March 14, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register March 14, 2003

View all documents issued on March 14, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

106 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 14, 2003

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Animal welfare:

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We are amending the animal welfare regulations to reflect our policy of regulating only wholesale dealers, and not retail dealers, of dogs intended for hunting, breeding, or security purposes. We currently regulate these wholesale dealers under the s...
Rule Mar 14, 2003

Cotton research and promotion order:

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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing to amend the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations by lowering the value assigned to imported cotton for the purpose of calculating supplemental assessments collected for use by the Cotton Research a...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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On December 1, 2000, a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement called the Helena National Forest Travel Plan was published in the 65 FR 75236. This NOI is hereby rescinded due to elapsed time since the appearance of the NO...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Meetings:

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The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services, are sponsoring a public meeting on March 20, 2003, to provide information a...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Special programs:

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This rule proposes to clarify and revise the Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program (ITLAP) regulations for borrowers who apply for a rental value write-down. The rule proposes to change the method for determining the rental value of security for pur...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2003

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Endangered and threatened species:

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Notice is hereby given that NOAA Fisheries received four scientific research permit applications and two applications to modify existing permits related to Pacific salmon and steelhead. All of the proposed research is intended to increase knowledge o...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS announces that the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), acting through the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council), has prepared Secretarial Amendment 2 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan (Secretarial Amendment 2) that would esta...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Overseas trade missions:

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The Department of Commerce invites U.S. companies to participate in the below listed overseas trade missions. For a more complete description, obtain a copy of the mission statement from the contact officer indicated for each individual mission below...
Notice Mar 14, 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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The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete products previously furnished by such agencies. Com...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
This action adds to the Procurement List a service to be furnished by a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List a product and a service previously furnished by such age...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commodity Exchange Act:

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is proposing to amend Commission Rule 1.35(a-1) ("Rule 1.35(a-1)"), which allows certain account managers to bunch customer orders for execution and to allocate them to individual acco...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2003

Education Department logo Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the DOE Financial Assistance Rules, 10 CFR 600.8, is announcing its intention to solicit applications for the development of renewable energy on Tribal lands. Under the solicitation, DOE is soliciting...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Service Center, Albuquerque, NM, is seeking applications for energy efficiency improvements and emissions reduction. Through this solicitation, NNSA seeks to improve the energy efficiency and emissi...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the State Energy Advisory Board. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this Notice announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) will be forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Information...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to aquatic resources, including 303(d)-listed streams. EPA recommended mitigation measures to improve impaired conditions in these streams with protecting structures and allowing timber harvest and o...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
Weekly receipts
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Meetings:

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EPA is announcing the spring meeting of the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) to collaborate on environmental protection and chemical and prevention issues. The Chemical Information and Management, Pollution Prevention, and Tribal Affa...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the availability of a final document, Clinch and Powell Valley Watershed Ecological Risk Assessment (EPA/600/R-01/050, September 2002), prepared as a collaborative effort between the National C...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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Global War on Terrorism Medals; establishment
Presidential Document Mar 14, 2003
Iran; continuation of national emergency (Notice of March 12, 2003)
Presidential Document Mar 14, 2003

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 14, 2003
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Bank holding companies and change in bank control (Regulation Y):

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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is proposing an amendment to Regulation Y that would permit bank holding companies to take and make delivery of title to commodities underlying derivative contracts on an instantaneous, pass-throug...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2003

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Mar 14, 2003

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Governmentwide Policy revised the SF 1444, Request for Authorization of Additional Classification and Rate to: a. Update the reporting burden statement due to a reorganization; b. Revise the instru...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 14, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice of program exclusions.
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Grants:

Title Type Published
This final rule amends Public Health Service (PHS) regulations, which govern the sterilization of persons in federally assisted family planning projects, by making technical revisions to the "Required Consent Form".
Rule Mar 14, 2003

Human drugs and biological products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing a new rule that would require certain human drug product labels and biological product labels to have bar codes. The bar code for human drug products and biological products (other than blood and bl...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2003
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend its pre- and postmarketing safety reporting regulations for human drug and biological products to implement definitions and reporting formats and standards recommended by the International...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2003

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate:

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FEMA is publishing this final rule to establish guidance on our program to make grants directly to fire departments of a State for the purpose of enhancing their ability to protect the health and safety of the public as well as that of firefighting p...
Rule Mar 14, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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We, USFA, are publishing this Notice to announce the availability of grant funding for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFGP) for fiscal year 2003 and to provide the details and guidance regarding the 2003 program year. The program is in...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Ports and waterways safety:

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The Coast Guard is extending the effective period of a regulated navigation area (RNA) and certain safety and security zones published January 4, 2002. This change will extend the effective period of the temporary final rule through August 15, 2003,...
Rule Mar 14, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing its intention to request renewed approval for the collections of information for 30 CFR 733, Maintenance of state pro...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for Yermo xanthocephalus (desert yellowhead) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973. Y. xanthocephalus was federally listed as threatened throughout its...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2003
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period for the proposed rule and economic analysis to designate critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for four vernal...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact statement for the general management plan for Canyon De Chelly National Monument. The environmental impact statement will be...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Vessel Quotas and Operating Requirements for Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The document describes and analyzes the environmental...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(C), the National Park Service announces the availability of a draft Environmental Impact Statement and General Management Plan Revision for Petrified Forest National Park, Ariz...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the availability of a draft Environmental Impact Statement and General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP) for Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(c), the National Park Service announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for a General Management Plan for Tonto National Monument, Arizona.
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Publication of this notice serves to notify the public that the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California Desert District Advisory Council (DAC) field tour scheduled on Thursday, March 27, 2003, and the public meetin...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission
Notice Mar 14, 2003
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.1, Section 10(a)(2), that a meeting of the Chalmette Battlefield Task Force Committee will be held at 4:00 p.m. at the following location and date:
Notice Mar 14, 2003
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act that a meeting of the Gates of the Arctic National Park Subsistence Resource Commissions will be held at Shungnak, Alaska. The purpose of the meeting will be to continue wor...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing two meetings of the Hanford Reach National Monument Federal Planning Advisory Committee (Committee). Meeting details are under DATES.
Notice Mar 14, 2003

National Register of Historic Places:

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:

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Resource management plans, etc.:

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In accordance with section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, and under authority of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), a Draft RMP/EIS has been prepared for the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
The Commission's notice published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2003 (68 FR 11143) contained a typographical error that incorrectly identified one of the HTS subheadings upon which the Commission will provide advice as to the probable economic...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
The Commission instituted the investigation for the purpose of preparing the report to the President and the Congress required by section 204(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 on the results of its monitoring of developments with respect to the domestic...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Veterans Employment and Training Advisory Committee
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Safety and health standards:

Title Type Published
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), has completed a section 610 ("lookback") review of its Grain Handling Facilities Standard, 29 CFR 1910.272, pursuant to section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and section 5 of Executive...
Rule Mar 14, 2003

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Management and Budget Office

Commercial activities performance (Circular A-76):

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This Transmittal Memorandum updates the annual federal pay raise assumptions and inflation factors used for computing the government's in-house personnel and non-pay costs, as generally provided in the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2004.
Notice Mar 14, 2003

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National Labor Relations Board

Senior Executive Service:

Title Type Published
Performance Review Boards; membership
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multiemployer plans:

Title Type Published
This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), bu...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is proposing to add a routine use of records for a system of records maintained pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, entitled PBGC-6, Plan Participant and Beneficiary Data--PBGC. The new routine us...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Single-employer plans:

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-e...
Rule Mar 14, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 14, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 14, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying th...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
Tennessee
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

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DOT, STB
The Board is giving notice that it is allowing the Tongue River Railroad Company (TRRC) to supplement its application,\2\ filed on April 27, 1998, to construct and operate 17.3 miles of track, called the Western Alignment, to be built between Decker,...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces that the information collection request (ICR) to renew approval for the information collection, the Annual and Quarterly Reports for Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers (Form MP-1) has been sent to the Office of Management and...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved information collection.
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Aircraft:

Title Type Published
FAA is delaying the effective date of a final rule that amends the regulations for aeronautical repair stations. This action is necessary to give repair station certificate holders more time to develop required manuals using FAA guidance material, wh...
Rule Mar 14, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Dornier Model 328-100 and -300 series airplanes, that requires replacement of certain flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) impact switches with cer...
Rule Mar 14, 2003
This document proposes adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Eurocopter France (ECF) model helicopters. This proposal would require determining whether specified main or tail rotor (rotor) parts are installed and, if so, updat...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2003

Aviation proceedings:

Title Type Published
Agreements filed; weekly receipts
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Financial Management Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection. By this no...
Notice Mar 14, 2003
The proposed information collection requirement, concerning the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (the Fund) Bank Enterprise Award (BEA) Program 2003- 2004 Application, pursuant to which insured depository institutions (as defined by...
Notice Mar 14, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
In the rules and regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations under section 1502 that redetermine the basis of stock of a subsidiary member of a consolidated group immediately prior to certain tr...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2003
This document contains final and temporary regulations under section 1502 that redetermine the basis of stock of a subsidiary member of a consolidated group immediately prior to certain transfers of such stock and certain deconsolidations of a subsid...
Rule Mar 14, 2003

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