Federal Register October 29, 2002 (Volume 67)

Federal Register October 29, 2002

View all documents issued on October 29, 2002. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

113 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 29, 2002

Agriculture Department (3)
Commerce Department (17)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (2)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (5)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Energy Department (34)
Environmental Protection Agency (8)
Health and Human Services Department (9)
Housing and Urban Development Department (2)
Interior Department (9)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (1)
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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (3)
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Office of National Drug Control Policy (1)
Postal Service (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
State Department (2)
Transportation Department (3)
Treasury Department (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Loan and purchase programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CCC Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program This proposed rule sets forth the policies implementing the farmland protection program. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 repealed the Farmland Protection Program (FPP), established by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Tehama County Resource Advisory Committee The Tehama County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Red Bluff, California. Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Introductions, (2) Approval of Minutes, (3) Public Comment, (4) Status of Project Proposals, (5) Update on Approved Projec...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Agriculture Department > FS Winema and Fremont Resource Advisory Committee The Winema and Fremont Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Bly, Oregon, for the purpose of developing recommendations for the Winter Fire Rehabilitation Project on the Fremont National Forest.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NIST Inventions, Government-Owned; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are owned in whole by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The inventions are available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious commercializat...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Certain Durum Wheat and Hard Red Spring Wheat From Canada Initiation of antidumping duty investigations.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Canada Notice of antidumping duty orders.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine Various countries	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations: Durum Wheat and Hard Red Spring Wheat From Canada The Department of Commerce is initiating countervailing duty investigations to determine whether manufacturers, producers, or exporters of durum wheat and hard red spring wheat from Canada receive countervailable subsidies.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Reopening of the Comment Period NMFS reopens the public comment period on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for Pacific Salmon Fisheries Management off the Coasts of Southeast Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California, and in the Columbia River Basin.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Export privileges, actions affecting:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > BIS Action Affecting Export Privileges; Pars Company, Inc.; Order Denying Export Privileges Pars Co., Inc.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Foreign Fishing and Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; 2003 Specifications and Foreign Fishing Restrictions NMFS proposes initial specifications for the 2003 fishing year for Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish (MSB). Regulations governing these fisheries require NMFS to publish proposed specifications for the upcoming fishing year and to provide an o...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Proposed 2003 Fishing Quotas for Atlantic Surfclams, Ocean Quahogs, and Maine Mahogany Ocean Quahogs NMFS proposes quotas for the Atlantic surfclam, ocean quahog, and Maine mahogany ocean quahog fisheries for 2003. Regulations implementing the Fishery Management Plan for Surf Clams and Ocean Quahog Fisheries require NMFS to propose for public commen...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) The Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) has made a preliminary determination that the subject EFP application contains all the required information and warrants further consideration. The Regional Administrator has also mad...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic NMFS closes the commercial fishery for king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the western zone of the Gulf of Mexico. This closure is necessary to protect the Gulf king mackerel resource.	Rule	Oct 29, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Experimental Setnet Sablefish Landings To Qualify Limited Entry Sablefish-Endorsed Permits for Tier Assignment NMFS announces approval of a regulatory amendment to revise sablefish tier qualifications for the limited entry, fixed gear, primary sablefish fishery. NMFS issues this final rule to amend tier qualifications to include sablefish landings taken under...	Rule	Oct 29, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Recordkeeping and Reporting Changes to the Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ) for Pacific Halibut and Sablefish The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 72 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Amendment 64 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the G...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene public meetings.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered Species; File No. 1245 Notice is hereby given that J. David Whitaker has been issued a modification to scientific research Permit No. 1245.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 1009-1640 Notice is hereby given that Dr. Jerome Siegel, Neurobiology Research 151A3, 16111 Plummer St., VA GLAHS-Sepulveda, North Hills, CA 91343, has applied in due form for a permit to import tissue samples from bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), har...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EDA Meeting Announcement of New Members and the Re-Appointment of one member to the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Performance Review Board.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the United Arab Emirates Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Collection of Information for Children's Sleepwear As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requests comments on a proposed extension of approval, for a period of three years from the date of approval by the Office of Man...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and Solicitation of Scoping Comments Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Standards For Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines Algonquin Gas Transmission Co. et al.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Algonquin LNG, Inc. and Algonquin ALNG, LP; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Algonquin LNG, Inc., et al.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Alliance Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Proposed Change in FERC Gas Tariff Alliance Pipeline L.P.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC CMS Trunkline Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Compliance Filing CMS Trunkline Gas Co., LLC	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Negotiated Rates CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Cotton Valley Compression, L.L.C.; Notice of Compressor Change Tariff, Rate, and Environmental Filing Cotton Valley Compression, L.L.C.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Dauphin Island Gathering Partners; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Dauphin Island Gathering Partners	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Pipeline Company; Notice of Site Visit El Paso Pipeline Co.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.; Notice of Tariff Filing Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Kern River Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application To Amend Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Kern River Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff PGE Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing PGE Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Stingray Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Stingray Pipeline Co., L.L.C.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Compliance Filing Texas Eastern Transmission, LP	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Tariff Filing Texas Eastern Transmission, LP	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation Notice of Tariff Filing Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Annual Cash-Out Filing Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Remedying Undue Discrimination Through Open Access Transmission Service and Standard Electricity Market Design On July 31, 2002, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in the above-captioned docket, proposing to amend its regulations to remedy undue discrimination through open access transmission service and standard electricity market d...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Fossil Energy; National Coal Council Advisory Committee This notice announces a meeting of the National Coal Council Advisory Committee. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463,86 Stat. 770) requires notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Feder...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

National Register of Historic Places:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Alabama Power Company; Notice of Proposed Revised Restricted Service List for a Programmatic Agreement for Managing Properties Included in or Eligible for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places Alabama Power Co.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Alabama Power Company; Notice of Proposed Restricted Service List for a Programmatic Agreement for Managing Properties Included in or Eligible for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places Alabama Power Co.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Power rate adjustments:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > WAPA Collections From Central Valley Project Power Contractors To Carry Out the Restoration, Improvement, and Acquisition of Environmental Habitat Provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992 The Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing revised procedures for the assessment and collection of restoration fund payments from the Central Valley Project (CVP) Power Contractors as required by the Central Valley Project Improveme...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Preliminary permits surrender:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Quantum Energy Solutions; Notice of Surrender of Preliminary Permit Quantum Energy Solutions	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Quantum Energy Solutions; Notice of Surrender of Preliminary Permit Quantum Energy Solutions	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements; Notice Tolling transactions are energy conversion services (i.e., converting gas/oil/coal into MW). Some contracts provide for barter payments (a portion of the fuel or output). These are reportable as a sale of electricity under a utility's MBR tariff. Barter transactions should be converted to a monetary basis in the same manner used by the utility in its SEC and IRS filings, and reported on the Electric Quarterly Report.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection; Comment Request; Information Collection Activities Associated With EPA's Energy Star Buildings Program In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and ap...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; National Estuary Program In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): National Estua...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Settlement Agreement In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement in Weyerhaeuser Company v. Whitman, et al., No. 01-1122 (DC Circuit). This case concerns the final rule e...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Phaseout of Chlorobromomethane Production and Consumption With this action, EPA is proposing to add chlorobromomethane (CBM) to the list of controlled substances subject to production and consumption controls in accordance with both the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol)...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2002

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, and Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District EPA is finalizing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District (ICAPCD) and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (...	Rule	Oct 29, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Meeting of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council Notice of Public Meeting Under Section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-423, "The Federal Advisory Committee Act," notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council established under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3300f et seq.)...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Water programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Measurement of Mercury in Water; Revisions to EPA Method 1631 This action approves EPA Method 1631, Revision E: Mercury in Water by Oxidation, Purge and Trap, and Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry (Method 1631E) for determination of mercury in aqueous samples. Today's rule replaces the currently appro...	Rule	Oct 29, 2002

Water supply:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation: Approval of Analytical Method for Aeromonas; National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Approval of Analytical Methods for Chemical and Microbiological Contaminants Today's rule approves the analytical method and an associated Minimum Reporting Level (MRL) to support the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation's (UCMR) List 2 Aeromonas monitoring. This List 2 monitoring will be conducted at 120 large and 1...	Rule	Oct 29, 2002

Health and Human Services Department

Medical devices:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determining Hospital Procedures for Opened-But-Unused, Single-Use Medical Devices; Request for Comments and Information; Correction The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of August 28, 2002 (67 FR 55269). The document announced a request for comments about current practices with respect to opened-but-unused, single-use...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA HRSA AIDS Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting AIDS Advisory Committee	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Antimicrobial Drug Development; Public Workshop Notice of public workshop.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > CDC CDC Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention; Meeting HIV and STD Prevention Advisory Committee	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health Meeting: Correction Notice; correction.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: “Nucleic acid encoding mesothelin, a differentiation antigen present on mesothelium, mesotheliomas and ovarian cancers” U.S. Patent 6,152,430, Issued November 28, 2000, and “Mesothelium antigen and methods and kits for targeting it” U.S. Patent 6,083,502, Issued July 4, 2000 This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR part 404.7(a)(1) (i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license to practice the inventions emb...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: “Modulating IL-13 Activity Using Mutated IL-13 Molecules that are Antagonists or Agonists of IL-13”, PCT Application PCT/US00/31044 This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR Part 404.7(a)(1) (i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license to practice the inventions emb...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Co-Exclusive License: “Endotracheal Tube Using Leak Hole To Lower Resistance and Dead Space” This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of a co-exclusive license worldwide to practice the in...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Modified or Altered System In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to modify or alter an SOR, "Intermediary Medicare Claims Record (IMCR) System," System No. 09-70-0503. We propose to delete published routine uses numbered 1, 3, 4, 5, 6...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Computation of Surplus Cash Distributions and Residual Receipts and Funds Authorizations The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of FHA Accelerated Claim Disposition Demonstration This notice announces HUD's establishment of the Accelerated Claim Disposition (ACD) Demonstration. Under the ACD Demonstration, HUD will pay accelerated claims on certain defaulted FHA-insured mortgages. HUD intends to select up to nine mortgagees t...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Federal Regional Council Application, Nomination, and Interview Forms The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will submit the collection of information listed below to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. A copy of the information collection requirement is included in this notice. If you wis...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Closure of public lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Public Easement Closure; Prohibition of All Activities This notice closes a 17(b) easement identified as Easement Identification Number 1 C5, E. The easement is located east of Barrow, Alaska, from Niksiirak to Plover Point. This closure notice is necessary to protect humans from an unprecedented number...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Temporary Closure of the Manning Canyon Area Notice is hereby given that all access by the public to the roads and surrounding public lands in Manning Canyon, Utah County, will be temporarily closed to the general public beginning October 1, 2002 and continuing through October 1, 2006. The publ...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl, Napa County, CA The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has received an application for an incidental take permit from Terra Springs, LLC (the "applicant") for the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Sp...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-day Finding for a Petition To List the Washington Population of the Western Gray Squirrel as Threatened or Endangered We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding for a petition to list the western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus griseus) in Washington under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. After reviewing the petition an...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Northeast Region; Notice of Termination of an Environmental Impact Statement, Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment, and To Hold Public Meetings Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, CT and MA	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Invasive Species Advisory Committee Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee. The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide advice to the National Invasive Species Council, as a...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Survey plat filings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; NM The plats of survey described below are scheduled to be officially filed in the New Mexico State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, New Mexico, (30) thirty calendar days from the date of this publication.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Nevada; Correction This action corrects errors in the acreage and land descriptions in the notice published as FR Doc. 02-11433, 67 FR 30960, May 8, 2002. On page 30960, second column, line 6 from the bottom of the column, which reads "2,303.61 acres of public lands fr...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Persulfates From China China	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
International Trade Commission Certain Video Game Games Systems and Components Thereof; Notice of Commission Decision Not to Review an Initial Determination Finding the Sole Respondent in Default, and Request for Submissions on Remedy, the Public Interest, and Bonding Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission ("the Commission") has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ's") initial determination ("ID") finding respondent Ultimate Game Club ("UGC") in defau...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: New Collection, Financial Status Report (SF 269A).	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Commission Meeting The Commission will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, November 7, 2002, and Friday, November 8, 2002, at the Ronald Reagan Building, International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting is tentatively schedul...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Federal Register Notice; Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
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	Oct 29, 2002

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	Oct 29, 2002

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Office of National Drug Control Policy

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Office of National Drug Control Policy Meeting of the Advisory Commission on Drug Free Communities In accordance with the Drug-Free Communities Act, a meeting of the Advisory Commission on Drug Free Communities will be held on November 13, 2002, at the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the 5th Floor Conference Room, 750 17th Street NW., 7t...	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Postal Service

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, As Amended (“Act”) Public utility holding company filings	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, et al.; Notice of Application Notice of application for an order of approval pursuant to section 26(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") and an order of exemption pursuant to section 17(b) of the 1940 Act from section 17(a) of the 1940 Act.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 by the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc. to Amend its Minor Rule Violation Plan Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Expanding the Types of Instruments Eligible for Processing Emerging Markets Clearing Corp.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. To Amend Nasdaq's Transaction Credit Program for Exchange-Listed Securities National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Extension of the Pilot With Respect to Exceptions to NYSE Rule 123(e) for Orders in Exchange-Traded Funds New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

State Department

Foreign terrorists and terrorist organizations; designation:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Determination Pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 Relating to Jemaah Islamiya (JI) Jemaah Islamiya	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Advisory Committee on International Law; Notice of Committee Meeting International Law Advisory Committee	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class D Airspace; Greenville Donaldson Center, SC, Amendment of Class E2 Airspace; Greer, Greenville-Spartanburg Airport SC, and Amendment of Class E5 Airspace; Greenville, SC This action delays indefinitely the establishment of Class D airspace at Greenville Donaldson Center, SC, the amendment of Class E2 airspace at Greer, Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, SC, and the amendment of Class E5 airspace at Greenville, SC. The c...	Rule	Oct 29, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Information Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved information collection.	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Model S-92A Helicopter; Use of a Dual-Engine 30-Minute Power Rating These special conditions are issued for Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) Model S-92A helicopters. The S-92A helicopters will have an unusual feature associated with the use of a dual-engine 30-minute power rating. The applicable airworthiness...	Rule	Oct 29, 2002

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Oct 29, 2002
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Oct 29, 2002

Veterans Affairs Department

Disabilities rating schedule:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Schedule for Rating Disabilities; Evaluation of Multiple Scars This document proposes to amend that portion of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Schedule for Rating Disabilities that addresses the Skin in order to clarify how to evaluate multiple superficial or deep scars in a uniform and consistent manner...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2002

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C Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Justice Department

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M Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

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O Office of National Drug Control Policy

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

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Office of National Drug Control Policy