Federal Register May 24, 2004 (Volume 69)

Agencies Publishing on May 24, 2004

Agriculture Department (6)
Civil Rights Commission (2)
Commerce Department (10)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
Defense Department (4)
Education Department (4)
Energy Department (10)
Environmental Protection Agency (11)
Federal Communications Commission (3)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Reserve System (4)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (14)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Interior Department (7)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (11)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
Securities and Exchange Commission (9)
Small Business Administration (1)
Transportation Department (6)
Treasury Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FCIC Funding Opportunity Title: Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education (Commodity Partnerships Program) The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), operating through the Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces the availability of approximately $4.0 million for Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education (the Commodity Partnerships program)....	Notice	May 24, 2004
Agriculture Department > FCIC Funding Opportunity Title: Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program; Initial Announcement In accordance with section 522(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (Act), the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), operating through the Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces the availability of up to approximately $4 million in fiscal year...	Notice	May 24, 2004
Agriculture Department > FCIC Funding Opportunity Title: Crop Insurance Education in Targeted States (Targeted States Program) The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), operating through the Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces the availability of approximately $4.5 million to fund cooperative agreements under the Crop Insurance Education in Targeted States program (...	Notice	May 24, 2004
Agriculture Department > FCIC Request for Applications (RFA): Research and Development Risk Management Research Partnerships Risk Management Research Partnerships	Notice	May 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Notice of Lincoln County Resource Advisory Committee Meeting Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Kootenai National Forests' Lincoln County Resource Advisory Commi...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Plant-related quarantine, domestic and foreign:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Mexican Hass Avocado Import Program We are proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of fruits and vegetables to expand the number of States in which fresh Hass avocado fruit grown in approved orchards in approved municipalities in Michoacan, Mexico, may be distribut...	Proposed Rule	May 24, 2004

Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Massachusetts Advisory Committee Massachusetts	Notice	May 24, 2004
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Vermont Advisory Committee Vermont	Notice	May 24, 2004

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS); Certification of New VMS Unit for Use in Northeast Fisheries NMFS announces the approval and certification of the SkyMate VMS unit for use in all fisheries in the northeastern United States in which VMS units are required.	Notice	May 24, 2004

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Silicomanganese From Brazil: Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce (the Department) is amending the final results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicomanganese from Brazil to reflect the correction of a ministerial error in those final results. The review covers...	Notice	May 24, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination: Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China We preliminarily determine that hand trucks and certain parts thereof from the People's Republic of China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amen...	Notice	May 24, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On March 26, 2004, in response to a request made by Schulz (Mfg.) Sdn. Bhd. ("Schulz"), a producer and exporter of the subject merchandise in Malaysia, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published a notice of initiation of an antidumping duty...	Notice	May 24, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Certain Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp From Brazil (A-353-838), Ecuador (A-331-802), India (A-533-840), Thailand (A-549-822), the People's Republic of China (A-570-893), and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (A-503-822). The Department of Commerce is postponing the preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of certain frozen and canned warmwater shrimp from Brazil, Ecuador, India, Thailand, the People's Republic of China (PRC), and the Socialis...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Honey from Argentina: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review On December 15, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of administrative review of the countervailing duty order on honey from Argentina for the period January 1, 2001 through Decem...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Notice of Intent NMFS and the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) announce their intent to prepare an EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 to analyze proposals that provide dedicated access privileges for partic...	Proposed Rule	May 24, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #1 - Adjustment of the Commercial Fishery from the U.S.-Canada Border to Cape Falcon, Oregon NMFS announces that the commercial fishery in the area from the U.S.-Canada Border to Cape Falcon, OR was modified to close at midnight on Wednesday, May 5, 2004. This action was necessary to conform to the 2004 management goals. The intended effect...	Rule	May 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NIST Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will meet Tuesday, June 8, 2004, from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p....	Notice	May 24, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public hearings to solicit comments on draft Amendment 23 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan (draft Amendment 23) that contains alternatives for the vermilion snapper rebuilding...	Notice	May 24, 2004

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Pakistan Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection adjusting limits.	Notice	May 24, 2004

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > DLA Proposed Collection; Comment Request In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, The Defense Logistics Agency announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether...	Notice	May 24, 2004

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

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Office of the Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)/TRICARE Management Activity The Department of Defense published a notice entitled TRICARE Demonstration Project for the State of Alaska on May 18, 2004 (74 FR 28124). This document corrects the effective date for that notice. The effective date is corrected to read as follows:	Notice	May 24, 2004

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Nonavailable Articles-Policy The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify the intent of the list of items determined to be nonavailable for purposes o...	Proposed Rule	May 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USAF HQ USAF Scientific Advisory Board Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the forthcoming 2004 Summer Session Meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to develop recommendations for the Air Force from FY04 studies. This meeting will be closed to the public in accordanc...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 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 24, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Overview Information; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)-Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC) Program-Improving Employment Outcomes Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2004.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Education Department National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services announces final priorities under the Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC) Program for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). T...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Special education and rehabilitative services:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; List of Correspondence The Secretary is publishing the following list pursuant to section 607(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended (IDEA). Under section 607(d) of the IDEA, the Secretary is required, on a quarterly basis, to publish in the Fede...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Commonwealth Atlantic Limited Partnership, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Electric rate and corporate regulation filings	Notice	May 24, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Alcoa Power Generating, Inc. (APGI); Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments Hydroelectric applications	Notice	May 24, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Meeting, Notice of Vote, Explanation of Action Closing Meeting and List of Persons To Attend Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	May 24, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC CenterPoint Energy- Mississippi River Transmission Corp.; Notice of Application CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Corp.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Energy Department > FERC New Light Energy, LLC; Notice of Issuance of Order New Light Energy, LLC	Notice	May 24, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Pacific Gas and Electric Co.; Standard Pacific Gas Line Incorporated; Trans LLC; PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corp.; Notice of Effective Date of Withdrawal Pacific Gas Electric Co. et al.	Notice	May 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Price Discovery in Natural Gas and Electric Markets; Natural Gas Price Formation; Aquila, Inc.; B-R Pipeline Company; Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Colorado Interstate Gas Company, et al.; Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC; Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; North Baja Pipeline LLC; Northern Natural Gas Company; Northern Natural Gas Company; PG&E Gas Transmission, Northwest Corporation; Portland General Electric Company; Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Conference on Market Liquidity, Energy Price Discovery, and Natural Gas and Electricity Price Indices Natural gas and electricity; market liquidity, price formation, and price indices issues; staff technical conference	Notice	May 24, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Northeast Energy Infrastructure Conference; Notice of Technical Conference and Agenda Northeast Energy Infrastructure Conference	Notice	May 24, 2004

Oil pipelines:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992; Notice of Annual Change in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods Producer Price Index for Finished Goods; annual change	Notice	May 24, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Availability of Consequence Assessment Methods for Incidents Involving Releases From Liquefied Natural Gas Carriers Liquefied natural gas carriers; incidents involving releases; consequence assessment methods	Notice	May 24, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Compliance Assessment/Certification Information (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1427.07, OMB Control Number 2040-0110 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...	Notice	May 24, 2004

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Bay Area Air Quality Management District and Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD), and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) portions of the California State...	Proposed Rule	May 24, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Interim Final Determination That State Has Corrected a Deficiency in the California State Implementation Plan, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District EPA is making an interim final determination to stay the imposition of sanctions based on a direct final approval of revisions to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) pub...	Rule	May 24, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Revision to the California State Implementation Plan, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD), and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) portions of the...	Rule	May 24, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Illinois The EPA is approving a site-specific revision to the Illinois volatile organic compound (VOC) State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Horween Leather Company (Horween) in Chicago, Illinois. By its submittal dated May 28, 2003, the Illinois Environmen...	Rule	May 24, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois The EPA is approving a site-specific revision to the Illinois volatile organic compound (VOC) State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Horween Leather Company (Horween) in Chicago, IL. By its submittal dated May 28, 2003, the Illinois Environmental Pr...	Proposed Rule	May 24, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Missouri Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference EPA is updating the materials submitted by Missouri that are incorporated by reference (IBR) into the state implementation plan (SIP). The regulations affected by this update have been previously submitted by the state agency and approved by EPA. Thi...	Rule	May 24, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; VOC and NOX RACT Requirements for Two Individual Sources EPA proposes to approve revisions to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions were submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to establish and require reasonably available con...	Proposed Rule	May 24, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; VOC and NOX RACT Determinations for Two Individual Sources EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions were submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to establish and require rea...	Rule	May 24, 2004

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions (Multiple Chemicals) This regulation extends time-limited tolerances for the pesticides listed in Unit II. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. These actions are in response to EPA's granting of emergency exemptions under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, an...	Rule	May 24, 2004

Radiation protection programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Intent To Evaluate Whether the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Continues To Comply With the Disposal Regulations and Compliance Criteria The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to evaluate and recertify whether or not the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) continues to comply with EPA's environmental radiation protection standards for the disposal of radioactive waste. Pursu...	Proposed Rule	May 24, 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	May 24, 2004
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested 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	May 24, 2004

Radio frequency devices:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Identification This document allows for operation of improved radio frequency identification (RFID) systems in the 433.5-434.5 MHz ("433 MHz") band. Specifically, we are increasing the maximum permitted field strength and transmission duration for 433 MHz RFID syst...	Rule	May 24, 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	May 24, 2004

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Request for Information for Study on Prescreened Solicitations or Firm Offers of Credit or Insurance The Board is conducting a study concerning prescreened solicitations, pursuant to section 213(e) of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act), which generally amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The Board is requesting...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	May 24, 2004
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	May 24, 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	May 24, 2004

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations	Notice	May 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Public Workshop: Radio Frequency Identification: Applications and Implications for Consumers The FTC announces that the time period during which persons may submit written comments on the issues to be addressed by the public workshop has been extended.	Notice	May 24, 2004

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	May 24, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > IHS Proposed Information Collection: Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Notice In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Food additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Listeria Monocytogenes; Petition To Establish a Regulatory Limit The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a petition has been filed that requests that the agency establish a regulatory limit of 100 colony forming units per gram for Listeria monocytogenes in foods that do not support the growth of...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Food additives:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Olestra The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to allow for the safe use of olestra as a replacement for fats and oils in prepackaged, unpopped popcorn kernels that are ready-to-heat. This action is in response to a...	Rule	May 24, 2004

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Strengthening the Masters-Level Public Health Training Program in Zimbabwe; Notice of Intent To Fund Single Eligibility Award University of Zimbabwe	Notice	May 24, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC BECAUSE Kids Count! (Building and Enhancing Community Alliances United for Safety and Empowerment); Notice of Availability of Funds-Amendment BECAUSE Kids Count! (Building and Enhancing Community Alliances United for Safety and Empowerment)	Notice	May 24, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau; Demonstration Projects in Post-Adoption Services and Marriage Education Post-Adoption Services and Marriage Education Demonstration Projects	Notice	May 24, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Testing for Primary HIV Infection in Seronegative Patients The technology for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening tests has progressively improved over the first generation HIV-1 enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA) tests licensed in 1985. Newer testing technology can identify infected individuals earlie...	Notice	May 24, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Evaluation of the Use of Rapid HIV Testing in the United States; Notice of Availability of Funds-Amendment United States; rapid HIV testing; use evaluation	Notice	May 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Participatory Research on Community Interventions to Increase the Utilization of Effective Cancer Preventive and Treatment Services, Program Announcement Number 04087 Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels	Notice	May 24, 2004

National Practitioner Data Bank:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA National Practitioner Data Bank: Change in Self-Query Fee The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is announcing a two- dollar decrease in the fee charged to practitioners who request information about themselves (self-query) from the National...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; Technical Amendment The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published an interim final rule in the Federal Register of October 10, 2003 (68 FR 58894). The interim final rule requires domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture/process, pack, or hold food for human o...	Rule	May 24, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Solicitation of Comments on Stimulating Innovation in Medical Technologies The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking public comment on how HHS and its agencies can work together to facilitate the development and approval of new medical technologies.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Stored Biologic Specimens: Guidelines for Proposals To Use Samples and Proposed Cost Schedule The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program of periodic surveys conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Examination surveys, conducted since...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Safety Zone; San Francisco Bay, CA The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary, moving safety zone in the navigable waters of San Francisco Bay, California, around a fireworks launch barge used during a fireworks display following a San Francisco Giants Baseball game on Memorial Day w...	Rule	May 24, 2004

Interior Department

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Intent To Prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for McNary and Umatilla National Wildlife Refuges and Notice of Two Public Open Houses This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) intends to prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the McNary and Umatilla National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs). The FWS is furnish...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Availability of the Recovery Plan for Five Freshwater Mussels-Cumberland Elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), Oyster Mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), Cumberlandian Combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), Purple Bean Villosa perpurpurea), and Rough Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata) We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of the final recovery plan for five freshwater mussels--Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens)...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of the Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Certus, Inc. Chemical Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment in Lee County, VA The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), on behalf of the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Commonwealth of Virginia, announces the release for public review of the Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment (RP/EA) for the Certu...	Notice	May 24, 2004
Interior Department Central Utah Project Completion Act On March 25, 2004, Interior, CUWCD, and the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission filed a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Utah Lake Drainage Basin Water Delivery System (Utah Lake System), Bonneville Unit, Centra...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Guam War Claims Review Commission Guam War Claims Review Commission	Notice	May 24, 2004

Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Revision of Requirements Governing Outer Continental Shelf Rights-of-Use and Easement and Pipeline Rights-of-Way This document makes a correction to the final rule titled "Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-- Revision of Requirements Governing Outer Continental Shelf Rights-of- Use and Easement and Pipeline Rights-of-Way" that was...	Rule	May 24, 2004

Royalty management:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Federal Oil Valuation The July 6, 2004, effective date of the final rule originally published May 5, 2004, entitled "Federal Oil Valuation," is changed to August 1, 2004, to correct an inadvertent clerical error.	Rule	May 24, 2004

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: 2004 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies.	Notice	May 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > OJP Meeting of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review Board This is an announcement of a meeting of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review Board to review 2002-2003 activities and discuss the 2003-2004 Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor application process.	Notice	May 24, 2004

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Amerex Corp.; Scotch Plains, NJ; Notice of Termination of Investigation Amerex Corp.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Labor Department > ETA American Meter Company Erie, PA and Calexico, CA; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance American Meter Co.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Dystar LP, Corporate Office, Charlotte, NC; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance DyStar LP	Notice	May 24, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Greif Brothers Service Corporation Industrial Packaging and Service Division Kingsport, TN; Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration Greif Brothers Service Corp.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Honeywell Aerospace, Inconel Team, a Division of the Engine Systems and Accessories Division, a Division of Honeywell, Tempe, AZ; Notice of Termination of Investigation Honeywell Aerospace	Notice	May 24, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Loislaw.Com, Inc., Van Buren, AR; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration Loislaw.com, Inc.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Methode Electronics, Inc., et al.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Mohican Mills, Inc., Lincolnton, NC; Negative Determination on Reconsideration Mohican Mills, Inc.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Tippins, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration Tippins, Inc.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Labor Department > ETA The Toro Company, Oxford, MS; Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration Toro Co.	Notice	May 24, 2004

Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > EBSA Employee Benefit Plans: Notice to the Public Pursuant to Section 106 of the President's Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978 Employee benefit plans; amortization period extension	Notice	May 24, 2004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to Funds of the Vanguard Stock Index Funds American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	May 24, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to a Reduction in ETF Transaction Fees for Specialists and Registered Options Traders American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	May 24, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. to Remove From the Exchange Rules References to Certain Indexes and Trading Permits Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Co-Specialist Assignments and Evaluations Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Listing and Trading of 97% Protected Notes Linked to the Global Equity Basket National Association of Security Dealers, Inc.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Modify the National Securities Clearing Corporation's Continuous Net Settlement System National Securities Clearing Corp.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., Relating to the Listed Company Manual's Requirement that Companies Make Certain Paper Filings New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Pacific Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Demutualization of the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	May 24, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Thereto by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Creating an Additional Processing Capability for PNP Orders Called “PNP Plus” Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	May 24, 2004

Small Business Administration

HUBZone Program:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Small Business Size Regulations; Government Contracting Programs; HUBZone Program This final rule amends the regulations governing the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program. In particular, this rule addresses statutory amendments made by the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000, clarifies several regulat...	Rule	May 24, 2004

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Model DHC-3 Airplanes The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model DHC-3 airplanes modified with A. M. Luton's Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) number SA3777NM. This proposed AD would require you to inspect the wiring...	Proposed Rule	May 24, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Request for Grant Proposals for a Demonstration of a Web-based, Multimodal Trip Planning System FTA is issuing a request for grant proposals (RFP) for a demonstration and evaluation of a standards-based, prototype, trip itinerary planning system that is multimodal (transit, driving, parking, etc.). The multimodal trip planner will provide door-...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Hazardous materials:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Notice of Application for Exemptions In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, exemptions from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardou...	Notice	May 24, 2004
Transportation Department > RSPA Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Modification of Exemption In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, exemptions from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardou...	Notice	May 24, 2004

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Ford Motor Company, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Ford Motor Co.	Notice	May 24, 2004

Vessel documentation and measurement:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Vessel Documentation: Lease Financing for Vessels Engaged in the Coastwise Trade; Second Rulemaking The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is reopening the comment period only on MARAD's portion of the joint notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on February 4, 2004 (69 FR 5403). MARAD's portion includes its proposed am...	Proposed Rule	May 24, 2004

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 1040 and Schedules A, B, C, C-EZ, D, D-1, E, EIC, F, H, J, R and SE 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 24, 2004

Federal Register May 24, 2004

Agencies Publishing on May 24, 2004

Agriculture Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Plant-related quarantine, domestic and foreign:

Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Countervailing duties:

Fishery conservation and management:

Meetings:

C Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Defense Department

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

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Meetings:

Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Special education and rehabilitative services:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

Oil pipelines:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Radiation protection programs:

Federal Communications Commission

Radio frequency devices:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission

Meetings:

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Health and Human Services Department

Food additive petitions:

Food additives:

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

National Practitioner Data Bank:

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; implementation:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Interior Department

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:

Royalty management:

Justice Department

Meetings:

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Small Business Administration

HUBZone Program:

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Hazardous materials:

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Vessel documentation and measurement:

Treasury Department

Volume Information

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements