Federal Register January 24, 2003 (Volume 68)

Agencies Publishing on January 24, 2003

Agriculture Department (5)
Commerce Department (13)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Defense Department (1)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (11)
Environmental Protection Agency (12)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (3)
Federal Housing Finance Board (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (2)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Health and Human Services Department (29)
Homeland Security Department (3)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (7)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (5)
Labor Department (4)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Postal Service (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
State Department (1)
Transportation Department (11)
Treasury Department (5)
Veterans Affairs Department (2)

Agriculture Department

Emergency declarations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Declaration of Extraordinary Emergency Because of Exotic Newcastle Disease in Nevada Nevada; exotic Newcastle disease; backyard poultry	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Exotic Newcastle Disease; Additions to Quarantined Area We are amending the exotic Newcastle disease regulations by quarantining Clark County, NV, and a portion of Nye County, NV, and prohibiting or restricting the movement of birds, poultry, products, and materials that could spread exotic Newcastle dise...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Yakutat Resource Advisory Committee The Yakutat Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Yakutat, Alaska. The purpose of the meeting is to continue business of the Yakutat Resource Advisory Committee. The committee was formed to carry out the requirements of the Secure Rural Schools an...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Mexican Fruit Fly; Addition of Regulated Area We are revising the Mexican fruit fly regulations by adding a portion of Los Angeles County, CA, to the existing regulated area and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. This action is necessary to prevent the spre...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

User fees:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS AQI User Fees: Extension of Current Fees Beyond Fiscal Year 2002 We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations to ensure that fiscal year 2002 user fee rates remain in effect beyond fiscal year 2002 until the fees are revised.	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA, Interior Department > FWS, Environmental Protection Agency Endangered Species and Pesticide Regulation This Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) announces the intention of the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), a bureau of the Department of the Interior, and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), an Agency of the National Oceanic and Atmo...	Proposed Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Groundfish Tagging Program 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	Jan 24, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Northwest Region Federal Fisheries Permits 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	Jan 24, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Paperwork Submissions Under the Coastal Zone Management Act Federal Consistency Requirements 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	Jan 24, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Northeast Region Multispecies Party/Charterboat Closed Area Exemption Program 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	Jan 24, 2003
Commerce Department > TA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Commercial Space Launch Range User Requirements The Department of Commerce (DOC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing and proposed information collection, as required by the P...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Non-Frozen Apple Juice Concentrate From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 2001-2002 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the 2001-2002 administrative review of the antidumping duty order and new shipper review on certain non-frozen apple juice concentrate from the People's Republic of...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine; Administrative Review of Suspension Agreement; Extension of Time Limits The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limits for the final results of the 2000-2001 administrative review of the suspension agreement on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Ukraine.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Federal Consistency Appeal by Islander East Pipeline Company From an Objection by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection The Islander East Pipeline Company has filed an administrative appeal with the Department of Commerce (Consistency Appeal of Islander East Pipeline Company, L.L.C.) asking that the Secretary of Commerce override the State of Connecticut's objection t...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for Pacific Halibut and Sablefish; Revisions to Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 72 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (Amendment 72) and Amendment 64 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Ala...	Proposed Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Establishment of a Joint or Cooperative Institute Within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Joint and Cooperative Institute Program NOAA invites interested institutions to submit Letters of Intent (LOI) indicating interest in establishing a Joint or Cooperative Institute within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Petition To Designate Alaska Transient Killer Whales as Depleted; Finding NMFS received a petition to designate a group of transient killer whales as depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This group of killer whales, identified as the AT1 group, inhabits Prince William Sound/Kenai Fjords, AK. NMFS finds t...	Proposed Rule	Jan 24, 2003

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; Proposed Additions The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must Be Received On or Before: February 23, 2003.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions and Deletions This action adds to the Procurement List a product and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List a product and services previously furnished...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Defense Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Science Board The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on the Role and Status of DoD Red Teaming Activities will meet in closed session on February 26, 2003; and March 24, 2003; at Strategic Analysis Inc., 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. This Task Force wi...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Tech-Prep Demonstration Program The Assistant Secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education proposes requirements, priorities and selection criteria under the Tech-Prep Demonstration Program (TPDP). The Assistant Secretary will use these requirements, priorities and se...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Energy Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection package to the OMB for renewal under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The package requests a 3-year extension of its affiliated sources information collection, OMB control num...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Energy Department Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection package to OMB for renewal under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The package requests a 3-year extension of its reporting and record keeping requirements for the Make-or-Buy...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Willard Janke v. Public Service Company of Colorado; Notice Granting Extension of Time to File Answer to Complaint Janke, Willard	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Energy Department > FERC South Carolina Electric & Gas Company; Notice of Meeting to Discuss Construction Status for Saluda Dam South Carolina Electric Gas Co.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.; Notice of Technical Conference Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC AEG Operations. LLC., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings AEG Operations, LLC, et al.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Application to Export Electric Energy; Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. Under two separate applications, Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. (Constellation) has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico and from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Duke Energy Corporation; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment Duke Energy Corp.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meeting be announced in the Fede...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Regulations Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice Off-the-record communications	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Electric Quarterly Reports; Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements Docket No. RM01-8-000; Notice of Extension of Time Electric Quarterly Reports; public utility filing requirements and software demonstrations	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency

No documents available.

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Mobile Source Emission Factor On-Highway Recruitment In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Mobile Source...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Wisconsin The EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Wisconsin regulations as they pertain to Northern Engraving Corporation (NEC) facilities in Holmen and Sparta, Wisconsin, as requested by the State of Wisconsin on June 12, 2002. This State Implementa...	Proposed Rule	Jan 24, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Northern Engraving Environmental Cooperative Agreement The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a June 12, 2002, request from Wisconsin to revise its State Implementation Plan (SIP) for a source specific revision for Northern Engraving Corporation (NEC). Section 110 of the Clean Air Act (Ac...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Determination of Nonattainment as of November 15, 1999, and Reclassification of the Metropolitan Washington, DC Ozone Nonattainment Area; District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia EPA is taking final action to issue a determination that the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. serious ozone nonattainment area (hereinafter referred to as the Washington area) did not attain the 1- hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA expressed lack of objections and fully supports closing excess, redundant and damaging roads with appropriate mitigation measures to decrease road density. ERP No. D-AFS-L65406-ID Rating LO, North Kennedy-Cottonwood Stewardship Project, Existing...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Ohio: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision The EPA is granting Ohio final authorization of revisions to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA published a proposed rule on October 21, 2002, and provided an opportunity for public comment. The p...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting; Teleconference Consultation on Project Work Plan for Revised Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA or Agency) Scienc...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Good Neighbor Environmental Board Meeting The next meeting of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board, a federal advisory committee that reports to the President and Congress on environmental and infrastructure projects along the U.S. border with Mexico, will take place in Washington, D.C. on...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Oxadiazon; Tolerance Revocations This document revokes all tolerances for residues of the herbicide oxadiazon. The regulatory actions in this document are part of the Agency's reregistration program under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the toler...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Clarification to Interim Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiry Under CERCLA and Notice of Future Rulemaking Action EPA is taking direct final action to clarify a provision included in recent amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Specifically, today's direct final rule addresses the interim standard set b...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Clarification to Interim Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiry Under CERCLA and Notice of Future Rulemaking Action EPA is proposing a clarification to a provision included in recent amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Specifically, today's proposed rule addresses the interim standard set by Congress in...	Proposed Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Executive Office of the President

Government agencies and employees:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Establishing the Office of Global Communications White House Office; Office of Global Communications; establishment (EO 13283)	Presidential Document	Jan 24, 2003

Federal Communications Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval The Federal Communications Commissions, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Advanced Wireless Services This document allocates spectrum for advanced services in the 1710-1755 MHz, 2110-2150-MHz, and 2150-2155 MHz bands. The goal of this document is to promote the provision of advanced wireless services to the public, which supports the Commission's ob...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Federal Housing Finance Board

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Sunshine Act Meeting Notice; Announcing an Open Meeting of the Board Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Investigations, hearings, petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Hudson Shipping (Hong Kong) Ltd. D/B/A Hudson Express Lines; Possible Violations of Section 10(a)(1) of the Shipping Act of 1984; Notice of Amended Order of Investigation Hudson Express Lines	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities Permissible nonbanking activities	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Biological products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; NOVOSEVEN The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for NOVOSEVEN and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Supporting Networks of HIV Care; National Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements Announcement of Sole Source Awards The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces the funding of two sole source cooperative agreements of fiscal year (FY) 2002 Health and Human Services Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) funds. The two organizations funded will impleme...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicaid Program; External Quality Review of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations This final rule establishes requirements and procedures for external quality review (EQR) of Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) and prepaid inpatient health plans (PIHPs). It defines who qualifies to conduct EQR and what activities can be con...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Medicare and Medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of Participation: Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement This final rule requires hospitals to develop and maintain a quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) program. In the December 19, 1997 Federal Register, we published a proposed rule to revise the hospitals conditions of participation (C...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Application by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) for Hospices This proposed notice announces the receipt of an application from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) for continued recognition as a national accreditation program for hospices that wish to participate in the Med...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Special Payment Provisions and Requirements for Prosthetics and Certain Custom-Fabricated Orthotics; Meeting Announcement In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces additional public meetings of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Special Payment Provisions and Requirements for Prosthetics and Certain Custom-Fabricat...	Proposed Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Meeting of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee-March 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	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Cancer Institute	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Closed Meetings National Center for Research Resources	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Meetings National Center for Research Resources	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
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	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
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	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Meeting National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Health and Human Services Department National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Vital and Health Statistics National Committee	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Standards and certification:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS, CDC Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA Programs; Laboratory Requirements Relating to Quality Systems and Certain Personnel Qualifications This final rule revises and responds to comments on certain laboratory requirements issued pursuant to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), Pub. L. 100-578. Specifically, this final rule sets forth requirements for certain q...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Homeland Security Department

No documents available.

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Security Zone; Waters Adjacent to Embarcadero Park and Campbell Shipyard, San Diego, CA The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone in the waters adjacent to Embarcadero Park and Campbell Shipyard, San Diego Bay, San Diego, CA. This temporary security zone is necessary to ensure the safety of the participants, spectators a...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Security Zone: Waters Adjacent to National City Marine Terminal, San Diego, CA The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone in the waters adjacent to the National City Marine Terminal, San Diego Bay, San Diego, CA. This action is needed to protect the U.S. Naval vessel(s) and their crew(s) during a military outload...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Safety Zone: San Diego Bay, CA The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the navigable waters of San Diego Bay in support of the Gatorade January 24th Fireworks Show. This temporary safety zone is necessary to provide for the safety of the crews, spectators, parti...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

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	Jan 24, 2003

Interior Department

No documents available.

Alaska Native claims selection:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Alaska Native Claims Selection As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Dinyea Corporation for lands in Tps. 14 and 15 N., R. 8 W., and T...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Call for Nominations for the Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council (RAC) that has an open position to represent environmental/conservation interests. This position will exp...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Resource Advisory Council Vacancy Pursuant to authorities in the Federal Advisory Committees Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (Pub. L. 94-579), the U. S. Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations to fill a vacant seat on the Northeast Califor...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Drilling of Additional Exploration and Development Natural Gas Wells in and Adjacent to the Muddy Ridge and Pavilion Fields and the Surrounding Areas, Wind River Indian Reservation, Fremont County, WY This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), in cooperation with the Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), intends to gather information necessary for preparing an Environmental Impact Statem...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Restoration and Timber Salvage Within the Timbered Rock Fire, Medford District, OR This document provides notice that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to prepare an EIS for the restoration and timber salvage within the Timbered Rock Fire, Medford District, Oregon. This planning activity encompasses 11,755 acres of BLM-ad...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Final Supplementary Rules on Public Lands in Utah The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is issuing final supplementary rules to apply to the public lands within the Little Sahara Special Recreation Management Area, Fillmore Field Office, Utah. The rules are necessary for the management of actions, act...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Wyoming The Bureau of Land Management proposes to withdraw 1,360 acres of public land for a period of 20 years to protect important paleontological resources within the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite. This notice segregates the land for up to 2 years from surf...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Plastic Molding Machines with Control Systems Having Programmable Operator Interfaces Incorporating General Purpose Computers, and Components Thereof II; Notice of Commission Decision To Reverse an ALJ Determination on Statutory Authority and To Vacate ALJ Order No. 29; Termination of the Investigation Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to reverse an ALJ determination that subsection 337(g)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337(g)(2), contains the authority to issue a general exclus...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
International Trade Commission Certain Truck Bed Ramps and Components Thereof; Notice of Investigation Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on December 20, 2002, under section 337 of the Tarrif Act of 1930, as amended 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Charles D. Walkden of Homer, Alaska. An amended...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation This interim rule with request for comments implements the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a, Pub. L. 93-579). This regulation exempts five Privacy Act systems of records of the Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > USPC Paroling, Recommitting, and Supervising Federal Prisoners: Prisoners Serving Sentences Under the District of Columbia Code The U.S. Parole Commission is amending its rules which govern the hearing process for District of Columbia parolees and supervised releasees who are arrested on warrants charging them with violations which may result in revocation and return to priso...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Immigration:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Adjustment of Immigration Benefit Application Fees This rule adjusts the immigration benefit application fee schedule by subtracting the applicable amount of surcharges used for asylum and refugee services, fee exemptions and fee waivers to comply with section 457 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

No documents available.

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, As Amended Middletown, CT	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records Systems of records	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department 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	Jan 24, 2003

Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > PWBA Civil Penalties Under ERISA Section 502(c)(7) and Conforming Technical Changes on Civil Penalties Under ERISA Sections 502(c)(2), 502(c)(5) and 502(c)(6) This document contains final rules that implement the civil penalty provision in section 502(c)(7) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act or ERISA) adopted as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOA). The final rules esta...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003
Labor Department > PWBA Final Rule Relating to Notice of Blackout Periods to Participants and Beneficiaries This document contains a final rule under new section 101(i) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act or ERISA). Section 101(i) of ERISA, which was enacted into law on July 30, 2002 as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (th...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA TUV Product Services GmbH, Application for Expansion of Recognition This notice announces the application of TUV Product Services GmbH for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7, and presents the Agency's preliminary finding. This preliminary finding does not co...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Carolina Power & Light Co.; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing Carolina Power Light Co.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Nuclear Regulatory Commission FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Pacific Gas and Electric Co.; (Diablo Canyon Power Plant Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation); Notice (Notice of Opportunity To Make Oral or Written Limited Appearance Statements) Pacific Gas Electric Co.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Receipt of Mill Demolition Plan for Rio Algom Mining LLC's Ambrosia Lake Uranium Mill Facility, New Mexico, and Opportunity to Provide Comments and to Request a Hearing Rio Algom Mining L.L.C.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tennessee Valley Authority; Bellefonte Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Tennessee Valley Authority	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Postal Service

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Notice of Meeting The Postal Service will hold the first meeting of a Consensus Committee to develop recommendations for revision of USPS STD 4B, which governs the design of apartment house mailboxes. The committee will develop and adopt its recommendations through a...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund, Inc., Common Stock, $.01 Par Value) File No. 1-09555 Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund, Inc.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc., Common Stock, $.01 Par Value) File No. 1-31582 Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (Progressive Return Fund, Inc., Common Stock, $.001 Par Value) File No. 1-10341 Progressive Return Fund, Inc.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Market Emergencies Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Primex Auction System® National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Regarding ACT Risk Management National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

State Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Meeting Notice: Closed Meeting Overseas Security Advisory Council	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > TSA, Transportation Department Threat Assessments Regarding Alien Holders of, and Applicants for, FAA Certificates This final rule establishes the procedure by which TSA will notify the subject individual and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of TSA's assessment that an individual who is an alien and who holds or is applying for an FAA airman certificate,...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003
Homeland Security Department > TSA, Transportation Department Threat Assessments Regarding Citizens of the United States Who Hold or Apply for FAA Certificates This final rule establishes the procedure by which TSA will notify the subject individual and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of TSA's assessment that an individual who is a citizen of the United States and holds or is applying for an FAA a...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Operating Rules for the Conduct of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Area Navigation (RNAV) Operations Using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in Alaska Under this Special Federal Aviation Regulation, the FAA proposes to allow the use of Global Positioning System/Wide Area Augmentation Systems for the en route portion of flights on routes in Alaska outside the operational service volume of ground bas...	Proposed Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Airmen certification:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Ineligibility for an Airman Certificate Based on Security Grounds This final rule expressly makes a person ineligible to hold FAA-issued airman certificates if the Transportation Security Administration notifies the FAA in writing that the person poses a security threat. This action is intended to reduce the opport...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited Model 407 Helicopters This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 407 helicopters. This action requires visually inspecting certain tailboom gearbox support castings (castings) for cracks and replacing t...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model AS350B, AS350BA, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350C, AS350D, AS350D1, AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1, AS355F2, and AS355N Helicopters This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) model helicopters. This action requires measuring the diameter of the sliding door roller (roller) and the dimensions of the front end opening of the...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney JT8D Series Turbofan Engines The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD), that is applicable to Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1, -1A, -1B, -7, -7A, -7B, -9, -9A, -11, -15, - 15A, -17, -17A, -17R, and -17AR turbofan engines. Tha...	Proposed Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Adam Aircraft Industries; Model A500 CarbonAero Airplane, Installation of Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) System and the Protection of the System From the Effects of High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) These special conditions are issued for the Adam Aircraft Industries Model A500 CarbonAero airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature(s) associated with the installation of an engine that uses an electronic engine control sys...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting on Transport Airplane and Engine Issues This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) to discuss transport airplane and engine (TAE) issues.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee to discuss rotorcraft issues.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 03-08-C-00-JAX, Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, FL The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Jacksonville International Airport under the provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR...	Notice	Jan 24, 2003

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > Customs Service Consolidation of Customs Drawback Centers This document adopts as a final rule, with a clarification, the proposed amendments to the Customs Regulations that reflect the closure of the Customs Drawback Centers located at the ports of Boston, Massachusetts; Miami, Florida; and New Orleans, Lo...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Statutory Mergers and Consolidations This document contains temporary regulations that define the term statutory merger or consolidation as that term is used in section 368(a)(1)(A). These regulations affect corporations engaging in statutory mergers and consolidations, and their shareh...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Statutory Mergers and Consolidations In the rules and regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations relating to transactions involving corporations engaging in statutory mergers and consolidations. The text of those regulations also...	Proposed Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Departmental Offices; Treasury Department Order Establishing the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau The Department of the Treasury is publishing a revision to Treasury Order 120-01 to formally establish within the Department the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.	Notice	Jan 24, 2003
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department > TTB Reorganization of Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations The Homeland Security Act of 2002 divides the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury, into two separate agencies, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in the Department of Justice, and the Alcoho...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department VA Acquisition Regulation: Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Health-Care Resources This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) to establish simplified procedures for the competitive acquisition of health-care resources, consisting of commercial services or the use of medical equipment or sp...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003

Medical benefits:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Payment or Reimbursement for Emergency Treatment Furnished at Non-VA Facilities This document affirms amendments to VA's medical regulations establishing provisions for payment or reimbursement for certain non-VA emergency services furnished to veterans for nonservice-connected conditions. Those amendments were made by an interi...	Rule	Jan 24, 2003