August 24, 2004 (Volume 69)

Federal Register August 24, 2004

View all documents issued on August 24, 2004. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

116 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 24, 2004

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Title Type Published
We are proposing to amend the animal importation regulations to require that steers and spayed heifers with any evidence of horn growth that are entering the United States meet the same tuberculosis testing requirements as sexually intact animals ent...
Proposed Rule Aug 24, 2004

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
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 24, 2004
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the Department of Commerce invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwor...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
On March 9, 2004, the Department published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of changed circumstances review and preliminarily found that there was a reasonable basis to determine that changed circumstances sufficient to warrant revocati...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS or Sanctuary) is seeking applicants for the Chumash Community seat on its Sanctuary Advisory Council (Council). Applicants are chosen based upon their particular expertise and experience in relatio...
Notice Aug 24, 2004
NMFS is soliciting nominations to the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) as established by the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA). NMFS is also soliciting nomination...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In the notice of availability of Federal assistance for coral reef conservation activities in the Federal Register of January 17, 2003, Docket No. 021226332-2332-01, make the following correction: On pages 2518 and 2519, IV. CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM RESE...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Marine mammals:

Title Type Published
NMFS has received a request from the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take small numbers of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to the replacement of the Sandholdt Road Bridg...
Notice Aug 24, 2004
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued two 1-year Letters of Authorization (LOAs) to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to the...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In preparation for the 2004 ICCAT meeting, the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT will hold two fall meetings.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (NPFMC) Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BS/AI) groundfish plan teams will meet in Seattle, WA.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad Hoc Groundfish Trawl Individual Quota Analytical Team (TIQ Analytical Team) will hold a working meeting which is open to the public.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) will hold a work session by telephone conference, which is open to the public, to develop recommendations for the September Council meeting and the meeting in October o...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Special access and special regime programs:

Title Type Published
On June 18, 2004 the Chairman of CITA received a petition from Pressman-Gutman Co., Inc. alleging that certain dyed, two way stretch twill woven fabric, of three ply yarns composed of 62 percent staple polyester, 33 percent staple rayon and 5 percent...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to alter a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The alteration consists of expanding the categories of individuals covered; e...
Notice Aug 24, 2004
The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to add a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings
Notice Aug 24, 2004
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 to renew an existing appro...
Notice Aug 24, 2004
This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required t...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Iowa section 111(d) plan for the purpose of adopting by reference the commercial and industrial solid waste incineration (CISWI) rule that was Federally promulgated on October 3, 2003. The CISWI rule cont...
Proposed Rule Aug 24, 2004
EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Iowa section 111(d) plan for the purpose of adopting by reference the commercial and industrial solid waste incineration (CISWI) rule that was Federally promulgated on October 3, 2003. The rule contains 1...
Rule Aug 24, 2004

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

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EPA is finalizing approval of revisions to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions were proposed in the Federal Register on April 22, 2004, and concern opacity sta...
Rule Aug 24, 2004
EPA proposes to approve a revision to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) which pertains to a state rule and maintenance plan applicable to the Doe Run Resource Recycling Lead Facility at Buick, Missouri. This revision revises certain furnac...
Proposed Rule Aug 24, 2004
EPA is announcing it is approving a revision to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) which pertains to a state rule and maintenance plan applicable to the Doe Run Resource Recycling Lead Facility at Buick, Missouri. This revision revises cert...
Rule Aug 24, 2004

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title Type Published
On June 30, 2004 (69 FR 39337), EPA published a direct final rule announcing the redesignation of the lead nonattainment area in Iron County, Missouri, to attainment of the National Ambient Air quality Standard (NAAQS) for lead and announcing the app...
Rule Aug 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provision of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended, and the rules governing National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation that the Commonwealth of Virginia is revising its ap...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
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 Aug 24, 2004
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 Aug 24, 2004
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 Aug 24, 2004

Frequency allocations and radio treaty matters:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission grants a petition for stay of the Memorandum Opinion and Order and Third Report and Order, 68 FR 38635, June 30, 2003, released on May 2, 2003, in this proceeding. Specifically, the FCC stays the effectiveness of 47 C...
Rule Aug 24, 2004

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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 24, 2004
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 24, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Haiti; voluntary counseling and testing and prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs
Notice Aug 24, 2004
The Division of Reproductive Health has four priority areas addressed by this announcement: (1) Maternal health, (2) infant health, (3) unintended and teen pregnancy prevention, and (4) women's reproductive health. This announcement seeks proposals f...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Human drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that DECADRON-LA (dexamethasone acetate injection), 8 milligrams (mg)/ milliliter (mL), was not withdrawn from sale for reasons of safety or effectiveness. As a result of this determination, FDA m...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The President's Council on Bioethics (Leon R. Kass, M.D., chairman) will hold its eighteenth meeting, at which, among other things, it will continue its discussion of the ethical implications of developments in neuroscience. It will also continue dis...
Notice Aug 24, 2004
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Notice Aug 24, 2004
National Cancer Institute
Notice Aug 24, 2004
National Eye Institute
Notice Aug 24, 2004
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Aug 24, 2004
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Aug 24, 2004
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Aug 24, 2004
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Aug 24, 2004
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 24, 2004
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 24, 2004
Scientific Counselors Board
Notice Aug 24, 2004
Scientific Review Center
Notice Aug 24, 2004
Substance Abuse Prevention Center National Advisory Council
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA-1539-DR), dated August 13, 2004, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA-1539-DR), dated August 13, 2004, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New York (FEMA-1534-DR), dated August 3, 2004, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
FEMA announces the following open meeting. Name: Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS). Date of Meeting: September 2, 2004. Place: Building J, Room 107, National Emergency Training Center (NETC), 16825 South Seton Avenu...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming meeting of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (the Committee) to be held via telephone conference call. This meeting is open to the general public. Members of the public...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Chevron Hawaii Refinery (Chevron) has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an enhancement of survival permit pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, (ESA). The permit application includes a proposed Safe Harbor Agreement (Agreem...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/R) for the San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project: Spartina C...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Migratory bird hunting:

Title Type Published
The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) is proposing to establish the 2004-05 late-season hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may...
Proposed Rule Aug 24, 2004

Survey plat filings:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM-Eastern States, Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date of the publication in the Federal Register.
Notice Aug 24, 2004

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 20, 2004, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Sanford, L.P. of Freeport, Illinois. A supplement t...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Senior Executive Service:

Title Type Published
Appointment of individuals to serve as members of Performance Review Board.
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-Day notice of information collection under review: School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
Notice Aug 24, 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 other federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and...
Notice Aug 24, 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 contin...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

Title Type Published
This document contains a regulation relating to the definition of investment manager in section 3(38)(B) of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Under the final regulation, in lieu of filing a copy of their state re...
Rule Aug 24, 2004

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; implementation:

Title Type Published
This document provides the final text of regulations governing the employee protection ("whistleblower") provisions of section 806 of the Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act of 2002, Title VIII of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("Sarbanes...
Rule Aug 24, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Aug 24, 2004
On November 5, 2003 (68 FR 62642), the Commission issued, for public comment, a draft policy statement on the treatment of environmental justice (EJ) matters in Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulatory and licensing actions. This final policy s...
Notice Aug 24, 2004
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Detroit Edison Co.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
(1) Order the licensee for IP2 and 3 to conduct a full review of the facility's (a) vulnerabilities and security measures and (b) evacuation plans and, pending such review, suspend operations, revoke the operating license, or take other measures resulting in a temporary shutdown of IP2 and 3; (2) require the licensee to provide information documenting the existing security measures which protect the IP facility against terrorist attacks; (3) immediately modify the IP2 and 3 operating licenses to mandate a defense and security system sufficient to protect the entire facility from a land-or water-based terrorist attack; (4) order the revision of the licensee's Emergency Response Plan and the Radiological Emergency Response Plans for the State of New York and the counties near the plant to account for possible terrorist attacks; and (5) take prompt action to permanently retire the facility if, after conducting a full review of the facility's vulnerabilities, security measures, and evacuation plans, the NRC cannot sufficiently ensure the security of the IP facility against terrorist threats or cannot ensure the safety of New York and Connecticut citizens in the event of an accident or terrorist attack.
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Joint industry plan:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Aug 24, 2004
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
International Securities Exchange, Inc.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Social security benefits, special veterans benefits, and supplemental security income:

Title Type Published
To implement part of the Social Security Protection Act (SSPA) of 2004, we propose to revise our regulations on the recovery of overpayments incurred under one of our programs from benefits payable to the overpaid individual under other programs we a...
Proposed Rule Aug 24, 2004

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This action modifies Class D airspace at Rochester, MN, and modifies Class E airspace at Rochester, MN. Area Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPS) have been developed for Rochester International Airport. Controlled airspac...
Rule Aug 24, 2004
This action modifies Class D airspace at Camp Douglas, WI. Category E circling procedures are being used at Volk Field, Camp Douglas, WI. Increasing the current radius of the Class D airspace area will allow for a lower Minimum Descent Altitude. Cont...
Rule Aug 24, 2004
This action modifies the Class D airspace area at Mount Clemens, MI. Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Category E circling procedures are being used at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, MI. This action increases the current area of the Class D airspace,...
Rule Aug 24, 2004
This action establishes Class E airspace at Northwood, ND. An area Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) has been developed for Northwood Municipal--Vince Field Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or...
Rule Aug 24, 2004
This action modifies Class E airspace at Georgetown, OH. An Area Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) has been developed for Brown County Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface of the...
Rule Aug 24, 2004
This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Columbus, NE.
Rule Aug 24, 2004
This action modifies Class E airspace at Janesville, WI. Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPS) have been developed for Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the...
Rule Aug 24, 2004
This action modifies Class E airspace at Urbana, OH. Area Navigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPS) have been developed for Grimes Field. Controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface of the earth is nee...
Rule Aug 24, 2004
This action modifies Class E airspace at South Haven, MI. A Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) 160[deg] helicopter point in space approach has been developed for Watervliet Community Hospital, Watervliet, MI...
Rule Aug 24, 2004
This action modifies Class E airspace at Kalamazoo, MI. A Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) 150[deg] helicopter point in space approach has been developed for Burgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI. Controlled air...
Rule Aug 24, 2004
This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is...
Rule Aug 24, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to modify the standard grant assurances that are required of a sponsor before receiving a grant under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Pursuant to applicable law, the Secretary of Transportation is required to provide notice in...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Importation of vehicles and equipment subject to Federal safety, bumper, and theft prevention standards:

Title Type Published
This document amends regulations that pertain to the importation by registered importers (RIs) of motor vehicles that were not manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper, and theft prevention standards. The princi...
Rule Aug 24, 2004

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of and requests comments on FAA document number FAA-P-8110-2, Airship Design Criteria, (ADC) at Change 2. The ADC is suitable for the type certification of airships in the normal category, with a seating capacit...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Subsidized vessels and operators:

Title Type Published
The Maritime Administration is hereby giving notice that the closing date for filing comments on the Maritime Security Program interim final rule (Docket No. MARAD 2004-18489) has been extended to the close of business (5 p.m. e.t.) on August 30, 200...
Proposed Rule Aug 24, 2004

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...
Notice Aug 24, 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 Aug 24, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements:

Title Type Published
FinCEN is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking to impose a special measure against First Merchant Bank OSH Ltd as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern, pursuant to the authority contained in 31 U.S.C. 5318A of the Bank Se...
Proposed Rule Aug 24, 2004
FinCEN is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking to impose a special measure against Infobank as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern, pursuant to the authority contained in 31 U.S.C. 5318A of the Bank Secrecy Act.
Proposed Rule Aug 24, 2004

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
These proposed regulations provide guidance regarding the qualified severance of a trust for generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax purposes under section 2642(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which was added to the Code by the Economic Growth and...
Proposed Rule Aug 24, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Wage & Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden (Notices) Issue Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on im...
Notice Aug 24, 2004
An open meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
An open meeting of the Area 3 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted in Nashville, TN. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Aug 24, 2004
An open meeting of the Area 6 committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Reven...
Notice Aug 24, 2004

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Structural Safety of Veterans Affairs Department Facilities Advisory Committee
Notice Aug 24, 2004

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