August 1, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register August 1, 2003

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Agencies Publishing on August 1, 2003

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 01, 2003
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to request extension of a currently approved information collection. The collection is used to conduct a National No...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby amends its existing environmental regulations, Environmental Policies and Procedures, which have served as RUS' implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in compliance with the Council on...
Rule Aug 01, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS or Agency) provides advance notice of the possible availability of up to $10,000,000 in fiscal year (FY) 2003 to fund the establishment of agriculture innovation centers that are to provide assistance to ag...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Meetings:

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The Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC), Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP), will meet on August 5, 2003, at the Sheraton Portland Airport, located at 8235 NE Airport Way in Portland, Oregon. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and adjourn...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Forest Service is issuing a notice of the availability for the 2003 Forest Legacy Program Implementation Guidelines. These guidelines were last updated in 1996. The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (CFAA) authorizes the Secretary of Ag...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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This final rule amends the regulations setting forth 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...
Rule Aug 01, 2003

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

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Notice of opportunity to request administrative review of antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended investigation.
Notice Aug 01, 2003
In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), the Department of Commerce ("the Department") is automatically initiating five-year ("sunset") reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders listed below...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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The Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District of Humboldt County, California (District) has applied for an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, as amended (ESA). In conjunc...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

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This proposed rule and Amendment 1 are necessary to ensure that shark regulations are based on the results of the 2002 stock assessments for large coastal sharks (LCS) and small coastal sharks (SCS). The results of these stock assessments indicate th...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2003
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for northern rockfish in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2003 total allowable catch (TAC) of northern rockfish in this area.
Rule Aug 01, 2003
This document reinstates the requirement to have a NOAA- approved, Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) unit installed and operating on any vessel leaving port to fish for HMS with pelagic longline gear on board, effective September 1, 2003.
Rule Aug 01, 2003
NMFS' Northeast Office for Law Enforcement (OLE) is seeking potential participants for a voluntary, limited-duration pilot program to field test the Thrane & Thrane TT-3026M VMS unit currently being considered for certification for use in Northeast f...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of scientific research permit no. 1144 submitted by Michael Bresette has been granted.
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Watches, watch movements, and jewelry:

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The Departments of Commerce and the Interior (the Departments) propose amending their regulations governing watch duty-exemption allocations and the watch and jewelry duty-refund benefits for producers in the United States insular possessions (the U....
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2003

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
The Committee is proposing to change the dates by which the annual certifications by participating nonprofit agencies are due to the central nonprofit agencies and the Committee.
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2003
This action adds to the Procurement List a product to be furnished by a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List services previously furnished by such agencies.
Notice Aug 01, 2003
The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a service to be furnished by a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete products previously furnished by such agencies.
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Notice.
Notice Aug 01, 2003
The Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee is publishing Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 233. This bulletin lists revisions in the per diem rates prescribed for U.S. Government employees for official travel in Alaska, Haw...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for the next meeting of the Panel To Assess the Capabilities for Domestic Response to Terrorist Attacks Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following Committee meeting:
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Education Department logo Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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On July 3, 2003, we published in the Federal Register (68 FR 39902) a notice inviting applications and providing other information for certain FY 2003 grant competitions authorized under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as amen...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Meetings:

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Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation National Committee
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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In compliance with the requirements of Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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ACN Utility Services, Inc.
Notice Aug 01, 2003
D.E. Shaw Plasma Trading, L.L.C., et al.
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC, et al.
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.C.C.
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Moraine Wind LLC
Notice Aug 01, 2003
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Rayo Energy LLP
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the F...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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Public utility market-based rate authorizations; terms and conditions investigation
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
In connection with EPA's implementation of a part 71 program for state-exempt major stationary agricultural sources in California, EPA is announcing a new deadline of November 13, 2003 instead of August 1, 2003 for submittal of part 71 operating perm...
Rule Aug 01, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA expressed environmental concerns with public health and safety issues and recommended the final EIS include a comprehensive risk notification and communication program for the community. The final EIS should also include additional information on...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Weekly receipts
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

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Idaho has applied to EPA for final authorization of certain changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has reviewed Idaho's application, has preliminarily determined that these changes satisfy...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2003

Meetings:

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The EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing a public meeting of the SAB's Computational Toxicology Framework Consultation Panel (CTF) that will conduct a consultation with the Agency on its Computational Toxicology Framework.
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Iraq; continuation of national emergency (Notice of July 31, 2003)
Presidential Document Aug 01, 2003

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 01, 2003
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet the standards of subpart C of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines) publ...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the fee rates and payment procedures for medical device user fees for fiscal year (FY) 2004. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), as amended by the Medical Device User Fee and Modern...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the rates for prescription drug user fees for fiscal year (FY) 2004. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), as amended by the Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2002 (PDUFA III),...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Human drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for SPECTRACEF and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to th...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Medicare and Medicaid:

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In this final rule, we are establishing the prospective payment rates for inpatient hospital services furnished under Medicare by inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2004, as required under section 1886(j)(3)(C) of...
Rule Aug 01, 2003

Medicare:

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We are revising the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital costs to implement changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In addition, in the Addendum to this final rule, we are...
Rule Aug 01, 2003

Meetings:

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As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice that the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Aug 01, 2003
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Aug 01, 2003
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Aug 01, 2003
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 01, 2003
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Scientific Review Center
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Scientific Review Center
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Scientific Review Center
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

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Prevention, Traumatic Stress and Special Programs Division
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "180-Day Exclusivity When Multiple ANDAs Are Submitted on the Same Day." This guidance explains how FDA intends to determine eligibility for 180...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled "Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff; Implantable Middle Ear Hearing Device." This guidance document represents the agency's current thinking on the techni...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating a list of drug and biologic products that contain intentionally introduced mercury compounds, e.g., phenylmercuric acetate, phenylmercuric nitrate, thimerosal. This list is part of the implementation...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Anchorage regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to extend the special anchorage area that begins on the Okeechobee Intracoastal Waterway between mile markers 7 and 8 on the St. Lucie River in Stuart, Florida to include 17 additional moorings. This proposed rule would impro...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee (GLPAC) will meet to discuss various issues relating to pilotage on the Great Lakes. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Ports and waterways safety:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing moving and fixed safety and security zones on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for vessels carrying Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in the Captain of the Port (COTP) Baltimore zone. These zones are nece...
Rule Aug 01, 2003
The Coast Guard is establishing a safety and security zone at the Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal under 33 CFR 165.502. This is in response to the re-opening of the terminal by Dominion Power scheduled for July 2003. This safety and s...
Rule Aug 01, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) proposed in January 2003 to establish a new system of records under the Privacy Act, known as "Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records." This system of records would be established primarily...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Public and Indian housing:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would give public housing agencies (PHAs) the discretion, in accordance with federal law and regulations, to evict public housing tenants who are over the income limit for eligibility to participate in public housing programs. PHAs...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2003
This final rule promulgates HUD's regulation for section 9(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, which deals with the obligation and expenditure of Capital Fund Program funds by public housing agencies, in accordance with congressional directi...
Rule Aug 01, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing its intention to request approval for the collections of information for 30 CFR parts 773, 774 and 778.
Notice Aug 01, 2003
We announce our receipt of an application to conduct certain activities pertaining to scientific research and enhancement of survival of endangered species.
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Endangered and threatened species:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a 5-year review of the delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) under section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq). The purpose of reviews conducted under this s...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and Bureau of Land Management policy, this notice announces the publication of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Supplemental Mine and Reclamation Plan for the North Rasmussen Ri...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
In accordance with section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, a DEIS has been prepared by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Medford District, to analyze possible salvage opportunities resulting from the Timbered Rock Fire and pr...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northwest California Resource Advisory Council...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:

Watches, watch movements, and jewelry:

No documents available.

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
In accordance with the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Commission has submitted an emergency request for approval of questionnaires to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The Commission has requested OMB approval by August 15, 2003.
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
China
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ's") initial determination ("ID") terminating the above-captioned investigation in its entirety based on a...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ's") initial determination ("ID") finding no violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and termina...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the countervailing duty order on stainless steel wire rod from Ita...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Meredith, George Minor, II, M.D.
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
This final rule revises the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to conform to changes made to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-14 and to make administrative and editorial changes needed to update the designated agen...
Rule Aug 01, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Byproduct material; domestic licensing:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations governing the use of byproduct material in specifically licensed portable gauges. The proposed rule would require a portable gauge licensee to provide a minimum of two inde...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2003

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title Type Published
The Postal Service<SUP>TM</SUP> proposes a revision to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) that would change the preparation requirements for bulk Bound Printed Matter (BPM) by requiring mailers to prepare destination delivery unit (DDU) rate BPM items by...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2003

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Railroad Retirement Board

Railroad Retirement Act:

Title Type Published
Correction
Correction Aug 01, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Temporary order and notice of application for a permanent order under section 9(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act").
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
Minnesota
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Social security benefits and supplemental security income:

Title Type Published
We propose to revise our regulations, which provide for the continuation of benefit payments to certain individuals who recover medically while participating in a vocational rehabilitation program with a State vocational rehabilitation agency. We are...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2003

State Department logo State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

World Trade Organization:

Title Type Published
The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") is providing notice that on June 13, 2003, the government of Antigua and Barbuda requested the establishment of a WTO dispute settlement panel pursuant to Article 6 of the World Trade Orga...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice that on March 18, 2003, a dispute settlement panel was established at the request of the Government of Brazil under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade O...
Notice Aug 01, 2003
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of the establishment of dispute settlement panels under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ("WTO Agreement") concerning measures of the Gov...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document provides additional time for the public to comment on a proposal to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 79-10- 15 R2, which applies to all Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 401, 401A, 401B, 402, 402A, 402B, 411, and 411A airpla...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2003
This document provides additional time for the public to comment on a proposal to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2000- 23-01, which applies to all Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 402C airplanes. AD 2000-23-01 currently requires repetit...
Proposed Rule Aug 01, 2003

Motor vehicle defect proceedings; petitions, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the reasons for the denial of a petition submitted by Mr. Jon Welch, dated February 15, 2003, and received by the NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) on March 10, 2003, under 49 U.S.C. 30162, requesting that the agenc...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 2003 Ferrari 360 Spider and Coupe passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Feder...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 01, 2003
This announcement serves as notice that the Internal Revenue Service plans to discontinue processing of Magnetic Tape for Form 940/ 941 at all sites for the 2004 filing season, with a final date of February 2004. This announcement is in line with our...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) hereby gives notice that a draft of its Fiscal Year 2003-2008 Strategic Plan is available at http://www.occ.treas.gov/spln2003.pdf. Certain high level aspects of this strategic plan have been summar...
Notice Aug 01, 2003

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