August 15, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register August 15, 2003

View all documents issued on August 15, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

143 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 15, 2003

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension of a currently approved information collection for appli...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 44 U.S.C.301 et seq. 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 Se...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 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...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Milk marketing orders:

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In a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 17, 1999 (64 FR 70868) the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) consolidated Federal milk marketing orders. This document adds "Broomfield" to the Adjusted Class I differentials table.
Rule Aug 15, 2003

Nectarines and peaches grown in

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This rule increases the assessment rates established for the Nectarine Administrative Committee and the Peach Commodity Committee (committees) for the 2003-04 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.19 to $0.20 per 25-pound container or container equiv...
Rule Aug 15, 2003

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the federally owned invention disclosed in U.S. Patent Application No. 09/774,810 "Intermediate- Moisture Formed Food Products Made From Partially Dehydrated Fruit and/ or Vegetables and Novel Methods of Packaging Thereof"...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

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The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Latvia. We preliminarily determine that sales of subject merchandise by Joint Stock Company Liepajas Metalu...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will meet Tuesday, September 9, 2003, from 8:25 a.m. to...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BS/AI) groundfish plan teams will meet in Seattle, WA.
Notice Aug 15, 2003

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

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The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete products and services previously furnished by such agencies. Com...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This action adds to the Procurement List products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of Defense is considering recommending changes to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (2002 ed.) (MCM). The proposed changes constitute the 2003 annual review required by the MCM and DoD Directive 5500.17, "Role and Responsibi...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The Defense Advisory Board for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) is being established in consonance with the public interest and in accordance with the provisions of Pub. L. 92-463, the "Federal Advisory Committee Act," title 5 U.S.C.,...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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In accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District has prepared this Limited Reevaluation Report and Environmental Impact Statement--Supplement 1.0 (LRR/S...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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This document is published to identify institutions of higher education that are ineligible for contracts and grants by reason of a determination by the Secretary of Defense that the institution prohibits or in effect prevents military recruiter acce...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Meetings:

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In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-463, The Federal Advisory Committee Act, announcement is made of the following meeting: Name of Committee: Armed Forces Epidemiological Board (AFEB). Dates: September 16-17, 2003. Times: 7:30 a.m.-...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
Notice is hereby given of the forthcoming meeting of the Historical Records Declassification Advisory Panel (HRDAP). THe purpose of this meeting is to discuss and form recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on issues involving the declassificati...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The annual public meeting of the Federal Interagency Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling (ISCMEM) will convene to review progress by the working groups and to discuss initiatives for FY 2004. Date of Meeting: September 24, 2003. P...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given of the forthcoming meeting of the Technology for Machine-to-Machine (MTM) Integration. The purpose of the meeting is to allow the SAB leadership to brief the Chief of Staff of the Air Force on the ou...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The Threat Reduction Advisory Committee will meet in closed session on Thursday, October 9, 2003, at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), and on Friday, October 10, 2003 in the Pentagon, Washington, DC. The mission of the Committee is to advise...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
Pursuant to Section 10(a), Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, notice is hereby given of a forthcoming meeting of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of the Committee meeting is to provide further briefi...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

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

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In compliance with 37 CFR 404 et seq., the Department of the Army hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to ANP Technologies, Inc., of 1201 Technology Drive Aberdeen, MD 21001, an exclusive license relative to a U.S. Army Research Laboratory pate...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

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Allegheny Energy Supply Co., LLC, et al.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
New York Independent System Operator, Inc., et al.
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA regulations (40 Code of Federal Regu...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announces its interest in receiving grant applications for Fusion Science Centers with a research focus in fusion plasma science. The duration...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

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EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This revision amends Pennsylvania's SIP-approved Enhanced Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program (or I/M program) to implement final tailpi...
Rule Aug 15, 2003

Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

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EPA is proposing to make minor changes in the boundaries between areas in Southern California established under the Clean Air Act for purposes of addressing the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for 1-hour ozone, particulate matter (PM-1...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA has environmental concerns related primarily to water quality improvement goals and objectives for the National Forest. EPA recommends inclusion of several forest-wide goals, objectives and standards to improve water quality and identified severa...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
Weekly receipts
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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This notice announces EPA's intent to enter into cooperative agreements with States, Territories, Indian Tribes, Intertribal Consortia, and the District of Columbia to provide financial assistance for purposes of developing and carrying out EPA-autho...
Notice Aug 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2003

Water pollution control:

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In accordance with section 311(b)(6)(C) of the Clean Water Act, ("CWA"), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(C), notice is hereby given of a proposed Consent Agreement and Final Order ("CA/FO," Region 9 Docket No. OPA 9-2003-0003), which resolves penalties for alle...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Water supply:

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The State of Colorado has revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) primacy program by adopting regulations for the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR), Disinfectants/ Disinfection Byproducts Rule (D/DBPR), Radionuclides R...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The State of North Dakota has revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) primacy program by adopting regulations for the Public Water System Definition Rule, Administrative Penalty Authority Rule, Consumer Confidence Report Rule (CCR), Varian...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
In accordance with the provisions of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR 142.13, public notice is hereby given that the State of South Dakota has revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Primacy...
Notice Aug 15, 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 15, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Ivy Laboratories, Division of Ivy Animal Health, Inc. The supplemental ANADA...
Rule Aug 15, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The purpose of this notice is to correct errors that were printed in notice 68 FR 46189 on August 5, 2003. The notice contained an incorrect page limit for application submissions and incorrectly lettered requirements within the Instructions for the...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Medicare:

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This interim final rule with comment period implements the statutory requirement that claims for reimbursement under the Medicare Program be submitted electronically as of October 16, 2003,except where waived. This rule identifies those circumstances...
Rule Aug 15, 2003
This proposed rule would refine the resource-based practice expense relative value units (RVUs) and make other changes to Medicare Part B payment policy. The policy changes concern: Medicare Economic Index, practice expense for professional component...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA-1481-DR), dated July 29, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Indiana (FEMA-1476-DR), dated July 11, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Nebraska (FEMA-1480-DR), dated July 21, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1483-DR), dated August 1, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Ohio (FEMA-1484-DR), dated August 1, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Ohio (FEMA-1484-DR), dated August 1, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Ohio (FEMA-1478-DR), dated July 15, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Ohio (FEMA-1478-DR), dated July 15, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Tennessee (FEMA-1482-DR), dated July 29, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Tennessee (FEMA-1482-DR), dated July 29, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-1479-DR), dated July 17, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-1479-DR), dated July 17, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of West Virginia (FEMA-1474-DR), dated June 21, 2003, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), together with U.S. Coast Guard and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, has issued a Gravina Access Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on August 6, 2003. The agencie...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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FEMA gives notice of the availability of grant funding in the amount of $18.8 million for fiscal year (FY) 2003 for the development or improvement of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs).
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Ports and waterways safety:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a regulated navigation area (RNA) and two safety and security zones. The rule regulates the circumstances under which certain vessels may enter, transit or operate within the RNA and excludes all vessels from operating...
Rule Aug 15, 2003

Regattas and marine parades:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to establish temporary special local regulations during the "Sunset Lake Hydrofest", a marine event to be held September 27 and 28, 2003, on the waters of Sunset Lake, Wildwood Crest, New Jersey. These special local regulatio...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 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 15, 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 that the information collection request regarding noncoal reclamation, found at 30 CFR part 875, has been forwarded t...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
On June 4, 2003, a FONSI determination was made for the action as described in the final Environmental Assessment. As authorized by the provisions of the Endangered Species Act (Act), as amended, the Service issued an Incidental Take Permit to the Lo...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The following permits were issued.
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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). Following consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior is...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces availability for public review of the draft revised recovery plan for the Higgins' eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii), a species that is federally listed as endangered under the Endangered Sp...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, a DEIS has been prepared by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Eugene District, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a cooperating agency, for the Upper Si...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Service is requesting proposals at this time under the Landowner Incentive Program pending a Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2004 allocation of funds for conservation grants to States, the District of Columbia,...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Land acquisitions into trust:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire approximately 96 acres, more or less, of land into trust for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Michigan on July 18, 2003. This notice is published in...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Meetings:

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A public hearing as required under regulations at 43 CFR 2203.3, is scheduled to accept oral and written testimony and comments on the public interest factors associated with the proposed Pittsburg and Midway (P&M) Coal Exchange. Pertinent informatio...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title Type Published
We are approving an amendment to the Pennsylvania permanent regulatory program (the "Pennsylvania program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Pennsylvania proposed to revise its regulations regarding lic...
Rule Aug 15, 2003
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Texas regulatory program (Texas program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Texas...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003

Resource management plans, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared an Approved Resource Management Plan/Record of Decision (RMP/ROD) for the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (NCA) and Sonoita Valley Acquisition Planning District (SVA...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-Day notice of information collection under review: Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
30-Day notice of information collection under review: Denial of Federal benefits for drug offenders.
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Americans with Disabilities Act:

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (Department) has determined that the Maryland Accessibility Code, under .05.02.02 of the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR), as adopted pursuant to Article 83B, section 6-102 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (together, th...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The Department of Justice will hold an informal hearing in Washington, DC on the proposed certification that the Maryland Accessibility Code, under .05.02.02 of the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR), as adopted pursuant to Article 83B, section 6-1...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Clark, Cordell M., M.D.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
Serai, Kanwaljit S., M.D.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
Smiley, Karen Joe, M.D.
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This document sets forth a revised Department of Labor Acquisition Regulation (DOLAR). The Department of Labor Acquisition Regulation implements and supplements the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The DOLAR was last revised in 1986, and is sign...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Construction safety and health standards:

Title Type Published
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announces the second meeting of the Crane and Derrick Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee (C-DAC). The Committee will review summary notes of the first meeting, adopt ground rules (includi...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003

Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:

Title Type Published
This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Inte...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

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Local Television Loan Guarantee Board

Title Type Published
The LOCAL Television Loan Guarantee Board (Board) is proposing regulations to implement the LOCAL Television Loan Guarantee Program (Program or LOCAL TV Program) as authorized by the Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000 (...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003

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Management and Budget Office

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) invites the general public and Federal agencies to comment on renewal and changes to two information collection requests from t...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Commercial activities performance (Circular A-76):

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is making a technical correction to the coverage in Attachment A of Circular No. A- 76 addressing the submission of a challenge to an agency's inventory of its commercial and inherently governmental activitie...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook:

Title Type Published
This rule proposes to amend the existing "Investigative Requirements" provision of the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook to require recipients of grants and cooperative agreements to ensure that individuals needing access to a NASA Center...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003
This proposed rule would amend the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook to include public acknowledgement of NASA's photographs and illustrations in reports or publications spawned by NASA's award of grants or cooperative agreements.
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d- 2000d-42, as amended, and NASA's implementing regulation at 14 CFR part 1250 provide that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin under...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). This information collection is pub...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). This information collection is pub...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). This information collection is pub...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The NCUA is submitting the following reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multiemployer plans:

Title Type Published
This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), bu...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Single-employer plans:

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-e...
Rule Aug 15, 2003

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed regulation to amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition Regulation (FEHBAR). We are proposing a new policy that establishes notification and information requirements, includ...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Federal Salary Council will meet at the time and location shown below. The Council is an advisory body composed of representatives of Federal employee organizations and experts in the fields of labor relations or pay policy. The Council makes rec...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 15, 2003

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information of the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice of application for an order under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") under (i) section 6(c) of the Act granting an exemption from sections 18(f) and 21(b) of the Act; (ii) section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act granting an exemption from section 12(d)(1) of the Act; (iii) sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act granting an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(3) of the Act; and (iv) section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act to permit certain joint transactions.
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Aug 15, 2003
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Aug 15, 2003
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Aug 15, 2003
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
Indiana
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2003

State Department logo State Department

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 15, 2003

Foreign terrorists and terrorist organizations; determinations:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL/PHD) announces an open competition for assistance awards. Organizations may submit grant proposals that address programs and activities...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The Office for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL/PHD) announces an open competition for assistance awards. Organizations may submit grant proposals that address programs and activities...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Migration and refugee assistance; qualified countries:

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Class E airspace; correction
Correction Aug 15, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 777-200 and - 300 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacing existing ceiling and sidewall light connectors in the passe...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003
This document corrects information in an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet series 100 & 440) airplanes. That AD currently requires a one-time inspection of the aft edge of the lef...
Rule Aug 15, 2003
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes, that currently requires performing a general visual inspection to detect chafing or damage of th...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003

Aviation proceedings:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title Type Published
FRA announces the next meeting of the RSAC, a Federal Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus process. The RSAC meeting topics will include updates on the Safety Reauthorization Bill, the Illinois Department o...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title Type Published
The FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 35 individuals from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). The exemptions will enable these individuals to qualify as drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in...
Notice Aug 15, 2003
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is proposing standards for mandatory training requirements for entry-level operators of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) who are required to hold or obtain a commercial driver's license (CDL). T...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT has received a petition from the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA), requesting that DOT grant a general exemption to all motor carriers of property that are required to file financial reports with DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is amending 12 CFR part 24, the regulation governing national bank investments that are designed primarily to promote the public welfare. This final rule updates the regulation to reflect the additi...
Rule Aug 15, 2003

Alcohol; viticultural area designations:

Title Type Published
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau proposes to establish the Dundee Hills viticultural area in Yamhill County, Oregon. Located entirely within the established Willamette Valley viticultural area, the proposed Dundee Hills area covers 6,490...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The United States Mint is accepting applications for membership to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) for three positions--a representative from the general public; an individual specially qualified in numismatics by virtue of his or her...
Notice Aug 15, 2003

Procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
This document contains amendments to the regulations relating to user fees to provide for the imposition of user fees for the processing of offers to compromise. The charging of user fees implements the Independent Offices Appropriations Act.
Rule Aug 15, 2003

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