpose of this notice is to announce a public solicitation to obtain a data collection agent for the 2002 Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Petitions for Modification Petitions for safety standard modifications; summary of affirmative decisions	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Labor surplus area classification:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Labor Surplus Area Classification Under Executive Orders 12073 and 10582 The purpose of this notice is to announce the annual list of labor surplus areas for Fiscal Year 2002.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of Advanced Medical Imaging and Nuclear Services Easton, PA 18045; Order Suspending License (Effective Immediately) Advanced Medical Imaging and Nuclear Services	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Entergy Operations, Inc., (Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1); Exemption Entergy Operations, Inc.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of J.L. Shepherd & Associates San Fernando, CA; Confirmatory Order Relaxing Order (Effective Immediately) J.L.Sheperd Associates	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company et al., (South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2); Order Approving Transfer of Licenses and Conforming Amendments South Texas Project Nuclear Operation Co. et al.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of Southern California Edison Company (San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3); Exemption Southern California Edison Co.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Revised Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

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Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Board Meeting: January 29-30, 2002-Pahrump, Nevada: The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Will Hold a Meeting To Discuss Issues Related to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Characterization of a Potential Repository Site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. A Program Overview and Scientific Updates Will Be Presented. Other Topics Included recently Issued DOE Documents Related to Site Recommendation and Analyses of the DOE's Total System Performance Assessment Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Personnel Management Office

Excepted service:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Excepted Service This gives notice of positions placed or revoked under Schedule C in the excepted service, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Pay administration:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Pay Administration (General) This document contains a technical amendment to the final regulation that was published in the Federal Register on January 9, 1981. This amendment removes a reference to the CFR that is no longer available.	Rule	Dec 31, 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 (Plains Resources, Inc., Common Stock, $.10 Par Value), File No. 1-10454 Plains Resources, Inc.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public utility holding company filings	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Greenwich Street Employees Fund, L.P., et al.; Notice of Application Notice of application for an order under sections 6(b) and 6(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") exempting applicants from all provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations under the Act, except section 9, section 17 (other than certain provisions of paragraphs (a), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (j)), section 30 (except for certain provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), (e), and (h)), and section 36 through 53, and the rules and regulations under those sections.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission One Fund, Inc., Ohio National Fund, Inc., Dow Target Variable Fund LLC, and Ohio National Investments, Inc.; Notice of Application Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC, Relating to a Six-Month Extension of Automatic Execution for Exchange Traded Funds American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to the Implementation of Quick Trade American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Concerning Amendments to Rules Governing Member Communications with the Public National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. To Adopt Procedures for the Transfer of Options Positions Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 2, and 3 by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Related to Generic Listing Standards Applicable to Trust Shares Pursuant to Rule 19-4(e) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Increasing the Equity Option Transaction Charge for Broker-Dealer Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto Relating to the Trading of Nasdaq Securities on the Floor of the Exchange Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Social Security Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Buchanan County, VA Norfolk Southern Railway Co.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
DOT, STB Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Pike County, KY Norfolk Southern Railway Co.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
DOT, STB Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Fayette County, WV Norfolk Southern Railway Co.	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Alcohol/Drug Regulations: Temporary Post-Accident Blood Testing Procedures Some of the existing FRA post-accident toxicology testing (PATT) kits contain blood tubes with expiration dates ranging from December 2001 to May 2002. These expiration dates refer only to the vacuum used in the tubes to draw blood. The replacement b...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Modification of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Class B Airspace Area; KY This action proposes to modify the current Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) Class B airspace area. Specifically, this action proposes to expand the lateral limits of Area C; reduce the lateral limits of Area F; eliminate Area...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2001
Homeland Security Department > TSA, Transportation Department Imposition and Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fees The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announces the imposition of a security service fee in the amount of $2.50 per enplanement on passengers of domestic and foreign air carriers in air transportation, foreign air transportation, and intra...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the following currently approved information collection activities. Befo...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce, plc RB211 Trent 800 Series Turbofan Engines This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Rolls-Royce, plc RB211 Trent 800 series turbofan engines. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive ultrasonic inspections of low pressure compressor (LP...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Docket Number MARAD-2001-11241 Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for su...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Commercial air flights:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Firearms, Less-Than-Lethal Weapons, and Emergency Services on Commercial Air Flights The FAA is requesting comments on issues related to pilots carrying firearms into the cockpit and flight deck crewmembers carrying less-than-lethal weapons on aircraft providing air transportation or intrastate air transportation. We are also request...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Child Passenger Protection Education Grants The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announces a grant program under Section 2003(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to implement child passenger protection programs that are designed to prevent de...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting on Air Carrier and General Aviation Maintenance Issues The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of the FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee to discuss Air Carrier and General Aviation Maintenance Issues. Specifically the committee will discu...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Manufactured Home Tires The FMCSA is amending its tire regulation to reflect the expiration of a provision allowing the overloading of tires used for the transportation of manufactured homes. The agency is also denying petitions from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Air commerce:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > Customs Service Passenger and Crew Manifests Required for Passenger Flights in Foreign Air Transportation to the United States This document amends the Customs Regulations, on an interim basis, in order to implement a provision of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act which requires that each air carrier, foreign and domestic, operating a passenger flight in foreign a...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations-Requirement That Nonfinancial Trades or Businesses Report Certain Currency Transactions This document proposes to amend the Bank Secrecy Act regulations to require that persons who, in the course of conducting a nonfinancial trade or business, receive more than $10,000 in coins or currency in one transaction (or two or more related tran...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2001
Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations-Requirement That Nonfinancial Trades or Businesses Report Certain Currency Transactions This document contains an interim rule amending the Bank Secrecy Act regulations to require that persons who, in the course of conducting a nonfinancial trade or business, receive more than $10,000 in coins or currency in one transaction (or two or m...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001
Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Proposed Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations-Requirement of Brokers or Dealers in Securities to Report Suspicious Transactions FinCEN is proposing to amend the Bank Secrecy Act regulations to require brokers or dealers in securities ("broker-dealers") to report suspicious transactions to the Department of the Treasury. This is the fourth proposal to be issued by FinCEN conce...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Amendment to Section 6050I Cross-Referencing Section 5331 of Title 31 Relating to Reporting of Certain Currency Transactions by Nonfinancial Trades or Businesses Under the Bank Secrecy Act This document contains final amendments to the Income Tax Regulations under section 6050I of the Internal Revenue Code which requires persons to report information about financial transactions to the IRS, and section 5331 of title 31 which requires p...	Rule	Dec 31, 2001

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Research and Development Office; Government-Owned Inventions for Licensing The inventions listed below by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, are available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of Federall...	Notice	Dec 31, 2001

Federal Register December 31, 2001

Agencies Publishing on December 31, 2001

Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Endangered and threatened species:

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Energy Department

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

Practice and procedure:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

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

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Federal Trade Commission

Meetings:

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Human drugs:

Medicaid:

Medicare:

Meetings:

Homeland Security Department

Meetings:

Ports and waterways safety:

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Outer Continental Shelf operations :

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department

Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Labor surplus area classification:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

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Meetings:

Personnel Management Office

Excepted service:

Pay administration:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Social Security Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Transportation Department

Agency information collection activities:

Airworthiness directives:

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Commercial air flights:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Motor carrier safety standards:

Ports and waterways safety:

Railroad services abandonment:

Treasury Department

Air commerce:

Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements:

Income taxes:

Veterans Affairs Department

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