Federal Register October 23, 2003 (Volume 68)

Agencies Publishing on October 23, 2003

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (1)
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Agricultural Marketing Service (0)
Agriculture Department (13)
Commerce Department (9)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (1)
Education Department (5)
Energy Department (3)
Environmental Protection Agency (1)
Export-Import Bank (1)
Farm Credit Administration (2)
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (1)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
Health and Human Services Department (10)
Homeland Security Department (1)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (5)
Labor Department (5)
Legal Services Corporation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Peace Corps (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (13)
Small Business Administration (1)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Tennessee Valley Authority (0)
Transportation Department (8)
Treasury Department (8)
Veterans Affairs Department (3)

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Title	Type	Published
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Protection of Historic Properties The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is extending by 30 days the public comment period for the proposed amendments to the regulations implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Such proposed amendments were published...	Proposed Rule	Oct 23, 2003

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Agricultural Marketing Service

Grain inspection equipment; official performance requirements:

No documents available.

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension and revision of a currently approved information collection for the Farm...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Agriculture Department > APHIS Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of regulations for user fees for proc...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Agriculture Department > APHIS Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection in support of the Cooperative Agricultural Pest...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > ARS Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture; Nominations The Agricultural Research Service is requesting nominations for qualified persons to serve as members of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21). The charge for the AC21 is two-fold: to examine the long...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Hydrilla; Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact We are advising the public that an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to the continued release of the nonindigenous leaf-mining flies Hydrellia p...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Chloride Bush Project, Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Bonner County, Idaho The USDA Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to document and disclose the potential environmental effects of proposed activities within the Gold Creek watershed on the Sandpoint Ranger District, Idaho Panhandle Nationa...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Agriculture Department Vail Valley Forest Health Project; White River National Forest, Eagle County, Colorado The USDA Forest Service, White River National Forest, gives notice of the agency's intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental effects of commercial and non-commercial timber cutting and prescribed fire, in...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Grain inspection equipment; official performance requirements:

Title	Type	Published
Agricultural Marketing Service > GIPSA, Agriculture Department Official Performance Requirements for Grain Inspection Equipment The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is amending the regulations under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended, entitled Official Performance Requirements for Grain Inspection Equipment by removing regulation...	Rule	Oct 23, 2003

Jurisdictional transfers:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS, Tennessee Valley Authority Notice of Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction, Custody, and Control of Approximately 170,000 Acres of Land Owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Located at the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area in Lyon and Trigg Counties, KY, and Stewart County, TN, Subject to the Rights Expressly Reserved for the Benefit of TVA, Its Agents, Employees, Successors and Assigns as Set Forth in Exhibit A Which Is Attached Hereto and Made a Part Hereof, Said Land Hereinafter Referred to as the “Land Between the Lakes” Pursuant to the Land Between The Lakes Protection Act of 1998, 16 U.S.C. 460 (Act), administrative jurisdiction over the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area transferred from TVA to USDA-FS on October 1, 1999. The Land Between the Lakes Na...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Notice of Resource Advisory Committee Meeting Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 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 Re...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Plant related quarantine; foreign:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Update of Nursery Stock Regulations; Correction We are correcting an error in the rule portion of a final rule that amended the regulations for importing nursery stock to require additional certifications for imported niger seed and lilac, to reflect changes in plant taxonomy and pest distribution...	Rule	Oct 23, 2003

Prunes (dried) produced in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Dried Prunes Produced in California; Decreased Assessment Rate The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule which decreased the assessment rate established for the Prune Marketing Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 993 for the 2003-04 and s...	Rule	Oct 23, 2003
Agriculture Department > AMS Dried Prunes Produced in California; Temporary Suspension of the Mandatory Outgoing Prune Inspection and Quality Requirements, and Modification of the Undersized Prune Disposition Requirements Under the Marketing Order, and Suspension of the Prune Import Regulation The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule which suspended for three years the outgoing prune inspection and quality requirements under the California Dried Prune Marketing Order (Order) a...	Rule	Oct 23, 2003

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Hard Red Spring Wheat From Canada Notice of antidumping duty order.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative and New Shipper Reviews The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative and new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China until December 1, 2003. This extension...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Commerce Department > NTIA Request for Comment on Improvements to the U.S. Preparation Process for World Radiocommunication Conferences The General Accounting Office (GAO) in Telecommunications: Better Coordination and Enhanced Accountability Needed to Improve Spectrum Management (GAO-02-096), recommends that the State Department, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Natio...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performance of the Alabama Coastal Management Program and the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alabama. The Coastal Zone Management Pro...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Hard Red Spring Wheat From Canada Notice of countervailing duty order.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Low Enriched Uranium from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom: Extension of Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of countervailing duty administrative reviews.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Expansion of the New Hampshire Coastal Management Program Boundary; Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Proposed Finding of No Significant Impact Notice is hereby given of the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and proposed Finding of No Significant Impact for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) approval of the State of New Hampshire request to exp...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene public meetings.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; Photography Permit Application No. 997-1704 Notice is hereby given that Bob McLaughlin, P.O. Box 496, 339 Glenwood, Eastsound, Washington 98245, has been issued a permit to take several species of non-listed marine mammals for purposes of commercial/educational photography.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Flammable Fabrics Act:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Ignition of Upholstered Furniture by Small Open Flames and/or Smoldering Cigarettes; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Comments and Information The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) has found, based on available information, that a new flammability standard or other regulation may be needed for upholstered furniture products and for fabrics and related materials used in...	Proposed Rule	Oct 23, 2003

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USUHS Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 23, 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	Oct 23, 2003
Education Department Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs The Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services announces priorities under the Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs. The Assistant Secretary may use these priorities for competitions in fiscal year (FY)...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs (RCEP)-Regional Rehabilitation Continuing Education Projects (RRCEP); Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Education Department Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs (RCEP)-Institute on Rehabilitation Issues (IRI); Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department National Assessment Governing Board; Meeting The notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board. This notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of the Federa...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Energy Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Science; DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee This notice announces a meeting of the DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC). Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Nevada Test Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Nonpoint Source Program and Grants Guidelines for States and Territories EPA has developed guidelines for States' implementation of nonpoint source management programs under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act and for the award of Section 319 grants to States to implement those programs. These guidelines apply to grants ap...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Export-Import Bank

Title	Type	Published
Export-Import Bank Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Export-Import Bank, as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Farm Credit Administration

Farm credit system:

Title	Type	Published
Farm Credit Administration Proposed Related Services; Farm Management and Agricultural Trust The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or we) is reopening the comment period on our request for public comment on an inquiry by a Farm Credit System (System or FCS) institution for approval to offer farm management and agricultural trust services as au...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Farm Credit Administration Loan Policies and Operations; Funding and Fiscal Affairs, Loan Policies and Operations, and Funding Operations; OFI Lending The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, agency, or we) is reopening the comment period on the proposed rule to amend the agency's regulations governing other financing institutions (OFIs) and investments in Farmers' notes so all interested parties will...	Proposed Rule	Oct 23, 2003

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board Notice of New Exposure Draft Identifying and Reporting on Earmarked Funds Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463), as amended, section 10(a)(2), and the FASAB Rules Of Procedure, as amended in October, 1999, notice is hereby given that the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board has published a new exposure draft, Identifying and Reporting on Earmarked Funds.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Prohibited trade practices:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission GenCorp Inc.; Analysis To Aid Public Comment The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Infectious Disease Issues in Xenotransplantation The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA).	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > AHRQ Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) allow the proposed information collection project: "Surveys of Employee Benefit Managers of Large N...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Training Program for Regulatory Project Managers; Information Available to Industry The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) is announcing the continuation of the Regulatory Project Management Site Tours and Regulatory Interaction Program. This training program was initiated in 1999, and...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > IHS Health Professions Preparatory, Pregraduate and Indian Health Professions Scholarship Programs The Indian Health Service (IHS) is publishing a Notice of Availability of Funds for Health Professions Preparatory, Pregraduate, and Indian Health Professions Scholarship Programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004. The IHS announces the availability of appro...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > AOA Tribal Consultation (Listening Sessions) With American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian Representatives The Department of Health and Human Services policy on consultation with American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Governments and Organizations requires each Operating Division to meet with AI/AN Tribal Representatives. The Administration on Aging (AoA)...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > FDA General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidance on Marketed Unapproved Drugs; Compliance Policy Guide; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled "Marketed Unapproved Drugs; Compliance Policy Guide." This draft guidance describes how FDA intends to exercise its enforcement discretion with regard...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > FDA International Cooperation on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products; Draft Guidance for Industry on “Studies to Evaluate the Safety of Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Human Food: Repeat-Dose (Chronic) Toxicity Testing;” Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability for comments of a draft guidance document for industry ([numsign]160) entitled "Studies to Evaluate the Safety of Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Human Food: Repeat-Dose (Chronic)...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ATSDR Availability of Draft Toxicological Profiles The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), section 104(i)(3) [42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(3)] directs the Administrator of ATSDR to...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Homeland Security Department

Radiological Emergency Preparedness:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness: Planning and Preparing for a Fast-Breaking Event; Notice of Extension of Comment Period On August 19, 2003, FEMA published a notice with request for comments on Radiological Emergency Preparedness: Planning and Preparing for a Fast-Breaking Event, 68 FR 49783. With this notice, FEMA extends the comment period until December 5, 2003.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Durum and Hard Red Spring Wheat From Canada Canada	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Public Input on Improving Agency Procedures The United States International Trade Commission invites public input on specific ways in which it could improve its document management and electronic filing system, EDIS.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60-day emergency notice of information collection under review: reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired, report of public safety officer's death.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60-day emergency notice of information collection under review: reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired, report of public safety officer's permanent and total disability.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60-Day emergency notice of information collection under review: reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired; claim for death benefits.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ANTITRUST United States v. National Council on Problem Gambling, Inc.; Public Comment and Plaintiff's Supplemental Response National Council on Problem Gambling, Inc.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF The Gang Resistance Education and Training Program: Availability of Financial Assistance, Criteria and Application Procedures Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) intends to enter into cooperative agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies to assist them in providing the Gang Resistance Ed...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > EBSA 124th Full Meeting; Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Labor Department > EBSA Working Group on Optional Professional Management in Defined Contribution Plans; Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Employee benefit plans; class exemptions:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > EBSA Proposed Class Exemption To Permit Certain Loans of Securities by Employee Benefit Plans This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed amendment to PTE 81- 6 and a proposed restatement of PTE 82-63. If granted, the proposed exemption would amend and replace Prohibited Transactio...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > EBSA Working Group on Defined Benefit Funding and Discount Rate Issues; Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Labor Department > EBSA Working Group on Health Care Security; Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Legal Services Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Legal Services Corporation Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of Directors Search Committee for LSC President and Inspector General Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sequoyah Fuels Corporation; Designation of Presiding Officer Sequoyah Fuels Corp.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sequoyah Fuels Corporation; Designation of Presiding Officer Sequoyah Fuels Corp.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Peace Corps

Title	Type	Published
Peace Corps Proposed Information Collection Requests Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1981 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Peace Corps has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for approval of an information collection, OMB Control Number 0420-0510, the Peace Corps Heal...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the NASD's Minor Rule Violation Plan and Late Fee Provision	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. To Amend Rules 1011, 1014 and 1017	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Securities and investment companies:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Security Holder Director Nominations We are proposing new rules that would, under certain circumstances, require companies to include in their proxy materials security holder nominees for election as director. These proposed rules are intended to improve disclosure to security holders t...	Proposed Rule	Oct 23, 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 American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to Reporting of “At-the-Close” Orders in Nasdaq Securities American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to the LLC Operating Agreement of the Proposed New Exchange Facility To Be Operated by the Boston Options Exchange Group LLC Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 23, 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 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Technical Amendments to Rule 2710 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. To Clarify the Applicability of the Nasdaq Corporate Governance Requirements During the Listing Review Process National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to 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 Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. to Delete the Prohibition Against the Delivery of Electronically Generated Orders Via AUTOM Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Manner in Which a Contrary Exercise Advice Is Submitted and To Extend by One Hour the Cut-Off Time To Submit Contrary Exercise Advices Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Commonwealth of Kentucky Kentucky	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Amendment to Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: Pre-Academic English Language Training and Academic Readiness Phase of the PLUS Program The Pre-Academic English Language Training and Academic Readiness Phase of the PLUS Program Grants Competition was announced on October 10, 2003 in the Federal Register (68 FR 58741). This announcement amends the original RFGP to change the internati...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting Shipping Coordinating Committee	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB BG & CM Railroad, Inc.-Exemption From 49 U.S.C. Subtitle IV; and BG & CM Railroad, Inc.-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Camas Prairie Railnet, Inc. Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board has: (1) Exempted BG & CM Railroad, Inc. (BG & CM) from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Subtitle IV, subject to conditions, to allow reactivation of service on a rail line in Lewis, Nez Perce, and Idaho Counties, ID; (2)...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
DOT, STB Morristown & Erie Railway, Inc.-Lease and Operation Exemption-State of Maine Maine Eastern Railroad	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Tennessee Valley Authority

Jurisdictional transfers:

No documents available.

Transportation Department

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Air Tour Operators in the State of Hawaii This final rule continues the existing safety requirements in Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 71 (SFAR 71) and eliminates the termination date for SFAR 71. The procedural, operational, and equipment safety requirements of SFAR 71 will continu...	Rule	Oct 23, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Model 750 Citation X Series Airplanes This amendment rescinds Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-16-17 R1, which is applicable to all Cessna Model 750 Citation X series airplanes. That AD requires repetitive in-flight functional tests to verify proper operation of the secondary horizontal s...	Rule	Oct 23, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10, -10F, -15, -30, -30F (KC-10A and KDC-10), -40, and -40F Airplanes; and Model MD-10-10F and -30F Airplanes This document corrects an error that appeared in airworthiness directive (AD) 2003-19-05 that was published in the Federal Register on September 22, 2003 (68 FR 54992). The error resulted in an incorrect Type Certificate holder name. This AD is appli...	Rule	Oct 23, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce plc RB211 Trent 800 Series Turbofan Engines The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce plc (RR) models RB211 Trent 875-17, Trent 877-17, Trent 884-17, Trent 892-17, Trent 892B-17, and Trent 895-17 turbofan engines, with low pressure (LP) compressor fan blades...	Proposed Rule	Oct 23, 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	Oct 23, 2003
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	Oct 23, 2003
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 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 circ...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Transportation Department > MARAD Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 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 circ...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request For Regulation Project 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	Oct 23, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request For Regulation Project 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	Oct 23, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 1138; Correction This document contains a correction to a notice and request for comments, which was published in the Federal Register on Monday September 15, 2003 (68 FR 54052). This notice relates to a comment request on proposed and /or continuing information coll...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8870 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	Oct 23, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project 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	Oct 23, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project 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	Oct 23, 2003

Income taxes:

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Treasury Department > IRS Qualified Subchapter S Trust Election for Testamentary Trust; Correction This document contains a correction to final regulations that were published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2003 (68 FR 42251) relating to a qualified subchapter S trust election for testamentary trust.	Rule	Oct 23, 2003

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Treasury Department > OFAC Exclusion of Certain Transactions With Respect to Certain Iraqi Property From the Scope of a General License The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") has excluded certain transactions from the scope of the general license found in 31 CFR 575.533(a). This exclusion prohibits any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnis...	Rule	Oct 23, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department

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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 National Cemetery Administration (NCA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003
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 Office of Policy and Planning (OPPA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

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

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Veterans Affairs Department Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development, intends to grant to Recovery Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 25 Main Street, Wayland, MA 01778, U.S.A., an exclusive license to practice U.S. Patent Applicatio...	Notice	Oct 23, 2003

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Labor Department

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Peace Corps

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Treasury Department

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