Federal Register December 31, 2002 (Volume 67)

Agencies Publishing on December 31, 2002

Agriculture Department (1)
Commerce Department (10)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (4)
Defense Department (4)
Energy Department (2)
Environmental Protection Agency (14)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (3)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
General Services Administration (0)
Government Accountability Office (1)
Health and Human Services Department (14)
Homeland Security Department (5)
Housing and Urban Development Department (4)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Postal Service (1)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (3)
Transportation Department (9)
Treasury Department (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (2)

Agriculture Department

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone Designations; Texas: Delay of Compliance Date In an interim rule amending the bovine tuberculosis regulations to classify the State of Texas as modified accredited advanced, we delayed the date for compliance with certain identification and certification requirements in those regulations until J...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Capital Construction Fund Deposit/Withdrawal Report 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 31, 2002
Commerce Department > ITA Steel Import Licensing and Surge Monitoring Import Administration (IA) issues this final rule to add new regulations implementing the Steel Import Licensing and Surge Monitoring program originally outlined in the President's March 5, 2002, Proclamation about Steel Safeguards. This final rule r...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region Permit Family of Forms 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 31, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; StormReady and TsunamiReady/StormReady Application Forms 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 31, 2002

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China; Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review As a result of a final and conclusive court decision, the Department of Commerce is amending its final results of the administrative review of shipments of tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished from the People's Republic...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Commerce Department > ITA Preliminary Results of Five-Year Sunset Review of Suspended Antidumping Duty Investigation on Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Ukraine On September 3, 2002, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated a sunset review of the suspended antidumping duty investigation on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate ("CTL plate") from Ukraine (67 FR 56268) pursuant to section 751...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered and Threatened Species: Status Review Updates for Snake River Sockeye Salmon and Southern California Steelhead; and Additional Information Request for Nine Evolutionarily Significant Units of West Coast Steelhead The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is currently reviewing the status of 25 Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) of salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus spp.) that are currently listed as threatened or endangered species under the Endangere...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; 2003 Fishing Quotas for Atlantic Surfclams, Ocean Quahogs, and Maine Mahogany Ocean Quahogs NMFS issues final quotas for the Atlantic surfclam, ocean quahog, and Maine mahogany ocean quahog fisheries for 2003. These regulations specify allowable harvest levels of Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs from the exclusive economic zone and an a...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual Specifications NMFS issues a regulation to implement the annual harvest guideline for Pacific sardine in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the Pacific coast for the fishing season January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003. This harvest guideline has been calcul...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammal Authorization Program Integration of Registration for Selected Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Fisheries NMFS is providing notice that it is increasing the number of fisheries for which the Marine Mammal Authorization Program (MMAP) registration is integrated with existing Federal fishery licensing and permitting programs. NMFS is integrating MMAP regis...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-11; Introduction This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-11. A companion document, the...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Section 508 Micro-Purchase Exception Sunset Provision The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to extend the electronic and information technology (Section 508) micr...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small Entity Compliance Guide This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Special Simplified Procedures for Purchases of Commercial Items in Excess of the Simplified Acquisition Threshold The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Section 812 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fi...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Energy Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > NNSA Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Relocation of Technical Area 18 Capabilities and Materials at the Los Alamos National Laboratory The Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is issuing this Record of Decision on the proposed relocation of Technical Area 18 (TA-18) capabilities and materials at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the State...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review determinations; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > NNSA Floodplain Statement of Findings for the Proposed Installation of a Multiple Permeable Reactive Barrier Within Mortandad Canyon at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM This floodplain statement of findings is for the construction of a multiple permeable reactive barrier (PRB) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The PRB will be placed across a floodplain area within Mortandad Canyon, located within the central...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No. 2055.01 to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request; correction	Correction	Dec 31, 2002

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Additional Reconsideration of Petition Criteria and Incorporation of Montreal Protocol Decisions With this action, EPA is making minor revisions to the accelerated phaseout regulations that govern the production, import, export, transformation and destruction of substances that deplete the ozone layer under the authority of Sections 604, 605, 60...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Particulate Matter EPA is taking direct final action to revise the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter. This requirement describes the number of collocated sites required within a reporting organization. In the "Rules and Regulations" section...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Particulate Matter The EPA is taking direct final action to amend the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter. The revision reduces to 15 percent the requirement that reporting organizations collocate 25 percent of State and local air monitoring s...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Air quality implementation plans:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NSR): Baseline Emissions Determination, Actual-to-Future-Actual Methodology, Plantwide Applicability Limitations, Clean Units, Pollution Control Projects The EPA is revising regulations governing the New Source Review (NSR) programs mandated by parts C and D of title I of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act). These revisions include changes in NSR applicability requirements for modifications to allow source...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Non-attainment New Source Review (NSR): Routine Maintenance, Repair and Replacement The EPA is proposing revisions to the regulations governing the NSR programs mandated by parts C and D of title I of the Clean Air Act (CAA). These proposed changes reflect the EPA's consideration of the President's National Energy Policy (NEP), EPA'...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2002

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Indiana The EPA is proposing to approve a site-specific State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request concerning volatile organic compound (VOC) reasonably available control technology (RACT) requirements for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Divisi...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Indiana On April 3, 2000, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) submitted a site-specific State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request concerning volatile organic compound (VOC) reasonably available control technology (RACT) requireme...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency EPA Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meetings Science Advisory Board	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Prosulfuron; Notice of Filing Pesticide Petitions to Establish Tolerances for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of prosulfuron in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Environmental Protection Agency Flumioxazin; 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 pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Solid wastes:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Final Exclusion The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a petition submitted by Tokusen USA, Inc. (Tokusen) to exclude from hazardous waste control (or delist) a certain solid waste. This final rule responds to the petition submitted by Tokusen to deli...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisi...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Water supply:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Extension of Comment Period for “Notice of Data Availability; National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Approval of Analytical Methods for Chemical and Microbiological Contaminants; Additional Information on the ColitagTM Method" In a March 7, 2002 proposed rule (67 FR 10532), EPA invited comments on the proposed promulgation of a number of a number of analytical methods. One of those methods, Colitag<SUP>TM</SUP>, was proposed for the analysis of total coliforms and E. coli...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Federal Election Commission

Federal Election Campaign Act:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Brokerage Loans and Lines of Credit On June 4, 2002, the Commission published the text of regulations regarding brokerage loans and lines of credit. The Commission announces the effective dates of the rules.	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Federal Reserve System

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 31, 2002
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Home mortgage disclosure (Regulation C):

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Home Mortgage Disclosure The Board is publishing a final rule amending the staff commentary that interprets the requirements of Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure). The Board is required to adjust annually the asset-size exemption threshold for depository institutions ba...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Public Workshop: Public/Private Partnerships To Combat Cross-Border Fraud The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") will hold a public workshop on how to build public/private partnerships to combat cross-border fraud against consumers. The workshop will explore how the private and public sectors can work togethe...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Government Accountability Office

Title	Type	Published
Government Accountability Office General Accounting Office, Administrative Practice and Procedure, Bid Protest Regulations, Government Contracts, Government Procurement The General Accounting Office (GAO) is amending its Bid Protest Regulations after receiving and considering comments on the proposed rule published on October 1, 2002. The final rule, promulgated in accordance with the Competition in Contracting Act...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Implantation or Injectable Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Praziquantel Injectable Solution 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 Phoenix Scientific, Inc. The ANADA provides for the veterinary prescription use of an in...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Food for human consumption:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Uniform Compliance Date for Food Labeling Regulations The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is establishing January 1, 2006, as the uniform compliance date for food labeling regulations that are issued between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2004. FDA periodically announces uniform compliance dates f...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Harmonisation International Conference; guidelines availability:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA International Conference on Harmonisation; Draft Guidance on Addendum to E2C Clinical Safety Data Management: Periodic Safety Update Reports for Marketed Drugs; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled "Addendum to E2C Clinical Safety Data Management: Periodic Safety Update Reports for Marketed Drugs." The draft guidance was prepared under the auspice...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2003 and Inclusion of Registered Nurses in the Personnel Provision of the Critical Access Hospital Emergency Services Requirement for Frontier Areas and Remote Locations This final rule with comment period refines the resource-based practice expense relative value units (RVUs) and makes other changes to Medicare Part B payment policy. In addition, as required by statute, we are announcing the physician fee schedule u...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Meeting National Center for Research Resources	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Eye Institute; Notice of Meeting National Eye Institute	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy And Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Notice	Dec 31, 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 31, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Clinical Center; Notice of Meeting Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center Board of Governors	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting Xenotransplantation Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Homeland Security Department

No documents available.

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Drawbridge Operating Regulation; Mississippi River, Iowa and Illinois The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the Crescent Railroad Drawbridge, Mile 481.4, Upper Mississippi River near Rock Island, Illinois. This deviation allows the drawbridge to open o...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Suspension of Community Eligibility This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are suspended on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Merchant marine officers and seamen:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Great Lakes Maritime Academy-Eligibility of Certain Graduates for Unrestricted Third-Mate Licenses On October 18, 2002, we published a direct final rule (67 FR 64313). The direct final rule notified the public of our intent to amend minimum service or training requirements for ocean or near coastal steam or motor vessel third mate licenses so that...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Security Zones; San Francisco Bay, CA The Coast Guard has established moving and fixed security zones extending 100 yards around and under all cruise ships and tank vessels that enter, are moored in, anchored in, or depart from the San Francisco Bay, California and Delta ports. These sec...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Security Zones; Liquefied Hazardous Gas Tank Vessels, San Pedro Bay, CA The Coast Guard is establishing moving and fixed security zones around liquefied hazardous gas (LHG) tank vessels located on San Pedro Bay, California, near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. This action is necessary to ensure public safety and...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Housing and Urban Development Department

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Redelegation of Authority to the Director of the HUD Departmental Enforcement Center Regarding Civil Money Penalty Actions for Certain Violations Under the National Housing Act Elsewhere in today's Federal Register is a notice of a delegation from the Assistant Secretary for Housing'Federal Housing Commissioner to the General Counsel of HUD to take civil money penalty actions against participants in mortgages or loans insur...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Housing and Urban Development Department Delegation of Authority to the General Counsel Regarding Civil Money Penalty Actions for Certain Violations Under the National Housing Act In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner is delegating authority to the General Counsel of HUD to take civil money penalty actions against participants in mortgages or loans insured under the National Housing A...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Housing and Urban Development Department Redelegation of Authority to the HUD Departmental Enforcement Center Regarding Civil Money Penalty Actions for Certain Violations in Specified Multifamily Housing Programs Elsewhere in today's Federal Register is a notice of a delegation from the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner to the General Counsel of HUD to take civil money penalty actions against multifamily mortgagors and Section 202 m...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Housing and Urban Development Department Delegation of Authority to the General Counsel Regarding Civil Money Penalty Actions for Certain Violations in Specified Multifamily Housing Programs In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner is delegating authority to the General Counsel of HUD to take civil money penalty actions against multifamily mortgagors and Section 202 mortgagors for certain violation...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request Request OMB emergency approval: Fee remittance form for certain F-1; J-1 and M-1 nonimmigrants; Form I-901.	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJJDP Drug-Free Communities Support Program The Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), are requesting applications for the fiscal year 2003 Drug-Free C...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Fee Adjustments for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Mining Products This notice revises our (MSHA Approval and Certification Center (A&CC)) user fees. Fees compensate us for the costs that we incur for testing, evaluating, and approving certain products for use in underground mines. The 2003 fees are based on our act...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Federal Advisory Committee Act Regulations The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations on the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to conform with General Services Administration regulations. In this final rule, the Commission clarifies its practices regarding Federal...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meeting; Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Standard Review Plan, Availability of Draft Standard Review Plan The NRC is announcing the availability of draft Standard Review Plan (SRP) Section 14.2.1, "Generic Guidelines for Extended Power Uprate Testing Programs," dated December 2002, for interim use and public comment.	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Review Standard for Extended Power Uprates; Availability of Review Standard The NRC is announcing the availability of draft Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Review Standard (RS)-001, "Review Standard for Extended Power Uprates," dated December 2002, for interim use and public comment.	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Standard Review Plan; Availability of Draft Standard Review Plan The NRC is announcing the availability of draft standard review plan (SRP) sections 13.2.1, "Reactor Operator Training," 13.2.2, "Training for Nonlicensed Plant Staff," and 13.5.2.1, "Operating and Emergency Operating Procedures," and chapter 18.0, "...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Postal Service

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Revision of Regulations To Exempt Privacy Act System of Records The U.S. Postal Service is amending its regulations implementing the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a. The amendment modifies existing regulations at 39 CFR 266.9 to exempt system of records, USPS 050.080, Finance Records--Suspicious Transaction Re...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Social Security Administration

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority Office of Chief Strategic Officer	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Sargent and Italy” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Proposed U.S.-Chile Environmental Cooperation Agreement The Department of State, through its Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, informs the public that negotiations for a U.S.-Chile Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA) are expected to commence in Santiago, Chile,...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Chicago, Peoria & Western Railway Company-Acquisition Exemption-Rail Line of Corn Products International, Inc. Corn Products International, Inc.	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
DOT, STB Fort Worth and Western Railroad Company, Inc.-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Union Pacific Railroad Company Union Pacific Railroad Co.	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Opportunity To Apply for Membership on the U.S.-Japan Private Sector/Government Commission The U.S. Government is seeking letters of interest for private sector membership on the U.S. side of the U.S.-Japan Private Sector/ Government Commission (Commission) for 2003. President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi launched the Commissio...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Harmonized Tariff Schedule:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Technical Corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States The United States Trade Representative (USTR) is making technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) as set forth in the annex to this notice, pursuant to authority delegated to the USTR in Presidential Proclamat...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Steel products; Trade Act exclusions

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Procedures for Further Consideration of Requests (Anniversary) and Objections to Requests for Exclusion of Particular Products From Actions With Regard to Certain Steel Products Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974, as Established in Presidential Proclamation 7529 of March 5, 2002 In a notice published on October 26, 2001 (66 FR 54321) (notice), the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) established procedures for interested persons to request the exclusion of particular products from any action the President might take under sec...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Dispositions of Petitions Issued Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains the dispositions of certain petitions previously...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from spec...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002
Homeland Security Department > TSA, Transportation Department Aviation Security: Private Charter Security Rules In response to comments received, TSA is amending the aviation security requirements concerning private charter passenger operations. TSA issued the existing standard in June 2002, as an emergency final rule and requested comments on it. The rule req...	Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Flight Rules in the Vicinity of Los Angeles International Airport In this action the FAA proposes to revise and codify Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 51-1, Special Flight Rules in the Vicinity of the Los Angeles International Airport. This action proposes to change the northern boundary of the Los A...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model AS332C, C1, L, and L1 Helicopters This document proposes adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model AS332C, C1, L, and L1 helicopters. This proposal would require inspecting the main gearbox bevel gear (bevel gear) for a crack using a boresco...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2002
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Raytheon Aircraft Company Model 1900D Airplanes This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Raytheon Model 1900D airplanes. This proposed AD would require you to accomplish a one-time inspection for missing rivets on certain areas of the airplane...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Aviation insurance:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Third Party War Risk Liability Insurance This notice contains the text of a memo from the Secretary of transportation to the President regarding the extension of the provision of aviation insurance coverage for U.S. flag commercial air carrier service in domestic and international operation...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Aviation proceedings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Aviation Proceedings, Agreements Filed the Week Ending December 20, 2002 Agreements filed; weekly receipts	Notice	Dec 31, 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 20, 2002. Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Drawbridge operations:

No documents available.

Merchant marine officers and seamen:

No documents available.

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Establishing Defenses to the Imposition of the Accuracy-Related Penalty This document contains proposed regulations that limit the defenses available to the imposition of the accuracy-related penalty when taxpayers fail to disclose reportable transactions or fail to disclose that they have taken a position on a return ba...	Proposed Rule	Dec 31, 2002

Veterans Affairs Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel Section 203 of the Department of veterans Affairs health Care Personnel Act of 1991 (Pub. L. 102-40), dated May 7, 1991, revised the disciplinary grievance and appeal procedures for employees appointed under 38 U.S.C. 7401(1). It also required the pe...	Notice	Dec 31, 2002

Federal Register December 31, 2002

Agencies Publishing on December 31, 2002

Agriculture Department

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Commerce Department

Agency information collection activities:

Antidumping:

Endangered and threatened species:

Fishery conservation and management:

Marine mammals:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Energy Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review determinations; availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency information collection activities:

Air programs:

Air quality implementation plans:

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

Meetings:

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Solid wastes:

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Water supply:

Federal Election Commission

Federal Election Campaign Act:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Home mortgage disclosure (Regulation C):

Federal Trade Commission

Meetings:

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Government Accountability Office

Health and Human Services Department

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Food for human consumption:

Harmonisation International Conference; guidelines availability:

Medicare:

Meetings:

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Merchant marine officers and seamen:

Ports and waterways safety:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Labor Department

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Postal Service

Social Security Administration

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Meetings:

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

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Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Harmonized Tariff Schedule:

Steel products; Trade Act exclusions

Transportation Department

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Airworthiness directives:

Aviation insurance:

Aviation proceedings:

Drawbridge operations:

Merchant marine officers and seamen:

Ports and waterways safety:

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Treasury Department

Income taxes:

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