May 12, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register May 12, 2003

View all documents issued on May 12, 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 12, 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 the extension of the currently approved collection for from FS-2400-14, Bid for Advertised Timber, and...
Notice May 12, 2003
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Farm Service Agency and the Commodity Credit Corporation are seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension of a currently approved information collectio...
Notice May 12, 2003
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Farm Service Agency (FSA) intends to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclos...
Notice May 12, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 12, 2003

Animal welfare:

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The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 amended section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) by adding specific provisions regarding the sale, purchase, transportation, delivery, or receipt of live birds in commerce for participation in anim...
Notice May 12, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture has reestablished the Burley Tobacco Advisory Committee for an additional period of 2 years.
Notice May 12, 2003
Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture has reestablished the Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee for an additional period of 2 years.
Notice May 12, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Soda Springs Ranger District, Caribou-Targhee National Forest will be preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the effects of commercial harvest of conifer trees, prescribed fire, realignment or surface improvement of old road...
Notice May 12, 2003

Grants:

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The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) announces the availability of approximately $1.5 million in competitive cooperative agreement funds allocated from fiscal year (FY) 2003 budget. RBS hereby requests proposals from the 1890 Land Grant Unive...
Notice May 12, 2003

Raisins produced from grapes grown in

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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule reducing the production cap for the 2003 diversion program (RDP) for Natural (sun-dried) Seedless (NS) raisins from 2.75 to 2.0 tons per acre. Th...
Rule May 12, 2003

User fees:

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We are proposing to establish a user fee for a Government- owned ramp at Miami International Airport used to move animals off of and onto airplanes. Under the present user fee schedule we can recover the cost of labor in supervising and assisting imp...
Proposed Rule May 12, 2003

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwo...
Notice May 12, 2003
The Department of Commerce has issued an Export Trade Certificate of Review to EXIM Services of North America, Inc. ("EXIM"). This notice summarizes the conduct for which certification has been granted.
Notice May 12, 2003

Antidumping:

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On March 20, 2003, the Department of Commerce published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of its changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from Italy (PTFE) (see Antidumping Duty...
Notice May 12, 2003
In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on gray portland cement and clinker from Mexico. The review covers exports of subject merchandise to the...
Notice May 12, 2003
In response to a request by S.C. Silcotub S.A. (Silcotub), a producer/exporter of subject merchandise, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain small diameter carbon a...
Notice May 12, 2003
South Africa
Notice May 12, 2003

Countervailing duties:

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The Department of Commerce is conducting administrative reviews of the countervailing duty orders on pure magnesium and alloy magnesium from Canada for the period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001. We preliminarily find that certain producers...
Notice May 12, 2003

Endangered and threatened species:

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Notice is hereby given that NMFS has prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) of the potential effects of approval of 10 Hatchery and Genetic Management Plans (HGMPs) submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for artifici...
Notice May 12, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS issues 2003 specifications for the Atlantic bluefish fishery, including total allowable harvest levels (TAL), state-by-state commercial quotas, and a recreational harvest limit and possession limit for Atlantic bluefish off the east coast of the...
Rule May 12, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that NCCOS/ CSCOR/COP is soliciting 1-year and 2-year proposals to support coastal ecosystem studies in South Florida including Florida Bay, Florida Keys, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (...
Notice May 12, 2003

Marine mammals:

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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has amended the letter of authorization (LOA) to take small numbers of seals and sea lions that was issued on...
Notice May 12, 2003

Meetings:

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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Research Steering Committee in May, 2003. Recommendations from the committee will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if approp...
Notice May 12, 2003
The Groundfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel for cowcod, darkblotched rockfish, and yellowtail rockfish will hold a work session which is open to the public.
Notice May 12, 2003

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that Dr. Stephen J. Insley, Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, 2595 Ingraham St., San Diego, California 92109, has applied in due form for a permit to take northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) for purposes of scientific re...
Notice May 12, 2003

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee is publishing Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 230. This bulletin lists revisions in the per diem rates prescribed for U.S. Government employees for official travel in Alaska, Haw...
Notice May 12, 2003

Acquisition regulations:

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DoD is soliciting comments from both government and industry regarding potential changes to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) policy on government property in the possession of contractors. These changes relate to item marking...
Proposed Rule May 12, 2003

Meetings:

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The Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) Panel on Technology for FORCEnet will meet to define the concepts and science and technology (S&T) initiatives, including those in the space, atmospheric, surface and subsurface environments, required to a...
Notice May 12, 2003
On April 17, 2003, 68 FR 18972, the Department of Defense published a notice concerning the Committee Meeting of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). This notice is published to announce that the session to b...
Notice May 12, 2003

Education Department logo Education Department

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This notice announces Department of Education procedures and policies to promote compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act. This notice is issued in accordance with Executive Order 13272 on "Proper Consideration of Small Entities in Agency Rulem...
Notice May 12, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Secretary announces the 2003-2004 award year deadline dates for postsecondary institutions to submit various requests and documents for the campus-based programs.
Notice May 12, 2003
Tech-Prep Demonstration Program
Notice May 12, 2003
The Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education announces requirements, priorities, and selection criteria under the Tech-Prep Demonstration Program (TPDP). The Assistant Secretary will use these requirements, priorities, and selection cri...
Notice May 12, 2003

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Black Marlin Pipeline Co.
Notice May 12, 2003
CMS Trunkline Gas Co., LLC
Notice May 12, 2003
CMS Trunkline LNG Co., LLC
Notice May 12, 2003
Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
Notice May 12, 2003
Discovery Gas Transmission LLC
Notice May 12, 2003
Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP
Notice May 12, 2003
Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P.
Notice May 12, 2003
High Island Offshore System
Notice May 12, 2003
Kern River Gas Transmission Co.
Notice May 12, 2003
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Notice May 12, 2003
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Notice May 12, 2003
Northern Natural Gas Co.
Notice May 12, 2003
Northern Natural Gas Co.
Notice May 12, 2003
PGE Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp.
Notice May 12, 2003
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.
Notice May 12, 2003
Sea Robin Pipeline Co.
Notice May 12, 2003
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
Notice May 12, 2003
Southwest Gas Storage Co.
Notice May 12, 2003

Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review determinations; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Western Area Power Administration (Western), a power marketing agency of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), proposes to replace existing wood-pole H-frame structures with steel-pole H-frame structures along 52 miles of transmission line between...
Notice May 12, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Distribution o...
Notice May 12, 2003
The invention named below is owned by the U.S. Government and is available for licensing in the United States in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR Part 404. Pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7, beginning three months after the date of this notice the Gov...
Notice May 12, 2003

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Title Type Published
The EPA is approving the sections 111(d)/129 plan submitted by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for the State of Mississippi on August 29, 2002, for implementing and enforcing the Emissions Guidelines (EG) applicable to exis...
Rule May 12, 2003
EPA proposes to approve the section 111(d)/129 State Plan submitted by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for the State of Mississippi on August 29, 2002, for implementing and enforcing the Emissions Guidelines applicable to e...
Proposed Rule May 12, 2003

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

Title Type Published
EPA is announcing approval of a revision to the state implementation plan (SIP) for the vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M) program operating in the Missouri portion of the St. Louis, Missouri, ozone nonattainment area. Missouri made several ame...
Rule May 12, 2003

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

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EPA has determined, in a separate rule published in today's Federal Register, that the St. Louis ozone nonattainment area (St. Louis area) has attained the one-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The St. Louis ozone nonattainmen...
Rule May 12, 2003
EPA is determining that the St. Louis ozone nonattainment area (St. Louis area) has attained the 1-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The St. Louis ozone nonattainment area includes the counties of Franklin, Jefferson, St. Char...
Rule May 12, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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In FY 2002 Congress appropriated funds to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the development and implementation of a lamp (light bulb) recycling outreach program to increase awareness of proper disposal methods among commercial and industr...
Notice May 12, 2003

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Act, Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given that the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee will meet in June 2003. This is an open meeting. The theme of the meeting is future energy legisl...
Notice May 12, 2003

Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act; implementation:

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The Environmental Protection Agency, as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), is announcing the date and location of the next meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on All Appropriate Inquiry.
Proposed Rule May 12, 2003

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Commission or EEOC) announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for an extension of the expiration dat...
Notice May 12, 2003

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government agencies and employees:

Title Type Published
Interagency Group on Insular Areas; establishment (EO 13299)
Presidential Document May 12, 2003

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice May 12, 2003

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
This document corrects the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section to the proposed rule published in the Federal Register of April 18, 2003, regarding Unauthorized Changes of Consumers' Long Distance Carriers. This correction revises the figures initially...
Proposed Rule May 12, 2003

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 12, 2003

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 12, 2003

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Investigations, hearings, petitions, etc.:

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Prohibited trade practices:

Title Type Published
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...
Notice May 12, 2003

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will submit to the Office of Management and Budget...
Notice May 12, 2003
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing final regulations to comply with the requirements of the Electronic Freedom of Information Amendments of 1996 (EFOIA). EFOIA is designed to broaden public access to Government documents by making them...
Rule May 12, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the NIH is seeking licensees and/or CRADA partners to further develop, evaluate, and commercialize modified West Nile virus (WNV) chimeras as a live attenuated vaccine against infec...
Notice May 12, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Drug Testing Advisory Board
Notice May 12, 2003
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice May 12, 2003
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice May 12, 2003
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice May 12, 2003
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice May 12, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

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Director, Indian Health Service
Notice May 12, 2003

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; implementation:

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This final rule responds to comments on, and makes technical corrections to, interim final child support enforcement regulations published in the Federal Register on February 9, 1999. The 1999 interim final rule eliminated regulations, in whole or in...
Rule May 12, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to modify or alter an SOR, "1-800 Medicare + Choices Helpline (HELPLINE), System No. 09-70-0535." We are proposing to amend the purpose of the HELPLINE to include mainta...
Notice May 12, 2003

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

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The Coast Guard is expanding the geographical boundaries of the permanent security zones at Naval Base San Diego; Naval Submarine Base, San Diego; and Naval Base Coronado, California at the request of the U.S. Navy. Modification and expansion of thes...
Rule May 12, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice May 12, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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On April 4, 2003, HUD published the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for HOPE VI Demolition Grants Fiscal Year 2002. This document makes six technical corrections to the NOFA.
Notice May 12, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.C. 201 (b), and to the regulations adopted at 43 CFR part 3410, all interested parties are...
Notice May 12, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) John Day Snake Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will mee...
Notice May 12, 2003

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
60-Day notice of information collection under review: Revision of a currently approved collection; explosives delivery record.
Notice May 12, 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 May 12, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 12, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Employment and Training Administration published a document in the Federal Register dated April 17, 2003, concerning the availability of grant funds for the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) and Housing for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers...
Notice May 12, 2003

International Labor Affairs Bureau:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the final determination regarding a May 2001 submission, pursuant to Executive Order 13126 ("Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor") and alleging forced child labor in the firecrack...
Notice May 12, 2003

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 12, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 12, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Proposal review meetings
Notice May 12, 2003
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Advisory Committee
Notice May 12, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision...
Notice May 12, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee
Notice May 12, 2003
Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee
Notice May 12, 2003

Source material; domestic licensing:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of October 1, 2003, for the direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of March 5, 2003 (68 FR 10362). This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulations on repor...
Rule May 12, 2003

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review of an in...
Notice May 12, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities:

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission is publishing its views on the operation of its rule permitting broker-dealers to store required records in electronic form. Under the rule, electronic records must be preserved exclusively in a non-rewriteable...
Rule May 12, 2003

State Department logo State Department

Presidential permits:

Title Type Published
PMI Services North America, Inc.; pipeline construction and maintenance between Mexico and Cameron County, TX
Notice May 12, 2003

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 533 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. 50104), the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") has determined not to include any countries on the list of countries that deny fair market opport...
Notice May 12, 2003

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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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 comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Pap...
Notice May 12, 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 comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Pap...
Notice May 12, 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 comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Pap...
Notice May 12, 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 comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Pap...
Notice May 12, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 12, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The United States Mint is accepting applications for appointment to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) for two positions--an individual who can represent the interests of the general public and an individual specially qualified to serve o...
Notice May 12, 2003

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains proposed amendments to regulations under sections 263A and 448 of the Internal Revenue Code. The amendments apply to taxpayers changing a method of accounting under the regulations and are necessary to conform the rules governi...
Proposed Rule May 12, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In 1998 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) established the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC). The primary purpose of ETAAC is to provide an organized public forum for discussion of electronic tax administration issues in suppor...
Notice May 12, 2003
An open meeting of the Ad Hoc Issue Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference).
Notice May 12, 2003
An open meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference).
Notice May 12, 2003
An open meeting of the Ad Hoc Issue Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted in Edwardsville, Illinois.
Notice May 12, 2003
An open meeting of the Area 4 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference).
Notice May 12, 2003

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