Federal Register December 15, 2003 (Volume 68)

Agencies Publishing on December 15, 2003

Agriculture Department (2)
Commerce Department (5)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (5)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Corporation for National and Community Service (1)
Defense Department (5)
Energy Department (3)
Environmental Protection Agency (8)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (6)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
General Services Administration (2)
Health and Human Services Department (7)
Homeland Security Department (11)
Housing and Urban Development Department (3)
Interior Department (3)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (1)
Labor Department (4)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (8)
Small Business Administration (1)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (1)
Transportation Department (11)
Treasury Department (8)
Veterans Affairs Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RHS Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications for the Rural Cooperative Home-Based Health Care Demonstration Program This Notice announces the availability of $1 million of grant funds through the Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) Home- Based Health Care Demonstration Program through the Rural Housing Service (RHS), herein referred to as the Agency, USD...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Ketchikan Resource Advisory Committee The Ketchikan Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Ketchikan, Alaska, January 22, 2004 and March 25, 2004. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss potential projects under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EAB BEA Customer Satisfaction Survey The U.S. Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collectio...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments National Renewable Energy et al	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscopes Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research et al	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Honey From Argentina: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on honey from Argentina for the period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2002. If the final results remain the same as the prelimin...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Trawl Survey Advisory Committee, composed of representatives from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC), and several independent sci...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Slovak Republic Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection establishing limits.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Turkey Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection establishing limits.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Ukraine Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection establishing limits.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton and Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Uruguay Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection establishing limits.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Establishment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection establishing limits	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Federal claims collection:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Collection of Claims Owed the United States Arising From Activities Under the Commission's Jurisdiction The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) proposes to revise its regulations governing the collection of claims owed to the United States arising from activities under the Commission's jurisdiction. The proposed revision implements the ad...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Corporation for National and Community Service

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the "Corporation"), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal age...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. Navy Case No. 82,405, entitled "Surface Coating for Particle Based Bio...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Electronic Submission and Processing of Payment Requests DoD has adopted as final, with changes, an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001. Section 1008 requires contractors...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003
Defense Department Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Payment Withholding DoD has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to provide additional flexibility when determining the need to withhold payments under time- and-materials and labor-hour contracts. The rule clarifies...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Transformation of the 56th Brigade, Pennsylvania Army National Guard (PAARNG), Into a Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) It is the intent of the National Guard Bureau and the Pennsylvania Army National Guard to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement addressing the proposed action of the transformation of the PAARNG's 56th Brigade into an SBCT. The purpose is to eval...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

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

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; CorActive High Tech, Inc. The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to CorActive High Tech, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice in the field of chalcogenide optical fibers in the United States and certain foreign countri...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Energy Department

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC NEO California Power LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings NEO California Power LLC, et al.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Quest Energy, L.L.C., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Quest Energy, L.L.C., et al.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Standardization of Generator Interconnection Agreements and Procedures; Notice of Extension of Time On July 24, 2003, the Commission issued a final rule (Order No. 2003) addressing the standardization of generator interconnection agreements and procedures (68 FR 49846, August 19, 2003). The date for complying with the extensive filing requirements...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping Requirements for Certified Applicators Using 1080 Collars for Livestock Protection; EPA ICR No. 1249.07, OMB Control No. 2070-0074 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 15, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Chemical-Specific Rules, Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a); Request for Comment on Renewal of Information Collection Activities In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) EPA is seeking public comment and information on the following Information Collection Request (ICR): Chemical-Specific Rules, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Pre-Manufacture Review Reporting and Exemption Requirements for New Chemical Substances and Significant New Use Reporting Requirements for Chemical Substances; Request for Comment on Renewal of Information Collection Activities In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) EPA is seeking public comment and information on the following Information Collection Request (ICR): Pre-Manufacture Review Reporting and Exemption Requirements for New Che...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Nevada; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Lake Tahoe Nevada Area On October 27, 2003, the State of Nevada requested EPA to redesignate the Lake Tahoe Nevada "not classified" carbon monoxide (CO) nonattainment area to attainment for the CO National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and submitted a CO maintenanc...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2003
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Motor Vehicle Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Program The EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for New Jersey's enhanced inspection and maintenance (I/M) program. New Jersey has made several amendments to its I/M rules to comply with EPA regulations and to improv...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Nevada; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Lake Tahoe Nevada Area On October 27, 2003, the State of Nevada requested EPA to redesignate the Lake Tahoe Nevada "not classified" carbon monoxide (CO) nonattainment area to attainment for the CO National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and submitted a CO maintenanc...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Interagency Project To Clean Up Open Dumps on Tribal Lands: Request for Proposals The Tribal Solid Waste Interagency Workgroup (Workgroup) is soliciting proposals for its sixth year of the Tribal Open Dump Cleanup Project (Cleanup Project). Since FY99, the Workgroup has funded approximately $9 million in projects. In FY03, the Int...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Section 120(c) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establi...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 2003 Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week (Proc. 7744)	Presidential Document	Dec 15, 2003

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Sunshine Act Meeting; Open Commission Meeting; Wednesday, December 17, 2003 The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order concerning the use of cognitive radio technologies to facilitate opportunities for more flexible, efficient and reliable spectrum use. 2............................. Wireline Titl...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service In this document, the Commission seeks comment to further develop the record on specific issues that relate to the rate review and expanded State certification process recommended by the Joint Board. The Commission also seeks comment on a proposal to...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service In this document, in response to the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, the Commission modifies the high-cost universal service support m...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Juneau, AK The Commission, at the request of Capital Community Broadcasting, Inc., substitutes DTV channel 10 for DTV channel 6 at Juneau, Alaska. See 68 FR 19486, April 21, 2003. DTV channel *10 can be allotted to Juneau, Alaska, in compliance with the princ...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Corpus Christi, TX The Commission, at the request of KVOA Communications, Inc., substitutes DTV channel 13 for DTV channel 50 at Corpus Christi, Texas. See 65 FR 61299, October 17, 2000. DTV channel 13 can be allotted to Corpus Christi, Texas, in compliance with the pr...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Spokane, WA The Commission, by this document, dismisses a petition for rule making filed by KSKN Television, Inc., requesting the substitution of DTV channel 48 for station KSKN-TV's assigned DTV channel 36. See 67 FR 52923, August 14, 2002. With this action, th...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Federal Election Commission

Allocations of candidate and committee activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Travel on Behalf of Candidates and Political Committees The Federal Election Commission is promulgating new and revised rules regarding the proper rates and timing for payment for travel on behalf of political committees and candidates on means of transportation that are not offered for commercial passeng...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign OMB control...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Cancellation of an Optional Form by the Department of State The Department of State cancelled the following Optional Form: OF 137, Designation of Beneficiary (12/77). This form is now a State Department form. You can request copies from: Department of State, A/RPS/DIR, SA-22, 18th and G Streets, NW.; Suite 24...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Federal travel:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Federal Travel Regulation; Privately Owned Vehicle Mileage Reimbursement This final rule amends the mileage reimbursement rate for use of a privately owned vehicle (POV) on official travel to reflect current costs of operation as determined in cost studies conducted by the General Services Administration (GSA). The govern...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Recruitment of Sites for Assignment of Corps Personnel The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces that the listing of entities, and their Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) scores, that will receive priority for the assignment of National Health Service Corps (NHSC) personnel...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; The Practicing Physicians Advisory Council's Request for Nominations This notice invites all organizations representing physicians to submit nominees for membership on the Council. There will be several vacancies on the Council as of February 28, 2004.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Grants:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department National Institutes of Health Center Grants The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is amending its regulations governing center grants to reflect their applicability to several new grant programs, including research on autism, Alzheimer's disease, fragile X disease, and minority health dispar...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Medicare

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Section 101, subpart 4 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, codified in section 1860D- 31 of the Social Security Act, provides for a voluntary prescription drug discount card program for Medicare beneficiarie...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card This notice announces our intention to solicit applications from entities seeking a Medicare endorsement of their prescription drug discount card programs under the Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003. Private sector entities that...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Compliance Policy Guide Sec. 110.310-“Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002”; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) Sec. 110.310 entitled "Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002." Th...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS SES Performance Review Board Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the CMS Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Board.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > ICE Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Arrival Record, Form I-94AOT.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Homeland Security Department > ICE Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request 30-day notice of information collection under review: application--Alternative Inspection Services; Forms I-823 and I-823F.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Homeland Security Department > USCG Random Drug-Testing Rate for Covered Crewmembers; Calendar Year 2004 The Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2004 minimum random chemical drug-testing rate at 50 percent of covered crewmembers. An evaluation of the 2002 Management Information System (MIS) data collection forms submitted by marine employers showed th...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA California; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of California (FEMA-1498-DR), dated October 27, 2003, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-1501-DR), dated November 21, 2003, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 4 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-1501-DR), dated November 21, 2003, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Homeland Security Department > FEMA West Virginia; Amendment No. 5 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of West Virginia (FEMA-1500-DR), dated November 21, 2003, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Homeland Security Department > FEMA West Virginia; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of West Virginia (FEMA-1500-DR), dated November 21, 2003, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Homeland Security Department > FEMA West Virginia; Amendment No. 4 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of West Virginia (FEMA-1500-DR), dated November 21, 2003, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, New Orleans, LA The Coast Guard is changing the regulation governing the operation of the SR 46 (St. Claude Avenue) bridge, mile 0.5 (Gulf Intracoastal Water Way (GIWW) mile 6.2 East of Harvey Lock), the SR 39 (Judge Seeber/Claiborne Avenue) bridge, mile 0.9 (GIWW m...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Safety Zone; Lockwood Folly Inlet, NC The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the Atlantic Intra-Coastal Waterway (AICW) in the vicinity of Lockwood Folly Inlet, NC. This action is necessary to ensure public safety. This rule prohibits vessels with a draft greater than...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Application Submission Requirements-Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Mortgage Insurance Termination; Application for Premium Refund or Distributive Share Payment The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Funding Awards; Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons With Disabilities (Mainstream Program) for Fiscal Year 2003 In accordance with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department for funding under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOF...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Interior Department

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Coal Lease Offering by Sealed Bid; COC 66514 Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office, Lakewood, Colorado, hereby gives notice that certain coal resources in the lands hereinafter described in Garfield County, Colorado, will be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid in accordance w...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Intent To Prepare Planning Analyze/Environmental Assessments This document provides notice that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Jackson Field Office, Eastern States intends to prepare Planning Analysis/Environmental Assessment (PA/EA) to consider leasing one tract of Federal mineral estate for oil and gas...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), Notice of Meeting The Adaptive Management Program (AMP) was implemented as a result of the Record of Decision on the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam Final Environmental Impact Statement to comply with consultation requirements of the Grand Canyon Protection Act (P.L. 102...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

International Trade Commission

Administrative protective orders; breaches, sanctions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Sanction for Breach of Commission Administrative Protective Order Notice is hereby given of the sanction imposed by the Commission for a breach of the administrative protective order ("APO") issued in Hot Rolled Steel Products from Argentina, China, Indonesia, Kazakstan, the Netherlands, Romania, South Africa, Taiw...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Display Controllers With Upscaling Functionality and Products Containing Same; Notice of Commission Decision to Review in Part A Final Initial Determination Finding No Violation of Section 337; Schedule for Filing Written Submissions on the Issues Under Review and on Remedy, the Public Interest, and Bonding Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review in part the final initial determination ("ID") issued by the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) on October 20, 2003, finding no violation of section 33...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Justice Department

Schedules of controlled substances; production quotas:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Controlled Substances: Established Initial Aggregate Production Quotas for 2004 This notice establishes initial 2004 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in Schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Proposed Extension of the Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Program The Department of Labor, 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 proposed and/or con...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Labor Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment request; Applicant Background Questionnaire The Department of Labor, 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 proposed and/or cont...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Alien temporary employment labor certification process:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Labor Certification Process for Temporary Agricultural Employment of Nonimmigrant Workers in the United States (H-2A Workers); On-line Application Processing System; Formal Briefings As the result of the General Accounting Office (GAO) recommendation to the Secretary of Labor on ways to improve the H-2A program, the Department of Labor (DOL) has designed an H-2A case management system to improve data tracking and reporting capabi...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > DOL Regulations Implementing the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, as Amended This final rule implements the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit resolving a broad challenge to numerous provisions of a final rule, promulgated by the Department of Labor on December 20, 2000, amendi...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Notice of Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., South Mississippi Electric Power Association, and Entergy Mississippi, Inc.; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing Entergy Operations, Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Florida Power and Light Company; St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 1, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Florida Power Light Co.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment for the University of Minnesota and Release of its Facility in Minneapolis, MN Notice of availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for license amendment.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Draft Criteria for Determining Feasibility of Manual Actions To Achieve Post-Fire Safe Shutdown The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering a revision to the fire protection regulations in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, Paragraph III.G.2 to allow the use of manual actions by nuclear power plant operators to achieve hot shutdown con...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multiemployer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Required Interest Rate Assumption for Determining Variable-Rate Premium; Interest Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan Valuations Following Mass Withdrawal This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), bu...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Single-employer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-e...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

Joint Industry Plan:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Joint Industry Plan; Order Extending for One Year the Operation of the Reporting Plan for Nasdaq-Listed Securities Traded on Exchanges on an Unlisted Trading Privilege Basis, Submitted by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., the Pacific Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC, and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto To Give Authority to a 3-Member Subcommittee of NASD's Market Regulation Committee to Review Alternative Display Facility System Outage and Denial of Excused Withdrawal Determinations National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 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 Amend the Fee Schedule for the Nasdaq National Market Execution System With Respect to Executions Across Multiple MPIDs of the Same Member National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. To Modify Certain Listing Fees for Foreign Issuers and To Make a Technical Change to the Rule Pertaining to Recordkeeping Fees for Issuers Listed on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by National Stock Exchange To Extend Its Liquidity Provider Fee and Rebate Pilot Program National Stock Exchange	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Listing and Trading of iShares Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund and iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Pacific Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendments No. 1 and 2 and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 3 Relating to the Implementation of a Closing Auction for the Archipelago Exchange and the Establishment of Market-on-Close and Limit-on-Close Order Types Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 and Notice of Filing Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 3 by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., Relating to the Listing and Trading of Options on the Nasdaq Composite Index® Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of California California	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Foreign Prohibitions on Longshore Work by U.S. Nationals In accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended, the Department of State is updating the list of countries in which performance of one or more specified activities of longshore work by crewmembers aboard United States vesse...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Winterset, IA This action corrects a direct final rule; request for comments that was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, December 3, 2003, (68 FR 67590) [FR Doc. 03-30013]. It corrects an error in the Winterset-Madison County Airport airport reference...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; Mentasta Lake/Mountains Area, AK This action establishes Class E airspace in the Mentasta Lake/ Mountains Area, AK. A need was identified to operate via Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) from Tok, AK off-airways, to/from Anchorage, AK. Class E airspace did not exist below 14,500 feet in...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Class E Airspace; Manokotak, AK This action establishes Class E airspace at Manokotak, AK to provide adequate controlled airspace to contain aircraft executing a new Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a Textual Departure Procedure. This Rule results in new Class E ai...	Rule	Dec 15, 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 dispositions of certain pet...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Airport noise compatibility program:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program Update and Request for Review, Louisville International Airport, Louisville, KY The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Regional Airport Authority of Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky for Louisville International Airport under the provisions of 49 U....	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter France Model AS332C, C1, L, L1, AS350B, BA, B1, B2, B3 and D, and AS355E, F, F1, F2 and N Helicopters This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) model helicopters with a Breeze 300-pound electric hoist (hoist) installed that requires modifying and re-identifying the hoist operator control...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co KG, Models Spey 555-15, 555-15H, 555-15N, and 555-15P Turbojet Engines The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co KG (RRD), models Spey 555-15, 555-15H, 555-15N, and 555-15P turbojet engines, with magnesium split low pressure (LP) compressor case, part number (P/N)...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 2003 Saab 9.3 Passenger Cars Are Eligible for Importation This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 2003 Saab 9.3 passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle saf...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Transportation Department > NHTSA Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 2000 Ford F150 Pickup Trucks Are Eligible for Importation This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 2000 Ford F150 pickup trucks that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle saf...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas (Gas Transmission Pipelines) This final rule requires operators to develop integrity management programs for gas transmission pipelines located where a leak or rupture could do the most harm, i.e., could impact high consequence areas (HCAs). The rule requires gas transmission pi...	Rule	Dec 15, 2003

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Notice 97-64 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Announcement 97-122 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Notice 2003-75 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Small Business/Self Employed-Payroll Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel An open meeting of the Small Business/Self Employed--Payroll Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The TAP will be discussing issues pertaining to increasing compliance and lessoning the burden for Small Bus...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Area 7 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the State of California) An open meeting of the Area 7 committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Reven...	Notice	Dec 15, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 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 a...	Notice	Dec 15, 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 15, 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 15, 2003

Federal Register December 15, 2003

Agencies Publishing on December 15, 2003

Agriculture Department

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Commerce Department

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Energy Department

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Environmental Protection Agency

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Executive Office of the President

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General Services Administration

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Interior Department

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Justice Department

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Labor Department

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Small Business Administration

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State Department

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements