Federal Register February 24, 2003
View all documents issued on February 24, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
108 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on February 24, 2003
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Agriculture Department
(5)
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Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
(1)
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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Corporation for National and Community Service
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Energy Department
(6)
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Environmental Protection Agency
(11)
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Executive Office of the President
(1)
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Federal Communications Commission
(1)
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Federal Election Commission
(1)
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Federal Reserve System
(4)
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Health and Human Services Department
(15)
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Housing and Urban Development Department
(2)
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Interior Department
(4)
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Labor Department
(33)
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(2)
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SScience and Technology Policy Office (1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
(1)
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State Department
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Surface Transportation Board
(1)
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Transportation Department
(10)
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Treasury Department
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Veterans Affairs Department
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Agriculture Department
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
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The USDA, Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on a Proposed Action to return the Crooked River National Grassland (CRNG or Grassland) vegetation to its historical range of variability and to graze domestic livestock wh...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Meetings:
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The California Coast Provincial Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet on March 13, 2003, in Lake County, California. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues relating to implementing the Northwest Forest Plan while taking a field visit to the pro...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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The Catron County Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Reserve New Mexico, on April 1, 2003, from 10 a.m. MST to 4 p.m. MST. The purpose of the meeting is to initiate the resource advisory committee process, earn the roles and the responsibilitie...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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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 106-393) the Kootenai National Forests' Lincoln County Resource Advisory...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Plant Variety Protection Board.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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This action deletes from the Procurement List products previously furnished by such agencies.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a service to be furnished by the nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete a product previously furnished by such agency. Comments Must...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Corporation for National and Community Service
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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The Corporation for National and Community Service is offering a series of teleconference calls for nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education interested in applying for a Learn and Serve America program grant. These training teleco...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Energy Department
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Hydroelectric applications
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
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Calypso Pipeline, LLC, et al.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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D.E. Shaw Plasma Power L.L.C.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Northwest Pipeline Corp.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
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American Transmission Co., LLC, et al.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Environmental Protection Agency
Air pollution control:
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In 1997, the Ohio Citizen Action, the Ohio Environmental Council, Rivers Unlimited, and the Ohio Sierra Club submitted a petition requesting EPA to withdraw approval, delegation, or authorization from the State of Ohio to administer certain air, wate...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:
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On March 27, 2000, the EPA issued a memorandum which stated that process tanks are "storage vessels" under the definition in the Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels) for Whi...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:
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The EPA is proposing to approve several rule revisions for incorporation into Michigan's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) submitted these revisions to EPA on September 23, 2002. They include rul...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
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The EPA is approving several rule revisions for incorporation into Michigan's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) submitted these revisions to EPA on September 23, 2002. They include rules to addre...
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Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
Meetings:
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The Office of Water's Office of Science and Technology, and Battelle will co-sponsor the "26th Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment" to discuss all aspects of environmental measurement. The conference is open to the public.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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There will be a meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review the effect of atrazine on amphibians.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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EPA's Office of Water recently completed an assessment of detection and quantitation concepts and their application under Clean Water Act programs. The Agency intends to make the results of this assessment available through a public notice to be publ...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:
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EPA has granted or denied emergency exemptions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as listed in this notice. The exemptions or denials were granted during the period October 1, 2002 to December...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Solid wastes:
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Because EPA received adverse comment, we are withdrawing the direct final rule for Regulatory Innovations: Pilot-Specific Rule for Electronic Materials in EPA Region III Mid-Atlantic States; Hazardous Waste Management System; Modification of the Haza...
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Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Executive Office of the President
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
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On May 18, 2001, the President signed Executive Order 13212, recognizing the importance of environmentally sound production and transmission of energy to all American people. The Order established a Federal interagency task force (Task Force), chaire...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Federal Communications Commission
Common carrier services:
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On February 7, 2003 (68 FR 6352), the Commission published final rules in the Federal Register, which amended the rules for coin sent-paid. This document contains a correction to the DATES section which was published inadvertently.
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Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
Federal Election Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Federal Reserve System
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Banks and bank holding companies:
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Change in bank control
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Health and Human Services Department
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In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), at th...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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Minority Communities; Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research Program; Doctoral Candidates
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Meetings:
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National Eye Institute
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Scientific Review Center
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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On January 27, 2003, HUD, HHS, and VA published the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness. This document makes three technical corrections to the NOFA.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Interior Department
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The Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening the comment period for the application cited below. The applicant has submitted new information in support of the application and the reopening of the comment period will allow all interested parties another...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
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Pursuant to section 102(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the availability of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rock...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Meetings:
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A meeting of the Dakotas Resource Advisory Council will be held May 19 & 20, 2003, at the Clarion Inn, Gillette, Wyoming. The session will include a Coal Bed Methane field tour beginning at 8 a.m. on May 19. The meeting will reconvene on Tuesday at t...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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The Department of the Interior (DOI) is seeking public comment on its draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2003-2008.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Labor Department
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The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
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Disa Industries et al.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Furnimex Products USA, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Prime Manufacturing et al.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Adjustment assistance:
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Affiliated Building Services
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Alcoa Wenatchee Works
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Breed Technologies Inc.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Cessna Aircraft Co. et al.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Deepwell Tubular Services, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Fun Tees, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Halmode Apparel, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Jackson Sewing Center
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Joy Mining Machinery
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Kurt Manufacturing Co.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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P.C.C. Airfoils, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Porcelain Products Co.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Snorkel International
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Tetley USA, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Tristar Refractories, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Tyco Healthcare Retail Group
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Tyson Foods, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Wards Cove Packing Co. et al.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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West Coast Automation Corp.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:
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Bristol Bay Native Association
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Bristol Bay Native Association
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Bristol Bay Native Association
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Bristol Bay Native Association
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Bristol Bay Native Association
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Bristol Bay Native Association
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Bristol Bay Native Association
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Johnson Controls International
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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NSI Communications
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
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General Atomics
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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Notice is hereby given that the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model safety evaluation (SE) relating to a change in the technical specification (TS) required actions for inoperable vent and drain valves for the scram...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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Science and Technology Policy Office
Meetings:
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This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Council. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory C...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities:
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting amendments to its rule granting an exemption to banks from dealer registration for a de minimis number of riskless principal transactions, and to its rule that defines terms used in the bank exceptio...
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Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
State Department
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for four projects under the new ACCESS (Access to Community and Civic Enrichment for Students) Program in Indone...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
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The Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for the Partners in Education (PiE) Program. The goal of PiE is for Eurasian educators to learn about secondary-level citizenshi...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Surface Transportation Board
Motor carriers:
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Laidlaw, Inc.; intra-corporate family transaction exemption
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Transportation Department
Airworthiness directives:
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This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Aerospatiale Model ATR42-200, -300, -320, and -500 series airplanes; and all Model ATR72 series airplanes; that currently requires revising the Airp...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Boeing Model 737-600, 737-700, 737-700C, 737-800, 737-900, 757, and 767 series airplanes. This proposal would require revising the Airplane Flight Man...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
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This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 767 series airplanes, that would have required replacement of the aileron control override quadrant with a modified unit. This new action revis...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to various aircraft equipped with a certain Honeywell Primus II RNZ-850/-851 Integrated Navigation Unit. As one alternative for compliance, this action provides for a one-tim...
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Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model 717-200 airplanes. This proposal would require modification of the longeron-to-frame installation of the upper center fuse...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model 717-200 airplanes. This proposal would require modification of certain attachment holes in the rear spar of the left and r...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Raytheon Model Beech 400A and 400T series airplanes. This proposal would require replacement of the low-pressure oxygen tubing located in the forw...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
Meetings:
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The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Motor carrier safety standards:
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General Requirements; Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance; Intermodal Container Chassis and Trailers
The FMCSA is extending the comment period while it continues to explore the feasibility of conducting a negotiated rulemaking (Reg Neg) concerning maintenance of intermodal container chassis and trailers. The FMCSA has hired a convenor to speak to in...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
Motor carriers:
No documents available.
Privacy Act:
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The Department of Transportation (DOT) establishes an interim new General Routine Use that allows DOT to continue providing information from DOT systems of records to the Coast Guard and to the Transportation Security Administration, as it now does u...
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Notice | Feb 24, 2003 |
Treasury Department
Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
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FinCEN is in the process of implementing the requirements delegated to it under the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, in particular the requirements of the Act that require financial institutions to establish anti-money laundering compliance and customer iden...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
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FinCEN is in the process of implementing the requirements delegated to it under the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, in particular the requirements of the Act that require financial institutions to establish anti-money laundering compliance and customer iden...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
Veterans Affairs Department
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This document establishes requirements regarding the use of Fisher Houses and other temporary lodging by veterans receiving VA medical care or Compensation and Pension (C&P) examinations and by family members or other persons accompanying veterans to...
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Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
Legal services, General Counsel:
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This document revises the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) existing procedures and requirements regarding recognition of service organizations and accreditation of their representatives and of agents, attorneys, and individuals seeking to represe...
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Rule | Feb 24, 2003 |
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