August 20, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register August 20, 2003

View all documents issued on August 20, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

144 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 20, 2003

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
This final rule implements the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the Trade Act of 2002 to establish a new program, Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers. Under this program, the Department of Agriculture provides technical assistance and cash...
Rule Aug 20, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR part 1500), and the Natural Resources Conservation Service regulations (7 CFR part 650), the Natural Resources Co...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

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We are amending the regulations that set out our procedures for recognizing the animal health status of regions. Specifically, we are requiring regions that have been granted status under the regulations to provide information, or allow us to access...
Rule Aug 20, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Willamette Province Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet in Salem, Oregon. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues pertinent to the implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan (NFP) and to provide advice to Federal land managers in the Prov...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

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We are amending the regulations for importing nursery stock to require additional certifications for imported niger seed and lilac, to reflect changes in plant taxonomy and pest distributions, and to make various changes to the requirements for poste...
Rule Aug 20, 2003

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for arrowtooth flounder in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2003 total allowable catch (TAC) of arrowtooth flounder in this area.
Rule Aug 20, 2003
NMFS intends to evaluate alternative approaches for HAPC designation in the EFH Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) NMFS is preparing in conjunction with the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Although NMFS' notice of intent to prepare the No...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2003

Marine mammals:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued two 1-year Letters of Authorization (LOAs) to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to the...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Meetings:

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The United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board ("Board") will hold its inaugural meeting on September 8, 2003 at Ellis Island, NY. The Board will discuss the design, development and subsequent implementation of an international adverti...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

Title Type Published
On August 13, 2003, the binational panel issued its decision in the review of the final results of the countervailing duty determination made by the International Trade Administration (ITA) respecting Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada (Sec...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that on June 30, 2003, NMFS' Northwest Region issued the permits and permit modifications allowing researchers to take endangered and threatened species for purposes of scientific research and enhancement under the Endangered S...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Notice is hereby given that NMFS received applications to modify existing scientific research permits related to threatened Pacific salmon and steelhead. The proposed research is intended to increase knowledge of species listed under the Endangered S...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Textile apparel categories:

Title Type Published
Request for Public Comments concerning a petition for modification of the NAFTA rules of origin for products made from certain yarns of cashmere and of camel hair.
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Enforcement:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is proposing to amend its regulations to adjust its Class I civil penalties under the Clean Water Act and the National Fishing Enhancement Act. The adjustment of civil penalties to account for inflation is req...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2003

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection package, OMB Control Number 1910-5103, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements for Safety Management System for extension under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are invited on:...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Crossroads Pipeline Co.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Northwest Pipeline Corp.
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Hydro Technology Systems, Inc.
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public no...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
MISO Advisory Committee and Board of Director; FERC staff participation
Notice Aug 20, 2003
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Hazardous Waste...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Clean Air Act section 505(b)(2), the EPA Administrator is hereby denying a petition to object to a state operating permit issued by the Maricopa County Environmental Services Division to the Harquahala Generating Station. This order const...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
A meeting of the National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee) will be held on September 16-18, 2003, in Washington, DC. At this meeting, the NAC/AEGL Committee will address, as time per...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title Type Published
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 20, 2003

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title Type Published
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 20, 2003

Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Title Type Published
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Notice Aug 20, 2003

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement for recovery of response costs co...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission addresses two issues before the Commission on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In the CALLS Order, 65 FR 57739, May 31, 2000, the Commission adopted comprehensive reforms to the in...
Rule Aug 20, 2003
This document seeks public comment on a petition for limited waiver and request for expedited relief requesting that the Commission waive Sec. 64.604(a)(3) of its rules to the extent necessary to permit communications assistants to deny video relay s...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title Type Published
Cargo Carriers Ltd., et al.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Draft Cargoways India Private Ltd.; correction
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Eastern Trans Line, Inc., et al.
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of July 23, 2003 (68 FR 43534). The document corrected a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of July 8, 2003 (68 FR 40676), that announced th...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) allow the proposed information collection project: "Surveys of Employee Benefit Managers of Large N...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Food additives:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of sucrose oligoesters (sucrose esters of fatty acids with an average degree of esterification ranging from four to seven) as an emulsifier o...
Rule Aug 20, 2003

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title Type Published
Australia; National Serology Reference Laboratory; laboratory quality assurance programs for testing in countries supported by Global AIDS Program
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Brazil; HIV/AIDS/STD monitoring, evaluation and other government program support; improvement and expansion
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Ethiopia; HIV/AIDS/STD/TB prevention and control activities
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Medicare:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would revise, based on one of four approaches, the current payment methodology for Part B covered drugs and biologicals that are not paid on a cost or prospective payment basis. We are seeking comments on which of these proposed ap...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2003

Meetings:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a small entity compliance guide (SECG) for a final rule published in the Federal Register of July 11, 2003, entitled "Food Labeling: Trans Fatty Acids in Nutrition Labeling, Nut...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

National Flood Insurance Program:

Title Type Published
This notice provides listings of changes made to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maps effective during the first 6 months of 2003.
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
In this notice, the Secretary of HUD delegates all procurement authority of the Secretary to the Assistant Secretary for Administration/Chief Information Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer, and authorizes each to exercise all duties and powers...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
This notice consolidates all delegations of authority to the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner and the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing- Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner. This delegation supersedes and/or r...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Published elsewhere in today's Federal Register is a revised delegation of authority for Housing Programs from the Secretary of HUD to the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner and the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Hou...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Published elsewhere in today's Federal Register, the Secretary of HUD issued an up-to-date comprehensive delegation of authority for housing programs to the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner and the General Deputy Assistan...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Published elsewhere in today's Federal Register, the Secretary of HUD issued an up-to-date comprehensive delegation of authority for housing and health care programs to the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner and the General...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Published elsewhere in today's Federal Register, the Secretary of HUD issued an up-to-date comprehensive delegation of authority for housing programs to the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner and the General Deputy Assistant...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Published elsewhere in today's Federal Register, the Secretary of HUD issued an up-to-date comprehensive delegation of authority for housing programs to the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner and the General Deputy Assistant...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The business meeting will be held on September 17, 2003, at the BLM National Training Center, 9828 North 31st Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. It will begin at 9:30 a.m. and c...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces a meeting of the Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group (TAMWG). The TAMWG affords stakeholders the opportunity to give policy, management,...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act:

Title Type Published
At a May 9-10, 2003, public meeting in St. Paul, MN, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee considered a dispute between the Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts (Honolulu, HI) and the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Muse...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Native American human remains, funerary objects; inventory, repatriation, etc.:

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Royalty management:

Title Type Published
The MMS is proposing to amend the existing regulations governing the valuation of crude oil produced from Federal leases for royalty purposes, and related provisions governing the reporting thereof. The current regulations became effective on June 1,...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2003

Special regulations:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service (NPS) is designating a trail where bicycles may be used off road in Saguaro National Park. This rule is necessary because the NPS regulations for bicycle use off park roads in units of the National Park System require that a...
Rule Aug 20, 2003

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Corrections (NIC), announces the availability of funds in FY 2004 for a cooperative agreement to fund the production of eight satellite/ Internet broadcasts. Four of the proposed programs are nat...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (the department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on pr...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Adjustment assistance:

Title Type Published
Allegheny Ludlum
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Alpha Thought/Provider Business Services
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Chevron-Texaco
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Firestone Tube Co.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Fishing Vessel (F/V) NORTH RUNNER
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Jonathan Reid, Inc., et al.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
KC Fisheries, Inc.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
National Steel Corp. et al.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corp.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Wiegand Appliance Division, Emerson Electric Co.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
e-Gain Communications Corp.
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, and section 166(h)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) [29 U.S.C. 2911(h)(4)], notice is hereby given of the next meeting of the Native Ameri...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

M
Management and Budget Office

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
The Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB), Office of Federal Procurement Policy, invites public comments on proposed amendments to the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), "Cost accounting standard for composition and measurement of pension cost", and "...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

R
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 to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Small Business Administration's intentions to request approval on a new and/or currently approved information collection.
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
Pennsylvania
Notice Aug 20, 2003
Tennessee
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
At the July 2003 Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) in San Salvador, Vice Ministers agreed that cities seeking to be considered to host the permanent site of the FTAA Secretariat should notify the...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Trade Policy Staff Committee:

Title Type Published
The Trade Policy Staff Committee gives notice that the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) requests written submissions from the public concerning the market access implications for U.S. trade in services of the 1995 enlargement o...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intentions to request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved information collection.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
This action amends Class D, E2, and E5 airspace at Montgomery, AL. As a result of an evaluation, it has been determined a modification should be made to the Montgomery, AL, Class D, E2, and E5 airspace areas to contain the VHF Omnidirectional Range (...
Rule Aug 20, 2003
This notice proposes to amend Class E5 airspace at Rocky Mount, NC. A Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), helicopter point in space approach, has been developed for Nash General Hospit...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2003
This notice proposes to amend Class E5 airspace at Smithfield, NC. A Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), helicopter point in space approach, has been developed for Johnston Memorial Ho...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2003
This notice proposes to amend Class E5 airspace at Maxton, NC. A Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), helicopter point in space approach, has been developed for Scotland Memorial Hospit...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2003
This notice proposes to amend Class E5 airspace at Raleigh, NC. An Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP), helicopter point in space approach, has been developed for Duke Medical Center, D...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2003
Class E airspace; correction
Correction Aug 20, 2003

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the issuance of Advisory Circular (AC) 23-11A, 14 CFR part 23 Type Certification of an Airplane Originally Certificated to Joint Aviation Regulations--Very Light Airplane (JAR- VLA) Standards. The AC sets forth an acceptable mea...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Title Type Published
The FAA is publishing notice of proposed release of 218.37 acres of land at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beckley, West Virginia, to the Raleigh County Airport Authority and the Raleigh County Commission for the development of an industrial pa...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title Type Published
This document makes corrections to the final rule published in the Federal Register on July 18, 2003. This document makes some minor corrections and it also adds Parameter 15 to the document under parts 121 and 125, and changes the resolution in Para...
Rule Aug 20, 2003
The FAA published a notice of proposed rulemaking on August 8, 2003 (68 FR 47269) to continue the existing safety requirements in Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 71 (SFAR 71) and eliminate the termination date for SFAR 71. In that proposed ru...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747-100, 747SP, and 747SR series airplanes, that requires repetitive inspections to find fatigue cracking between the seal ribs of the front spar web of the...
Rule Aug 20, 2003
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Learjet Model 45 airplanes, that currently requires repetitive application of grease to the rotating disk assembly of the nose landing gear (NLG) squat switch m...
Rule Aug 20, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to various transport category airplanes manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. This AD requires a one-time test of the fire extinguishers for the engine and auxiliary power unit (APU),...
Rule Aug 20, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Mitsubishi) MU-2B series airplanes. This AD requires you to repetitively inspect the cockpit windshield and cabin window surfaces for...
Rule Aug 20, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Schempp-Hirth (SCHEMPP-HIRTH) Flugzeugbau GmbH Model Duo-Discus gliders. This AD requires you to accomplish a one-time inspection of the bonding of the spar cap and spar...
Rule Aug 20, 2003

Airworthiness standards:

Title Type Published
This document makes a correction to the final rule published in the Federal Register on July 31, 2003. That rule upgraded flammability standards for thermal and acoustic insulation materials used in transport category airplanes.
Rule Aug 20, 2003

Aviation insurance:

Title Type Published
This notice contains the text of a memo from the Secretary of Transportation to the President regarding the extension of the provision of aviation insurance coverage for U.S. flag commercial air carrier service in domestic and international operation...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Title Type Published
As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383 and Pub. L. 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstan...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383 and Pub. L. 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstan...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383 and Pub. L. 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstan...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383 and Pub. L. 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstan...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
As authorized by Pub. L. 105-383 and Pub. L. 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstan...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FAA is publishing this notice to announce its intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on Environmental Quality implementing reg...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Hazardous materials transportation:

Title Type Published
This notice advises interested persons that the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) is soliciting comments on the development of the Emergency Response Guidebook 2004 (ERG2004), particularly from those who have experience using the 20...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
This rule corrects an error in the figure for the removable dash label required under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, Occupant Cash Protection. This document resolves the problem by adding Figure 12, in order to restore consist...
Rule Aug 20, 2003

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains regulations under section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The proposed regulations affect loss corporations and provide guidance on whether a loss corporation has an ownership change where a qualified trust described...
Proposed Rule Aug 20, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
An open meeting of the Joint Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted.
Notice Aug 20, 2003
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, E-Filing Issue Committee will be conducted (via teleconference).
Notice Aug 20, 2003
An open meeting of the Area 4 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Board of Veterans' Appeal (BVA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to th...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...
Notice Aug 20, 2003
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document concerns VA's health care planning process known as CARES, or Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services. The CARES process was designed to enable the veterans health care system to more effectively use its resources to deliver mor...
Notice Aug 20, 2003

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