Federal Register January 7, 2004
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92 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on January 7, 2004
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Agency for International Development
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Agriculture Department
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Commerce Department
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Defense Department
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Education Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Federal Communications Commission
(1)
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Federal Maritime Commission
(1)
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Federal Reserve System
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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
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International Trade Commission
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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MManagement and Budget Office (2)
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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OOverseas Private Investment Corporation (2)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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State Department
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Veterans Affairs Department
(1)
Agency for International Development
Meetings:
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International Food and Agricultural Development Board
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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Cooperating Sponsor Results Reports (2003 FY) and Resource Requests (2005 FY); Title II guidelines
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Agriculture Department
Meetings:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Commerce Department
Antidumping:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Countervailing duties:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Fishery conservation and management:
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
Meetings:
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its Protected Resources Committee, will hold a public meeting.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Defense Department
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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...
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
Education Department
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:
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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.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Central Data Repository System:
No documents available.
Federal Maritime Commission
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Agreements filed, etc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Federal Reserve System
Banks and bank holding companies:
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Change in bank control
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Central Data Repository System:
No documents available.
General Services Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
No documents available.
Health and Human Services Department
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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).
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Medicare:
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
Meetings:
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Advisory Committee to Director
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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National Cancer Institute
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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National Human Genome Research Institute
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Memorandums of understanding:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Homeland Security Department
Pollution:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Interior Department
Endangered and threatened species:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Surface and underground mining activities:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
International Trade Commission
Import investigations:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Justice Department
Pollution control; consent judgments:
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Saunders Supply Co. et al.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Stepan Co.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Winitsky Associates
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Labor Department
Adjustment assistance:
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Alcatel Internetworking
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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American Bag Corp.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Authentic Fitness Corp.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Citation Corp.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Cone Mills Corp.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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ME International, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Mac Brad Wholesale Flowers, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Motorola, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Multilayer Technology (MULTEK), Inc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Phillips Plastics Corp.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Radioshack Corp.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Rayovac Corp.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Siemens Energy Automation
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Steelcase, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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TMH
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Tibbetts Industries, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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United States Postal Service, Remote Encoding Center, Cohoes, NY
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Zexel Valeo Compressor USA
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Management and Budget Office
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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....
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
No documents available.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
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Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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PSEG Nuclear, LLC
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent storage; licensing requirements:
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
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Metropolitan Mortgage Securities Co., Inc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Newtek Business Services, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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Summit Securities, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
State Department
International Traffic in Arms regulations:
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
Transportation Department
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
Airworthiness directives:
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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,...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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,...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
Treasury Department
Central Data Repository System:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 07, 2004 |
Corporate activities:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
Veterans Affairs Department
No documents available.
Medical benefits:
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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...
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Rule | Jan 07, 2004 |
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