February 12, 2002 (Volume 67)

Federal Register February 12, 2002

View all documents issued on February 12, 2002. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

118 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 12, 2002

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Electric loans:

Title Type Published
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby gives notice that no adverse comments were received regarding the direct final rule establishing rules and regulations to administer the Treasury Rate Direct Loan Program, and confirms the effective date of th...
Rule Feb 12, 2002

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the U.S. Department of A...
Notice Feb 12, 2002
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Vector Tobacco (USA) Ltd., seeking a determination of nonregulated status for tobacco designated as Vector 21-41, which has been genetically e...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

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We are amending the regulations regarding ports designated for the importation of pet birds, performing or theatrical birds, and poultry and poultry products by removing Boston, MA, from the lists of limited ports of entry. Very few of these animals...
Rule Feb 12, 2002

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The inventions listed below are owned in whole or in part by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The Department of Commerce's interest in the inventions is available for exclusive or non-exclusive licensing in accordanc...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Antidumping:

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On August 6, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Brazil. The merchandise covered by this order is silicon metal from Brazil....
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Notice of final determination of sales at less than fair value.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
On August 8, 2001, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from France. This review covers one manufacturer/exp...
Notice Feb 12, 2002
On August 8, 2001, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Japan. This review covers one manufacturer/expo...
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Initiation of antidumping duty investigation.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
On August 8, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Mexico (66 FR 41523). This review covers one...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The purpose of this document is to invite the public to submit proposals for available funding to implement grass-roots habitat restoration projects that will benefit living marine resources, including anadromous fish, under the NOAA Community-Based...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Meetings:

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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene public meetings of the Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and the Reef Fish Advisory Panel (AP).
Notice Feb 12, 2002
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a 2-day Council meeting on February 26 and 27, 2002, to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2002
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Monkfish Oversight Committee and Scallop Oversight Committee in February and March, 2002 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive e...
Notice Feb 12, 2002
The APAC will have a closed meeting on February 27, 2002 at the U.S. Department of Commerce to discuss U.S.-made automotive parts sales in Japanese and other Asian markets.
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Patents:

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is considering whether the paper copies of selected subclasses of U.S. patents to be removed from the examiners' search rooms should be disposed of as wastepaper or donated to a non-profit organiz...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Commission of Fine Arts logo Commission of Fine Arts

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Meetings
Notice Feb 12, 2002

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services (CHAMPUS):

Title Type Published
This final rule provides for the enrollment of certain family members of E-4 and below in TRICARE Prime. Sponsors with non-enrolled family members will be automatically referred to the local TRICARE Service Center for enrollment. They will be given t...
Rule Feb 12, 2002

Privacy Act:

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The Department of the Air Force is deleting six notices and amending one 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.
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Education Department logo Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

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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 Feb 12, 2002

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Algonquin Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
ISO New England, Inc.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Maritimes Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Universal Electric Power Corp.
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
PGE Dispersed Generating Co. LLC et al.
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites applications from potential applicants for research funding in the Energy Biosciences program area. The Energy Biosciences program has the miss...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Electricity market design and structure; technical conference
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Southern Natural Gas Co.; South System Expansion II Project; site visits
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.; settlement conference
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
Off-the-record communications
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

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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 to...
Notice Feb 12, 2002
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: New Sour...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title Type Published
This notice publishes revisions to the list of categories of major and area sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions. The source category list, which is required under section 112(c) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), constitutes a significant pa...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

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

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP)...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2002
EPA is finalizing approval of revisions to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions were proposed in the Federal Register on September 20, 2001, and concern re...
Rule Feb 12, 2002

Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

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The Cincinnati-Hamilton moderate 1-hour ozone nonattainment area (Cincinnati-Hamilton area) includes the Ohio Counties of Hamilton, Butler, Clermont, and Warren and the Kentucky Counties of Boone, Campbell, and Kenton. In a Federal Register notice pu...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
The Cincinnati-Hamilton moderate 1-hour ozone nonattainment area (Cincinnati-Hamilton area) includes the Ohio Counties of Hamilton, Butler, Clermont, and Warren and the Kentucky Counties of Boone, Campbell, and Kenton. In a Federal Register notice pu...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2002

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Environmental Financial Advisory Board
Notice Feb 12, 2002
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public workshop on March 14-15, 2002, to provide a forum to discuss how water quality funding programs can be managed and enhanced to achieve the greatest environmental benefit.
Notice Feb 12, 2002

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

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This regulation amends an existing exemption to lower the number average molecular weight to 1,100 for residues of 1,2- ethanediamine, polymer with methyl oxirane and oxirane when used as an inert ingredient in or on growing crops, when applied to ra...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of tetraethoxysilane polymer with hexamethyldisiloxane (CAS Reg. No. 104133-09-7); when used as an inert ingredient in or on growing crops, when applied to raw...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues ofzeta- cypermethrin and its inactive R-isomers in or on edible podded legume vegetables (Crop subgroup 6A) at 0.5 parts per million (ppm); succulent, shelled peas and beans (Crop subgroup 6B) at 0...
Rule Feb 12, 2002

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") is hereby providing notice of a proposed administrat...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the forthcoming regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
In this document the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) continues to develop, adopt and implement a number of strategies to ensure that the numbering resources of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) are used efficiently, and t...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
In this document, the Commission dismisses the petitions for reconsideration of the Universal Service First Report and Order, 62 FR 32862 (June 17, 1997), Local Competition First Report and Order, 61 FR 45476 (August 29, 1996) and Local Competition S...
Rule Feb 12, 2002

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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This notice is to inform the public that the SAMHSA/CSAT program announcement, PA 99-050, Comprehensive Community Treatment Program, is being cancelled. Effective immediately, no new applications will be received, reviewed, or funded under this annou...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Harmonisation International Conference; guidelines availability:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of draft recommendations for the revision of the permitted daily exposures (PDE) for two solvents, n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) and tetrahydrofuran (THF), according to the maintenance...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Medical devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to reclassify the cutaneous carbon dioxide (PcCO<INF>2</INF>) monitor from class II (performance standards) into class II (special controls). FDA is also proposing to reclassify the cutaneous oxygen...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2002

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is cancelling the meeting of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee scheduled for February 15, 2002. The meeting was announced in the Federal Register of January 22, 2002 (67 FR 2891...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Cutaneous Carbon Dioxide (PcCO<INF>2</INF>) and Oxygen (PcO<INF>2</INF>) Monitors; Draft Guidance for I...
Notice Feb 12, 2002
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance document entitled "Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest for Special Government Employees Participating in FDA Product Specific Advisory Committees." This draft d...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-1400-DR), dated January 24, 2002, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Arkansas, (FEMA-1400-DR), dated January 24, 2002, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-1400-DR), dated January 24, 2002, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-1401-DR), dated February 1, 2002, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Roswell springsnail (Pyrgulopsis roswellensis), Koster's tryonia (Tryonia kosteri), Pecos assiminea (Assiminea pecos), and Noel's amphipod (Gammarus desperatus) as endangered with...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2002
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose designation of critical habitat for five plants endemic (restricted) to carbonate soils in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, a...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) of the U.S. Department of the Interior is announcing its intent to solicit applications from eligible, not-for-profit candidates for funding under the Watershed Cooperative Agreement Prog...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing:

Title Type Published
This document proposes clarifying amendments to regulations on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) bidding systems. The proposed amendments make explicit that water depth and production timing on leases issued after 2000 and located in a field with leases...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2002

Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:

Title Type Published
This document extends to March 27, 2002, the previous deadline of February 25, 2002, for submitting comments on the proposed rule published December 27, 2001 (66 FR 66851) that addresses fixed and floating offshore platforms and floating production s...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2002

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title Type Published
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), approve, with certain exceptions, a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program (the "Montana program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA)....
Rule Feb 12, 2002

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Justice Department logo Justice Department

No documents available.

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Price's Power International; correction
Correction Feb 12, 2002

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Employee benefit plans; class exemptions:

Title Type Published
This document contains a final exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act or ERISA), the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act (FERSA), and from certain taxes imposed...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Unemployment compensation for ex-servicemembers:

Title Type Published
Remuneration schedules
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 Feb 12, 2002
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 Feb 12, 2002

Meetings:

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Agency information collection activities;

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Feb 12, 2002
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Notice Feb 12, 2002
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 12, 2002
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
Tennessee
Notice Feb 12, 2002

License surrenders:

Title Type Published
Capital Fund, Inc.
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Small business size standards:

Title Type Published
The Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to modify the small business size standard for petroleum refiners for purposes of Federal Government procurement. SBA proposes to increase the capacity component of the size standard from 75,000 barrel...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2002

State Department logo State Department

Shipping and seamen:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended, the Department of State is issuing a proposed rule updating the list of countries whose laws regulations or practices prohibit crewmembers on U.S. ships from performing longs...
Proposed Rule Feb 12, 2002

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Regional Resource Stewardship Council
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has for the time being determined that it will continue to follow its current long-standing policy that waives the Security Agreement requirement for commercial war risk hull and protection and indemnity insurance...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A330 and A340 series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections and operational checks of the spring function of the emergency exit door slider mechanism, a...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Airbus Model A330-243, -341, -342, and -343 series airplanes. This action requires modifying the rear engine mount by replacing the existing fail-safe link with a...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 B2 and A300 B4; A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R (collectively called A300-600); and A310 series airplanes. This AD requires repetitive overhaul, inclu...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes, that currently requires a one-time ultrasonic inspection to detect disbonding of the skin attachments at the...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 757 series airplanes, that requires a one-time inspection of a wire bundle in the left wing front spar for chafing and for proper installation of a Teflon sl...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-200, -200C, -300, and -500 series airplanes, that requires replacement of the bolt and self- locking nut on the primary support pin of the main landing g...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 series airplanes, that requires, among other things, repetitive leak tests of the lavatory drain systems and repair, if necessary; installati...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited (Pilatus Britten- Norman) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T series airplanes. This AD requires you to repetitively inspect the inboard bracket...
Rule Feb 12, 2002
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, and BN2A MK. III series airplanes. This AD requires you to repetitively inspect certain ol...
Rule Feb 12, 2002

Engineering and traffic operations:

Title Type Published
The FHWA revises its policy on the design standards that apply to highway construction and reconstruction projects on the National Highway System (NHS). The previous standards were the 1994 version of the American Association of State Highway and Tra...
Rule Feb 12, 2002

Orders:

Title Type Published
FRA amends its Order of Particular Applicability requiring all trains operating on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between New Haven, Connecticut and Boston, Massachusetts (NEC--North End) to be equipped to respond to the new Advanced Civil Speed Enforc...
Notice Feb 12, 2002

Pipeline safety:

Title Type Published
The Research and Special Programs Administration published a final rule in the Federal Register on January 8, 2002, regarding changes to the reporting requirements for hazardous liquid pipeline accidents. The effective date of this rule was inadverte...
Rule Feb 12, 2002

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