May 18, 2004 (Volume 69)

Federal Register May 18, 2004

View all documents issued on May 18, 2004. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

78 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 18, 2004

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on proposed information collection contained in Form FNS-46, Issuance Reconciliation Report.
Notice May 18, 2004
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) implementing regulations, this notice announces the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service's (CSREES) intention to request an exten...
Notice May 18, 2004
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is providing additional time for manufacturers of packaged pizza products to comply with new regulations that require that the labeling of products identified as "pizzas" that contain a meat or poultry co...
Rule May 18, 2004

Administrative practice and procedure:

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The Department of Agriculture is adding a new subpart to part 1 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This statement of policy is similar to the policy adopted by other Federal agencies, including the Department of Treasury, Department of th...
Rule May 18, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Thorne Bay Ranger District proposes to implement a series of timber, road, and vegetation management projects in the 35,750-acre North Thorne project area near the community of Throne Bay, Alaska. The goal of this project is to implement Tongass...
Notice May 18, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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This NOFA announces an emergency Pilot Program (the "Pilot Program") to provide guaranteed loans for developing renewable energy systems from the use of diseased livestock as a process raw material for the energy source. This Pilot Program is a furth...
Notice May 18, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council will meet in Detroit, Michigan, June 24-26, 2004. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss emerging issues in urban and community forestry.
Notice May 18, 2004

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Confidential business information and data transfer:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) proposes to provide to the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) data collected in its surveys of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States for statistical purposes exclusively. In accordance with the r...
Notice May 18, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS proposes to establish an effective date for the requirement to have a NOAA-approved VMS unit installed and operating on vessels with directed shark limited access permits (LAPs) and with gillnet or bottom longline gear on board. VMS will aid in...
Proposed Rule May 18, 2004
NMFS announces inseason adjustments to the Pacific Coast limited entry trawl groundfish fishery. These actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), will allow fisheries access to more abundant groundfis...
Rule May 18, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Non- Target Species Committee and Ad Hoc Working Group will meet June 3-4, 2004, in Seattle, WA.
Notice May 18, 2004
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will hold a work session, which is open to the public.
Notice May 18, 2004

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that Inwater Research Group, Inc., 4160 NE Hyline Dr., Jensen Beach, FL, has applied in due form for a permit to take loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), and Kemp's ridley (...
Notice May 18, 2004

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission requests comments on a proposed three year extension of approval of information collection requirements in the safety regulations for no...
Notice May 18, 2004
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission requests comments on a proposed three year extension of approval of information collection requirements in the safety regulations for fu...
Notice May 18, 2004

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):

Title Type Published
This notice is to advise interested parties of a Military Health System (MHS) demonstration project entitled TRICARE Demonstration Project for the State of Alaska. The delivery of health care services in the State of Alaska represents a unique situat...
Notice May 18, 2004

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (the Councils) are seeking information that will assist in identifying domestic capabilities and for evaluating whether some articles on the list of nonavailable...
Proposed Rule May 18, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Global Positioning System will meet in closed session on June 18, 2004, and July 29, 2004, at Strategic Analysis Inc., 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. The Task Force will review a range of issues dealing...
Notice May 18, 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 May 18, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

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EPA is finalizing approval of revisions to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions were proposed in the Federal Register on February 12, 2004,...
Rule May 18, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The EPA promulgated effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) and New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for CAFOs on February 14, 1974. In 1993, EPA Region 6 issued NPDES GPs for CAFOs in the states of Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. EPA Re...
Notice May 18, 2004

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
This document withdraws a notice appearing in the Federal Register on May 11, 2004 (69 FR 26096), requesting public comment on a new collection of information concerning Application for Digital Channel Election for Television Broadcast Station, FCC F...
Notice May 18, 2004

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
The Commission adopted new rules to establish technical, service and licensing rules governing Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service (MVDDS) in the 12 GHz band. Certain rules contained new and modified information collection requirements a...
Rule May 18, 2004

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice May 18, 2004

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration (GSA) has issued a final rule amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to implement section 211 of the E-Government Act of 2002. Section 211 authorizes the Administrator of GSA to...
Rule May 18, 2004

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 18, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Atypical HIV strains among persons newly diagnosed with HIV; monitoring using dried blood spots vs. diagnostic sera
Notice May 18, 2004
Childhood asthma prevalence and border risk factors
Notice May 18, 2004
Real Choice Systems Change Grants
Notice May 18, 2004

Medicare:

Title Type Published
We are proposing to revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs to implement changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems; and to implement a number of changes...
Proposed Rule May 18, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
Notice May 18, 2004
Radiation and Worker Health Advisory Board
Notice May 18, 2004

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act of 2002:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending to July 13, 2004, the comment period on the prior notice interim final rule (IFR) that appeared in the Federal Register of October 10, 2003 (68 FR 58974). The prior notice IFR requires the submissio...
Rule May 18, 2004

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
TSA has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 35). The ICR describes the nature o...
Notice May 18, 2004
TSA invites public comment on a new information collection requirement abstracted below that will be submitted to OMB for approval in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice May 18, 2004
TSA is revising its regulation governing the protection of sensitive security information (SSI) in order to protect the confidentiality of maritime security measures adopted under the U.S. Coast Guard's regulations, published on October 22, 2003, imp...
Rule May 18, 2004

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix). Following consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior has...
Notice May 18, 2004

Contract negotiations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of contractual actions that have been proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and are new, modified, discontinued, or completed since the last publication of this notice on February 27, 2004. This notice is one of a...
Notice May 18, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Sec. 9.52(b) of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of a Plan of Operations to continue operating two natural gas wells by SNW Operating Company within Lake Meredith Nati...
Notice May 18, 2004
Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Pub. L. 91-190, 83 Stat. 852, 853, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability of the Record of Decision for the Genera...
Notice May 18, 2004
Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended), and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 1500-1508), the National Park Service (NPS), Department of the Interior, has p...
Notice May 18, 2004
Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Pub. L. 91-190, 83 Stat. 852, 853, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability of the Record of Decision for the Gen...
Notice May 18, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the President's Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508), as implemented by Director's Order 12, and Public Law 108-108, Section 138, the National...
Notice May 18, 2004

Environmental statements; record of decision:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared this Record of Decision (ROD) for the final rural landscape management program environmental impact statement (EIS) for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio (CUVA). The final EIS addresses the long-term man...
Notice May 18, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Public Law 106-503, the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee (SESAC) will hold its seventh meeting. The meeting location is the FedEx Institute of Technology, campus of the University of Memphis, 365 Innovation Drive, Memphis,...
Notice May 18, 2004

Survey plat filings:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has filed the plats of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, on dates that they were accepted.
Notice May 18, 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 to reverse the presiding administrative law judge's finding of violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, in the above-referenced investigation, a...
Notice May 18, 2004
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on certain preserved mushroom...
Notice May 18, 2004

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Council) is announcing the June 4, 2004, meeting of the Council.
Notice May 18, 2004

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice contains all of the necessary information and forms needed to apply for grant funding. The U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) awards funds to nonprofit organizations to provide training and educ...
Notice May 18, 2004

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 18, 2004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark office, and are available for licensing.
Notice May 18, 2004
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark office, and are available for licensing.
Notice May 18, 2004
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.
Notice May 18, 2004
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.
Notice May 18, 2004
The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.
Notice May 18, 2004
The invention listed below is assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark office, and is available for licensing.
Notice May 18, 2004

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

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National Women's Business Council

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 18, 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 May 18, 2004
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 18, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) has issued the final document, NMSS 10 CFR Part 70 Backfit Guidance. The final document provides guidance for implementing the backfit provisions...
Rule May 18, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

State Department logo State Department

Arms Export Control Act:

Title Type Published
Countries not cooperating fully with U.S. antiterrorism efforts; determination and certification; congressional notification
Notice May 18, 2004

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Notice May 18, 2004

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Generalized System of Preferences:

Title Type Published
As a result of their accessions to the European Union on May 1, 2004, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia were terminated as beneficiary developing countries under the U.S. GSP program on that date.
Notice May 18, 2004

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and co...
Notice May 18, 2004
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes...
Rule May 18, 2004

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300-600, A310, A319, A320, A321, A330, and A340-200 and -300 series airplanes, that requires a one-time inspection to determine if certain Thales pitot prob...
Rule May 18, 2004
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 727-100 and -200; 737-100, -200, - 200C, -300, -400 and -500; and 747 series airplanes. This amendment requires, among other things, preparation of the elect...
Rule May 18, 2004
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing transport category airplane models, as listed above. This amendment requires a modification of the air data computer (ADC) system, which involves installing certai...
Rule May 18, 2004
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for GE CF34-3A, CF34-3A2, CF34-1A, CF34-3A1, CF34-3B, and CF34-3B1 series turbofan engines. This proposed AD would require removal from service of certain high pressure compressor (HPC) for...
Proposed Rule May 18, 2004
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce plc (RR) RB211-524 series turbofan engines. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive borescope inspections of the head section and meterpanel assembly of...
Proposed Rule May 18, 2004

Aviation proceedings:

Title Type Published
Agreements filed; weekly receipts
Notice May 18, 2004

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

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 May 18, 2004

Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements:

Title Type Published
FinCEN is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking to impose a special measure against Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern, pursuant to the authority contained in 31 U.S.C. 5318A of the Bank...
Proposed Rule May 18, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice advises the public how it may access the Treasury Department's annual report on alternative fuel vehicle acquisitions for FY 2003.
Notice May 18, 2004

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