August 6, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register August 6, 2003

View all documents issued on August 6, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

138 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 6, 2003

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the intent of the National Agricultural Statistics Servic...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
Staff Briefing for the Board of Directors.
Notice Aug 06, 2003
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule regarding the United States Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (Texas and States other than Florida, California and Arizona) and the United St...
Rule Aug 06, 2003
This proposed rule would revise the regulations governing inspection and certification for processed fruits, vegetables, and processed products. A projected fee increase ranging from 8 to 11 percent is proposed. These revisions are necessary in order...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The USDA intends to reestablish the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (Committee). The purpose of the Committee is to examine the full spectrum of issues faced by the fruit and vegetable industry and provide suggestions and ideas to the...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Food distribution programs:

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State processing of donated foods; CFR correction
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Gentically engineered organisms and products:

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We are amending our regulations regarding genetically engineered organisms to require that introductions of plants genetically engineered to encode compounds for industrial use be conducted only under permit. Prior to this interim rule, such introduc...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Guaranteed loanmaking:

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The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) is proposing new regulations to standardize procedures for secondary market transactions, including initial and subsequent secondary market sales. The agency is proposing to solicit for an independent part...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003

Meetings:

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The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold public meetings of the full committee on August 20 & 22, 2003. The committee will discuss: (1) Protocols for FSIS ongoing microbiological baseline studies of raw...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committees Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393), the Modoc National Forest's Modoc County Resource Advisory Committe...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Milk marketing orders:

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A public hearing is being held to consider proposals to amend the producer-handler provisions of the Arizona-Las Vegas and Pacific Northwest orders. The proposals seek to, among other things, end the regulatory exemption of producer-handlers from the...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

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The Secretary of Agriculture intends to renew the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee for a 2-year period. Through this notice, the Secretary is soliciting nominations for membership on this Committee.
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Prunes (dried) produced in

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This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Prune Marketing Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 993 for the 2003-04 and subsequent crop years from $2.60 to $2.00 per ton of salable dried prunes. The Committee locally admin...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

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On April 27, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) self-initiated an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether an Italian producer of pasta is circumventing the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain pasta from Italy,...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Antidumping:

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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(b), Berj[eacute] Incorporated (Berj[eacute]), a U.S. importer of subject merchandise and an interested party in this proceeding, filed a request for a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on cou...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
We determine that barium carbonate from the People's Republic of China (PRC) is being sold, or is likely to be sold, in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended the Act. The es...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
On July 28, 2003, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) affirmed the Department of Commerce's results of redetermination on remand of the final results of the seventh administrative review of the antidumping duty orders on heavy forged...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China. One company named in the initiation of this review,...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils ("SSSS") from Taiwan in response to requests from respondents Yieh United Steel Corporation...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for groundfish by vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), except for demersal shelf rockfish in the Southeast Outside District or sablefish. This action is necessary because the second season...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

African Growth and Opportunity Act; determinations:

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The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has determined that handloomed fabrics and handmade articles made from such handloomed fabrics from Kenya, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Namibia and Zambia shall be treated as...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commodity Exchange Act:

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is reopening the comment period for the proposed amendments to Regulation 1.25. These amendments would, among other things, allow futures commission merchants and derivatives clearing organization...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003

Contract market proposals:

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In the July 15, 2003, Federal Register (68 FR 41783), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) requested public comment on proposed amendments to the live cattle futures contract traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or Exchange...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Foreign futures and options transactions:

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This document contains corrections to the Order that was published in the Federal Register of July 1, 2003 (68 FR 39006). The Order, issued pursuant to Commission Rule 30.10, granted an exemption to firms designated by the ASX Futures Exchange Propri...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):

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The Department is publishing this proposed rule to implement requirements enacted by Congress in section 701(g) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (NDAA-02), Pub. L. 107- 107, which terminates the Individual Case Managemen...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Office of Nuclear Physics (NP), Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces interest in receiving applications for Research and Development (R&D) projects directed at the proposed Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA). RIA...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Practice and procedure:

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On February 21, 2003, the Commission issued a final rule amending its regulations to establish a procedure for gaining access to critical energy infrastructure information (CEII) that would otherwise not be available under the Freedom of Information...
Rule Aug 06, 2003
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is issuing this policy statement to articulate its commitment to promote a government-to-government relationship between itself and federally- recognized Indian tribes. The policy statement recogn...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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On May 7, 2003, EPA announced the availability for comment of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) discussing EPA's plan to conduct rulemaking about criteria and standards EPA would apply in deciding the extent to which it will consider or...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003

Air pollution control:

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EPA is proposing approval of revisions to the Kansas Operating Permit Program. On June 25, 2001, the state of Kansas requested a revision to change the Class I Operating Permits annual emission inventory due date and to revise the annual emissions fe...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003
EPA is approving revisions to the Kansas Operating Permit Program. On June 25, 2001, the state of Kansas requested a revision to change the Class I Operating Permits annual emission inventory due date and to revise the annual emissions fee. Approval...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

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Volatile organic compounds (VOC); equipment leaks in petroleum refineries; CFR correction
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Air programs:

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In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found the on-road motor vehicle emissions budget contained in the revision to the Albuquerque Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of ou...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Air quality implementation plans:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed draft regulatory text to accompany the proposed rule to implement the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) which was published on June 2, 2003 (...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003

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

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EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revision consists of amendments to Maryland's general air quality emission standards, prohibitions and restrictions affecting visible emission...
Rule Aug 06, 2003
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) on November 6, 2002. The revision amends Regulations .02, .03, and .05. under COMAR 26.11.06--General Emission Standard...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003
EPA is revising the format of 40 CFR part 52 for materials submitted by North Carolina that are incorporated by reference (IBR) into the Forsyth County portion of the North Carolina state implementation plan (SIP). The regulations affected by this up...
Rule Aug 06, 2003
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions were submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to establish and require rea...
Rule Aug 06, 2003
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to establish and require reasonably available control technology (RACT) related requirements to limit volatile organic compounds (VOCs...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces the formation of a new SAB advisory panel to provide advice to the Agency regarding economic benefit recapture issues, to be referred to as the "Illegal Com...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing the formation of a new SAB panel to provide advice on EPA's interim guidance on environmental models and development of a models knowledge base, and is...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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EPA is announcing availability of a memorandum entitled "Award of Grants and Cooperative Agreements for the Special Projects and Programs Authorized by the Agency's FY 2003 Appropriations Act." This memorandum provides information and guidelines on h...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Meetings:

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The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces four conference calls and two face-to-face SAB meetings of the Multimedia, Multipathway, and Multireceptor Risk Assessment (3MRA) Modeling System Panel.
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

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This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

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This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Aug 06, 2003
This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Aug 06, 2003
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Aug 06, 2003
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certainpesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Aug 06, 2003

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

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This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for residues of spinosad in or on onion, dry bulb. This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Title Type Published
Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisi...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Water supply:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provision of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended, and the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is revising its approved Publi...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

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The amendments to section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794d, which took effect in 2001 provide that each federal agency must ensure that the electronic and information technology it develops, procures, maintains, or uses is access...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Federal Communications Commissions, 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, as required by the...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
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 Aug 06, 2003
The Commission will consider a Report and Order concerning the Alaska Bush Earth Station policy (IB Docket No. 02- 30, RM-7246). 3.................... Media................ Title: Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Establish Ru...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on the Nextel Partners of Upstate New York, Inc. d/b/a Nextel Partners (Nextel). Nextel is seeking designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) to receive federal universa...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission modifies the requirements governing how the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) conducts elections for its board of directors (Board). The Commission eliminates the requirement that NECA hold annual elections...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Television broadcasting:

Title Type Published
The Commission, at the request of Meredith Corporation, licensee of Station WHNS(TV), channel 21 and paired digital channel 57, Asheville, North Carolina, reallots channel 21 and paired digital channel 57, from Asheville to Greenville, South Carolina...
Rule Aug 06, 2003
The Commission is required to report annually to Congress on the status of competition in markets for the delivery of video programming. This document solicits information from the public for use in preparing the competition report that is to be subm...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
The Commission has delegated authority to the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, subject to redelegation, to share certain non-public information with consumer reporting agencies.
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 06, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 06, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) HIV/ AIDS Bureau (HAB) announces that applications will be accepted for fiscal year (FY) 2004 awards for a cooperative agreement to support the AIDS Education and Training Centers' (AETCs) Nat...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Human drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that the 10 drug products listed in this document were not withdrawn from sale for reasons of safety or effectiveness. These are drug products with approved new drug applications (NDAs) to which o...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public meeting on June 26, 2003, to discuss current methods and approaches used to evaluate proprietary drug names for similarities. In the document that published in the Federal Register of May 30, 2003...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public workshop, cosponsored with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), regarding clinical trial design of febrile neutropenia and antifungal combination therapy. The...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
Associate Director for Science
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the following case: Thonthi Karunakaran, Boston Medical Center: Based on the report of an investigation conducted by...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded one Information Collection Report (ICR), on Lifesaving, Report of Recreational-Boating Accident, to the Office of Informati...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Temporary protected status program designations:

Title Type Published
The designation of Liberia under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Program will expire on October 1, 2003. This notice extends the Secretary of Homeland Security's designation of Liberia for 12 months until October 1, 2004, and sets forth procedur...
Notice Aug 06, 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 requesting the reinstatement, without change, of a...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
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 Aug 06, 2003
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 Aug 06, 2003
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 proposal...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
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 New Approach to the Anti-Drug Program (formerly known as the S...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the National Park Service (NPS) invites comments on a submitted request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve an extension, with revision, to a cu...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), establish three additional manatee protection areas in Florida. This action is authorized under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amende...
Rule Aug 06, 2003
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for 4 vernal pool crustaceans and 11 vernal pool plants. A total of approximately 1,184,513 ac (417,989 ha) of l...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332 (C) the National Park Service announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP) for Coronado National Memorial, Arizon...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332 (C) the National Park Service is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement for the Fire Management Plan for Bandelier National Monument. This effort will result in a new wild...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) that the National Park Service (NPS) is undertaking a conservation planning and impact analysis process for a fire management...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Outer Continental Shelf operations:

Title Type Published
This notice provides the basis and rationale for the e- Government Initiative, OCS Connect. The purpose of publishing this notice is to provide information to the public on the objectives of OCS Connect and to solicit public feedback with respect to...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

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We are approving, with certain exceptions and additional requirements, a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program (the "Montana program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Montana proposed re...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Vehicles and traffic safety:

Title Type Published
This rule revises the National Park Service (NPS) regulation governing motor vehicle operation under the influence of alcohol. The revision is in response to a Presidential directive issued to all Federal agencies to promulgate regulations adopting a...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Wild Bird Conservation Act:

Title Type Published
In this rule, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes to approve a sustainable-use management plan developed by the CITES Management Authority of Argentina for blue-fronted amazon parrots (Amazona aestiva), under the Wild Bird Conservat...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:

Schedules of controlled substances; production quotas:

Title Type Published
This notice proposes revised 2003 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in Schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with Section 2(c)(2)(B) of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act, 31 U.S.C. 501 et seq., announcement is made of the availability of revisions to the Department of Labor's Year 2002 FAIR Act Inventory, for which the Office...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Credit Unions:

Title Type Published
The current 18 percent per year federal credit union maximum loan rate is scheduled to revert to 15 percent on September 9, 2003, unless otherwise provided by the NCUA Board (Board). A 15 percent ceiling would restrict certain categories of credit an...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Fee schedules revision; 94% fee recovery (2003 FY)

Title Type Published
This document corrects a final rule appearing in the Federal Register on June 18, 2003 (68 FR 36714) amending the licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged by the NRC to its applicants and licensees. This action is necessary to correct typograph...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

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Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 4(h) of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.), the Council has amended its 2000 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program by adding what are called the 2003 Mainste...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

Title Type Published
The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union- Pacific Maritime Association Pension Plan requested the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") to approve a second amendment to a special withdrawal liability rule for employers that m...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

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Science and Technology Policy Office

Title Type Published
The Subcommittee on Research Business Models is undertaking a review of policies, procedures, and plans relating to the business relationship between federal agencies and research performers with the goal of improving the performance and management o...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities:

Title Type Published
We are adopting amendments to a rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that provide a conditional exemption from the rule's requirement that a broker-dealer that carries customer accounts send its full balance sheet and certain other financia...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Waybill data; release for use
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
SWKR Operating Co.
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Cessna Model 650 airplanes. This proposal would require repetitive replacement of the horizontal stabilizer primary trim actuator assembly (HSTA)...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Eurocopter France (ECF) model helicopters that requires replacing the main gearbox (MGB) opening neoprene cowling seals (seals) with airworthy glass/silicone seals. This amend...
Rule Aug 06, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) engine models PW118, PW118A, PW118B, PW119B, PW119C, PW120, PW120A, PW121, PW121A, PW123, PW123B, PW123C, PW123D, PW123E, PW123AF, PW124B, PW125B, P...
Rule Aug 06, 2003
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce plc Trent 768-60, Trent 772-60, and Trent 772B-60 turbofan engines. This AD is prompted by several reports of low power surges. We are issuing this AD to prevent a possible dual-e...
Rule Aug 06, 2003

Exemption petitions, etc.:

Title Type Published
Maryland Transportation Department
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announces a meeting of the Transportation Labor-Management Board (Board). Notice of the meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
In this document, NHTSA proposes to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, Occupant crash protection (FMVSS No. 208), to establish the same maximum test speed and phase-in schedule for the belted barrier test using the 5th percentile ad...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003
This document announces the reopening of the comment period on a petition for NHTSA to decide that 2003 Mitsubishi Evolution VIII left hand drive (LHD) passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor v...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
This document proposes to require all designated seating positions in rear seats, other than side-facing seats, be equipped with integral lap/shoulder safety belts. This proposal responds, in part, to a Congressional mandate that the agency begin to...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003

Motor vehicle theft prevention standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document grants in full the petition of DaimlerChrysler Corporation, (DaimlerChrysler) for an exemption of a high-theft line, the Chrysler Town and Country, from the parts-marking requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standa...
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains proposed regulations relating to partnership transactions involving contracts accounted for under a long-term contract method of accounting. The regulations are necessary to resolve issues that were reserved in final regulation...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The TAP will be discussing issues pertaining to decreasing the burden of tax administration for taxpayers. Recommendations for IRS systemic...
Notice Aug 06, 2003
An open meeting of the Area 2 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Aug 06, 2003

Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:

Title Type Published
This is Supplement No. 26 to the Treasury Department Circular 570; 2002 Revision, published July 1, 2002 at 67 FR 44294.
Notice Aug 06, 2003
This is Supplement No. 24 to the Treasury Department Circular 570; 2002 Revision, published July 1, 2002, at 67 FR 44294.
Notice Aug 06, 2003
This is Supplement No. 25 to the Treasury Department Circular 570; 2002 Revision, published July 1, 2002 at 67 FR 44294.
Notice Aug 06, 2003

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