February 20, 2004 (Volume 69)

Federal Register February 20, 2004

View all documents issued on February 20, 2004. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

96 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 20, 2004

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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We are advising the public that we have prepared an environmental assessment and proposed decision/finding of no significant impact relative to oral rabies vaccination programs on National Forest System lands in several States. Since the publication...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The USDA Forest Service (FS), Rio Grande National Forest will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the submission of an Application For Transportation and Utility Systems and Facilities on Federal Lands (Application) by the Leavell-McCo...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

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We are amending the brucellosis regulations concerning interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Wyoming from Class Free to Class A. We have determined that Wyoming no longer meets the standards for Class Free status. This actio...
Rule Feb 20, 2004

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
Notice of amended preliminary antidumping duty determination of sales at less than fair value: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the People's Republic of China.
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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NMFS announces the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales, and other limitations deriving from regulations adopted at the 2002 Special Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). For 2004, the quota is 75 bowhead whales st...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Export administration regulations:

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On September 17, 2003, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a proposed rule regarding penalty guidance in the settlement of administrative enforcement cases (68 FR 54402). After considering public comments on that proposed rule, BIS is...
Rule Feb 20, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of collection-of-information requirements contained in the following American Fisheries Act (AFA)-related amendments: Amendment 61 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Groun...
Rule Feb 20, 2004
NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement Secretarial Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Secretarial Amendment 1), which was prepared by the Secretary of Commerce and the Gulf of Mexico Fis...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2004

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
This action adds to the Procurement List a service to be furnished by a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Feb 20, 2004
The Committee is proposing to delete from the Procurement List services previously furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must Be Received on or Before: March 21, 2004.
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
The Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy has suspended the use of the price evaluation adjustment for small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) in DoD procurements, as required by 10 U.S.C. 2323(e)(3), because DoD exceeded its 5 percent...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board logo Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
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 20, 2004
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 20, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Enhanced Assessment Instruments
Notice Feb 20, 2004
The Deputy Under Secretary for Innovation and Improvement proposes two priorities under the Transition to Teaching program. The Deputy Under Secretary may use one or more of these priorities for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2004 and later years....
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Secretary of Education announces dates for the submission by State educational agencies (SEAs) of expenditure and revenue data and average daily attendance statistics on ED Form 2447 (the National Public Education Financial Survey) for fiscal yea...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Off-the-record communications
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Financial assistance:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its Assistance Regulations to make changes in the solicitation requirements and the way the public is notified of funding opportunities that result in the award of grants and cooperative agreements. The Depa...
Rule Feb 20, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the DOE financial assistance rules, 10 CFR 600.8, is announcing its intention to solicit applications from State and local partnerships under the Million Solar Roofs (MSR) Program. DOE's Office of Energy Ef...
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue funding opportunity announcement no. DE-PS26-04NT42092 entitled "Solid State Lighting Core Technologies". The Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on behalf of the Off...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs:

Title Type Published
This notice announces applicability determinations, alternative monitoring decisions, and regulatory interpretations that the EPA has made under the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) (40 CFR part 60), the National Emission Standards for Hazardo...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
EPA raised environmental concerns on potential impacts to water supplies from using magnesium chloride to reduce road-related fugitive dust emissions and a fungicide SPORAX to control tree stump fungus. The FEIS should include mitigation to reduce or...
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Agency statements; weekly receipts
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
There will be a 4-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review refined (Level II) terrestrial and aquatic models for probabilistic ecological assessments of pestic...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Feb 20, 2004
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.
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Solid wastes:

Title Type Published
The EPA is proposing to grant a petition submitted by Bekaert Corporation (Bekaert) to exclude (or delist) a certain solid waste generated by its Dyersburg, Tennessee, facility from the lists of hazardous wastes. The EPA used the Delisting Risk Asses...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2004

Superfund program:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region V is publishing a direct final notice of deletion of the Wheeler Pit, Superfund Site (Site), located in Janesville, Wisconsin, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulgated pursuant to...
Rule Feb 20, 2004
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region V is issuing a notice of intent to delete the Wheeler Pit Superfund Site (Site) located in Janesville, Wisconsin, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this notice of...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2004

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), the Farm Credit Administration gave notice on February 9, 2004 (69 FR 5986) of the special meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board) scheduled for February 10, 2004....
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed...
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 20, 2004
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Alaska Native Villages; Program to Build Capacity to Assess Impact of Releases from Formerly Used Defense Sites
Notice Feb 20, 2004
The Administration for Native Americans (ANA), within the Administration for Children and Families, announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2004 funds for the Environmental Regulatory Enhancement (Environmental) Program. Financial assistance i...
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Persons with bleeding and clotting disorders; prevention services integration
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Vital and Health Statistics National Committee
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Vital and Health Statistics National Committee
Notice Feb 20, 2004

National Toxicology Program:

Title Type Published
The NTP CERHR announces: (1) availability of sections 1-4 of the draft expert panel report on acrylamide on March 15, 2004, and solicits written public comments on the report by April 29, 2004. (2) the acrylamide expert panel meeting May 17-19, 2004,...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

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

Title Type Published
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR part 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services is contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license to practice the invention...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has submitted the following information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: 1640-0001, 1640...
Notice Feb 20, 2004
DHS, OPM
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Personnel Management are issuing proposed regulations to establish a new human resources management system within DHS, as authorized by the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The affected subsys...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2004
This interim rule establishes procedures to implement section 214 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding the receipt, care, and storage of critical infrastructure information voluntarily submitted to the Department of Homeland Security. The p...
Rule Feb 20, 2004

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.
Notice Feb 20, 2004
The following permits were issued.
Notice Feb 20, 2004

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's initial determination (Order No. 13) terminating the investigation as to the patent claims therein. The Commissi...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
60-Day Emergency Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Open Letter to States With Permits That Appear to Qualify as Alternatives to NICS Checks.
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. APP. 1), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA).
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Metal and nonmetal mine safety and health:

Title Type Published
This document announces a limited reopening of the comment period on the notice of proposed rulemaking, published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2003, to obtain public comment on three new documents related to this rulemaking. We will consider...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2004

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Management and Budget Office

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
OMB requests comments on 2004 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulation. The full Draft Report is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/regpol-reports-- congress.html, and is divided into two chapters. Chap...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is proposing to modify its regulations on the use of official NARA seals by the public and other Federal agencies by extending the regulations to apply to the use of official NARA logos. This pa...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model application relating to changes to the completion time in Standard Technical Specifications (STS) 3.6.3, "Containment Isolation Valves (Atmospheric...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

No documents available.

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title Type Published
The Postal Service proposes revisions to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) that would centralize the processing of requests for parcel testing. Such testing is requested to determine if the parcels can be successfully processed on bulk mail center (BMC)...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2004

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying th...
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying th...
Notice Feb 20, 2004
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying th...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
California
Notice Feb 20, 2004

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. T...
Notice Feb 20, 2004
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. T...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). The Tennessee Valley Authority is so...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) PW206A and PW206E turboshaft engines. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive borescope inspections of compressor turbine and power turb...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to make available to the public the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) derived from the Environmental Assessment (EA) regarding the Port of Anchorage (Port) Road and Rail Extension, Port Intermodal Expansion Projec...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice solicits competitive proposals for the construction in the United States of new product tank vessels necessary to meet the commercial and national security needs of the United States and to be built with assistance under subtitle D of the...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
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 20, 2004
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 20, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals; correction
Correction Feb 20, 2004

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
Foreign corporations; gross income; exclusions; correction
Correction Feb 20, 2004

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Feb 20, 2004

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