January 7, 2004 (Volume 69)

Federal Register January 7, 2004

View all documents issued on January 7, 2004. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

92 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 7, 2004

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Meetings:

Title Type Published
International Food and Agricultural Development Board
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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 Boise and Payette National Forests' Southwest Idaho Resource Adv...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
In November 2003, the Department of Commerce received two requests to conduct new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China. We have determined that one of these requests meets the statutory and...
Notice Jan 07, 2004
In response to timely requests by one manufacturer/exporter and the petitioners,\1\ the Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from the United Kingdom with respect to one com...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Countervailing duties:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from India for the period April 20, 2001, through December 31, 2002,\1\ the per...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS issues a final rule to correct the definition of the area in which salmon fishing regulations implementing the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ off the Coast of Alaska (Salmon FMP) apply, to remove the words "high seas...
Rule Jan 07, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its Protected Resources Committee, will hold a public meeting.
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Air Force is revising its Privacy Act Program Instruction. The revision moves responsibility for the Air Force Privacy Program to Air Force Chief Information Officer; prescribes Air Force Visual Aid 33-276, Privacy Act Label as...
Rule Jan 07, 2004

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed to delay the effective date of FAR Case 2000-608, New Consolidated Form for Selection of Architect-Engineer Contractors, which was publishe...
Rule Jan 07, 2004
This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-19. A companion document, the...
Rule Jan 07, 2004
This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in...
Rule Jan 07, 2004
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement new Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore, as ap...
Rule Jan 07, 2004

Education Department logo Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education proposes requirements, priorities, and selection criteria under the Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) Program. The Assistant Secretary will use these requirements, priorities, and selection...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:

Title Type Published
EPA has received specific exemption requests from the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to use the pesticide propoxycarbazone-sodium (CAS No. 181274-15-7) to treat up to 1,200,000 acres (K...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Title Type Published
EPA has granted experimental use permits (EUP) to the following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the limitations in the permit.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to the following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the limitations in the permit.
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of a final report titled, "The Feasibility of Performing Cumulative Risk Assessments for Mixtures of Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water (EPA/600/R-03- 051F)," which was prepared by the U.S. Environmental...
Notice Jan 07, 2004
This notice announces the availability of a final report titled, "Developing Relative Potency Factors for Pesticide Mixtures: Biostatistical Analyses of Joint Dose-Response (EPA/600/R-03-052F)," which was prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Notice Jan 07, 2004
This notice announces the availability of a final report titled, Analysis of Laboratory and Field Studies of Reproductive Toxicity in Birds Exposed to Dioxin-Like Compounds for Use in Ecological Risk Assessment (EPA/600/R-03/114F), which was prepared...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Radio stations; table of assignments:

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This document grants three proposals that allot new FM channels to Silverton, Texas; Leedey, Oklahoma; and Memphis, Texas. The Audio Division, at the request of Maurice Salsa, allots Channel 252A at Silverton, Texas, as the community's first local au...
Rule Jan 07, 2004

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Central Data Repository System:

No documents available.

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Central Data Repository System:

No documents available.

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 07, 2004
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA).
Notice Jan 07, 2004
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Medicare:

Title Type Published
This interim final rule implements the provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MPDIMA) of 2003, Pub. L. 108-173, which are applicable in 2004 to Medicare payment for covered drugs and physician fee schedule s...
Rule Jan 07, 2004

Memorandums of understanding:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Food and Drug Administration and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Homeland Security to allow FDA to commission CBP officer...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Drug Substance: Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls Information." This draft guidance provides recommendations on the chemistry, manuf...
Notice Jan 07, 2004
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a document that appeared in the Federal Register of December 12, 2003 (68 FR 69408). This document is being republished in its entirety and will read as follows: The Food and Drug Administration (F...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Pollution:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is withdrawing its proposal to proceed with an interim rule establishing a program through which vessel owners can apply for approval of experimental ballast water treatment (BWT) systems installed and tested on board their operating...
Proposed Rule Jan 07, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Coast Guard is announcing an innovative program that will allow vessel owners/operators to apply for acceptance of vessels, permitting them to install and test experimental ballast water treatment systems. This program will facilitate the de...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding for a petition to list the eastern subspecies of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as a...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Surface and underground mining activities:

Title Type Published
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are proposing to amend our regulations to accomplish two basic goals: Minimizing the adverse environmental effects stemming from the construction of excess spoil fills; and clarifyin...
Proposed Rule Jan 07, 2004

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on December 1, 2003, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Eaton Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio. A suppleme...
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on December 1, 2003, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Jens E. Sorensen, as Trustee of the Sorensen Res...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

Title Type Published
Alcatel Internetworking
Notice Jan 07, 2004
American Bag Corp.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Authentic Fitness Corp.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Citation Corp.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Cone Mills Corp.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Kulicke and Soffa Industries
Notice Jan 07, 2004
ME International, Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Mac Brad Wholesale Flowers, Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Motorola, Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Multilayer Technology (MULTEK), Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Phillips Plastics Corp.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Radioshack Corp.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Rayovac Corp.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Siemens Energy Automation
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Steelcase, Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
TMH
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Tibbetts Industries, Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2004
United States Postal Service, Remote Encoding Center, Cohoes, NY
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Zexel Valeo Compressor USA
Notice Jan 07, 2004

M
Management and Budget Office

Title Type Published
By virtue of the authority vested in the President by section 2(a) of the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, Public Law 87-693 (76 Stat. 593; 42 U.S.C. 2652), and delegated to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget by Executive Order No....
Notice Jan 07, 2004
OMB, VA
This document provides cost-based and interagency billing rates for medical care or services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): (a) In error or on tentative eligibility; (b) In a medical emergency; (c) To pensioners of allied nation...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposes to amend its regulations to incorporate by reference the 2001 Edition and the 2002 and 2003 Addenda of Division 1 of Section III of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressu...
Proposed Rule Jan 07, 2004

Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent storage; licensing requirements:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to revise the Transnuclear, Inc. (TN) Standardized NUHOMS<SUP>[reg]</SUP>-24P, -52B, -61BT, and -24PHB cask system listing within the "List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks" to i...
Rule Jan 07, 2004

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 07, 2004
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department logo State Department

International Traffic in Arms regulations:

Title Type Published
This rule amends the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to remove from U.S. Munitions List (USML) jurisdiction certain quartz rate sensors when the sensors are integrated into and included as an integral part of a commercial standby ine...
Rule Jan 07, 2004

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...
Notice Jan 07, 2004
The Department is amending its rules governing airline computer reservations systems ("CRSs" or "systems") to eliminate most of the rules now and to terminate additional rules as of July 31, 2004. The Department is readopting the rules prohibiting di...
Rule Jan 07, 2004

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to the Airbus airplanes listed above. This action requires a one-time inspection for cracking of the lower outboard flange of gantry No. 4 in the main landing gear bay area,...
Rule Jan 07, 2004
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ series airplanes. This AD requires one-time inspections of the inner webs and flanges at frames 15, 18, 41,...
Rule Jan 07, 2004
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Boeing Model 737-100, -200, and -200C series airplanes. This proposal would require repetitive inspections to detect discrepancies of certain fuselage...
Proposed Rule Jan 07, 2004
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-600, 737-700, 737-800, 757-200, and 757-300 series airplanes, that requires replacing existing video distribution unit (VDU) connectors with new, improve...
Rule Jan 07, 2004
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747 series airplanes, that requires identification of the valves installed on the engine struts as hydraulic supply (fire) shutoff valves for the engine-driv...
Rule Jan 07, 2004
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter Deutschland (Eurocopter) Model MBB-BK-117 A-1, A-3, A-4, B- 1, B-2, and C-1 helicopters with a certain tail rotor (TR) transmission or intermediate (INT) gearbox installed. This...
Rule Jan 07, 2004
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Model Astra SPX and 1125 Westwind Astra series airplanes. This proposal would require detailed inspections and resistance measurements of the star...
Proposed Rule Jan 07, 2004
The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Kidde Aerospace P/N 898052 hand-held halon fire extinguishers that are utilized on aircraft. This AD requires you to remove the affected fire extinguishers from service and would prevent y...
Rule Jan 07, 2004
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 airplanes. For some airplanes, the proposal would require replacing one 3-phase limiter block assembly, 6 current...
Proposed Rule Jan 07, 2004

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Central Data Repository System:

Title Type Published
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), of which the agencies are members, has approved the agencies' publication of this notice announcing the voluntary testing and mandatory enrollment for a new method of submitting the Cons...
Notice Jan 07, 2004

Corporate activities:

Title Type Published
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is proposing to amend its regulations to require a national bank to obtain the approval of the OCC before two types of fundamental changes in the composition of the bank's assets: (1) Changing the c...
Proposed Rule Jan 07, 2004

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

No documents available.

Medical benefits:

Title Type Published
This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical regulations with respect to charges used for the purpose of recovering from tortiously liable third parties the reasonable value of medical care and services provided by VA. The eff...
Rule Jan 07, 2004

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