Federal Register March 17, 2003 (Volume 68)

Agencies Publishing on March 17, 2003

Agriculture Department (5)
Commerce Department (10)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (7)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (12)
Environmental Protection Agency (4)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (4)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (5)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (9)
Housing and Urban Development Department (3)
Interior Department (9)
International Trade Commission (1)
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Judicial Conference of the United States (5)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
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National Science Foundation (2)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
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Postal Regulatory Commission (2)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (8)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Tennessee Valley Authority (1)
Transportation Department (14)
Treasury Department (3)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.; Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has issued its Record of Decision (ROD) for the Nucla-Telluride 115 kV Transmission Line Project. The decision of RUS is that the National Environmental Policy Act review process has been...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Manti-La Sal National Forest, Fortuna Company Gas Exploration Wells, Emery and Sanpete Counties, UT, Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement The Forest Service (FS) will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to document the analysis and disclose the environmental and human effects of authorizing a gas exploration well and associated road access on the Manti-La Sal National Fores...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Agriculture Department > FS Baked Apple Fire Salvage Project, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, OR The USDA Forest Service, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a fire salvage timber sale and connected actions within the Panther Creek watershed planning area of the North Umpqua Ranger District. These actions include timber salv...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Flathead County Resource Advisory Committee The Flathead County Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Kalispell, Montana April 7th and April 14th. The purpose of the meetings is to discuss potential Title II projects for fiscal year 2004 funded by the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Agriculture Department > FS Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Meeting The Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC) will meet on April 1, 2003, at the Lloyd Center Double Tree Hotel, located at 1000 NE., Multnomah Street in Portland, Oregon, subject to the advance approval of the committee's Federal Advisory Committee...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Recreational Landings Reports. The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Fresh Atlantic Salmon From Chile: Extension of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review Chile	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Barium Chloride From the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On November 8, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register the preliminary results and partial rescission of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on barium chloride from the People's Republic...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of antidumping duty new shipper review.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination: Barium Carbonate From the People's Republic of China We preliminarily determine that barium carbonate from the People's Republic of China (the PRC) is being sold, or is likely to be sold, in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amend...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe From Romania: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On September 10, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of seamless pipe from Romania. This review covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise....	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA, Environmental Protection Agency Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposed Findings Document, Environmental Assessment, and Finding of No Significant Impact Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Proposed Findings Document, Environmental Assessment (EA), and Finding of No Significant Impact for Minnesota. Coastal States and Territories were required to submit their coastal nonpoint programs to...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA, Interior Department > FWS Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Federal Actions Under the Endangered Species Act Related to the State of Washington Forest Practices Rules Notice is hereby given pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, as amended (NEPA), that NOAA Fisheries and FWS (known hereafter as the Services) intend to gather information necessary to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery; Commercial Haddock Harvest NMFS announces that the Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) is suspending the haddock trip limit for the groundfish fishery for the remainder of the 2002 fishing year. The Regional Administrator has projected that less than...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NTIA Technology Opportunities Program The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issues this Notice describing the conditions under which applications will be received under the Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) and how NTIA will select applications for fu...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commodity Pool Operators The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "Commission" or "CFTC") has adopted amendments to part 4 of its rules, which governs Commodity Pool Operators ("CPOs") and Commodity Trading Advisors ("CTAs"). These amendments make clear that certain Dis...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Additional Registration and Other Regulatory Relief for Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is proposing to amend Rule 4.5, which provides an exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool operator" (CPO) for certain persons, and Rules 4.13 and 4.14, which provide exem...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003

National Futures Association:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Review by the National Futures Association of Disclosure Documents Required To Be Filed by Commodity Pool Operators for Publicly-Offered Commodity Pools The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "Commission") is authorizing the National Futures Association ("NFA") to conduct reviews of Disclosure Documents required to be filed with the Commission by commodity pool operators ("CPOs") for publicly-...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Subcontract Consent Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Small Disadvantaged Business Procurement Credits Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions, and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, Protests, Recommendations, and Terms and Conditions Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC American Municipal Power-Ohio, Inc., Complainant, v. The Dayton Power & Light Co. and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Respondents; Notice of Complaint American Municipal Power-Ohio, Inc., et al.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Filing Atlantic City Electric Co. et al.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Application Northwest Pipeline Corp.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC WPS New England Generation, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings WPS New England Generation, Inc., et al.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Transmission, Inc., Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Oakford HP Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Dominion Transmission, Inc., et al.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice DE-FG01-03ER03-22: AmeriFlux Research in Support of North American Carbon Program (NACP) The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for enhancement of the AmeriFlux Research Program.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee This notice announces an open meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee under the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that age...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of FERC Staff Participation at New England Transmission Cost Allocation Stakeholder Workshop #4 New England transmission cost allocation stakeholder workshop; agency staff participation	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Energy Department Secretary of Energy Advisory Board This notice announces an open meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463, 86 Stat. 770), requires that agencies publish these notices in the Federal Register to allow for public participatio...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface Coating of Metal Coil On June 10, 2002, EPA issued the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the surface coating of metal coil. This action will correct the timeline for beginning the first semiannual reporting period and submitting the fir...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants On October 7, 1997, the EPA issued national emission standards for primary aluminum reduction plants under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). This proposal would amend the existing rule by revising the emission limits for polycyclic organic matt...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule Due to the receipt of an adverse comment, the EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule approving Ohio's State Implementation Plan for the Oxides of Nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) State Implementation Plan Call. In the direct final rule published on Januar...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS)-Specific Polychlorinated Biphenyl Worm Tissue Criterion The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today modifies the designation of the Historic Area Remediation Site (hereinafter referred to as HARS) by establishing a HARS-specific worm tissue polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) criterion of 113 parts pe...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Implementation of Section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, Relating to Food for Education and Child Nutrition Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; food for education and child nutrition program, establishment (Memorandum of March 11, 2003)	Presidential Document	Mar 17, 2003

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Petitions for Reconsideration of Action In Rulemaking Proceedings Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service and Television Broadcast Service; Hibbing, MN The Commission, at the request of Duluth-Superior Area Educational Television Corporation, substitutes DTV channel 31 for channel 18 at Hibbing, Minnesota. See 66 FR 32296, June 14, 2001. DTV channel *31 can be allotted to Hibbing, Minnesota, in co...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Television broadcasting:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Broadcast Auxiliary Service Rules This document amends our rules pertaining to the Broadcast Auxiliary Services (BAS) to permit BAS stations to introduce new technologies and create a more efficient BAS that can more readily adapt as the broadcast industry converts to the use of digi...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003
Federal Communications Commission National Translation Association's Petition for Rulemaking To Establish a Rural Translator Service The Media Bureau ("Bureau") seeks comment on a proposal to establish a "Rural Translator Service." The National Translator Association asserts that implementation of this service will help to ensure the delivery of broadcast services to rural areas....	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Federal Election Commission

Compliance procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Administrative Fines The Commission is amending its administrative fines regulations to reduce the civil money penalties for political committees with less than $50,000 in financial activity in a reporting period that file reports late or that do not file them at all. Th...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Agency information collection activities: Announcement of Board approval under delegated authority and submission to OMB Background. Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed information collections by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Mar 17, 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	Mar 17, 2003

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Federal travel:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Federal Travel Regulation; Payment of Travel Expenses From a Non-Federal Source This final rule amends the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR), Chapter 304 for payment of travel expenses from a non-Federal source. This final rule permits after-the-fact agency acceptance of some payments from a non-Federal source for travel expenses...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Administrative Detention and Banned Medical Devices The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Emergency Medical Device Shortage Program Survey The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Environmental Impact Considerations The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval; Blood Establishment Registration and Product Listing, Form FDA 2830 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled "Blood Establishment Registration and Product Listing, Form FDA 2830" has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Re...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Aluminum in Large and Small Volume Parenterals Used in Total Parenteral Nutrition The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA)...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Expansion of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB Laboratory Activities at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in the Republic of South Africa Notice of Intent To Fund Single Eligibility Award South Africa; National Institute for Communicable Diseases	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Human drugs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Labeling Requirements for Systemic Antibacterial Drug Products Intended for Human Use; Correction The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of February 6, 2003 (68 FR 6062). The document amended FDA's regulations to require that the labeling for all systemic antibacterial drug products...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; VITREON; Amendment The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its determination regarding the regulatory review period for purposes of patent extension for VITREON that appeared in the Federal Register of December 17, 1998 (63 FR 69633). FDA is amending the doc...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment Advisory Committee	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Emergency Comment Request; Grant Application Standard Logic Model; Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comment...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Housing and Urban Development Department Inflation Adjustment of Civil Money Penalty Amounts This final rule revises HUD's civil money penalty regulations to make inflation adjustments to the civil money penalties imposed by HUD as required by statute. The applicable statute mandates the adjustments and the formula used to calculate them.	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Mortgage Insurance Premiums in Multifamily Housing Programs This final rule adopts, without change, the prior interim rule published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2001, which revised Federal Housing Administration (FHA) regulations to permit the Secretary to set mortgage insurance premiums by program, wi...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Receipt of Applications for Permit The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Interior Department > FWS Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals The following permits were issued.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of Comment Period for Final Rule To List the Contiguous United States Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in response to the December 26, 2002, memorandum opinion and order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, in the case of Defenders of Wildlife v. Norton, Civil Action No. 00-299...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of the Mead's Milkweed (Asclepias meadii) Draft Recovery Plan for Review and Comment The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces availability for public review of the draft recovery plan for the Mead's milkweed, a species that is federally listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act). The purpose of...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Banks Lake Drawdown, Columbia Basin Project, Washington Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), prepared a draft Environmental Impact Statement (draft EIS) to examine the impacts of alt...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan Related to Application for an Incidental Take Permit for the Long Point Homeowner's Association Development This notice advises the public and other agencies of the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment (EA)/Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and Incidental Take Permit (ITP) application for review and comment. The draft EA/HCP and ITP application w...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board; Meeting The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces that the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will conduct a meeting on matters pertaining to management and protection of wild, free-roaming horses and burros on the Nation's public lands.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Migratory bird permits:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Migratory Bird Permits; Regulations for Double-Crested Cormorant Management Increasing populations of the double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) have caused biological and socioeconomic resource conflicts. In November 2001, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) completed a draft Environmental Impact St...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Royalty management:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Geothermal Resources: Proposal To Convene Discussions To Develop Consensus on Royalty Valuation Approaches In conjunction with the President's National Energy Policy on renewable energy resources, MMS proposes to convene discussions with geothermal producers and other stakeholders to explore the possibility of developing a consensus on geothermal royalty...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Radios and Components Thereof; Notice of Commission Decision Not To Review an Initial Determination Granting Complainant's Motion To Terminate the Investigation Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ's") initial determination ("ID") granting complainant's motion to terminate the investigation based on wit...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

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Judicial Conference of the United States

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Judicial Conference of the United States Meeting of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Appellate Procedure The Advisory Committee on Rules of Appellate Procedure will hold a one-day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Judicial Conference of the United States Meeting of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure The Advisory Committee on Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure will hold a two-day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Judicial Conference of the United States Meeting of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure The Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure will hold a two-day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Judicial Conference of the United States Meeting of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure The Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure will hold a two-day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Judicial Conference of the United States Meeting of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence the Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence will hold a one- day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60-day notice of information collection under review: extension of a currently approved collection; application and permit for temporary importation of firearms and ammunition by nonimmigrant aliens.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Justice Department > ATF Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60-day emergency notice of information collection under review: revision of a currently approved collection; application for permit, user limited display fireworks.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Labor Department

Coal mine safety and health:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Verification of Underground Coal Mine Operators' Dust Control Plans and Compliance Sampling for Respirable Dust; Determination of Concentration of Respirable Coal Mine Dust MSHA will hold public hearings to receive comments on the proposed rule addressing Verification of Underground Coal Mine Operators' Dust Control Plans and Compliance Sampling for Respirable Dust (Plan Verification), and the notice of reopening addres...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting the general public and other Federal...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Business and Operations Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Business and Operations Advisory Committee	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tennessee Valley Authority; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing Tennessee Valley Authority	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Error in Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Construction and Operation of the Proposed Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina and Extension of Public Comment Period U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) noticed in the Federal Register (68 FR 9728; February 28, 2003) the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the proposed construction and operation of a mixed oxide (MOX) fuel fabricat...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Decommissioning Trust Provisions; Correction This document contains a correction to an amendment included with the final regulations establishing licensing criteria for the decommissioning trust provisions for nuclear power plants that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission published in the Federal...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Plant Tours Postal Rate Commissioners and staff members will tour several facilities in March and April. The purpose of the tours is to observe various printing, mailing and shipping operations.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Rule of Practice and Procedure The Commission recently implemented a comprehensive electronic (online) document handling system. This system's ability to provide rapid notice of filings has overtaken practices that were adopted some time ago to address certain situations where the...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Proposed Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries o...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Request for Public Comment Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act; Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of Koppers Inc. (Formerly Known as Koppers Industries, Inc.) To Withdraw Its 97/8% Senior Notes (Due 2007) From Listing and Registration on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. File No. 1-12716 Koppers Inc.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Customer Protection-Reserves and Custody of Securities; Delegation of Authority to the Director of the Division of Market Regulation The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting an amendment to its broker-dealer customer protection rule. Currently, broker-dealers are required to provide cash, U.S. Treasury bills or notes, or irrevocable bank letters of credit as collateral w...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to its Marketing Performance Standards for Exchange Specialists American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Regarding the Automated Confirmation Transaction Service (“ACT”) Workstation National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Establishing a Thirty-Day Waiver of Certain ViewSuite Data Services Fees Assessed Under NASD Rule 7010(q) National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Bid Price Test in Nasdaq Listing Standards National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Social Security Administration

Social security benefits and supplemental security income:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Mental Disorders We are planning to update and revise the rules that we use to evaluate mental disorders of adults and children who apply for, or receive, disability benefits under title II and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments based on disability under tit...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Form DS-4024, American Citizens Services Internet Based Registration Service (IBRS); OMB Control Number 1405-XXXX The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. T...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Advisory Committee for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Notice of Meeting Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet Union Study Advisory Committee	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Reinstitution of Service-Between Toledo and Maumee in Lucas County, OH The Board grants an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502, from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10901, for the reinstitution of service by Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) over 3.2 miles of the Toledo to Maumee branch line extending from...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Tennessee Valley Authority

Title	Type	Published
Tennessee Valley Authority Sunshine Act Notice; Meeting No. 1544 Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class D Airspace; Rome, NY This corrective action changes the effective date for the establishment of the Class D airspace area at Rome, NY. The proposed commissioning date for the Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) has been delayed; therefore, the effective date of the esta...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; Lake Placid, NY This notice proposes to establish Class E airspace at Lake Placid Airport (LKP), Lake Placid, NY. The development of Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) to serve flights operating into Lake Plac...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 20-73A “Aircraft Ice Protection” This notice announces the availability of and requests comments on a draft Advisory Circular (AC) 20-73A, Aircraft Ice Protection. The draft AC provides general information related to the approval of aircraft ice protection provisions in accordance w...	Notice	Mar 17, 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 installing a baulking device for the pintle pin in the nose landing...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135 and EMB-145 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain EMBRAER Model EMB-135 and EMB-145 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time inspection of the trailing arm cardan of each main land...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-30F (KC10A and KDC-10), DC-10-40, and DC-10-40F Airplanes This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas airplanes, that would have required inspections of the linear variable differential transducers (LVDTs) of the autopilot for discrepancies...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Bombardier Aerospace Model BD-100-1A10; Sudden Engine Stoppage These special conditions are issued to Bombardier Aerospace for the Model BD-100-1A10 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Computer reservation systems, carrier-owned:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Computer Reservations System (CRS) Regulations; Statements of General Policy The Department is correcting a notice of proposed rulemaking that appeared in the Federal Register on November 15, 2002 (67 FR 69366). The notice requested comments on proposals to change the Department's existing rules on airline computer reservatio...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Notice To Extend Comment Period for an Environmental Impact Statement: St. Louis City and St. Louis County, MO The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that we are extending the comment period for an environmental impact statement (EIS) for improvements on I-64 in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County, Missouri.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Transportation Department > FHWA Notice To Extend Comment Period for An Environmental Impact Statement: Texas and Howell Counties, MO The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that we are extending the comment period for an environmental impact statement (EIS) for improvements on Route 17 in Texas and Howell Counties, Missouri.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Qualification of Pipeline Personnel The Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) will conduct a public meeting to discuss progress in implementing the operator qualification (OQ) rule for gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. OPS will continue...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA RTCA Special Committee 201: Aeronautical Operational Control (AOC) Message Hazard Mitigation (AMHM) The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 201: Aeronautical Operational Control.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA No Smoking Placards and Signs The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the availability of proposed policy on no-smoking placards.	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Seaway regulations and rules:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > SAINT Tariff of Tolls The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Tariff of Tolls in their r...	Proposed Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 911 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8725 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Disclosure of records:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Disclosure of Records in Legal Proceedings This interim final rule amends Treasury's regulations that govern access to information and records in connection with legal proceedings, including litigation in which neither the United States nor the Department of the Treasury is a party. The amend...	Rule	Mar 17, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e), requires that all agencies publish in the Federal Register a notice of the existence and character of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is establis...	Notice	Mar 17, 2003

Federal Register March 17, 2003

Agencies Publishing on March 17, 2003

Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Meetings:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Fishery conservation and management:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors:

National Futures Association:

Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Education Department

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

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

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Water pollution control:

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Television broadcasting:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Election Commission

Compliance procedures:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Federal travel:

Health and Human Services Department

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Human drugs:

Meetings:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Meetings:

Migratory bird permits:

Royalty management:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

J Judicial Conference of the United States

Meetings:

Justice Department

Labor Department

Coal mine safety and health:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

N National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

P Postal Regulatory Commission

Practice and procedure:

R Railroad Retirement Board

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Social Security Administration

Social security benefits and supplemental security income:

State Department

J
Judicial Conference of the United States

N
National Science Foundation

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

R
Railroad Retirement Board