April 9, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register April 9, 2003

View all documents issued on April 9, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

116 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on April 9, 2003

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on a currently approved information collection wit...
Notice Apr 09, 2003
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the Regulations--Financing Commerci...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Appealable decisions; legal notice:

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This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by the ranger districts, forests and regional office of the Intermountain Region to publish legal notices required under 36 CFR parts 215 and 217. The intended effect of this action is to inform inte...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The Office of the Secretary of Agriculture announces members appointed to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Wyoming Range Allotment Complex (composed of the Corral Creek, Mule Creek, Grizzly Creek, Pickle Pass, Upper Grayback/ Phosphate, North Horse, and Prospect Peak domestic sheep allotments) is located in Townships 34, 35, 36 and 37 North, Ranges 11...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Loan and purchase programs:

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This final rule implements section 2501 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (the 2002 Act) which amended section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act which permits CCC to fund the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) program. T...
Rule Apr 09, 2003

Meetings:

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The Grays Harbor Resource Advisory Committee will hold its next meeting on May 8, 2003. The meeting will be held at the Aberdeen Timberland Library, 121 E Market Street, Aberdeen, Washington. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. A...
Notice Apr 09, 2003
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, we are giving notice of a meeting of the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee.
Notice Apr 09, 2003
The Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee will hold its next meeting on May 7, 2003. The meeting will be held at Washington State University Extension Learning Center, 201 W Pattison, Port Hadlock, Washington. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Nectarines and peaches grown in

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This rule revises the handling requirements for California nectarines and peaches by modifying the grade, size, maturity, and container requirements for fresh shipments of these fruits, beginning with 2003 season shipments. This rule also continues a...
Rule Apr 09, 2003

Onions (sweet) grown in

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This rule invites comments on a proposed change in the fiscal period under the Walla Walla sweet onion marketing order from June 1 through May 31 to January 1 through December 31. This rule was recommended by the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Marketing Com...
Proposed Rule Apr 09, 2003

Prunes (dried) produced in

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This rule changes the administrative rules and regulations pertaining to a voluntary prune plum diversion program under the California prune marketing order (order). The order regulates the handling of dried prunes produced in California and is admin...
Rule Apr 09, 2003

Special programs:

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The Farm Service Agency (FSA) proposes to amend the regulations for direct and guaranteed farm operating loans (OL) to implement the provision of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Act) relating to loan eligibility for applicant...
Proposed Rule Apr 09, 2003
This rule proposes to consolidate, clarify and revise the servicing regulations for the Minor Programs currently administered by the Farm Service Agency, Farm Loan Programs (FSA). Minor Program loans involve existing loans only since there is no long...
Proposed Rule Apr 09, 2003

Viruses, serums, toxins, etc.:

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has determined the regulatory review period for Poulvac[reg] ST Vaccine and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. We have made this determina...
Notice Apr 09, 2003
We are proposing to amend the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act regulations to specify the actions that would have to be taken by veterinary biologics licensees and permittees upon their receipt of notice from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHI...
Proposed Rule Apr 09, 2003

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Antidumping:

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The Department of Commerce is currently conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on bulk aspirin from the People's Republic of China. The period of review is July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002. This review covers imports of...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Countervailing duties:

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The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain pasta from Italy for the period January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2001. We preliminarily find that certain producers/exporters have rece...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
This document corrects a cross reference in the regulatory text of 50 CFR part 679. The action is necessary to correct an error in a cross reference at Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B).
Rule Apr 09, 2003
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 09, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The role of government is to create conditions in which jobs are created, and in which people can find work. The Economic Development Administration (EDA) announces general policies and application procedures for investments that will help our partne...
Notice Apr 09, 2003
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce, announces the solicitation of applications for a grant for the Pan-Pacific Education and Communications Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT) Program. P...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Marine mammals:

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NMFS has received a request from The Boeing Company (Boeing) for an authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to harbor activities related to the Delta IV/ Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) at south Vandenb...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Title 5, United States Code, Appendix 2, section 10(a)(b), the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is giving notice of a joint meeting, followed by separate and concurrently held meetings of the Census...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Notice.
Notice Apr 09, 2003
Notice
Notice Apr 09, 2003
The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. Patent application 10/342,649: HAZMAT Platform; a portable, re-usable,...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Health Information Privacy Program:

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Under 45 CFR part 164, "Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information" and DoD 6025.18-R, "DoD Health Information Privacy Regulation" provisions are made to allow appropriate uses and disclosures of protected health informatio...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to add a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Leader, Regulatory 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 Apr 09, 2003
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 09, 2003
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 09, 2003

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

Title Type Published
In this notice, the Department of Energy (DOE or Department) is forecasting the representative average unit costs of five residential energy sources for the year 2003 persuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The five sources are electricit...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Title Type Published
Direct Commodities Trading Inc. (DCT) has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
This notice announces that pesticide related information submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including...
Notice Apr 09, 2003
This notice announces that pesticide related information submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

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

Title Type Published
The EPA is proposing to approve revisions to particulate matter (PM) regulations for Richmond Power and Light Company (RPL) of Wayne County, Indiana. On January 31, 2003, Indiana requested that EPA "parallel process" this State Implementation Plan (S...
Proposed Rule Apr 09, 2003

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

Title Type Published
The State of Oklahoma has applied for Final authorization of the changes to its Hazardous Waste Program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The EPA has determined that these revisions satisfy all requirements needed to qualify fo...
Rule Apr 09, 2003
The EPA (also "the Agency" in this preamble) is proposing to grant final authorization to the State of Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) for its hazardous waste program revisions, specifically, revisions needed to meet the Resource...
Proposed Rule Apr 09, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a peer review workshop to facilitate preparation of the Environmental Effects Chapter to be included in a revised version of the EPA document Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Phot...
Notice Apr 09, 2003
Under section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-423, "The Federal Advisory Committee Act," notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC), established under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 300f...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

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This notice announces that a cancellation order was signed on March 17, 2003, in response to the use terminations and cancellations voluntarily requested by the registrants of wood preservative pesticide products containing Chromated Copper Arsenate...
Notice Apr 09, 2003
This notice announces Agency approval of applications submitted by Plant Products Co. Ltd., Brampton, ON L6T 1G1, Canada, to conditionally register the pesticide products Pseudozyma flocculosa strain PF-A22 UL (TGAI) technical grade of the active ing...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces receipt of an application 75437-EUP-E from Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for the male sea lamprey sex pheromone 3- ketopetromyzonol sulfate. The Agency has determined that the...
Notice Apr 09, 2003
This notice announces receipt of an application 75437-EUP-R from Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for the sea lamprey migratory pheromone, petromyzonol sulfate. The Agency has determined that the appli...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Title Type Published
EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of February 19, 2003, establishing an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of decanoic acid (capric acid) in or on all foods when applied/used as a component of a food contact surf...
Rule Apr 09, 2003

Superfund program:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, and the Solid Waste Disposal Act, commonly r...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Title Type Published
On October 4, 2002, EPA received an application from the State of North Dakota requesting authorization to administer a Program in accordance with section 402 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Included in the application was a letter signed...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Water pollution control:

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The Environmental Protection Agency is providing notice and requesting public comment on the Agency's preliminary review of regulations under the Clean Water Act governing the use and disposal of sewage sludge. As part of this review, EPA commissione...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Quarantinable communicable diseases, revised list (EO 13295)
Presidential Document Apr 09, 2003

Special observances:

Title Type Published
National Crime Victims Rights Week (Proc. 7659)
Presidential Document Apr 09, 2003

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Radio broadcasting:

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In this document, the Commission gives notice of its interim policy concerning the deadline for placement of Equal Employment Opportunity public file reports in stations' public files. This document also gives notice of groups that have filed petitio...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Television broadcasting:

Title Type Published
This document makes a minor correction to part 76 of the Commission's rules pertaining to definition of markets which were published in the Federal Register, 64 FR 33796, June 24, 1999, regarding cable television broadcast signals.
Rule Apr 09, 2003

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title Type Published
Pacific Atlantic Lines, Inc., et al.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Background. On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Public buildings space:

Title Type Published
The attached bulletin announces the redesignation of a Federal Building. Expiration Date: This bulletin expires September 3, 2003. However, the building redesignation announced by this bulletin will remain in effect until canceled or superseded.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Food additives:

Title Type Published
Pentaerythritol ester of partially hydrogenated gum or wood rosin; CFR correction
Rule Apr 09, 2003

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard published a final rule on March 25, 2003 establishing security zones in Tampa Bay, Port of Tampa, Port of Saint Petersburg, Port Manatee, Rattlesnake, Old Port Tampa, Big Bend, Weedon Island, and Crystal River, Florida. The rule erron...
Rule Apr 09, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
Correction
Correction Apr 09, 2003
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the Kauai cave wolf spider (Adelocosa anops) and the Kauai cave amphipod (Spelaeorchestia koloana) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The...
Rule Apr 09, 2003

Special regulations:

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This rule designates areas where personal watercraft (PWC) may be used in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada and Arizona. This rule implements the provisions of the National Park Service (NPS) general regulation authorizing parks to allow the...
Rule Apr 09, 2003

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Due to a typographical error, the Commission's notice published in the Federal Register on April 4, 2003 (68 F.R.16551) incorrectly stated that the complaint was filed on March 3, 2002. The corrected date is March 3, 2003. By order of the Commission.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
60-Day Emergency Notice of Information Collection Under Review: New Collection; Project Safe Neighborhoods Semi-Annual Researcher Reporting Form.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming public meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women (hereinafter "the Committee").
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title Type Published
BD Oil Gathering, Inc.
Notice Apr 09, 2003
Colonial Pipeline Co.
Notice Apr 09, 2003
Puerto Rico Aqueduct Sewer Authority, et al.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
Systems of records
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation process to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Apr 09, 2003
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

Title Type Published
This document contains a final rule that describes procedures relating to administrative hearings, in connection with the assessment of civil penalties under section 502(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended...
Rule Apr 09, 2003
This document contains a final rule that describes procedures relating to the assessment of civil penalties under section 502(c)(5) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, (ERISA) as amended by the Health Insurance Portability and Acc...
Rule Apr 09, 2003
This document contains a final rule governing certain reporting requirements under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) for multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) and certain other entities that offer or prov...
Rule Apr 09, 2003
This document contains a regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, (ERISA or the Act) setting forth specific criteria that, if met and if certain other factors set forth in the regulation are not present, const...
Rule Apr 09, 2003
This document contains regulations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, (ERISA or the Act) describing procedures for administrative hearings to obtain a determination by the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) as to wheth...
Rule Apr 09, 2003

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

Title Type Published
NASA hereby gives notice that Automated Control Technologies, Inc. of 2009 Pleasant Valley Road, Fairmont, WV 26554, has applied for a Partially Exclusive license to practice the inventions described in NASA Case Number LAR-13845 1-CU entitled "React...
Notice Apr 09, 2003
NASA hereby gives notice that the Bombardier Motor Corporation of America, of Delaware, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the inventions disclosed in NASA Case Nos. MFS-31294-2-CIP2 entitled "Aluminum Alloy And Article Cast Therefrom,"...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Group life insurance; Federal employees:

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed regulations to remove the premium rates and age bands under the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program from regulation. The information will be maintained on the FEGLI Web...
Proposed Rule Apr 09, 2003

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
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 will publish periodic summaries of prop...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new and/or currently approved information collection.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
West Virginia
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice of meetings.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Board amends its regulations to expedite the resolution of rail rate challenges considered under the stand-alone cost (SAC) methodology. The revisions institute a requirement for mandatory, non- binding post-complaint mediation between the shippe...
Rule Apr 09, 2003

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title Type Published
This action supersedes Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 92-4, which was published on March 19, 2002, to allow operators to quickly modify the flightcrew compartment door to delay or deter unauthorized entry to the flightcrew compartment. Th...
Rule Apr 09, 2003

Practice and procedure:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
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 09, 2003
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 09, 2003
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 09, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC), was established to provide continued input into the development and implementation of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) strategy for electronic tax administration. The ETAAC provides an o...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Excise taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations providing guidance on the notification requirements under section 4980F of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and section 204(h) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Under these final...
Rule Apr 09, 2003

Inflation adjustment factor and reference prices:

Title Type Published
Publication of the inflation adjustment factor, nonconventional source fuel credit, and reference price for calendar year 2002 as required by section 29 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. section 29). The inflation adjustment factor, nonconventi...
Notice Apr 09, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Small Business/Self Employed--Schedule C Non-Filers Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted in Washington DC.
Notice Apr 09, 2003

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