Federal Register December 4, 2003
View all documents issued on December 4, 2003. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
69 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on December 4, 2003
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Agriculture Department
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Commerce Department
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Defense Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Office of the President
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Federal Election Commission
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Federal Housing Finance Board
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Federal Reserve System
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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Interior Department
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Postal Service
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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State Department
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Veterans Affairs Department
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Agriculture Department
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
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Pursuant to section 102(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the Natural Resources Conse...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Meetings:
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The Eastern Arizona Counties Resources Advisory Committee will meet in Show Low, Arizona. The purpose of the meeting is to evaluate project proposals for possible funding in accordance with Public Law 106-393 (the Secure Rural Schools and Community S...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Trade adjustment assistance; applications, petitions, etc.:
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Commerce Department
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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 and/or continuing information collections, a...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Antidumping:
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In response to a request from Shanghai Xiuwei International Trading Co., Ltd. ("Shanghai Xiuwei") and Sichuan-Dujiangyan Dubao Bee Industrial Co., Ltd. ("Sichuan Dubao"), the Department of Commerce ("the Department") is conducting a new shipper revie...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Patent cases:
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a final rule in the Federal Register of October 20, 2003, revising the rules of practice in patent cases to conform them to certain amendments made to the Regulations under the Patent C...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
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The patent term extension provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) and the patent term adjustment provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) each provide for the possibility of patent term extension or adjustment...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Permits:
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The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional Administrator) has made a preliminary determination that the subject EFP application contains all the required information and warrants further...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Defense Department
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
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The Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), intends to prepare an integrated Project Implementation Report (PIR) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Water Conservation Area 3 (WCA-3) Decompartmentalization and Sheet...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Senior Executive Service:
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Notice is given of the names of members of a Performance Review Board for the Department of the Army.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Energy Department
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
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Florida Gas Transmission Co.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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Kern River Gas Transmission Co.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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Viking Gas Transmission Co.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
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AES Ocean Express, L.L.C.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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Virginia Electric Power Co.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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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...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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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...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Air pollutants; hazardous; national emission standards:
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On November 12, 2002, the EPA issued amendments to the national emission standard for benzene waste operations as a direct final rule, along with a parallel proposal to be used as a basis for final action in the event we received any adverse comments...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:
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Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from adh...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
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EPA is making an interim final determination to stay imposition of sanctions based on a proposed approval of revisions to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) published e...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
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Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from adhesives and sealan...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Superfund program:
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or "the Agency") is proposing reportable quantity (RQ) adjustments for 28 individual carbamates and five carbamate-related hazardous waste streams listed as hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservatio...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
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In accordance with section 122(i)(1) of the comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1984, as amended ("CERCLA"), notification is hereby given of a proposed administrative agreement concerning the Marina Cliffs/Northwes...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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In accordance with the requirements of section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement under section...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Executive Office of the President
Special observances:
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World AIDS Day (Proc. 7740)
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Presidential Document | Dec 04, 2003 |
Federal Election Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Federal Housing Finance Board
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
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The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of June 27, 2003. That document revised the Finance Board's Description of Organization and Functions regulation to reflect agency reor...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Federal Reserve System
Banks and bank holding companies:
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Change in bank control
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Health and Human Services Department
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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Child maltreatment and youth violence; sociocultural and community risk and protective factors
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Homeland Security Department
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency, 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 continuing information collecti...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has submitted the following proposed information collection to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C....
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Acquisition regulations:
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing an interim rule to establish the Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR). The HSAR is intended as regulatory guidance. The HSAR reflects recent changes to the Federal Acquisit...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
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The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Interior Department
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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3507) and 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the National Park Service (NPS) invites comments on a submitted request to the Office of Manag...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Closure of public lands:
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This notice closes to casual use certain public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, in order to prevent hikers and other visitors from accessing ridges that overlook bigh...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces that the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) is available for the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge). Prepared pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration A...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
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We are approving a proposed amendment to the North Dakota regulatory program (the "North Dakota program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). North Dakota proposed revisions to and additions of rules about...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Rulemaking petitions:
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM-50-74) submitted by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI or petitioner). The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations regarding emergency core cooling syste...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Postal Service
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
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Hard Rock Hotel, Inc.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
State Department
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The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. T...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. T...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Surface Transportation Board
Practice and procedure:
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The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is amending its regulations concerning the service of a notice of intent to abandon or discontinue rail service by removing an obsolete reference to a labor organization and making technical changes.
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Transportation Department
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This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes, that currently requires performing a general visual inspection to detect chafing or damage of the parallel power...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Airworthiness directives:
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This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A320 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive ultrasonic inspections to detect fatigue cracking in the wing/fuselage joint...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Model 737-600, 737-700, 737-700C, 737-800, and 737-900 series airplanes. This proposal would require measuring the electrical resistance of the su...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
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The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Models 172R, 172S, 182S, 182T, T182T, 206H, and T206H airplanes that are equipped with a Honeywell KAP 140 autopilot computer system installed on the cente...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
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This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Dassault Model Falcon 2000 series airplanes. This proposal would require modification of the forward ribs of the left and right engine pylons to p...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
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This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 airplanes, that currently requires repetitive general visual inspections of the power feeder cables, terminal strip, fuseholder, a...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, DC- 10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-30F (KC10A and KDC-10), DC-10-40, DC- 10-40F, MD-10-10F, MD-10-30F, MD-11, and MD-11F a...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-81 (MD-81), DC-9-82 (MD- 82), DC-9-83 (MD-83), DC-9-87 (MD-87), and MD-88 airplanes. This action requires one-time inspections to detect discrepa...
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Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
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The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for a proposed highway project within Watauga County, North Carolina.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Hazardous materials:
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RSPA proposes to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations to incorporate into the regulations the provisions of certain widely used exemptions which have established a history of safety and which may be converted into regulations for general use. We...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 04, 2003 |
Practice and procedure:
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Treasury Department
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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...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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This NOFA is issued in connection with two annual funding rounds of the NACA Program, one using FY 2003 and FY 2004 appropriated funds ("Round One") and one using FY 2004 and FY 2005 appropriated funds ("Round Two"), if appropriated funds are availab...
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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Preamble for the CDFI Fund's Native American Initiative, which includes: The Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) Program; the Native American Technical Assistance (NATA) Component (part of the Technical Assistance Component) of the CDFI Program; and the Native American CDFI Development (NACD) Program.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Meetings:
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An open meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
Veterans Affairs Department
Meetings:
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Homeless Veterans Advisory Committee
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Notice | Dec 04, 2003 |
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