Federal Register August 26, 2004 (Volume 69)

Agencies Publishing on August 26, 2004

Agriculture Department (5)
Commerce Department (6)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (16)
Environmental Protection Agency (7)
Federal Communications Commission (3)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Health and Human Services Department (20)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Housing and Urban Development Department (2)
Interior Department (7)
International Trade Commission (3)
Labor Department (3)
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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation (2)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (2)
Small Business Administration (2)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (1)
Treasury Department (4)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Pigeonpea Pod Fly; Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact We are advising the public that an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to the control of pigeonpea pod fly, Melanagromyza obtusa (Malloch) (Dipter...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Interstate Movement of Sheep and Goats; Approved Livestock Facilities, Identification and Recordkeeping Requirements We are proposing to amend the regulations regarding the interstate movement of animals to require livestock facilities that handle sheep or goats in interstate commerce to be approved by us. This would include stockyards, livestock markets, buying st...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2004
Agriculture Department > APHIS Brucellosis in Cattle; State and Area Classifications; Missouri We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Missouri from Class A to Class Free. The interim rule was based o...	Rule	Aug 26, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Willamette Province Advisory Committee The Willamette Province Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet in McKenzie Bridge, Oregon. The purpose of the meeting is to review projects planned and implemented under the Northwest Forest Plan (NFP) in the Central Cascades Adaptive Management Area. Th...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Importation of Unmanufactured Wood Articles From Mexico We are amending the regulations to add restrictions on the importation of pine and fir logs and lumber, as well as other unmanufactured wood articles, from Mexican States adjacent to the United States/Mexico border. This rule requires that these wood...	Rule	Aug 26, 2004

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Scup Gear Restricted Area (GRA) Access Program Authorization 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 26, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 243-Victorville, CA; Application for Subzone; Black & Decker Corporation (Power Tools, Lawn and Garden Tools, and Home Products Distribution); Rialto, CA Black Decker Corp.; tools and home products warehousing/distribution facility	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery and Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Framework 16 and Framework 39 NMFS proposes regulations to implement concurrently Framework 16 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan (Scallop FMP) and Framework 39 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP (Multispecies FMP) (Joint Frameworks) developed by the New England F...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #7 - Adjustments of the Recreational Fishery from the Queets River, Washington to Cape Falcon, Oregon NMFS announces that the recreational fishery in the area from the Queets River, WA to Cape Falcon, OR was modified to be open seven days per week, with a modified daily bag limit of all salmon, two fish per day, and all retained coho must have a heal...	Rule	Aug 26, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action #8 - Adjustment of the Commercial Salmon Fishery from Humbug Mountain, Oregon to the Oregon-California Border NMFS announces that the commercial salmon fishery in the area from the Humbug Mountain, OR to the Oregon-California Border was modified to close at midnight on Monday, July 19, 2004. This action was necessary to conform to the 2004 management goals....	Rule	Aug 26, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Western Pacific Demonstration Projects NMFS is soliciting applications for financial assistance for Western Pacific Demonstration Projects. Eligible applicants are encouraged to submit projects intended to foster and promote the use of traditional indigenous fishing practices and/or to de...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department [No title available] The Secretary waives the requirements in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR 75.250 and 75.261(a), that generally prohibit project periods exceeding five years and extensions of project periods involving the...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collec...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c) (2) (a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information coll...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collec...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Southern California Edison Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Electric rate and corporate regulation filings	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Bay Gas Storage Company, Ltd.; Notice of Staff Panel Bay Gas Storage Co., Ltd.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice Of Tariff Filing CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Corp.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Georgia Power	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC IDT Energy, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Order IDT Energy, Inc.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Public Service Company of New Hampshire; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Commencement of Licensing Proceeding, Scoping Meetings, Solicitation of Comments on the Pad and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests Public Service Co. of New Hampshire	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Complainant v. Sellers of Energy and Ancillary Services Into Markets Operated by the California Independent System Operator and the California Power Exchange, Respondents; Investigation of Practices of the California Independent System Operator and the California Power Exchange; Notice of Compliance Filing San Diego Gas Electric Co.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Amendment of Recreation Plan and Change in Project Land Rights and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene Wisconsin Valley Improvement Co.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC California Department of Water Resources; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment California Department of Water Resources	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment Green Mountain Power Corp.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Establishing No-Discharge Zones Under Clean Water Act Section 312, EPA ICR Number 1791.04, OMB Control Number 2040-0187 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District EPA is finalizing a limited approval and limited disapproval of revisions to the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District's (AVAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This action was proposed in the Federal Register on...	Rule	Aug 26, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans Indiana: Revised Mobile Source Inventories and Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for 2005 and 2007 Using MOBILE6 EPA is approving Indiana's August 6, 2004, submittal of revised mobile emission inventories and 2005 and 2007 motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) which have been developed using MOBILE6, an updated model for calculating mobile emissions of ozone...	Rule	Aug 26, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Indiana The EPA is proposing to approve Indiana's August 6, 2004, submittal of revised mobile emission inventories and 2005 and 2007 motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) which have been developed using MOBILE6, an updated model for calculating mobile emis...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2004

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pyrimethanil; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation establishes tolerances as follows: For residues of pyrimethanil, 4,6-dimethyl-N-phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine, in or on almond; almond, hulls; apple, wet pomace; banana; citrus oil; fruit, citrus, group 10 (post-harvest); fruit, pome, group...	Rule	Aug 26, 2004

Superfund program:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today is proposing federal standards and practices for conducting all appropriate inquiries as required under Sections 101(35)(B)(ii) and (iii) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and L...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Public Meeting To Discuss Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public meeting to discuss EPA's proposed rule that would set federal standards and practices for conducting all appropriate inquiries, as required under Sections 101(35)(B)(ii) and (iii) of t...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2004

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Reconsideration of 1997 Price Cap Review Order Local exchange carriers; price cap rules; reconsideration petitions; correction	Correction	Aug 26, 2004
Federal Communications Commission Default Compensation Rate for Dial-Around Calls From Payphones Increased to $.494 By this document, the Commission approves an increase from $.24 to $.494 in the default compensation rate for dial-around calls from payphones. This is the first increase in the dial-around default rate in over five years. The intended effect of this...	Rule	Aug 26, 2004

Television broadcasting:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Attribution of Joint Sales Agreements in Local Television Markets The Commission solicits comment on whether to attribute TV Joint Sales Agreements (JSAs) for purposes of applying the broadcast ownership rules. In a previous decision in this proceeding, the Commission attributed the "brokered station" to the "broke...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2004

Federal Election Commission

Rulemaking petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Rulemaking Petition: Exception for the Promotion of Political Documentary Films From “Electioneering Communications” On July 20, 2004, the Commission received a Petition for Rulemaking ("Petition") from Mr. Robert F. Bauer ("Petitioner"). The Petition asks the Commission to revise its regulations by exempting the promotion of political documentary films that may ot...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2004

Federal Reserve System

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 26, 2004

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
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 26, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Clinical Center; Notice of Meeting Clinical Research Advisory Board	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Fogarty International Center; Notice of Meeting Fogarty International Center Advisory Board	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society Genetics, Health and Society, Secretary's Advisory Committee	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Cancer Institute	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities; Notice of Meeting National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Aug 26, 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 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Mental Health	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Meeting National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meeting National Library of Medicine	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meetings National Library of Medicine	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Elimination Advisory Council	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

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

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: “BL22, an Immunotoxin That Shows Efficacy in Clinical Trials in Treating Patients With Chemotherapy-Resistant Hairy Cell Leukemia, and HA22, a Newly Engineered Immunotoxin, Which Shows Improved Cytotoxic Activity Over BL22” This notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR part 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license to practice the inventions em...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Development of Antibody-Based Therapeutics That Specifically Bind the Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Alpha (CD140A/PDGFR2/PDGFRA) This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive world-wide license to practice the inv...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Co-Exclusive License: Zenapax (Humanized Antibody Against the IL-2 Receptor Alpha Chain) as a Novel Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of a co- exclusive license to practice the inventions embodi...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Homeland Security Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC) This notice announces the date, time, and location for the final meeting of the eighth term of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC), and the expected...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Nonimmigrant classes:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Border and Transportation Security; Notice to Aliens Included in the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology System (US-VISIT) On August 20, 2004, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Notice in the Federal Register at 69 FR 51695 adding certain ports to, and deleting certain ports from, inclusion in the US- VISIT program. In this Notice, the Jacksonville sea...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Application for Approval-FHA Lender and/or Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities Issuer Branch Office Notification-Title I/Title II The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Mortgage and Loan Insurance Programs Under the National Housing Act-Debenture Interest Rates This notice announces changes in the interest rates to be paid on debentures issued with respect to a loan or mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Commissioner under the provisions of the National Housing Act (the Act). The interest rate for deben...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Interior Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM, BOR Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Alamogordo Regional Water Supply Project, New Mexico Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) intend to prepare an EIS. The EIS will be analyzing the impacts associated with a proposal t...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Interior Department > FWS Environmental Review of Proposed Incidental Take Permit and Habitat Conservation Plan for the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, Hawaii The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is publishing this notice to correct a previous notice (document 04-16095) published on Thursday, July 15, 2004. On page 42447, under the heading DATES, the August 16, 2004, deadline for receipt of written comments...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Advisory Committee Meeting In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (Monument) Adv...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Resource Advisory Committee Meeting In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Co...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting, Southwest Resource Advisory Council Meeting In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council (RAC)...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

National Register of Historic Places:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations Pending nominations	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations Pending nominations	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Softwood Lumber From Canada The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of this proceeding following receipt on July 27, 2004, of a request from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for a determination under section 129(a)(4) of the URAA that would render the...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
International Trade Commission In the Matter of: Certain Display Controllers and Products Containing Same and Certain Display Controllers With Upscaling Functionality and Products Containing Same; Termination of Consolidated Investigations; Issuance of Limited Exclusion Order Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has found a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1337, with respect to three respondents and has issued a limited exclusion order in the above-captioned cons...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
International Trade Commission Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From Brazil, Japan, and Russia The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the orders and terminations of the suspended investigations wo...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Concrete and Masonry Construction; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection Requirements (Paperwork) OSHA solicits comments concerning its request for an extension of the information collection requirements contained in the Standard on Concrete and Masonry Construction (29 CFR part 1926, subpart Q).	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Labor Department > BLS Proposed Collection, Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Commission Meeting The Commission will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, September 9, 2004, and Friday, September 10, 2004, at the Ronald Reagan Building, International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting is tentatively sche...	Notice	Aug 26, 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; Arts Advisory Panel Arts Advisory Panel	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Entergy Operations, Inc.; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Entergy Operations, Inc.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting Notice Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), Agencies are required to publish a Notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the Agency has prepared an information collection request for OMB review and appro...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Sunshine Act; September 9, 2004, Board of Directors Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Aug 26, 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 26, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 filings	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change To Extend Its Clean Cross Rule to the Trading of Exchange-Listed Securities Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration State of North Carolina North Carolina	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs; Public Meeting Veterans Business Affairs Advisory Committee	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, Inc.-Trackage Rights Exemption-Atlantic & Pacific Railroad and Transportation Company Atlantic Pacific Railroad and Transportation Co.	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

African Growth and Opportunity Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States African Growth and Opportunity Act Implementation Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee; Public Comments on Annual Review of Country Eligibility for Benefits Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act The African Growth and Opportunity Act Implementation Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (the "Subcommittee") is requesting written public comments for the annual review of the eligibility of sub-Saharan African countries to receive the...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > MARAD Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The nature o...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Alcohol, tobacco, and other excise taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > TTB Importation of Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes; Recodification of Regulations; Administrative Changes Due to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (2000R-546P) The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is recodifying its regulations pertaining to the importation of tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes. We are also making administrative changes to these regulations to reflect TTB's new na...	Rule	Aug 26, 2004

Financial Literacy and Education Commission:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Comment Request for Financial Literacy and Education Commission National Strategy The Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act established the Financial Literacy and Education Commission. On behalf of the Commission, the Department of the Treasury invites the public to comment on the development of a national strategy to p...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Extension of Time To Elect Method for Determining Allowable Loss This document contains temporary regulations under section 1502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The temporary regulations extend the time for consolidated groups to elect to apply a method for determining allowable loss on a disposition of subs...	Rule	Aug 26, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Extension of Time To Elect Method for Determining Allowable Loss This document contains proposed regulations under section 1502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The proposed regulations extend the time for consolidated groups to elect to apply a method for determining allowable loss on a disposition of subsid...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2004

Veterans Affairs Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel Section 203 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 1991 (Pub. L. 102-40), dated May 7, 1991, revised the disciplinary grievance and appeal procedures for employees appointed under 38 U.S.C. 7401(1). It also required the pe...	Notice	Aug 26, 2004

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Agencies Publishing on August 26, 2004

Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

Meetings:

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Commerce Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Fishery conservation and management:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Superfund program:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Television broadcasting:

Federal Election Commission

Rulemaking petitions:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department

Meetings:

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

Homeland Security Department

Meetings:

Nonimmigrant classes:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Interior Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Meetings:

National Register of Historic Places:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Labor Department

M Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

O Overseas Private Investment Corporation

R Railroad Retirement Board

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Meetings:

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

T Trade Representative, Office of United States

African Growth and Opportunity Act; implementation:

Transportation Department

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Treasury Department

Alcohol, tobacco, and other excise taxes:

Financial Literacy and Education Commission:

Income taxes:

Veterans Affairs Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

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Railroad Retirement Board

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Trade Representative, Office of United States