May 8, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register May 8, 2003

View all documents issued on May 8, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

122 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 8, 2003

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on a new one-time information collection, Economic, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Livestock Ranching on...
Notice May 08, 2003

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has determined the regulatory review period for Fel- O-Vax<SUP>[reg]</SUP> FIV Vaccine and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. We have made...
Notice May 08, 2003

Conservation Reserve Program:

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The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) amends the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) regulations to set forth the terms and conditions of enrolling acreage in the CRP, update program eligibility requirements, eliminate unnecessary regulations and imp...
Rule May 08, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) prepared a Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2003. This document prese...
Notice May 08, 2003

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

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We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the imported fire ant regulations by designating as quarantined areas all or portions of six counties in South Carolina and nine counties in Tennessee and restricting the i...
Rule May 08, 2003
We are quarantining part of Hidalgo County, TX, because of the sapote fruit fly and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from the quarantined area. This action is necessary on an emergency basis to prevent the spread of the sapot...
Rule May 08, 2003

Broadcasting Board of Governors logo Broadcasting Board of Governors

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 08, 2003

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 08, 2003

Antidumping:

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We preliminarily determine that durum wheat and hard red spring wheat from Canada are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Interested parti...
Notice May 08, 2003

Countervailing duties:

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting expedited reviews of the countervailing duty order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada for the period April 1, 2000, through March 31, 2001. This notice includes the preliminary re...
Notice May 08, 2003
On March 25, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon quality steel plate (CTL Plate) from the Republic of Korea, covering the period January...
Notice May 08, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the American Samoa Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal nonpoint program) and of the availability of the draft Approval Decisions on conditions for the American Samoa coastal nonpoi...
Notice May 08, 2003
Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the North Carolina Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal nonpoint program) and of the availability of the draft Approval Decisions on conditions for the North Carolina coastal nonpoi...
Notice May 08, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

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The Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) proposes to open the Chiniak Gully Research Area in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) to directed fishing for groundfish using trawl gear from August 1, 2003, through September 20, 2003. NMFS' Al...
Rule May 08, 2003
This final rule corrects the regulatory text of the final rule published January 2, 2003, implementing Steller sea lion protection measures for the Alaska groundfish fishery.
Rule May 08, 2003
NMFS is reopening directed fishing for yellowfin sole by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to utilize the amount of the second seasonal apportionment of the halibut bycatc...
Rule May 08, 2003

Permits:

Title Type Published
NMFS will hold a public meeting regarding the scientific research proposed by Dr. Peter Tyack in a permit application and analyzed in a draft environmental assessment.
Notice May 08, 2003

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given of the forthcoming meeting of the 2003 S&T Review and the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. The purpose of the meeting is to allow the SAB leadership to advise the Director on the outcome...
Notice May 08, 2003

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
AES Ocean Express, L.L.C.
Notice May 08, 2003
ANR Pipeline Co.
Notice May 08, 2003
Canyon Creek Compression Co.
Notice May 08, 2003
Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.
Notice May 08, 2003
Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.
Notice May 08, 2003
Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Notice May 08, 2003
Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC
Notice May 08, 2003
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership
Notice May 08, 2003
GridAmerica Co.
Notice May 08, 2003
Islander East Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Notice May 08, 2003
National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
Notice May 08, 2003
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Notice May 08, 2003
PGE Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp.
Notice May 08, 2003
Questar Pipeline Co.
Notice May 08, 2003
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Notice May 08, 2003
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.
Notice May 08, 2003

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title Type Published
On July 31, 2002, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in the above-captioned docket, proposing to amend its regulations to remedy undue discrimination through open access transmission service and standard electricity market d...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Hackberry LNG Terminal, L.L.C.; technical conference attendees
Notice May 08, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
Notice May 08, 2003
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): State Water Qu...
Notice May 08, 2003

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title Type Published
On February 18, 2003, EPA published a direct final rule on the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for chemical recovery combustion sources at kraft, soda, sulfite, and stand-alone semichemical pulp mills (68 FR 7706). T...
Rule May 08, 2003

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

Title Type Published
In this proposal we, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), propose to add Procedure 3, Quality Assurance Requirements for Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems at Stationary Sources, to the regulations. This action provides quality assurance/qua...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2003

Air programs:

Title Type Published
EPA is soliciting applications for the Critical Use Exemption from the phaseout of methyl bromide. This application process offers users of methyl bromide the opportunity to provide technical and economic information to support a "critical use" claim...
Notice May 08, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The June 3-5, 2003, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) face-to-face meeting to review the effects of atrazine on amphibians has been rescheduled. Due to scheduling conflicts, the May 21st premeet...
Notice May 08, 2003

Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), Region II, o...
Notice May 08, 2003

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
Presidential Document May 08, 2003

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 08, 2003

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 08, 2003

Banks and bank holding companies:

Organization, functions, and authority delegations;

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors has revised its definition of a quorum of the Board and incorporated the new quorum provision into the Board's Rules of Organization. The amendment is designed to enhance the Board's ability to perform its functions in the even...
Notice May 08, 2003

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Trade Commission ("Commission" or "FTC") is commencing a rulemaking proceeding to amend the alternative fueled vehicle ("AFV") label specified in the Commission's rule concerning Labeling Requirements for Alternative Fuels and Alternative...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2003

Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
In this document, OGE is correcting several minor errors under certain headings of the Notice of Proposed New and Revised Systems of Records, which was published by OGE in the Federal Register on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 and will become effective...
Notice May 08, 2003

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 08, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 08, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 08, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The IHS announces that competitive grant applications are now being accepted for the Nursing Education Program for AI/AN authorized by section 112 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act Public Law 94- 437, as amended. There will be only one fundin...
Notice May 08, 2003
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention announces the availability of FY 2003 funds for the grant program described below. A synopsis of this funding opportunity, as well as many ot...
Notice May 08, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels
Notice May 08, 2003
Vital and Health Statistics National Committee
Notice May 08, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice May 08, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (We) will submit the collection of information described below to the Office of Management and Budget for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). You may obtain copies of the collection r...
Notice May 08, 2003
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (We) will submit the collection of information described below to the Office of Management and Budget for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). You may obtain copies of the collection r...
Notice May 08, 2003

Central Valley Project Improvement Act:

Title Type Published
To meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992 (CVPIA) and the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) developed and published the Criteria for Evaluating Water Management Plans (C...
Notice May 08, 2003

Disclaimer of interest applications:

Title Type Published
The State of Alaska has submitted an application for a recordable disclaimer of interest from the United States pursuant to Section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1745 (1994) and the regulations contained in 43 C...
Notice May 08, 2003

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are announcing availability of guidance for the establishment, use, and operation of conservation banks. Conservation banks are a tool to offset adverse impacts to species listed as threatened or endangered und...
Notice May 08, 2003

Marine mammals:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) have determined that we are unable to authorize the incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) resulting from governmental activities related to the...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-463). Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior has renewed the Bureau of Land Management's California Desert Distri...
Notice May 08, 2003

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title Type Published
We are approving a proposed amendment to the Kentucky regulatory program (the "Kentucky program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Kentucky proposed revisions to the Kentucky Administrative Regulations...
Rule May 08, 2003
We are approving a proposed amendment to the Wyoming regulatory program (the "Wyoming program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Wyoming proposed revisions to rules about placement of spoil outside the...
Rule May 08, 2003

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

Title Type Published
Pursuant to 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 approved Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging...
Notice May 08, 2003

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 2, 2003, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Superbag Corp. of Houston, Texas. An amended compla...
Notice May 08, 2003

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
60-day notice of information collection under review: Extension of a currently approved collection; Bulletproof Vest Partnership.
Notice May 08, 2003
60-Day notice of information collection under review: New Semi- Annual Progress Report for the Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program.
Notice May 08, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Clair, Michael J., D.D.S.
Notice May 08, 2003
Cleggett-Lucas, Jacqueline, M.D., et al.
Notice May 08, 2003
Goswitz, Francis A., M.D.
Notice May 08, 2003
Jackson, Michael D., M.D.
Notice May 08, 2003
Nave, Kenneth S., M.D.
Notice May 08, 2003
Walker-Graham, Fereida, M.D.
Notice May 08, 2003

National Defense Authorization Act:

Title Type Published
DEA is proposing to conform its regulations to provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act. This Act provides that a Federal department or agency may not sell from its stocks any chemical which could be used in the manufacture of a controlle...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2003

N
National Institute for Literacy

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and a summary of the agenda for an upcoming meeting of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board (Board). The notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this meeting is required by section...
Notice May 08, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
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 May 08, 2003

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Excepted service:

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing an interim regulation to amend the excepted service Schedule A authority for temporary organizations. This regulation will revise the definition of the term "temporary organization" to comply with r...
Rule May 08, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 08, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 08, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
MAI Systems Corp.
Notice May 08, 2003
Notice of Application pursuant to section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an order granting exemption from the provisions of sections 9(a), 13(a), 15(a) and 15(b) of the Act and Rules 6e-2(b)(l5) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) thereunder.
Notice May 08, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice May 08, 2003
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice May 08, 2003
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice May 08, 2003
National Securities Clearing Corp.
Notice May 08, 2003
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Notice May 08, 2003
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice May 08, 2003

S
Selective Service System

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 08, 2003

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has forwarded the attached Notifications of Proposed Export Licenses to the Congress on the dates shown on the attachments pursuant to sections 36(c) and 36(d) and in compliance with section 36(f) o...
Notice May 08, 2003
On April 30, 2003, the Department of State certified, pursuant to section 609 of Public Law 101-162 ("Section 609"), that 15 nations have adopted programs to reduce the incidental capture of sea turtles in their shrimp fisheries comparable to the pro...
Notice May 08, 2003

Visas; immigrant documentation:

Title Type Published
This rule amends the Department's regulations concerning immigrant visas. Recent legislation, commonly known as the USA Patriot Act, permits certain victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack to file petitions for classification as special im...
Rule May 08, 2003

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Metro Regional Transit Authority
Notice May 08, 2003

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Trade Act of l974:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has submitted its annual report on the identification of those foreign countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or deny fair and eq...
Notice May 08, 2003

Trade Policy Staff Committee:

Title Type Published
The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) gives notice that the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Department of Labor (Labor) are initiating a review of the impact of the proposed U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA)...
Notice May 08, 2003

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains the dispositions of certain petitions previously...
Notice May 08, 2003
The FHWA adopts as final an interim final rule that establishes the regulation on the Indian reservation road bridge program (IRRBP). The purpose of adopting the interim final rule as final is to establish a nationwide priority program for improving...
Rule May 08, 2003
The FHWA adopts as final an interim final rule that amends the regulation on railroad-highway projects and reimbursement for railroad work on Federal-aid highway projects. The purpose of adopting the interim final rule as final is to reflect the stat...
Rule May 08, 2003

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing to amend its hazardous materials (hazmat) training requirements for certain air carriers and commercial operators. In addition, the FAA is proposing that certain repair stations document for the...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), that is applicable to General Electric (GE) CF34-8C1 turbofan engines. This amendment requires replacing combustion chamber assemblies, part number (P/N) 4126T87G04, before accumulating a new...
Rule May 08, 2003

Exemption petitions; etc.

Title Type Published
Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway Co.
Notice May 08, 2003

Hazardous materials:

Title Type Published
On August 8, 2002, RSPA published a final rule under Docket No. RSPA-01-10373 (HM-220D) amending the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations applicable to the maintenance, requalification, repair, and use of DOT specification cylinders. T...
Rule May 08, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to 49 CFR 211.61, FRA is issuing this document to notify all interested parties that FRA is conducting an informal safety inquiry and technical conference related to the application of safety appliances on passenger equipment. The primary fo...
Notice May 08, 2003
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 193/EUROCAE Working Group 44: Terrain and Airport Databases.
Notice May 08, 2003
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 195: Flight Information Services Communications (FISC).
Notice May 08, 2003
Notice.
Notice May 08, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
This document amends the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on child restraint anchorage systems to: Reflect an extension of the date by which final-stage manufacturers and alterers were required to install tether anchorages in vehicles subject to...
Rule May 08, 2003

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Traffic control systems; discontinuance or modification:

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 May 08, 2003
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC and the Board (the "agencies") may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless i...
Notice May 08, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 08, 2003

Book-entry Treasury savings bonds:

Title Type Published
We recently implemented a new book-entry, online system for purchasing, holding and conducting transactions in Treasury securities. The system is known as New Treasury Direct. At its initial implementation, the only Treasury security that could be he...
Rule May 08, 2003

Procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to final regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Friday, January 31, 2003 (68 FR 4918), regarding regulations that eliminate regulatory impediments to the electronic filing of Form 1040, "U.S. Ind...
Rule May 08, 2003

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