Federal Register August 16, 2004 (Volume 69)

Agencies Publishing on August 16, 2004

Agriculture Department (13)
Commerce Department (7)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Energy Department (7)
Environmental Protection Agency (2)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (2)
Federal Reserve System (4)
Health and Human Services Department (14)
Homeland Security Department (17)
Interior Department (3)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (5)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Personnel Management Office (1)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (7)
Small Business Administration (4)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (1)
Tennessee Valley Authority (2)
Transportation Department (18)
Treasury Department (4)

Agriculture Department

Dates (domestic) produced or packed in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California; Increased Assessment Rate This rule would increase the assessment rate established for the California Date Administrative Committee (committee) for the 2004- 05 and subsequent crop years from $0.75 to $0.85 per hundredweight of dates handled. The committee locally administers...	Proposed Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Grapes grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of Southeastern California; Establishment of Reporting Requirements The Department of Agriculture is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule which established end-of-season reporting requirements authorized under the California grape marketing order (order). The order regulates the handling o...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area (SRA) Advisory Council An Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area Advisory Council meeting will convene in Stayton, Oregon on Wednesday, September 22, 2004. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and will conclude at approximately 8:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in th...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Agriculture Department > FS Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee The Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee will be meeting to discuss and vote on 2004 projects and hold short public forum (question and answer session). The meeting is being held pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Nectarines and peaches grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Nectarines and Peaches Grown in California; Decreased Assessment Rates This rule decreases the assessment rates established for the Nectarine Administrative Committee and the Peach Commodity Committee (committees) for the 2004-05 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Nectarine Administrative Committee (NAC) decreased its a...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Onions (sweet) grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Sweet Onions Grown in the Walla Walla Valley of Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon; Establishment of Special Purpose Shipping Regulations and Modification of Reporting Requirements The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule that established procedures to allow the grading, packing, or storing of Walla Walla sweet onions outside the production area established under t...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida; Exemption for Shipments of Tree Run Citrus This rule exempts shipments of small quantities of tree run citrus from the rules and regulations under the Florida citrus marketing order (order). The order regulates the handling of oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in Florida and...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004
Agriculture Department > AMS Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida; Limiting the Volume of Small Red Seedless Grapefruit This rule limits the volume of small red seedless grapefruit entering the fresh market under the marketing order covering oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in Florida (order). The Citrus Administrative Committee (Committee) administ...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004
Agriculture Department > AMS Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida; Modifying the Procedures Used To Limit the Volume of Small Red Seedless Grapefruit Grown in Florida This rule changes the procedures used to limit the volume of sizes 48 and 56 red seedless grapefruit entering the fresh market under the marketing order for oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in Florida (order). The order is administ...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > ARS Notice of Federal Invention Available for Licensing and Intent To Grant Exclusive License Notice is hereby given that the Federally owned invention disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 6,615,454, "Enhanced Separation of Contaminants from Fibers such as Cotton, Kenaf and Flax", issued on September 9, 2003, is available for licensing and that the U...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Pears (winter) grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Winter Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; Decrease of a Continuing Supplemental Assessment Rate for the Beurre d'Anjou Variety of Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington This rule would decrease the continuing supplemental assessment rate established for the Winter Pear Control Committee (Committee) for the 2004-2005 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.03 to $0.01 per 44-pound standard box or container equivalent o...	Proposed Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Prunes (dried) produced in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Dried Prunes Produced in California; Increased Assessment Rate This rule would increase the assessment rate established for the Prune Marketing Committee (Committee) under Marketing Order No. 993 for the 2004-05 and subsequent crop years from $2.00 to $4.00 per ton of salable dried prunes. The Committee locally...	Proposed Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Raisins produced from grapes grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Raisins Produced From Grapes Grown in California; Final Free and Reserve Percentages for 2003-04 Crop Natural (Sun-Dried) Seedless Raisins The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule that established final volume regulation percentages for 2003-04 crop Natural (sun-dried) Seedless (NS) raisins covered under the Federal marketi...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; NOAA Satellite Ground Station Customer Questionnaire The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) will meet August 27, 2004.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Public Meeting Concerning Petition Requesting that ASTM F400-00, Safety Standard for Lighters, Be Adopted as a Consumer Product Safety Standard The Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC" or "Commission") will conduct a public meeting on September 14, 2004 to receive comments concerning Petition CP 02-1, which requested that the Commission adopt a voluntary standard for cigarette lighters...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC PECO Energy Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Electric rate and corporate regulation filings	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Energy Department > FERC MxEnergy Electric Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings (1) The transfer of indirect upstream membership interests in Applicant in any amount among existing shareholders (Investors) and option holders (Option Holders) of Applicant's upstream owner MxEnergy Inc. (MxEnergy) and the transfer of additional indirect upstream membership interests in Applicant in any amount to Investors through the exercise of warrants; (2) the transfer of 5 percent or less of the indirect upstream membership interests in Applicant to employees and directors of and consultants to MxEnergy (collectively, MxEnergy Associates) through the exercise of options, conversion of warrants, or pursuant to incentive compensation plans; and (3) the transfer of indirect upstream membership interests in Applicant in any amount from Investors to: (a) Investors' family members and entities which only Investors' family members may benefit from (collectively, Family Entities), (b) Investors' legal representatives (Legal Representatives), and (c) Investors' affiliates (Affiliates), as defined in the Application. Applicant has requested privileged treatment of the contents of Exhibit I to the Application. In addition, Applicant filed a notice of change in status in the above- referenced rate docket.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Fossil Energy; Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee This notice announces a meeting of the Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Feder...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Rocky Flats This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Rocky Flats. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notices of these meetings be announced in the...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat.770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs Enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964-Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Persons With Limited English Proficiency (LEP); Policy Guidance The Department of Energy (DOE) publishes this Interim Policy Guidance on Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs, Enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964--Prohibition Against National Discrimination Affecting Persons with Lim...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice Announcing Public Meeting of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee's Task Force on the Performance of the Title V Operating Permits Program Today EPA announces a public meeting of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee's (CAAAC) Task Force on the Performance of the Title V Operating Permits Program. The meeting will be held on September 14, 2004, in Chicago, Illinois, at the Holiday Inn Ch...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Meeting of the Local Government Advisory Committee The Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) will meet on September 8-9, 2004, in Washington, DC. The Committee will be discussing issues concerning the relationship between Local Government and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The m...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the FDIC hereby gives notice that it plans to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for OMB renewal of an information collection...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Notice of Agency Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Background. On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Aug 16, 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	Aug 16, 2004

Truth in Lending (Regulation Z):

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Truth in Lending The Board is publishing a final rule amending the staff commentary that interprets the requirements of Regulation Z (Truth in Lending). The Board is required to adjust annually the dollar amount that triggers requirements for certain home mortgage lo...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > AHRQ Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request This notice announces the intention of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) allow the proposed information collection project: "Questionnaire and Data Collection Testing, Evaluati...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2005 Payment Rates This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with this system and to implement certain related provisions...	Proposed Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Scientific Considerations Related to Developing Follow-On Protein Products The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public workshop on scientific and technical considerations related to the development of follow-on protein pharmaceutical products. The agency is planning to develop draft guidance on this topic...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Meetings National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Drug Abuse	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Notice of Public Consultation The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will be holding a half-day Tribal Consultation Session on September 20, 2004 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food Contingency Plan for System Outages; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a contingency plan that provides guidance on submitting prior notice of imported food during system outages affecting the applicable FDA and Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Revised Compliance Policy Guide Regarding Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; Revised Joint Food and Drug Administration-Customs and Border Protection Plan for Increasing Integration and Assessing the Coordination of Prior Notice Timeframes; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a revised compliance policy guide (CPG) Sec. 110.310 entitled "Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations Modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified BFEs will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.	Rule	Aug 16, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Final Flood Elevation Determinations 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	Aug 16, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Final Flood Elevation Determinations Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations and modified Base Flood Elevations (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...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of the Treasury are providing this notice of the renewal of the charter for the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Kansas; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Kansas (FEMA-1535-DR), dated August 3, 2004, and related determinations.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Kentucky; Major Disaster and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-1537-DR), dated August 6, 2004, and related determinations.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Pennsylvania; Major Disaster and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (FEMA-1538-DR), dated August 6, 2004, and related determinations.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA West Virginia; Major Disaster and Related Determinations This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of West Virginia (FEMA-1536-DR), dated August 6, 2004, and related determinations.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG, Transportation Department > MARAD Pearl Crossing LNG Terminal LLC Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port License Application; Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement The U.S. Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration ("MARAD") announce that the Coast Guard intends to prepare an environmental impact statement ("EIS") as part of the environmental review of the license application for the proposed Pearl Crossing L...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Flood elevation determinations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations 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	Aug 16, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations 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	Aug 16, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations 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	Aug 16, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations 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	Aug 16, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Final Flood Elevation Determinations 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	Aug 16, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations 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	Aug 16, 2004
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Final Flood Elevation Determinations 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	Aug 16, 2004

Hazardous materials transportation:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA, Homeland Security Department > TSA Hazardous Materials: Enhancing Rail Transportation Security for Toxic Inhalation Hazard Materials The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are examining the need for enhanced security requirements for the rail transportation of hazardous materials that pose a toxic inhalation hazard. The two departments...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > USGS Request for Public Comments on Extension of Existing Information Collection Submitted to OMB for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act The collection of information referred herein applies to a World Wide Web site that permits individuals who observed malformed amphibians or who inspect substantial numbers of normal or malformed amphibians to report those observations and related in...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BOR California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee Public Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee will meet on September 8 and 9, 2004. The agenda for the meeting will include administrative actions carried over from the July meeting, a repor...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting; Central Montana Resource Advisory Council In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Digital Image Storage and Retrieval Devices; Notice of Investigation Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 12, 2004, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, California. The...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 30-Day notice of information collection under review: Inventories, licensed explosives importers, manufacturers, dealers, and permittees.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Return to Flight Task Group; Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting by teleconference of the Return to Flight Task Group (RTF TG).	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Patent License NASA hereby gives notice that Bigelow Development Aerospace Division, LLC, having offices in Las Vegas, NV, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention described and claimed in Patent No. 6,354,540 entitled "Androgynous, Reconfigur...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Patent License NASA hereby gives notice that Face International Corporation, 427 West 35th Street, Norfolk, VA 23502, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the invention described in NASA Case Numbers LAR 15348-1-CA, LAR 15348-1-DE, LAR 15348-1-FR, LAR 1...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Patent License NASA hereby gives notice that Luna Innovations, Incorporated, of 2851 Commerce Street, Blacksburg, VA 24060, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the inventions disclosed in NASA Case Numbers LAR 16406-1 entitled "Ultrasonic Apparatus and...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Notice of Prospective Patent Application License NASA hereby gives notice that NanoConduction Inc., of Los Gatos, CA has applied for an exclusive license to practice the inventions disclosed in a filed U.S. Patent Application No. 10/825,795, NASA Case No. ARC-15173-1, entitled "Nanoengineered Therm...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Endowment for the Arts; Fellowships Advisory Panel Fellowships Advisory Panel	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Notice of Permits Issued Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Personnel Management Office

Homeland Security Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Voluntary Early Retirement Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002; Correction The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published in the Federal Register of June 15, 2004, a document providing guidance in the requirements for submission of requests for voluntary early retirement authority, the qualifications for voluntary early...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Proposed Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board ("RRB") will publish periodic summaries...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of GB Holdings, Inc. To Withdraw Its Common Stock, $.01 Par Value, From Listing and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC GB Holdings, Inc.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated To Extend a Pilot Program Relating to Margin Requirements for Certain Complex Options Spreads Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. To Establish Certain Qualification Requirements for Supervisors of Research Analysts National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Aug 16, 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 Enhancements to the Exchange's Existing Automatic Execution Facility (NYSE Direct+) New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 1 to the Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Archipelago Holdings, Inc. Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. To Impose Additional Obligations on the Exchange Should an Affiliate or Entity that Operates and/or Owns a Trading System or Facility of the Exchange List a Security on the Exchange Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of California California	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Small Business Administration Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Small Business Administration State of Texas Texas	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Small Business Administration State of West Virginia West Virginia	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Social Security Administration

Social security benefits:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Notice of Solicitation of Public Comments on Prerequisites for Participation in a Demonstration Project Extending Fee Withholding Procedures to Non-Attorney Representatives Section 303 of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (SSPA) requires the Commissioner of Social Security (the Commissioner) to develop and implement a 5-year nationwide demonstration project that will extend to certain non-attorney representativ...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: DS-1504, Request for Customs Clearance of Merchandise, OMB Control Number 1405-0104 The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. W...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Tennessee Valley Authority

Title	Type	Published
Tennessee Valley Authority Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as Amended by Pub. L. 104-13; Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request The proposed information collection described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). The Tennessee Valley Authority is so...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Tennessee Valley Authority Sunshine Act; Meeting No. 1553 Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fr...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption, part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief f...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 23.1419-2C, Certification of Part 23 Airplanes for Flight in Icing Conditions This notice announces the issuance of Advisory Circular (AC) 23.1419-2C. This AC sets forth an acceptable means, but not the only means, of demonstrating compliance with the ice protection requirements in Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Air carrier certifications and operations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Corrosion Prevention and Control Program The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) withdraws the proposal to require operators to include FAA-approved corrosion prevention and control programs (CPCPs) in their maintenance or inspection programs. The FAA has determined that existing CPCPs, e...	Proposed Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Airworthiness directives:

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Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747-400, -400D, and -400F Series Airplanes Equipped With General Electric (GE) or Pratt & Whitney (P&W) Series Engines This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747-400, -400D, and -400F series airplanes; equipped with GE or P&W series engines, that would have required modifications and functional tests...	Proposed Rule	Aug 16, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 727 Series Airplanes Modified in Accordance With Supplemental Type Certificate SA1767SO or SA1768SO This document corrects an error that appeared in airworthiness directive (AD) 2002-16-22 that was published in the Federal Register on August 15, 2002 (67 FR 53434). The error resulted in an incorrect reference to a supplemental type certificate. Thi...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company CF34-3A1 Turbofan Engines The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric Company (GE) CF34-3A1 turbofan engines with certain high pressure turbine (HPT) rotating components installed. This proposed AD results from the discovery that the manu...	Proposed Rule	Aug 16, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company CF34-3A1 and -3B1 Series Turbofan Engines The FAA is revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric Company (GE) CF34-3A1 and -3B1 series turbofan engines with certain serial numbers (SNs) of stage 5 low pressure turbine (LPT) disks, part number (P/N) 6078T92P01, and/...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney JT8D-209, -217, -217A, -217C, and -219 Series Turbofan Engines The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Pratt & Whitney (PW) JT8D-209, -217, -217A, -217C, and -219 series turbofan engines. That AD currently requires torque inspection of the 3rd stage and 4th stage low pressure t...	Proposed Rule	Aug 16, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce plc RB211 Trent 800 Series Turbofan Engines Rolls-Royce plc; correction	Correction	Aug 16, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Hazardous materials transportation:

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Hazardous materials:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Hazardous Materials; Requirements for Lighters and Lighter Refills RSPA proposes to amend requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations for the examination, testing, certification, and transportation of lighters and lighter refills. This action will clarify regulatory requirements and, where appropriate, decre...	Proposed Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Meetings:

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Transportation Department > FAA RTCA Special Committee 135/EUROCAE Working Group 14: Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 135/EUROCAE Working Group 14: Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment.	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

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Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application (04-05-C-00-GCC) To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at the Gillette-Campbell County Airport, Submitted by the County of Campbell and the City of Gillette, WY The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at the Gillette-Campbell County Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 158).	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application (04-04-U-00-GCC) To Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at the Gillette-Campbell County Airport, Submitted by the County of Campbell and the City of Gillette, WY The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to use PFC revenue at the Gillette-Campbell County Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 158).	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Tupelo Regional Airport, Tupelo, MS The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Tupelo Regional Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Intent To Consider Waiver for Duke Energy Gas Transmission Company Duke Energy Gas Transmission Company (DEGT) petitioned the Research and Special Programs Administration's Office of Pipeline Safety (RSPA/OPS) for waiver of compliance with 192.611 for locations changing from Class 1 to Class 2 along certain natural...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Operating Limitations at Chicago O'Hare International Airport; Extension of Request for Written Information This action extends the period during which interested persons may submit written information, including data and views, in response to a notice that the FAA published on August 2, 2004. In that document, the FAA announced that it would hold a meetin...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Policy on Substantiation of Secondary Composite Structures This notice announces a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed policy to provide some guidelines for certifying secondary structures made from composite materials. This notice advises the public, especially manufacturers of normal, utility, a...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC, OTS, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request The OCC, Board, FDIC, and OTS (collectively, the Agencies), as part of their continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invite financial institutions, the general public, and other Federal agencies to comment on a proposed new infor...	Notice	Aug 16, 2004

Book-entry Treasury bonds, notes, and bills:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Regulations Governing Treasury Securities, New Treasury Direct System New Treasury Direct (also referred to as TreasuryDirect) is a book-entry, online system for purchasing, holding and conducting transactions in Treasury securities. This rule describes a new security, the non-interest-bearing New Treasury Direct certi...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Corporate activities:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC Fundamental Change in Asset Composition of a Bank The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is amending its regulations to require a national bank to obtain the approval of the OCC before changing the composition of all, or substantially all, of its assets (1) through sales or other dispos...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Reduced Maximum Exclusion of Gain From Sale or Exchange of Principal Residence This document contains final regulations relating to the exclusion of gain from the sale or exchange of a taxpayer's principal residence. The final regulations apply to a taxpayer who has not owned and used the property as the taxpayer's principal re...	Rule	Aug 16, 2004

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