Federal Register December 27, 2002 (Volume 67)

Agencies Publishing on December 27, 2002

Agriculture Department (6)
Commerce Department (18)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Defense Department (3)
Education Department (3)
Energy Department (9)
Environmental Protection Agency (19)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (4)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Housing Finance Board (2)
Federal Maritime Commission (2)
Health and Human Services Department (23)
Homeland Security Department (7)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (13)
International Trade Commission (3)
Justice Department (3)
Labor Department (2)
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Management and Budget Office (1)
National Credit Union Administration (4)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (8)
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Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (1)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (26)
Small Business Administration (1)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (3)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (2)
Transportation Department (14)
Treasury Department (6)
Veterans Affairs Department (4)

Agriculture Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Information Collection; Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Natural Resources Conservation Service's intention to reinstate a previously approved information collection. The collected information will help the Natural Resources...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Timeframe for Section 514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Section 516 Farm Labor Housing Grants for Off-Farm Housing for Fiscal Year 2003 This Notice announces the timeframe to submit applications for section 514 Farm Labor Housing loan funds and section 516 Farm Labor Housing grant funds for new construction and acquisition and rehabilitation of off-farm units for farmworker household...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Timeframe To Submit Applications for the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Program for Fiscal Year 2003 This Notice announces the timeframe for submitting applications for the section 515 Rural Rental Housing Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003. We are publishing this Notice prior to passage of a final appropriations act to give applicants the maximum am...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Timeframe for Section 533 Housing Preservation Grants for Fiscal Year 2003 The Rural Housing Service (RHS) announces that it is soliciting competitive applications under its Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program. We are publishing this Notice prior to passage of a final appropriations act to give applicants the maximum a...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice for Requests for Proposals for Guaranteed Loans Under the Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP) for Fiscal Year 2003 This is a request for proposals for guaranteed loans under the section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP) pursuant to 7 CFR 3565.4 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 subject to the availability of funding. FY 2002 funding for the section 538...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council, Hells Canyon Subgroup The Hells Canyon subgroup of the John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council will meet on January 30-31, 2003 at the Presbyterian Church on 4th and Washington, Baker City, OR 97814. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 5 p.m. the first d...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Highly Migratory Species Tournament Registration and Reporting The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Saccharin From the People's Republic of China China	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Commerce Department > ITA Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of a New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China until no later than April 22, 2003. This extension applies to...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 72-Indianapolis, IN, Application for Subzone, Decatur Mold, Tool and Engineering, Inc. (Plastic Injection Molds); North Vernon, IN Decatur Mold, Tool Engineering, Inc.; plastic injection mold manufacturing and warehousing facilities	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 158-Vicksburg/Jackson, MS, Application for Subzone, Ergon Refining, Inc. (Oil Refinery); Vicksburg, MS Ergon Refining, Inc.; oil refinery complex	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 124-Gramercy, LA, Application for Subzone, Ergon St. James, Inc. (Oil Terminal); St. James, LA Ergon St. James, Inc.; oil terminal facilities	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 38, Greenwood, SC, Expansion of Manufacturing Authority-Subzone 38C; Fuji Photo Film, Inc. (Addition of Medical Imaging Products, and Expansion of Production of Color Negative Photographic Film and Paper) Fuji Photo Film, Inc.; medical imaging products and color negative photographic film and paper production facilities	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 98-Birmingham, AL, Application for Expansion of Manufacturing Authority, Subzone 98A-Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. (Motor Vehicles); Tuscaloosa County, AL Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.; motor vehicle manufacturing plant	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA, Environmental Protection Agency Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on Wisconsin Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the Wisconsin Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal nonpoint program) and of the availability of the draft Approval Decisions on conditions for the Wisconsin coastal nonpoint program...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; Commercial Quota Transfers NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina has transferred 43,000 lb (19,504.5 kg) of its 2002 commercial quota to the State of Maryland; and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has transferred 150,000 lb (68,038.9 kg) of its 2002 commercial quota...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Closure of Directed Fishery for Loligo Squid NMFS announces that the directed fishery for Loligo squid in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) will be closed effective December 24, 2002, through December 31, 2002. Vessels issued a Federal permit to harvest Loligo squid may not retain or land more...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Shark Management Measures NMFS issues an emergency rule to: establish the commercial annual quotas for ridgeback and non-ridgeback large coastal sharks (LCS) at 783 metric tons (mt) dressed weight (dw) and 931 mt dw, respectively; establish the commercial annual quota for sma...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT) Grants Funding Availability This Notice announces availability of funds for the Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT), for training business executives and scientists (also referred to as "interns") from Eurasia (see program description for eligible coun...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Notice of Public Meeting The Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) will meet January 14, 2003.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Crab Rationalization Community Protection Committee will meet in Anchorage, AK.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Overseas trade missions:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Overseas Trade Missions The Department of Commerce invites U.S. companies to participate in the below listed overseas trade missions. For a more complete description, obtain a copy of the mission statement from the Project Officer indicated below.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions This action adds to the Procurement List products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete products previously furnished by such agencies. Com...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request This notice is to advise interested parties of a Military Health System (MHS) new survey project entitled, TRICARE Employee Survey. In accordance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions at Blue Grass Army Depot, KY This announces the availability of the FEIS that assesses the potential environmental impacts of the design, construction, operation and closure of a facility to destroy the chemical agents and munitions currently stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Meeting of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) Pursuant to Section 10(a), Public Law 92-463, as amended, notice is hereby given of a forthcoming of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of the Committee meeting is to provide further training to...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Education Department

Educational research and improvement:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Removal of Regulations The Secretary amends the Code of Federal Regulations to remove obsolete regulations. As a result of enactment of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, these regulations are no longer needed. The Secretary therefore takes this action to remove th...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education-Special Focus Competition: European Community-United States of America Cooperation Program in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Postsecondary Education Improvement Fund	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Education Department Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education-Comprehensive Program (Preapplications and Applications); Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Postsecondary Education Improvement Fund	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000; Revision to List of Covered Facilities On January 17, 2001, and again on June 11, 2001, the Department of Energy ("Department" or "DOE") published a list of facilities covered under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000 ("Act"), title 36 of Public Law 106-398....	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application and Applicant-Prepared EA Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, and Soliciting Comments, and Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and Prescriptions Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Energy Department > FERC Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Energy conservation:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE Energy Efficiency Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Final Determination Concerning the CSA International Petition for Recognition as a Nationally Recognized Certification Program for Electric Motor Efficiency Today's notice announces the Department of Energy's final determination classifying the CSA International Motor Efficiency Verification Service Program as a nationally recognized certification program in the United States for the purposes of section...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Energy Department > DOE Energy Efficiency Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Final Determination Concerning the Petition for Recognition of Underwriters Laboratories Inc. as a Nationally Recognized Certification Program for Electric Motor Efficiency Today's notice announces the Department of Energy's final determination classifying the Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Energy Verification Service Program for Electric Motors as a nationally recognized certification program in the United States for t...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Capital Availability for Energy Markets; Notice of Technical Conference Capital availability for energy markets; technical conference	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements; Notice Providing Detail on Electric Quarterly Reports Software Availability and Announcing Schedule for Software Demonstrations Electric Quarterly Reports; public utility filing requirements and software demonstrations	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans North Carolina: Approval of Revisions to North Carolina State Implementation Plan: Transportation Conformity Rule and Interagency Memorandum of Agreements The EPA is approving a revision to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP) with the exception of one state regulation pertaining to triggers. The revision contains the transportation conformity rule pursuant to the Clean Air Act as amended...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Voluntary Data Call-In; World Trade Center Disaster Exposure and Human Health Information The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) is requesting the voluntary submission of data and other information or reports on human health effects or exposures that may have been generated by academia, h...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for Calendar Year 2003 With this action, EPA is allocating essential use allowances for import and production of class I stratospheric ozone depleting substances (ODSs) for calendar year 2003. Essential use allowances enable a person to obtain controlled class I ODSs as an...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Stay of Authority Under 40 CFR 50.9(b) Related to Applicability of 1-Hour Ozone Standard The EPA is proposing to stay its authority under the second sentence of 40 CFR 50.9(b) to determine that an area has attained the 1-hour standard ("Proposed Stay") and that the 1-hour standard no longer applies. The EPA proposes that the stay shall b...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: North Carolina: Nitrogen Oxides Budget and Allowance Trading Program EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of North Carolina, through the North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (NCDENR), on September 18, 2001. This revision was submitted in respons...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans North Carolina: Approval of Revisions to Miscellaneous Regulations Within the North Carolina State Implementation Plan On August 7, 2002, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources submitted revisions to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP). North Carolina is adopting rule 15A NCAC 2D .0542, Control of Particulate Emissions from...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans North Carolina: Approval of Revisions to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan: Transportation Conformity and Interagency Memorandum of Agreements The EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP) that contains the transportation conformity rule pursuant to the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (Act). The transportation conformity rule assures that...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans North Carolina: Approval of Revisions to Miscellaneous Regulations Within the North Carolina State Implementation Plan On August 7, 2002, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources submitted revisions to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP). North Carolina is adopting rule 15A NCAC 2D .0542, Control of Particulate Emissions from...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board; Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Review Panel; Request for Nominations The Science Advisory Board (SAB) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) was established to provide independent scientific and technical advice, consultation, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the technical basis for...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA expressed environmental concerns regarding impacts to water quality from the proposed 1,250 acres of tractor timber harvest in a 303(d) listed water body and about minimal water quality monitoring. Fuel reduction treatments were well planned and...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

No documents available.

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 104(k)(6); Announcement of Extension of Proposal Deadlines for the Competition for the 2003 National Brownfields Job Training Grants The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin to accept proposals for the National Brownfields Job Training Grants on December 17, 2002 (67 FR 242). The deadline for the due date of proposals has been extended until February 14,...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Guidelines The goal of the National Environmental Information Exchange Grant Program is to advance the National Environmental Information Exchange Network (Network) by encouraging State and Tribal environmental data integration efforts. The Network was created...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board (ELAB) Meeting Date, and Agenda. The Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board (ELAB) will have a teleconference meeting on Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 11 a.m. EST to discuss the ideas, comments, and suggestions presented at the November 21, 2002,...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Meeting of the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Act, Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given that the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee will meet in February 2003. This is an open meeting. The meeting will include presentations from...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Draft Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution From the World Trade Center Disaster and Final Toxicological Effects of Fine Particle Matter Derived From the Destruction of the World Trade Center The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) is announcing a 60-day public comment period for the external review draft (ERD) entitled, "Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Water programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Withdrawal of Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulation and Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program in Support of Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulation Today's action proposes to withdraw the final rule entitled "Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulation and Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program in Support of Revisions to the Water Quality P...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Water quality criteria:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revision of National Recommended Water Quality Criteria EPA is publishing a revision of fifteen of its national recommended water quality criteria for protecting human health, developed pursuant to section 304(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act). This revision is a partial update based on EPA's new...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Ambient Aquatic Life Water Quality Criteria for Tributyltin (TBT)-Draft Section 304(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop, and publish and, from time to time, revise criteria for water that accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge. These criteria repres...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Joint Application by BellSouth Corporation, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., and BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. for Provision of In-Region, InterLATA Services in Florida and Tennessee In the document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants the section 271 application of BellSouth Corporation, et al. (BellSouth) for authority to enter the interLATA telecommunications market in the states of Florida and Tennessee....	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Federal Communications Commission Application by SBC Communications Inc., Pacific Bell Telephone Company, and Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc., for Authorization To Provide In-Region, InterLATA Services in California In the document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants the section 271 application of SBC Communications Inc., Pacific Bell Telephone Company, and Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc., (Pacific Bell) for authority to en...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Filing Procedures, Corporate Powers, International Banking, Management Official Interlocks The FDIC is proposing to amend its regulations governing filing procedures, international banking and management official interlocks by making technical corrections and modifications to clarify existing policies and procedures. In addition, the FDIC...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Filing Procedures; Unsafe and Unsound Banking Practices; Registration of Transfer Agents; International Banking; Management Official Interlocks; and Golden Parachutes and Indemnification Payments The FDIC is amending its regulations governing application, notice and request procedures to reflect changes from an internal reorganization order, which included the consolidation of the Division of Supervision and the Division of Compliance and Con...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions The FDIC is amending its Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions to reflect changes made pursuant to an internal reorganization. The reorganization merged the Division of Supervision and the Division of Compliance and Consumer Affairs. The am...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Applications for Deposit Insurance The FDIC is amending its Statement of Policy on Applications for Deposit Insurance to reflect changes resulting from an internal reorganization. The reorganization merged the Division of Supervision and the Division of Compliance and Consumer Affairs...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Federal Election Commission

Contribution and expenditure limitations and prohibitions:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Contribution Limitations and Prohibitions: Delay of Effective Date and Correction The Federal Election Commission is publishing a correction to the final rules governing contributions limitations and prohibitions that were published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2002 (67 FR 69928). The correction: (1) Changes the effecti...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal home loan bank system:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Monthly Survey of Rates and Terms on Conventional One-Family Non-farm Mortgage Loans The Federal Hosing Finance Board (Finance Board) is implementing several methodological and reporting changes to MIRS and hereby gives notice of the substitution of substantially similar adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) index rates for certain non-stan...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Federal Housing Finance Board Procedure for Conducting Monthly Survey of Rates and Terms on Conventional One-Family Non-farm Mortgage Loans The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is making certain technical amendments to its regulation setting forth the practices and procedures for conducting the Monthly Survey of Rates and Terms on Conventional One-Family, Non-farm Mortgage L...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreement(s) Filed Agreements filed, etc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Passenger vessel financial responsibility:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Passenger Vessel Financial Responsibility Upon consideration of several requests, the Commission has determined to extend the comment period in this matter.	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Service of Process: Amendment for Materials Related to Petitions Under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Current regulations regarding service of legal process provide that all service of process relating to petitions for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) are to be sent to the Director, Bureau of Health Professio...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Irradiation in the Production, Processing, and Handling of Food The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Request for Samples and Protocols The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Implantation or Injectable Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Danofloxacin The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Pfizer, Inc. The NADA provides for the veterinary prescription use of danofloxacin solution in cattle,...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > FDA New Animal Drugs; Neomycin Sulfate 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 use of neomycin sulfate s...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Implantation or Injectable Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Trenbolone Acetate and Estradiol Benzoate The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Fort Dodge Animal Health. The supplemental NADA provides for use of an implant containing...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Re-Chartering of the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification Groups and Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Panel-January 21, 22, and 23, 2003 This notice announces the re-chartering of the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Groups (the Panel) for a 2- year period through November 21, 2004, and also announces, in accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory C...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Renewal and Amendment of the Charter of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC) This notice announces the renewal and amendment of the Charter of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (the Committee). The Committee advises the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) and the Administrator of th...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Systems-Based Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs (DPCPS); Notice of Availability of Funds; Amendment Systems-Based Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Medicaid and Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances-July 2002 Through September 2002 This notice lists CMS manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published from July 2002, through September 2002, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This notice also provi...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Notice of Hearing: Reconsideration of Disapproval of New Jersey State Plan Amendment 02-10 This notice announces an administrative hearing to be held on February 4, 2003, 10 a.m., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' New York Regional Office, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 38-110A; New York, New York 10278-0063, to reconsider our decision to...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities-Correction Notice This correction notice corrects technical errors that appeared in the notice published in the Federal Register on July 31, 2002 entitled "Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities--Update."	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program: National Medicare+Choice Risk Adjustment Public Meeting-February 3, 2003 This notice announces a national Medicare+Choice risk adjustment public meeting for Medicare+Choice organizations, Medicare capitated demonstration projects, PACE plans, Evercare plans, Social Health Maintenance Organizations, Wisconsin Partnership p...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability will meet on Thursday, January 23, 2003 and Friday, January 24, 2003 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Was...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Meeting of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee-February 12, 2003 This notice announces a public meeting of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (the Committee). The Committee provides advice and recommendations to us about clinical issues. Among other things, the Committee advises us on whether adequate eviden...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; February 10, 2003, Meeting of the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council. The Council will be meeting to discuss certain proposed changes in regulations and carrier manual i...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Homeland Security Department

Deepwater ports:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department > MARAD Port Pelican LLC Deepwater Port License Application The Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) give notice, as required by the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended, that they have received an application for the licensing of a deepwater port, and that the application appears to contain...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Mississippi River, Dubuque, IA The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District is temporarily changing the regulation governing the Illinois Central Railroad Drawbridge, Mile 579.9, Upper Mississippi River. From 12:01 a.m., December 19, 2002, until 7 a.m., March 1, 2003, the drawbridge...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Mississippi River, Burlington, IA The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District is temporarily changing the regulation governing the Burlington Railroad Drawbridge, Mile 403.1, Upper Mississippi River. From 12:01 a.m., December 15, 2002, until 7 a.m., March 15, 2003, the drawbridge shal...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Jamaica Bay and Connecting Waterways, NY The Coast Guard proposes to temporarily change the drawbridge operating regulations governing the operation of the New York City highway bridge, at mile 0.8, across Mill Basin on Belt Parkway at New York City, New York. This temporary rule would allo...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee The Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee (GLPAC) and its Subcommittee on Technology will meet to discuss various issues relating to pilotage on the Great Lakes. The meeting will be open to the public.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Security Zone: Protection of Tank Ships, Puget Sound, WA In order to promptly respond to an increase in the Coast Guard's maritime security posture, the Coast Guard proposes to establish regulations for the safety or security of tank ships in the navigable waters of Puget Sound and adjacent waters, Washing...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Security Zones; Liquefied Hazardous Gas Tank Vessels San Pedro Bay, CA The Coast Guard proposes to revise current safety zone regulations by establishing security zones around and under all liquefied hazardous gas (LHG) tank vessels located on San Pedro Bay, California, in and near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beac...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Revisions to a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) intends to submit a request for renewal (with revisions) of an existing approved information collection to the Office of Manag...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Species 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 of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531. et seq.).	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Interior Department > BOR Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, invites other Federal agencies, State, local, or tribal governments which manage recreation sites at Reclamation projects; concessio...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Agency Information Collection; Proposed Revisions to a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) intends to submit a request for renewal (with revisions) of an existing approved information collection to the Office of Manag...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, we are inviting comments on a collection of information we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) is titled...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Interior Department > BOR Agency Information Collection; Proposed Revisions to a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) intends to submit a request for renewal (with revisions) of an existing approved information collection to the Office of Manag...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Tribal Landowner Incentive Program (T-LIP) Implementation Guidelines for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 The Department of the Interior Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2002 allocated $40 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for conservation grants to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Island...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Interior Department > FWS Tribal Wildlife Grants (TWG) Program Implementation Guidelines for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 authorized an appropriation of $85 million for wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and Tribes under...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting This notice announces a meeting of the Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The business meeting will be held on January 27, 2003, at the Crowe Plaza, 2532 W. Peoria Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. It will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. Th...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Interior Department Consultation Meetings on the Department of the Interior's Financial Assistance Programs The Department of the Interior is conducting several regional consultation meetings to implement the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999. The meetings are designed to give interested members of the public a chance to comme...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meetings, Southwest Colorado and Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council Meetings 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), Southwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council (RAC) and...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Public land orders:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Order No. 7549; Withdrawal of National Forest System Land to Preserve Lemhi Pass National Historic Landmark; Montana and Idaho This order withdraws 1,328.84 acres of National Forest System land from mining for a period of 20 years to preserve the unique resources of Lemhi Pass National Historic Landmark. The land has been and will remain open to such forms of disposition as...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Survey plat filings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Survey Plat Filings; Wyoming The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has filed the plats of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, on November 14, 2002.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

International Trade Commission

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Drams and Dram Modules From Korea Korea	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain Tool Handles, Tool Holders, Tool Sets, and Components Therefor; Notice of Investigation Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 26, 2002, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Allen-Pal, LLC of San Jose and Los Gatos, Calif...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
International Trade Commission U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Advice Concerning the Probable Economic Effect Following receipt of a request on December 6, 2002, from the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Commission instituted investigation Nos. TA-131-24 and TA-2104-04, U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Advice Concerning the Probable Economi...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Justice Department

Alcoholic beverages:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Organic Claims in Labeling and Advertising of Alcohol Beverages (2002R-288P) ATF reopens the comment period for Notice No. 954, a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on October 8, 2002. The proposed rule would amend our alcohol labeling and advertising rules to cross-reference the United States Dep...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002

National cooperative research notifications:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-PKI Forum, Inc. PKI Forum, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > DOL Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Labor-management standards:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > LMSO Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports The Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration (ESA) is proposing to revise forms LM-2, LM-3, and LM-4, which are used by labor organizations to file the annual financial reports required under title II of the Labor-Management Reportin...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002

M
Management and Budget Office

Title	Type	Published
Management and Budget Office 2002 North American Industry Classification System-Updates for 2007 Under Title 44, U.S.C. 3504(e), the Office of Management and Budget, through its Economic Classification Policy Committee (ECPC), is soliciting public comment on several questions related to a potential revision of the North American Industry Classif...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

National Credit Union Administration

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is pub...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Credit unions:

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Community Development Revolving Loan Program for Credit Unions The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will accept applications for participation in the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund's Loan Program throughout calendar year 2003, subject to availability of funds. Application procedures for qua...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
National Credit Union Administration Investment and Deposit Activities and Regulatory Flexibility Program NCUA proposes to amend its rule regarding the investment activities of federal credit unions (FCUs). The amendments clarify and reformat the rule to make it easier to read and locate information. The amendments expand FCU investment authority to incl...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Corporate Federal Credit Union Bylaws The proposed changes update the corporate federal credit union (FCU) bylaws. This action is necessary because several of the bylaws had become outdated or obsolete. The proposal is intended to modernize and clarify the corporate FCU bylaws.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Meetings of Humanities Panel Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington,...	Notice	Dec 27, 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 Feder...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Joint Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittees on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment and on Plant Operations; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee Meeting on Safety Research Program; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear LLC; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing PSEG Nuclear LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of PermaGrain Products, Incorporated, 4789 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, 19073; License Nos. 37-17860-01, EA-02-260; Demand for Information PermaGrain Products, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Criteria for the Review of Alternative Sites: Meeting The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing a public meeting to obtain public input, which the agency will consider in deciding whether to undertake rulemaking to specifically define the criteria for review of candidate and alternative site...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Announcement of Public Meeting on Proposed Plan to Risk-Inform Post-Fire Safe-Shutdown Circuit Analysis Inspection The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold a public meeting, in the form of a facilitated workshop, to discuss and gather stakeholder input on proposed risk-informed post-fire safe-shutdown circuit analysis inspection.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

N
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Notice of Meeting Yucca Mountain, NV	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Personnel Management Office

Prevailing rate systems

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Prevailing Rate Systems CFR correction	Rule	Dec 27, 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 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and Renewal on Pilot Basis of NASD Rule 7010(k) Relating to Fees for the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated Relating to the Extension of an Access Fee for Non-Customer RAES Orders	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by American Stock Exchange LLC Regarding Rules Implementing the Options Intermarket Linkage Plan	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. Relating to RAES Access Rules for Broad-Based Index Options and Options on Exchange-Traded Funds on Broad-Based Indexes	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Notice of Applications for Deregistration Under Section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Each applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. By October 31, 2002, each applicant had transferred its assets to Principal International Fund, Inc., based on net asset value. Expenses of $42,721, $3,314 and $3...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Joint Industry Plan:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing of Joint Amendment No. 4 to the Options Intermarket Linkage Plan Relating to Satisfaction Orders, Trade-Throughs and Other Nonsubstantive Changes International Securities Exchange, Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Securities, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Mandated Electronic Filing and Web Site Posting for Forms 3, 4 and 5 We are proposing rule and form amendments to mandate the electronic filing, and website posting by issuers with corporate websites, of beneficial ownership reports filed by officers, directors and principal security holders under Section 16(a) of the...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Repeal of the Trade-Through Disclosure Rules for Options The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is repealing its options trade-through disclosure rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which requires a broker-dealer to disclose to a customer when the customer's order for listed opti...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Self-regulatory organizations:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Philadelphia Depository Trust Company; Notice of Request for Comment and Order Granting Request for Withdrawal from and Cancellation of Registration as Clearing Agency Philadelphia Depository Trust Co.	Notice	Dec 27, 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 an Extension of a Temporary Waiver of Associate Member Fees for Persons Trading Nasdaq Securities Admitted to Unlisted Trading Privileges Through the Exchange's Electronic Order Routing Systems American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the American Stock Exchange LLC To Permit Limited Side-by-Side Trading and Integrated Market Making of Certain iShares Lehman Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund Shares and Their Related Options American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Thereto by the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Trading of Nasdaq Securities on the Exchange Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. Relating to Rules Implementing the Options Intermarket Linkage Plan Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. Relating to Day Trading Margin Requirements Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Approval of Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. Fingerprinting Plan Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.; correction	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the International Securities Exchange LLC to Increase the Number of Authorized Shares of Class B Common Stock, Series B-2 From 100 to 130 International Securities Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Pricing Schedule for Nasdaq Trading Applications' Tools Plus Product National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. to Amend NASD Rule 3070 to Require Members to File Copies of Criminal and Civil Complaints and Arbitration Claims With NASD National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Increasing Dissemination of Debt Securities Transaction Information Under the TRACE Rules National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 1 Thereto by New York Stock Exchange To Amend the Exchange's Automatic Execution Facility (NYSE Direct+) New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Pilot Programs for Mediation and Administrative Conferences New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by OneChicago, LLC Relating to Block Trades OneChicago, LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Pacific Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to New Order Types Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to Changes in Marketing Fees Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Regarding Rules Implementing the Options Intermarket Linkage Plan Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Proposing To Amend Phlx Rule 201A(b), Alternate Specialist Assignment Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Territory of Guam Guam	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

State Department

Presidential permits:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Finding of No Significant Impact and Summary Environmental Assessment-Mexicali-Calexico International Conveyor Belt, Imperial County, CA Aggregate Products Inc.; international conveyor belt construction, operation, and maintenance on U.S.-Mexican border	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Surface Transportation Board

Motor carriers:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Peter Pan Bus Lines Trust-Purchase and Acquisition of Control-Arrow Acquisition, LLC, Bonanza Acquisition, LLC, Maine Line, LLC, Pawtuxet Valley, LLC, Peter Pan Boston, LLC, and Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc. In an application filed under 49 U.S.C. 14303, Peter Pan Bus Lines Trust (Peter Pan Trust), a noncarrier, seeks to purchase, through its newly formed limited liability companies--Arrow Line Acquisition, LLC (Arrow), Bonanza Acquisition, LLC (Bonanza)...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Rail carriers:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor The Board has approved the rebased first quarter 2003 rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. As required by statute, the RCAF was rebased using the fourth quarter 2002 index value as the deno...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction; etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Airlake Terminal Railway Company-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Rail Line of Empire Builder Investments Incorporated and Progressive Rail, Incorporated Empire Builder Investments Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Free Trade Area of the Americas Agreement:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Notice of Issuance by the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation of Civil Society of an Open and Ongoing Invitation for Public Comment The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice that the Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation of Civil Society (Civil Society Committee), established by the 34 countries participating in the neg...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Trade Representative, Office of United States Request for Public Comments on the Second Draft Consolidated Texts of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Agreement The second draft consolidated texts of the Free Trade Area of the Americas Agreement (FTAA) have been publicly released and posted on the USTR website (http://www.ustr.gov) and on the official FTAA website (http://www.ftaa-alca.org). The texts are av...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Transportation Department

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment on Federally Obligated Property Release at Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN Under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. Section 47153(c), notice is being given that the FAA is considering a request from the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority to waive the requirement that a 0.52-acre parcel of federally obligated property,...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICR) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of t...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Service Difficulty Reports The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is further delaying the effective date of a final rule that amends the reporting requirements for air carriers and certificated domestic and foreign repair station operators concerning failures, malfunctions,...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-300, AT-400, AT-400A, AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-501, AT-502, and AT-502B Airplanes This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Air Tractor, Inc. (Air Tractor) Models AT-300, AT-400, AT-400A, AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT- 501, AT-502, and AT-502B airplanes. This pro...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Brackett Aircraft Company, Brackett Single Screen Air Filter This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Brackett Aircraft Company (Brackett) single screen air filter assemblies that are installed on airplanes. This AD requires you to check the Brackett single screen air filter ass...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company CF6-50 Series Turbofan Engines The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to General Electric Company (GE) CF6-50 series turbofan engines. This proposal would require removal from service of eight serial number...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Aerospace LP Model Astra SPX and 1125 Westwind Astra Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Gulfstream Aerospace LP Model Astra SPX and 1125 Westwind Astra series airplanes, that requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual to advise the flightcrew to don oxygen mas...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Textron Lycoming Division, AVCO Corporation Fuel Injected Reciprocating Engines. This amendment supersedes two existing airworthiness directives (AD's), that are applicable to certain Textron Lycoming fuel injected reciprocating engines. These AD's currently require inspection, and replacement if necessary, of externally mounted...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-14, DC-9-15, DC-9-31, DC-9-32, DC-9-32F, DC-9-33F, and DC-9-41 Airplanes; High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF). These special conditions are issued for Douglas Model DC-9-14, DC-9-15, DC-9-31, DC-9-32, DC-9-32F, DC-9-33F, and DC-9-41 airplanes modified by ABX Air Inc. These modified airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the sta...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Deepwater ports:

No documents available.

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Meetings:

No documents available.

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA The Application by the Weirton Steel Corporation for Exemption From the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) The FMCSA announces that the agency has received an application from the Weirton Steel Corporation (Weirton) for an exemption from all of the FMCSRs applicable to the operation of commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce. The company believes...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Motor carriers:

No documents available.

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Platform Lift Systems for Accessible Motor Vehicles, Platform Lift Installations on Motor Vehicles This document adopts a new rule establishing two new safety standards: An equipment standard specifying requirements for platform lifts; and a vehicle standard for all vehicles equipped with such lifts. The new equipment standard will require platfor...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the Revenue from a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Texarkana Regional Airport, Texarkana, AR The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Texarkana Regional Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budg...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction; etc.:

No documents available.

Standard instrument approach procedures

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Standard Instrument Approach Procedures CFR correction	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Treasury Department > OCC Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The OCC, 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, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Alcoholic beverages:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > CDFI Open Meeting of the Community Development Advisory Board This notice announces the next meeting of the Community Development Advisory Board, which provides advice to the Director of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Sanctions regulations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OFAC Unblocking of Assets; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro) and Bosnian Serb-Controlled Areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanctions Regulations; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro) Kosovo Sanctions Regulations The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of Treasury is issuing general licenses, to be effective February 25, 2003, unblocking certain property and interests in property presently blocked pursuant to the Federal Republic...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Veterans Affairs Department

Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Extension of the Presumptive Period for Compensation for Gulf War Veterans' Undiagnosed Illnesses This document affirms an amendment to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations regarding compensation for disabilities resulting from undiagnosed illnesses suffered by Persian Gulf War veterans. The amendment extends the perio...	Rule	Dec 27, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education; Notice of Meeting Education Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 27, 2002
Veterans Affairs Department National Commission on VA Nursing; Notice of Meeting VA Nursing National Commission	Notice	Dec 27, 2002

Semi-annual agenda

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department United Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions; Correction This document contains an entry that was inadvertently omitted from the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, published on December 9, 2002. In the issue of Monday, December 9, 2002, the following text should have appeared on...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2002