Federal Register December 10, 2003 (Volume 68)

Agencies Publishing on December 10, 2003

Agriculture Department (7)
Commerce Department (12)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (3)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (23)
Environmental Protection Agency (15)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (5)
Federal Reserve System (10)
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (1)
General Services Administration (3)
Health and Human Services Department (8)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (22)
International Trade Commission (1)
Labor Department (1)
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National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (1)
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National Council on Disability (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation (1)
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Postal Regulatory Commission (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (1)
Social Security Administration (2)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (2)
Treasury Department (3)
Veterans Affairs Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Notice of Request for Extension 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 approval from the Office of Management and Budget for an extension of a currently app...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Agriculture Department > AMS United States Standards for Grades of Field Grown Leaf Lettuce The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), prior to undertaking research and other work associated with creating an official grade standard, is soliciting comments on the petition to create the United States Standards for Grades of Field Grown Leaf Le...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Agriculture Department > AMS United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Celery The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is establishing the United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Celery. USDA received a petition from a grower and a processor of celery to create grade standards for f...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Agriculture Department > AMS United States Standards for Grades of Greenhouse Tomatoes The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), prior to undertaking research and other work associated with revising official grade standards, is soliciting comments on the petition to revise the United States Standards for Grades of Greenhouse Tomatoes....	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Agriculture Department > AMS United States Standards for Grades of Sweet Potatoes The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), prior to undertaking research and other work associated with revising an official grade standard, is soliciting comments on a possible revision to the United States Standards for Grades of Sweet Potatoes. At...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Beef promotion and research:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Beef Promotion and Research: Certification and Nomination for the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board Notice is hereby given that the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting applications from State cattle producer organizations or associations and general farm organizations, as well as cattle or beef impor...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida; Extension and Modification of the Exemption for Shipments of Tree Run Citrus The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule extending for one season the exemption for tree run citrus under the Florida citrus marketing order (order). The order regulates the handling of...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Wire Rod From South Korea; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order On August 1, 2003, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the notice of initiation of a sunset review on stainless steel wire rod ("SSWR") from South Korea. On the basis of notice of intent to participate and adequate substantive com...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Taiwan; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order On August 1, 2003, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the notice of initiation of a sunset review on stainless steel wire rod ("SSWR") from Taiwan. On the basis of notice of intent to participate and adequate substantive comments...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Japan; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order On August 1, 2003, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the notice of initiation of a sunset review on stainless steel wire rod ("SSWR") from Japan. On the basis of notice of intent to participate and adequate substantive comments...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Wire Rod From Sweden; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order On August 1, 2003, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the notice of initiation of a sunset review on stainless steel wire rod ("SSWR") from Sweden. On the basis of notice of intent to participate and adequate substantive comments...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Spain; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order On August 1, 2003, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the notice of initiation of a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel wire rod ("SSWR") from Spain.\1\ On the basis of notice of intent to participate a...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Wire Rod From Italy; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order On August 1, 2003, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the notice of initiation of a sunset review on stainless steel wire rod ("SSWR") from Italy. On the basis of notice of intent to participate and adequate substantive comments...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Reviews In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review and new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China. The period of review for the...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Export administration regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > BIS December 2002 Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Agreement Implementation: Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the Commerce Control List, and Reporting Requirements The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains the Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies items subject to Department of Commerce export controls. This final rule revises certain entries controlled for national security reasons in Categor...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Closure of the Fall Commercial Red Snapper Component NMFS closes the commercial fishery for red snapper in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of Mexico. NMFS has determined that the fall portion of the annual commercial quota for red snapper will be reached on December 7, 2003. This closure...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico; Continuation of the Madison/Swanson and Steamboat Lumps Marine Reserves NMFS announces that the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 21 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Amendment 21 wou...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Highly Migratory Species Fisheries NMFS proposes regulations to implement the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (FMP), which was submitted by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) for review and approval by the Secret...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction and Operation of Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities in the Beaufort Sea In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, and implementing regulations, notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued a letter of authorization (LOA) to BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. (BPXA) to take marine mammals incidenta...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Settlement agreements:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Daisy Manufacturing Company, Provisional Acceptance of Settlement Agreement and Order The Commission publishes in the Federal Register settlements that it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act, in accordance with 16 CFR. 1115.20. Published below is a provisionally- accepted Settlement Agreement with Daisy Manufac...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) announces a proposed information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comment...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Defense Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Designation of Local Redevelopment Authority for Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Military Reservation Section Sec. 8132 of Public Law 108-87, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004, September 30, 2003, directs the Secretary of the Navy to close naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, no later than 6 months after enactment. This notice pro...	Notice	Dec 10, 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	Dec 10, 2003

Special education and rehabilitative services:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; List of Correspondence The Secretary is publishing the following list pursuant to section 607(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Under section 607(d) of the IDEA, the Secretary is required, on a quarterly basis, to publish in the Federal Register...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Energy Department

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Acquisition Regulations; Conditional Payment of Fee, Profit, and Other Incentives The Department of Energy publishes interim final amendments to its Acquisition Regulation setting forth policies for reductions of fee or other amounts payable to DOE prime contractors because of contractor performance failures related to safeguardin...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Alliance Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Negotiated Rates Alliance Pipeline L.P	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Negotiated Rates Colorado Interstate Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Gas Transmission Northwest Corporation; Notice of Negotiated Rates Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.; Notice of Tariff Filing Maritimes Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Northern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Northern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff and Filing of Non-Conforming Service Agreements Northwest Pipeline Corp.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Northwest Pipeline Corp.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Questar Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC SCG Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Compliance Tariff Filing SCG Pipeline, Inc.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Filing of OFO Penalty Report Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Tariff Filing Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Tariff Filing Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Vector Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Motion To Place Tariff Sheets Into Effect Vector Pipeline L.P.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd; Notice of Negotiated Rates Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Central Illinois Light Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Central Illinois Light Company, et al.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department National Energy Technology Laboratory Notice of Availability of a Financial Assistance Announcement Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-PS26-04NT42061 entitled "Clean Coal Power Initiative." A draft funding opportunity announcement, as a precursor to potentially awarding multiple financial assistanc...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Energy Department Geothermal Outreach The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is seeking applications for communication and outreach projects to supplement the GeoPowering the West (GPW) effort. Through financial assistance awards, DOE int...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Stakeholder Comment on Preliminary National Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Priorities for Fiscal Years 2005, 2006 and 2007 This Notice is a Federal Agency request for the public to comment and provide recommendations on triennial national enforcement and compliance assurance priorities to be addressed for fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007. The information submitted by com...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement, to address petitions for review filed by Horween Leather Company and Gutmann Leather Company (co...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency EPA Responses to State and Tribal 8-Hour Ozone Air Quality Designation Recommendations Notice is hereby given that the EPA has posted its responses to States' and Tribes' 8-hour ozone air quality designation recommendations on the web. If a State or Tribe wishes to submit additional information to EPA regarding the designations, we hav...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Control of Emissions From Existing Commercial/Industrial Solid Waste Incinerator Units; Nevada EPA is proposing to approve a negative declaration submitted by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. The negative declaration certifies that commercial/industrial solid waste incinerator units, which are subject to the requirements of sec...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Control of Emissions From Existing Commercial/Industrial Solid Waste Incinerator Units; Nevada EPA is taking direct final action to approve a negative declaration submitted by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. The negative declaration certifies that commercial/ industrial solid waste incinerator units, subject to the requirement...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Products; Registration Applications This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Diazinon; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Products In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel the registrations for all of their outdoor non-agri...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Propanil and Fenamiphos; Use Deletion and Product Cancellation Order In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, the Agency is issuing a Cancellation Order announcing its approval for the voluntary product and use amendments/cancellations submitted...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Spiroxamine; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food 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	Dec 10, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Alkyl (C10-C16) Polyglycosides; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food 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	Dec 10, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab2 Protein and the Genetic Material Necessary for its Production in Cotton; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Amend a Tolerance Exemption for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food 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	Dec 10, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish an Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food 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	Dec 10, 2003

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Bitertanol, Chlorpropham, Cloprop, Combustion Product Gas, Cyanazine, et al.; Proposed Tolerance Actions This document proposes to revoke certain tolerances and tolerance exemptions for residues of the fungicide and insecticide dinocap; insecticides combustion product gas, ethion, formetanate hydrochloride, nicotine-containing compounds, polyoxyethylene...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Recovered Materials Advisory Notice V The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) today is providing notice of the issuance of a draft Recovered Materials Advisory Notice (RMAN V). The RMAN provides guidance to procuring agencies for purchasing certain items containing recove...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Solid Waste:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Comprehensive Procurement Guideline V for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered Materials The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) today is proposing an amendment to the May 1, 1995, Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Executive Order "Greening the Govern...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2003 National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (Proc. 7742)	Presidential Document	Dec 10, 2003

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Application by Qwest Communications International Inc. for Authorization To Provide In-Region, InterLATA Services in Arizona In the document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants the section 271 application of Qwest Communications International Inc. (Qwest) for authorization to provide in-region, interLATA services in Arizona. The Commission grants Qwe...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Telephone Number Portability This document initiates an examination of how to facilitate wireless-to-wireline porting in cases where the rate center associated with the wireless number is different from the rate center in which the wireline carrier seeks to serve the customer. I...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission FCC Announces Agenda for the Voice Over IP Forum The Federal Communications Commission announces a Forum to discuss Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). All FCC Commissioners will participate. The purpose of the Forum is to gather information concerning advancements, innovations, and regulatory iss...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Radio frequency devices:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Modification of the Commission's Rules for Unlicensed Devices and Equipment Approval This document proposes to review and update certain rules contained in the Commission's rules. We take these actions as part of our ongoing process of updating our rules to promote more efficient sharing of spectrum used by unlicensed devices and rem...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Rising Star, TX In this document, the Commission dismisses a petition for rule making filed by Charles Crawford ("Petitioner"), requesting the allotment of Channel 290C3 at Rising Star, Texas. See 68 FR 47283, August 8, 2003. Petitioner's comments were late-filed wi...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 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	Dec 10, 2003
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals To Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or To Acquire Companies That Are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities Permissible nonbanking activities	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Consumer leasing (Regulation M);

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Consumer Leasing The Board is proposing to amend Regulation M, which implements the Consumer Leasing Act, and the staff commentary to the regulation. Regulation M would be revised to define more specifically the standard for providing "clear and conspicuous" disclosu...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Electronic fund transfers (Regulation E):

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Electronic Fund Transfers The Board is proposing to amend Regulation E, which implements the Electronic Fund Transfers Act, and the staff commentary to the regulation. Regulation E would be revised to require disclosures to be "clear and conspicuous" and to define more specif...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Equal credit opportunity (Regulation B):

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Equal Credit Opportunity The Board is proposing to amend Regulation B, which implements the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and the staff commentary to the regulation. Regulation B would be revised to define more specifically the standard for providing "clear and conspicuous"...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Rules Regarding Foreign Gifts and Decorations The Board is revising its Rules Regarding Foreign Gifts and Decorations, which govern the acceptance, retention, and disposition of gifts and decorations from foreign governments by Board employees under the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act of 1966,...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Truth in lending (Regulation Z):

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Truth in Lending The Board is proposing to amend Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act, and the staff commentary to the regulation. Regulation Z would be revised to define more specifically the standard for providing "clear and conspicuous" disclosu...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Truth in savings (Regulation DD):

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Truth in Savings The Board is proposing to amend Regulation DD, which implements the Truth in Savings Act, and the staff commentary to the regulation. Regulation DD would be revised to define more specifically the standard for providing "clear and conspicuous" disclo...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title	Type	Published
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Sunshine Act Meeting The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board published a notice in the Federal Register on Friday, December 5, 2003, concerning upcoming Board member meeting.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

General Services Administration

Federal claims collection:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Administrative Wage Garnishment The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending its regulations to implement the administrative wage garnishment provisions contained in the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA). Wage garnishment is a process whereby an employer withh...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003
General Services Administration Salary Offset for Indebtedness of Federal Employees to the United States The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending its regulations to implement the salary offset procedures used to collect debts that are owed to the United States by Federal employees. The change conforms GSA regulations to the legislative chan...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Federal property management:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration General Services Administration Property Management Regulations; Collection of Claims Owed the United States The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending and reissuing its regulations concerning the procedures used to collect debts owed to GSA by incorporating applicable provisions as required by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA) a...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Health and Human Services Department Program Exclusions: November 2003 Notice of program exclusions.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Injectable or Implantable Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Meloxicam The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. The NADA provides for use of meloxicam injectable solution in dog...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Oral Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride Soluble Powder The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Phoenix Scientific, Inc. The supplemental ANADA provides for use of oxytetra...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Studies To Determine the Prevalence of a History of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in an Institutionalized Population Traumatic brain injury in institutionalized population; studies to determine prevalence of history	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Radiation and Worker Health Advisory Board Meeting; Correction Correction.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Guidance for Industry: An Acceptable Circular of Information for the Use of Human Blood and Blood Components; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a document entitled "Guidance for Industry: An Acceptable Circular of Information for the Use of Human Blood and Blood Components" dated December 2003. The guidance document rec...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested. 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Memorandum of Understanding to Participate in an Employment Eligibility Confirmation Pilot Program (File No. OMB-18).	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: Request for Withdrawals from Replacements Reserves/Residual Receipts Funds 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...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Division of International Conservation Requests for Proposals The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (We) will submit the collection of information described below to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. An estimate of the information collection burden is included in this notice. If...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department > FWS Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. We provide this notice pursuant to section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Northeast Region Notice of Availability of Boston Harbor Islands General Management The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared a Final General Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area in Massachusetts, both of which are now available from the NPS.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department Notice of Intent To Prepare a General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Gulf Islands National Seashore (FL and MS) This notice is being published in accordance with 40 CFR 1506.6. Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for the General...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Availability of Morristown National Park General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the availability of the Final General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for Morristown National Historical...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Environmental Assessment for the Yellow Barn/Chautauqua Tower Rehabilitation Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and National Park Service (NPS) policy, the NPS announces the availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the rehabilitation/ reconstruction of the Yellow Barn and Chautauqua Tower at...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent To Prepare a General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement. Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces its intent to prepare a General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for the Flight 93 National Memorial, Penn...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Hearings and appeals procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Special Rules Applicable to Public Land Hearings and Appeals The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) is amending its existing regulations governing petitions for stays of grazing decisions issued by the Bureau of Land Management. The changes would specifically authorize OHA administrative law judges to decide...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Indian tribes, acknowledgment of existence determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Office of Federal Acknowledgment; Final Determination Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Snohomish Tribe of Indians Pursuant to section 83.10(m), notice is hereby given that the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) declines to acknowledge a group known as the Snohomish Tribe of Indians (STI), c/o Mr. William Matheson, Suite 201, 144 Railroad Avenue, Edmunds...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Chalmette Battlefield Task Force Committee Meeting Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.1, section 10(a)(2), that a meeting of the Chalmette Battlefield Task Force Committee will be held at 3 p.m. at the following location and date:	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will me...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Great Sand Dunes National Park Advisory Council Meeting Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve announces a meeting of the Great Sand Dunes National Park Advisory Council, which was established to provide guidance to the Secretary on long-term planning for Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Pr...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Hanford Reach National Monument Federal Advisory Committee Meetings The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing three meetings of the Hanford Reach National Monument Federal Planning Advisory Committee (Committee). In these meetings, the Committee will continue its work on making recommendations to the...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department > NPS National Capital Memorial Commission Notice of Public Meeting Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Capital Memorial Commission (the Commission) will be held on Thursday, December 11, 2003, at 1 p.m., at the National Building Museum, Room 312, 5th and F Streets, NW., Washington, DC. The purpose...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

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

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Francisco, CA Notice.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Notice.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Denver Department of Anthropology and Museum of Anthropology, Denver, CO, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, San Juan National Forest, Durango, CO; Correction Notice; correction.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Idaho, Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, Moscow, ID; and Washington State University, Museum of Anthropology, Pullman, WA Notice.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Washington State University, Museum of Anthropology, Pullman, WA Notice.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > OSM West Virginia Regulatory Program We are approving, with one exception, amendments to the West Virginia surface coal mining regulatory program (the West Virginia program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendments we are approving...	Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Public land orders:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Order No. 7592; Withdrawal of Federal Mineral Estate Within the Red Rock Wildlife Area, New Mexico This order withdraws approximately 712 acres of Federal mineral estate from location and entry under the United States mining laws for 20 years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect desert bighorn sheep habitat within the Red Rock Wildlife Are...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Under section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of the approved tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Labor Department

Safety and health standards, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Longshoring and Marine Terminals; Vertical Tandem Lifts The Department of Labor is extending the comment and hearing request period for its proposed standard titled Longshoring and Marine Terminals; Vertical Tandem Lifts, for an additional sixty (60) days until February 13, 2004.	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

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National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

Title	Type	Published
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Sunshine Act Meeting The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science is holding an open business meeting to discuss Commission programs and administrative matters. Topics will include: (1) Introductions; (2) Administrative matters; (3) History of NCLIS; (4)...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

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National Council on Disability

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Council on Disability Youth Advisory Committee Meeting (Conference Call) Youth Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Proposed Collection, Comment Request, Technology and Digitization Survey The Institute of Museum and Library Services as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Meetings; Sunshine Act Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3; Notice of Availability of Draft Supplement 17 to Generic Environmental Impact Statement and Public Meeting for the License Renewal of Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 Exelon Generation Co., LLC	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology Research Reactor; Notice of Approval of Decommissioning Plan and Notice of License Termination Georgia Institute of Technology	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Indiana Michigan Power Company, Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of the Application and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing Regarding Renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-58 and DPR-74 for an Additional 20-Year Period Indiana Michigan Power Co.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Sunshine Act, Meetings; Public Hearing Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Post Office closings; petitions for appeal:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Dismissal of Appeal of Post Office Closing in Birmingham Green, AL The Commission is dismissing an appeal (brought by George Prince et al., petitioners) of the closing of a Birmingham Green, Alabama 35237 postal facility. The reason for dismissal is lack of jurisdiction. This facility is a classified postal station,...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission AIP Alternative Strategies Funds, et al.; Notice of Application Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act, as well as certain disclosure requirements.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Social Security Administration

Disability determinations procedures; modifications:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Modifications to the Disability Determination Procedures; Extension of Testing of Some Disability Redesign Features We are announcing the extension of tests involving modifications to our disability determination procedures that we are conducting under the authority of current rules codified at 20 CFR 404.906 and 416.1406. These rules provide authority to test sev...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority Office of Deputy Commissioner, Human Resources, et al.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

State Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Public Notice 4529; Overseas Schools Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting Overseas Schools Advisory Council	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB The New York City Economic Development Corporation-Petition for Declaratory Order The Surface Transportation Board is instituting a declaratory order proceeding and requesting comments on the petition of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), acting on behalf of the City of New York, NY (City), for an order c...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc.-Lease and Operation Exemption-CSX Transportation, Inc. Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board is granting a petition for exemption from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10902 for Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., a Class II carrier, to lease from CSX Transportation, Inc., and operate a 40.8-mile...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Waverly, IA Class E airspace; correction	Correction	Dec 10, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Models PW123, PW123B, PW123C, PW123D, PW123E, PW123AF, PW124B, PW125B, PW126A, PW127, PW127E, PW127F, and PW127G Turboprop Engines The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) models PW123, PW123B, PW123C, PW123D, PW123E, PW123AF, PW124B, PW125B, PW126A, PW127, PW127E, PW127F, and PW127G turboprop engines. This proposed AD would r...	Proposed Rule	Dec 10, 2003

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Comment Request The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the proposed extension, without revision, of a continuing information collection, as required by...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Area 2 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia) An open meeting of the Area 2 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.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, E-Filing Issue Committee An open meeting of the E-Filing Issue Committee will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice...	Notice	Dec 10, 2003

Federal Register December 10, 2003

Agencies Publishing on December 10, 2003

Agriculture Department

Beef promotion and research:

Oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in

Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Antidumping:

Export administration regulations:

Fishery conservation and management:

Marine mammals:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Settlement agreements:

Defense Department

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Education Department

Special education and rehabilitative services:

Energy Department

Acquisition regulations:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control:

Air programs:

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

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

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Solid Waste:

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Meetings:

Radio frequency devices:

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Consumer leasing (Regulation M);

Electronic fund transfers (Regulation E):

Equal credit opportunity (Regulation B):

Practice and procedure:

Truth in lending (Regulation Z):

Truth in savings (Regulation DD):

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

General Services Administration

Federal claims collection:

Federal property management:

Health and Human Services Department

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Homeland Security Department

Housing and Urban Development Department

Interior Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Hearings and appeals procedures:

Indian tribes, acknowledgment of existence determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

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

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Public land orders:

Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

International Trade Commission

Labor Department

Safety and health standards, etc.:

N National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

N National Council on Disability

Meetings:

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

O Overseas Private Investment Corporation

P Postal Regulatory Commission

Post Office closings; petitions for appeal:

N
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

N
National Council on Disability

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

P
Postal Regulatory Commission