September 11, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register September 11, 2003

View all documents issued on September 11, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

109 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 11, 2003

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Child nutrition programs:

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This final rule amends the reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) relating to the verification of applications for free and reduced price meal benefits under the NSLP...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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We are giving notice that the Secretary of Agriculture has reestablished the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases for a 2-year period. The Secretary of Agriculture has determined that the Committee is necessary and in...
Notice Sep 11, 2003
We are giving notice that the Secretary of Agriculture has renewed the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee for a 2-year period. The Secretary has determined that the Committee is necessary and in the public interest.
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS or Agency) provides notice of the availability of $10,000,000 in fiscal year (FY) 2003 funds (NOFA) to fund the establishment of agriculture innovation centers that are to provide assistance to agriculture...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Nez Perce and Clearwater National Forests' North Central Idaho...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Peanuts, domestic and imported, marketed in United States; minimum quality and handling standards

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The Agricultural Marketing Service published an interim final rule in the Federal Register on August 7, 2003 (68 FR 46919), which changed the minimum quality and handling standards for domestic and imported peanuts marketed in the United States. A ta...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Food Guide Pyramid is based on current science, which continues to increase our knowledge about healthy eating. In keeping with this, USDA has initiated a broad-based review and update of the Pyramid's food patterns based on current nutritional s...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The invention listed below is owned in whole by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The invention is available for non-exclusive U.S. licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Antidumping:

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada for the period May 22, 2002, through April 30, 2003. We are now rescinding this review wi...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Export privileges, actions affecting:

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Kohlke, Gunter
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS announces that the annual quota for the Maine mahogany quahog fishery has been harvested. Commercial vessels operating under a Maine mahogany quahog permit may not harvest Maine mahogany quahogs from the Maine mahogany quahog zone for the remain...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the Manufacturing Extension Partnership National Advisory Board (MEPNAB), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will meet Thursday, Septembe...
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The President's Export Council (PEC) will hold a full Council meeting to discuss topics related to export expansion. The meeting will include discussion of trade priorities and initiatives, the World Trade Organization, PEC subcommittee activity and...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

National Weather Service; modernization and restructuring:

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On August 29, 2003, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere certified that closure of the Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Salem, Oregon, Weather Service Offices (WSO) will not cause a degradation in service to the affected service areas....
Notice Sep 11, 2003

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

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On September 5, 2003, the binational panel issued its decision in the review of the final results of the injury determination made by the International Trade Commission (ITC) respecting Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada (Secretariat File N...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title Type Published
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection adjusting limits.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection adjusting limits.
Notice Sep 11, 2003

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

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Pursuant to Section 102 (2) (c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy (Navy) announces its intent to prepare an...
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will address environmental impacts from measures being investigated to include beachfill and shoreline stabilization structures to provide storm damage and shoreline protection along the Carpinteria Shoreline...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Meetings:

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Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the next meeting of the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support (ARMS) Public/Private Task Force (PPTF). Date of Meeting: October 23, 2003. Place of Meeting: Doubletree Hotel Crystal City,...
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The CNO Executive Panel is to report the findings and recommendations of the FORCEnet Working Group to the Chief of Naval Operations. This meeting will consist of discussions relating to development of FORCEnet, the Navy's transformational architectu...
Notice Sep 11, 2003
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Patriot Systems Performance will meet in closed session on October 1-3, 2003, in Huntsville, AL; October 29-30, 2003; December 10-11, 2003; and January 7-8, 2004, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA....
Notice Sep 11, 2003
Notice is hereby given of a forthcoming open meeting of the Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee. The purpose of the meeting is for presentations of interest and discussion concerning the legal and policy considerations implicated by the applica...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol

Title Type Published
This document corrects the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on Friday, August 22, 2003 to correct typos and a Web address.
Proposed Rule Sep 11, 2003

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404 announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the following U.S. Patent Applications for non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive licensing listed in under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMA...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Education Department logo Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The EIA has submitted the Petroleum Marketing Program Surveys to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and a three- year extension with revisions under section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S....
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to 10 CFR 1021.315, the Department of Energy (DOE) is amending the Record of Decision (ROD) for its Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Alternative Strategies for the Long- Term Management and Use of Depleted Uranium Hexafl...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy Agency (IEA) will meet on September 18, 2003, at the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany; and on September 19, 2003, in connection with an IEA seminar on Oil Stocks and New Cha...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

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EPA is approving a request for Pennsylvania to redesignate the Liberty Borough area of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (the Liberty Borough area) from nonattainment to attainment for the national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for particulate ma...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Meetings:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on November 19, 1990, to provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on policy issues associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990. Th...
Notice Sep 11, 2003
Section 1445 (a) (2) (42 U.S.C. 300j-4 (a)) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended in 1996, requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations establishing criteria for a monitoring program for unregulated contami...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Solid wastes:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, also the Agency or we in this preamble) today is granting a petition submitted by the Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) and Onyx Environmental Services (Onyx) to exclude (or delist), on a one-time...
Rule Sep 11, 2003
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth or State) has applied for final approval of its underground storage tank (UST) program under Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Water pollution control:

Title Type Published
McAmis, J.E.; administrative complaint; civil penalty
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board logo Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice of Two New Exposure Drafts Auditing Estimates for Direct Loan and Loan Guarantee Subsidies Under the Federal Credit Reform Act (Amendments to Technical Release 3: Preparing and Auditing Direct Loan and Loan Guarantee Subsidies Under the Federal Credit Reform Act) and Preparing Estimates for Direct Loan and Loan Guarantee Subsidies Under the Federal Credit Reform Act (Amendments to Technical Release 3: Preparing and Auditing Direct Loan and Loan Guarantee Subsidies Under the Federal Credit Reform Act).
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

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In this document, the Commission responds to an application for review of a May 9, 2001, letter issued jointly by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Common Carrier Bureau (now the Wireline Competition Bureau) (Joint Letter) in response to...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Practice and procedure:

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The Commission corrects the Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2003, Report and Order, adopted on July 21, 2003 and released on July 25, 2003.
Rule Sep 11, 2003
The Commission announces that Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 regulatory fees are due by September 24, 2003.
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Equal credit opportunity (Regulation B):

Title Type Published
The Board is publishing a technical amendment to Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity). The amendment updates the model application form "Uniform Residential Loan Application" (Freddie Mac 65/Fannie Mae 1003) in Appendix B of the regulation.
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 11, 2003
Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Research Council, on behalf of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review...
Notice Sep 11, 2003
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project; correction
Notice Sep 11, 2003
Public Health Conference Support Program; correction
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Cancer Institute
Notice Sep 11, 2003
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Sep 11, 2003
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Sep 11, 2003
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Sep 11, 2003
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Sep 11, 2003
National Institute of Nursing Research
Notice Sep 11, 2003
National Institute on Aging
Notice Sep 11, 2003
National Library of Medicine
Notice Sep 11, 2003
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center Board of Governors
Notice Sep 11, 2003
Women's Services Advisory Committee
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Customhouse broker license cancellation, suspension, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (19 U.S.C. 1641) and the Customs Regulations (19 CFR 111.51), the following Customs broker license and any and all associated local and national permits are canceled with prejudice:
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Drawbridge operations:

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The Coast Guard is changing the regulation governing the Rock Island Railroad & Highway Drawbridge, across the Upper Mississippi River at Mile 482.9, at Rock Island, Illinois. The drawbridge need not open for river traffic and may remain in the close...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Regattas and marine parades:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to create temporary special local regulations for the Child SMILE American Tour Fort Lauderdale Offshore Gran Prix held offshore of Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida. These special local regulations restrict the movement of non-...
Proposed Rule Sep 11, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carrizo Plain National Monument Advisory Committee...
Notice Sep 11, 2003
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northwest California Resource Advisory Council...
Notice Sep 11, 2003
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Council meetings will be held as indicated below.
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Controlled substances; manufacturers, distributors, and dispensors; registration:

Title Type Published
The Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSI&EA) authorizes the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to accommodate travelers who have a legitimate medical need for controlled substances during their journey. The CSI&EA allows DEA to issue a...
Proposed Rule Sep 11, 2003

Safe Explosives Act; implementation:

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice is amending current regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to remove the requirement that common or contract carriers taking possession of explosive materials for delivery to a licensee...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
This final rule revises the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to change the scheme used for numbering procurement award instruments. This change is required to comply with the General Services Administration (GSA) requirement that each agency establish uniqu...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on August 19, 2003 (68 FR 49824), that was incorrectly placed in the section titled Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Final Determination of No Signif...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 11, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 11, 2003
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 filings
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces its intent to establish the Audit and Financial Management Advisory Committee (AFMAC or "the Committee"). Accordingly, the SBA publishes this notice in compliance with the Federal Advisory Commit...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Wisconsin
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Supplemental security income:

Title Type Published
We are revising our regulations to implement a law that will enhance our access to financial account information of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applicants and recipients and other individuals whose income and resources we consider as being ava...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Annual inflation operating revenues of railroads; indexing
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Tecumseh Branch Connecting Railroad Co.
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A310 series airplanes, that requires electrical conductivity testing to verify the correct heat treatment of the two half fittings holding the ejection jack for...
Rule Sep 11, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A319-131 and -132; A320-231, -232, and -233; and A321-131 and -231 series airplanes, that requires installing new anti-swivel plates and weights on the engin...
Rule Sep 11, 2003
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 767 series airplanes, that currently requires revising the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the Maintenance Planning Data (MPD) Document (767 A...
Rule Sep 11, 2003
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 757 series airplanes, that currently requires modification of the nacelle strut and wing structure. This amendment reduces a certain compliance tim...
Rule Sep 11, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Gulfstream Model G-V series airplanes. This action requires a one-time inspection of the balance weight installation of the left and right ailerons for correctly i...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Hazardous materials:

Title Type Published
This document corrects the CFR text to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2003, regarding Hazardous Materials Safety Permits. The CFR text includes multiple incorrect cross-references to Sec. 385.403(a) and a single incor...
Proposed Rule Sep 11, 2003

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title Type Published
The FMCSA denies the petition of Hulcher Services, Inc. (Hulcher) for an exemption from the maximum driving time limitations in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). Hulcher argues that an exemption would ensure its ability to respon...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Valdosta Regional Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (title IX of the Omnibus Budge...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Pipeline safety:

Title Type Published
The Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) is changing several safety standards for hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines. The changes, which concern welder qualifications, backfilling, records,...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Air fares in advertisements; additional fees, taxes, and restrictions disclosure
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 11, 2003

Trading with the Enemy Act; implementation:

Title Type Published
The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") is proposing to adopt as a final rule the interim final rule published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register that revises its civil penalties...
Proposed Rule Sep 11, 2003
The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") is issuing this interim final rule to provide revisions to its civil penalties regulations promulgated pursuant to the Trading with the Enemy Act. These...
Rule Sep 11, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Office of Acquisition and Materiel Management (OA&MM), 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) o...
Notice Sep 11, 2003
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Sep 11, 2003

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