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
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Agriculture Department
(3)
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Civil Rights Commission
(1)
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Commerce Department
(5)
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(4)
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Defense Department
(1)
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Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
(1)
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Education Department
(5)
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Energy Department
(10)
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Environmental Protection Agency
(9)
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Farm Credit Administration
(1)
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Federal Communications Commission
(1)
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(1)
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Federal Reserve System
(2)
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Health and Human Services Department
(13)
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Homeland Security Department
(3)
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Housing and Urban Development Department
(1)
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Interior Department
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International Trade Commission
(1)
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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MManagement and Budget Office (1)
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(3)
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Personnel Management Office
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Postal Service
(2)
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RRailroad Retirement Board (1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
(2)
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Small Business Administration
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State Department
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Veterans Affairs Department
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
Civil Rights Commission
Meetings; State advisory committees:
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Arizona
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Commerce Department
Antidumping:
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
Fishery conservation and management:
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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...
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Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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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.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Defense Department
Acquisition regulations:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Education Department
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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.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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Enhanced Assessment Instruments
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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....
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Energy Department
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Electric rate and corporate regulation filings
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Electric rate and corporate regulation filings
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Hydroelectric applications
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Off-the-record communications
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
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California Independent System Operator Corp.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Enbridge Pipelines (Midla) L.L.C.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Financial assistance:
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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...
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Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Environmental Protection Agency
Air programs:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Agency statements; weekly receipts
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Meetings:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 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 20, 2004 |
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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 20, 2004 |
Solid wastes:
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Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Proposed Exclusion
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...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
Superfund program:
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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...
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Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
Farm Credit Administration
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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....
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Federal Communications Commission
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Federal Reserve System
Banks and bank holding companies:
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Change in bank control
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Health and Human Services Department
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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Alaska Native Villages; Program to Build Capacity to Assess Impact of Releases from Formerly Used Defense Sites
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Persons with bleeding and clotting disorders; prevention services integration
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Meetings:
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Vital and Health Statistics National Committee
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Vital and Health Statistics National Committee
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
National Toxicology Program:
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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,...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Homeland Security Department
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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...
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Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Interior Department
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The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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The following permits were issued.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
International Trade Commission
Import investigations:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Justice Department
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60-Day Emergency Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Open Letter to States With Permits That Appear to Qualify as Alternatives to NICS Checks.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Pollution control; consent judgments:
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Manville Sales Corp.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Labor Department
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Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Meetings:
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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).
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Metal and nonmetal mine safety and health:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Management and Budget Office
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
National Archives and Records Administration
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Meetings:
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Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Personnel Management Office
No documents available.
Postal Service
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Domestic Mail Manual:
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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)...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
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Railroad Retirement Board
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
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Pacific Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Small Business Administration
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Disaster loan areas:
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California
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
State Department
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Tennessee Valley Authority
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Transportation Department
Airworthiness directives:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2004 |
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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 20, 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 20, 2004 |
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals; correction
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Correction | Feb 20, 2004 |
Income taxes:
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Foreign corporations; gross income; exclusions; correction
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Correction | Feb 20, 2004 |
Veterans Affairs Department
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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...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2004 |
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