Federal Register March 29, 2004 (Volume 69)

Agencies Publishing on March 29, 2004

Agriculture Department (12)
Commerce Department (5)
Defense Department (8)
Energy Department (10)
Environmental Protection Agency (6)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (4)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
Health and Human Services Department (11)
Homeland Security Department (3)
Housing and Urban Development Department (4)
Interior Department (9)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (2)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
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Office of National Drug Control Policy (1)
Personnel Management Office (3)
Postal Service (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (10)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (7)
Treasury Department (3)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-National School Lunch Program In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Food and Nutrition Service requests public comment on the information collection related to the National School Lunch Program, OMB number 0584-0006.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Agriculture Department > FNS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-School Breakfast Program In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Food and Nutrition Service requests public comment on the information collections related to the School Breakfast Program, OMB number 0584- 0012.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Agriculture Department > AMS Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved Information Collection for the...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Agriculture Department > APHIS Environmental Impact Statement; Introduction of Genetically Engineered Organisms We are reopening the comment period for a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement that we published in connection with potential changes to the regulations regarding the importation, interstate movement, and environmental releas...	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Child nutrition programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Income Eligibility Guidelines The Department announces adjusted income eligibility guidelines to be used by State agencies in determining the income eligibility of persons applying to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC P...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Agriculture Department > FNS Child Nutrition Programs-Income Eligibility Guidelines This Notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals or free milk for the period from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005. These guideline...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Crop insurance regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FCIC Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Apple Crop Insurance Provisions The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes to amend the Apple Crop Insurance Provisions. The intended effect of this action is to provide policy changes and clarify existing policy provisions to better meet the needs of the insureds and t...	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Big Delta State Historical Park Streambank Protection Project, Big Delta, AK Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 CFR Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Guidelines (7 CFR Part 650); the Natural Resources Cons...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Agriculture Department > NRCS Rehabilitation Plan/Environmental Assessment for the White Tanks No. 3 Project, Maricopa County, AZ Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regulations (7 CFR Part 650); the NRCS, U.S. De...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CCC, NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants Section 1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 2301 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-171) established Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) as part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Agriculture Department > RUS Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees Program The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announces funding available for the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee program. For FY 2004, no less than $2.211 billion in loans is available, $2.051 billion for direct cost-of-money loans, $80 million f...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Loan and purchase programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS, CCC Conservation Innovation Grants This interim final rule amends the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) final rule, published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2003, to describe how the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) intends to implement Conservation Inno...	Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Commerce Department

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional Administrator) has made a preliminary determination that the subject EFP application contains all the required information and warrants further...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Framework Adjustment 4 NMFS issues a final rule implementing measures contained in Framework Adjustment 4 (Framework 4) to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) that would allow for the transfer at sea of scup between commercial fishin...	Rule	Mar 29, 2004

International fisheries regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA International Fisheries; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species NMFS proposes regulations to require dealers who import, export, or re-export bluefin tuna (BFT), southern bluefin tuna (SBFT), bigeye tuna (BET) and swordfish (SWO), regardless of ocean area of origin, to hold a valid highly migratory species (HMS)...	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Oceanographic Surveys off the Northern Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting oceanogr...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board The United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board ("Board") will hold a Board meeting on April 16, 2004 at the Capital Hilton Hotel. The Board will discuss the design, development and subsequent implementation of an international advertis...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice. The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Meeting of the DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices The DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Defense Department > USN Meeting of the Board of Visitors of Marine Corps University The Board of Visitors of the Marine Corps University (BOV MCU) will meet to review, develop and provide recommendations on all aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the University; examine all aspects of professional military educati...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Midwest Generation, LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Electric rate and corporate regulation filings	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Records Governing Off-the Record Communications; Public Notice Off-the-record communications	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Idaho Power Company; Notice on Clarification of Tribal Consultation Meetings Idaho Power Co.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Environmental Management; Environmental Management Advisory Board Reestablishment Environmental Management Advisory Board	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Duke Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment Duke Power Co.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Aluminum Visions of the Future Funding Opportunity Announcement The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing its intention to seek applications for cost-shared research and development of technologies which will reduce energy consumption, reduce environmental impacts and enhance economic competitiveness of t...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meeting be announced in the Fede...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Feder...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

National Register of Historic Places:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Alabama Power Company; Notice of Proposed Revised Restricted Service List for a Programmatic Agreement for Managing Properties Included in or Eligible for Inclusion in The National Register of Historic Places Alabama Power Co.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Power rates:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > WAPA Post-2005 Resource Pool, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program-Eastern Division The Western Area Power Administration (Western), Upper Great Plains Customer Service Region, a Federal power marketing agency of the Department of Energy, announces the Post-2005 Resource Pool Proposed Allocation of Power. The Energy Planning and Man...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Part 70 Operating Permits Regulations, EPA ICR Number 1587.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0243 The EPA published a document in the Federal Register of March 23, 2004 (69 FR 13524), soliciting comments on a proposal to renew an information collection request (ICR), before submitting the ICR to the Office of Management and Budget for review and...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Petition to Amend Fuel Economy Testing and Calculation Procedures; Request for Comments EPA has received a petition from Bluewater Network requesting rulemaking to "revise the test procedures, calculation methods and/or correction factors employed in the calculations used to determine the fuel economy information relayed to consumers an...	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans, Florida: Tampa Bay Area Maintenance Plan Update The EPA is approving revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) on December 20, 2002. This SIP revision satisfies the requirement of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended in 19...	Rule	Mar 29, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Florida: Tampa Bay Area Maintenance Plan Update The EPA is proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on December 20, 2002. This SIP revision satisfies the requirement of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended in 19...	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Request for Nominations for Experts for the Perfluorooctanoic Acid Human Health Risk Assessment Review Panel The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces the formation of a new SAB review panel known as the Perfluorooctanoic Acid Human Health Risk Assessment Review Panel (PFOA Review Panel), and is soliciting nominations for members of the Pa...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency State Program Requirements; Revision of the Approved National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program in North Dakota The State of North Dakota has submitted an application to EPA to revise the existing North Dakota Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NDPDES) program to include administration and enforcement of the Industrial Pretreatment Program. According to t...	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy, 2004 Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy (Proc. 7764)	Presidential Document	Mar 29, 2004

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority 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	Mar 29, 2004

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Review of Regulatory Requirements for IP-Enabled Services This document seeks comment on issues relating to services and applications utilizing Internet Protocol (IP), collectively referred to here as "IP-enabled services." These services include, but are not limited to, voice over IP (VoIP) services, other...	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Albany, NY The Commission, at the request of Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc., substitutes DTV channel 7 for DTV channel 4 at Albany, New York. See 67 FR 31169, May 9, 2002. DTV channel 7 can be allotted to Albany, New York, in compliance with the prin...	Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Easthampton and Pittsfield, MA, and Malta, NY This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by Vox New York, LLC, licensee of Station WNYQ(FM) ("WNYQ"), Malta, New York, and Great Northern Radio, LLC, licensee of Station WBEC-FM, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The licensees pro...	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Agency Information Collection Activities: Renewal of an Information Collection; Comment Request The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the proposed renewal of an information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities Permissible nonbanking activities	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Federal Trade Commission

Telemarketing sales rule:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Telemarketing Sales Rule In this document, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission"), pursuant to a directive in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004, issues its Statement of Basis and Purpose ("SBP") and final amended Telemarketing Sales Rule ("TSR" or "Ru...	Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed Projects Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Federal Allotments to State Developmental Disabilities Councils and Protection and Advocacy Formula Grant Programs for Fiscal Year 2005 This notice sets forth Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 individual allotments and percentages of the total appropriation to States administering the State Developmental Disabilities Councils and Protection and Advocacy programs, pursuant to Section 122 and Sect...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Head Start Hispanic Latino Service Partnership Institutions Hispanic Latino Service Partnership Institutions	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Head Start; Funding Opportunity Title: Head Start Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historically Black Colleges and Universities	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Funding Opportunity Title: Grants To Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need-[Short Title: Targeted Capacity Expansion (TCE) Grants] The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), announces the availability of FY 2004 funds for Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need [Short...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Head Start Tribally Controlled Land Grant Colleges and Universities	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Nutrition Subcommittee of the Food Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA National Advisory Council on Migrant Health; Notice of Meeting Migrant Health National Advisory Council	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. Radiation and Worker Health Advisory Board	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority Science Policy and Technology Transfer Office	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Security Zone; Professional Golfer's Association Championship Tour, Sheboygan, WI; Lake Michigan The Coast Guard proposes to establish a temporary security zone for a portion of Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, WI for the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Championship Tour. This action is necessary to ensure the waterside security to protect th...	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Security Zones; Monterey Bay and Humboldt Bay, CA The Coast Guard is establishing moving and fixed security zones extending 100 yards in the U.S. navigable waters around and under all cruise ships, tank vessels, and High Interest Vessels (HIVs) that enter, are moored in, anchored in, or depart from...	Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Semi-annual agenda

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Correction	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: Mortgage Insurance Termination and Application for Premium Refund or Distributive Share Payment The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Insurance (HECM) Application for Reverse Mortgages The Proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: Mortgage Insurance Termination; Application for Premium Refund or Distributive Share Payment The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Migratory Bird Harvest Surveys The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will submit the collection of information listed below to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. A description of the information collection requirement is included in this notice. If...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Interior Department > FWS Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Sandhill Crane Harvest Survey The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will submit the collection of information listed below to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. A description of the information collection requirement is included in this notice. If...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Interior Department > FWS Issuance of Permits The following permits were issued.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Interior Department > FWS Receipt of Applications for Permit The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Interior Department > FWS Receipt of Applications for Permit The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Interior Department > FWS Emergency Exemption: Issuance of Permit for Endangered Species The following permit was issued.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications The following applicants have applied for scientific research permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Interior Department > FWS Issuance of Permits The following permits were issued.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Guam War Claims Review Commission Guam War Claims Review Commission	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Office of Justice Programs; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Traffic Stop Data Collection Policies for State Police, 2004.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Justice Department Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60-day notice of information collection under review: Electronic Applications for the Attorney General's Honor Program and Summer Law Intern Program.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Labor Department

Contractors and subcontractors; obligations:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OFCCP Obligation To Solicit Race and Gender Data for Agency Enforcement Purposes The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has promulgated regulations requiring covered federal contractors to maintain certain employment records for OFCCP compliance monitoring and other enforcement purposes. These regulations were...	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Federal contractors and subcontractors:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > LMSO Obligations of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors; Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees The Office of Labor-Management Standards ("OLMS") is publishing this final rule to implement Executive Order 13201, which was signed by President George W. Bush on February 17, 2001. The final rule contains minor changes made as a result of comments...	Rule	Mar 29, 2004

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Endowment for the Arts; Proposed Collection: Comment Request The National Endowment for the Arts, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment for Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, J. B. Smith Hall Building in New Brunswick, NJ Notice of availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Meeting Notice The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will convene a teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on April 8, 2004. The topic of discussion will be "ACMUI Vote on the Dose Reconstruction Subcommittee's Rec...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

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Office of National Drug Control Policy

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Office of National Drug Control Policy Meeting of the Advisory Commission on Drug Free Communities The Advisory Commission on Drug Free Communities will hold a regularly scheduled meeting on April 20th and 21st. The Commission provides recommendations to the Director concerning the development and evaluation of community anti-drug coalitions. The...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Submission for OMB Review; Commment Request for Reclearance of a Revised Information Collection: Forms RI 20-7 and RI 30-3 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for reclearance of a revised inf...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
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	Mar 29, 2004

Semi-annual agenda

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Correction	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Postal Service

Inspection Service/Inspector General authority:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Circulars and Rewards The Postal Service has amended its regulations to update the list of types of postal offenses covered by Poster 296, Notice of Reward.	Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Postage meters:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service Plan for Secure Postage Meter Technology The Postal\TM\ Service published a schedule for the withdrawal from the market of postage meters involving technology defined as within "phases III and IV" of the Postal Service's Plan for Secure Postage Meter Technology. The schedule and definition...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 filings	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Allstate Life Insurance Company, et al.; Notice of Application Notice of application for an order of exemption pursuant to section 17(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") from section 17(a) of the Act.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission SPDR Trust, Series 1, et al.; Notice of Application Notice of an application for an order under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the International Securities Exchange, Inc., Relating to Trading Options on the Morgan Stanley Technology Index International Securities Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Demutualization of the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 2, and 3 by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to Rules for Trading Index Options Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. To Amend PCX Rule 1.26 To Clarify and Update Its Registration Rule for Employees of Member Organizations; Correction Pacific Exchange, Inc.; correction	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Execution of Market and Marketable Limit Orders in Certain Trust Shares and Trust Issued Receipts During a Locked Market Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Options Transactions Resulting From Obvious Errors (i) Where each party to the transaction is either a specialist or ROT on the Exchange, the execution price of the transaction would be adjusted by one Floor Official, unless both parties agree to nullify the transaction within ten minutes of being notified by Market Surveillance of the obvious error; or (ii) where at least one party to the transaction in which an obvious error occurred is not a specialist or ROT on the Exchange, two Floor Officials would nullify the transaction unless both parties agree to adjust the price of the transaction within 30 minutes of being notified by Market Surveillance of the obvious error. Upon final Floor Official action, Market Surveillance, in conjunction with the AUTOM Help Desk, where appropriate, would promptly notify both parties to the transaction. The purpose of this procedure is to provide Exchange staff and Floor Officials with a consistent, established course of action to be taken when a transaction has resulted from an obvious error, and to ensure prompt notification of an adjustment or nullification of such a transaction.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to an Extension of Interpretation of PACE Guarantees in Securities Subject to ITS Plan Exemption Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

State Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Fine Arts Committee Notice of Meeting Fine Arts Committee	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Surface Transportation Board

Fees:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Regulations Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection With Licensing and Related Services-2002 New Fees The Board adopts final rules establishing 19 fees for services for which no fee currently is assessed; raising the below-cost fee that currently applies to six fee items; updating fees for nine existing fee items; and amending, renumbering and deleti...	Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Agency Information Collection Submission for OMB Review: Request for Revocation of Authority Granted The FMCSA is seeking public comments on our request for the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to renew the currently approved information collection (IC) identified as "Request for Revocation of Authority Granted." This information col...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Transportation Department > FTA Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate the following expired information collection: 49...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Fees:

No documents available.

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA FTA Fiscal Year 2004 Apportionments, Allocations and Program Information; Notice of Supplemental Information, Changes, and Corrections This notice makes fiscal year (FY) 2004 transit funds available for obligation based on program funding levels authorized by the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-202), and notes changes and corrections to the FTA notice entit...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Motor vehicle defect proceedings; petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition This notice sets forth the reasons for the denial of a petition submitted by Mr. Fernando De Leon on behalf of Mr. Robert Steele to NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI), dated September 9, 2003, under 49 U.S.C. 30162, requesting that the age...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems This notice terminates a rulemaking proceeding concerning a petition for rulemaking from Kathleen Weber of the University of Michigan Child Passenger Protection Research Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The petition addresses the unavailability of chi...	Proposed Rule	Mar 29, 2004

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Grant of Waiver; Columbia Gas Transmission Columbia Gas Transmission requested a waiver of compliance with the regulatory requirements at 49 CFR 192.611(d) which require natural gas pipeline operators to confirm or revise the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of their natural gas pi...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Request for Waiver; GulfTerra Field Services LLC GulfTerra Field Services LLC (GTFS), requested a waiver of compliance with the regulatory requirements at 49 CFR 192.619(a)(2)(ii), 192.503, and 192.505 for certain offshore pipeline segments of the deepwater Phoenix Gas Gathering System (Phoenix). G...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine) An open meeting of the Area 1 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	Mar 29, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Small Business/Self Employed-Schedule C Non-Filers Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel An open meeting of the Small Business/Self Employed--Schedule C Non-Filers Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The TAP will be discussing issues pertaining to increasing compliance and lessening the burden...	Notice	Mar 29, 2004

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department State Cemetery Grants This final rule amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations governing grants to States to establish, expand, or improve State veterans' cemeteries. The final rule implements a statutory change effected by the Veterans Programs Enhancem...	Rule	Mar 29, 2004

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Energy Department

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Environmental Protection Agency

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Federal Communications Commission

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Trade Commission

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Homeland Security Department

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Justice Department

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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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Personnel Management Office

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Postal Service

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