Federal Register December 23, 2003 (Volume 68)

Agencies Publishing on December 23, 2003

Agriculture Department (4)
Commerce Department (11)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (2)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (4)
Energy Department (4)
Environmental Protection Agency (1)
Executive Office of the President (6)
Federal Communications Commission (11)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (1)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (28)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Interior Department (1)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (14)
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Local Television Loan Guarantee Board (2)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (3)
Personnel Management Office (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
Small Business Administration (2)
Social Security Administration (3)
State Department (10)
Transportation Department (12)
Treasury Department (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Notice of Program Continuation Notice is hereby given for proposals for FY 2004 grant funds under the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP). FSMIP anticipates that approximately $1.3 million will be available for support of this program in FY 2004. States interested...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS Codex Alimentarius: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Meat Hygiene The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is sponsoring a public meeting on January 15, 2004, to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items that will be discussed at the Tenth Sess...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Agriculture Department > FSIS Public Meeting on New Technology: The State of Food Safety Technologies To Enhance Public Health The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will hold a public meeting on January 13, 2004, to discuss the development and use of new food safety technologies to enhance public health.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Forest Transportation System Analysis; Revisions to Road Management Policy The Forest Service published on December 16, 2003 (68 FR 69986), a notice of issuance of a final directive to Forest Service Manual (FSM) Title 7700--Engineering, Chapter 7710--Transportation Atlas, Records, and Analysis, as Amendment 7700-2003-2. Th...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NTIA Notice, Establishment of a Frequency Assignment Coordination Web Site The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), as part of an agreement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in its Allocations and Service Rules for the 71-76 GHz, 81-86 GHz and 92-95 GHz Bands Report and Order, pl...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Silicon Metal From Brazil: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On August 22, 2003, in response to a request made by the petitioners \1\, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation of an antidumping duty administrative review of silicon metal from Brazil, for the period of review...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Folding Gift Boxes From the People's Republic of China; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On October 10, 2003, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain folding gift boxes from the People's Republic of China. The review covers two manufacturers/export...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India: Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review In response to requests from Indian producers/exporters of the subject merchandise, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (HRS...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Gray Portland Cement and Clinker From Mexico; Notice of Extraordinary Challenge Committee's Final Decision and Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On October 30, 2003, the Extraordinary Challenge Committee issued its decision to deny the Department of Commerce's April 13, 2000, extraordinary challenge petition with respect to a determination made by the Binational Panel in the final results of...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Amended Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From The Netherlands On November 29, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the Netherlands. See Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Ste...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument Frostburg State University	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for New Jersey NMFS announces that the summer flounder commercial quota available to New Jersey has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in New Jersey for the remainder of...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Commerce Department > NOAA Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS); Certification of New VMS Unit for Use in Northeast Fisheries NMFS announces the approval and certification of the Boatracs FMCT/G (Fisheries Mobile Communications Transceiver/Global Positioning System (GPS) based) VMS unit for use in all fisheries in the northeastern United States in which VMS units are requir...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Exempted Fishing Permit NMFS announces that it has disapproved the request for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) from Florida Offshore Aquaculture, Inc., of Madeira Beach, FL. The EFP would have authorized a 24-month feasibility study for net cage culture of cobia, mahi-mahi...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Trade adjustment assistance eligibility determination petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EDA Notice of Petitions by Producing Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance To give all interested parties an opportunity to comment.	Notice	Dec 23, 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 Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Philippines Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection adjusting limits.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment 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.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Settlement agreements:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Lifelike Co., d/b/a My Twinn, a Corporation, Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Flammable Fabrics Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR Part 1605. Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlement...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Department of Defense Draft Selection Criteria for Closing and Realigning Military Installations Inside the United States This notice publishes the draft selection criteria that will be used by the Department of Defense to make closure and realignment recommendations that will be reviewed by the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Labor Standards for Contracts Involving Construction The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the revised definitions of "Construction" and "site of the work" in the De...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 2003

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
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 23, 2003
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The 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 23, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Innovation and Improvement; Overview Information; Teaching American History Grant Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Teaching American History Program	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Energy Department

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC FPL Energy New Mexico Wind, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings FPL Energy New Mexico Wind, LLC, et al.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Energy Department > FERC Sunbury Generation, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Sunbury Generation, LLC, et al.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Fernald This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Fernald. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Feder...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Energy Department Office of Science; High Energy Physics Advisory Panel This notice announces a meeting of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP). Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Environmental Protection Agency

Water supply:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Applicability of the Safe Drinking Water Act to Submetered Properties Docket: OW-2003-0065 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a memorandum that outlined its revised policy regarding regulatory requirements under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for submetered properties. The revised policy is shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY I...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Appointments During National Emergency Defense, Department of; emergency appointment authority to the Secretary of Defense (EO 13321)	Presidential Document	Dec 23, 2003
Executive Office of the President Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act Jerusalem Embassy Act; suspension of funding limitations (Presidential Determination No. 2004-12 of December 9, 2003)	Presidential Document	Dec 23, 2003
Executive Office of the President Determination Consistent with Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and Section 512 of the FY 2002 and 2003 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Acts Liberia; assistance determination (Presidential Determination No. 2004-11 of December 8, 2003)	Presidential Document	Dec 23, 2003
Executive Office of the President Imposition and Waiver of Sanctions Under Section 604 of the FY 2003 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (Public Law 107-228) Palestinian Authority; imposition and waiver of sanctions (Presidential Determination No. 2004-14 of December 11, 2003)	Presidential Document	Dec 23, 2003
Executive Office of the President Presidential Determination on Waiver of Conditions on Obligation and Expenditure of Funds for Planning, Design, and Construction of a Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in Russia Russia; Chemical weapons destruction facility, waiver of conditions on funds (Presidential Determination No. 2004-10 of December 6, 2003)	Presidential Document	Dec 23, 2003

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Wright Brothers Day, 2003 Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 7745)	Presidential Document	Dec 23, 2003

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Frequency allocations and radio treaty matters:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission World Radiocommunication Conferences Concerning Frequency Bands Above 28 MHz This document amends our rules to implement domestically various allocation decisions from several World Radiocommunication Conferences ("WRCs") concerning the frequency bands between 28 MHz and 36 GHz, and to otherwise update our rules in this frequ...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Conway and Vilonia, AR In response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 68 FR 7964 (February 19, 2003), this document grants a petition for rulemaking filed by Creative Media, Inc, licensee of Station KASR(FM), proposing to substitute Channel 224C3 for Channel 224A at Conwa...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Ambrose and Ocilla, GA This document sets forth a proposal to amend the FM Table of Allotments of the Commission's rules. The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by RTG Radio, LLC, licensee of Station WKAA(FM), Channel 249A, Ocilla, Georgia. Petitioner proposes...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Quitaque, TX This document dismisses a pending petition for rulemaking to add an FM allotment in Quitaque, Texas. The Audio Division had requested comment on a petition filed by Maurice Salsa, proposing the allotment of Channel 272A at Quitaque, Texas. See 67 FR...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Durant, OK, and Whitewright, TX This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by NM Licensing LLC, licensee of Station KLAK(FM), Channel 248C2, Durant, Oklahoma. The petition proposes to reallot KLAK(FM) from Durant, Oklahoma, to Whitewright, Texas, and to prov...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Early, TX This document dismisses a pending petition for rulemaking to add an FM allotment in Early, Texas. The Audio Division had requested comment on a petition filed by Jeraldine Anderson, proposing the allotment of Channel 294A at Early, Texas. See 66 FR 5...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Lockney, TX This document dismisses a pending petition for rulemaking to add an FM allotment in Lockney, Texas. The Audio Division had requested comment on a petition filed by Linda Crawford, proposing the allotment of Channel 271C3 at Lockney, Texas. See 67 FR...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 2003

Federal Reserve System

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of Amendment of System of Records In accordance with the Privacy Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is amending three systems of records, entitled Payroll and Leave (BGFRS-7), Biographical File of Federal Reserve Bank Officers (BGFRS-12), and Federal Re...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Thrift Savings Plan:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Employee Elections To Contribute To the Thrift Savings Plan, Participants' Choices of Investment Funds, Vesting, Uniformed Services Accounts, Correction of Administrative Errors, Lost Earnings Attributable to Employing Agency Errors, Participant Statements, Calculation of Share Prices, Methods of Withdrawing Funds From the Thrift Savings Plan, Death Benefits, Domestic Relations Orders Affecting Thrift Savings Plan Accounts, Loans, Miscellaneous The Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Board) is adopting as final the interim rule the Board published in June 2003 to implement the new Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) record keeping system and to permit the making of c...	Rule	Dec 23, 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 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting Advisory Committee to Director	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Notice of Meeting National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Notice of Closed Meetings National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Meetings National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 23, 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 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meetings National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 23, 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 23, 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 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Notice of Meeting National Institute of General Medical Sciences	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Meeting National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meeting National Library of Medicine	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Advisory Committees; Filing of Annual Reports The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing, as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, that the agency has filed with the Library of Congress the annual reports of those FDA advisory committees that held closed meetings during fisca...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Homeland Security Department

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Civil Monetary Penalties-Adjustments for Inflation The Coast Guard is adjusting fines and other civil monetary penalties to reflect the impact of inflation. These adjustments are made in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Im...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Port Access Routes Study: In the Approaches to Narragansett Bay and Buzzards Bay, Cleveland Ledge to the Race, Narragansett Bay East Passage, and the Areas Offshore of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts The Coast Guard is conducting a Port Access Route Study (PARS) to evaluate the continued applicability of, and the need for modifications to, current vessel routing measures in the approaches to Narragansett Bay and Buzzards Bay, Cleveland Ledge to t...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 2003

Interior Department

Minerals management:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Locating, Recording, and Maintaining Mining Claims or Sites; Correction This document corrects editorial and typographical errors in a final rule published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2003, regarding locating, recording, and maintaining mining claims or sites on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Manag...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Ethyl Alcohol for Fuel Use: Determination of the Base Quantity of Imports Section 7 of the Steel Trade Liberalization Program Implementation Act of 1989 ("the Act"), as amended (19 U.S.C. 2703 note), which concerns local feedstock requirements for fuel ethyl alcohol imported by the United States from CBERA-beneficiary coun...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
International Trade Commission Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Brazil, India, Korea, Mexico, and Thailand Revised schedule for the subject investigations.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Justice Department

Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Certification and Decertification in Connection With Certain Suits Based Upon Acts or Omissions of Federal Employees and Other Persons In cases where employees of the Federal government are sued for money damages based on alleged torts, if the Attorney General certifies that the employees (and certain non-employees) were acting within the scope of their employment at the time, the s...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Meeting of the Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is announcing a meeting of the Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee in Point Clear, Alabama, from January 12-14, 2004, at the meeting times and location noted below.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department > OSHA Construction Fall Protection Plans and Training Requirements (29 CFR 1926.502 and 1926.503); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements OSHA solicits comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirement contained in the construction standard for fall protection. The Standard allows employers to develop alternative procedures to the use of...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Advanced Design and Knits, Inc., Copiague, NY; Notice of Termination of Investigation Advanced Design Knits, Inc.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department > ETA Alamac American Knits LLC, Lumberton, NC; Notice of Termination of Investigation Alamac American Knits LLC	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department > ETA Authentic Fitness Corp., Los Angeles, CA; Notice of Termination of Investigation Authentic Fitness Corp.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department > ETA Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc., Willow Grove, PA; Notice of Termination of Investigation Kulicke Soffa Industries, Inc.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department > ETA Fishing Vessel (F/V) Laurie B, Ketchikan, AK; Notice of Termination of Investigation Laurie B. Ketchikan	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department > ETA Lumenis, Santa Clara, CA; Notice of Termination of Investigation Lumenis	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department > ETA Nighswonger Contract Cutting, Coquille, OR; Notice of Termination of Investigation Nighswonger Contract Cutting	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department > ETA SPX, Lindberg Division, Watertown, WI; Notice of Termination of Investigation SPX, Lindberg Division	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department > ETA Snap-Tite, Inc., dba Autoclave Engineers Division, Erie, PA; Notice of Termination of Investigation Snap-Tite, Inc.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Labor Department > ETA Fishing Vessel (F/V) Susan Tendering, Kodiak, AK; Notice of Termination of Investigation Susan Tendering	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

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Local Television Loan Guarantee Board

Title	Type	Published
Local Television Loan Guarantee Board LOCAL Television Loan Guarantee Program The LOCAL Television Loan Guarantee Board (Board) announces a 120-day application window for the submission of guarantee applications.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Local Television Loan Guarantee Board LOCAL Television Loan Guarantee Program The LOCAL Television Loan Guarantee Board (Board) is issuing regulations to implement the LOCAL Television Loan Guarantee Program (Program or LOCAL TV Program) as authorized by the Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000 (th...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Study of IMLS Funded Digital Collections and Content-Focus Groups, Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces the following information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Management Company, LLC, Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Nuclear Management Co., LLC.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Personnel Management Office

Excepted service:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Excepted Service This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make appointments under Schedules A, B and C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to redesignate part 970 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations as part 919. OPM intends to use part 970 in the near future as the location for new regulations issued jointly by t...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC (Vasogen Inc., Common Stock, No Par Value) File No. 0-29350 American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. To Withdraw Its Common Stock, $.00025 Par Value, From Listing and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC File No. 1-11182 Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of DepoMed, Inc., To Withdraw its Common Stock, No Par Value From Listing and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC File No. 1-13111 DepoMed, Inc.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of GB Holdings, Inc. and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries Greate Bay Hotel and Casino, Inc. and GB Property Funding Corp., To Withdraw its 11% Notes (Due 2005) From Listing and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC File No. 1-15064 GB Holdings, Inc., et al	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Financial reporting matters:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 This staff accounting bulletin revises or rescinds portions of the interpretative guidance included in Topic 13 of the codification of staff accounting bulletins in order to make this interpretive guidance consistent with current authoritative accoun...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Processing Requirements for Cancelled Security Certificates The Commission is revising its rules governing cancelled securities certificates to improve the processing of securities certificates by transfer agents. The Commission is adopting a new rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that will requir...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003

Small Business Administration

Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc.

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Aspen Ventures III, L.P.; Notice Seeking Exemption Under Section 312 of the Small Business Investment Act, Conflicts of Interest Aspen Ventures III, L.P.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Small Business Administration TeleSoft Partners II, SBIC, LP; Notice Seeking Exemption Under Section 312 of the Small Business Investment Act, Conflicts of Interest TeleSoft Partners II, SBIC, L.P.	Notice	Dec 23, 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 23, 2003

Social security acquiescence rulings:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Blakes v. Barnhart; Court Cases Involving Sections 12.05 and 112.05 of the Listing of Impairments That Are Remanded for Further Proceedings-Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act In accordance with 20 CFR 402.35(b)(2), the Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of Social Security Acquiescence Ruling 03- 1(7).	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Social security benefits:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income; Collection of Overdue Program and Administrative Debts Using Administrative Wage Garnishment We are modifying our regulations dealing with the collection of program overpayment debts that arise under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (the Act) and administrative debts owed to us. Specifically, we are making some changes and establ...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “The Annunciation and The Bridge at Courbevoie” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “A Beautiful and Gracious Manner: The Art of Parmigianino” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 [79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459], the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 [112 Stat. 2681 et seq.], Delegatio...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Love Letters: Dutch Genre Paintings in the Age of Vermeer” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Return of the Buddha: The Qingzhou Discoveries” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Turner and Venice” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Foreign terrorists and terrorist organizations; designation:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Determinations Pursuant to Executive Order 13224 Relating to Jaish e-Mohammed and Lashkar e-Tayyiba Jarish e-Mohammed et al.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
State Department Redesignation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations Lashkar e-Tayyiba et al.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals: 2004 Summer Institute for English Language Educators from South Africa The African Programs Branch, Office of Academic Exchange Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for the 2004 Summer Institute for English Language Educators from South Africa. Accredited, post-seconda...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Cultural Property Advisory Committee Notice of Meeting Cultural Property Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Bureau of Administration; Notice of Availability of Alternative Fueled Vehicle (AFV) Report for Fiscal Year 2003 The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Administration, is issuing this notice in order to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and 42 U.S.C. 13218(b). The purpose of this notice is to announce the public availability of the Department of State'...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319-113 and -114 Series Airplanes; and Model A320-111, -211, and -212 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A319-113 and -114 series airplanes; and Model A320-111, -211, and -212 series airplanes; that requires either a review of airplane maintenance or delivery record...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 B4-600 Series Airplanes, Model A300 B4-600R Series Airplanes, Model A300 C4-605R Variant F Airplanes, and Model A300 F4-605R Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 B4-600 series airplanes, Model A300 B4-600R series airplanes, Model A300 C4-605R Variant F airplanes, and Model A300 F4-605R airplanes. This AD requires...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes, that currently requires modifying the fuel pipe couplings and installing bonding leads in specified location...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes Equipped With Certain Litton Air Data Inertial Reference Units This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes equipped with certain Litton air data inertial reference units (ADIRU). This AD requires modifying the shelf (floor pan...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747-400, 747SR, and 747SP Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing airplane models, that requires a one-time inspection to identify all H-11 steel bolts installed in the latch fittings of the cargo doors, repetitive inspections fo...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This action requires a one-time general visual inspection to identify the material of the rud...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Dassault Model Falcon 900 EX and Mystere-Falcon 900 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Dassault Model Falcon 900 EX and Mystere-Falcon 900 series airplanes. This action requires installing an attachment support assembly for the fire extinguishing piping in...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and -11F Airplanes This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes, that currently requires an inspection to detect chafing or damage of the electrical wires leading to the termina...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-30F (KC-10A and KDC-10), DC-10-40, and DC-10-40F Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas airplanes, that requires a one- time inspection for damage of the power feeder cables and surrounding structure, and repair if necessary. For certain ai...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 Airplanes This amendment revises an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 airplanes, that currently requires replacing the lanyards on the pressure relief door for the thrust reverser with new, improved lanya...	Rule	Dec 23, 2003

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Safety Auditor Certification; Notice of Statutory Compliance Date The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) gives notice that after December 31, 2003, all safety inspections, audits, and compliance reviews will be conducted by FMCSA or State employees certified under the Certification of Safety Audito...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Potential Service Disruptions in Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems RSPA's Office of Pipeline Safety (RSPA/OPS) is issuing this advisory notice to owners and operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines who use Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Pipeline owners and operators should establish...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8453-S 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 23, 2003

Marketable book-entry Treasury bills, notes, and bonds:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Sale and Issue of Marketable Book-Entry Treasury Bills, Notes, and Bonds-Plain Language Uniform Offering Circular The Department of the Treasury ("Treasury," "We," or "Us") proposes to amend 31 CFR Part 356 (Uniform Offering Circular for the Sale and Issue of Marketable Book-Entry Treasury Bills, Notes, and Bonds) by converting it to plain language. We are propo...	Proposed Rule	Dec 23, 2003

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Allowance for Private Purchase of an Outer Burial Receptacle in Lieu of a Government-Furnished Graveliner for a Grave in a VA National Cemetery Public Law 104-275 was enacted on October 9, 1996. It allowed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a monetary allowance towards the private purchase of an outer burial receptacle for use in a VA national cemetery. Under VA regulation (3...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Matching Program Notice.	Notice	Dec 23, 2003
Veterans Affairs Department Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Matching Program Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to continue a recurring computer matching program matching Social Security Administration (SSA) records with VA pension and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation (DI...	Notice	Dec 23, 2003

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Agencies Publishing on December 23, 2003

Agriculture Department

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Commerce Department

Antidumping:

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Permits:

Trade adjustment assistance eligibility determination petitions:

C Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Defense Department

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Education Department

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Energy Department

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Environmental Protection Agency

Water supply:

Executive Office of the President

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Federal Communications Commission

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Federal Reserve System

Privacy Act:

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Thrift Savings Plan:

General Services Administration

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Health and Human Services Department

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Homeland Security Department

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Interior Department

Minerals management:

International Trade Commission

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Justice Department

Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act:

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Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

L Local Television Loan Guarantee Board

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Personnel Management Office

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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Financial reporting matters:

Securities:

Small Business Administration

Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc.

Social Security Administration

Social security acquiescence rulings:

Social security benefits:

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Foreign terrorists and terrorist organizations; designation:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Motor carrier safety standards:

Pipeline safety:

Treasury Department

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Local Television Loan Guarantee Board