Federal Register January 30, 2003 (Volume 68)

Agencies Publishing on January 30, 2003

Agriculture Department (5)
Civil Rights Commission (2)
Commerce Department (15)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (6)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (9)
Environmental Protection Agency (7)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
General Services Administration (0)
Government Ethics Office (1)
Health and Human Services Department (4)
Interior Department (8)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (1)
Labor Department (1)
Library of Congress (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
National Archives and Records Administration (1)
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National Council on Disability (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Postal Service (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (5)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (3)
Tennessee Valley Authority (2)
Transportation Department (14)
Treasury Department (1)
Veterans Affairs Department (9)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is amending its regulations in order to establish the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program as authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 101-171) (2002 Act). Section 6...	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees Program The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announces funding available for the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee program. For FY 2003, no less than $1.455 billion in loans is available, $1.295 billion for direct cost-of-money loans, $80 million f...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Child nutrition programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Summer Food Service Program for Children Program Reimbursement for 2003 This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the reimbursement rates for meals served in the Summer Food Service Program for Children (SFSP). These adjustments reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index and are required by the statute...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Cancellation of Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Bonners Ferry Ranger District Salvage Sales Project On May 31, 2000 a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement for the Bonners Ferry Ranger District Salvage Sales Project was published in the Federal Register (Volume 65, Number 105, pages 34654-34655). The proposal was to an...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Notice of Resource Advisory Committee Meeting Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 103-393), the Boise and Payette National Forests' Southwest Idaho Resour...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Arizona Advisory Committee Arizona	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Texas Advisory Committee Texas	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NIST Procedures for Implementation of the National Construction Safety Team Act The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Technology Administration, United States Department of Commerce, requests comments on an interim final rule pertaining to the implementation of the National Construction Safet...	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > USBC National Survey of Volunteering and Giving Among Youths and Adults 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 or continuing information collections, as re...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Commerce Department > USBC Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Non-Frozen Apple Juice Concentrate from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping New Shipper Review The Department of Commerce has received a request to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on non-frozen apple juice concentrate from the People's Republic of China. In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 19...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Rescission of Administrative Review in Part On August 9, 2002, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China. The period of review is November 1, 2000, through October...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Administrative Review: Natural Bristle Paint Brushes and Brush Heads From the People's Republic of China The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on natural bristle paint brushes and brush heads from the People's Republic of China until no later than Feb...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Honey From the People's Republic of China: Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review On August 6, 2002, the Department of Commerce published the initiation of the new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on honey from the People's Republic of China. The review covers Chengdu- Dujiangyan Dubao Bee Industrial Co., Ltd., and Wu...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Honey From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of new shipper antidumping duty review.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Polyvinyl Alcohol from the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is postponing the preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of polyvinyl alcohol from the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea from February 12, 2003, until no later than Mar...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Extruded Rubber Thread From Indonesia On June 25, 2002, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on extruded rubber thread ("ERT") from Indonesia, covering the period May 1, 2001, through April 30, 2002, and one manufa...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan Taiwan	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 2-New Orleans, LA Expansion of Manufacturing Authority-Subzone 2J Murphy Oil USA, Inc., Meraux, LA Murphy Oil USA, Inc.; oil refinery complex	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Commerce Department > FTZB Notification of New Grantee Foreign-Trade Zone 138 Franklin County, OH Ohio	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off the West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Groundfish Fishery Management Measures; Correction This document contains corrections to the emergency rule published on January 7, 2003 for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Eastern North Pacific Southern Resident Killer Whales Following a review of the status of the eastern North Pacific Southern Resident stock of killer whales (Orcinus orca), NMFS has determined that the stock is below its Optimal Sustainable Population (OSP) and, therefore, proposes to designate the Sout...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Federal Hazardous Substances Act:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Exemptions From Classification as Banned Hazardous Substances; Exemption for Certain Model Rocket Propellant Devices for Use With Rocket-Powered Model Cars The Commission is issuing a rule to exempt from the Federal Hazardous Substances Act ("FHSA") certain model rocket propellant devices for vehicles that travel on the ground. The Commission's current regulations exempt motors used for flyable model ro...	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Proposed Collection; Comment Requested Notice.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Commercially Available Off-the-Shelf Items The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is soliciting comments regarding the implementation of section 4203 of the Federal Acquisition Reform Act (the Act) with respect to Commercially Available Off-the-Shelf Item Acquisitions. The Act requires th...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Depreciation Cost Principle The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the depreciation cost principle.	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Insurance and Pension Costs The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to amend the insurance and indemnification cost principle and the portion of the compen...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USAF Community College of the Air Force The Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) Board of Visitors will hold a meeting to review and discuss academic policies and issues relative to the operation of the college. Agenda items include a review of the operations of the CCAF and an update...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Education Department

Grantback arrangements; award of funds:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Intent To Compromise Claim Against Community Unit School District 300, Carpentersville, IL The United States Department of Education (Department) intends to compromise a claim against Community Unit School District 300, Carpentersville, Illinois (CUSD 300) now pending before the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ), Docket No. 02-91-...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Special Education Programs, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education. The Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), at 34 CFR 75.250 and 75.261(a), that generally prohibit project periods exceeding 5 years and project extensions involving the obliga...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Northeast Generation Company (Proposed To Be Combined With Project No. 2576); Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation Northeast Generation Co.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Company and Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application Northern Natural Gas Co. et al.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance and Refund Plan Filing Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Texas Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing Texas Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board recommendations:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department DOE Response to Recommendation 2002-2 of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Weapons Laboratory Support of the Defense Nuclear Complex The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2002-2, concerning weapons Laboratory support of the DOE nuclear complex at Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities was published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2002 (67 FR 63...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Avista Corporation, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Avista Corp. et al.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of and Public Comment Meetings on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Grasslands Project Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Regulations Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice Off-the-record communications	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Missouri We, the EPA, are announcing a proposal to approve a revision to the state implementation plan (SIP) for the inspection and maintenance (I/M) program operating in the Missouri portion of the St. Louis, Missouri, nonattainment area. Missouri has made s...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Determination of Attainment, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans, and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; States of Missouri and Illinois EPA is proposing to determine that the St. Louis ozone nonattainment area (St. Louis area) has attained the 1-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). This proposal is based on three years of complete, quality-assured ambient air qua...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Determination of Nonattainment as of November 15, 1996, and Reclassification of the St. Louis Ozone Nonattainment Area; States of Missouri and Illinois This rule finalizes and makes effective EPA's finding that the St. Louis ozone nonattainment area (hereinafter referred to as the St. Louis area) failed to attain the 1-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or standard) by November...	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency EPA Science Advisory Board; Notification of Ecological Processes and Effects Committee Meeting; Request for Comments on the Consultative Panel Science Advisory Board	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability of Enforcement and Compliance History Online Web Site for 60-Day Comment Period; Extension The Office of Compliance (OC), within EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), announces an extension of the comment period from the originally scheduled deadline of January 21, 2003, to March 31, 2003, for its pilot Web site, Enf...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

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	Jan 30, 2003
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	Jan 30, 2003

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President National Consumer Protection Week, 2003 National Consumer Protection Week (Proc. 7643)	Presidential Document	Jan 30, 2003

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 30, 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 30, 2003

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Government Ethics Office

Government Ethics:

Title	Type	Published
Government Ethics Office Post-Employment Conflict of Interest Restrictions; Revision of Departmental Component Designations The Office of Government Ethics is issuing this rule to designate several departmental components, to revoke an existing component designation, and to change the names of two existing departmental components, for purposes of the one-year post-employm...	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Proposed collection; comment request	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Ophthalmic and Topical Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Ivermectin Pour-On 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 ECO LLC. The ANADA provides for topical use of ivermectin on cattle for treatment and co...	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Medical devices:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Medical Devices; Exemptions From Premarket Notification; Class II Devices The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that it has received a petition requesting exemption from the premarket notification requirements for a data acquisition unit for ceramic dental restoration systems. FDA is publishing this notice i...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidance for Industry on the Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data in Clinical Trials for FDA Regulated Products; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data in Clinical Trials for FDA Regulated Products." This draft guidance recommends a standardized appro...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) conce...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Closure orders:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Closure Order Establishing Prohibitions at Nimbus Dam and Power Plant, CA The Bureau of Reclamation is prohibiting public access to Nimbus Dam and power plant. The prohibition (closure) area consists of the entire dam and power plant structure; the fenced in area at each end of and immediately adjacent to the structure; la...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and National Park Service policy in Director's Order Number 2 (Park Planning) and Director's Order Number 12 (Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, and Dec...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Helium:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Conservation Helium Sales The purpose of this action is to implement the terms of the Helium Privatization Act (HPA) of 1996 dealing with the disposal of the Conservation Helium reserve. The Act requires the Department of the Interior to offer for sale, beginning no later tha...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine; Acadia National Park Advisory Commission; Notice of Meeting Acadia National Park Advisory Commission	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Gettysburg National Military Park Advisory Commission This notice sets forth the date of the February 20, 2003 meeting of the Gettysburg National Military Park Advisory Commission.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Interior Department > BLM National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Research and Monitoring Advisory Team (RMT) Public Meeting A joint public meeting of the National Petroleum Reserve-- Alaska Research and Monitoring Advisory Team and the NPR-A Subsistence Advisory Panel (SAP) will be held in Barrow, Alaska, on March 18-19, 2003, to discuss research and monitoring needs in t...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Realty Action Proposed Exchange of Interest in Federally-Owned Lands for Privately-Owned Lands Both Within Smyth County, VA The following described interests in federally-owned lands acquired by the National Park Service have been determined to be suitable for disposal by exchange. The authority for this exchange is section 5(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60-day emergency notice of information collection under review: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired. Certification of compliance with eligibility requirements of grants to reduce crimes against women.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > DOL Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of Labor (the Department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on pr...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Library of Congress

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel rules and procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Determination of Reasonable Rates and Terms for the Digital Performance of Sound Recordings by Preexisting Subscription Services The Copyright Office is requesting comment on proposed regulations that set rates and terms for the use of sound recordings by preexisting subscription services for the period January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2007.	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

National Archives and Records Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

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National Council on Disability

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Council on Disability International Watch Advisory Committee Meetings (Conference Calls); Correction The National Council on Disability published a document in the Federal Register on December 2, 2002, concerning meeting dates for its International Watch Advisory Committee. The document contained one incorrect date.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Receipt of Application for Renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19, DPR-25, DPR-29, and DPR-30 for an Additional 20-Year Period Exelon Generation Co., LLC	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Revised Analysis of Decommissioning Reference Non-Fuel-Cycle Facilities, Availability of NUREG The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) is announcing the availability of NUREG/CR-6477, "Revised Analysis of Decommissioning Reference Non-Fuel-Cycle Facilities." This report analyses changes in conceptual decommissioning costs for a number of dif...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Personnel Management Office

Pay administration:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime Pay The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations concerning the rules governing payment of administratively uncontrollable overtime (AUO) pay. AUO is a form of premium pay paid to employees in positions in which the hours of duty canno...	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Experimental Outside-County Periodicals Co-Palletization Classification This interim rule provides standards for a Postal Service experiment testing whether additional rate incentives would encourage the co-palletization and drop-shipment of currently sacked bundles of individual Periodicals publications. This interim ru...	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission LB Series Fund Inc. et al.; Notice of Application Notice of application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the act and rule 18f-2 under the Act.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Nationwide Life Insurance Company, et al. Notice of Application for an order pursuant to section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") to amend a prior order of the Commission under section 6(c) of the 1940 Act which granted exemptions from the provisions of Sections 2(a)(32), 22(c), and 27(i)(2)(A) of the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder to permit the recapture of credits applied to purchase payments made under certain deferred variable annuity contracts.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Securities, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Retention of Records Relevant to Audits and Reviews We are adopting rules requiring accounting firms to retain for seven years certain records relevant to their audits and reviews of issuers' financial statements. Records to be retained include an accounting firm's workpapers and certain other documen...	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Conditions for Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures As directed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we are adopting new rules and amendments to address public companies' disclosure or release of certain financial information that is calculated and presented on the basis of methodologies other than in a...	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Implementation of a Fingerprinting Program for Nasdaq Employees and Independent Contractors National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Social Security Administration

Social security benefits:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Changes in the Retirement Age These final rules amend our regulations to reflect the changes in full retirement age and in monthly benefit reduction for early retirement as established by section 201 of the Social Security Amendments of 1983 (the 1983 Amendments), and the change...	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: 1880-1938” 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	Jan 30, 2003
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Van Gogh: Fields” 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	Jan 30, 2003

Foreign terrorists and terrorist organizations; designation:

Title	Type	Published
State Department In the Matter of the Designation of Lashkar i Jhangvi as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act Lashkar i Jhangvi	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Tennessee Valley Authority

Title	Type	Published
Tennessee Valley Authority Revision of Tennessee Valley Authority Freedom of Information Act Regulations The Tennessee Valley Authority is amending its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations to reflect a change in the cut-off date for determining which records are responsive to a request.	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Tennessee Valley Authority Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as Amended by Public Law 104-13; Submission for OMB review; Comment Request The proposed information collection described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C chapter 35, as amended). The Tennessee Valley Authority is sol...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Establishment of Colored Federal Airways; AK This notice proposes to establish two colored Federal airways, Amber-5 (A-5) and Blue 1 (B-1), in Alaska. This action would add to the instrument flight rules (IFR) airway and route structure in Alaska. The FAA is taking this action to enhance safety...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Modification and Revocation of Federal Airways; AK This notice proposes to revoke two Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airways, Victor 307 and 362 (V-307 and V-362); and revise Victor 317 (V-317) and Colored Federal Airway Amber 15 (A-15) in Alaska. The FAA is proposing this ac...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Information Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved information collection.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Transportation Department > MARAD Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping 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 abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The natur...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747-400 Series Airplanes Equipped With General Electric Model CF6-80C2 Series Engines This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747- 400 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive tests of the cone brake of the central drive unit (CDU) of the thrust...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Bombardier Model CL-600- 2B19 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time general visual inspection of the dust covers for the flight...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Dassault Model Falcon 900 EX and Mystere-Falcon 900 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Dassault Model Falcon 900 EX and Mystere-Falcon 900 series airplanes. This proposal would require installing an attachment support assembly for th...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135 and -145 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain EMBRAER Model EMB-135 and -145 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacing the four Gamah clamp/sleeve joints on an engine bleed air d...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Honeywell International Inc. (formerly AlliedSignal) Model RE220 (RJ) Auxiliary Power Units The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to Honeywell International Inc. (formerly AlliedSignal) model RE220 (RJ) auxiliary power units (APUs) part number (P/N) WE3800770-2. Thi...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8-11, DC-8-12, DC-8-21, DC-8-31, DC-8-32, DC-8-33, DC-8-41, DC-8-42, and DC-8-43 Airplanes; DC-8-50 Series Airplanes; DC-8-61 Airplanes; DC-8-61F Airplanes; DC-8-71 Airplanes, and DC-8-71F Airplanes This document proposes to revise an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas airplanes. That AD currently requires visual or eddy current inspections of the left and right wing front spar lower caps to detect cra...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003

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Transportation Department > FAA RTCA Special Committee 200/EUROCAE Working Group 60: Modular Avionics, Second Joint Plenary Meeting The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 200/EUROCAE Working Group 60: Modular Avionics.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

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Transportation Department > BTS Reports of Motor Carriers-Correction of Obsolete References and Minor Editorial Corrections The BTS is amending its regulation to eliminate obsolete agency references to the Interstate Commerce Commission and to make other minor editorial corrections that will improve the clarity of its regulations. This action is taken on BTS' initiative.	Rule	Jan 30, 2003

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Transportation Department > FAA Certification of Strengthened Flightdeck Doors on Transport Category Airplanes The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the availability of final policy concerning certification of strengthened flightdeck doors.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

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Transportation Department > FHWA Federal Lands Highway Program; Management Systems Pertaining to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Reservation Roads Program On January 8, 2003, at 68 FR 1105, the FHWA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing Management Systems Pertaining to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) Program. The NPRM proposed rulemaking wo...	Proposed Rule	Jan 30, 2003

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Treasury Department Departmental Offices; Notice of Availability of the Treasury Department's Annual Reports on Alternative Fuel Vehicle Acquisitions This notice advises the public how it may access the Treasury Department's annual reports on alternative fuel vehicle acquisitions for FY 1999-2001.	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department

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Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

Agency information collection activities:

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Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...	Notice	Jan 30, 2003
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	Jan 30, 2003
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	Jan 30, 2003

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Veterans Affairs Department Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans; Notice of Meeting Homeless Veterans Advisory Committee	Notice	Jan 30, 2003

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