Federal Register January 5, 2004 (Volume 69)

Agencies Publishing on January 5, 2004

Agriculture Department (8)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (13)
Defense Department (8)
Environmental Protection Agency (10)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Housing Finance Board (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (3)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (11)
Homeland Security Department (4)
Interior Department (2)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
National Archives and Records Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
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Railroad Retirement Board (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (1)
Social Security Administration (2)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
Transportation Department (11)
Treasury Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Monsanto Co. and The Scotts Co.; Availability of Petition for Determination of Nonregulated Status for Genetically Engineered Glyphosate-Tolerant Creeping Bentgrass; Request for Information and Comment We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Monsanto Company and The Scotts Company seeking a determination of nonregulated status for creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) design...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Loan and purchase programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSA, CCC Acreage Reporting and Common Provisions; 2001 and 2002 Crop Disaster Program; Correction This document corrects final rules published on April 3, 2003, and June 26, 2003, that established provisions applicable to multiple programs of the agencies, and regulations for the 2001 and 2002 Crop Disaster Program. Corrections are necessary for...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Notice of Resource Advisory Committee Meeting Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Nez Perce and Clearwater National Forests' North Central Idaho Re...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Agriculture Department > FS Wrangell-Petersburg Reservoir Advisory Committee The Wrangell-Petersburg Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet from 1 p.m. until 5:15 p.m. (or until the conclusion of public testimony) on Friday, January 23, and from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., Saturday, January 24, 2004, in Petersburg, Alaska. The...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS Agency Organization The Food Safety and Inspection Service is amending regulations adopted under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act by updating and consolidating organizational provisions.	Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Golden Nematode; Regulated Areas We are amending the golden nematode regulations by adding a field in Steuben County, NY, to the list of generally infested regulated areas. This action is necessary to prevent the artificial spread of golden nematode to noninfested areas of the Unite...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004
Agriculture Department > APHIS Karnal Bunt; Regulated Areas We are amending the Karnal bunt regulations to make changes to the list of areas or fields regulated because of Karnal bunt, a fungal disease of wheat. We are adding certain areas in Arizona to the list of regulated areas either because they were fou...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004
Agriculture Department > APHIS Pine Shoot Beetle; Additions to Quarantined Areas We are amending the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding 37 counties in Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia to the list of quarantined areas. This action is necessary to prevent the spread of pine shoot...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Civil Rights Commission

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Standardized Application and Performance Report Formats for NMFS Noncompetitive Grants The 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 collections, a...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Wire Rods from India: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review India; correction	Correction	Jan 05, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Pasta From Italy In response to a request by Pastificio Carmine Russo S.p.A. ("Russo") , the Department of Commerce ("the Department") is conducting a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta ("pasta") from Italy for the period of review ("PO...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Export privileges, actions affecting:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > BIS Action Affecting Export Privileges; Mahmoud Haghsheno Kashani Kashani, Mahmoud Haghsheno	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Extension of Marine Reserves NMFS issues proposed regulations to implement Amendment 21 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Amendment 21) prepared by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council). These proposed regul...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Informational Public Hearings The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold nine informational public hearings to collect social and economic information on the use of proposed marine protected area (MPA) candidate sites as a fishery management tool with an em...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NIST Fire Test Measurement Needs The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces its intent to hold a meeting to discuss measurement needs for fire testing laboratories. The meeting will be held at the NIST Gaithersburg campus, on January 20 and 21, 2004, and is...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its Demersal Species Committee (meeting as a Council committee of the whole together with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board), Ec...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Social Sciences Advisory Committee in January, 2004 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations f...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Commerce Department > NIST The 89th Interim Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures Notice is hereby given that the interim meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures will be held January 25 through January 28, 2004, at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland. This meeting is open to the public. The National C...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 1048-1717 Notice is hereby given that Dr. Peter J. Stein, Scientific Solutions, Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire, has been issued a permit to take the marine mammals listed below for purposes of scientific research.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Invention; Available for Licensing The invention listed below is assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and is available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. Patent application 10,672,273: Mounting System for Intermodal Container.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Danger zones and restricted areas:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE United States Navy Restricted Area, Hood Canal, Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Bangor, WA The Corps of Engineers is amending existing regulations to expand the existing restricted area in the waters of Hood Canal adjacent to Naval Submarine Base Bangor, at Bangor, Washington. This amendment also changes the enforcement responsibility from...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE Intent [To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement] for a Proposed Introduction of the Oyster Species, Crassostrea Ariakensis, Into the Tidal Waters of Maryland and Virginia To Establish a Naturalized, Reproducing, and Self-Sustaining Population of This Oyster Species The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is the lead Federal agency. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) on behalf of the State of Maryland...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Defense Department > USA Intent To Prepare a Joint Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Wilson Creek/Oak Glen Creek Feasibility Study in the City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, CA; Correction The public scoping meetings scheduled for January 14, 2004 published in the Federal Register on Monday, December 29, 2003 (68 FR 74949) has been rescheduled. The public scoping meeting will now be held on February 4, 2004 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Meeting of the DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices The DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of the Navy is amending three systems of records notices in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Defense Department > USA Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of the Army is proposing to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The Department of the Army is proposing to alter the existing sys...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Defense Department > DLA Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to add a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Transportation Conformity Determinations for Federally Funded and Approved Transportation Plans, Programs and Projects Under the New 8-hour Ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards, EPA ICR Number 2130.01 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA has submitted a proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a re...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Lime Manufacturing Plants This action promulgates national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the lime manufacturing source category. The lime manufacturing emission units regulated will include lime kilns, lime coolers, and various types of processe...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Air Pollution Control; Proposed Administrative Action on Clean Air Act Grant to the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board Section 105(c)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7405(c)(1), provides that "[n]o [air pollution control] agency shall receive any grant under this section during any fiscal year when its expenditures of non-Federal funds for recurrent expendit...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Adequacy Status of the Greeley, Colorado Carbon Monoxide Revised Maintenance Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes In this document, EPA is notifying the public that we have found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets in the Greeley, Colorado carbon monoxide (CO) revised maintenance plan, that was submitted by the Governor on June 20, 2003, are adequate for co...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Kentucky and Indiana: Approval of Revisions to 1-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan for Louisville Area EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the state implementation plans (SIPs) of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the State of Indiana to revise the 2012 motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) using MOBILE6 for the Louisville 1-hour ozone maintenanc...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability of Draft Aquatic Life Criteria Document for Nonylphenol and Request for Scientific Views This notice informs the public about the availability of a draft aquatic life criteria document for nonylphenol and requests scientific views. The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and publish, and from tim...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability of Final Aquatic Life Criteria Document for Tributyltin (TBT) This notice informs the public of the availability of a final aquatic life criteria document for tributyltin (TBT). The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and publish, and from time to time revise, cri...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Grant Warehouse Time-Critical Removal Site Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement In accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., notice is hereby given that a proposed Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue (Prospective Purchaser Agreement) associat...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability of Draft National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Discharges at Hydroelectric Generating Facilities in the States of MA and New Hampshire and Indian Lands in the State of Massachusetts In response to requests from sources that may be eligible for coverage under this general permit, EPA, Region 1 is extending the comment period for its Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for specific discharg...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Federal Communications Commission

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Federal Advisory Committee Act Notice of Public Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, this notice advises interested persons that the Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age has been established and is holding its second...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal home loan bank system:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Federal Home Loan Bank Members Selected for Community Support Review The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is announcing the Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) members it has selected for the 2002-03 eighth quarter review cycle under the Finance Board's community support requirements regulation. This notice als...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

General Services Administration

Federal travel:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Federal Travel Regulation; Publication of Electronic Copy GSA announces publication of an improved electronic Federal Travel Regulation (FTR), and the discontinuance of the hard copy FTR looseleaf edition.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

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	Jan 05, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
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	Jan 05, 2004

Biological products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Biological Products; Bacterial Vaccines and Toxoids; Implementation of Efficacy Review The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the biologics regulations in response to the report and recommendations of the Panel on Review of Bacterial Vaccines and Toxoids with Standards of Potency (the Panel). The Panel reviewed the safety,...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant Applications and Research and Development Contract Projects The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is revising the regulations governing scientific peer review of research grant applications and research and development contract projects and project proposals to clarify the review criteria, revise the confli...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Human drugs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Referral of Morphine Sulfate for the Conduct of Pediatric Studies The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the referral of morphine sulfate to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (the Foundation) for the conduct of pediatric studies. FDA referred the drug to the Foundation on September...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Committee	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Radiation and Worker Health Advisory Board	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > PHS National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors Technical Reports Review Subcommittee Meeting; Review of Draft NTP Technical Reports; Correction Scientific Counselors Board; correction	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Memorandums of understanding:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Memorandum of Understanding Between the Food and Drug Administration and the Central Science Laboratory, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom Concerning Analytical Methods in Support of Food Safety Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between FDA and the Central Science Laboratory, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom. The purpose of this MOU is to provi...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Radioimmunoassay Analysis of Hair to Detect the Presence of Drugs of Abuse; Revocation of Compliance Policy Guide 7124.06 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the revocation of the compliance policy guide (CPG) entitled "Sec. 370.200 RIA Analysis of Hair to Detect the Presence of Drugs of Abuse (CPG 7124.06)." This CPG no longer reflects current agency p...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Implementation of the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program (“US-VISIT”); Biometric Requirements The Department of Homeland Security (Department or DHS) has established the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program (US-VISIT) in accordance with several Congressional mandates requiring that the Department create an i...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Mississippi River, Dubuque, IA The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, is temporarily changing the regulation governing the Illinois Central Railroad Drawbridge, Mile 579.9, Upper Mississippi River. From December 17, 2003, until March 15, 2004, the drawbridge shall open on sig...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Nonimmigrant classes:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Notice to Nonimmigrant Aliens Subject To Be Enrolled in the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology System This notice states the requirements for the first phase of the US-VISIT program, implemented pursuant to a Department of Homeland Security (Department) interim rule (see Department interim rule published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Registe...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Security Zone; Port Hueneme Harbor, Ventura County, CA The Coast Guard is revising the effective period for a temporary security zone covering all waters within Port Hueneme Harbor in Ventura County, CA. This security zone is needed for national security reasons to protect Naval Base Ventura County and c...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Interior Department

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Nevada The Bureau of Land Management has received a request from the United States Air Force to withdraw 1,979 acres of public land from surface entry and mining to protect support facilities for the safe and secure operation of national defense activities...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Proposed Extension of Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Nevada The United States Air Force proposes to extend a withdrawal 200 acres of public land withdrawn to protect an administrative/ communication site in Nye County. The withdrawal being extended is Public Land Order No. 6591. This withdrawal will expire on...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 30-day notice of information collection under review: National Clandestine Laboratory Seizure Report.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

National cooperative research notifications:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Portland Cement Association Portland Cement Association	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Labor Department

Employee benefit plans; individual exemptions:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > EBSA United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund (UCF or the Applicant), Located in Atlanta, GA This document contains a final exemption issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and from certain taxes imposed by the Intern...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Patent License NASA hereby gives notice that JFC Technologies has applied for an exclusive license to practice the inventions described and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 6,359,107, entitled "Composition Of And Method For Making High Performance Resins For Infusion And...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

National Archives and Records Administration

Public availability and use:

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Restrictions on the Use of Records NARA proposes to revise its regulations on access to Federal records and donated historical materials containing restricted information. This proposal entirely rewrites and reorganizes this portion of NARA's regulations to incorporate several changes...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Certificates of compliance:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Renewal of Certificates of Compliance, GDP-1 and GDP-2 for the U.S. Enrichment Corporation, Paducah and Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plants, Paducah, KY, and Portsmouth, OH Notice of a Director's Decision renewing the Certificates of Compliance for the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) which allows continued operation of the two Gaseous Diffusion Plants (GDPs), at Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Revision of NRC Enforcement Policy; Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing a revision to its Enforcement Policy (NUREG-1600, "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions") to clarify that enforcement action may be taken against non-licensees for...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004
Railroad Retirement Board Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Rate for Attorney Fee Assessment Beginning in 2004 The Social Security Administration is announcing that the attorney-fee assessment rate under section 206(d) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 406(d), is 6.3 percent for 2004.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Social security benefits:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Reinstatement of Entitlement to Disability Benefits The Social Security Administration (SSA) is extending the comment period for the proposed rules regarding the Reinstatement of Entitlement (Expedited Reinstatement) provision in section 112 of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Art Deco 1910-1939” 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	Jan 05, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department United States International Telecommunication Advisory Committee Meeting-Radiocommunication Sector (ITAC-R) International Telecommunications Advisory Committee	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Release of Waybill Data Waybill data; release for use	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Railroad services abandonment:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Consolidated Rail Corporation-Abandonment Exemption-in Middlesex County, NJ Consolidated Rail Corp.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Transportation Department

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Extended Operations (ETOPS) of Multi-engine Airplanes; Correction This document makes corrections to the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on November 14, 2003 (68 FR 64730), which proposes to issue regulations governing the design, maintenance, and operation of airplanes and engines for flights that...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319 and A320 Series Airplanes This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A319 and A320 series airplanes, that currently requires repetitive inspections to detect cracking and delamination of the container...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model Avro 146-RJ Series Airplanes; and BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model Avro 146-RJ and Model BAe 146 series airplanes. This proposal would require a test to determine the torque...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Dornier Model 328-100 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Dornier Model 328-100 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacement of the existing main landing gear (MLG) leg assembly with a modifi...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135 and EMB-145 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain EMBRAER Model EMB-135 and EMB-145 series airplanes. This proposal would require replacement of the nose landing gear wheel nuts and associated inn...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135 and -145 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain EMBRAER Model EMB-135 and -145 series airplanes. This proposal would require repetitive inspections for cracks, ruptures, or bends in certain comp...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Saab Model SAAB 2000 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes. This proposal would require measuring the torque of the adjustable pin in the rear attachment of the interm...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Glazing Materials; Low Speed Vehicles This final rule delays the effective date for compliance with the amended requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 205, Glazing Materials. The final rule amending FMVSS No. 205 was published on July 25, 2003.\1\ -------------...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS); Small Business Impacts of Motor Vehicle Safety The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) seeks comments on the economic impact of its regulations on small entities. As required by Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, we are attempting to identify rules that may have a s...	Proposed Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records DOT proposes to establish a new system of records under the Privacy Act of 1974.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Transit operations; prohibited drug use and alcohol misuse prevention:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations This notice announces the random testing rates for employers subject to the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) drug and alcohol rules.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Comment Request The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Guidance Regarding Deduction and Capitalization of Expenditures This document contains final regulations that explain how section 263(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) applies to amounts paid to acquire or create intangibles. This document also contains final regulations under section 167 of the Code that pr...	Rule	Jan 05, 2004

Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds: United Fire & Indemnity Company This is Supplement No. 6 to the Treasury Department Circular 570; 2003 Revision, published July 1, 2003 at 68 FR 39186.	Notice	Jan 05, 2004

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Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Loan and purchase programs:

Meetings:

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Export privileges, actions affecting:

Fishery conservation and management:

Meetings:

Permits:

Defense Department

Danger zones and restricted areas:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Meetings:

Privacy Act:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Air pollution control:

Air programs:

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

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:

Water pollution control:

Federal Communications Commission

Meetings:

Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal home loan bank system:

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

General Services Administration

Federal travel:

Health and Human Services Department

Biological products:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Human drugs:

Meetings:

Memorandums of understanding:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Nonimmigrant classes:

Ports and waterways safety:

Interior Department

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Justice Department

National cooperative research notifications:

Labor Department

Employee benefit plans; individual exemptions:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

National Archives and Records Administration

Public availability and use:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Certificates of compliance:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

R Railroad Retirement Board

Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration

Social security benefits:

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Meetings:

Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Railroad services abandonment:

Transportation Department

Air carrier certification and operations:

Airworthiness directives:

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Privacy Act:

Rail carriers:

Railroad services abandonment:

Transit operations; prohibited drug use and alcohol misuse prevention:

Treasury Department

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Railroad Retirement Board