June 2, 2004 (Volume 69)

Federal Register June 2, 2004

View all documents issued on June 2, 2004. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

110 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on June 2, 2004

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) proposes to amend the regulations governing the voluntary shell egg grading program. The proposed revisions would add definitions that describe the official identification and packaging of shell eggs; provide...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. II, the United States Department of Agriculture announces solicitation for nominations to fill 10 vacancies on the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economic...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The USDA Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement to document the analysis and disclose the environmental impacts of proposed actions to harvest timber; regenerate stands of aspen trees; and construct roads, reconstruct roads, de...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The Forest Service published a notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Red Pines Project published in the Federal Register on June 13, 2003 (68 FR 35377, June 13, 2003). Forest Service Policy mandates that a revised noti...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Del Norte County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet on June 22 and June 29 in Crescent City, California. The purpose of the meetings is to discuss the selection of Title II projects under Public Law 106-393, H.R. 2389, the Secure Rural S...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The Hood/Willamette Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet on Friday, June 25, 2004. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. and will conclude at approximately 3 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Salem Office of the Bureau of Land Managem...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Program regulations:

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This rule amends the Farm Service Agency's (FSA) regulations governing real estate and chattel appraisals. In loan making, the rule allows FSA to obtain appraisals after loan funds become available and the applicant is determined eligible. Also, the...
Rule Jun 02, 2004

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
Notice of extension of the time limit for the preliminary results of antidumping duty administrative review.
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
NMFS is amending the turtle excluder device (TED) regulations that require most shrimp trawlers to use TEDs in the southeastern Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico to reduce the incidental capture of endangered and threatened sea turtles during shrimp tr...
Rule Jun 02, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS issues a proposed rule that would remove a harvest restriction on participants in the harvest limit area (HLA) Atka mackerel fishery in the Aleutian Islands subarea. If approved, the regulatory amendments would allow participants assigned to an...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting.
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted for Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) review Amendment 81 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI) and Amen...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Textile and apparel categories:

Title Type Published
On November 12, 2003, the Government of the United States received a request from the Government of Canada alleging that dry-spun acrylic staple fibers, classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 5503.30,...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
On May 14, 2004, the Government of the United States received a request from the Government of Mexico alleging that filament yarns of viscose rayon, classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) heading 5403, cannot be...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission") is reopening the comment period for interested parties to comment on proposed amendments to a 1984 agreement ("Joint Audit Agreement") allocating certain audit and other financial surveillance r...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
On May 20, 2004, the Department of Education published a notice in the Federal Register (Page 29130, Column 3) for the information collection, "Annual Performance Report Grants Under the Smaller Learning Communities Program". The total annual hours i...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
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 Jun 02, 2004
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is seeking public comment on the following Information Collection Request (ICR): Data Generation for Pesticide Reregistration (EPA ICR No. 1...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title Type Published
Polymers and resins; equipment leak provisions; CFR correction
Rule Jun 02, 2004

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

Title Type Published
This action is a proposed partial approval and partial disapproval of several rules that were submitted as a revision of the Clark County portion of the Nevada State Implementation Plan (SIP). We had approved a similar version of these rules into the...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
As required by section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2 section 9(a)(2)), we are giving notice that EPA is establishing the Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation Advisory Committee (EDMVAC). The purpose of this Committe...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The State Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) will hold a 2- day meeting, beginning on June 28, 2004, and ending June 29, 2004. This notice announces the location and times for th...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on November 19, 1990, to provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on policy issues associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990. Th...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Pesticide programs:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of documents that were developed as part of EPA's process for making pesticide reregistration eligibility decisions consistent with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Qualit...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
This notice announces availability and starts a 60-day public comment period on the interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) document for the pesticide active ingredient methyl parathion. This decision document was developed as part of the...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
This notice announces the initial filing of apesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Jun 02, 2004

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

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of novaluron in or on fruit, pome (group 11), apple, wet pomace; cotton, undelinted seed; cotton, gin byproducts; vegetables, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C; meat, fat, and meat byproducts of sheep,...
Rule Jun 02, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issues the Small Local Governments Compliance Assistance Policy (the Revised Policy), which revises and supercedes EPA's Policy on Flexible State Enforcement Responses to Small Community Violations...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Superfund program:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region II Office announces the deletion of the Combe Fill North Landfill Superfund site from the National Priorities List (NPL). The Combe Fill North Landfill site is located in Mount Olive Township, Mor...
Rule Jun 02, 2004

Water supply:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve the use of three additional analytical methods for compliance determinations of uranium in drinking water. Each of these methods use an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) technology that has gained wide...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking direct final action to approve the use of three additional analytical methods for compliance determinations of uranium in drinking water. These methods use an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry...
Rule Jun 02, 2004

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet the standards of Subpart C of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines) publ...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks to partner with other public and private sector organizations to support a Federal initiative to promote greater testing for HIV. This initiative will support and promote National HIV Testing Da...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the establishment of the Advisory Board on the Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted Payment System for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services and discusses the group's purpose and charter. It also solicits nominations f...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
This notice solicits nominations for individuals to serve on the Program Advisory Oversight Committee that will advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the establishment of the competitive acquisition of durable medical equipment and cer...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Medicare:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would set forth an update to the 60-day national episode rates and the national per-visit amounts under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies. As part of this proposed rule, we also are proposing to rebas...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004

Meetings:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides notice of the solicitation of communication research reports pertinent to the sixth edition of Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, expected to be released in early 20...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, this document is U.S. Customs and Border Protection's notice of intention to distribute assessed antidumping or countervailing duties (known as the continued dumping and subsidy offset...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has changed the drawbridge operation regulations that govern the U.S. 1 Bridge, mile 2.8, across the Mystic River at Mystic, Connecticut. This final rule changes the time the U.S. 1 Bridge opens between May 1 and October 31, from a qu...
Rule Jun 02, 2004
The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations governing the operation of the Long Beach Bridge, at mile 4.7, across Reynolds Channel New York. This temporary deviation will test...
Rule Jun 02, 2004

Flood elevation determinations:

Title Type Published
Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule Jun 02, 2004
This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BFEs for...
Rule Jun 02, 2004
Modified Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified elevations will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.
Rule Jun 02, 2004
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that the co...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Title Type Published
This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are suspended on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain...
Rule Jun 02, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) will hold its next meeting in Washington, DC on Thursday, June 17, 2004. The HSAC will meet for purposes of: (1) Welcoming and swearing in new members; (2) deliberation on recommendations of the Task Forc...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Public and Indian housing:

Title Type Published
This document announces a meeting of HUD's Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee on the Operating Fund. The purpose of the committee is to provide advice and recommendations on developing a rule for effectuating changes to the Public Housing Opera...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive Advisory Committee
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announce the reopening of the public comment period for the proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the Mariana fruit bat and the Guam Micronesian kingfisher on Guam, and the Mariana crow on Gu...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a final recovery plan for the endangered Ouachita rock pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri). This rare freshwater mussel inhabits portions of certain streams in and near the sou...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Adaptive Management Program (AMP) was implemented as a result of the Record of Decision on the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam Final Environmental Impact Statement to comply with consultation requirements of the Grand Canyon Protection Act (Pub. L....
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Migratory bird permits:

Title Type Published
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) prohibits the taking, killing, or possessing of migratory birds unless permitted by regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior. While some courts have held that the MBTA does not apply to Federal age...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application to Make and Register a Firearm.
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, 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 and/or con...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The Department of Labor, 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 and/or cont...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Adjustment assistance:

Title Type Published
Accenture, LLP
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Asti, Inc., et al.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Connector Service Corp.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Eastern Pulp Paper Co., Inc.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Eastman Kodak Co.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Phillips Plastics Corp.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
R.A.G.S., Inc.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Royce Hosiery, LLC
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Sanford Pattern Works, Inc., et al.
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

N
National Labor Relations Board

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
The National Labor Relations Board gives notice of its intent to realign the geographic boundaries between the Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Philadelphia Regional Offices, between the St. Louis and Memphis Regional Offices, and between the Ft. Worth and...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The National Labor Relations Board gives notice of its proposal to merge the Milwaukee and Minneapolis Regional Offices. Minneapolis would remain a Regional Office and Milwaukee would become a Sub-Regional Office under the supervision of the Regional...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Export and import license applications for nuclear facilities and materials:

Title Type Published
Diversified Scientific Services, Inc.
Notice Jun 02, 2004

O
Office of National Drug Control Policy

Title Type Published
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) seeks Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval and clearance for the collection of information. The public may request additional information from ONDCP including copies of the proposed collect...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

S
Science and Technology Policy Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting/workshop by the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) Interagency Working Group on Earth Observations (IWGEO) to address the effective use of Earth observations...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Depository Trust Co.
Notice Jun 02, 2004
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
Iowa
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ series airplanes. This proposal would require installation of a linear fluid-filled dam...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747-400 and -400F series airplanes. This action requires repetitive inspections for damage or arcing of the power feeder cables and conduit of the integrated...
Rule Jun 02, 2004
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes. This proposal would require repetitive inspections of the check valves and air...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004
This document proposes superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH (Eurocopter) Model EC135 P1, P2, T1, and T2 helicopters. That AD currently requires adding the AD or a statement to the Rotorcraft Flight Manu...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Fokker Model F27 Mark 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700 series airplanes. This proposal would require a one-time inspection to determine the p...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Raytheon Model BAe.125 series 800A (including C- 29A and U-125 variant) and 800B airplanes; and Model Hawker 800 (including U-125A variant) and 800XP airplanes; that requ...
Rule Jun 02, 2004
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB SF340A and Model SAAB 340B series airplanes, that requires inspections of the internal and external structure of the nacelles for cracks, deformations, or...
Rule Jun 02, 2004
This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Short Brothers Model SD3 series airplanes. This proposal would require installing a new warning annunciator light on the central warning panel and rev...
Proposed Rule Jun 02, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will be prepared for a project in San Francisco, California, known as the Bayview Transportation Improvements Proj...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for a proposed roadway improvement project in Washington County, Nebraska.
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a public meeting to discuss a recommendation made by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on the issue of filtering flight recorder data before it is recorded. This notice...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
This rule corrects an inconsistency between the telltale requirements for air bag suppression systems and air bag on-off switches required under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, Occupant crash protection and 49 CFR part 595 Subp...
Rule Jun 02, 2004

Noise certification standards:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is amending the noise certification regulations for helicopters. These changes are based on a joint effort by the FAA, the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), and the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Commi...
Rule Jun 02, 2004

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document provides notice of the availability of Application Packages for the 2005 Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) Program.
Notice Jun 02, 2004

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Jun 02, 2004
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice...
Notice Jun 02, 2004

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