Federal Register April 8, 2003 (Volume 68)

Agencies Publishing on April 8, 2003

Agency for International Development (1)
Agriculture Department (6)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (13)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (31)
Environmental Protection Agency (5)
Farm Credit Administration (1)
Federal Communications Commission (3)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (3)
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation (1)
Health and Human Services Department (13)
Homeland Security Department (5)
Housing and Urban Development Department (4)
Interior Department (21)
International Trade Commission (2)
Library of Congress (1)
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Management and Budget Office (2)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (12)
Small Business Administration (7)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (14)
Treasury Department (2)

Agency for International Development

Title	Type	Published
Agency for International Development Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the U.S. Agency for International Development; Comments Requested U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is making efforts to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed and/or continuing informatio...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Information Collection Activity; Comment Request In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information collection for which RUS intends to request approval from the Office of Management and B...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Ivy Gourd; Availability of an Environmental Assessment We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment relative to a proposed field release of a nonindigenous leaf-mining weevil, Acythopeus cocciniae, into Guam and Saipan for the bio...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RBS Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications for the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Grant Program The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) announces the availability of $23 million in competitive grant funds for fiscal year (FY) 2003 to purchase renewable energy systems and make energy improvements for agricultural producers and rural small b...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Land and resource management plans, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Kootenai (KNF) and Idaho Panhandle National Forests (IPNF); Montana, Idaho and Washington; Extension of Scoping For Revised Land and Resource Management Plans The scoping period has been extended for the proposed revised Forest Plans and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The original notice of intent was published in the Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 83, on page 21210, on April 30, 2002 as FR Doc....	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Madera County Resource Advisory Committee Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-463) and under the secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393) the Sierra National Forest's Resource Advisory Committe...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Program regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RBS, RHS, RUS, FSA, Commerce Department > BIS, Transportation Department > FAA, Health and Human Services Department Methodology and Formulas for Allocation of Loan and Grant Program Funds Correction	Correction	Apr 08, 2003

Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the New York Advisory Committee New York	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Policies and Procedures Concerning Use of the NOAA Space-Based Data Collection Systems The proposed rule will amend NOAA's policies and procedures regarding space-based data collection systems (DCS) to allow expanded use of the NOAA DCS for government interests and to permit greater flexibility in utilizing these vital U.S. data collec...	Proposed Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel and Pacific Cod With Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands NMFS announces opening and closing dates of the first and second directed fisheries for Atka mackerel within the harvest limit area (HLA) in Statistical Areas 542 and 543. These actions are necessary to fully use the 2003 HLA limits established for t...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003
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 the required information and warrants further consideration. The Regional Administrator has also mad...	Proposed Rule	Apr 08, 2003
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 the required information and warrants further consideration. The Regional Administrator has also mad...	Proposed Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 620 of the Gulf of Alaska NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the pollock total allowable catch (TAC) for Statistical Area 620 of the GOA.	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) will hold a plenary meeting on May 16, 2003 at the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ETTAC will discuss administrative and trade issues including the status of trade negotiations in regar...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Habitat and Monkfish Oversight Committees in April, 2003 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendati...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a working meeting which is open to the public.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad Hoc Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement Oversight Committee (EIS Oversight Committee) will hold a working meeting, which is open to the public, on the draft Groundfis...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Sub- Committee in Charleston, SC.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered Species; File No. 1299 Notice is hereby given that Dr. Raymond Carthy has been issued a modification to scientific research Permit No. 1299.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Program regulations:

No documents available.

Voluntary product standards:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NIST Announcement of the American Petroleum Institute's Standards Activities The American Petroleum Institute (API), with the assistance of other interested parties, continues to develop standards, both national and international, in several areas. This notice lists the standardization efforts currently being conducted by API...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Agricultural Advisory Committee; Tenth Renewal Agricultural Advisory Committee	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > EIA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, Correction Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, Correction.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Proposed Information Collection and Request for Comments In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collec...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > EIA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The EIA is soliciting comments on the proposed changes and extension for three-years to the Forms EIA-851, "Domestic Uranium Production Report," and EIA-858, "Uranium Industry Annual Survey."	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Intent To File an Application for a New License	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing ANR Pipeline Co.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC CMS Trunkline LNG Company, LLC; Notice of Compliance Filing CMS Trunkline LNG Co., LLC	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Corp.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC East Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Annual Cashout Report East Tennessee Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff El Paso Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.; Notice of Compliance Filing Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Kern River Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC MIGC, Inc.; Notice of Compliance Filing MIGC, Inc.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Compliance Filing Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Northern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC PG&E National Energy Group, et al., Complainants, v. New England Power Pool, Respondent; Notice of Complaint PGE National Energy Group et al.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Vector Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Annual Fuel Use Report Vector Pipeline L.P.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC American Transmission Company, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings American Transmission Company, Inc., et al.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee This notice announces a meeting of the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Amendment to 310 CMR 7.06, Visible Emissions Rule The EPA is proposing to conditionally approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Massachusetts. On August 9, 2001, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MA DEP) formally submitted a SIP revision c...	Proposed Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Amendment to 310 CMR 7.06, Visible Emissions Rule EPA is conditionally approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Massachusetts. On August 9, 2001, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MA DEP) formally submitted a SIP revision containing multi...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Hazardous wastes:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revision of Wastewater Treatment Exemptions for Hazardous Waste Mixtures (“Headworks Exemptions”) The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing in today's action to add benzene and 2-ethoxyethanol to the list of solvents whose mixtures with wastewater are exempted from the definition of hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recov...	Proposed Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Announcement of a Public Stakeholder Meeting on Drinking Water Distribution Systems The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled a public meeting to discuss the finished water quality in distribution systems. The purpose of this meeting is to provide information to stakeholders and the public.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public Meeting EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs will hold a public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on April 16 and 17, 2003. An agenda has been developed and is posted on EPA's website. The following topics are planned for discussion: I...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Farm Credit Administration

Title	Type	Published
Farm Credit Administration Farm Credit Administration Board; Regular Meeting; Sunshine Act Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Redesignation of the 17.7-19.7 GHz Frequency Band, Blanket Licensing of Satellite Earth Stations in the 17.7-20.2 GHz and 27.5-30.0 GHz Frequency Bands, and the Allocation of Additional Spectrum in the 17.3-17.8 GHz and 24.75-25.25 GHz Frequency Bands for Broadcast Satellite-Service Use This document alters the 18 GHz band plan, blanket licensing rules, and relocation rules adopted in a previous First Order on Reconsideration in this proceeding released in 2001. This document changes certain rules in light of the increased number of...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Bend and Prineville, OR This document sets forth a proposal to amend the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 73.202(b). The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by Combined Communications, Inc., licensee of Station KTWS-FM,...	Proposed Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Various Locations The Commission, on its own motion, editorially amends the Table of FM Allotments to specify the actual classes of channels allotted to various communities. The changes in channel classifications have been authorized in response to applications filed...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Federal Maritime Commission

Passenger vessel financial responsibility:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Passenger Vessel Financial Responsibility The Commission has determined to extend the comment period in this matter, and to provide interested persons with the opportunity to make oral presentations to individual Commissioners and at a public hearing before the full Commission.	Proposed Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Apr 08, 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	Apr 08, 2003
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

Title	Type	Published
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Sunshine Act Meeting; Annual Meeting of the Trustees and Officers of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Cancer Control Module (CCM) Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and app...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institutes of Health Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the availability of educational loan repayment under the NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers (LRP-CR). The Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers, which is authoriz...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) invite applications for the extramural Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research (HDR-LRP or Program) for fiscal year 2003....	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Notice of Availability of Financial Assistance and Request for Applications for Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Grants This notice announces the availability of financial assistance and request for applications for the FY 2003 Basic Center Program for Runaway and Homeless Youth (BCP), FY 2003 Street Outreach Program (SOP), FY 2003 Positive Youth Development State and...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Health insurance reform:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Health Insurance Reform: Security Standards Electronic protected health information; security standards; correction	Correction	Apr 08, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Notice of Closed Meeting National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Aging; Notice of Meeting National Institute on Aging	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Meeting National Institute on Drug Abuse	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Program regulations:

No documents available.

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Proposed Regulations Implementing Title III of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; Notice of Public Meeting The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting (via satellite downlink) to discuss proposed regulations implementing two sections in Title III of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002...	Proposed Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Nanticoke River, Seaford, DE The Coast Guard is changing the regulations that govern the operation of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge across the Nanticoke River, mile 39.4, in Seaford, Delaware. The final rule will increase bridge openings by extending the daytime hours of...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Response Boat Replacement Project; Programmatic Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announces the availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the USCG Response Boat Replacement Project. The purpose of acquiring standard Response Bo...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Coast Guard Transition to Department of Homeland Security; Technical Amendments Reflecting Organizational Changes The Coast Guard published in the Federal Register of February 28, 2003, a document concerning technical changes to various parts of titles 33 (Navigation and Navigable Waters), 46 (Shipping), and 49 (Cargo containers) of the Code of Federal Regulatio...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Regulated Navigation Area; Kill Van Kull Channel, Newark Bay Channel, South Elizabeth Channel, Elizabeth Channel, Port Newark Channel and New Jersey Pierhead Channel, New York and New Jersey The Coast Guard is amending a Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) to add restrictions on vessels transiting the Bergen Point West Reach of the Kill Van Kull during U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging operations in that area. This action is necessary to...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Merchant Mariner's Documents: Forms and Procedures for Renewals and Issuances The Coast Guard published a notice in the Federal Register on Thursday, February 20, 2003, in which we stated: "The Coast Guard will begin issuing Merchant Mariner's Documents (MMDs) [on] a new form to new applicants as soon as possible." The Coast G...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Application for Multifamily Housing Project The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for reviews, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Announcement of Funding Awards for the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program; Fiscal Year 2002 In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the Super Notice of Fu...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Grants:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Indian Housing Block Grant Allocation Formula: Notice of Establishment of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee and Announcement of Final List of Committee Members HUD announces the establishment of its Indian Housing Block Grant Allocation Formula Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, consistent with the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990. In addition, this notice announces the final list of committee members. The c...	Proposed Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice Concerning Release of Certain Loan-Level Data on Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities This proposed notice announces the intent of Ginnie Mae, a Government corporation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), to make certain loan-level data available to the public on Ginnie Mae multifamily securities, and invites...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, we are inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) is ti...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, we are inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) is ti...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Issuance of Permits for Incidental Take Between April 21, 2000 and December 31, 2002, Region 2 of the Fish and Wildlife Service issued 229 permits for the incidental take of threatened and endangered species, pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as a...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Interior Department > FWS Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications The following applicants have applied for a scientific research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) s...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Concession contracts and permits:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Concession Contracts: Extension of Expired Contracts Pursuant to 36 CFR 51.23, public notice is hereby given that, in order to avoid interruption of visitor services, the National Park Service has extended the following concession contracts for a period of 3 years (i.e., until December 31, 2005) or unt...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Seven Bexar County, TX, Invertebrate Species We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for seven endangered invertebrate species found in Bexar County, Texas, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The critical habitat designation to...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status and Designation of Critical Habitat for Polygonum hickmanii (Scotts Valley polygonum) We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for Polygonum hickmanii (Scotts Valley polygonum). Polygonum hickmanii is restricted to two sites in north...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Final Environmental Impact Statement/Primary Restoration Plan, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, Santa Barbara County, CA; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR part 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park Servi...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; General Management Plan Amendment for Visitor Learning Center; Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, NV; Notice of Availability Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended), the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared and distributed a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for a p...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Final Environmental Impact Statement/Lake Management Plan, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada and Arizona; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the implementing regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR part 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, Nation...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS), Saguaro National Park, AZ Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a general management plan for Saguaro National Park. The environmental impact statement will be approved...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage, Management Plan Update 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 (DEIS) for Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area Management Plan U...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail Comprehensive Management Plan, County of Hawaii, HI; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement Pursuant to provisions in Sec. 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190), the National Park Service is initiating conservation planning and environmental impact analysis for a Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP) for...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, Management Plan Update Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Management Plan Update for Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area. The Lackawanna Valley N...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Meeting Notice.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

National Natural Landmark designations:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Proposed National Natural Landmark Designation for Garden Canyon at Fort Huachuca, AZ The National Park Service has evaluated and determined that Garden Canyon, located within Fort Huachuca, Cochise County, Arizona, meets the criteria for national significance and proposes to designate it a National Natural Landmark. The public is inv...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO Notice.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion: Nevada State Museum, Carson City, NV Notice.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Survey plat filings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has officially filed the plats of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Idaho State Office, Boise, Idaho, effective 9 a.m., on the dates specified.	Notice	Apr 08, 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), Public Law 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...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Under Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public Law 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...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission 4,4'-Diamino-2,2'-Stilbenedisulfonic Acid and Stilbenic Fluorescent Whitening Agents From China, Germany, and India The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase countervailing duty investigation No. 701-TA-434 (Preliminary) and antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-1030-1032 (Preliminary) under sect...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Library of Congress

Copyright office and procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Notice of Termination The Copyright Office's interim rule governing the form, content, and manner of service of notices of termination of transfers and licenses granted by authors on or after 1978 is being adopted as a final rule with one change. Beginning on January 1, 2...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

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Management and Budget Office

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Management and Budget Office Office of Federal Financial Management; Consolidated Federal Financial Report The Office of Federal Financial Management proposes to consolidate several existing financial reporting forms into a single financial report to be used by the Federal agencies and grant recipients. The purpose of this consolidated Federal Financial R...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Management and Budget Office Office of Federal Financial Management; Standard Data Elements for Federal Grant Applications OMB proposes (1) to establish a standard set of data elements and definitions as found on the SF-424, plus five additional data elements for Federal agencies and grant applicants to use on both paper and electronic applications for discretionary gran...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shipment by Government Bills of Lading This rule adopts as final, without change, the interim rule published in the Federal Register on June 6, 2002, which amended the NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NFS) to specify that shipment by Government Bills of Lading (GBLs) may on...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act; Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission State of Wisconsin: NRC Staff Draft Assessment of a Proposed Agreement Between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the State of Wisconsin By letter dated August 21, 2002, former Governor Scott McCallum of Wisconsin requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) enter into an Agreement with the State as authorized by section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. to Modify Computer-to-Computer Interface Fees for Non-NASD Members	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration on the Pacific Exchange, Inc. (El Paso Corporation, Common Stock, $3.00 par value) File No. 1-14365 El Paso Corp.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission CUNA Mutual Life Insurance Company, et al.; Notice of Application Notice of application for an order pursuant to section 26(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") approving certain substitutions of securities.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Metropolitan Life Investors USA Insurance Company, et al. Notice of application for an order pursuant to section 26(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") approving certain substitutions of securities and for an order of exemption pursuant to section 17(b) of the Act.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC to Amend the Price Criteria for Securities That Underlie Options Traded on the Exchange American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Relating to Amendments to Rules G-37, on Political Contributions and Prohibitions on Municipal Securities Business, G-8, on Books and Records, Revisions to Form G-37/G-38 and the Withdrawal of Certain Rule G-37 Questions and Answers Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. To Modify Nasdaq Test Facility Pricing Under Rule 7050 for Persons Who Are Not NASD Members National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Apr 08, 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., To Modify Computer-to-Computer Interface Fees for NASD Members National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Creating New Cost Basis Reporting Service National Securities Clearing Corp.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Regarding the Dissemination of Liquidity Quotations New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Regarding Firm Quotation Size Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of Florida (And Contiguous Counties in Alabama) Florida and Alabama	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Small Business Administration State of Georgia Georgia	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Small Business Administration State of Kentucky (Amendment #1) Kentucky	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Small Business Administration State of Massachusetts (And Contiguous Counties in New Hampshire) Massachusetts and New Hampshire	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Small Business Administration State of North Carolina North Carolina	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Small Business Administration State of Ohio (Amendment #2) Ohio	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
Small Business Administration Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 [79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459], Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB CSX Transportation, Inc.-Abandonment Exemption-in Sumner County, TN CSX Transportation, Inc.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003
DOT, STB St. Croix Valley Railroad Company-Abandonment and Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Pine and Kanabec Counties, MN St. Croix Valley Railroad Co.	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class E Airspace; Ames, IA This document confirms the effective day of the final rule which revises Class E airspace at Ames, IA.	Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class E Airspace; Ankeny, IA This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Ankeny, IA.	Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Amendment to Class E Airspace; Lebanon, MO This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Lebanon, MO.	Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class D Airspace; and Modification of Class E Airspace; Topeka, Philip Billard Municipal Airport, KS This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Topeka, Philip Billard Municipal Airport, KS.	Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Cherokee, IA This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Cherokee, IA.	Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Herington, KS This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Herington, KS	Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Hazen, ND Class E airspace; correction	Correction	Apr 08, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Clarinda, IA This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Clarinda, IA.	Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Larned, KS This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Larned, KS.	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Designation of Class A, B, C, D, and E Airspace Areas; Air Traffic Service Routes; and Reporting Points This action adopts certain amendments proposed in Notice No. 02-20, Area Navigation (RNAV) and Miscellaneous Amendments. Specifically, this action revises or adopts several definitions in FAA regulations, including Air Traffic Service routes, in part...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Area Navigation (RNAV) and Miscellaneous Amendments; Partial Reopening of Comment Period This action reopens the comment period for portions of an NPRM that was published December 17, 2002. In that document, the FAA proposed to amend its regulations to reflect technological advances that support area navigation (RNAV); make certain terms...	Proposed Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Models PC-12 and PC- 12/45 airplanes. This AD requires you to replace certain push switch caps on the electrical power management overhea...	Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting FRA announces the next meeting of the RSAC, a Federal Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus process. The meeting will address a wide range of topics, including possible adoption of specific recommendations f...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 03-06-C-00-ABE To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Allentown, PA The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Lehigh Valley International Airport under the provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CF...	Notice	Apr 08, 2003

Program regulations:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 1066 and Schedule Q (Form 1066) 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	Apr 08, 2003

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Reductions of Accruals and Allocations Because of the Attainment of Any Age; Application of Nondiscrimination Cross-Testing Rules to Cash Balance Plans; Hearing This document provides notice of a change of date and location for the public hearing on proposed regulations under sections 401 and 411 regarding the requirements that accruals or allocations under certain retirement plans not cease or be reduced be...	Proposed Rule	Apr 08, 2003

Federal Register April 8, 2003

Agencies Publishing on April 8, 2003

Agency for International Development

Agriculture Department

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Civil Rights Commission

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Commerce Department

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Education Department

Energy Department

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Environmental Protection Agency

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Hazardous wastes:

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Farm Credit Administration

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

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Federal Maritime Commission

Passenger vessel financial responsibility:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

Health and Human Services Department

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Health insurance reform:

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Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; implementation:

Homeland Security Department

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Housing and Urban Development Department

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Interior Department

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International Trade Commission

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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Small Business Administration

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