Federal Register December 17, 2002 (Volume 67)

Agencies Publishing on December 17, 2002

Agriculture Department (3)
Commerce Department (11)
Education Department (3)
Energy Department (7)
Environmental Protection Agency (9)
Federal Communications Commission (9)
Federal Housing Finance Board (1)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
Health and Human Services Department (5)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (3)
Justice Department (3)
Labor Department (1)
Library of Congress (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Personnel Management Office (3)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (7)
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Special Counsel Office (1)
State Department (5)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (3)
Treasury Department (3)
Veterans Affairs Department (4)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Revision of Regulations for Determining Price Quotations for Spot Cotton The Agricultural Marketing Service is amending the regulations concerning designation of the spot markets used to calculate differences for tenderable qualities delivered against cotton futures contracts. The re-designated spot markets will better re...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Plumas National Forest; California; Stream Fire Restoration Project Revised notice of intent.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Change in Disease Status of Great Britain With Regard to Foot-and-Mouth Disease We are amending the regulations governing the importation of certain animals, meat, and other animal products by adding Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man) to the list of regions considered free of rinderpest and foot-and-mo...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Service Industries, Tourism & Finance (SITF) In July 2001, Beijing was awarded the right to host the 2008 Olympics. In preparation for the games, Beijing plans to spend approximately U.S. $23 billion on the games. This includes Olympic sport facilities, as well as major enhancements to infrastr...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation. Administrative review requests	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Silicon Metal from Brazil; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Revocation of Order in Part On August 8, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on silicon metal from Brazil. The merchandise covered by this order is silicon metal from Bra...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Refined Brown Aluminum Oxide (Otherwise known as Refined Brown Artificial Corundum or Brown Fused Alumina) from the People's Republic of China Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Tin Mill Products From Japan: Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review On October 28, 2002, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published a notice of initiation of a changed circumstances review with the intent to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty order on certain tin mill products from Japan with respect...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Revision of the Charter Vessel and Headboat Permit Moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico NMFS issues this emergency rule to extend certain permit- related deadlines contained in the final rule implementing the charter vessel/headboat permit moratorium for reef fish and coastal migratory pelagic fish in the Gulf of Mexico and to make mino...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Financial Assistance for Environmental Education Projects in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed The purpose of this document is to invite the public to submit new proposals and to reapply for projects considered for continuation for available funding to implement environmental education projects in the following two priority areas: "Meaningful"...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Financial Assistance for Research and Development Projects in the Gulf of Mexico and off the U.S. South Atlantic Coastal States; Cooperative Research Program (CRP) Subject to the availability of funds, NMFS (hereafter referred to as "we" or "us") announces the availability of Federal assistance under the Cooperative Research Program (CRP) Grant Program. This announcement provides guidelines, evaluations criteri...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene public meetings.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a public meeting of the Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP).	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene public meetings of the Reef Fish Advisory Panel (AP) and the Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) from January 6 through January 9, 2003.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests 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 17, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education-Special Focus Competition: US-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program (Institutional Cooperation and Student Mobility in Postsecondary Education Between the United States and Brazil) Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2003.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Education Department Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education-Special Focus Competition (Institutional Cooperation and Student Mobility in Postsecondary Education among the United States, Canada and Mexico); Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Postsecondary Education Improvement Fund	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Meeting, Notice of Vote, Explanation of Action Closing Meeting and List of Persons to Attend Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. v. Public Service Electric and Gas Company; Notice Partially Vacating Procedural Schedule and Authorizing Establishment of New Dates Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.; correction	Correction	Dec 17, 2002

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC California Independent System Operator Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings California Independent System Operator Co. et al.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Energy Department > FERC San Diego Gas & Electric Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings San Diego Gas Electric Co. et al.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 03-16: Catalysis Science The Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for high-risk, long-term, multi-investigator, multidisciplinary research on the sc...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Regulations Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice Off-the-record communications	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Environmental Protection Agency

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California-Coachella Valley EPA is proposing to approve state implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of California to provide for attainment of the particulate matter (PM-10) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) in the Coachella Valley area and to e...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California-South Coast EPA is proposing to approve state implementation plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of California to provide for attainment of the particulate matter (PM-10) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) in the Los Angeles-South Coast Air B...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas; California-Indian Wells Valley PM-10 Nonattainment Area EPA is proposing to approve pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) the moderate area plan and maintenance plan for the Indian Wells Valley planning area in California and to redesignate the area from nonattainment to attainment for the Nation...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program Chesapeake Bay Program	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 104(k)(6); Announcement of Proposal Deadlines for the Competition for the 2003 National Brownfields Job Training Grants The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin to accept proposals for the National Brownfields Job Training Grants on December 17, 2002. Proposals are due on January 24, 2003. This notice provides information on how to obtain the application g...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Intent to Grant a Co-Exclusive Patent License Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404, EPA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a co-exclusive, royalty-bearing, revocable license to practice the invention described and claimed in the patents listed below, all corresponding patents is...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 12 Modified Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) This notice announces the availability for comment of the administrative record file for 12 modified TMDLs and the calculations for these TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche river basins, under sectio...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Water pollution; discharge of pollutants (NPDES):

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Final NPDES General Permit for Reject Water from Reverse Osmosis Units The Director of the Office of Ecosystem Protection, Environmental Protection Agency-New England (EPA-NE), is issuing Notice of Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permits for reject water from reverse osmosis units t...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Water supply:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Public Water Supervision Program Revision for the State of Tennessee Notice is hereby given that the State of Tennessee is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Tennessee has adopted drinking water regulations which incorporate the requirements of the Filter Backwash Recovery Rule and the Radi...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Public Mobile Services and Personal Communications Services In this Report and Order and Second Report and Order, the Commission makes significant modifications to its rules that cover the Cellular Radiotelephone and other services as part of its Biennial Review of rules. The Commission modifies or eliminates...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002
Federal Communications Commission Closed Auction of Licenses for Cellular Unserved Service Areas Scheduled for February 12, 2003; Notice and Filing Requirements, Minimum Opening Bids, Upfront Payments, and Other Auction Procedures This document announces the procedures and minimum opening bids for the upcoming auction of seven licenses to provide cellular service in unserved areas scheduled for February 12, 2003. This document is intended to familiarize prospective bidders wit...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Federal Communications Commission International Settlements Policy Reform and International Settlement Rates On October 25, 2002, the Federal Communications Commission published a proposed rule document initiating a proceeding to re- examine the Commission's International Settlements Policy. In light of recent international developments, the Commission deci...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2002
Federal Communications Commission Auction of Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service Licenses (MVDDS) Is Rescheduled This document announces that the start of the upcoming of MVDDS licenses scheduled for February 12, 2003 is rescheduled for August 6, 2003.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Applications for State Certification Accepted Pleading Cycle Established for Comment on TRS Certification Applications In this document, the Commission notifies 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 rega...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Asheville, NC and Greenville, SC The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Meredith Corporation, licensee of Station WHNS(TV), channel 21 and paired digital channel 57, Asheville, North Carolina, proposing the reallotment of channel 21 and paired digital channel 57, fr...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Emergency Alert System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Emergency Alert System This document contains corrections to the final regulations which were published in the Federal Register of Tuesday, April 16, 2002 (67 FR 18502). The regulations related to the technical and operational requirements for the Emergency Alert System (E...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2001 In this document, the Commission denies the petition for reconsideration of Bennet & Bennet, PLLC, on behalf of its local multipoint distribution service (LMDS) clients, filed August 10, 2001.	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Radio and television broadcasting:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Review of the Commission's Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Policies In this document the Commission solicits comment on how to apply Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") rules to part-time employees. The Commission also seeks comment on how many and what types of positions in the broadcast and multichannel video prog...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Federal Housing Finance Board

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Sunshine Act Notice Announcing an Open Meeting of the Board Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Federal Trade Commission

Fair Credit Reporting Act:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Charges for Certain Disclosures The Federal Trade Commission announces that the current $9.00 ceiling on allowable charges under section 612(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") will remain unchanged for 2003. Under 1996 amendments to the FCRA, the Federal Trade Commission...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Public Workshop: Advertising of Weight Loss Products The FTC issues an amendment to its notice announcing publicWorkshop, extending the time period during which persons may submit written comments on the topics discussed by the panelists.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Health and Human Services Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Charitable Choice Provisions Applicable to Programs Authorized Under the Community Services Block Grant Act This proposed rule would implement the Charitable Choice statutory provisions at section 679 of the Community Services Block Grant Act ("CSBG Act"). These provisions apply to programs authorized under the Act, including the Community Services Block g...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Opportunity for Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) To Develop Novel Mechanical and Biological Treatments in Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine Using X-ray Fluoroscopy and Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the opportunity for Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) to develop novel mechanical and biological treatments in intervent...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Grants:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Charitable Choice Regulations Applicable to States Receiving Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grants, Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness Formula Grants, and to Public and Private Providers Receiving Discretionary Grant Funding From SAMHSA for the Provision of Substance Abuse Services Providing for Equal Treatment of SAMHSA Program Participants This proposed rule would implement the Charitable Choice statutory provisions of section 581-584 and section 1955 of the Public Health Service Act, applicable to the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant program, the Projects fo...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > PHS The National Toxicology Program (NTP) Announces the Availability of the Report on Carcinogens, Tenth Edition Carcinogens, Tenth Edition	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Charitable Choice Provisions Applicable to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program This proposed rule would implement the Charitable Choice statutory provisions at section 104 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) as amended. These provisions apply to the Temporary Assistance for Ne...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: Customer-Survey of Households Living in Federally Assisted Units The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Receipt of Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Natural resource damage assessment plans; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of the Revised Assessment Plan for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment at the St. Louis River/Interlake/Duluth Tar Superfund Site Notice is given that the document titled "Assessment Plan for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment at the St. Louis River Interlake/Duluth Tar Superfund Site, 9/24/02" ("The Plan") is available for public review. The U.S. Departments of the Interio...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action: Competitive Sale of Public Land The below listed public land in Orovada, Humboldt County, Nevada, has been examined and found suitable for disposal pursuant to sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Executive Office for Immigration Review; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comments Requested 30-Day notice of information collection under review: reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired; application for suspension of deportation.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJJDP Extension of Deadline for Applications for Promising Programs for Substance Abuse Prevention Replication and Evaluation Initiative The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has extended the deadline for applications for the Promising Programs for Substance Abuse Prevention: Replication and Evaluation Initiative Solicitation (published in the Federal Regis...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > BOP Incoming Publications: Softcover Materials In this document, the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) revises its regulations on incoming publications. The amendment provides that inmates in medium security, high security, and administrative institutions may receive softcover materials only from a publ...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Labor Department

Occupational injuries and illnesses; recording and reporting requirements

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is delaying the effective date of three provisions of the Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements rule published January 19, 2001 (66 FR 5916-6135). The provisions...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Library of Congress

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel rules and procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Noncommercial Educational Broadcasting Compulsory License The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is publishing final regulations adjusting the royalty rates and terms under the Copyright Act for the noncommercial educational broadcasting compulsory license for the period 2003 through 2007.	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Materials License SNM-2509; Trojan Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Portland General Electric Co.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Personnel Management Office

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of an Information Collection: SF 2817 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of an information...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Personnel Management Office Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised Information Collection: RI 38-107 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of a revise...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Personnel Management Office Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Reclearance of a Revised Information Collection: RI 98-7 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for reclearance of a revis...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

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Railroad Retirement Board

Railroad Retirement Act:

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Requests for Reconsideration and Appeals Within the Board The Railroad Retirement Board (Board) amends its regulations to simplify the procedures with respect to requests for reconsideration and appeals within the Board. These amendments clarify the appeals procedures and make the regulations more readable...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission In the Matter of e-Smart Technologies, Inc.; Order of Suspension of Trading e-Smart Technologies, Inc.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to Member Notifications Required in Connection With Offerings and Distributions of Amex-Listed Securities American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Granting Approval to the Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment Nos. 2 and 3 to the Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. Amending CBOE Disciplinary Rules 17.4, 17.9 and 17.10 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Relating to Listing Standards for Security Futures Products Chicago Mercantile Exchange	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Fees for Software Products Offered by the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to Retroactive Fees for Software Products Offered by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. To Amend Its Schedule of Fees and Charges Relating to the Archipelago Exchange Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

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Special Counsel Office

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Special Counsel Office Change of Address for Dallas Office Effective Monday, December 9, 2002, the Dallas Field Office (DFO) of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) moved to the A. Maceo Smith Federal Building, 525 Griffin Street, Room 824, Box 103, Dallas, TX 75202. The DFO telephone number continues to...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; Determinations: “Origins of the Russian Avant-Garde” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Exchange visitor program:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Exchange Visitor Program; Correction This document contains a correction to a regulation published in the Federal Register by the United States Information Agency (USIA) on May 28, 1997 [62 FR 28801]. The regulation relates to requests for a waiver of the two-year home-country physical...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Foreign terrorists and terrorist organizations; designation:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Determination Pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 Relating to the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Visas; immigrant and nonimmigrant documentation:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Visas: Uncertified Foreign Health-Care Workers This rule changes the requirements pertaining to the issuance of visas to certain foreign health care workers. It provides that an alien who seek to enter the United States to perform health-care services (other than a physician) is excludable unless...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Visas; immigrant documentation:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Documentation of Immigrants-Visa Registration This rule amends the Department's regulation that defines "registration" in connection with an application for an immigrant visa. This change is necessary because the current definition, as written, may be interpreted as being inconsistent with other...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB RailAmerica, Inc., et al.-Control and Merger Exemption-A&R Line, Inc., and J.K. Line, Inc. The Board grants an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323-25 for noncarrier RailAmerica, Inc., et al., to acquire control of A&R Line, Inc. (A&R Line), and J.K. Line, Inc. (J.K. Line), two wholly owne...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Transportation Department

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Area Navigation (RNAV) and Miscellaneous Amendments The FAA is proposing to amend its regulations to reflect technological advances that support area navigation (RNAV); make certain terms consistent with those of the International Civil Aviation Organization; remove the middle marker as a required com...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards This document updates the outdated addresses in NHTSA's regulation regarding documents incorporated by reference into various Federal motor vehicle safety standards. In addition, this document properly identifies those organizations identified in the...	Rule	Dec 17, 2002

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records DOT proposes to establish three systems of records under the Privacy Act of 1974 and to exempt them from certain provisions of the Act.	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Automatic program test:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > Customs Service Modification of National Customs Automation Program Test Regarding Electronic Presentation of Cargo Declarations This notice announces modifications to the vessel paperless manifest program test that provides for the electronic transmission of certain vessel cargo declaration information to Customs through the Vessel Automated Manifest System (AMS). Specificall...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Programs Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs, notice is hereby given of the conduct by Financial Management Service (FMS) of matching prog...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Treasury Department Departmental Offices; Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of the Treasury (Department) gives notice of a proposed system of records entitled "Treasury/DO .216-- Treasury Security Access Control and Certificates System...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Veterans Affairs Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Office of General Counsel (OGC), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agenci...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...	Notice	Dec 17, 2002

Federal Register December 17, 2002

Agencies Publishing on December 17, 2002

Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Antidumping:

Fishery conservation and management:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Practice and procedure:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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

Water pollution control:

Water pollution; discharge of pollutants (NPDES):

Water supply:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Emergency Alert System

Practice and procedure:

Radio and television broadcasting:

Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal Trade Commission

Fair Credit Reporting Act:

Meetings:

Health and Human Services Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Grants:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Interior Department

Natural resource damage assessment plans; availability, etc.:

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:

Labor Department

Occupational injuries and illnesses; recording and reporting requirements

Library of Congress

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel rules and procedures:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Personnel Management Office

Agency information collection activities:

R Railroad Retirement Board

Railroad Retirement Act:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

S Special Counsel Office

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Exchange visitor program:

Foreign terrorists and terrorist organizations; designation:

Visas; immigrant and nonimmigrant documentation:

Visas; immigrant documentation:

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Transportation Department

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Privacy Act:

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Treasury Department

Automatic program test:

R
Railroad Retirement Board

S
Special Counsel Office