January 31, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register January 31, 2003

View all documents issued on January 31, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

153 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 31, 2003

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the comment period on proposed changes to the United States Standards for Grades of Peaches, the United States Standards for Grades of Fresh Plums and Prunes, and the United States Standards for Grades of Nectarines is reo...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) intends to hold public scoping workshops and prepare an environmental assessment (EA) in connection with possible impacts related to the construction and operation of a new gas-fired combustion turbine generation fac...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are sponsoring a public meeting on February 20, 2003, to provide information and receive public comments on...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Sierra National Forest's Resource Advisory Committee for...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are sponsoring a public meeting on Tuesday, February 18, 2003, to provide...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are sponsoring a public meeting on January 31, 2003, to provide information and receive public comments on agenda i...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant NutraSciences Corp., of San Diego, California a license to U.S. Patent No. 6,017,713, "Ferritin Formation as a Predictor of Iron Availabil...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Countervailing duties:

Title Type Published
On September 4, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results in the countervailing duty (CVD) new shipper reviews of certain in- shell pistachios and certain in-shell roasted pistachios f...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS increases the trip limit in the commercial hook-and-line fishery for king mackerel in the Florida east coast subzone to 75 fish per day in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This trip limit increase is necessary to maximize the socioecon...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Jan 31, 2003
This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Fort Benning proposes to construct and operate a digital multi-purpose range complex (DMPRC). The DMPRC would provide a state- of-the-art range facility to meet the Army's training needs for soldiers to conduct gunnery courses in a realistic training...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and California Department of Water Resources (DWR) are proposing the North Delta Improvements Project (NDIP). The project would implement flood control improvements in the northern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title Type Published
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the recommendations of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its re...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6 and 404.7, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application No. 09/849,400 entitled "Chemosensitizing Agents Against Chloroquine Resistant P. Falciparum and Methods of Making and Using...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Education Department logo Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Jan 31, 2003
The Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Institutional Quality and Integrity National Advisory Committee
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation National Committee
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Special education and rehabilitative services:

Title Type Published
The Department gives notice that on November 30, 2001, an arbitration panel rendered a decision in the matter of California Department of Rehabilitation Services v. United States Postal Service (Docket No. R-S/00-4). This panel was convened by the U....
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The EIA is soliciting comments on the proposed three-year extension to the Form DOE-887, "Department of Energy Customer Surveys."
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Discovery Gas Transmission LLC
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Trailblazer Pipeline Co.
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Viking Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
Bowie Power Station, LLC, et al.
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Broad River Energy LLC et al.
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces an open meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee under the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the F...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title Type Published
This action promulgates a Federal plan to implement emission guidelines for small municipal waste combustion (MWC) units (i.e., units with a design combustion capacity of 35 to 250 tons per day of municipal waste) located in areas not covered by an a...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

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

Title Type Published
EPA is making an interim final determination to stay and/or defer imposition of sanctions based on a proposed approval of revisions to the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District (ICAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SI...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District (ICAPCD) and the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). Th...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District (ICAPCD) and the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). The ICAPCD revision...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003
EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Governor of Colorado on November 5, 1999. The November 5, 1999 submittal exempts military training exercises at the United States Army Installation Fort Carson and United St...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested additional information regarding potential connected actions, water quality, air quality, endangered species and environmental justice. ERP No. D-COE-L32011-AK Rating EO2, Akutan Harbor Navigation Im...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Weekly receipts
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Radiation protection programs:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, or "we") is announcing an inspection for the week of February 10, 2003, at the Argonne National Laboratory--East (ANL-E). With this notice, we also announce availability of Department of Energy (DOE) document...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003

Toxic substances:

Title Type Published
With certain exceptions, section 6(e)(3) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) bans the manufacture (including import), processing, and distribution in commerce of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). One of these exceptions is TSCA section 6(e)(3)...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Chile; notice of intent to enter into free trade agreement
Presidential Document Jan 31, 2003
Singapore; notice of intent to enter into free trade agreement
Presidential Document Jan 31, 2003

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Radio services, special:

Title Type Published
In this document, we take further actions to streamline, clarify, and update our rules. We take these actions to provide increased flexibility to licensees, ensure greater and more efficient use of the spectrum bands regulated under the rules, and en...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Antidumping:

No documents available.

Practice and procedure:

No documents available.

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Antidumping:

No documents available.

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act; implementation:

Title Type Published
Transmittal to Congress; correction
Correction Jan 31, 2003

Special elections; filing dates:

Title Type Published
Texas has scheduled a special election on May 3, 2003, to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the Nineteenth Congressional District vacated by Representative Larry Combest. There are two possible elections, but only one may be necessary. I...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Antidumping:

No documents available.

Banks and bank holding companies:

Practice and procedure:

No documents available.

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Proposed collection; comment request
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect a change of sponsor for 25 approved new animal drug applications (NADAs) and abbreviated new animal drug applications (ANADAs) from Bimeda, Inc., to Cross Vetph...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
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 use of levamisole hydrochloride soluble...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by RMS Laboratories, Inc. The NADA provides for use of triamcinolone topical spray in dogs for the contro...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Human drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is further delaying, until April 1, 2004, the effective date of certain requirements of a final rule published in the Federal Register of December 3, 1999 (64 FR 67720). In the Federal Register of May 3, 2000 (6...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 31, 2003
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 31, 2003
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 31, 2003
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jan 31, 2003
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Jan 31, 2003
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Jan 31, 2003
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Jan 31, 2003
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Scientific Counselors Board
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Scientific Review Center
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that, as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the agency has filed with the Library of Congress the annual reports of those FDA advisory committees that held closed meetings during fisca...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Estrogen and Estrogen/Progestin Drug Products to Treat Vasomotor Symptoms and Vulvar and Vaginal Atrophy Symptoms--Recommendations for Cl...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Food-Effect Bioavailability and Fed Bioequivalence Studies." This guidance provides recommendations to sponsors and/or applicants planning to c...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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 continuing information c...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Disaster assistance:

Title Type Published
FEMA gives notice that we are increasing the statewide per capita threshold for recommending cost share adjustments for disasters declared on or after January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003.
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Flood elevation determinations:

Title Type Published
Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations and modified Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management me...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management me...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003
Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations and modified Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
Modified Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified elevations will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.
Rule Jan 31, 2003
Modified Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified elevations will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.
Rule Jan 31, 2003
This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BF...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.
Notice Jan 31, 2003
The following applicants have applied for a scientific research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the National Park Service's (NPS) intention to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend and revise the currently approved information collection budget...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR part 1320, this notice announces the National Park Service (NPS) intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection used in the Historic Preservation Tax...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
This notice announces that the Information Collection Request for the Application for Training or Employment Assistance Form, OMB Control No. 1076-0062, has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under the provisions...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Concession contracts and permits:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the terms of existing concession contracts, public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service intends to request a continuation of visitor services for a period not-to-exceed one year from the date of contract expiration.
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Pursuant to 36 CFR 51.23, public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to extend the following expiring concession contracts for a period of up to one year, or until such time as a new contract is executed, whichever occurs s...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Pursuant to 36 CFR 51.23, public notice is hereby given that the National Park Service proposes to extend the following expiring concession contracts for a period of up to one year, or until such time as a new contract is extended, whichever occurs s...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act, 40 CFR parts 1500-1508 and 43 CFR part 3809, notice is given that the Elko Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management has prepared a final SEIS for Barrick Goldstrike's dewate...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park Advisory Commission
Notice Jan 31, 2003
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
Notice Jan 31, 2003

National Register of Historic Places:

Vehicles and traffic safety:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to amend its regulations concerning motor vehicle operation under the influence of alcohol. Currently, the NPS has regulations prohibiting operation with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.10 grams o...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of a full review pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on crawfish tail meat from Ch...
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that there is a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the above-captioned investigation and issued a limited exclusion order.
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), proposes to exempt the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) (JUSTICE/FBI-001), Central Records System (CRS) (JUSTICE/FBI-002), and National Center for the Analysis of V...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003
The Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA), is exempting a Privacy Act system of records entitled "Executive Clemency Case Files/Executive Clemency Tracking System (JUSTICE/OPA-001)" from subsections (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(1), (d)(2)...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Antidumping:

No documents available.

Immigration:

Title Type Published
This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations by providing that residents of Canada or Bermuda having a common nationality with Canadian nationals or with British subjects in Bermuda will be required to present a v...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 transferred certain law enforcement and regulatory functions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Justice and changed its name to the Bureau of Alcoh...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
Systems of records
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Systems of records; correction
Correction Jan 31, 2003

Records, reports, and exports of listed chemicals:

Title Type Published
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is soliciting information on chemical mixtures that contain the list I chemical phosphorus, which includes red phosphorus, white phosphorus, and hypophosphorous acid (and its salts) (hereafter referred to as...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Submission for OMB review; comment request; correction
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council
Notice Jan 31, 2003

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Leadership Initiatives Advisory Panel
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Duke Energy Corp.
Notice Jan 31, 2003
Florida Power Corp.
Notice Jan 31, 2003
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issuance of a license amendment to Byproduct Material License No. 29-03761-01 to authorize release of its facility in Morris Plains, New Jersey, for unrestricted use and has prepared an...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Public utility holding company filings
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Securities:

Title Type Published
We are adopting rules and amendments requiring companies, other than registered investment companies, to include two new types of disclosures in their annual reports filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. First, the rules require a co...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Government contracting programs:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to amend its regulations governing small business prime contracting assistance, to implement the recommendations of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its report entitled "Contract Bundl...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003

State Department logo State Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title Type Published
The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments should be submitted to OMB within 30 days of...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Visas; nonimmigrant documentation:

Title Type Published
This rule amends the Department of State's regulation that allows certain permanent residents of Canada and Bermuda who share a common nationality with nationals of Canada or with British subjects in Bermuda to enter the United States without a passp...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Surface Transportation Board proposes to adopt 1.019 (1.9%) as the measure of average change in railroad productivity for the 1997-2001 (5-year) period. The current value of 4.2% was developed for the 1996 to 2000 period.
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to a certain Air Cruisers Company Emergency Evacuation Slide/Raft System. This amendment requires a one-time unpacking and subsequent repacking of the slide/raft system, iden...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A300 B2 and B4; A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R (collectively called A300-600); A310; and certain Airbus Model A319; A320; A321; A330; and A340 series airplane...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ series airplanes, that requires replacement of the existing "Low Temp" terminal blocks "G" with new, fireproof...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to various Boeing and McDonnell Douglas transport category airplanes. This AD requires revising the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to advise the flightcrew to don oxygen masks as a fi...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all MORAVAN a.s. (Moravan) Model Z-242L airplanes. This AD establishes a technical service life for these airplanes by restricting Acrobatic and Utility category operations and...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-10, DC-9-20, DC-9- 30, DC-9-40, and DC-9-50 series airplanes, that requires a one-time inspection at a certain disconnect panel in the left f...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 airplanes. This AD requires a one-time inspection of the single-phase remote control circuit breaker(s) (RCCBs) in a certain area of the...
Rule Jan 31, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), that is applicable to Turbomeca S.A. Arriel 1 A2, 1 C, 1 C1, 1 C2, 1 D, 1 D1, 1 E2, 1 K, 1 K1, 1 S, 1 S1 and Arriel 2 B, 2 B1, 2 C, 2 C1, 2 S1 series turboshaft engines. This amendment require...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Transportation Security Administration working in conjunction with an interagency Executive Steering Committee for Operation Safe Commerce (OSC) requests applications for the OSC Cooperative Agreement Program to fund business drive initiatives to...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
In May 2000, we published a rule to require advanced air bags in light vehicles. The requirements of that rule are being phased in during two stages, the first of which extends from September 1, 2003, to August 31, 2006. In September 2002, in respons...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Antidumping:

No documents available.

Automation program test:

Title Type Published
This notice announces Customs plan to conduct a test under the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) under which a participating air carrier must electronically transmit, through the Air Automated Manifest System, master air waybill data prior t...
Notice Jan 31, 2003

Employment taxes and collection of income taxes at source and procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
In the Rules and Regulation section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations relating to the IRS Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Matching Program. The text of the temporary regulations published in the Rule...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003

Employment taxes and collection of income taxes at source:

Title Type Published
This document contains final and temporary regulations under section 3406 relating to the IRS Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Matching Program. These final and temporary regulations affect payors, and their authorized agents, and provide guidanc...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Income taxes and procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations that eliminate regulatory impediments to the electronic filing of Form 1040, "U.S. Individual Income Tax Return." These regulations affect taxpayers who file Form 1040 and who are required to file any of the f...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to a notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of public hearing that explains how section 263(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) applies to amounts paid to acquire, create, or enhance intangible assets. This doc...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003
This document contains final regulations that provide that gain or loss arising from certain commodities hedging transactions and currency gain or loss arising from certain interest-bearing liabilities do not constitute (or are not netted against) fo...
Rule Jan 31, 2003

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
Correction
Correction Jan 31, 2003
The OCC, Board, FDIC, and the OTS jointly published in the Federal Register of January 8, 2003 (68 FR 1116), a joint notice of proposed rulemaking that proposed to revise their respective rules of practice pursuant to section 36 of the Federal Deposi...
Proposed Rule Jan 31, 2003

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