January 2, 2004 (Volume 69)

Federal Register January 2, 2004

View all documents issued on January 2, 2004. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

112 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 2, 2004

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Loan and purchase programs:

Title Type Published
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is issuing a proposed rule with a request for comments. This proposed rule implements the Conservation Security Program (CSP) set out in the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended by the Farm Security...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393) the Sierra National Forest's Resource Advisory Committee f...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

National Forest System timber sale and disposal:

Title Type Published
The Department is adopting regulations to provide authority for Regional Foresters to authorize Contracting Officers to extend the contract performance time on certain National Forest System (NFS) timber sale contracts to facilitate the harvest of da...
Rule Jan 02, 2004

Broadcasting Board of Governors logo Broadcasting Board of Governors

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title Type Published
Notice of opportunity to request administrative review of antidumping or countervailing duty order, finding, or suspended investigation.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
In accordance with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), the Department of Commerce ("the Department") is automatically initiating five-year ("sunset") reviews of the antidumping duty orders listed below. The International...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee will hold a public meeting.
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Acquisition regulations:

No documents available.

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
California Independent System Operator Corp.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Chanderleur Pipe Line Co.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Egan Hub Partners, L.P. LLC
Notice Jan 02, 2004
El Paso Natural Gas Co.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Ltd. Partnership
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Nautilus Pipeline Co., L.L.C.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
PacifiCorp
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Pinnacle Pipeline Co.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd.
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title Type Published
Portland General Electric Co., et al.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
San Diego Gas Electric Co., et al.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Sweetwater Wind Power L.L.C., et al.
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue a Funding Opportunity No. DE-PS26-04NT15460 entitled "Focused Research in Federal Lands Access and Produced Water Management in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production." The Department of Energy (DOE) Nati...
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-PS26-04NT42068 entitled State Energy Program (SEP) Special Projects Opportunity for Funding. The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Rene...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title Type Published
This action promulgates national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for miscellaneous metal parts and products surface coating operations located at major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP). The final rule implements sect...
Rule Jan 02, 2004

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

Title Type Published
EPA is finalizing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the San Joaquin Valley Unified (SJVUAPCD), Ventura County (VCAPCD), Santa Barbara County (SBCAPCD), and Monterey Bay Unified (MBUAPCD) Air Pollution Control Districts and to...
Rule Jan 02, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
EPA requested additional information regarding impacts to wetlands and recommended that the Final EIS include a Clean Water Act section 404(b)(1) Guidelines evaluation. EPA also requested information regarding the potential for Prevention of Signific...
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Weekly receipts
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
African Growth and Opportunity Act; beneficary country desinations (Proc. 7748)
Presidential Document Jan 02, 2004

Government agencies and employees:

Title Type Published
Arrivals in and departures from the United States; assignment of functions (EO 13323)
Presidential Document Jan 02, 2004
Pay rates (EO 13322)
Presidential Document Jan 02, 2004

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Title Type Published
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) provides working capital guarantees to lenders. In assessing the creditworthiness of an applicant Ex-Im Bank reviews EIB Form 84-1. This form provides information which allows the Bank to obtai...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) has submitted the information collection entitled "Capital Requirements for the Federal Home Loan Banks" to the Office of Ma...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Federal home loan bank system:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) has adjusted the cap on average total assets that defines a "Community Financial Institution" (CFI) based on the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Prohibited trade practices:

Title Type Published
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet the standards of Subpart C of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines) publ...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Meetings:

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Epidemiology Program Office
Notice Jan 02, 2004
National Center for Environmental Health
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Office of Analysis, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion et al.
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
Unique item identification and valuation; correction
Correction Jan 02, 2004

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Title Type Published
This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are suspended on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain...
Rule Jan 02, 2004

Great Lakes pilotage regulations:

Title Type Published
Partial rate adjustment; correction
Correction Jan 02, 2004

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Title Type Published
On November 21, 2003, HUD published an interim rule to codify the procedures that mortgagees and automated underwriting system (AUS) vendors must observe if they opt to use the "Technology Open To Approved Lenders" mortgage scorecard offered by the F...
Rule Jan 02, 2004

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska Resource Advisory Council will meet as indicated...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
China
Notice Jan 02, 2004
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a review pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping finding on pressure sensitive plastic tape from I...
Notice Jan 02, 2004
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a review pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping finding on prestressed concrete steel wire strand...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
Systems of records
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Adjustment assistance:

Title Type Published
Adhesive Technologies, Inc., et al.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission permits
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission permits
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Costal Lumber Co.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
De Machine Shop
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Elastic Corporation of America, Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Komag, Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
MedSource Technologies
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Nortel Networks
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Pass Seymour/Legard
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Pillowtex Corp.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Pillowtex Corp.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
R.R. Donnelley Sons Co.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Saurer Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Smith Meter, Inc.
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Weyerhauser Co.
Notice Jan 02, 2004

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for a review of a new inform...
Notice Jan 02, 2004
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for reclearance of a re...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Seminole Gulf Railway, L.P.
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric Company (GE) CF34-8C1 series and CF34-8C5 series turbofan engines, with certain serial number (SN) master variable geometry (VG) actuators installed. This AD requires initial...
Rule Jan 02, 2004

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 02, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 02, 2004

Corporate activities:

Title Type Published
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is adopting, in final form, without change, an interim rule that allows national banks to make any class of licensing filings electronically and clarifies the circumstances under which the OCC may a...
Rule Jan 02, 2004

Income taxes, etc:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to a correction of a notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of public hearing that was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 (68 FR 70214). The proposed regulations provide guidance reg...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 2004

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations under sections 446(e) and 1016(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to a change in computing depreciation or amortization as w...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 2004
This document contains regulations relating to a change in computing depreciation or amortization as well as a change from a nondepreciable or nonamortizable asset to a depreciable or amortizable asset (or vice versa). Specifically, these regulations...
Rule Jan 02, 2004
This document contains final regulations relating to the definition of qualified research under section 41(d) for the credit for increasing research activities. These final regulations reflect changes to section 41(d) made by the Tax Reform Act of 19...
Rule Jan 02, 2004
This document invites comments from the public regarding certain rules and standards relating to internal-use software under section 41(d)(4)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code. All materials submitted will be available for public inspection and copying...
Proposed Rule Jan 02, 2004
This document contains final regulations revising the definition of income under section 643(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. The regulations are necessary to reflect changes in the definition of trust accounting income under state laws. The final re...
Rule Jan 02, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Wage & Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden (Notices) Issue Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on imp...
Notice Jan 02, 2004

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