Federal Register December 24, 2002 (Volume 67)

Agencies Publishing on December 24, 2002

Agriculture Department (7)
Commerce Department (12)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (3)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (4)
Energy Department (16)
Environmental Protection Agency (14)
Federal Communications Commission (7)
Federal Reserve System (3)
Health and Human Services Department (34)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Interior Department (8)
Justice Department (1)
Labor Department (1)
Library of Congress (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
Securities and Exchange Commission (13)
Small Business Administration (3)
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Special Counsel Office (1)
State Department (1)
Transportation Department (19)
Treasury Department (11)

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > ARS National Agricultural Library; Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Collect Information In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR Part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the National Agricultural Library's intent to reque...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Agriculture Department > AMS Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request from the Office of Management and Budget approval for an extension of and revision to...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Exportation and importation of animals and animal byproducts:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Canadian Border Ports; Blaine and Lynden, WA On November 8, 2002, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published a direct final rule in the Federal Register. (See 67 FR 68021-68022, Docket No. 02-064-1.) The direct final rule notified the public of our intention to amend the regulatio...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Weather Radio Transmitter Grant Program On April 4, 2001, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) published a Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) in the Federal Register (66 FR 17857, April 4, 2001) announcing a new grant program, and the availability of grant funds under this program, to financ...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Notice of Resource Advisory Committee Meeting Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Nez Perce and Clearwater National Forests' North Central Idaho Re...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Program regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RHS, RBS, RUS, FSA Reengineering and Reinvention of the Direct Section 502 and 504 Single Family Housing (SFH) Programs The Rural Housing Service (RHS), published an interim final rule on November 22, 1996 (61 FR 59761-59802) requesting comments on the Single Family Housing regulations. This action incorporates the changes made as a result of the comments received and...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Report on Electronic Benefits Transfer Systems The Food and Nutrition Service, Benefit Redemption Division, would like to obtain public comments on specific topics related to initiatives and advances in electronic benefit delivery for the issuance of food stamp benefits. The purpose of obtaining...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Applicant for Funding Assistance The Department of Commerce (DOC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing and proposed information collection, as required by the P...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty New-Shipper Reviews China	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order: Persulfates from the People's Republic of China On September 30, 2002, the Department of Commerce ("the Department"), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), determined that revocation of the antidumping duty order on persulfates from the People's Rep...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Preserved Mushrooms from India: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed-Circumstances Review The Department of Commerce has received information sufficient to warrant initiation of a changed-circumstances review of the antidumping order on certain preserved mushrooms from India. Based on this information, we preliminarily determine that KICM...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Final Results and Final Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On July 9, 2002, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published the preliminary results and partial rescission in part of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan. Thi...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone; Roswell, New Mexico New Mexico	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Commerce Department > FTZB Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company (Oil Refinery); Martinez, CA, Area Tesoro Refining Marketing Co.; oil refinery complex	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NTIA The State Uniform Commercial Code Exception of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act Section 101 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, Pub. L. No. 106-229, codified at 15 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 7001 et seq. ("ESIGN" or "the Act"), preserves the legal effect, validity, and enforceability of signatures and contrac...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Incidental Catch Requirements of Bluefin Tuna NMFS proposes to amend regulations governing the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery as they affect landing of BFT in the Atlantic pelagic longline fishery. The intent of this action is to minimize dead discards of BFT and improve management of the A...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking of Threatened or Endangered Species Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations NMFS is issuing an interim final rule to prohibit fishing with drift gillnets in the California/Oregon (CA/OR) thresher shark/ swordfish drift gillnet fishery in U.S. waters off southern California, south of Point Conception (34[deg]27' N.) and west...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > BIS National Infrastructure Advisory Council; Notice of Open Meeting National Infrastructure Advisory Council	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel, Oversight Committee and Habitat Oversight Committee in January, 2003 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusi...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Hong Kong Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting a limit.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Textile and apparel categories:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Removing a Company From List of Companies in Macau From Which Customs Shall Deny Entry to Textiles and Textile Products Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs directing Customs not to apply the directive regarding denial of entry to shipments from a certain company.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Request for Public Comments on Commercial Availability Request under the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) On December 18, 2002, the Chairman of CITA received a petition from School Apparel, Inc. alleging that certain shirting fabrics, classified in subheadings 5210.21 and 5210.31 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), used in the...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request-Requirements for Baby-Bouncers, Walker-Jumpers, and Baby-Walkers In the Federal Register of October 9, 2002 (67 FR 62958), the Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to seek...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Defense Department

Global Positioning Systems:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Department of the Air Force L5 Civil Signal Interface Control Document (ICD) Revision 2 This notice informs the public that the Global Positioning System (GPS) Joint Program Office (JPO) has released the current ICD- GPS-705 dated 2 December 2002, Navstar GPS Space Segment/User Segment L5 Interfaces, for public review and comment. This...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Presidential determinations:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Presidential Determination on Classified Information Concerning the Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, NV Notice is hereby given that the President has exempted the United States Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada from any Federal, State, interstate, or local provision respecting control and abatement of solid waste or hazardous waste...	Notice	Dec 24, 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 24, 2002
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 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 24, 2002
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 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 24, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 2003 This notice announces closing dates, priorities, and other information regarding the transmittal of grant applications for FY 2003 competitions under four programs authorized under part D, subpart 2 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC The New PJM Companies: American Electric Power Service Corporation on behalf of its operating companies Appalachian Power Company, Columbus Southern Power Company, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Kentucky Power Company, Kingsport Power Company, Ohio Power Company, and Wheeling Power Company, Commonwealth Edison Company and Commonwealth Edison Company of Indiana, Inc., The Dayton Power and Light Company, Virginia Electric and Power Company, and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of Filing American Electric Power Service Corp. et al.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Tariff Filing Dominion Transmission, Inc.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Enbridge Pipelines (AlaTenn) L.L.C.; Notice of Tariff Filing Enbridge Pipelines (AlaTenn) L.L.C.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Enbridge Pipelines (KPC); Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Enbridge Pipelines (KPC)	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Enbridge Pipelines (Midla) L.L.C.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Enbridge Pipelines (Midla) L.L.C.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Filing Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Northern Border Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Northern Border Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Sea Robin Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Sea Robin Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Texas Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing Texas Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Texas Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing Texas Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative, Notice of Application Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Industrial Materials for the Future The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office (ID) is seeking applications for cost-shared research and development of materials or materials processing methods, in accordance with the Program Plan for the Industrial Materials for the...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice Amending Procedures Described in November 12, 2002 Notice The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a Notice Of Possible Discussion Items For January 21, 2993 Queuing Technical Conference on December 17, 2002 that included information on the conference and an attachment of possible topics of discussio...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Voluntary Customer Satisfaction Surveys In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Voluntar...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission of ICR No. 0220.09 (OMB No. 2040-0168) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Clean Wa...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities, ICR Number 1127.07, OMB Number 2060-0083 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS for...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No. 0111.10 (OMB No. 2060-0101) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NESHAP f...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No. 0575.09 (OMB No. 2070-0004) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Health a...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No. 1899.02 (OMB No. 2060-0422 to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Emission...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR Number 1055.07 (OMB No. 2060-0021) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Title: N...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; OMB Responses This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No. 0649.08 (OMB No. 2060-0106) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS for...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission of EPA ICR No. 1130.07 (OMB No. 2060-0082) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS for...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No. 1167.07 (OMB No. 2060-0063) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS for...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Emergency Planning and Release Notification Requirements Under Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Sections 302, 303, and 304 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Emergenc...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface Coating of Automobiles and Light-Duty Trucks This action proposes national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for automobile and light-duty truck surface coating operations located at major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP). The proposed NESHAP would implement sect...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Bronopol; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Streamlining and Other Revisions of the Commission's Rules Governing the Licensing of, and Spectrum Usage by, Satellite Network Earth Stations and Space Stations In this document the Commission invites comments on revising part 25 of the Commission's rules to increase the number of earth station applications that can be processed routinely or, in the alternative, to streamline the processing of earth station...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 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 Media Bureau (Bureau) extends the comment and reply comments filing deadline in this docket. The intended effect of this action is to allow additional time in which to file comments and reply comments.	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Sells, AZ At the request of Rural Pima Broadcasting, this document proposes the allotment of Channel 285A at Sells, Arizona, as the community's first local aural transmission service at a site 9.3 kilometers (5.8 miles) south of the community at coordinates 31...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Douglas, AZ, Santa Clara, NM and Tombstone, AZ This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed on behalf of Cochise Broadcasting LLC, licensee of Station KCDQ, Channel 237A, Douglas, Arizona, requesting the substitution of Channel 237C for Channel 237A, the reallotment of Chan...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Cherokee, OK Maurice Salsa ("Salsa") filed a petition for rule making requesting the allotment of FM Channel 237C2 to Cherokee, Oklahoma, as that community's first local aural transmission service. See 66 FR 53755, October 24, 2001. Robert Fabian ("Fabian") filed...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Lockney, TX; Quitaque, TX; and Turkey, TX This document proposes changes in the FM Table of Allotments in Lockney, TX, Quitaque, TX, and Turkey, TX. The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by Linda Crawford proposing the allotment of Channel 271C3 to Lockney, Texas, as Lockney's...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Sparkman, AR; Moberly, MO; Kiowa, OK; Crowell, Menard, and San Isidro, TX This document grants six proposals that allot new FM channels to Sparkman, Arkansas; Moberly, Missouri; Kiowa, Oklahoma; Menard and San Isidro, Texas It also dismisses, at the petitioner's request, a petition for rule making requesting the allotment...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Federal Reserve System

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Background. On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are owned by agencies of the U.S. government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Fo...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are owned by agencies of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Fo...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are owned by agencies of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Fo...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Training Tomorrow's Scientists: Linking Minorities and Mentors Through the Web Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Oral Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Florfenicol The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Schering-Plough Animal Health Corp. The NADA provides for use of a florfenicol concentrate solution to...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > FDA New Animal Drugs; Change of Sponsor The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect a change of sponsor for 25 approved new animal drug applications (NADAs) from American Cyanamid to Fort Dodge Animal Health.	Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Oral Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Lincomycin Hydrochloride Soluble Powder The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Alpharma, Inc. The supplemental ANADA provides for reducing the preslaughter...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Implantation or Injectable Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Oxytetracycline Injection The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. The supplemental ANADA provides for the...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > FDA New Animal Drugs; Change of Sponsor's Address The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect a change of address for Phoenix Scientific, Inc.	Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Implantation or Injectable Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Trenbolone and Estradiol The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of an abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Ivy Laboratories, Division of Ivy Animal Health, Inc. The ANADA provides for subcutaneou...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Community Mental Health Services Performance Partnership Section 1949 of the Public Health Service Act as amended by Pub. L. 106-310 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit a plan to Congress detailing how the Secretary intends to change the current Community Mental Health Services (C...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Community Mental Health Services Performance Partnership Section 1949 of the Public Health Service Act as amended by Public Law 106-310 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit a plan to Congress detailing how the Secretary intends to change the current Community Mental Health Services...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Human drugs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Trimethobenzamide Hydrochloride Injection and Capsules; Drug Efficacy Study Implementation; Final Evaluation The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces the resolution of issues concerning trimethobenzamide hydrochloride injection and capsules. This notice announces the approval of a supplemental new drug application (NDA) for Tigan (trimethobenzamide...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Notice of Meeting National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Amended Notice of Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Notice of Meeting National Institute of General Medical Sciences	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice of Meetings National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice of Meetings National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Nursing Research; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Nursing Research	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meeting National Library of Medicine	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meetings National Library of Medicine	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority Analysis, Epidemiology and Health Promotion Office	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

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

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Methods and Compositions for the Promotion of Hair Growth Utilizing Actin Binding Peptides This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license to practice the invention embodied i...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety Zone; Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the City of Chicago New Year's Celebration Fireworks in Monroe Harbor, Chicago, Illinois. This safety zone is necessary to protect vessels and spectators from potential airborne hazards duri...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Receipt of Applications for Permit The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Interior Department > FWS Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals The following permit was issued.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Interior Department > FWS Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals The following permit was issued.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Five Carbonate Plants From the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are designating critical habitat for five plants endemic (restricted) primarily to carbonate-derived soils in the San Bernardino Mount...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Environmental Statements; Notice of Intent: Great Falls Park, VA; General Management Plan In accordance with section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the impacts of alternative management strategies as part of a Genera...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting, Central Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will me...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA Notice.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP) Act Classification; New Mexico The following public lands in Sandoval County, New Mexico have been examined and found suitable for classification for lease to the Cuba Soil and Water Conservation District under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection, Fiscal Year 2003 State Domestic Preparedness Program.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA Proposed Extension of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Definition of “Plan Assets”-Participant Contributions The Department of Labor (the Department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of informa...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Library of Congress

Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Notification of Agreement Under the Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002 The Copyright Office is publishing an agreement which sets rates and terms for the performance of sound recordings under two statutory licenses by small commercial webcasters. Small commercial webcasters who meet the eligibility requirements may choo...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

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National Science Foundation

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting the general public or other Fede...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act; Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No SIgnificant Hazards Considerations Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Call for Nominations The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is advertising for nominations for three positions on the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI). These positions are: (1) Nuclear cardiology physician; (2) State government representat...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Decommissioning Trust Provisions The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations relating to decommissioning trust provisions for nuclear power plants. For licensees that are no longer rate-regulated, or no longer have access to a non-bypassable charge for decomm...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. to Modify the Reserve Size Refresh Functional in Nasdaq's SuperMontage System	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Listing and Trading of Market Recovery Notes Linked to the Nasdaq-100 Index	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Extension of Short Sale Rule and Continued Suspension of Primary Market Maker Standards Set Forth in NASD Rule 4612	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to a New Trade Report Modifier To Be Attached to Trades Whose Prices Exceed Certain Parameters	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application to Withdraw From Listing and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC (El Paso Electric Company, Common Stock, No Par Value) El Paso Electric Co. Inc.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application to Withdraw From Listing and Registration on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (Scania Aktiebolag, American Depository Shares (Each Representing One A and B Share, Nominal Value SEK 10 Each)) File No. 1-14240 Scania Aktiebolag	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to Minimum Size of Listing Qualifications Panels American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Government Securities Clearing Corporation and MBS Clearing Corporation; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Changes Relating to the Merger of MBS Clearing Corporation Into the Government Securities Clearing Corporation to Form the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation Government Securities Clearing Corp. et al.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. To Modify Maximum Execution Fees and Credits for SuperMontage Transactions in Low-Priced Securities National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Margin Rule Amendments for Security Futures Contracts National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. To Extend Manning Protection to Customer Limit Orders in All Securities Quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on a Permanent Basis National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to New Order Types Called “IOC Cross Orders” and “PNP Cross Orders” and Amending PCXE Rule 7.37 Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Stock Clearing Corporation of Philadelphia; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval on a Temporary Basis of a Proposed Rule Change Extending Approval of Restructured and Limited Clearing Services Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Small Business Administration

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Notice: Small Business Administration Interest Rates Interest rates; quarterly determinations	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of Louisiana (Amendment # 5) Louisiana	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Small Business Administration State of Texas; (Amendment #5) Texas	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

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Special Counsel Office

Title	Type	Published
Special Counsel Office Correction to Statutory Citation The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is correcting a statutory citation in its regulation on filing complaints of prohibited personnel practices or other prohibited activity at 5 CFR 1800.1.	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition This is a correction to previously-published Public Notice 3972 regarding culturally significant objects imported for exhibition in the show entitled "Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Twentieth-Century Mexican Art: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collec...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment of Class E5 Airspace; Tampa, FA This action amends the Class E5 airspace at Tampa, FL. A Localizer Runway 23 Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) has been developed for Vandenberg Airport. As a result, controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Amendment of Class E5 Airspace; Memphis, TN This notice proposes to amend Class E5 airspace at Memphis, TN. As a result of an evaluation, it has been determined a modification should be made to the Memphis, TN, Class E5 airspace area to contain the Nondirectional Radio Beacon (NDB) Runway (RWY...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Transportation Department Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation DOT proposes to add three systems of records to the list of DOT Privacy Act Systems of Records that are exempt from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act, and to add exemptions from 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(1) to the General Exemptions, and to the (k)(2)...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Disadvantaged Business Enterprise In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) this notice announces the Department of Transportation's (DOT) intention to request extension for a currently approved information collection.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Transportation Department Notice: Request for Extension of Existing Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) published its intention to request extension of an information collection in support of the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) for Response P...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MU-2B Series Airplanes This document withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would have applied to all Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Mitsubishi) MU-2B series airplanes. The proposed airworthiness directive (AD) would have superseded AD 88-23-01, which cu...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Socata-Groupe Aerospatiale Models MS 892A-150, MS 892E-150, MS 893A, MS 893E, MS 894A, MS 894E, Rallye 150T, and Rallye 150ST Airplanes This document proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2002-05-04, which applies to certain Socata Models MS 892A-150, MS 892E-150, MS 893A, MS 893E, MS 894A, MS 894E, Rallye 150T, and Rallye 150ST airplanes. AD 2002-05-04 requires you to r...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Aviation proceedings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Aviation Proceedings; Agreements Filed Agreements filed; weekly receipts	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Transportation Department Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) During the Week Ending December 13, 2002 Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement: La Plata County, CO The FHWA is issuing this Notice of Intent to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for a proposed transportation project to improve the safety, capacity, and efficiency of US Highway 160 from Durango to Bayfi...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA Special Committee 189/EUROCAE Working Group 53: Air Traffic Services (ATS) Safety and Interoperability Requirements The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 189/EUROCAE Working Group 53: Air Traffic Services (ATS) Safety and Interoperability Requirements.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA Special Committee 159: Global Positioning System (GPS) The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 159: Global Positioning System.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA Special Committee 186: Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 186: Automatic Dependent Surveillance--Broadcast (ADS-B).	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Imperial County Airport, Imperial, CA The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Imperial County Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 03-05-C-00-RIC to, Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Richmond International Airport, Richmond, VA The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to, impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Richmond International Airport under the provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR pa...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Drug Testing; Random Testing Rate Each year pipeline operators randomly select employees to test for prohibited drugs. The number of selections may not be less than the minimum annual percentage rate we determine, either 50 percent or 25 percent of covered employees, based on the ind...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Guidance on Traffic Control Devices at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings This notice announces that the FHWA has issued guidance to assist engineers in selection of traffic control devices or other measures at highway-rail crossings. The report, "Guidance on Traffic Control Devices at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings" is avai...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Technical standard orders:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO)-C151b, Terrain Awareness and Warning System This notice announces the availability of TSO-C151b. The final TSO tells persons seeking a TSO authorization or letter of design approval what minimum performance standard (MPS) their Terrain Awareness and Warning System must meet to obtain and be id...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Financial Management Service; Proposed Collection of Information: Notice of Reclamation, Electronic Funds Transfer, Federal Recurring Payments; Request for Debit, Electronic Funds Transfer, Federal Recurring Payments The Financial Management Service, 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 a continuing information collection. By this no...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002
Treasury Department > FS Financial Management Service; Proposed Collection of Information: Trace Request for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment The Financial Management Service, 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 a continuing information collection. By this no...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Bonds and notes, U.S. Treasury:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Offering of United States Savings Bonds, Series HH This Final Rule amends the offering of Series HH United States Savings Bonds to permit the investment yield to be changed by announcement by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's designee. The change affects bonds that are issued or enter...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Anti-Money Laundering Requirements-Correspondent Accounts for Foreign Shell Banks; Recordkeeping and Termination of Correspondent Accounts for Foreign Banks FinCEN is issuing this final rule to extend the time by which certain financial institutions must obtain information from each foreign bank for which they maintain a correspondent account concerning the foreign bank's status as "shell" bank, whether...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Exclusion of Gain From Sale or Exchange of a Principal Residence This document contains final regulations relating to the exclusion of gain from the sale or exchange of a taxpayer's principal residence. These regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, as amended by the Internal...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Treasury Department > IRS Reduced Maximum Exclusion of Gain From Sale or Exchange of Principal Residence This document contains temporary regulations relating to the exclusion of gain from the sale or exchange of a taxpayer's principal residence in the case of a taxpayer who has not owned and used the property as the taxpayer's principal residence for t...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Treasury Department > IRS Reduced Maximum Exclusion of Gain From Sale or Exchange of Principal Residence In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations relating to the reduced maximum exclusion available to certain taxpayers who sell or exchange their principal residence but who have...	Proposed Rule	Dec 24, 2002
Treasury Department > IRS Election To Treat Trust as Part of an Estate This document contains final regulations under section 645 relating to an election for certain revocable trusts to be treated and taxed as part of an estate. The final regulations provide the procedures and requirements for making the election, rules...	Rule	Dec 24, 2002

Interest rates:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Renegotiation Board Interest Rate; Prompt Payment Interest Rate; Contract Disputes Act For the period beginning January 1, 2003 and ending on June 30, 2003 the prompt payment interest rate is 4.250 per centum per annum.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department President's Commission on the United States Postal Service Notice is given of a meeting of the President's Commission on the United States Postal Service.	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

Trade name recordation applications:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > Customs Service Recordation of Trade Name: “Revolutionary Products, Inc.” Application has been filed pursuant to section 133.12, Customs Regulations (19 CFR 133.12), for the recordation under section 42 of the Act of July 5, 1946, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1124), of the trade name "REVOLUTIONARY PRODUCTS, INC". The trade name...	Notice	Dec 24, 2002

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Antidumping:

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Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act:

Fishery conservation and management:

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Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

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Education Department

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Energy Department

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Environmental Protection Agency

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Federal Communications Commission

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Health and Human Services Department

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Library of Congress

Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002:

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