Federal Register September 26, 2003 (Volume 68)

Agencies Publishing on September 26, 2003

Agency for International Development (1)
Agriculture Department (7)
Commerce Department (13)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (1)
Defense Department (3)
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (1)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (2)
Environmental Protection Agency (17)
Federal Communications Commission (6)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (0)
Federal Reserve System (0)
Health and Human Services Department (7)
Homeland Security Department (10)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (7)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (4)
Labor Department (1)
Legal Services Corporation (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (2)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
Postal Service (1)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (10)
Social Security Administration (2)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (17)
Treasury Department (5)
Veterans Affairs Department (3)

Agency for International Development

Title	Type	Published
Agency for International Development Notice of Public Information Collections Being Reviewed by the U.S. Agency for International Development; Comments Requested U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is making efforts to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed and/or continuing informatio...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Housing Service's intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for Farm Labor Housing Technical Ass...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Agriculture Department > FNS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request-Food Stamp Program: State Issuance and Participation Estimates-Form FNS-388 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is publishing for public comment a summary of a proposed information collection. The proposed collection would extend a currently approved collection under O...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Agriculture Department > AMS Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan; Section 610 Review This action summarizes the results of a review of the Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan (Plan) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's, (Department), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) under the criteria contained in section 610 of the Regulat...	Proposed Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Revised Land and Resource Management Plan for the National Forests in Mississippi The Regional Forester for the Southern Region gives notice of the agency's intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for revision of the Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) for the National Forests in Mississippi. A...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Agriculture Department > FS Special Use Permits for Outfitter and Guide Operations on the Lower Rogue and Lower Illinois Rivers, Siskiyou National Forest, Curry County, OR Siskiyou National Forest, OR; correction	Correction	Sep 26, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications for the Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI); Correction The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is correcting a notice published July 30, 2003 (68 FR 44729-44738). This action is taken to correct the contents of the application package requiring that applicants submit a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Loan and purchase programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CCC 2003 Agricultural Assistance Act-Crop Disaster Program and Livestock Assistance Program; Correction This document contains a correction to the final rule published by the Commodity Credit Corporation on Thursday, June 26, 2003. The language in the preamble under the heading "Environmental Assessment" was incorrect. This document corrects that langu...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review for Xiangcheng Yisheng Foodstuffs Co., Ltd. In response to a request from Xiangcheng Yisheng Foodstuffs Co., Ltd. ("Yisheng"), the Department of Commerce is conducting a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China. The period of review i...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Refined Brown Aluminum Oxide (Otherwise known as Refined Brown Artificial Corundum or Brown Fused Alumina) from the People's Republic of China China	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Large Newspaper Printing Presses and Components Thereof, Whether Assembled or Unassembled, from Germany: Final Court Decision and Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value On March 8, 2000, the Court of International Trade affirmed the Department of Commerce's second remand determination results affecting the final margins for MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG and its wholly-owned subsidiary MAN Plamag Druckmaschinen AG, as...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Maxtor Corp.-Application for Subzone Status; Extension of Comment Period Maxtor Corp.; data storage products assembly and warehousing facilities	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic; Fishery Management Plan The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) has submitted the subject FMP for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. If approved, the FMP would establish the management unit and stock status criteria for dolphin and wahoo, permitting...	Proposed Rule	Sep 26, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Closure NMFS closes the commercial fishery for king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the western zone of the Gulf of Mexico. This closure is necessary to protect the Gulf king mackerel resource.	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a public meeting of the Law Enforcement Advisory Panel (LEAP).	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) GMT will hold a working meeting which is open to the public.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) and Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) will hold public meetings.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Office of Administration; Privacy Act System of Records The Department of Commerce (Commerce) publishes this notice to announce the effective date of a Privacy Act System of Records entitled Commerce/Department System 2: Accounts Receivable.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Commerce Department Office of Administration; Privacy Act System of Records The Department of Commerce (Commerce) publishes this notice to announce the effective date of a Privacy Act System of Records entitled Commerce/Department System 18: Employees Personnel Files Not Covered by Notices of Other Agencies.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Tariff rate quotas:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Solicitation of Requests for Modification of Tariff Rate Quotas on the Import of Certain Worsted Wool Fabrics The Department hereby solicits requests for the modification of the limitations on the quantity of imports of certain worsted wool fabric under the 2004 tariff rate quotas established by the TDA 2000, and amended by the Trade Act of 2002. To be consi...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Trademark cases:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is adding new regulations to implement the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act of 2002 (MPIA), and is amending existing regulation both to implement the MPIA and to otherwise clarify and improve t...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions and Deletion 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, and deletes from the Procurement List a product previously furnished by such agenc...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent No. 5,690,963: Freeze Dried Red Blood Cells, Navy Case No....	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

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

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE Availability of Exclusive or Partially Exclusive Licenses The Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announces the general availability of exclusive, or partially exclusive licenses under the following pending patents listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Any license granted shall comply wi...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Joint Staff proposes to add a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Title	Type	Published
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Energy Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Hydrogen Education Development The Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Program of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is soliciting financial assistance Applications with the objective of contributing to industry effort...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Energy Department Notice of Availability of a Financial Assistance Solicitation Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue a Financial Assistance Solicitation No. DE-PS26-04NT41898 entitled "Support of Advanced Coal Research at U.S. Colleges and Universities." Pursuant to 10 CFR 600.6(b), DOE has determined that issuance of t...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Removal of Direct Final Rule; Federally Enforceable State Operating Permit Program; Allegheny County, PA Because EPA received adverse comments, we are removing our approval of the revision to the Allegheny County portion of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan which consists of Allegheny County's state operating permit program. EPA...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Determination of Nonattainment as of November 15, 1999, and Reclassification of the Atlanta 1-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; State of Georgia EPA is taking final action to issue a determination that the Metropolitan Atlanta 1-hour serious ozone nonattainment area (hereinafter referred to as the Atlanta area) did not attain the 1-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) by t...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials, State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group, Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal, and Pesticide Operations and Management Working Committee; Notice of Public Meeting The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Working Committees on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal (WC/WQ and PD) and Pesticide Operations & Management Working Committe...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting There will be a meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review probabilistic exposure and risk assessment for children who contact chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treate...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gives notice of a meeting of the National Advisory Committee (NAC) and Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) to the U.S. Representative t...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Fenthion; Product Registrations Cancellation Order EPA is issuing a cancellation order for the cancellations, as requested by Bayer Environmental Science, of all of Bayer's registrations for products containing O,O-dimethyl O-(4-(methylthio)-m- tolyl)phosphorothioate (fenthion) and accepted by EPA, p...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Bifenazate; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of bifenazate and diazinecarboxylic acid, 2-(4-methoxy-[1,1'-biphenyl]- 3-yl), 1-methylethyl ester (expressed as bifenazate) in or on almond, hulls; nut, tree, group 14; okra; peppermint, t...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Chlorfenapyr; Pesticide Tolerance This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of chlorfenapyr [4-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(ethoxymethyl)-5- (trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile] in or on vegetables, fruiting, group 8. BASF Agro Research, now BASF Corporation request...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerance This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of etoxazole in or on cotton, pome fruits, strawberries, and imported tangerines. Valent U.S.A. Corporation requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amende...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Fenhexamid; Pesticide Tolerance This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fenhexamid in or on cucumber; fruit, stone, group 12, except plum, prune, fresh, postharvest; kiwifruit, postharvest; leafy greens subgroup 4A, except spinach; plum, prune, dried; plum, prune, fr...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Imazapyr; Pesticide Tolerance This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of imazapyr [2-[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo-1H-imidazol- 2-yl]-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid] in or on grass, forage; grass, hay; fish; shellfish; fats of cattle, sheep, goats, and hor...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Thiacloprid; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of thiacloprid ([3-[(6-chloro-3-pridinyl)methyl]-2- thiazolidinylidene]cyanamide) and metabolites retaining the thiazolidine ring intact, measured and expressed in terms of thiacloprid, per...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency IRIS Needs Assessment This notice announces the availability of a report titled, Needs Assessment for U.S. EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (EPA/635/R-02/004), prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development, Nationa...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Advisory Committee for Regulatory Negotiation Concerning All Appropriate Inquiry; Meeting The Environmental Protection Agency, as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), is announcing an extension to the dates of an upcoming meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on All Appropriate Inquiry.	Proposed Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III announces its intent to delete the River Road Landfill (Site) release listing from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. The NPL constitutes Appendix B of 4...	Proposed Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Issuance of General NPDES Permits for Small Publically Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) and Other Small Treatment Works Treating Domestic Sewage in Alaska (NPDES Permits Nos. AKG-57-0000, and AKG-57-1000) The Director, Office of Water, EPA Region 10, proposes to issue general National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for small POTWs and other small treatment works treating domestic sewage in Alaska pursuant to the provisions of t...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval The Federal Communications Commissions, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested 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	Sep 26, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Public Information Collection(s) Requirement Submitted to OMB for Emergency Review and Approval 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	Sep 26, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Public Information Collection(s) Requirement Submitted to OMB for Emergency Review and Approval 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	Sep 26, 2003

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Application by SBC Communications Inc., Michigan Bell Telephone Company, and Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc., for Authorization To Provide In-Region, InterLATA Service in Michigan In the document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants the section 271 application of SBC Communications Inc., Michigan Bell Telephone Company, and Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc. (Michigan Bell) for authority to e...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Television broadcasting:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Broadcast Services; Television Stations In this document, the Commission seeks comment on rules for digital low power television ("LPTV") and television translator stations, and considers issues related to digital television booster stations. This proceeding marks the beginning of the digi...	Proposed Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

No documents available.

Federal Reserve System

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicaid Program; Time Limitation on Price Recalculations and Recordkeeping Requirements Under the Drug Rebate Program; Correction This document corrects the effective date of a final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2003 (68 FR 51912). That rule finalizes separately, in an accelerated timeframe, two specific provisions of the September 19...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Medicare and Medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Requirements for Paid Feeding Assistants in Long Term Care Facilities This final rule permits a long term care facility to use paid feeding assistants to supplement the services of certified nurse aides under certain conditions. States must approve training programs for feeding assistants using Federal requirements as...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Medicare and medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Reapproval of the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) for Deeming Authority for Hospices This notice announces the reapproval of the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) as a national accreditation program for hospices that request participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances-April 2003 Through June 2003 This notice lists CMS manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published from April 2003 through June 2003, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This notice provides inform...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2004; Correction This document corrects an error that appeared in the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on August 15, 2003 entitled "Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2004."	Proposed Rule	Sep 26, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Revised Process for Making Medicare National Coverage Determinations This notice revises the process we will use to make a national coverage determination for a specific item or service under sections 1812, 1832, 1861, 1862, 1869, and 1871 of the Social Security Act, as revised by sections of the Medicare, Medicaid, a...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Counter Terrorism Products Regulated by the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research: Effective Strategies to Assist in Product Development; Public Workshop Notice of public workshop.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Agency Information Collection Activities: Application for Foreign Trade Zone Admission and/or Status Transaction, Application for Foreign Trade Zone Activity Report The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Agency Information Collection Activities: Application-Permit-Special License Unlading/Lading, Overtime Services The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Agency Information Collection Activities: Serially Numbered Substantial Containers Entering the United States Duty-Free The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Maritime security:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Automatic Identification System; Expansion of Carriage Requirements for U.S. Waters On July 1, 2003, the Coast Guard published a notice requesting comments on how best to address implementation of Automatic Identification System (AIS) carriage requirements on certain navigable waters of the U.S. for vessels not on international voya...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Outer Continental Shelf activities:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Safety Zone for Outer Continental Shelf Facility in the Gulf of Mexico for Viasca Knoll 915 The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone around a petroleum and gas production facility in Viasca Knoll 915 of the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. The facility needs to be protected from vessels operating outside the normal shippi...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003
Homeland Security Department > USCG Safety Zone for Outer Continental Shelf Facility in the Gulf of Mexico for Green Canyon 645 The Coast Guard proposes the establishment of a safety zone around a petroleum and gas production facility in Green Canyon 645 of the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico while the facility is being constructed and after the construction is...	Proposed Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Pollution:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Standards for Living Organisms in Ship's Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters The Coast Guard announces its intent to prepare and circulate a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the proposed regulatory action to establish a ballast water discharge standard. The intent of this standard is to establish the req...	Proposed Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Security Zones; San Francisco Bay, California The Coast Guard is revising the enforcement period of moving and fixed security zones extending 100 yards around and under all High Interest Vessels (HIVs) that enter, are moored in, anchored in, or depart from the San Francisco Bay and Delta ports,...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes a new system of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This system, if adopted, will include personal information pertaining to individuals who submit information to DHS related to a...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Waterfront facilities:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Handling of Class 1 (Explosive) Materials or Other Dangerous Cargoes Within or Contiguous to Waterfront Facilities The Coast Guard is updating the regulations relating to the handling of packaged and bulk-solid dangerous cargo at waterfront facilities. These updated regulations reflect improved safety procedures and modern transportation methods, such as the use...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Interior Department

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Eastern Shore of Virginia and Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuges The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces that the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) is available for Eastern Shore of Virginia and Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuges (NWR). This Draft...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement and the Proposed Snake River Resource Management Plan In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the FEIS and the Proposed Snake River RMP. The FEIS describes and analyzes options for managing approximately 981 acres...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Invasive Species Advisory Committee Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC). The purpose of the ISAC is to provide advice to the National Invasive Species Council, as authoriz...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Migratory bird hunting:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Late-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) prescribes final late-season frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2003-04 migratory bird hunting seasons. These late seasons include most waterfowl seaso...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Closure of Public Lands Notice is hereby given that certain areas are closed to firearms target shooting from October 1st, 2003 to September 30th, 2004, to protect public safety and natural resources. The closed areas are Shepherd Ah-Nei, 21-Mile, and Acton Ah-Nei areas and...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Royalty Management:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Federal Oil Valuation Proposed Rule The MMS, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, published on August 20, 2003, a Federal Oil Valuation Proposed Rule (68 FR 50087). This Federal Register document extends the comment period end date.	Proposed Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Special regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, PWC Use This rule designates areas where personal watercraft (PWC) may be used in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona. This rule implements the provisions of the National Park Service (NPS) general regulation authorizing parks to allow the...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Barium Carbonate From China China	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
International Trade Commission Certain Ceramic Station Post Insulators from Japan Revised schedule for the subject investigation.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Justice Department

Antitrust Procedures and Penalty Act (Tunney Act):

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ANTITRUST United States v. National Council on Problem Gambling, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:03CV01278; Public Comments and Plaintiff's Response Proposed final judgment; public comments and plaintiff's response	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

National cooperative research notifications:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Internet Streaming Media Alliance, Inc. Internet Streaming Media Alliance, Inc.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-The Open Mobile Alliance Open Mobile Alliance	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Spray Drift Task Force Spray Drift Task Force	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > DOL Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Legal Services Corporation

Aliens; legal assistance restrictions:

Title	Type	Published
Legal Services Corporation Alien Eligiblity for Representation by LSC Programs The Legal Services Corporation ("Corporation") is revising the appendix to its regulations on restrictions on legal assistance to aliens. This appendix sets forth a listing of documents upon which recipients may rely to verify the eligibility of non-...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Endowment for the Arts; Combined Arts Advisory Panel Combined Arts Advisory Panel	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Endowment for the Arts; Combined Arts Advisory Panel Combined Arts Advisory Panel	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Proposal Review Panel for Materials Research; Sunshine Act Meeting Materials Research Proposal Review Panel	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License and Opportunity for a Hearing Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Florida Power Corporation, Crystal River Unit 3; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Florida Power Corp.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting Notice Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Subcommittee Meeting on Planning and Procedures; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Postal Service

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

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Railroad Retirement Board

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988; Notice of RRB Records Used in Computer Matching As required by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, RRB is issuing public notice of its use and intent to use, in ongoing computer matching programs, civil service benefit and payment information obtained from the Office of Perso...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of Time Warner Company, L.P., To Withdraw Its 71/4% Senior Debentures (due 2008) and Related Guarantees of Warner Communications Inc. and American Television and Communications Corporation, From Listing and Registration on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Time Warner Co., L.P., et al.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rules Relating to Compliance With Auditing and Related Professional Practice Standards and Advisory Groups Auditing and related professional practice standards; proposed rules filed	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Ethics Code Ethics Code; proposed rules filed	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the International Securities Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Extension of the Pilot Program for Quotation Spreads International Securities Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the International Securities Exchange, Inc. To Simplify the Manner in Which a Contrary Exercise Advice Is Submitted and To Extend by One Hour the Time for Members To Submit Contrary Exercise Advices International Securities Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by NQLX LLC To Remove Requirement That Members Record the Clearing Account Indicator on Order Tickets NQLX LLC	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Amendment Nos. 4 and 5 to a Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Business Continuity Plans and Emergency Contact Information National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 4 to a Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Business Continuity and Contingency Planning New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Program: Cooperative Agreements for Homeless Outreach Projects and Evaluation (HOPE); Program Announcement No. SSA-OPDR-03-02 The Social Security Administration requests applications for cooperative agreement funding to support projects that provide targeted outreach, supportive services, and benefit application assistance to individuals who are chronically homeless.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB East Tennessee Railway, L.P.-Lease and Operation Exemption-CSX Transportation, Inc. CSX Transportation, Inc.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Railroad services abandonment:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Union Pacific Railroad Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Maricopa County, AZ Union Pacific Railroad Co.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

African Growth and Opportunity Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States African Growth and Opportunity Act Implementation Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee; Public Comments on Annual Review of Country Eligibility for Benefits Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act The African Growth and Opportunity Act Implementation Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (the "Subcommittee") is requesting written public comments for the annual review of the eligibility of sub-Saharan African countries to receive the...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Notice of Request for the Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend the following currently approved information collec...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Waimea-Kohala, HI This action corrects a rule that was published in the Federal Register on August 12, 2003, (68 FR 47846; FR Doc. 03-20406). It corrects an error in the latitude description of the Waimea-Kohala Airport and omits a word in the airspace description for...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Removal of Class E Airspace; Clifton, TN This action removes the Class E5 Airspace at Clifton, TN, as there is no longer a Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) for Hassell Field Airport requiring Class E5 airspace.	Rule	Sep 26, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fr...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Transportation Department > FMCSA National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures The FMCSA is publishing for public comment its draft Order on agency procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Now that the FMCSA is a separate agency within the Department of Transportation (Department or DOT)...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model EC 155B Helicopters This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model EC 155B helicopters. This action requires, before further flight, determining whether the engine "GOV" warning light caution advisory display (display)...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws 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	Sep 26, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Environmental Impact Statement for the Permanent PATH Terminal at World Trade Center in New York, NY The FTA, in cooperation with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal to create a new Permanent Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) Terminal at the World Trade Cen...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement, Seattle, WA The FHWA is issuing this revised notice of intent to inform the public, Tribes, and agencies of changes made to the initial Notice of Intent for a proposed highway project along SR 99 in Seattle, King County, Washington. The initial Notice of Intent...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance New Jersey Transit Corp.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Hazardous materials:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Hazardous Materials: Approval Program for Certain Persons Performing Visual Requalification of DOT Specification Cylinders; Extension of Compliance Date RSPA is extending the compliance date of the regulations contained in 49 CFR 107.805(f) and 180.209(g) of the Hazardous Materials Regulations that require persons who perform visual requalification of DOT specification cylinders to obtain approval fr...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Government/Industry Aeronautical Charting Forum Meeting This notice announces the bi-annual meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's Government/Industry Aeronautical Charting Forum (ACF) to discuss informational content and design of aeronautical charts and related products, as well as instrument...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA List of Nonconforming Vehicles Decided To Be Eligible for Importation This document revises the list of vehicles not originally manufactured to conform to the Federal motor vehicle safety standards that NHTSA has decided to be eligible for importation. This list is contained in an appendix to the agency's regulations t...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Glazing Materials; Low Speed Vehicles This document delays the effective date of, and makes a correcting amendment to, the final rule published on July 25, 2003 (68 FR 43964) that updates the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on glazing materials.	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Rejection of Petition for Determination of Inconsequential Noncompliance Glaval Bus, Inc.	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 03-04-C-00-PIB To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport, Hattiesburg, MS The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Hattiesburg- Laurel Regional Airport under the provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 C...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Joint Comment Request In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (collectively, the "agencies") may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an inform...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 972 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	Sep 26, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 2063 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	Sep 26, 2003
Treasury Department Office of International Affairs; Survey of U.S. Ownership of Foreign Securities as of December 31, 2003 By this Notice, the Department of the Treasury is informing the public that it is conducting a mandatory survey of U.S. ownership of foreign securities as of December 31, 2003. This Notice constitutes legal notification to all United States persons w...	Notice	Sep 26, 2003

Procedure and administration:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Disclosure of Return Information by Certain Officers and Employees for Investigative Purposes; Correction This document contains corrections to temporary regulations that was published in the Federal Register on Thursday, July 10, 2003 (68 FR 41073), relating to the disclosure of return information pursuant to section 6103(k)(6) of the Internal Revenue C...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review 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 26, 2003

Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Compensation and Pension Provisions of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2002 This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations to reflect the statutory provisions of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2002. These changes address entitlement to special monthly compensation for loss of breast tissu...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Grants:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program This document affirms without any changes except for adding OMB information collection citations in part 61, to the provisions of an interim final rule that revised the regulations concerning the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program. In l...	Rule	Sep 26, 2003

Federal Register September 26, 2003

Agencies Publishing on September 26, 2003

Agency for International Development

Agriculture Department

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Loan and purchase programs:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Fishery conservation and management:

Meetings:

Privacy Act:

Tariff rate quotas:

Trademark cases:

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Defense Department

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

Privacy Act:

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Education Department

Energy Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

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

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act; implementation:

Superfund program:

Water pollution control:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Television broadcasting:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department

Medicaid:

Medicare and Medicaid:

Medicare and medicaid:

Medicare:

Meetings:

Homeland Security Department

Maritime security:

Outer Continental Shelf activities:

Pollution:

Ports and waterways safety:

Privacy Act:

Waterfront facilities:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Interior Department

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Migratory bird hunting:

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Royalty Management:

Special regulations:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department

Antitrust Procedures and Penalty Act (Tunney Act):

National cooperative research notifications:

Labor Department

Legal Services Corporation

Aliens; legal assistance restrictions:

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

N National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Postal Service

R Railroad Retirement Board

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National Science Foundation

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Railroad Retirement Board

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Trade Representative, Office of United States