Federal Register February 27, 2003 (Volume 68)

Agencies Publishing on February 27, 2003

Agriculture Department (4)
Commerce Department (19)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (21)
Environmental Protection Agency (10)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (3)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
Health and Human Services Department (10)
Homeland Security Department (3)
Interior Department (12)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2)
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National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Postal Service (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (5)
State Department (3)
Transportation Department (13)
Treasury Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Housing Service's intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for Rural Rental and Cooperative Hou...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Field office technical guides; changes:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Notice of Proposed Changes to Section 1 of the Iowa State Technical Guide It has been determined by the NRCS State Conservationist for Iowa that changes must be made in the NRCS State Technical Guide specifically in Section 4 Practice Standards and Specifications, Conservation Cover (327) and Critical Area Planting (342) t...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Notice of Resource Advisory Committee Meeting Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393), the Boise and Payette National Forests' Southwest Idaho Resource Adv...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) published in the Federal Register on Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 68 FR 4684, a rule amending its regulations in order to establish the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program as authorized by the Fa...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with January anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from Belarus Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review On January 8, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register (68 FR 1030) a notice announcing the initiation of a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada, c...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Persulfates from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results in Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Barium Chloride From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Notice of rescission of antidumping duty administrative review.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Pasta from Turkey On August 19, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta (pasta) from Turkey, covering the period July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002, and one manufacturer/export...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from Ukraine Ukraine	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Initiation of antidumping duty investigations: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Brazil, India, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Thailand Initiation of antidumping duty investigations.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 219, Yuma, AZ Arizona	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Commerce Department > FTZB Approval for Expanded Manufacturing Authority (Industrial Automation Products), Within Foreign-Trade Subzone 204A, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.; Carter County, TN Siemens Energy Automation, Inc.; industrial automation products	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 148-Knoxville, Tennessee, Area; Application for Expansion Tennessee	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From India Initiation of countervailing duty investigation.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Italy On October 18, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on stainless steel wire rod (SSWR) from Italy, covering the period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001, and one...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Scientific Research on Longline Fishing-National Marine Fisheries Service, Honolulu Laboratory NMFS announces its intention to prepare an EIS, pursuant to NOAA policy as described in NOAA Administrative Order 216-6, to identify and analyze a range of alternatives for fishing experiments to test methods of reducing the incidental take and morta...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) The Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) has made a preliminary determination that the subject EFP application contains all of the required information and warrants further consideration. The Regional Administrator has also...	Proposed Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT) The International Trade Administration publishes this notice to extend the closing date for the Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT) from March 1, 2003, to April 7, 2003.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene public meetings on management issues regarding Gulf fisheries.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Closed Meeting of the U.S. Automotive Parts Advisory Committee (APAC) The APAC will have a closed meeting on March 13, 2003 at the U.S. Department of Commerce to discuss U.S.-made automotive parts sales in Japanese and other Asian markets.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904; NAFTA Panel Reviews; Request for Panel Review Pursuant to the Order of the Binational Panel dated January 10, 2003, affirming the final remand determination described above was completed on January 21, 2003.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Education Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans This notice sets forth a change in date of a forthcoming teleconference meeting of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Surrender of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Request for Extension of Time To Commence and Complete Project Construction and Soliciting Comments Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Algonquin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Algonquin Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC East Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing East Tennessee Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Compliance Filing Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.; Notice of Compliance Filing Maritimes Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Midwestern Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Midwestern Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Midwestern Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Midwestern Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Powerex Corp., Complainant, v. California Power Exchange Corporation, Respondent; Notice of Complaint Powerex Corp.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Quark Power L.L.C.; Notice of Filing Quark Power L.L.C.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Compliance Filing Texas Eastern Transmission, LP	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review determinations; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Los Alamos Site Office; National Nuclear Security Administration; Notice of Floodplain Involvement for the Fire Road Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Los Alamos Site Office of the Department of Energy (DOE) plans to improve existing firebreaks and access roads into remote forested areas at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for the purpose of...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Power rate adjustments:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > WAPA Boulder Canyon Project The Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing an adjustment to the Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) firm power base charge and rates. The current base charge and rates expire September 30, 2003. The current base charge is not sufficient to...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities; Virgin Islands The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a negative declaration submitted by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands. The negative declaration satisfies EPA's promulgated Emission Guidelines (EG) for existing comme...	Proposed Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities; Virgin Islands The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a negative declaration submitted by the Government of the United States (US) Virgin Islands. The negative declaration satisfies EPA's promulgated Emission Guidelines (EG) for existing commercial...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern Oxides of Nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) emissions from...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (MDAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern Oxides of Nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) emissions from Portland cement...	Proposed Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; New Source Review/Prevention of Significant Deterioration Revision EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The revisions include new provisions that implement the core requirements of 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA)...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Revisions to Regulations for Permits, Approvals and Registration and Related Regulations EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions amend provisions to Maryland's regulations for Permits, Approvals, and Registration and related changes to its regulations for Gener...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Miscellaneous Revisions EPA proposes to approve two State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Maryland. One revision removes from the SIP the state ambient air quality standard for hydrocarbons. The other revision removes an outdated citation of a...	Proposed Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Revisions to Regulations for Permits, Approvals and Registration and Related Regulations EPA proposes to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Maryland. The revisions amend provisions to Maryland's regulations for Permits, Approvals, and Registration and related changes to its regulations for General...	Proposed Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Miscellaneous Revisions EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). One revision removes from the SIP the state ambient air quality standard for hydrocarbons. The other revision removes an outdated citation of a cu...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on November 19, 1990, to provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on policy issues associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990. Th...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission FM Translator Auction Filing Window and Application Freeze This document announces an auction filing window for certain FM translator station construction permit applications and a freeze on the acceptance of FM translator and FM booster minor change and FM booster new construction permit applications from F...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Notices Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Feb 27, 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	Feb 27, 2003
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities Permissible nonbanking activities	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Credit by brokers and dealers (Regulation T):

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Credit by Brokers and Dealers; List of Foreign Margin Stocks The List of Foreign Margin Stocks (Foreign List) is composed of certain foreign equity securities that qualify as margin securities under Regulation T. The Foreign List is published twice a year by the Board.	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Federal Trade Commission

Prohibited trade practices:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, et al.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Food additives:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D3 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of vitamin D<INF>3</INF> as a nutrient supplement in calcium-fortified fruit juices and juice drinks, excluding fruit juices and juice drinks...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Cooperative Research and Development Agreement The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Immunization Program (NIP) is seeking a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partner for collaboration in the development of a Vaccine Management Software (VACMAN) dynami...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Human drugs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; Starlix The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for Starlix and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the D...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health: Meeting Radiation and Worker Health Advisory Board	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Pharmaceutical Current Good Manufacturing Practices for the 21st Century: A Risk-Based Approach; Establishment of a Public Docket The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that it is establishing a public docket for information relevant to the agency's current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) initiative concerning the regulation of pharmaceutical manufacturing and...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Security Zones; Passenger Vessels, Portland, ME, Captain of the Port Zone The Coast Guard proposes to establish moving and fixed security zones around high capacity passenger vessels, including international ferries, located in the Portland, Maine, Captain of the Port zone. These proposed security zones are necessary to en...	Proposed Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Security Zones; San Francisco Bay, CA The Coast Guard is establishing moving and fixed security zones extending 100 yards around and under all High Interest Vessels (HIVs) that enter, are moored in, anchored in or depart from the San Francisco Bay and Delta ports, California. These secur...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Regattas and marine parades:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Delaware River, Pea Patch Island to Delaware City, DE The Coast Guard proposes to establish permanent special local regulations for marine events held on the waters of the Delaware River between Pea Patch Island and Delaware City, Delaware. These special local regulations are necessary to provide for th...	Proposed Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Interior Department

Abandoned mine land reclamation:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > OSM Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Notices We are revising our regulations governing the processing of State and tribal grant applications to build public facilities using Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Funds. The existing regulations require us to publish a Federal Register notice whe...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Availability of Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Ellsworth, NE Pursuant to the Refuge Improvement Act of 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published the Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Summary. This Plan describes how the FWS intends to manage the Crescent La...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Designation or Nondesignation of Critical Habitat for 95 Plant Species From the Islands of Kauai and Niihau, HI We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for 83 of the 95 species known historically from the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Niihau. A total of appro...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Receipt of a Permit Application (Tindall) for Incidental Take of the Houston Toad Lewis Tindall (Applicant) has applied for an incidental take permit (TE-0666141-0) pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act (Act). The requested permit would authorize the incidental take of the endangered Houston toad (Bufo houstonens...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Interior Department > BLM Draft Northwest National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement In response to a request from the interested public the Bureau of Land Management is adding to its schedule one meeting for accepting public comments on the Draft Northwest National Petroleum Reserve-- Alaska Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Im...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Interior Department > FWS Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Draft Environmental Impact Report, and Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan The Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening the comment period on the draft Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, draft Implementing Agreement, and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for an incidental take permit for 146 species in western Riv...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meetings of the California Desert District Advisory Council Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, has scheduled three meetings during 2003 at the followin...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act Classification; Arizona, Correction Arizona; correction	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Draft Endangered Karst Invertebrate Survey Guidance, Draft Karst Feature Survey Guidance, Draft Preserve Design To Conserve Endangered Karst Invertebrates Guidance, and Draft Recommendations for Protection of Water Quality of the Edwards Aquifer The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provides an update on its intentions to revise and make available for public comment the following documents: (1) Draft karst feature survey guidance; (2) draft endangered karst invertebrate survey guidanc...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Under section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of the approved Tribal- State compacts for the purpose of engaging in C...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Under section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of the approved Tribal- State compacts of the purpose of engaging in Cl...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Under section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of the approved Tribal- State compacts for the purpose of engaging in C...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request 30-day notice of information collection under review: Request for fee waiver; Form I-912.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Immigration:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Readjustment of Immigration Benefit Application Fees On January 24, 2003, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) published an interim rule in the Federal Register adjusting the immigration benefit application fee schedule by subtracting the applicable amount of surcharges used for asylum...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Labor Department

Construction safety and health standards:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Safety Standards for Cranes and Derricks The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is planning to establish a Crane and Derrick Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee (C-DAC) under the Negotiated Rulemaking Act (NRA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The Committee wil...	Proposed Rule	Feb 27, 2003

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council, Biological and Physical Research Advisory Committee, Space Station Utilization Advisory Subcommittee; Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Biological and Physical Research Advisory Committee, Space Stati...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

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

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Patent License NASA hereby gives notice that Circuit Avenue Netrepreneurs, LLC, of Camden, New Jersey, has applied for a partially exclusive license to practice the invention described and in NASA Case No. ARC- 14480-1, entitled "An Approach to Automating the Manip...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

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National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council

Title	Type	Published
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council Notice of Intent To Publish a Rule Permitting the Privatization of Noncriminal Justice Criminal History Record Check Functions Pursuant to Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Chapter IX, the Compact Council (Council), established by the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act of 1998 (Compact), is issuing notice of its intent to promulgate a rule enabling...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Handbook of Parameter Estimation for Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public comment a document entitled "Handbook of Parameter Estimation for Probabilistic Risk Assessment." This handbook provides guidance on sources of information and methods of estimating d...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Rulemaking petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission State of Nevada; Denial of a Petition for Rulemaking The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking submitted by the State of Nevada. The petitioner requests that the NRC amend its regulations governing the disposal of high-level radioactive waste in a proposed geolog...	Proposed Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Label Standards for Combined or Copalletized Periodicals Mailings This final rule clarifies when it is permissible to use the designation "NEWS" rather than the designation "PER" on Line 2 (the content line) of labels that identify sacks, trays, and pallets containing copies of Periodicals publications prepared in...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation Analyst Certification The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission" "SEC" or "we") is adopting new Regulation Analyst Certification ("Regulation AC"). Regulation AC requires that brokers, dealers, and certain persons associated with a broker or dealer include in re...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Listing and Trading of Strategic Return Notes Linked to the Select Ten Index National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to Determination of Top 120 and 250 Issues Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to a Stay of a Committee Action Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. To Adopt a Seat Transaction Policy and Add Supplementary Material to PHLX Rule 708 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Shipping Coordinating Committee Notice of Meeting	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting Shipping Coordinating Committee	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
State Department Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting Shipping Coordinating Committee	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class D Airspace; and Modification of Class E Airspace; Topeka, Philip Billard Municipal Airport, KS This action corrects a direct final rule; request for comments that was published in the Federal Register on Monday, February 10, 2003, (68 FR 6606). It corrects an error in the heading of the legal description of Class E2 airspace at Topeka, Philip...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; Ridgely, MD This action establishes Class E airspace at Ridgely, MD. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) is needed to contain aircraft operating into Ridgely Airpark, Ridgely, MD under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).	Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Clinton, IA This action modifies Class E airspace at Clinton, IA. An examination of controlled airspace for Clinton, IA, initiated by National Geodetic Surveys (NGS), of Clinton Municipal Airport, IA and associated navigational aids, revealed discrepancies in th...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Davenport, IA An examination of controlled airspace for Davenport, IA revealed a discrepancy in the Davenport Municipal Airport, IA airport reference point used in the legal description for the Davenport, IA Class E airspace. This action corrects the discrepancy b...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment on Surplus Property Release at Piedmont Triad International Airport, Greensboro, NC Under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. 47153(c), notice is being given that the FAA is considering a request from the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority to waive the requirement that a 169.20-acre parcel of surplus property, located at the Piedmont T...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA High Density Traffic Airports; Notice of Slot Usage Waiver This notice announces a five-day waiver of the minimum slot usage requirement at New York's John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia Airports and Washington's Reagan National Airport for the period February 15, 2003 through February 19, 2003, due to extended ai...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of the Dimensions of the Grand Canyon National Park Special Flight Rules Area and Flight Free Zones On April 4, 2000, the FAA published two final rules regarding commercial air tour operations over Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP). The first rule, Commercial Air Tour Limitation in Grand Canyon National Park Special Flight Rules Area, limited the n...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model ATP Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model ATP airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time inspection of the fuel pipes within the fuel "float switc...	Proposed Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90- 30 airplanes. This proposal would require replacing the lanyards on the pressure relief door for the thrust reverser wi...	Proposed Rule	Feb 27, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Model S-76A, B, and C Helicopters This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) model helicopters. This action requires determining the manufacturer of a certain part-numbered rotor brake disc (RBD) and if the manu...	Rule	Feb 27, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Michelin North America, Inc., Receipt of Application for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Michelin North America, Inc.	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals The FAA publishes a monthly notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals and disapprovals under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L. 101-508) and Par...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Ports and waterways safety:

No documents available.

Regattas and marine parades:

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Exit Bands The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the availability of proposed policy on colored exit bands required by Sec. 25.811(f)(1) and (2).	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Termination of Two Collections By this notice, the Department of the Treasury is informing the public that it will eliminate the following two forms: (1) Treasury International Capital Form BL-3 (OMB control number 1505-0088), Intermediary's Notification of Foreign Borrowing Denom...	Notice	Feb 27, 2003

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Agencies Publishing on February 27, 2003

Agriculture Department

Field office technical guides; changes:

Meetings:

Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees

Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Antidumping:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Countervailing duties:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Fishery conservation and management:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

Education Department

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Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review determinations; availability, etc.:

Power rate adjustments:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

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

Meetings:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Federal Election Commission

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Credit by brokers and dealers (Regulation T):

Federal Trade Commission

Prohibited trade practices:

Health and Human Services Department

Food additives:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Human drugs:

Meetings:

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Homeland Security Department

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Interior Department

Abandoned mine land reclamation:

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

Justice Department

Immigration:

Labor Department

Construction safety and health standards:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

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

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Rulemaking petitions:

Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

State Department

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Transportation Department

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Airworthiness directives:

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Ports and waterways safety:

Regattas and marine parades:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Treasury Department

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