September 15, 2004 (Volume 69)

Federal Register September 15, 2004

View all documents issued on September 15, 2004. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

97 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 15, 2004

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has submitted the following information collection to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Public Law 104-13. Comments regarding this information collection are best...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board logo Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

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The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) adopts the following rule to aid the processing of administrative claims for monetary damages filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). This rule provides information to members of the pu...
Rule Sep 15, 2004

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 15, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Antidumping:

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On March 10, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on heavy forged hand tools (HFHTs) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). These reviews...
Notice Sep 15, 2004
On February 9, 2004, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on ball bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom and...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Meetings:

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The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee (Committee), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will meet Tuesday, October 5, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, October 6, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m....
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces a public workshop to obtain information on secure and reliable methods of verifying the identity of Federal employees and Federal contractors who are authorized access to Federal fac...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Patent cases:

Title Type Published
The United States Patent and Trademark Office published in the Federal Register of August 27, 2004, a final rule revising certain patent fee amounts for fiscal year 2005. Inadvertently, an incorrect fee amount was stated for an appeal fee in section...
Rule Sep 15, 2004

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Notice.
Notice Sep 15, 2004
Notice.
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The Department of Defense is considering recommending changes to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (2002 ed.) (MCM). The proposed changes constitute the 2004 annual review required by the MCM and DoD Directive 5500.17, "Role and Responsibi...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory Board (DIA/AB) has been renewed in consonance with the public interest, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 92-463, the "Federal Advisory Committee Act." The DIA/AB will provide the Director, D...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Meetings:

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On Wednesday, August 28, 2004 (69 FR 52240) the Department of Defense announced closed meetings of the Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Munitions System Reliability. These meetings have been rescheduled from September 21-22, 2004, to Septemb...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Privacy Act:

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The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) is deleting one system of records notice from its inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a).
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Vista del Sol LNG Terminal, L.P.
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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Provide an overview of your entire project in the following format and on one page only: (a) Organization: Describe: (1) Your organization, and (2) list your key partners for this grant, if applicable. Partnerships are encouraged and considered to be...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Meetings:

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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (Public Law 92-463), EPA gives notice of a 1 day meeting of the National Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee (NPPTAC). The purpose of the NPPTAC is to provide advice and...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

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This notice announces that cancellation orders were signed on August 11, 2004, in response to the use terminations and cancellations voluntarily requested by the registrants of certain wood preservative products containing creosote pursuant to sectio...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Sep 15, 2004
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Sep 15, 2004

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

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This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for combined residues of thiamethoxam and CGA-322704 in or on cranberries at 0.02 parts per million (ppm). This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of...
Rule Sep 15, 2004

Water programs:

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This document announces EPA's intent to explore the feasibility and design of a process through which stakeholders could provide their ideas and recommendations on procedures for the development of detection and quantitation limits and uses of these...
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 2004

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title Type Published
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Proc. 7809)
Presidential Document Sep 15, 2004
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance (Proc. 7811)
Presidential Document Sep 15, 2004
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (Proc. 7810)
Presidential Document Sep 15, 2004
Patriot Day (Proc. 7812)
Presidential Document Sep 15, 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 Sep 15, 2004

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission published in the Federal Register of April 1, 2004, a document relating to the resolution of Petitions for Reconsideration filed in the Commission's part 22 Cellular Biennial Regulatory Review proceeding in WT Do...
Rule Sep 15, 2004
The Commission adopted rule revisions to extend mandatory electronic filing to all satellite and earth station applications. Certain rules contained new or modified information requirements and were published in the Federal Register on August 6, 2004...
Rule Sep 15, 2004

Practice and procedure:

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In this document, the Media Bureau extends the period for comment and reply comment in this proceeding that seeks comment on constitutionally permissible ways for the Commission to further its legislative mandate to identify and eliminate market entr...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
This document denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Fort Bend Broadcasting Company directed to the Report and Order in this proceeding. See 69 FR 8334, February 24, 2004. With this action, the proceeding is terminated.
Rule Sep 15, 2004
This document proposes four new allotments in Cross Plains, Texas, Fernley, Nevada, Oroville, California and Pittsburg, Oklahoma. The Audio Division requests comment on a petition filed by Charles Crawford proposing the allotment of Channel 294A at C...
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 2004

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice announcing email authentication summit, request for comments, and solicitation of requests to participate.
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 15, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 15, 2004
Notice of program exclusions.
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is announcing the withdrawal of the 60 day FR notice published on August 27, 2004, FR Doc. 04-19681, for public comment on the proposed data collection project related to the Free Clinic Federal...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Health insurance reform:

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An interim final rule establishing procedures for the imposition, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, of civil money penalties on entities that violate standards adopted by the Secretary under the Administrative Simplification provisions o...
Rule Sep 15, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting to gain input from interested persons on how solutions used in hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis should be evaluated for safety and efficacy. More specifically, the agency is int...
Notice Sep 15, 2004
This notice announces a public meeting of the Technical Advisory Panel on Medicare Trustee Reports (Panel). Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and (a)(2)). The Panel will discus...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is announcing the withdrawal of the 30 day FR notice published on September 3, 2004, FR Doc. 04-20180, for the solicitation of comments on the Application Guidance for Free Clinics to Sponsor a...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Section 1361A of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (the Act), as amended by section 102 of the Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-264), 42 U.S.C. 4102a., authorizes a new Pilot Program for the Mitigatio...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Ports and waterways safety:

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The Coast Guard is revising the enforcement period of moving and fixed security zones extending 100 yards in the U.S. navigable waters around and under all cruise ships, tank vessels, and High Interest Vessels (HIVs) that enter, are moored or anchore...
Rule Sep 15, 2004

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. We provide this notice pursuant to section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (Applicant) has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an incidental take permit [ITP] under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 United States Code...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Land acquisitions into trust:

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The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire approximately 48.53 acres, of land into trust for the Picayune Rancheria of California on June 30, 2004. This notice is published in the exercise of...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Oil and gas leases:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease WYW151960 for lands in Johnson County, Wyoming. The petition was filed...
Notice Sep 15, 2004
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease WYW131747 for lands in Johnson County, Wyoming. The petition was filed...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
The following described public lands in Mono County, California, are being considered for 2 direct sales under sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719), at fair market value....
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The following described lands, aggregating approximately 2.5 acres, have been designated for disposal and will be offered as a direct sale of public lands in Clark County, Nevada, to Coast Hotels and Casinos, Inc.
Notice Sep 15, 2004
BLM has determined that land located in Clark County, Nevada is suitable for classification for lease/conveyance to the State of Nevada.
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Butte Field Office is implementing these supplementary rules in order to regulate fee collection at sites administered under the Land and Water Conservation Fund (43 U.S.C. 4601). The supplementary rules are necess...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of an investigation and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-1088 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to d...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Shipyard employment safety and health standards:

Title Type Published
By this rule, OSHA promulgates a fire protection standard for shipyard employment. The proposed rule was developed through a negotiated rulemaking process. The final standard provides increased protection for shipyard employment workers from the haza...
Rule Sep 15, 2004

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Public availability and use:

Title Type Published
This document contains a correction to the final regulations, which were published in the Federal Register of Wednesday, June 30, 2004, (69 FR 39313). The regulations related to the revision of NARA research room procedures.
Rule Sep 15, 2004

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title Type Published
The Institute of Museum and Library Services, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordanc...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Meetings:

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Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Multi-employer plans:

Title Type Published
This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), bu...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Single-employer plans:

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-e...
Rule Sep 15, 2004

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Postage meters:

Title Type Published
This rule corrects outdated or incorrect information in the text of the cautionary label required to be placed on rented postage meters.
Rule Sep 15, 2004

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Audit and Financial Management Advisory Committee
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Senior Executive Service:

Title Type Published
Notice of Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership.
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Anthropomorphic test devices:

Title Type Published
In May 2004, NHTSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking that proposed to upgrade Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 214, "Side Impact Protection," by requiring that all passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kilogr...
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 2004

Aviation proceedings:

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order finding Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., fit, willing, and able, and awarding it a certificate of public convenience and necessity to engage...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Class E airspace

Title Type Published
This action corrects an error in the latitude and longitude in the east and west boundary description of the Class E airspace at Kalispell, MT, that was published on April 13, 2004 (69 FR 19317).
Rule Sep 15, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FHWA, in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS), is issuing a Finding of No Significant Impact for the replacement of an existing bridge and related vehicular and pedestrian/bicycle safety improvements on the George Washington Memorial...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Exemption petitions, etc.

Title Type Published
Wabtec Corp.
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the test procedures in our standard on power-operated window, partition, and roof panel systems to accommodate and ensure effective evaluation of new technology, specifically automatic reversal systems that operate by infrared...
Rule Sep 15, 2004
This final rule amends our standard for power-operated windows, partitions, and roof panel systems to require that switches for these windows and other items in new motor vehicles be resistant to accidental actuation that causes those items to begin...
Rule Sep 15, 2004
This document withdraws a rulemaking to amend the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on lighting as it applies to light emitting diode (LED) signal lamps. In 1998, the agency proposed to amend the standard by adding new paragraphs reflecting Socie...
Proposed Rule Sep 15, 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 PFC revenue at Tri-Cities Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).
Notice Sep 15, 2004

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains a final regulation providing that a Form 5472 that is timely filed electronically is treated as satisfying the requirement timely to file a duplicate Form 5472 with the Internal Revenue Service Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylva...
Rule Sep 15, 2004

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to...
Notice Sep 15, 2004
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Sep 15, 2004
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the...
Notice Sep 15, 2004
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the...
Notice Sep 15, 2004
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Sep 15, 2004
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Sep 15, 2004

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