Federal Register February 18, 2004
View all documents issued on February 18, 2004. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
97 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on February 18, 2004
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Agriculture Department
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Commerce Department
(2)
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CCommittee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
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Defense Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
(12)
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Executive Office of the President
(1)
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Housing Finance Board
(2)
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Federal Reserve System
(1)
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Health and Human Services Department
(11)
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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
(11)
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National Credit Union Administration
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NNational Science Foundation (2)
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NNational Transportation Safety Board (1)
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(6)
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PPostal Regulatory Commission (1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Small Business Administration
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Agriculture Department
Field office technical guides; changes:
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It is the intention of NRCS in Mississippi to issue twelve (12) revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The revised standards are; Aquaculture Ponds (Code 397), Bedding (Code 310), Dike (Code 356), Irrigation Canal or Later...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Hawaiian and territorial quarantine notices:
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We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations to provide for the use of irradiation as a treatment for sweetpotatoes to be moved interstate from Hawaii. The interim rule also provided that the sweetpota...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
Meetings:
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The Agricultural Air Quality Task Force (AAQTF) will meet to continue discussions on critical air quality issues in relation to agriculture. Special emphasis will be placed on obtaining a greater understanding about the relationship between agricultu...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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The California Coast Provincial Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet on March 3, 2004, in Orick, California. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues relating to implementing the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP).
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Plant-related quarantine, domestic:
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We are proposing to amend the Mexican fruit fly regulations by removing a provision that allows regulated articles to be moved interstate from a regulated area without a certificate or limited permit if they are moved into States other than commercia...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
Commerce Department
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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NIST's Advanced Technology Program (ATP) announces that it will hold a single fiscal year 2004 ATP competition and is soliciting proposals for financial assistance. ATP also announces that it will hold public meetings (Proposers' Conferences) for all...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Ocean and coastal resource management:
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NOAA announces a public meeting and a request for public comments about its receipt of a permit application to construct an artificial reef within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) and of its intent to prepare an environmental analys...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
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Taiwan; correction
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Defense Department
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
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The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Ecolab, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice in the U.S. and certain foreign countries, the Government- owned inventions described in Navy Case No. 83...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Energy Department
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In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c) (2) (a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No.104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information c...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Hydroelectric applications
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Hydroelectric applications
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
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Electricity Advisory Board
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-PS26-04NT42066 entitled "Epidemiology and Toxicology of Primary and Secondary Particulate Matter Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants." The DOE/NETL is seeking ap...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Power rates:
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The Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing an adjustment to the Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) firm power base charge and rates. The current base charge and rates expire September 30, 2004. The current base charge is not sufficient to...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required t...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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The Office of Compliance (OC), within EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), is soliciting proposals for states and tribes to support their on-going efforts in state/tribal data system modernization. In particular, the grants wi...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Meetings:
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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC).
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), EPA gives notice of a joint meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) Policy Review Board (PRB) and Management Committee (MC).
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
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This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:
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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 | Feb 18, 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 | Feb 18, 2004 |
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:
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This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of aminoethoxyvinylglycine hydrochloride (aviglycine HCl) in or on apple, pear and the stone fruits crop group 12, excepting cherries. Valent BioSciences Corporation requested this tolerance under...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing that the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program's (NELAP's) Proficiency Testing Board has posted an application at http:// www.epa.gov/ttn/nelac, "recent additions" for all interested...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the comment period for the draft "Recovered Materials Advisory Notice V," (RMAN V) which appeared in the Federal Register on December 10, 2003 (68 FR 68919). The initial public comment period for...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Solid Waste:
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the comment period for the proposed rule entitled "Comprehensive Procurement Guideline V for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered Materials," (CPG V) which appeared in the Federal Registe...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
Superfund program:
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region II Office announces its intent to delete the Florence Land Recontouring Landfill Superfund Site (Site) from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comment on this action. Within the NPL...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
Executive Office of the President
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Australia; notice of intention to enter into free trade agreement (Notice of February 13, 2004)
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Presidential Document | Feb 18, 2004 |
Federal Communications Commission
Common carrier services:
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On February 3, 2004, the Commission granted a request by Evercom et al. to extend the deadlines for filing comments and reply comments regarding a Petition For Rulemaking or, in the Alternative, Petition To Address Referral Issues In A Pending Rulema...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
Federal Housing Finance Board
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In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is seeking public comments concerning a three-year extension by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of the information...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is seeking public comments concerning a three-year extension by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of the information...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Federal Reserve System
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Health and Human Services Department
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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 | Feb 18, 2004 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a 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.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the rates for application fees for fiscal year (FY) 2004 and payment procedures for those fees. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), as amended by the Animal Drug User Fee Act of 200...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Human drugs:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that the eight drug products listed in this document were not withdrawn from sale for reasons of safety or effectiveness. This determination means that FDA will not begin procedures to withdraw ap...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Meetings:
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Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
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Assistant Secretary for Children and Families et al.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Assistant Secretary for Children and Families et al.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of several proposed and final documents that have been prepared by Study Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF). These documents are intended to provid...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a call- for-data for safety and effectiveness information on the following conditions as part of FDA's ongoing review of over-the-counter (OTC) drug products: Piroctone olamine, 0.05 percent to 0.5...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Homeland Security Department
Meetings:
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FEMA announces the following open meeting. Name: Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS). Date of Meeting: March 4, 2004. Place: Building J, Room 103, National Emergency Training Center (NETC), 16825 South Seton Avenue, E...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Interior Department
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This document extends to March 23, 2004, the previous deadline of February 23, 2004, for submitting comments on the proposed new information collection published on December 24, 2003 (68 FR 74647), that concerns four new forms to collect information...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Survey plat filings:
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Alaska
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
International Trade Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Justice Department
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30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Statement of Process-Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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30-day notice of information collection under review: Commerce in Firearms and Ammunition--Annual Inventory of Firearms.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
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Applied Science Labs, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Cambrex Charles City, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Cody Laboratories, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Irix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Johnson Matthey, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Lipomed, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Norac Corp.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Organichem Corp.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Siegfried (USA), Inc.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
National Credit Union Administration
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The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is pub...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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National Science Foundation
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
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NSB Public Service Award Committee
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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National Science Board
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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National Transportation Safety Board
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices; correction
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Meetings:
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will convene a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on March 1 and 2, 2004. An announcement of this meeting was originally made in the January 28, 2004 Federal Register. Howe...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on January 5, 2004 (69 FR 385)), that clarifies that enforcement action may be taken against non-licensees for violations of the Commission's regulations governing the packaging and tr...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to make a clarification in the reporting guideline for serious steam generator tube degradation contained within Revision 2 to NUREG-1022, "Event Reporting Guidelines 10 CFR 50.72 and 50.73." The NRC inten...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Postal Regulatory Commission
Practice and procedure:
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This document promulgates a final rule on procedural requirements for baseline and functionally equivalent Negotiated Service Agreements. The final rule incorporates relatively minor changes to the text of the rule as proposed, except in the area of...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
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Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Small Business Administration
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to issue program announcement No. MTA-04-01, to solicit proposals from organizations to provide business development assistance for nationwide 7(j) eligible client executives. The authorizing legisla...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Meetings:
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National Advisory Councils
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Veterans Business Affairs Advisory Committee
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Surface Transportation Board
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
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The Surface Transportation Board (Board) will hold two public hearings in this proceeding: the first on Friday, April 2, 2004, in Trenton, NJ; and the second on Monday, May 3, 2004, in Washington, DC. The hearings will provide a forum for interested...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Railroad services abandonment:
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Delaware Hudson Railway Co., Inc.
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Transportation Department
Airworthiness directives:
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes, that requires replacing existing screw, nut, and washers that attach the latch cable assembly to...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Boeing Model 727, 727C, 727-100, and 727-100C series airplanes, that requires repetitive detailed and special detailed inspections for cracks in the web, inner chord, and out...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
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This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737 series airplanes, that currently requires a one-time general visual inspection of the seat locks and seat tracks of the flightcrew seats to ens...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 727, 727-100C, 727-200F, and 727C series airplanes, that requires repetitive open-hole high frequency eddy current inspections for cracks in the fuselage ski...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Dornier Model 328-100 series airplanes, that requires a one-time inspection of certain engine control cables to determine the batch number on the end fitting, and replace...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
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This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting airworthiness directive (AD) 2004-02-51 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of EMBRAER Model EMB- 135 and -145 series airplanes by individual notices. T...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
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The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) Model PA-46-500TP airplanes. This AD requires you to replace all electronic control modules in the airplane electrical system with newly designed modul...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
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The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that supersedes AD 2002-01-09, which applies to all Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Models PC-7, PC-12, and PC-12/45 airplanes that incorporate a certain engine-driven pump. AD 2002-01-09 currently re...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Raytheon Model Beech 400A and 400T series airplanes, that requires an inspection to determine the part number of the A194 roll trim printed circuit board (PCB), and repla...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes, that requires replacing the dual shuttle valve in the number 2 hydraulic system with a new, improved valve. This action is necessar...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
No documents available.
Railroad services abandonment:
No documents available.
Treasury Department
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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...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
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The Department of the Treasury is issuing this notice to inform the public of the availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Production of the Next Generation of Currency, Western Currency Facility, Fort Worth, Texas and Washington, DC Faci...
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Notice | Feb 18, 2004 |
Income taxes, etc.:
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This document contains final regulations relating to the voluntary electronic furnishing of statements on Forms W-2, "Wage and Tax Statement," under sections 6041 and 6051, and statements on Forms 1098-T, "Tuition Statement," and Forms 1098-E, "Stude...
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Rule | Feb 18, 2004 |
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