Federal Register February 4, 2004 (Volume 69)

Agencies Publishing on February 4, 2004

Agriculture Department (8)
Civil Rights Commission (3)
Commerce Department (13)
Corporation for National and Community Service (1)
Defense Department (1)
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (1)
Education Department (5)
Energy Department (11)
Environmental Protection Agency (9)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Election Commission (2)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
Health and Human Services Department (10)
Homeland Security Department (23)
Interior Department (5)
Justice Department (1)
Library of Congress (2)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Personnel Management Office (2)
Small Business Administration (2)
Social Security Administration (1)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (4)
Treasury Department (7)

Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Bighorn National Forest; Wyoming; Woodrock Project EIS The Forest Supervisor of the Bighorn National Forest, responsible official for the Woodrock Project EIS, is designating the Tongue District Ranger as the responsible official for the action listed in the Federal Register Friday April 4, 2003, volume...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Agriculture Department > FS West Maurys Fuels and Vegetation Management Project, Ochoco National Forest, Crook County, OR On January 16, 2004, the USDA, Forest Service, Ochoco National Forest, published a notice of intent in Federal Register (69 FR 2563) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal to manage the fuels and vegetation in the west half...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Field office technical guides; changes:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Indiana It is the intention of NRCS in Indiana to issue ten (10) revised and two (2) new conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The revised standards are: Conservation Crop Rotation (328), Residue Management, Mulch-Till (329B), Residue Ma...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Madera County Resource Advisory Committee 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 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Sierra National Forest's Resource Advisory Committee for...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Agriculture Department > FS Notice of Southwest Idaho 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 Boise and Payette National Forests' Southwest Idaho Resource Adv...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Program regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSA, RBS, RHS, RUS Farm Loan Programs Account Servicing Policies-Elimination of 30-Day Past-Due Period The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is amending its regulations to eliminate the 30-day past-due period prior to a determination that the borrower is delinquent and clarify the use of the terms "delinquent" and "past due" with regard to direct loan servici...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Agriculture Department > RBS, RHS, RUS, FSA Methodology and Formulas for Allocation of Loan and Grant Program Funds The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) is amending the regulation to recognize a transition formula that will be used for allocating funds to State Offices. This action is needed due to the significant impact the use of the new 2000 U.S. Census...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Special programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSA, RHS, RBS, RUS 2002 Farm Bill Regulations-Loan Eligibility Provisions This rule amends the Farm Service Agency's (FSA) regulations for direct and guaranteed farm loans to implement provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Act). Specifically, the rule provides that borrowers who are current...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Indiana Advisory Committee (Time Change) Indiana	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Missouri and Oklahoma Advisory Committees Missouri and Oklahoma	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska Advisory Committees Various States	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Commerce Department > BIS Report of Requests for Restrictive Trade Practice or Boycott- Single or Multiple Transactions 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	Feb 04, 2004

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Outboard Engines from Japan Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 36-Galveston, TX; Application for Expansion Texas	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From India India	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is rescinding a February 2, 2004, closure announced previously for the first directed fishery for Atka mackerel within the harvest limit area (HLA) in Statistical Area 543 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Is...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Proposed Emergency Rule to Maintain an Area Access Program for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery in Hudson Canyon This proposed emergency rule would implement measures to establish on March 1, 2004, the area access program for the Hudson Canyon Area, as proposed in Amendment 10 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan (FMP). These measures would be in...	Proposed Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip Limit Increase NMFS increases the trip limit in the commercial hook-and-line fishery for king mackerel in the Florida east coast subzone from 50 to 75 fish per day in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This trip limit increase is necessary to maximize the s...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific cod by Vessels Catching Pacific cod for Processing by the Inshore Component in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels catching Pacific cod for processing by the inshore component in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the interim 2004 to...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Catching Pacific Cod for Processing by the Offshore Component in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels catching Pacific cod for processing by the offshore component in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the interim 2004 t...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered Species; Permit No. 1190 Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of scientific research permit no. 1190 submitted by the NMFS Pacific Islands Region, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Ste. 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814 has been granted.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 1019-1657 Notice is hereby given that Daniel J. Cox, Natural Exposures, 16595 Brackett Creek Road, Bozeman, Montana 59715, has been issued an amendment to photography Permit No. 1019-1657-00.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Trade adjustment assistance eligibility determination petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EDA Notice of Petitions by Producing Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance To give all interested parties an opportunity to comment.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Corporation for National and Community Service

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Feb 04, 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. U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/135,012, entitled "Oligomeric Hydro...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Title	Type	Published
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Carol M. White Physical Education Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Carol M. White Physical Education Program	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Education Department Office of Innovation and Improvement; Overview Information; DC School Choice Incentive Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 DC School Choice Incentive Program	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Education Department Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students: Overview Information; National Professional Development Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 National Professional Development Program	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Education Department National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes priorities under the Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC) Program for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). The Assi...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Removal of Lands From the Project Boundary and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Northern States Power Company (d/b/a Xcel Energy); Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Cedar Falls Hydro; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Pacific Gas and Electric Company and California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of Initiation of Proceeding and Refund Effective Date Pacific Gas Electric Co. et al.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Hydroelectric Licensing Under the Federal Power Act; Order on Rehearing of Final Rule On July 23, 2003, the Commission issued a final rule amending its regulations to establish a new hydroelectric licensing process that integrates pre-filing consultation with preparation of the Commission's NEPA document and improves coordination of t...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE On-Board Fuel Processing Go/No-Go Decision The Department of Energy (the Department or DOE) today gives notice of the June 30, 2004, decision regarding the future of on-board fuel processing activities within the Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program. A review panel has...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Compensation for Generating Units Subject to Local Market Power Mitigation in Bid-Based Markets PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of Technical Conferences PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; local power mitigation and compensation methods for must run generators in organized markets	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force: Interim Report: Causes of the August 14th Blackout in the United States and Canada The Department of Energy announces the availability of proposed recommendations that have been submitted to the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force, and announces the deadline for submission of public comments on those recommendations.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for California-San Joaquin Valley PM-10 Nonattainment Area; Serious Area Plan for Attainment of the 24-Hour and Annual PM-10 Standards EPA is proposing to approve the "2003 PM10 Plan, San Joaquin Valley Plan to Attain Federal Standards for Particulate Matter 10 Microns and Smaller," submitted on August 19, 2003, and Amendments to that plan submitted on December 30, 2003, as meeting...	Proposed Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for 2005 and 2007 using MOBILE6.2 for the Connecticut Portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Nonattainment Area and for 2007 for the Greater Connecticut Nonattainment Area The EPA is approving a revision to the Connecticut State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the attainment and maintenance of the one-hour National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground level ozone submitted by the State of Connecticut. The inte...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule Due to an adverse comment, EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule to approve Connecticut's 2005 and 2007 motor vehicle emissions budgets recalculated using MOBILE6.2 for the Connecticut portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island nonatt...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Upcoming Meetings of the Science Advisory Board Review Panel for the EPA's Report on the Environment The EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference and meeting of the SAB Review Panel for the Agency's Report on the Environment (ROE).	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Upcoming Meeting of the US Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board The EPA, Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Board of the EPA SAB.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Pesticide programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Carbamate Cumulative Assessment Group; Availability Section 408(b)(2)(D)(v) and (vi) of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), specifies that when determining the safety of a pesticide chemical, EPA shall base its risk assessment on ag...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application This notice announces receipt of an application 68467-EUP-6 from Dow AgroSciences requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) amendment/extension for the Bacillus thuringiensis variant Aizawai strain PS811 CryIF; Bacillus thuringiensis variant Kursta...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Bifenazate; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for combined residues of bifenazate (1-methylethyl 2-(4-methoxy[1,1'- biphenyl]-3-yl)hydrazinecarboxylate) and diazinecarboxylic acid, 2-(4- methoxy-[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl), 1-methylethyl ester (expr...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Settlement, Penalty Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding Nash Finch Company EPA has entered into a consent agreement with Nash Finch Company ("Nash Finch" or "Respondent") to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act ("CWA"), the Clean Air Act ("CAA"), and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ("EPCRA") and...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President American Heart Month, 2004 American Heart Month (Proc. 7754)	Presidential Document	Feb 04, 2004

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Sprint Corporation's Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in Florida In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau sought comment on the Sprint Corporation's (Sprint) petition. Sprint is seeking designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) to receive federal universal service support in the portions...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Special elections; filing dates:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Filing Dates for the South Dakota Special Congressional Election South Dakota has scheduled a special general election on June 1, 2004, to fill the At-Large seat in the U.S. House of Representatives vacated by Representative William J. Janklow. Committees participating in the South Dakota Special General Election...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreements Filed Agreements filed; weekly receipts	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Federal Trade Commission

Trade regulation rules:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Contact Lens Rule; Ophthalmic Practice Rules In this document, the Federal Trade Commission (the "Commission" or "FTC") issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on its proposed rule to implement the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act ("the Act"), which provides for the availab...	Proposed Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Federal Trade Commission Ophthalmic Practice Rules The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") has completed its regulatory review of the Ophthalmic Practice Rules ("Rules"), which require, among other things, that eye care practitioners provide patients with a copy of their eyeglass prescri...	Rule	Feb 04, 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	Feb 04, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Career Survey of Biomedical Researchers Receiving Loan Repayment Benefits Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Loan of Loan Repayment and Scholarship (OLRS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to revie...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Current List of Laboratories Which Meet Minimum Standards To Engage in Urine Drug Testing for Federal Agencies 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	Feb 04, 2004

Biological products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products; Establishment Registration and Listing; Correction The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting an interim final rule that published in the Federal Register on January 27, 2004 (69 FR 3823). The interim final rule excepted human dura mater and human heart valve allografts, currently subject t...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Health and Human Services Department National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Vital and Health Statistics National Committee	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > TSA Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements: Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; NEPA Compliance Checklist TSA has submitted a request for emergency processing of a new public information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and immediate clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 35). This...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: The Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems (SEVIS); File No. OMB- 30.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Information Collections Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): 1625-0074, 1625-0041, 1625-0064, 1625-0049, and 1625-0007 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded five information collection reports (ICRs) to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the OMB for review...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Anchorage regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Special Anchorage Area; St. Lucie River, Stuart, FL The Coast Guard is extending the Special Anchorage Area that begins on the Okeechobee Intracoastal Waterway between mile markers 7 and 8 on the St. Lucie River in Stuart, Florida, to include 17 additional moorings. This rule will improve safety for v...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Automation program test:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): Announcement of a National Customs Automation Program Test of Periodic Monthly Payment Statement Process and Establishment of Broker Accounts in the ACE Secure Data Portal This document announces the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) plan to conduct a National Customs Automation Program test concerning periodic monthly deposit of estimated duties and fees. This notice provides a description of the test pr...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): Applications To Establish Truck Carrier Accounts for Participation in a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Test This document announces that the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is accepting applications to establish Truck Carrier Accounts for a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Truck c...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Connecticut; Emergency and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Connecticut (FEMA-3192-EM), dated January 15, 2004, and related determinations.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Maine; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of an Emergency Declaration This notice amends the notice of an emergency for the State of Maine (FEMA-3190-EM), dated January 15, 2004, and related determinations.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Maine; Emergency and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of Maine (FEMA-3190-EM), dated January 15, 2004, and related determinations.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Massachusetts; Emergency and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-3191-EM), dated January 15, 2004, and related determinations.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA New Hampshire; Emergency and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-3193-EM), dated January 15, 2004, and related determinations.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Disaster assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per Capita Threshold for Recommending a Cost Share Adjustment FEMA gives notice that we are increasing the statewide per capita threshold for recommending cost share adjustments for disasters declared on or after January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Drawbridge Operation Regulation; East Pascagoula River, Pascagoula, MS The Coast Guard is removing the existing drawbridge operation regulation for the draw of the U.S. 90 bascule span bridge across the East Pascagoula River, mile 1.8 at Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi. A replacement bridge has been constructed...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Corpus Christi-Port Aransas Channel-Tule Lake, Corpus Christi, TX The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the Tule Lake Vertical Lift Span Highway and Railroad Bridge across the Corpus Christi--Port Aransas Channel, mile 14.0, at Co...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Workshop on Carbon Monoxide Risk and Avoidance Issues in Recreational Boating at the Miami International Boat Show The U.S. Coast Guard and the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) are sponsoring a workshop to discuss various issues to improve recreational boating safety relating to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and measures to avoid it. The workshop will be o...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Workshop on Propeller-Injury Risk Avoidance Issues in Recreational Boating at the Miami International Boat Show The U.S. Coast Guard and the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) are sponsoring a workshop to discuss various issues to improve recreational boating safety relating to propeller injuries and measures to avoid them. The workshop will be open to the...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Workshop on Strategies To Increase Personal Flotation Device (PFD) Wear in Recreational Boating at the Miami International Boat Show The U.S. Coast Guard and the Personal Flotation Device Manufacturers Association (PFDMA) are sponsoring a workshop to bring representatives of all appropriate segments of the recreational marine community together to explore any and all means of incr...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Security Zone; Salem and Hope Generating Stations, Delaware River, Salem, NJ The Coast Guard is establishing a security zone in the Captain of the Port, Philadelphia, PA zone, immediately adjacent to the nuclear power facility at Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations. This zone is needed to ensure public safety and securit...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Security Zone; Salem and Hope Creek Generation Stations, Delaware River, Salem County, NJ The Coast Guard is continuing a temporary security zone on the waters adjacent to the Salem and Hope Creek Generation Stations. This security zone is needed to protect the safety and security of the plants from subversive activity, sabotage, or terro...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Security Zone; Oyster Creek Generation Station, Forked River, Ocean County, NJ The Coast Guard is establishing a security zone in the Captain of the Port, Philadelphia, PA zone, immediately adjacent to the nuclear power facility at Oyster Creek Generation Station. This zone is needed to ensure public safety and security from su...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Security Zone; Oyster Creek Generation Station, Forked River, Ocean County, NJ The Coast Guard is continuing a temporary security zone on the waters adjacent to the Oyster Creek Generation Station. This zone will protect the safety and security of the plants from subversive activity, sabotage, or terrorist attacks initiated fro...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Vessel documentation and measurement:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Vessel Documentation: Lease Financing for Vessels Engaged in the Coastwise Trade The Coast Guard amends its regulations on the documentation of vessels engaged in the coastwise trade. These amendments respond to statutory changes that eliminate certain barriers for U.S.-vessel operators seeking foreign financing by lease. These a...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department > MARAD Vessel Documentation: Lease Financing for Vessels Engaged in the Coastwise Trade; Second Rulemaking This is a joint notice of proposed rulemaking by the Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration. The Coast Guard proposes to amend its regulations on documentation, under the lease-financing provisions, of vessels engaged in the coastwise trade. One...	Proposed Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Office of Acquisition and Property Management; Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are submitting to OMB for review and approval an information collection request (ICR), titled "Private Rental Survey." We are also soliciting comments from the public on this ICR.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting; Central Montana Resource Advisory Council In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council Meeting 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) Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Interior Department Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; Notice of Meeting The Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary is announcing a public meeting of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting, Upper Columbia-Salmon Clearwater Resource Advisory Council Meeting; Idaho 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) Upper Columbia-Salmon Clearwater (UCSC) District Resourc...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Justice Department

Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > USPC Paroling, Recommitting, and Supervising Federal Prisoners: Prisoners Serving Sentences Under the United States and District of Columbia Codes During 2004 the Parole Commission will carry out a pilot project to study the feasibility of conducting parole release hearings through video conferences between an examiner at the Commission's office and prisoners at selected Bureau of Prisons's ins...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Library of Congress

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Notice of New Delivery Policy The Copyright Office is adopting a new policy for delivering documents to the Office of the General Counsel.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels; List of Arbitrators The Copyright Office is publishing the list of arbitrators eligible for service on a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel ("CARP") during 2004 and 2005. This list will be used to select the arbitrators who will serve on panels initiated in 2004 and 20...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

National Credit Union Administration

Credit unions:

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Request for Burden Reduction Recommendation; Consumer Protection: Lending-Related Rules; Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 Review The NCUA Board is continuing its review of its regulations to identify outdated, unnecessary, or unduly burdensome regulatory requirements imposed on federally-insured credit unions pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction A...	Proposed Rule	Feb 04, 2004

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Council on the Humanities; Meeting Humanities National Council	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Renew an Information Collection The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request clearance of this collection. In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), we are providing opportunity for p...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C.; Notice of Reconstitution Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed LES Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Facility Louisiana Energy Services (LES) submitted a license application on December 12, 2003, that proposes the construction, operation and decommissioning of a gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility to be located near Eunice, New Mexico. The U.S. Nuclea...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Nuclear waste and spent fuel shipments:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of all Licensees Authorized to Manufacture or Initially Transfer Items Containing Radioactive Material for Sale or Distribution and Possess Certain Radioactive Material of Concern and All Other Persons Who Obtain Safeguards Information Described Herein; Order Imposing Additional Security Measures (Effective Immediately) Additional security requirements	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Minor Changes to Decommissioning Trust Fund Provisions The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of December 24, 2003, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on November 20, 2003 (68 FR 65386). This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulatio...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Excepted Service This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make appointments under Schedules A, B and C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Personnel Management Office Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the North Dakota and Duluth, MN, Appropriated Fund Wage Areas The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to redefine the North Dakota and Duluth, MN, Federal Wage System (FWS) appropriated fund wage areas. This rule redefines Clearwater and Mahnomen Counties and the White Earth Indian Reservatio...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of Ohio Ohio	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Small business size standards:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Small Business Size Standards; Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for General Aviation Turboprop Aircraft manufacturing. The basis for waivers is that no small business manufacturers are supplying these classes...	Proposed Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Huron & Eastern Railway Company, Inc.-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Central Michigan Railway Company Central Michigan Railway Co.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Secretarial Extension of Authority; Marine War Risk Insurance Under Title XII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 Marine war risk insurance; Transporation Secretary's extension of authorities	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 36, Development of Major Repair Data The FAA is confirming the effective date of a previously published direct final rule concerning development of major repair data. Under the FAA's direct final rule procedure, when we receive no adverse comment, we publish a notice in the Federal Regi...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; HPH s.r.o. Models Glasflü gel 304CZ, 304CZ-17, and 304C Sailplanes The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all HPH s.r.o. (HPH) Models Glasfl[uuml] gel 304CZ, 304CZ-17, and 304C sailplanes. This proposed AD would require you to inspect to determine the airbrake handle attachment rivet materi...	Proposed Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Gas and Hazardous Liquid Gathering Lines RSPA's Office of Pipeline Safety (RSPA/OPS) recently held public meetings in Austin, Texas, and Anchorage, Alaska, to receive public comment on the definition of "gathering line" and on the regulation of certain rural gas and hazardous liquid gatheri...	Proposed Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Vessel documentation and measurement:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 720-TO The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 720-CS The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Changes in Computing Depreciation; Correction This document corrects final and temporary regulations (TD 9105) that were published in the Federal Register on January 2, 2004 (69 FR 5). The document contains regulations relating to a change in computing depreciation or amortization as well as a c...	Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel An open meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) will be discussing issues on IRS Customer Service.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Area 7 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the State of California) An open meeting of the Area 7 committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Reven...	Notice	Feb 04, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Area 2 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia) An open meeting of the Area 2 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.	Notice	Feb 04, 2004

Procedure and administration:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Regulations Governing Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service; Hearing This document changes the date of a public hearing on proposed regulations relating to practice before the Internal Revenue Service.	Proposed Rule	Feb 04, 2004

Federal Register February 4, 2004

Agencies Publishing on February 4, 2004

Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Field office technical guides; changes:

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Program regulations:

Special programs:

Civil Rights Commission

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Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Countervailing duties:

Fishery conservation and management:

Permits:

Trade adjustment assistance eligibility determination petitions:

Corporation for National and Community Service

Defense Department

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program:

Meetings:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Meetings:

Pesticide programs:

Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Water pollution control:

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Federal Election Commission

Special elections; filing dates:

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Trade regulation rules:

Health and Human Services Department

Biological products:

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Homeland Security Department

Anchorage regulations:

Automation program test:

Disaster and emergency areas:

Disaster assistance:

Drawbridge operations:

Meetings:

Ports and waterways safety:

Vessel documentation and measurement:

Interior Department

Meetings:

Justice Department

Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.:

Library of Congress

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel:

National Credit Union Administration

Credit unions:

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Nuclear waste and spent fuel shipments:

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

Personnel Management Office

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Small business size standards:

Social Security Administration

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Transportation Department

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National Science Foundation