October 22, 2003 (Volume 68)

Federal Register October 22, 2003

View all documents issued on October 22, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

169 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 22, 2003

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information collection for which RUS intends to request approval from the Office of Management and B...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title Type Published
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby announces the recipients that were selected to receive grant awards during fiscal year (FY) 2003 under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

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

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the winter hardy lentil variety designated "Morton" is available for licensing and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to the Washington State University Research Founda...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the continuing information collections, as required...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, as required by the Paperwork Re...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, as required by the Paperwork Re...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the final results of the second administrative review and new shipper review of Gansu Tongda Fruit Juice and Beverage Co., Ltd. of the antidumping duty order on certain non-frozen apple juice...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the final results of the new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain non-frozen apple juice concentrate from the People's Republic of China. The period of review for the new s...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc:

Export administration regulations:

Title Type Published
As a result of the admission of Kazakhstan to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), this rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add Kazakhstan to Country Group A, Column A:4, which identifies the member countries of the NSG, and to t...
Rule Oct 22, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would modify the management of the "other species" Community Development Quota (CDQ) reserve by eliminating specific allocations of "other species" to individual CDQ managing organizations (CDQ groups) and instead allow NMFS to man...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003
NMFS proposes quotas for the Atlantic surfclam, ocean quahog, and Maine mahogany ocean quahog fisheries for 2004. Regulations governing these fisheries require NMFS to publish the proposed specifications for the 2004 fishing year and seek public comm...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003

Foreign trade statistics:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Census Bureau (Census Bureau) is issuing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking to announce and to solicit comments on the Census Bureau's intent to propose a rule that would make mandatory the filing of all export shipments requiring Sh...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003

National Defense Stockpile:

Title Type Published
Potential market impact of proposed increases in stockpile disposals; correction
Correction Oct 22, 2003

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of the Navy gives notice of its intent to grant to Electrochemical Products, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license to practice in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-Owned inventions,...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
The Department of the Navy gives notice of its intent to grant to Henkel Corporation, a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license to practice in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-Owned inventions, as identifi...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
The Department of the Navy gives notice of its intent to grant to Luster-On Products, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license to practice in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-Owned inventions, as id...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
The Department of the Navy gives notice of its intent to grant to METALAST International, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license to practice in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-Owned inventions, a...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
The Department of the Navy gives notice of its intent to grant to MacDermid, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license to practice in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-Owned inventions, as identified...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
The Department of the Navy gives notice of its intent to grant to SurTec International, GmbH, a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license to practice in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-Owned inventions, as...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
On October 2, 2003, the Department of Education published a 30-day public comment period notice under the Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information Collections (1890-0001) in the Federal Register (Page 56821, Column 2) for the...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Elementary and secondary education:

Title Type Published
The Secretary issues these proposed regulations to implement the Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Program, which is authorized under section 8007(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (the Act), as amended by the No Child Left...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) announces five FY 2004 competitions for grants to support education research. The Director takes this action under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (Act), Title I of Pub. L. 107...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The EIA has submitted the Oil and Gas Reserves System Surveys to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and a three- year extension under section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq)...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
The EIA has submitted the Supplemental Electric Power Program Survey to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and a three-year extension under section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 e...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Alliance Pipeline L.P.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Lake Charles Express LLC
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Northeast Utilities Service
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Northern Border Pipeline Co.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
PGE Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Power Authority, New York
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Trunkline Gas Company, LLC
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
Colorado Wind Ventures, LLC, et al.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
GWF Energy LLC, et al.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
PSI Energy, Inc., et al.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Sacramento Municipal Utility District, et al.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Chelan County, WA; Public Utility District No.1
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Duke Energy Corp.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
This notice announces the availability of the ROD to offer contract terms for interconnection of the Plymouth Generating Facility (PGF) into the Federal Columbia River Transmission System (FCRTS), based on the Plymouth Generating Facility Final Envir...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Integrated Licensing Process outreach workshop
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; informal settlement agreement
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Natural gas price formation; workshop
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Vector Pipeline Co.; informal settlement conference
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
Off-the-record communications
Notice Oct 22, 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 document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office, announces a public meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee's (CASAC) Particulate Matter (PM) Review Panel to: discuss follow-on matters related to its...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
There will be a 2-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review the Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling (PBPK): Pilot analysis with a n-methyl carbamate...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing a non-advisory public workshop and a public advisory meeting of the Board's Committee on Valuing the Protection of Ecological Systems and Services (Committee).
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces an October 29-30, 2003, expert peer-consultation workshop to facilitate preparation of preliminary draft chapters that cover tropospheric ozone (formation, concentrations, and exposure es...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces EPA's cancellation order for the cancellations, as requested by Drexel Chemical Company and Makhteshim Chemical Works, Limited, for all of their outdoor non-agricultural manufacturing-use products containing diazinon [O,O-diethy...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

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

Title Type Published
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
EPA is convening a 1-day public meeting to receive comments from persons reporting data required by the Inventory Update Rule (IUR) on the draft instructions for reporting in 2006. The instructions have been revised in response to amendments to 40 CF...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title Type Published
National Character Counts Week (Proc. 7724)
Presidential Document Oct 22, 2003
National Forest Products Week (Proc. 7723)
Presidential Document Oct 22, 2003

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission will consider an Order to resolve issues raised in the Auction No. 52 Comment Public Notice related to the Commission's authority to auction Direct Broadcast Satellite ("DBS") licenses and eligibility for the U.S. DBS licenses currentl...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
In the document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants the section 271 application of SBC Communications Inc., Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Indiana Bell Telephone Company Incorporated, the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, Wisconsi...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
On October 16, 2003, the Commission released a public notice announcing the November 5, 2003 meeting and agenda of the North American Numbering Council (NANC). The intended effect of this action is to make the public aware of the NANC's next meeting...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by Mercury Broadcasting Company, Inc., licensee of Station WFMX (FM), Statesville, North Carolina, proposing the substitution of Channel 289C1 for Channel 289C at Statesville, and rea...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003

Television stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
The Commission, at the request of Estes Broadcasting, Inc., substitutes channel 38- for channel 54+ at Longview, Texas. See 68 FR 33431, June 4, 2003. TV channel 38- can be allotted to Longview, Texas, in compliance with the minimum distance separati...
Rule Oct 22, 2003

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

Organization and procedures:

Title Type Published
The Office of Government Ethics is adopting as final a proposed regulation implementing the agency gift acceptance authority contained in section 2 of the Office of Government Ethics Authorization Act of 1996, which authorizes OGE to accept gifts and...
Rule Oct 22, 2003

Senior Executive Service:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the updated OGE Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Board.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 22, 2003
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks to work with other public and private sector organizations to support a new Federal initiative to promote better health for all Americans. This initiative is called Steps to a HealthierUS and is...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. The NADA provides for the veterinary prescription use of ceftiofur crystalline...
Rule Oct 22, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice adopts policies for the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (CHGME PP) regarding the CHGME PP withholding and reconciliation process and calculation of reconciliation payments, use of the wage index to calculat...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Human drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening until January 20, 2004, the administrative record for the rulemaking for over-the-counter (OTC) laxative drug products to accept comments and data concerning these drug products that have been filed...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Infant Mortality Advisory Committee
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Cancer Institute
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Cancer Institute
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Cancer Institute
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Cancer Institute
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Eye Institute
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute on Aging
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Library of Medicine
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Nurse Education and Practice National Advisory Council
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
This amendment revises the description of the immediate Office of the Director, Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), to include support functions for the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections; changes the name and expa...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format--General Considerations." The draft guidance discusses general issues common to all...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
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 Oct 22, 2003

Maritime security:

Title Type Published
This final rule adopts, with changes, the temporary interim rule published on July 1, 2003, that establishes U.S. Coast Guard Captains of the Ports as Federal Maritime Security Coordinators, and establishes requirements for Area Maritime Security Pla...
Rule Oct 22, 2003
This final rule adopts, with changes, the temporary interim rule that amends port and waterway regulations and implements the Automatic Identification System (AIS) carriage requirements of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) and t...
Rule Oct 22, 2003
This final rule adopts, with changes, the temporary interim rule published on July 1, 2003, that provides security measures for certain facilities in U.S. ports. It also requires owners or operators of facilities to designate security officers for fa...
Rule Oct 22, 2003
The Coast Guard has published a series of final rules in today's Federal Register that adopt, with changes, the series of temporary interim rules published July 1, 2003, which promulgate maritime security requirements mandated by the Maritime Transpo...
Rule Oct 22, 2003
This final rule adopts, with changes, the temporary interim rule published on July 1, 2003, that provides security measures for mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) not subject to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, an...
Rule Oct 22, 2003
This final rule adopts, with changes, the temporary interim rule published on July 1, 2003, that provides security measures for certain vessels calling on U.S. ports. It also requires the owners or operators of vessels to designate security officers...
Rule Oct 22, 2003

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has submitted the collection of information listed below to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. A summary of the information collection requirement is included in this notice. If yo...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to withdraw two areas in Florida from those designated as federally established manatee protection areas. We are proposing this action under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), an...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, the BLM has prepared a Draft Resource Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement (DRMP/EIS) for the Colorado...
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Pursuant to National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(C), the National Park Service announces the availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Navajo National Monument, Arizona.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as amended, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) proposes to participate in a joint Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) on the American Basin Fish Sc...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App. 1, Section 10), notice is hereby given that the Concessions Management Advisory Board (the Board) will hold its tenth meeting Tuesday, October 28 th...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

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

Special regulations:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to designate areas where personal watercraft (PWC) may be used in Amistad National Recreation Area, Texas. This proposed rule implements the provisions of the NPS general regulations authorizing park areas...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico logo International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
This notice advises the public that pursuant to Section 102(2) (c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) proposes to analyze and evaluate the impa...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This is an announcement of a meeting of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review Board to review and discuss recommendations for the 2003 Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
OSHA solicits comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information-collection requirement contained in the Aerial Lift Standard. Employers who modify an aerial lift for uses other than those provided by the manufacturer must obt...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

M
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR) Advisory Committee, of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, will conduct a public meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, November 12- 13, 2003, at the Westward Look Resort, 245 Ina...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

National Historical Publications and Records Commission; Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs:

Title Type Published
NARA is proposing to modify its regulations on nondiscrimination on the basis of disability to make it clear that the rules apply to recipients of NARA's National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) grants, not just programs and ac...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model safety evaluation (SE), a model no significant hazards consideration (NSHC) determination, and a model application relating to a change in the techn...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of the collection of information under its regulation on Payment of Premiums (29 CFR...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Railroad Retirement Act:

Title Type Published
The Railroad Retirement Board (Board) updates its regulations to reflect a change in how it evaluates pain and other subjective symptoms when determining if an individual is disabled from all regular employment to reflect recent changes in law.
Rule Oct 22, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Government Securities Clearing Corp.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2003
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Organization and procedure:

Title Type Published
These final rules amend our regulations to reflect organizational changes and to correct a typographical error. We are changing the title of the official responsible for decisions on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to conform to organizati...
Rule Oct 22, 2003

Social security benefits:

Title Type Published
The Commissioner has determined-- (1) A 2.1 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (the Act), effective for December 2003; (2) An increase in the Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule Oct 22, 2003

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title Type Published
The FAA is proposing national safety standards to govern commercial air tours (i.e., sightseeing). These safety standards are proposed as a result of accidents and incidents involving air tour operators and subsequent National Transportation Safety B...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003

Aircraft products and parts; certification procedures:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the issuance of policy statement PS- ACE100-2002-006, Material Qualification and Equivalency for Polymer Matrix Composite Material Systems. It enables composite material suppliers to qualify composite material to a procedure acc...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document proposes adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model A109E helicopters. This proposal would require modifying each passenger compartment sliding door (door) by applying a kit to replace the levers and li...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) model helicopters. The existing AD currently requires certain checks of the magnetic chip detector plug (chip detector) and the main g...
Rule Oct 22, 2003
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and -11F airplanes, that requires an inspection to detect arcing damage of the terminal strips, surrounding structure, and electrical cables...
Rule Oct 22, 2003

Airworthiness standards:

Title Type Published
These special conditions are issued for Cessna Aircraft Company Cessna Model 500 airplanes modified by Honeywell International, Inc. These modified airplanes will have novel and unusual design features when compared to the state of technology envisio...
Rule Oct 22, 2003

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title Type Published
FMCSA published a document in the Federal Register of October 16, 2003, 68 FR 59677, which contained two incorrect dates. This notice is to notify the public of these errors and make corrections to the October 16, 2003 notice. The corrections change...
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to proposed regulations that were published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2003 (68 FR 44499). This regulation relates to the computation and allocation of the credit for increasing research activities for memb...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, November 6, 2003.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

Procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations providing rules regarding the application of the general entity classification rules to certain foreign business entities, in particular providing a rule that terminates the grandfathered status of certain for...
Rule Oct 22, 2003
This document withdraws a portion of a notice of proposed rulemaking published on November 29, 1999, addressing certain transactions that occur within a specified period before or after a foreign entity changed its classification to disregarded-entit...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2003

Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:

Title Type Published
This is Supplement No. 1 to the Treasury Department Circular 570; 2003 Revision, published July 1, 2003, at 68 FR 39186.
Notice Oct 22, 2003

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