February 24, 2003 (Volume 68)

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

Agriculture Department logo 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...
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Plant Variety Protection Board.
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board logo Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo 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.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Corporation for National and Community Service logo 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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Calypso Pipeline, LLC, et al.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
D.E. Shaw Plasma Power L.L.C.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Northwest Pipeline Corp.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

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American Transmission Co., LLC, et al.
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency logo 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...
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...
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...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 2003
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...
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.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
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.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
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...
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...
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...
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003
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 Feb 24, 2003

Executive Office of the President logo 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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
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.
Rule Feb 24, 2003

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Minority Communities; Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research Program; Doctoral Candidates
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Eye Institute
Notice Feb 24, 2003
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Feb 24, 2003
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Feb 24, 2003
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Feb 24, 2003
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Feb 24, 2003
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Feb 24, 2003
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Feb 24, 2003
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Feb 24, 2003
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Feb 24, 2003
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Feb 24, 2003
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Feb 24, 2003
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Scientific Review Center
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
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...
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...
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.
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Adjustment assistance:

Title Type Published
Affiliated Building Services
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Alcoa Wenatchee Works
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Breed Technologies Inc.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Cessna Aircraft Co. et al.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Deepwell Tubular Services, Inc.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Fun Tees, Inc.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Halmode Apparel, Inc.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Jackson Sewing Center
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Joy Mining Machinery
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Kurt Manufacturing Co.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
P.C.C. Airfoils, Inc.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Porcelain Products Co.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Snorkel International
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Tetley USA, Inc.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Tristar Refractories, Inc.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Tyco Healthcare Retail Group
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Wards Cove Packing Co. et al.
Notice Feb 24, 2003
West Coast Automation Corp.
Notice Feb 24, 2003

NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance:

Title Type Published
Bristol Bay Native Association
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Bristol Bay Native Association
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Bristol Bay Native Association
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Bristol Bay Native Association
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Bristol Bay Native Association
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Bristol Bay Native Association
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Bristol Bay Native Association
Notice Feb 24, 2003
Johnson Controls International
Notice Feb 24, 2003
NSI Communications
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003

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Science and Technology Policy Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Feb 24, 2003

State Department logo State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Motor carriers:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Laidlaw, Inc.; intra-corporate family transaction exemption
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 2003
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...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 2003
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...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 2003
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...
Rule Feb 24, 2003
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...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 2003
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...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 2003
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...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 2003

Motor carriers:

No documents available.

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Feb 24, 2003

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements:

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 2003
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...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Feb 24, 2003

Legal services, General Counsel:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Feb 24, 2003

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