October 31, 2002 (Volume 67)

Federal Register October 31, 2002

View all documents issued on October 31, 2002. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

98 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 31, 2002

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of regulations issued under the Anima...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Agricultural commodities available for donation overseas:

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On October 25, 2002, the President, Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), who is the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, determined that 200,000 metric tons of nonfat dry milk in CCC inventory will be made availab...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Child nutrition program:

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This final rule amends the regulations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) to incorporate a non-discretionary provision in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, that affects the WIC appli...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment relative to a proposed field release of the non-indigenous salvinia weevil for the biological control of the aquatic weed giant sa...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Farm marketing quotas, acreage allotments, and production adjustments:

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This rule implements provisions of section 1613 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (the 2002 Act) relating to relief to participants in certain cases for certain Farm Service Agency and Commodity Credit Corporation programs. The re...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Meetings:

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The California Coast Provincial Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet on November 21 and 22, 2002, in Ukiah, California. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues relating to implementing the Northwest Forest Plan.
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Program regulations:

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The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is amending its regulations for the Farm Labor Housing (FLH) program. The Housing Act of 1949 authorizes the RHS to provide financial assistance to private and public nonprofit agencies to encourage the development of...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
Notice of extension of time limit of final results of new shipper review.
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Meetings:

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National Infrastructure Advisory Council
Notice Oct 31, 2002

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

Title Type Published
On October 15, 2002 the NAFTA Panel issued its decision in the matter of Pure Magnesium from Canada, Secretariat File No. USA-CDA-00- 1904-06.
Notice Oct 31, 2002
On October 15, 2002 the NAFTA Panel issued its decision in the matter of Pure and Alloy Magnesium from Canada, Secretariat File No. USA-CDA-00-1904-07.
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Naval Sea Systems Command published a document in the Federal Register of October 11, 2002, concerning request for comments on a list of facilities available for the construction or repair of ships. The document contained incorrect telephone numb...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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This notice of availability announces the public release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Operation and Maintenance of Lake Sidney Lanier, GA. Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), New York District, announces the availability of the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the South River, Raritan River Basin, Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Study,...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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PCS Phosphate Company, Inc., has applied for a Department of the Army permit to adversely impact 2,394 acres of wetlands to continue its surface mining operation on Hickory Point, adjacent to South Creek and its tributaries, near Aurora, in Beaufort...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), New Orleans District, at the request of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, is initiating this study under the authority of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and the National Environmenta...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, announces its intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quali...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), New Orleans District, is initiating this study under the authority of section 431 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-541), dated December 11, 2000, to determine the feasibility of dee...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a curr...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

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

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The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Universal Guardian Corporation a revocable, non-assignable, exclusive license to practice in the United States, the Government- owned invention described in U.S. Patent No. 6,14...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Education Department logo Education Department

Postsecondary education:

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The Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations to reflect changes made to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by the Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act and to make a technical correction. The regulations clar...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Acquisition regulations:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending the EPA Acquisition Regulation to revise its policy and procedures regarding the evaluation of contractor performance. This action is necessary because EPA's current regulation eliminates the use...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice announces that EPA is seeking public comment on the following Information Collection Request (ICR): Tolerance Petitions for Pesticides on Food/Feed Crops and Ne...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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EPA is soliciting Initial Proposals (IPs) from States, Tribes, local governments, universities, non-profits, and other eligible entities interested in applying for Federal assistance for Water Quality Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.463) under the Cl...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

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The EPA is proposing to extend the expiration date from January 1, 2003, to January 1, 2006, for the interim authorization under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, of the Massachusetts program for regulating Cathode Ray Tubes ("CRTs"). Massa...
Proposed Rule Oct 31, 2002
The EPA is proposing to extend the expiration date from January 1, 2003 to January 1, 2006 for the interim authorization under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, of the Massachusetts program for regulating Cathode Ray Tubes ("CRTs"). Massach...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Sudan; continuation of emergency (Notice of October 29, 2002)
Presidential Document Oct 31, 2002

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to notify the public, state Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) programs, and TRS providers that TRS applications for certification have been accepted and that the pleading cycle for comments and reply comments regard...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The purpose of this notice is to notify the public, state Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) programs, and TRS providers that TRS applications for certification have been accepted and that the pleading cycle for comments and reply comments regard...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The purpose of this notice is to notify the public, state Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) programs, and TRS providers that TRS applications for certification have been accepted and that the pleading cycle for comments and reply comments regard...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The Commission seeks comment on a Report on Technical and Operational Issues Impacting the Provision of Wireless Enhanced 911 Services by Dale N. Hatfield (the Hatfield Report). The Commission will use the information in the Hatfield Report and in th...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
This document dismisses an Application for Review filed by Big Broadcast of Arizona, LLC directed to the Report and Order in this proceeding. See 65 FR 11540, published March 3, 2000. With this action, the proceeding is terminated.
Rule Oct 31, 2002
In response to a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in MM Docket No. 01-123, 66 FR 33942 (June 26, 2001) and a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in MM Docket No. 01-177, 66 FR 42622 (August 14, 2001), this document consolidates MM Docket Nos. 01-123 and 01-...
Rule Oct 31, 2002
The Audio Division requests comment on a petition filed Charles Crawford proposing the allotment of Channel 289A at Oak Grove, Louisiana, as the community's second local aural transmission service. Channel 289A can be allotted to Oak Grove in complia...
Proposed Rule Oct 31, 2002
This document grants three proposals that allot new channels to Greenwood, Mississippi; Hyannis, Nebraska; and Wall, South Dakota. The Audio Division, at the request of David P. Garland, allots Channel 277A at Greenwood, Mississippi, as the community...
Rule Oct 31, 2002
At the request of petitioners Commonwealth Broadcasting, LLC, licensee of Station WEXM(FM), Exmore, Virginia, and Sinclair Telecable, d/b/a Sinclair Communications, licensee of Station WROX-FM, Cape Charles, Virginia, this document dismisses the peti...
Proposed Rule Oct 31, 2002

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Passenger vessel financial responsibility:

Title Type Published
The Federal Maritime Commission proposes to amend its rules regarding the establishment of passenger vessel financial responsibility under sections 2 (Casualty) and 3 (Performance) of Pub. L. 89-777. The amendments would: eliminate the current ceilin...
Proposed Rule Oct 31, 2002

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Oct 31, 2002

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The Food and Drug Administration is announcingthat a collection of information entitled "State EnforcementNotifications" has been approved by the Office of Management andBudget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Oct 31, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces that approximately $700,000 is available for the support of competitive grants to Tribal, Urban and nonprofit Indian organizations for approximately seven demonstration projects under the Indian Women's Healt...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is publishing a Notice of Availability of Funds for Health Professions Preparatory, Pregraduate and Indian Health Professions Scholarship Programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003. The IHS announces the availability of approx...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), Office of Public Health and Science, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), HHS are soliciting public review and comment on a proposed research proto...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the navigable waters of Mission Bay in San Diego, CA, in support of the San Diego Fall Classic, a marine event consisting of 120 rowing shells racing on a marked course. This temporary safety...
Rule Oct 31, 2002
Increases in the Coast Guard's maritime security posture necessitate establishing temporary regulations for the safety or security of tank ships in the navigable waters of Puget Sound and adjacent waters, Washington. This security zone will provide f...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Regattas and marine parades:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to establish permanent special local regulations for the annual Winterfest Boat Parade held on the first Saturday falling between December 13 and 19, inclusive, each year in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This proposed rule would...
Proposed Rule Oct 31, 2002

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Endangered and threatened species:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period for the proposed rule to list the Sonoma County Distinct Population Segment of the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) as endangered unde...
Proposed Rule Oct 31, 2002
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announce the availability of the draft economic analysis for the proposed designation of critical habitat for Sidalcea keckii (Keck's checkermallow) located in Fresno and Tulare Counties, California. W...
Proposed Rule Oct 31, 2002
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period for the final rule on the Sacramento splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus). Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted as they will be incorpo...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) advises the public that we intend to gather information necessary to prepare, in coordination with Kern County, a joint Environmental Impact Statement /Environ...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Meetings:

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This notice announces the provisional agenda for the twelfth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The description of each agenda item...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Outer Continental Shelf operations:

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Pursuant to the authority vested in the Director of the Minerals Management Service by the joint bidding provisions of 30 CFR 256.41, each entity within one of the following groups shall be restricted from bidding with any entity in any other of the...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ's") initial determination ("ID") granting a joint motion to terminate the above-captioned investigation on...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA), proposes to exempt the Executive Clemency Case Files/Executive Clemency Tracking System (JUSTICE/OPA-001) system of records from subsections (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(1), (d) (2), (d)(3), (d)(...
Proposed Rule Oct 31, 2002

Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to announce the meeting of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board (APB). The CJIS APB is responsible for reviewing policy issues, uniform crime reports, and appropriate technical and opera...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
Systems of records
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Temporary protected status program designations:

Title Type Published
The Attorney General's most recent extension of the designation of Sierra Leone under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program expires on November 2, 2002. This notice announces the Attorney General's decision to extend the TPS designation for Si...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Safety and health standards, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA" or "the Agency") is continuing to remove and revise provisions of its standards that are outdated, duplicative, unnecessary, or inconsistent. The Agency completed the first phase of this proce...
Proposed Rule Oct 31, 2002

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Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR) Advisory Committee, of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, will conduct a public meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 19-20, 2002, at the Pima-Catalina meeting rooms of...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Fitness-for-duty programs:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing a revision to its General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions (NUREG-1600) (Enforcement Policy or Policy) to include an interim enforcement policy regarding enforcement d...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Rulemaking petitions:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received and requests public comment on a petition for rulemaking filed by Robert H. Leyse. The petition has been docketed by the NRC and has been assigned Docket No. PRM-50-78. The petitioner is requesting...
Proposed Rule Oct 31, 2002

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Ocean Policy Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy will hold a meeting to discuss the development of recommendations for a coordinated national ocean policy. This will be the thirteenth public Commission meeting.
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Investment Company Act of 1940:

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Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On July 9, 2002, applicant transferred its assets to The Tocqueville Trust, based on net asset value. Expenses of $37,735 incurred in connection with the reorganizatio...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
Notice of application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18-2 under the Act.
Notice Oct 31, 2002

State Department logo State Department

Arms Export Control Act:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has forwarded the attached Notifications of Proposed Export Licenses to the Congress on the dates shown on the attachments pursuant to sections 36(c) and 36(d) and in compliance with section 36(e) o...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (the Bureau) invites applicants to submit proposals that encourage the growth of democratic institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Re...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of State will host two public meetings on November 7, 2002 for interested parties, one for environmental non- governmental organizations and one for industry representatives. The non-governmental organization and the industry meetings...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption, part 11 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of a certain petition seeking relief...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of proposed Advisory Circular (AC) 21-19A, Installation of Used Engines in New Production Aircraft, for review and comments. The proposed AC 21-19A provides information and guidance concerning an acceptable mean...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 31, 2002

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This action requires repetitive inspections to find cracks, fractures, or corrosion of each c...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), notice is hereby given of a special closed session of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The sp...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 201: Aeronautical Operational Control.
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
This document announces the decision by NHTSA that 2003 Harley Davidson VRSCA motorcycles that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation into the United States b...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
This document announces the decision by NHTSA that 2003 Harley Davidson FX, FL, and XL motorcycles that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation into the United...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

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The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PRF at Joplin Regional Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Key West International Airport under the provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Par...
Notice Oct 31, 2002
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Raleigh-Durham International Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Om...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Regattas and marine parades:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of l996; implementation:

Title Type Published
This notice is provided in accordance with IRC section 6039G, as amended, by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountabiliy Act (HIPPA) of 1996. This listing contains the name of each individual losing United States citizenship (within the meanin...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

Merchandise, special classes:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to the final rule document (T.D. 02-56) that was published in the Federal Register on September 30, 2002, concerning the extension of import restrictions on certain archaeological material from Guatemala. This docum...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Vessels in foreign and domestic trades:

Title Type Published
This document amends the Customs Regulations to require the advance and accurate presentation of certain manifest information prior to lading at the foreign port and to encourage the presentation of this information electronically. The document also...
Rule Oct 31, 2002

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552(e)(4)) requires that all agencies publish in the Federal Register a notice of the existence and character of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is adding...
Notice Oct 31, 2002

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