Federal Register December 11, 2003 (Volume 68)

Agencies Publishing on December 11, 2003

Agriculture Department (2)
Commerce Department (7)
Defense Department (12)
Education Department (3)
Energy Department (17)
Environmental Protection Agency (7)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (3)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (11)
Interior Department (2)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (1)
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Marine Mammal Commission (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
Postal Service (1)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (9)
Small Business Administration (1)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (3)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (2)
Transportation Department (18)
Treasury Department (6)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Fresno County Resource Advisory Committee The Fresno County Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Clovis, California. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and to recommend project proposals for FY2004 funds regarding the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 200...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Program regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RHS Fire and Rescue and Other Community Facilities Projects The Rural Housing Service amended its regulation to include all essential community facility projects $300,000 and under to utilize the authority granted for fire and rescue loans. This document corrects the rule, which was published Monday, November...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Commerce Department Civil Monetary Penalties; Adjustments This final rule is being issued to correct adjustments to civil monetary penalties (CMP) which appeared in a Final Rule published by the Department of Commerce (the Department) on January 29, 2003, 68 FR 4380. As required by the Federal Civil Penalti...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2003 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod allocated...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the United States; Essential Fish Habitat NMFS is seeking public input on the EFH guidelines promulgated through regulation in the January 17, 2002, final rule. Such input is intended to fulfill NMFS' commitment to continually evaluate the efficacy of the EFH guidelines using an appropriate...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Using Hook-and-Line Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2003 total allowable catch (TAC) of Paci...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/Processor Vessels Using Hook-and-line Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processor vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2003 total allowable catch (TA...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Recision and Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area NMFS is rescinding a previous action that reallocated Pacific cod among gear types and is reallocating the currently projected unused amount of Pacific cod from vessels using trawl and jig gear to catcher/ processor vessels using hook-and-line gear a...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; New Consolidated Form for Selection of Architect-Engineer Contractors The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to replace Standard Form (SF) 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Service...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Debriefing-Competitive Acquisition The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement sections 1014 and 1064 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlini...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Debarment and Suspension-Order Placement and Option Exercise The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address the placement of orders under existing contracts and agreement...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Depreciation Cost Principle The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the depreciation cost principle to improve clarity and structur...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Procurement Data System The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to reflect changes in contract action reporting to the Federal Procuremen...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Insurance and Pension Costs The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the insurance and indemnification cost principle, and the porti...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-18; Introduction This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-18. A companion document, the...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Procurement List The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify the point that the Javits-Wagner O'Day (JWOD) program becomes a mandatory so...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Reimbursement of Relocation Costs on a Lump-Sum Basis The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the relocation cost principle to expand the use of reimbursement on a lump-su...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small Entity Compliance Guide This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to update references and make editorial changes.	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Increased Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Waiver Threshold The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have adopted as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to increase the blanket waiver threshold for s...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Acting Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Acting Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Acting 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 11, 2003

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing ANR Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing ANR Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing ANR Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Indicated Shippers v. Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Complaint BP America Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application Dominion Transmission, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Indicated Shippers v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Complaint East Tennessee Group	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC East Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing East Tennessee Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Equitrans, L.P.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Negotiated Rates Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC OkTex Pipeline Company, Norteño Pipeline Company; Notice Of Tariff Filing OkTex Pipeline Co., et al.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC PanEnergy Louisiana Intrastate, LLC; Notice of Petition for Rate Approval PanEnergy Louisiana Intrastate, LLC	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Complaint Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Young Gas Storage Company, Ltd.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Young Gas Storage Co., Ltd.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Young Gas Storage Company, Ltd.; Notice of Application Young Gas Storage Co., Ltd.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC SCS Energy, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings SCS Energy, LLC, et al.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC North Hartland, LLC and North Hartland, LLC v. Central Vermont Public Service Corp.; Notice of Technical Conference North Hartland, LLC, et al.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is adopting standards of conduct that apply uniformly to interstate natural gas pipelines and public utilities (jointly referred to as Transmission Providers). The standards of conduct will govern the relation...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Standards of Performance for Storage Vessels for Petroleum Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction or Modification Commenced After June 11, 1973, and Prior to May 19, 1978 (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart K), EPA ICR Number 1797.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0442 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing This action promulgates national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for miscellaneous coating manufacturing facilities. The final rule establishes emission limits and work practice requirements for new and existing miscellaneous...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Air programs; State authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval of the Clean Air Act Section 112(l) Program for Hazardous Air Pollutants and Delegation of Authority to the State of New Mexico The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has submitted updated regulations for receiving delegation of EPA authority for implementation and enforcement of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for all sources (both pa...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation of Authority to New Mexico The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has submitted updated regulations for receiving delegation of EPA authority for implementation and enforcement of New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air P...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Delegation of Authority to the States of Iowa; Kansas; Missouri; Nebraska; Lincoln-Lancaster County, NE; and City of Omaha, NE, for New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP); and Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Sources The states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and the local agencies of Lincoln-Lancaster County, Nebraska, and city of Omaha, Nebraska, have submitted updated regulations for delegation of EPA authority for implementation and enforcement of NSPS,...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Oxides of Nitrogen Regulations EPA is approving revisions to the oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) budget trading program submitted by Indiana on June 26, 2003, and August 4, 2003. These changes revise Indiana's NO<INF>X</INF> State Implementation Plan (SIP) and NO<INF>X</INF> b...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Indiana; Oxides of Nitrogen Regulations The EPA is proposing to approve, through direct final procedure, revisions to the oxides of nitrogen budget trading program plan submitted by Indiana on June 26, 2003, and August 4, 2003. These changes revise Indiana's NO<INF>X</INF> State Implementa...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission SES Performance Review Board Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), this notice announces the appointment of members of the PRB for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The Board reviews the performance appraisals of career and non-career senior executives. The Board ma...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, 2003 National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month (Proc. 7743)	Presidential Document	Dec 11, 2003

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Request for Durational Billing This document provides notice of the proposed withdrawal of a April 21, 1999, petition for reconsideration of the Commission's determination that the cost of imposing technology on payphone service providers in order to implement six second billing i...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Notices Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Federal Maritime Commission

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocations C F Worldwide Agency Corp. et al.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Reissuances Coltrans (USA), Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants Expert Cargo Intl Co. et al.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Biological products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Requirements for Submission of Labeling for Human Prescription Drugs and Biologics in Electronic Format The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations governing the format in which certain labeling is required to be submitted for review with new drug applications (NDAs), certain biological license applications (BLAs), abbreviated ne...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Meeting National Center for Research Resources	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes; Notice of Closed Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Drug Abuse	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Interior Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), Notice of Meeting The Bureau of Reclamation is canceling the Adaptive Management Work Group Meeting scheduled for January 7-8, 2004, in Phoenix, Arizona due to additional time required to prepare the Fiscal Year 2005 budget and other agenda items. The meeting will be...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Special regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System The National Park Service is promulgating this rule to more effectively manage winter visitation and recreational use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway. This rule is issued in conjunction...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Kosher Chicken From Canada The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of an investigation and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-1062 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to d...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Justice Department

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreements in Philip Services Corporation Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Philip Services Corp.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

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Marine Mammal Commission

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Marine Mammal Commission Committee Management; Notice of Establishment; Advisory Committee on Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals The Chairman of the Marine Mammal Commission (Commission) has determined that the establishment of the Advisory Committee on Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals (Committee) is necessary and in the public interest in connection with fulfilling Commissi...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duke Energy Corporation, McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, Saluda River Electric Cooperative, Inc. for Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1; and North Carolina Municipal Power Agency No. 1, Piedmont Municipal Power Agency for Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9, NPF-17, NPF-35, and NPF-52 for an Additional 20-Year Period Duke Energy Corp. et al	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Required Number of Pieces Increased for 5-Digit and 5-Digit Scheme Packages of Low-Weight Standard Mail Flats The Postal Service proposes amending Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards by raising the minimum number of pieces at which required 5-digit and optional 5-digit scheme presort destination packages may be prepared in a Standard Mail job consisting of...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Proposed Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries o...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 filings	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Disclosure Regarding Nominating Committee Functions and Communications Between Security Holders and Boards of Directors; Republication We are adopting new disclosure requirements and amendments to existing disclosure requirements to enhance the transparency of the operations of boards of directors. Specifically, we are adopting enhancements to existing disclosure requirements regard...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to Issuer Fees American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to Broker Voting on Stock Option and Equity Compensation Plans American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., Relating to Trading Crowd Space Dispute Resolution Procedures Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Stock Exchange, Incorporated To Extend a Pilot Rule Interpretation Relating to Trading of Nasdaq/NM Securities in Subpenny Increments Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 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., To Extend the Pilot for Limit Order Protection of Securities Priced in Decimals National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Nasdaq Closing Cross National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 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., To Extend the Pilot for the Operation of the Short Sale Rule in a Decimals Environment National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of California (Amendment #2) California	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Social Security Administration

Social security benefits:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Administrative Review Process; Video Teleconferencing Appearances Before Administrative Law Judges of the Social Security Administration We are adopting without change the final rules that were published in the Federal Register on February 3, 2003, at 68 FR 5210, authorizing us to conduct hearings before administrative law judges (ALJs) using video teleconferencing (VTC). The revised...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Determination Under Presidential Proclamation Union for Total Independence of Angola; immigrants and nonimmigrants; entry restrictions; Presidential proclamation terminated	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: Women's Political, Educational, and Economic Development for Afghanistan The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State, on behalf of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council and in cooperation with the Office of International Women's Issues of the U.S. Departme...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposal: High School Social Science Curriculum Development and Teacher Education Project for Armenia The Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Department of State announces an open competition for an assistance award to support planning, implementing and evaluating a project to improve social...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Railroad Cost of Capital-2003 The Board is instituting a proceeding to determine the railroad industry's cost of capital for 2003. The decision solicits comments on: (1) The railroads' 2003 current cost of debt capital; (2) the railroads' 2003 current cost of preferred stock equi...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Technical Corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Pursuant to authority delegated to the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") in Presidential Proclamation 6969 of January 27, 1997 (62 FR 4415), USTR is making technical corrections to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Sched...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

African Growth and Opportunity Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Determinations Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has determined that Mali has adopted an effective visa system and related procedures to prevent unlawful transshipment and the use of counterfeit documents in connection with shipments of textile and appa...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Renewal of information Collection: Comment Request This notice requests public participation in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval process for the renewal of an existing RSPA information collection. This information collection concerns a pipeline safety regulation that requires hazard...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Transportation Department > FRA Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the following currently approved information collection activities. Befo...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fr...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Dispositions of Petitions Issued Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains the dispositions of certain petitions previously...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 757-200 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 757-200 series airplanes. This proposal would require repetitive inspections of the intercostals that back up the door stops and hing...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model DHC-8-102, -103, -106, -201, -202, -301, -311, and -315 Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Bombardier Model DHC-8- 102, -103, -106, -201, -202, -301, -311, and -315 airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time inspection to determin...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-120 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain EMBRAER Model EMB-120 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time inspection for signs of overheating of wiring splices of the pitot/...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-14, DC-9-15, and DC-9-15F Airplanes; Model DC-9-20, -30, -40, and -50 Series Airplanes; and Model DC-9-81 (MD-81), DC-9-82 (MD-82), DC-9-83 (MD-83), DC-9-87 (MD-87), MD-88, and MD-90-30 Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas airplane models. This proposal would require inspection of the captain's and first officer's seat locking pins for minimum engag...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Exemption petitions, etc.

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Canadian Pacific Railway	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Union Pacific Railroad Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Union Pacific Railroad Co.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Insurer reporting requirements:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Insurer Reporting Requirements; Reports Under 49 U.S.C. on Section 33112(c) This notice announces publication by NHTSA of the annual insurer report on motor vehicle theft for the 1997 reporting year. Section 33112(c) of title 49 of the U.S. Code, requires this information to be compiled periodically and published by the agen...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Cancellation Notice for RTCA Government/Industry Free Flight Steering Committee Meeting The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the cancellation of the RTCA Government/Industry Free Flight Steering Committee.	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Exemption To Allow Werner Enterprises, Inc. To Use Global Positioning System (GPS) Technology To Monitor and Record Drivers' Hours of Service FMCSA proposes to grant an exemption to Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Werner) from the requirement that drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) operating in interstate commerce prepare handwritten records of duty status (RODS). Werner would instead d...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 2002 Ferrari 360 Spider and Coupe Passenger Cars Manufactured From September 1, 2002 Through December 31, 2002 Are Eligible for Importation This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 2002 Ferrari 360 Spider and Coupe passenger cars manufactured from September 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002 that were n...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection This document denies a petition for rulemaking to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection," because it is redundant to pending rulemaking action by the agency.	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Motor vehicle theft standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Petition for Exemption From the Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; BMW This notice grants in full the petition of BMW of North America, Inc., (BMW) for an exemption of a high-theft line, the BMW 6 vehicle line, from the parts-marking requirements of the vehicle theft prevention standard. This petition is granted because...	Notice	Dec 11, 2003

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Drug Testing; Random Testing Rate Each year, pipeline operators randomly select employees to test for prohibited drugs. The number of employees selected may not be less than the minimum annual percentage rate the Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) Office of Pipelin...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals; correction	Correction	Dec 11, 2003

Government Securities Act regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Government Securities Act Regulations: Protection of Customer Securities and Balances The Department of the Treasury ("Treasury," or "We," or "Us") is publishing for comment a proposed amendment to the customer protection rules in Sec. 403.4 of the regulations issued under the Government Securities Act of 1986 ("GSA"), as amended.\1\...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Special Depreciation Allowance; Hearing Cancellation This document cancels a public hearing on proposed regulations under Sections 168 and 1400L of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the depreciation of property subject to section168 of the Internal Revenue Code (MACRS property) and the depreciation...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Guidance Under Section 1502; Application of Section 108 to Members of a Consolidated Group This document contains amendments to temporary regulations under section 1502 that govern the application of section 108 when a member of a consolidated group realizes discharge of indebtedness income. These temporary regulations affect corporations...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Guidance Under Section 1502; Application of Section 108 to Members of a Consolidated Group Temporary regulations in the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register amend the Income Tax Regulations relating to section 1502. The text of those regulations also serves as the text of these proposed regulations.	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Arbitrage Restrictions Applicable to Tax-Exempt Bonds Issued by State and Local Governments This document contains final regulations on the arbitrage restrictions applicable to tax-exempt bonds issued by state and local governments. The regulations affect issuers of tax-exempt bonds and provide a safe harbor for qualified administrative cos...	Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department

Board of Veterans Appeals:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Board of Veterans' Appeals: Obtaining Evidence and Curing Procedural Defects The Department of Veterans Affairs proposes to amend the Appeals Regulations and Rules of Practice of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) by removing the Board's authority to develop evidence for initial consideration. Under its current Appeals Re...	Proposed Rule	Dec 11, 2003

Federal Register December 11, 2003

Agencies Publishing on December 11, 2003

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Executive Office of the President

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T Trade Representative, Office of United States

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Marine Mammal Commission

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Trade Representative, Office of United States