Federal Register December 7, 2004 (Volume 69)

Agencies Publishing on December 7, 2004

Agriculture Department (2)
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Antitrust Modernization Commission (1)
Civil Rights Commission (2)
Commerce Department (20)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
Defense Department (1)
Education Department (1)
Election Assistance Commission (1)
Energy Department (27)
Environmental Protection Agency (5)
Export-Import Bank (1)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Health and Human Services Department (3)
Homeland Security Department (9)
Housing and Urban Development Department (5)
Interior Department (7)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (3)
Labor Department (13)
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National Science Foundation (2)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (7)
State Department (3)
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State Justice Institute (1)
Transportation Department (14)
Treasury Department (5)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Agriculture Department > FS Information Collection; Request for Comment; Homeowner Risk Reduction Behaviors Concerning Wildfire Risks In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on a new, one-time information collection, Homeowner Risk Reduction Behaviors Concerning Wildfire Risks....	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

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Antitrust Modernization Commission

Title	Type	Published
Antitrust Modernization Commission Public Meeting The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold a public meeting on January 13, 2005. The purpose of the meeting is for the Antitrust Modernization Commission to determine issues for further Commission study, pursuant to its statutory mandate.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Civil Rights Commission

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Sunshine Act Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the State Advisory Committee Chairpersons in the Western Region Western Region	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > USBC Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures The Department of Commerce, 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 proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > USBC The American Community Survey The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paper work and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed or continuing information collections, as r...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > USBC Government Finance Forms 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	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Outside Assessment of DOC Compliance Program The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the continuing information collections, as required...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > PTO Changes to Patent Fees Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 If enacted in its present form, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Consolidated Appropriations Act), will revise patent fees in general, including maintenance fees, and will provide for a search fee and examination fee that are separate from...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > USBC Shipper's Export Declaration (SED)/Automated Export System (AES) Program The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce a 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,...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Pure Magnesium From Canada; Notice of NAFTA Binational Panel's Final Decision, Amended Final Results of Full Sunset Review and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order On November 19, 2004, the NAFTA Secretariat published in the Federal Register a notice of completion of panel review of the final remand redetermination made by the U.S. Department of Commerce concerning the full sunset review of the antidumping duty...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Petroleum Wax Candles From the People's Republic of China; Extension of Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is extending the time limit for its final results in the sunset review of the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from the People's Republic of China. Based on adequate responses from the dome...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Brake Rotors from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Twelfth New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review The Department of Commerce received two requests on October 28, 2004, to conduct a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d), we are initiating a...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Fresh Garlic from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Rescission in Part In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review for this...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Stainless Steel Bar From Germany: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Germany. The period of review is March 1, 2003, through February 29, 2004. This review covers imports of stainless steel bar f...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Japan: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(b), Metal One Corporation (Metal One), filed a request for a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan. In response to this reques...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Romania: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review In response to a request by United States Steel Corporation, a domestic interested party, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat product...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > BIS Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations On April 25, 1997, the United States ratified the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, also known as the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC or Convention). The B...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel From Brazil; Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order On May 3, 2004, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated a sunset review of the countervailing duty ("CVD") order on hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel ("hot- rolled steel") from Brazil pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Pasta from Italy: Final Results of the Seventh Countervailing Duty Administrative Review On July 30, 2004, the U.S. Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain pasta from Italy for the period January 1, 2002 through December 31,...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Direct investment surveys:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EAB Direct Investment Surveys: BE-10, Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad-2004 This final rule amends regulations for the BE-10, Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad. The BE-10 survey is conducted once every five years by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Department of Commerce, under the International In...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Aleutian Islands Subarea Directed Pollock Fishery NMFS issues a proposed rule that would implement Amendment 82 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). Amendment 82, if approved, would establish a framework for management of the Ale...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Proposed 2005 and 2006 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish NMFS proposes 2005 and 2006 harvest specifications, reserves and apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits an...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel Reviews; Notice of Panel Decision On December 1, 2004, the binational panel issued its decision in the review of the final results of the affirmative countervailing duty re-determination on remand made by the International Trade Administration (ITA) respecting Certain Softwood Lumber...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Textile and apparel categories:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Solicitation of Public Comments on Request for Textile and Apparel Safeguard Action on Imports from China The Committee has received a request from the National Council of Textile Organizations, the National Textile Association, the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, and UNITE HERE! (Requestors) asking the Committee to limit imports from Chin...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Defense Department

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

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Availability of U.S. Patent and U.S. Patent Applications for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404 announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the U.S. Patent Applications and U.S. Patent for non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive licensing listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFO...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Election Assistance Commission

Title	Type	Published
Election Assistance Commission Sunshine Act Notice Notice of public meeting agenda.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing ANR Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Alliance Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Application Alliance Pipeline L. P.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Refund Report Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Freebird Gas Storage, LLC.; Notice of Application Freebird Gas Storage, LLC	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC ISO New England, Inc.; Notice of Filing ISO New England, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Compliance Filing Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Proposed Change To FERC Gas Tariff Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC North Baja Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Limited Case-Specific Waiver North Baja Pipeline, LLC	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Northern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Northern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Refund Report Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Refund Report Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Compliance Filing Texas Eastern Transmission, LP	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Viking Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing Viking Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC KeySpan LNG, L.P., Algonquin Gas Transmission, L.L.C.; Notice Of Availability Of The Draft Environmental Impact Statement For The Proposed Keyspan LNG Facility Upgrade Project KeySpan LNG, L.P., et al.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Southern System Expansion Project Questar Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Starks Gas Storage, L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Starks Gas Storage Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Starks Gas Storage Project, L.L.C.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Market Based Rates for Public Utilities; Supplemental Notice of Agenda for Technical Conference Market based rates for public utilities; technical conference agenda	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Martimes and Northeast Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Informal Settlement Conference Martimes Northeast Pipeline, LLC; settlement conference	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Ferc Staff Attendance at Various MISO-Related Meetings Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of FERC Staff Attendance at Meetings of Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors and Members Committee and Meeting of Southwest Power Pool Regional State Committee Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors and Members Committee et al.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Preliminary permits surrender:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Surrender of Preliminary Permits Symbiotics, LLC, et al.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Detroit Children's Health Study: Health Effects of Environmental Exposures Among Children Living in the Detroit, Michigan Area, EPA ICR Number 2167.01 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit a proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request for a new co...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Superfund Site Evaluation and Hazard Ranking System (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1488.06, OMB Control Number 2050-0095. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 t...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Draft Proposed Sampling Program To Determine Extent of World Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor Environment On October 21, 2004, EPA published a Federal Register notice (69 FR 61838) announcing the availability of the External Review Draft entitled, Draft Proposed Sampling Program to Determine Extent of World Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor Environment...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Toxic substances:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Preliminary Assessment Information Reporting; Addition of Certain Chemicals This final rule, issued pursuant to section 8(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), will require certain manufacturers (including importers) of 3 chemical substances in the chemical category "Pyridinamines" and 20 chemical substances in the...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Proposed NPDES General Permit for Discharges From Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and on Indian Lands in New Mexico and Oklahoma (NMG010000 and OKG010000) EPA Region 6 is proposing to reissue NPDES General Permit No. NMG010000 and OKG010000 for discharges from CAFOs in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and on Indian lands in New Mexico and Oklahoma. This permit was originally issued in the Federal Register at 58 F...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Export-Import Bank

Title	Type	Published
Export-Import Bank Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Export-Import Bank, as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Federal Communications Commission

Industrial, scientific, and medical equipment:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission RF Lighting Devices This document addresses a Joint Petition for Clarification (Joint Petition) filed by XM Radio Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (the Satellite Radio Licensees) requesting clarification of the Commission's Order in this proceeding. The Commission d...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Proposed Collection; Comment Request; National Institutes of Health Construction Grants-42 CFR Part 52b (Final Rule) In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of pr...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Environmental Health Specialist Network; Notice of Availability of Funds-Amendment Environmental Health Specialist Network	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Agency Information Collection Activities: Cost Submission The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Agency Information Collection Activities: Declaration of Ultimate Consignee That Articles Were Exported for Temporary Scientific or Educational Purposes The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Agency Information Collection Activities: Commercial Invoice The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Agency Information Collection Activities: CBP Regulations for Customshouse Brokers The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Agency Information Collection Activities: Canadian Boat Landing Permit (I-68) The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Regattas and marine parades:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Approaches to Annapolis Harbor, Spa Creek and Severn River, Annapolis, MD The Coast Guard is implementing the special local regulations at 33 CFR 100.511 during the Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade, a marine event to be held December 11, 2004, on the waters of Spa Creek and the Severn River at Annapolis, Maryland. These s...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Patapsco River, Baltimore, MD The Coast Guard is implementing the special local regulations at 33 CFR 100.526 during the New Year's Eve Celebration to be held December 31, 2004 through January 1, 2005 on the Patapsco River at Baltimore, Maryland. These special local regulations a...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, Portsmouth, VA The Coast Guard is implementing the special local regulations at 33 CFR 100.523 during the Olde Towne Holiday Music Festival Fireworks Show to be held December 11, 2004 on the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River at Portsmouth, Virginia. These spec...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Special Local Regulations for Marine Events; Severn River, College Creek, Weems Creek and Carr Creek, Annapolis, MD The Coast Guard proposes to amend the special local regulations at 33 CFR 100.518, established for marine events held annually in the Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland by publishing the name of the events and the approximate dates and modifying the b...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Emergency Comment Request Third-Party Documentation Facsimile Transmittal Form The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comment...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; HUD Acquisition Regulation (HUDAR) (48 CFR 24) The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Congregate Housing Services Program The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Community development block grants:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Modification of the Community Development Block Grant Definition for Metropolitan City and Other Conforming Amendments This rule makes final the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program regulations that replaced the obsolete term "central city" with a new term "principal city" in the definition of "metropolitan city" and other CDBG regulations referencing "ce...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Inspector General Office:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) Subpoenas and Production in Response to Subpoenas or Demands of Courts or Other Authorities This proposed rule would amend HUD's Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) regulations to provide an appellate review procedure regarding the OIG's responses to subpoenas issued to OIG employees requesting documents or testimony in legal proceedings...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Receipt of Applications for Permit The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Interior Department > FWS Denial of Permit for Marine Mammals The following permit was denied.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Seven Foreign Species of Swallowtail Butterflies as Threatened or Endangered We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 12-month finding on a petition to list the following seven foreign swallowtail butterflies under the Endangered Species Act: Harris' mimic swallowtail (Eurytides lysithous harrisianus), t...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Intent To Revise a Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Associated Environmental Impact Statement for the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Tok, AK The notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to gather information necessary to revise the Comprehensive Conservation Plan (Plan) and an associated Environmental Impact Statement, pursuant to the National En...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Financial assistance, local governments:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Payment in Lieu of Taxes This rule amends the Code of Federal Regulations to reflect the transfer of responsibility for operating the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program from the Bureau of Land Management to the Department of the Interior ("DOI"), Office of the Secretary...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Survey plat filings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey 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 calender days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Interior Department > BLM Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey 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 publication in the Federal Register.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Sebacic Acid From China Cancellation of the hearing in the full five-year review concerning the antidumping duty order on sebacic acid from China.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > USPC Public Announcement; Pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (Public Law 94-409) (5 U.S.C. Section 552b) Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Controlled substances; manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers; registration:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Clarification of Registration Requirements for Individual Practitioners The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposes to amend its registration regulations to make it clear that when an individual practitioner who practices and is registered in one state seeks to practice and prescribe controlled substances in anoth...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004

National cooperative research notifications:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ANTITRUST, Labor Department > MSHA Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Automotive Lift Institute Automotive Lift Institute; correction	Correction	Dec 07, 2004

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Methylene Chloride Standard; Extensions of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of the Information-Collection (Paperwork) Requirements OSHA solicits comments concerning its request for an extension of the information-collection requirements contained in the Methylene Chloride Standard (29 CFR 1910.1052).	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Labor Department > OSHA Design of Cave-in Protection Systems; 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 29 CFR 1926.652 Requirements for Protective Systems.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA 3M Center Coated Abrasives Division St. Paul, MN; Notice of Termination of Investigation 3M Center	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Accountemps, Leased Workers at Delta Energy Systems, Inc., Formerly Known as Ascom Energy Systems, Inc., Palm Court, FL; Notice of Termination of Investigation Accountemps	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Artisan Software Tools Inc. Portland, OR; Notice of Termination of Investigation Artisan Software Tools, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Atlas Copco Compressors Inc., Holyoke, MA; Notice of Termination of Investigation Atlas Copco Compressors, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Cherry Electrical Products, a Division of Cherry Corporation, Including Leased Workers From QPS Staffing, Pleasant Prairie, WI; Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration Cherry Electrical Products	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Delta Energy Systems, Inc. Formerly Known as Ascom Energy Systems, Inc. Including Leased Workers of Randstad North America And Accountemps, Palm Coast, FL; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance Delta Energy Systems, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration; Fleetguard Corporation Subsidiary of Cummins Corporation; Cookeville, TN Fleetguard Corp.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Sony Electronics, Inc. AOEM Service Center Farmington Hills, MI; Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration Sony Electronics, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Technical Associates Leased Workers at Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Currently Known as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Corporation, an Operating Subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc. Macon, GA; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Technical Associates	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Technicon Engineering Leased Workers at Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Currently Known as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Corporation, an Operating Subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc., Macon, GA; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Technicon Engineering	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Coal mine safety and health:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Electric Motor-Driven Mine Equipment and Accessories and High- Voltage Longwall Equipment Standards for Underground Coal Mines Electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories and high-voltage longwall equipment standards; correction	Correction	Dec 07, 2004

National cooperative research notifications:

No documents available.

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Notice of Permit Application Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 Notice is hereby given that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has received a waste management permit application for operation of remote field camps during a helicopter flight from Patriot Hills to South Pole and return. The application is submit...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
National Science Foundation Notice of Permits Issued Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is required notice.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Collection; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Restrictions or Prohibitions on Ownership by Securities Intermediaries The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is adopting a new rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") that prohibits registered transfer agents from effecting any transfer of any equity security registered under Sect...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Allocation of N-Second Group Trades Pursuant to Rule 6.45A(c) Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Options on Revised-Value Versions of the European-Style Exercise, P.M.-Settled Option Contract on the Standard & Poor's 100 Stock Index Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Relating to Amendments to MSRB Rule G-34, on CUSIP Numbers and New Issue Requirements, To Facilitate Real-Time Transaction Reporting of Trades in New Issue Municipal Securities Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Corporate Financing Rule and Shelf Offerings of Securities National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “André Kertész” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Tall Trees at the Jas de Bouffan” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 [79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459], Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

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State Justice Institute

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Justice Institute Grant Guideline This Guideline sets forth the administrative, programmatic, and financial requirements attendant to Fiscal Year 2005 State Justice Institute grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Nebraska City, NE This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Nebraska City, NE.	Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Class E Airspace; Oberlin, KS This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Oberlin, KS.	Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Modification of Control Areas 1143L and 1146L This action revises the legal descriptions of Control Areas 1143L and 1146L to remove references to the Nantucket, MA, Nondirectional Beacon (NDB), which has been taken out of service and decommissioned by the FAA. The legal descriptions are being re...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Correction This document makes a correction to the docket number and the contact information in the summary of petitions received published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2004. That notice provided details of a petition for exemption from the Air Trans...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require an inspection of the spoiler servo control for certain part numbers and corrective action if...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. This AD requires regularly performing a complete electrical shutdown of the airplane to reset the integrated standby instrume...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 Series Airplanes and Model Avro 146-RJ Series Airplanes The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 series airplanes and Model Avro 146-RJ series airplanes. This proposed AD would require repetitive inspections to detect discrepan...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, and 747-300 Series Airplanes; and Model 747SP and 747SR Series Airplanes The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747- 200C, 747-200F, and 747-300 series airplanes; and Model 747SP and 747SR series airplanes. This AD requires revising the ai...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 777-200 and -300 Series Airplanes The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 777-200 and -300 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require applying an anti-static conductive coating to the fuel access and thermal anti-icing blowout doors...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) Airplanes The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 and 440) airplanes. This proposed AD would require modification of the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) cooling air exhaust. This...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) Airplanes The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes. This proposed AD would require doing repetitive inspections for fractures and cracks of the links of the...	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Aviation proceedings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Aviation Proceedings, Agreements Filed the Week Ending November 19, 2004 Agreements filed; weekly receipts	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Office of Research and Technology Forum; Meeting This notice invites you to participate in a forum titled, "FMCSA R&T: Today and Tomorrow", sponsored by FMCSA's Office of Research and Technology (R&T) in conjunction with the 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). The purpos...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Pipeline Safety: Petition for Waiver; Duke Energy Gas Transmission Company (OH) Duke Energy Gas Transmission Company (DEGT) petitioned the Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) for a waiver of compliance with provisions of 49 CFR 192.611(a), which requires pipeline operators to con...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 1065-B and Schedule K-1 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	Dec 07, 2004

Income taxes, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Automatic Extension of Time To File Certain Information Returns and Exempt Organization Returns This document contains final regulations relating to the automatic extension of time to file certain information returns and exempt organization returns. The final regulations adopt temporary rules that removed the requirement for a signature and an...	Rule	Dec 07, 2004

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Statutory Options; Correction This document corrects final regulations (TD 9144) that were published in the Federal Register on Monday, August 3, 2004 (69 FR 46401) and corrected on Monday, October 18, 2004 (69 FR 61309). The final regulations relate to statutory options.	Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Source of Compensation for Labor or Personal Service; Hearing This document contains a notice of public hearing on proposed regulations that describe the proper basis for determining the source of compensation from labor or personal services performed partly within and partly without the United States.	Proposed Rule	Dec 07, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Publication of the Tier 2 Tax Rates Publication of the tier 2 tax rates for calendar year 2005 as required by section 3241(d) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 3241). Tier 2 taxes on railroad employees, employers, and employee representatives (a group unique to the railroad indus...	Notice	Dec 07, 2004

Federal Register December 7, 2004

Agencies Publishing on December 7, 2004

Agriculture Department

A Antitrust Modernization Commission

Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations:

Countervailing duties:

Direct investment surveys:

Fishery conservation and management:

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

C Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Textile and apparel categories:

Defense Department

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

Education Department

Election Assistance Commission

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Meetings:

Preliminary permits surrender:

Environmental Protection Agency

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Toxic substances:

Water pollution control:

Export-Import Bank

Federal Communications Commission

Industrial, scientific, and medical equipment:

Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Homeland Security Department

Regattas and marine parades:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Community development block grants:

Inspector General Office:

Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Financial assistance, local governments:

Survey plat filings:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department

Controlled substances; manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers; registration:

National cooperative research notifications:

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

Coal mine safety and health:

National cooperative research notifications:

N National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

S State Justice Institute

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Aviation proceedings:

Meetings:

Pipeline safety:

Treasury Department

Income taxes, etc.:

Income taxes:

Volume Information

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Antitrust Modernization Commission

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

N
National Science Foundation

S
State Justice Institute