Federal Register September 3, 2002 (Volume 67)

Agencies Publishing on September 3, 2002

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Agricultural Marketing Service (0)
Agriculture Department (7)
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (2)
Commerce Department (12)
Commission of Fine Arts (1)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
Defense Department (1)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (8)
Environmental Protection Agency (6)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Reserve System (3)
Health and Human Services Department (5)
Homeland Security Department (5)
Housing and Urban Development Department (2)
Interior Department (26)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (1)
Labor Department (1)
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National Science Foundation (2)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (5)
Small Business Administration (2)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (10)
Treasury Department (5)

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Agricultural Marketing Service

Agency designation actions:

No documents available.

Agriculture Department

Agency designation actions:

Title	Type	Published
Agricultural Marketing Service > GIPSA, Agriculture Department Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Springfield (IL) Area Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) requests comments on the applicants for designation to provide official services in the geographic areas assigned to Springfield Grain Inspection, Inc. (Springfield).	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Agricultural Marketing Service > GIPSA, Agriculture Department Opportunity for Designation in the Jamestown (ND), Lincoln (NE), Memphis (TN), Omaha (NE), Sioux City (IA), and Tischer (IA) Areas, and Request for Comments on the Official Agencies Serving These Areas The designations of the official agencies listed below will end in March 2003. Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is asking persons interested in providing official services in the areas served by these agencies to submit...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Agricultural Marketing Service > GIPSA, Agriculture Department Designation for the Aberdeen (SD), Decatur (IL), Grand Forks (ND), Hastings (NE), McCrea (IA), Missouri, and South Carolina Areas Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) announces designation of the following organizations to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act): Aberdeen Grain Inspection, Inc. (Aberdeen...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CCC, FSA Notice of Funds Availability; 2002 Cattle Feed Program This Notice announces the availability of $150 million under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (section 32) and Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)-owned nonfat dry milk (NDM) to implement the 2002 Cattle Feed Program (CFP). This program will p...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Loan and purchase programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CCC 2002-Crop Sugar Marketing Allotments and Cane Sugar Allotment Hearing The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice to advise the public that CCC has established the overall allotment quantity for sugar for the 2002 crop year and will hold a public hearing regarding the 2002-crop cane State sugar market...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Madera County Resource Advisory Committee Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Sierra National Forest's Resource Advisory Committee for...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

User fees:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS AQI User Fees: Extension of Current Fees Beyond Fiscal Year 2002 We are amending the user fee regulations to ensure that fiscal year 2002 user fee rates remain in effect beyond fiscal year 2002 until the fees are revised. In a final rule published in the Federal Register on November 16, 1999, we amended the regula...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

Americans with Disabilities Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities; Recreation Facilities The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) is issuing final accessibility guidelines to serve as the basis for standards to be adopted by the Department of Justice for new construction and alterations of recreation...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities; Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Accessibility Guidelines; Recreation Facilities The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) has issued final rules to supplement the accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act by adding provisions for recre...	Proposed Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review Notice of opportunity to request Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, finding, or suspended investigation.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (“Sunset”) Reviews In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), the Department of Commerce ("the Department") is automatically initiating five-year ("sunset") reviews of the suspended investigations listed below. The Internationa...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Oil Country Tubular Goods From Mexico: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On October 1, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing the initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Mexico. See Initia...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NTIA Request for Comments on the Court Documents Exception to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act Section 101 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, Pub. L. No. 106-229, codified at 15 U.S.C. Secs. 7001 et seq. ("ESIGN" or "the Act"), preserves the legal effect, validity, and enforceability of signatures and contracts r...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Commerce Department > NTIA Request for Comments on the Hazardous Materials and Dangerous Goods Shipping Papers Exception to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act Section 101 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, Pub. L. No. 106-229, codified at 15 U.S.C. Secs. 7001 et seq. ("ESIGN" or "the Act"), preserves the legal effect, validity, and enforceability of signatures and contracts r...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel Platoons in Areas 542 and 543 NMFS is notifying registered vessels of their platoon assignments for the B season Atka mackerel fishery in harvest limit areas (HLA) 542 and/or 543 of the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This a...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Deep-Water Species Fishery by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Gulf of Alaska NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the deep-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), except for vessels fishing for pollock using pelagic trawl gear in those portions of the GOA open t...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Adjustment to the 2002 Black Sea Bass Total Allowable Landings (TAL) NMFS restores 10,000 lb (4,534 kg) of unused research set- aside to the 2002 black sea bass TAL, and makes corresponding adjustments to the 2002 black sea bass recreational harvest limit and the 2002 Quarter 4 commercial quota. This action complies w...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Missile Launch Operations from San Nicolas Island, CA In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take small numbers of pinnipeds by harassment incidental to missile launch operatio...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > USBC Census Advisory Committees Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Title 5, United States Code, appendix 2, section 10(a)(b), the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is giving notice of a joint meeting followed by separate and concurrently held meetings of the Census...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene a public meeting of the Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel (RFSAP).	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Commerce Department > BIS Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Commission of Fine Arts

Title	Type	Published
Commission of Fine Arts Notice of Meeting Meetings	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Textile and apparel categories:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Denying Entry to Textiles and Textile Products Produced in Certain Companies in Macau Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs directing Customs to deny entry to shipments manufactured in certain companies in Macau.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Defense Department

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of the Navy proposes to add a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Canyon Creek Compression Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Canyon Creek Compression Co.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Dauphin Island Gathering Partners; Notice of Negotiated Rate Tariff Filing Dauphin Island Gathering Partners	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Energy Investments Management, Inc.; Notice of Filing Energy Investments Management, Inc.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Midwest Independent System Operator, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., et al.: Notice Cancelling Settlement Conference Midwest Independent System Operator et al.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Northwest Pipeline Corp.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Energy Department > FERC PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing PGE Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedure for Dishwashers The Department of Energy (We, DOE, or the Department) will hold a public hearing to discuss and receive comments on DOE's proposal to amend its test procedure for residential dishwashers. The proposal adds new definitions for non soil-sensing dishwas...	Proposed Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement, to address a lawsuit (the "lawsuit") filed by Louisiana Environmental Action Network ("LEAN"), r...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for Doe Run Buick Mine and Mill This document announces that the EPA Administrator has responded to a citizen petition asking EPA to object to the operating permit issued to Doe Run Buick Mine and Mill by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). Specifically, the Admini...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Finding of Attainment for PM10; Wallula PM10 Nonattainment Area, WA EPA is proposing to find that the Wallula nonattainment area in Washington has attained the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than or equal to a nominal ten micrometers (PM<INF>...	Proposed Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Air Pollution Control; Motor Vehicle Emission Factors The Environmental Protection Agency is now in the process of developing revisions and improvements to its mobile source emissions models (the MOBILE and NONROAD models) as well as planning a new generation of models (the MOVES model). The current ver...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Lactic acid, ethyl ester and Lactic acid, n-butyl ester; Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance This regulation establishes two exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of lactic acid, ethyl ester and lactic acid, n-butyl ester when used in pesticide formulations. PURAC America, Inc. submitted two petitions to EPA under the F...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Health Assessment Document for Diesel Engine Exhaust The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of the final Health Assessment Document for Diesel Engine Exhaust (EPA/600/8-90/057F, May 2002). The document was prepared by the Office of Research and Development's Natio...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized Argentina; duty-free treatment under generalized system of preferences (Proc. 7586)	Presidential Document	Sep 03, 2002
Executive Office of the President Further Amending Executive Order 10173, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Relating to the Safeguarding of Vessels, Harbors, Ports, and Waterfront Facilities of the United States Waterfront facilities; security and protection (EO 13273)	Presidential Document	Sep 03, 2002

Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission 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	Sep 03, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Technological Advisory Council In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, this notice advises interested persons of the sixth meeting of the Technological Advisory Council ("Council") under its new charter.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Federal Open Market Committee:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of June 25-26, 2002 Domestic policy directives	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Current List of Laboratories Which Meet Minimum Standards To Engage in Urine Drug Testing for Federal Agencies The Department of Health and Human Services notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet standards of subpart C of Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (59 FR 29916, 29925). A notice listing al...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > AHRQ Notice of Meetings Health Services Research Initial Review Group Committee	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > ACF President's Committee on Mental Retardation; Notice of Meeting Notice of meeting.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Privacy Act, Exempt Record System The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services is implementing a new System of Records (SOR) called the "Program Information Management System (PIMS), HHS/OS/OCR (09-90- 0052)." PIMS effectively combines, and ultimat...	Proposed Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Draft Guideline for Prevention of Healthcare-associated Pneumonia, 2003 This notice is a request for review of and comment on the Draft Guideline for Prevention of Healthcare-associated Pneumonia, 2003, available on the CDC Web site at www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/ pnguide.htm. The guideline has been developed for practitioner...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Dorchester Bay, MA The Coast Guard proposes to temporarily change the drawbridge operating regulations governing the operation of the William T. Morrisey Boulevard Bridge, at mile 0.0, across Dorchester Bay at Boston, Massachusetts. This proposed temporary change to th...	Proposed Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety Zones, Security Zones, Drawbridge Operation Regulations and Special Local Regulations This document corrects a notice of temporary rules issued published in the Federal Register on July 30, 2002, collecting those temporary rules issued by the Coast Guard for which timely publication in the Federal Register was not possible. That docum...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety and Security Zones; High Interest Vessel Transits, Narragansett Bay, Providence River, and Taunton River, RI The Coast Guard is establishing permanent safety and security zones around high interest vessels (HIVs) while those vessels are operating within Rhode Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, and the Providence and Taunton Rivers. This rule also establishes s...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Anchorages and Security Zones; Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai, HI The Coast Guard proposes to extend the effective period of security zones in designated waters adjacent to the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai, HI for a period of 6 months beyond their current October 19, 2002, expiration date. These securit...	Proposed Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Regattas and marine parades:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; St. Mary's River, St. Mary's City, MD The Coast Guard is establishing permanent special local regulations for the St. Mary's Seahawk Sprint, a marine event held on the waters of the St. Mary's River, St. Mary's City, Maryland. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Utility Allowances for Use by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation This notice announces that the Department has established monthly utility allowances in accordance with the Secretary's authority to regulate the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Fredd...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Emergency Comment Request; Inventory of Housing Units Designated for Elderly/Disabled Persons; Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comment...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Recovery Permit The following applicants have applied for a scientific research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, so...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > USGS Request for Public Comments on Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act The collection of information referred herein applies to a World-Wide Web site that permits individuals to submit records of the number of calling amphibians at wetlands. The Web site is termed Frogwatch USA. Information will be used by scientists an...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Classification of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Classification; Salt Wells Known Geothermal Resources Area, NV This notice alerts the public that the Bureau of Land Management has expanded the size of the Salt Wells Known Geothermal Resources Area by 1,280 acres.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Closure of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Road Restriction Order and Temporary Closure of Road and Challis Wild Horse Corrals Area, Custer County, ID, Order No. ID-084-33 Notice is given that the road to the Challis BLM Wild Horse Corrals, from where it leaves the county road (Upper Hot Springs Road) to the corrals, and the horse corrals and area immediately adjacent to the corrals, will be closed to the general publi...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Interior Department > BLM Notice Rescinding the October 18, 1999, Shooting Area Closure in South Phillips County, MT The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on October 18, 1999, closed about 26,500 acres of public land to the discharge or use of firearms. The areas closed are described as the 40-Complex between Dry Fork and Beauchamp Creek, and an area south of Pea Rid...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent to Prepare a Land Use Analysis/Environmental Assessment A Land Use Analysis/Environmental Assessment (LUA/EA) is being prepared to consider leasing Federal coal in response to lease application KYES-51088. The 64.51-acre application area in Whitley and McCreary Counties, Kentucky is managed by the Daniel...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Interior Department > BLM New Mexico: Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 90928 New Mexico	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Invitation to Participate In Coal Exploration Program Notice of Invitation to participate in Coal Exploration program Canyon Fuel Company, LLC, Flat Canyon Tract, Boulger Canyon Area. Canyon Fuel Company is inviting all qualified parties to participate in its proposed exploration of certain Federal Coal deposits in Sanpete County, Utah.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposal To Delist the California Plant Berberis (=Mahonia) sonnei (Truckee barberry) We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to delist or remove Berberis (=Mahonia) sonnei (Truckee barberry) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. We propose this action based on a review of all available data, which indic...	Proposed Rule	Sep 03, 2002
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Notice of Intent To Prepare a Status Review for the Westslope Cutthroat Trout We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce initiation of a new status review for the westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi) in the United States, pursuant to a recent Court order and the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. We...	Proposed Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Availability of Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement/General Management Plan On June 26, 2002, the Director, Intermountain Region approved the Record of Decision for the project. As soon as practical, the National Park Service will begin to implement the General Management Plan described as the Preferred Alternative (Alternat...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Interior Department > NPS Record of Decision Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, Washington, DC The National Park Service has prepared a Final General Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site. Four alternatives were evaluated for guiding the management of the site over...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Interior Department > NPS Final Environmental Impact Statement for Santa Cruz Island Primary Restoration Plan Channel Islands National Park Santa Barbara County, CA; Notice of Availability Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 81-190 as amended), the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) assessing the potential impacts...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Extension of Scoping Phase Public Comment Period The Notice of Intent for the Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan and Environmental Impact Statement regarding vehicle route designation in the Surprise Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Inyo County, California was p...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Amendment to the San Juan/San Miguel Resource Management Plan (RMP) for a Proposed Ski Area Near Silverton, CO Pursuant to Section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will prepare, by a third-party contractor, an EIS...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting, Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as in...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Motor vehicle use restrictions:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Seasonal Closure for All Motorized Vehicles on Public Land in the Silver Creek Ridge Area, Sublette County, WY In response to a request from the Wyoming Game & Fish Department (WYG&F), a closure to all motorized vehicles, including over-the-snow vehicles will be in effect starting November 15th through January 31st of each year for the Silver Creek Ridge. A s...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Oil and gas leases:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM New Mexico: Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease NMNM 102020 New Mexico	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Opening of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Opening of National Forest System Lands; Wyoming This notice terminates the temporary segregative effect as to 1902.02 acres of Nations Forest System lands which were originally included in the applications for exchanges in the Shoshone and Medicine Bow National Forests.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act Classification for Conveyance This notice serves to amend the description of lands contained in a Notice of Realty Action published in the Federal Register March 6, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 44, Page 11307-11308). The following lands, located adjacent to the Palo Verde Solid Waste...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action (NORA); Notice of Termination of Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Classification, Opening Order This notice terminates Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Classification NMNM 96514 in its entirety and opens the surface and mineral estate to entry pursuant to sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 (4...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action The following public land, located in Washington County, Utah, has been examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance to the City of Washington under the provision of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. As amended (43 U.S.C. 869 e...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Proposed Supplementary Rules for Public Land Administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado Relating to the Unlawful Use of Alcohol by Underage Persons, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Drugs, and Drug Paraphernalia Use and Possession on Public Land The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing supplementary rules to apply to the public lands within the State of Colorado. The rules relate to the illegal use of alcohol and drugs on the public lands. The BLM needs the supplementary rules to pro...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Availability of Draft Director's Order Concerning National Park Service Policies and Procedures for Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared a Director's Order setting forth its policies and procedures governing the conduct of resource damage assessment and restoration activities under the civil damage provisions of the Park System Resources Pr...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Resource management plans, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM New Mexico; Notice of Intent To Prepare a Plan Amendment to the Taos Resource Management Plan With an Associated National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Documentation Pursuant to 43 CFR 1600, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Taos Field Office is considering an amendment to the Taos Resource Management Plan (RMP) to provide for the possible disposal of approximately 640 acres, more or less, of public land in Ri...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; New Mexico The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to withdraw 430.015 acres, more or less, of public land in Taos County, New Mexico, to protect the riparian, scenic, and recreational values of the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River. This notice closes the...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Carbon Steel Plate From China, Russia, South Africa, and Ukraine The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether termination of the suspended investigations on CTL carbon steel plate from China...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Justice Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance Grant Program The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), United States Department of Justice (DOJ), is publishing Proposed Revised Program Guidelines to implement the Victim Assistance Grant Program as authorized by the Victims of Cri...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Labor Department

Employee benefit plans; class exemptions:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 92-6 (PTE 92-6) Involving the Transfer of Individual Life Insurance Contracts and Annuities from Employee Benefit Plans to Plan Participants, Certain Beneficiaries of Plan Participants, Personal Trusts, Employers and Other Employee Benefit Plans This document amends PTE 92-6, a class exemption that enables an employee benefit plan to sell individual life insurance contracts and annuities to: (1) A plan participant insured under such policies; (2) a relative of such insured participant who is...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

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National Science Foundation

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Establish an Information Collection 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 (Pub. L. 104-13), we are providing opportunity for p...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Proposal Review for Environmental Biology; Notice of Meeting Environmental Biology Proposal Review	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station; Notice of Receipt of Application for Renewal of Facility Operating License No. NPF-12 for an Additional 20-Year Period South Carolina Electric Gas Co.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Overseas Private Investment Corporation September 12, 2002 Board of Directors Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Delegation of Authority to the General Counsel of the Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is amending its rules to delegate authority to the General Counsel to issue orders raising in any Commission-instituted proceeding the matter of whether any sanction, and if so what sanction, shou...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Ownership Reports and Trading by Officers, Directors and Principal Security Holders We are adopting rule and form amendments to implement the accelerated filing deadline applicable to change of beneficial ownership reports required to be filed by officers, directors and principal security holders under Section 16(a) of the Securitie...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Fees for Nasdaq's InterMarket National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Thereto by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Participation Rights in Trades Involving Crossing, Facilitation, and Solicited Orders Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of California (Corrected Copy) California; correction	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Small Business Administration Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

State Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Advisory Committee on Labor Diplomacy; Meeting Labor Diplomacy Advisory Committee	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Union Pacific Railroad Company-Trackage Rights Exemption-The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (“RSAC”); Working Group Activity Update FRA is updating its announcement of RSAC's working group activities to reflect their current status.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Air carriers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Review under 49 U.S.C. 41720 of Delta/Northwest/Continental Agreements Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, and Continental Airlines have submitted code-sharing and frequent-flyer program reciprocity agreements to the Department for review under 49 U.S.C. 41720. That statute requires such agreements between major U.S. p...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Raytheon Model BAe.125 Series 1000A Airplanes and Model Hawker 1000 Airplanes This amendment rescinds an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Raytheon Model BAe.125 Series 1000A Airplanes and Model Hawker 1000 airplanes. That AD currently requires inspections of the thrust reverser system for integrity,...	Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Buy America waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Notice of Granted Buy America Waiver This waiver allows North American Bus Industries to count a foreign-manufactured articulating joint system used in its low floor bus as a domestic component for purposes of calculating the aggregate domestic content of the vehicle and was predicated...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Transportation Department > FTA Notice of Granted Buy America Waiver This waiver, granted August 9, 2002, allows Orion Bus Industries (Orion) to count the axle used in the Orion II paratransit vehicle as a domestic component for the purposes of calculating overall domestic content and was predicated on the non-availab...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Environmental Impact Statement for the North Eugene Bus Rapid Transit Corridor in the Eugene-Springfield Oregon Metropolitan Area The Federal Transit Administration and Lane Transit District (LTD) intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for transit improvements in the North Eugene Bus Rapid Transi...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002
Transportation Department > FTA Environmental Impact Statement for the North Springfield Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Extension in the Eugene-Springfield Oregon Metropolitan Area The Federal Transit Administration and Lane Transit District (LTD) intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for transit improvements in the North Springfield Bus Rapid T...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement; Pottawattamie County, IA, Douglas County, NE The FHWA is issuing a correction to the notice to the public that a scoping meeting leading to the preparation of an environmental impact statement would be prepared for improving the freeway system for Interstate-80 (I-80), I-29, and I-480 in the Ci...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting FRA announces the next meeting of the RSAC, a Federal Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus process. The meeting will address a wide range of topics, including possible adoption of specific recommendations f...	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC, Denial of Application for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Regattas and marine parades:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8845 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	Sep 03, 2002
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8850 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	Sep 03, 2002
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8846 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	Sep 03, 2002

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Guidance Regarding the Definition of Foreign Personal Holding Company Income; Hearing Cancellation This document provides notice of cancellation of a public hearing on proposed regulations under section 954 of the Internal Revenue Code.	Proposed Rule	Sep 03, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Art Advisory Panel-Notice of Closed Meeting Closed meeting of the Art Advisory Panel will be held in Washington, DC.	Notice	Sep 03, 2002

Federal Register September 3, 2002

Agencies Publishing on September 3, 2002

A Agricultural Marketing Service

Agency designation actions:

Agriculture Department

Agency designation actions:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Loan and purchase programs:

Meetings:

User fees:

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

Americans with Disabilities Act; implementation:

Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Antidumping:

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act:

Fishery conservation and management:

Marine mammals:

Meetings:

Commission of Fine Arts

C Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Textile and apparel categories:

Defense Department

Privacy Act:

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control:

Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Meetings:

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

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Open Market Committee:

Health and Human Services Department

Meetings:

Privacy Act:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Ports and waterways safety:

Regattas and marine parades:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Classification of public lands:

Closure of public lands:

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Meetings:

Motor vehicle use restrictions:

Oil and gas leases:

Opening of public lands:

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Resource management plans, etc.:

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Labor Department

Employee benefit plans; class exemptions:

N National Science Foundation

Agency information collection activities:

Meetings:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

A
Agricultural Marketing Service

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

N
National Science Foundation

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States