December 13, 2002 (Volume 67)

Federal Register December 13, 2002

View all documents issued on December 13, 2002. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

127 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 13, 2002

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Senior Executive Service:

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This notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the updated USAID OIG SES Performance Review Board.
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Privatization discussion meeting.
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act:

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In accordance with the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002, we are establishing, by regulation, standards and procedures governing the possession, use, and transfer of biological agents and toxins that have been determined to have the po...
Rule Dec 13, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental effects of a proposed amendment to the Gallatin National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) that will establish direction...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
The USDA, Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to improve the Copper Creek Road, which includes repaving existing pavement, paving existing gravel, upgrading dirt surface to gravel, and widening a single-l...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
The Forest Service (FS) issued a notice of intent (NOI) published in the Federal Register on May 3, 2002, on pages 22392-22393. The NOI discussed that the Forest Service (FS) would prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to disclose the impac...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

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The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Antidumping:

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The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China until no later than January 21, 2003. The period of review is...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
On September 25, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register (67 FR 60211) a notice announcing the initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
SUMMARY: On July 9, 2002, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published in the Federal Register the preliminary results and partial rescission of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
On August 7, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on canned pineapple fruit (CPF) from Thailand. This review covers eight producers/exporters of...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS announces that commercial quota is available to allow the directed fishery for Loligo squid to remain open. Vessels issued a Federal moratorium permit to harvest Loligo squid in excess of the incidental catch allowance may continue landing Lolig...
Rule Dec 13, 2002

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that Ms. Tracey Mueller, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program, Sarasota, FL has been issued a permit to take threatened and endangered green turtles (Chelonia mydas), endangered hawksbill turtles...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
Notice is hereby given that Mr. Thomas F. Norris, Science Applications International Corp., 3990 Old Town Avenue, Suite 105A, San Diego, California 92110 has been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 995-1608.
Notice Dec 13, 2002
Notice is hereby given that National Marine Mammal Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., BIN C15700, Seattle, WA, 98115 has been issued a permit to take Alaskan harbor seals and spotted seals for purposes of scientific research.
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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A combined Feasibility Report and joint Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) will be prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the California Environmental Quality Act. The U.S....
Notice Dec 13, 2002
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is preparing a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan to identify problems, opportunities, and potential measures to reduce flood damages in...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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On March 17, 1999, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) issued a solicitation for cooperative agreement applications (SCAA) to assist state and local governments and other nonprofit eligible entities in establishing or maintaining procurement technical...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Meetings:

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On Friday, November 29, 2002 (67 FR 71144), the Department of Defense announced closed meetings of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Joint Experimentation. The meeting scheduled for December 18, 2002, has been rescheduled for January 9-10, 2003...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Seabasing will meet in closed session on December 11-12, 2002; January 27-28, 2003; February 25-26, 2003; and March 25-26, 2003, at Strategic Analysis Inc., 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. The Task Force...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

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

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In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6 and 404.7, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application No. 10/159,984 entitled "Teledentistry Consult Management System and Method," filed June 3, 2002. Foreign rights are also ava...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Senior Executive Service:

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Notice is given of the names of members of a Performance Review Board for the Department of the Army.
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Education Department logo Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

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The Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 13, 2002
The Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 13, 2002
The Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board recommendations:

Title Type Published
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2002-2, concerning weapons Laboratory support of the DOE nuclear complex at Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities was published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2002 (67 FR 63...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2002-1, concerning quality assurance for safety-related software at Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities was published in the Federal Register on October 9, 2002 (67 FR 62960). In...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding primary impacts as a result of project implementation. These include a large number of residential relocations, with many residences experiencing excessive noise increases and the loss of deciduous fores...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
Weekly receipts
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App.2) notification is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), w...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Superfund program:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III announces the partial deletion of portions of the West Virginia Ordnance Works (WVOW) site from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL constitutes appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, which is the N...
Rule Dec 13, 2002

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

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to enter into an Administrative Order on Consent pursuant to section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended re...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Water pollution control:

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EPA has entered into a consent agreement with ADT Security Services, Inc. ("ADT") to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act ("CWA"), the Clean Air Act ("CAA"), and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ("EPCRA") and their implemen...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
On October 30, 2002, EPA published in the Federal Register information concerning a proposed settlement with NEXTEL Communications Inc., et al. and NII Holdings, Inc. The purpose of this correction is to provide additional information about this sett...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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United States Postal Service, President's Commission on the; establishment (E.O. 13278)
Presidential Document Dec 13, 2002

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Radio services, special:

Title Type Published
In view of the Federal Communications Commission's commitment to ultimately require equipment operating in the 764-776 MHz and 794- 806 MHz band ("700 MHz public safety band") General Use and State License channels to meet a spectrum efficiency requi...
Rule Dec 13, 2002

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The FDIC, 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 collections, as required by the...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Federal Election Campaign Act:

Title Type Published
The Federal Election Commission is issuing final rules regarding disclaimers in political communications, fraudulent solicitations, civil penalties, personal use of campaign funds, and a technical amendment under the Federal Election Campaign Act of...
Rule Dec 13, 2002

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Managment Regulation:

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration (GSA) is transferring coverage on real property policies to the Federal Management Regulation (FMR). A final rule published in the Federal Register at 66 FR 5358 (January 18, 2001) moved many of the real property p...
Rule Dec 13, 2002
The General Services Administration (GSA) is revising the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) to complete the transfer of coverage on real property policies from the Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) to the FMR. In addition to this regul...
Rule Dec 13, 2002

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Administration on Aging (AoA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Dec 13, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Dec 13, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Medical Devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reclassifying the cutaneous carbon dioxide (PcCO<INF>2</INF>) monitor from class II (performance standards) into class II (special controls). FDA is also reclassifying the cutaneous oxygen (PcO<INF>2</INF>) m...
Rule Dec 13, 2002

Medical devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to reclassify the arrhythmia detector and alarm from class III (premarket approval) to class II (special controls) based on new information regarding the device. FDA is also proposing to revise the...
Proposed Rule Dec 13, 2002

Medicare:

Title Type Published
This interim final rule sets forth the process for establishing a realistic and equitable payment amount for all Medicare Part B services (other than physician services) when the existing payment amounts are inherently unreasonable because they are e...
Rule Dec 13, 2002

Meetings:

Quarantine, inspection, and licensing:

Title Type Published
This document establishes requirements regarding possession and use in the United States, receipt from outside the United States, and transfer within the United States, of select agents and toxins. This includes requirements concerning registration,...
Rule Dec 13, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Arrhythmia Detector and Alarm; Draft Guidance for Industry and FDA." Elsewhere in this issue of the Fed...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled "Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Cutaneous Carbon Dioxide (PcCO<INF>2</INF>) and Oxygen (PcO<INF>2</INF>) Monitors; Guidance for Industry and...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Meetings
Notice Dec 13, 2002
The Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 and the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 require an annual determination of a discount rate for Federal water resources planning. The discount rate for Federal water resources planning for fiscal year 2...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) invites comments on two information collection requests which will be renewed. The two collections are: Class III Gaming Procedures, 1076-0149, and Tribal Reve...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Closure of public lands:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Vernal Field Office is re- issuing a temporary emergency closure of public land in Uintah County, Utah, effective January 1, 2003. This order temporarily closes 1,320 acres of public land to public land to public use a...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Closure orders:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation) New Melones Resource Office will temporarily close a portion of Shell Road to public vehicle traffic beginning December 15, 2002, and continuing through approximately April 15, 2003. The exact re-opening date...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area (CCNCA) Advisory Council will hold its first monthly meeting of 2003 on January 9, 2003. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. and will be held at the Mesa County Administration Building; 544 Rood Avenue, Gr...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Resource management plans, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Proposed Plan Amendment establishes or revises off-road vehicle designations of areas and trails (routes of travel) in accordance with part 43 Code of Federal Regulations subpart 8342. Trails (routes of travel) for inclusion in the State of Calif...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 Dec 13, 2002

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

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The U.S. Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/o...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Dec 13, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Dec 13, 2002

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title Type Published
Bristol Bay Native Association
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Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document announces the availability of the Year 2002 Form M-1, Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Entities Claiming Exception. A copy of this new form is attached.
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multiemployer plans:

Title Type Published
This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), bu...
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Single-employer plans:

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-e...
Rule Dec 13, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Securities, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") is proposing amendments to its existing requirements regarding auditor independence to enhance the independence of accountants that audit and review financial statements and prepare attes...
Proposed Rule Dec 13, 2002

State Department logo State Department

Visas; immigrant documentation:

Title Type Published
This rule removes the Department's regulations concerning the documentation of immigrants under section 124 of Immigration Act of 1990 (IMMACT 90). This section provided immigrant status for certain aliens who were resident and employed in Hong Kong....
Rule Dec 13, 2002

Visas; nonimmigrant documentation:

Title Type Published
Under current regulations, crewmen working on vessels and aircraft bound for the United States are able to obtain crew list visas without submitting individual application forms or undergoing background checks that would apply to many if they applied...
Proposed Rule Dec 13, 2002

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
CHS Holdings, Inc.
Notice Dec 13, 2002

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Dec 13, 2002
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the...
Rule Dec 13, 2002

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Aerospatiale Model ATR42- 500 series airplanes, and Model ATR72-102, -202, -212, and -212A series airplanes. This proposal would require replaceme...
Proposed Rule Dec 13, 2002
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-10, -20, -30, -40, and -50 series airplanes, and C-9 (military) airplanes, that requires a one-time visual inspection of circuit breakers to...
Rule Dec 13, 2002
This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2002-23-08, applicable to Rolls-Royce plc. (RR) models RB211- 535E4-37, RB211-535E4-B-37, and RB211-535E4-B-75 turbofan engines. AD 2002-23-08 was published in the Federal Register on N...
Rule Dec 13, 2002
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD), 98-18-12, applicable to certain Textron Lycoming reciprocating engines with certain Crane/Lear Romec "AN" rotary fuel pumps installed. That AD c...
Proposed Rule Dec 13, 2002

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
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 comment on proposed and continuing information collections, as required by the Paperw...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
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 comment on proposed and continuing information collections, as required by the Paperw...
Notice Dec 13, 2002
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Dec 13, 2002

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