September 7, 2004 (Volume 69)

Federal Register September 7, 2004

View all documents issued on September 7, 2004. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

100 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 7, 2004

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has renewed the charter for the Advisory Committee for Agriculture Statistics. Effective October 1, 1996, responsibility for the census of agriculture program was transferred to the National Agricultural Stat...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The USDA Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement to document the analysis and disclose the environmental impacts of proposed actions to graze livestock on grazing allotments of east of Porcupine Pass on the Dubois Ranger Distric...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Meetings:

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The Fresno County Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Prather, California. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and to recommend project proposals for FY2005 funds regarding the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 20...
Notice Sep 07, 2004
The Siskiyou County Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Yreka, California, September 20, 2004. The meeting will include routine business, a discussion of larger scale projects, and the review and recommendation for implementation of submitted pr...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Special programs:

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This proposed rule invites comments on a new program, the 2004 Ewe Lamb Replacement and Retention Payment Program, as authorized by clause (3) of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended. The proposed program will assist producers of shee...
Proposed Rule Sep 07, 2004

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

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In response to a request from V&M do Brasil, S.A., the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter circular seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure...
Notice Sep 07, 2004
On April 1, 2004, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on frozen concentrated orange juice ("FCOJ") from Brazil pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Ac...
Notice Sep 07, 2004
China
Notice Sep 07, 2004
In response to requests from petitioners, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting the tenth administrative review of the antidumping order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (CORE) from Korea.\1\ This review covers th...
Notice Sep 07, 2004
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is extending the time limit for its final results in the expedited sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on natural bristle paint brushes and brush heads from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"...
Notice Sep 07, 2004
In response to a request from a domestic interested party (International Steel Group, Inc.), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate...
Notice Sep 07, 2004
In response to a request by S.C. Silcotub S.A. (Silcotub), a producer/exporter of subject merchandise, and in response to a request by United States Steel Corporation (the petitioner), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an admi...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that Michael Clarke, City of San Luis Obispo, California, has been issued a permit to take the South Central California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) of steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) within the San Luis Ob...
Notice Sep 07, 2004
Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received four scientific research permit applications relating to Pacific salmon and steelhead. All of the proposed research is intended to increase knowledge of species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ES...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS announces two regulatory modifications, and a reallocation of the coho quota, in the recreational fishery from the U.S.-Canada Border to Cape Falcon, OR. Effective Friday, August 13, 2004, regulations for the area from Cape Alava, WA to Cape Fal...
Rule Sep 07, 2004

Meetings:

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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC) Dogfish Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting.
Notice Sep 07, 2004
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad Hoc Groundfish Trawl Individual Quota Independent Experts Panel (Experts Panel) will hold a working meeting which is open to the public.
Notice Sep 07, 2004

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Textile and apparel categories:

Title Type Published
The Committee received a petition alleging that certain coated, fusible interlining fabrics, which had been determined by the Committee not to be available in commercial quantities in a timely manner, were in fact available from the domestic industry...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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In accordance with Pub. L. 107-248, Section 8143, this notice is published to collect designs from the public for a Medal of Honor Flag. The Medal of Honor is the Nation's highest military award for valor in action against an enemy force, which can b...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension to a curr...
Notice Sep 07, 2004
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Sep 07, 2004
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension to a curr...
Notice Sep 07, 2004
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting and Special Technical Area Review (STAR) on High Operating Temperature Near BLIP Infrared Detectors.
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Education Department logo Education Department

Special education and rehabilitative services:

Title Type Published
The Secretary is publishing the following list pursuant to section 607(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended (IDEA). Under section 607(d) of the IDEA, the Secretary is required, on a quarterly basis, to publish in the Fede...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Title Type Published
Public Law 107-252, the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), establishes a 15-member Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) to assist the Executive Director of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in the development of voluntary votin...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Dakotas Wind Transmission Study:

Title Type Published
Notice is given to interested parties of the final Study Scope for performing studies associated with the Dakotas Wind Transmission Study (DWTS). The DWTS involves transmission studies on placing of 500 megawatts (MW) of wind power in the Dakotas. Pu...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The EIA has formalized its existing policy for disseminating revisions to Petroleum Supply Reporting System (PSRS) data. PSRS information products include data on production, receipts, inputs, movements, and stocks of crude oil, petroleum products, a...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

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EPA is taking direct final action approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Colorado. On April 12, 2004, the Governor of Colorado submitted a revised maintenance plan for the Colorado Springs carbon monoxide (CO)...
Rule Sep 07, 2004
EPA is proposing to take direct final action approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Colorado. On April 12, 2004, the Governor of Colorado submitted a revised maintenance plan for the Colorado Springs carbon mon...
Proposed Rule Sep 07, 2004
EPA is taking final action to partially approve and partially disapprove revisions to the Clark County portion of the Nevada State Implementation Plan. These revisions concern rules adopted by the Clark County Board of County Commissioners for issuin...
Rule Sep 07, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee) is developing AEGLs on an ongoing basis to provide Federal, State, and local agencies with information on short-term exposures to hazard...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Superfund program:

Title Type Published
The 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 the Co...
Proposed Rule Sep 07, 2004

Toxic substances:

Title Type Published
In 1998, EPA promulgated a major revision of the rules governing use, manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). One of these amendments created a new authorization for storing PCB Articles fo...
Rule Sep 07, 2004

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board). Date and Time: The regular meeting of the Board will be held at the offices of the F...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission sets forth recordkeeping and reporting requirements in connection with mobile satellite service (MSS) providers' implementation of 911 emergency call centers. As many citizens, elected representatives, and public safe...
Rule Sep 07, 2004

Radio frequency devices:

Title Type Published
This document updates several technical rules for unlicensed radiofrequency devices of the Commission's rules. These rule changes will allow device manufacturers to develop expanded applications for unlicensed devices and will allow unlicensed device...
Rule Sep 07, 2004

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of August 16, 2004 (69 FR 50386). The document announced a public workshop on scientific and technical considerations related to the development of fo...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Crop insurance regulations:

No documents available.

Technical corrections

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.
Notice Sep 07, 2004
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and marine mammals.
Notice Sep 07, 2004
The following permits were issued.
Notice Sep 07, 2004
The following permits were issued.
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Advisory Council meetings will be held as indicated below.
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Special regulations:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service is proposing this rule to more effectively manage winter visitation and recreational use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway for up to three winter seasons (i.e.,...
Proposed Rule Sep 07, 2004

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-day notice of information collection under review: Identification of Explosive Materials.
Notice Sep 07, 2004
30-day notice of information collection under review: Federal Firearms License (FFL) renewal application.
Notice Sep 07, 2004
30-day notice of information collection under review: Open letter to states with permits that appear to qualify as alternatives to NICS checks.
Notice Sep 07, 2004
30-day notice of information collection under review: Permanent Provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
Notice Sep 07, 2004
30-day notice of information collection under review: User-- Limited Permit (Explosives).
Notice Sep 07, 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 pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

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Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR) Advisory Committee, of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, will meet by teleconference on Wednesday, September 15, 2004. The call will occur from 2 p.m. to approximately 4 p.m...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Return to Flight Task Group (RTFTG).
Notice Sep 07, 2004

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Records management:

Title Type Published
NARA proposes to modify its facility standards for records storage facilities that house Federal records to clarify requirements relating to design or certification of multiple story facilities and fire detection and protection systems; to revise cer...
Proposed Rule Sep 07, 2004

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of requests to modify permits issued to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Ac...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Regulatory agreements:

Title Type Published
This notice is announcing that on August 10, 2004, Dr. Nils J. Diaz, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and on August 16, 2004, Governor Olene S. Walker of the State of Utah signed an amendment to the Agreement between the NRC a...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Source material; domestic licensing:

Title Type Published
This notice is announcing that on August 4, 2004, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) made the determination required by section 274o of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (Act) for Agreement State proposed alternative standards for 11e.(2...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual

Title Type Published
In this final rule, the Postal Service adopts an amendment to Domestic Mail Manual standards governing insurance advertising in Nonprofit Standard Mail. The amendment sets forth guidelines for determining whether the coverage provided by an insurance...
Rule Sep 07, 2004

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
This rule amends the Postal Service regulations on enforcement and suspension of the Private Express Statutes to correct obsolete addresses.
Rule Sep 07, 2004

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

Title Type Published
Non-U.S. registered public accounting firms; oversight; proposed rules approved
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Security futures products:

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is adopting amendments to the formula for determination of customer reserve requirements of broker-dealers under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to address issues related to customer margin fo...
Rule Sep 07, 2004

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the FAA invites public comment on one new public information collection which will be submitted to OMB for approval.
Notice Sep 07, 2004
This action amends 14 CFR part 71 relating to airspace designations to reflect the approval by the Director of the Federal Register of the incorporation by reference of FAA Order 7400.9M, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points. This action also e...
Rule Sep 07, 2004
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 Sep 07, 2004
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 Sep 07, 2004

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require removing two maintenance lights in the hydraulics bay, disconnecting the wiring for the...
Proposed Rule Sep 07, 2004
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A300 B2 and A300 B4 series airplanes; A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R series airplanes; and Model C4-605R Variant F airplanes (collectively called A300-...
Proposed Rule Sep 07, 2004
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require repetitive inspections for cracks in the fuselage skin, doubler, bearstrap,...
Proposed Rule Sep 07, 2004
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747-400, -400D, and -400F series airplanes. This proposed AD would require replacing at least one flap control unit (FCU) in the main equipment center with a new or...
Proposed Rule Sep 07, 2004
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require repetitive detailed, low frequency eddy current, and high frequency eddy curre...
Proposed Rule Sep 07, 2004
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Model DHC-8-311 airplanes. This AD requires reviewing the airplane maintenance records to determine if you did the most recent bonding integrity inspection according to a c...
Rule Sep 07, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public of its intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed realignment of State Route 79, from Domenigoni Parkway to Gilman Springs Road, in the cities of Hemet and San Jacinto,...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Exemption petitions, etc.:

Hazardous materials:

Title Type Published
This final rule corrects editorial errors, makes minor regulatory changes and, in response to requests for clarification, improves the clarity of certain provisions in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR). The intended effect of this rule is to...
Rule Sep 07, 2004

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Tri-State Airport under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconc...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Crop insurance regulations:

No documents available.

Disclosure of records:

Title Type Published
This final rule makes several amendments to an interim final rule that amended Treasury's regulations that govern access to information and records in connection with litigation, including litigation in which neither the United States nor the Departm...
Rule Sep 07, 2004

Income taxes and procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
This document contains a notice of proposed rulemaking concerning the definition and tax treatment of a stapled foreign corporation, which generally is treated for tax purposes as a domestic corporation under section 269B of the Internal Revenue Code...
Proposed Rule Sep 07, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Sep 07, 2004

Technical corrections

No documents available.

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