December 16, 2004 (Volume 69)

Federal Register December 16, 2004

View all documents issued on December 16, 2004. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

108 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 16, 2004

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The USDA, Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposed action to approve Proposed Plans of Operations on mining claims located in the Granite Creek Watershed. The project area is located on the Whitman Unit of the...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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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 16, 2004
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Antidumping:

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Brazil
Notice Dec 16, 2004
On August 2, 2004, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on Petroleum Wax Candles ("candles") from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
China
Notice Dec 16, 2004
On August 5, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the 2002-2003 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on sebacic acid from the People's Republic of China (PRC). See Sebacic Acid From the...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Taiwan
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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Ortho Biologics, LLC; pharmaceutical intermediate manufacturing facilities; correction
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
On November 4, 2003, a final rule implementing a pilot vessel monitoring system (VMS) Program for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery was published in the Federal Register (68 FR 62374). The VMS requirements became effective January 1, 2004, for ves...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Commission of Fine Arts logo Commission of Fine Arts

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for performing routine maintenance of the Federal navigation channel and certain public port facilities on the lower Snake and Clearwater Rivers in Wa...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Law enforcement and criminal investigations:

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The Department of the Army is publishing our rule concerning law enforcement reporting. The regulation prescribes policies and procedures on preparing, reporting, using, retaining, and disposing of Military Police Reports. The regulation prescribes p...
Rule Dec 16, 2004
The Department of the Army proposes to add its regulation concerning military police investigations. The regulation prescribes policies and procedures on types and categories of offenses investigated by Military Police and DA Civilian detectives/ inv...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2004

Meetings:

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In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following committee meeting: Name of Committee: Coastal Engineering Research Board (CERB). Date of Meeting: 6-7 January 2005. Plac...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the intent to exclusively license a U.S. Army Invention entitled Moving Target Indication Algorithm for Video Surveillance Applications. The invention intended to be licensed has been assigned...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability of the following U.S. patent for non-exclusive, partially exclusive or exclusive licensing. The listed patent has been assigned to the United States of America as represented b...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency invites nominations to fill vacancies on its National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). The Agency seeks qualified senior-level decision makers from diverse sectors throughout...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:

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In accordance with section 122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1984, as amended ("CERCLA"), notification is hereby given of a proposed administrative agreement concerning the MichCon Mercury Regula...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), the Environmental Protection Agency proposes to enter into a settlement with Mrs. Eloise Gleaton...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Water pollution control:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today designates the Rhode Island Sound Disposal Site (RISDS) in Rhode Island Sound offshore of Rhode Island. This action is necessary to provide a long-term dredged material disposal site for the current and...
Rule Dec 16, 2004

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
On July 12, 2001, Competitive Telecommunications Association and Personal Communications Industry Association jointly filed a petition for reconsideration insisting that 500 and 900 numbering plan areas were not included in the Numbering Resource Opt...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Debarment notices; schools and libraries universal service support mechanism:

Title Type Published
The Enforcement Bureau ("Bureau") debars Mr. John Dotson from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism for a period of three years.
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Government Accountability Office logo Government Accountability Office

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Comptroller General of the United States will appoint 14 individuals, including a Chairperson, to serve as members of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group as required by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 200...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given that the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) will hold its fifth meeting. The meeting will be...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
National Cancer Institute
Notice Dec 16, 2004
National Cancer Institute
Notice Dec 16, 2004
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Dec 16, 2004
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Dec 16, 2004
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Notice Dec 16, 2004
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Dec 16, 2004
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Dec 16, 2004
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Scientific Review Center
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to modify or alter an SOR, "Unique Physician/ Practitioner Identification Number (UPIN) (formerly known as the Medicare Physician Identification and Eligibility System),...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to modify or alter an SOR, "Medicare Hearings and Appeals System (MHAS), System No. 09-70-5001." We propose to broaden the scope of this system to support additional lev...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
National Center for Health Statistics; Research Data Center use; operational procedures and costs; correction
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of up to $10 million in grant funds to make emergency capital repairs to eligible multifamily projects that are owned by private nonprofit entities and designated for occupancy by elderly tenants. The capital re...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The BLM published a Federal Register on November 22, 2004 seeking public input on the terms to be included in leases of small tracts for oil shale research and development within the Piceance Creek Basin, northwestern Colorado; the Uinta Basin, south...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Closure orders:

Title Type Published
Purpose Of Closure Order: This closure order is issued to provide for the protection of federal property and to ensure public safety at Reclamation facilities. Closure Areas: The following facilities, lands, and waters are closed to the public: Keswi...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces that the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Final CCP/EIS) for the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) is available. This Final CCP/EIS was prepar...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) has been prepared for the Golden Sunlight Mine administered by the Bureau of Land Management's Butte Field Office (BLM)...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with the specific purpose...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors (SRSC) have prepared a Final EIS for the Renewal of...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
This Notice is intended to satisfy the requirements at 43 CFR 1610.2(c) for amending an RMP (if deemed necessary) pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), and initiates scoping under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is commencing preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The purpose of the analysis is to examine particular environmental effects of the oil and gas lease...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission
Notice Dec 16, 2004
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Survey plat filings:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM-Eastern States, Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
Notice Dec 16, 2004

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ's") initial determination ("ID") (Order. No. 5) amending the complaint and notice of investigation to add...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order against a respondent found in default in the above-captioned investigation.
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Justice Department logo Justice Department

National cooperative research notifications:

Title Type Published
ANSI Accredited Standards Committee C119
Notice Dec 16, 2004
ANSI Accredited Standards Committee C18
Notice Dec 16, 2004
ANSI Accredited Standards Committee Z535
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Data Interchange Standards Association
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Information Technology Industry Council, Inc. / InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
Notice Dec 16, 2004
International 2-Up ATV Manufacturers Association
Notice Dec 16, 2004
International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee Subcommittee 15C
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Optical Internetworking Forum
Notice Dec 16, 2004
Secure Identity Services Accreditation Corp.
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This document revises the child labor regulations in order to implement two amendments of the Fair Labor Standards Act's child labor standards--the Compactors and Balers Safety Standards Modernization Act, (August 6, 1996) (The Compactor and Baler Ac...
Rule Dec 16, 2004

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) proposes amending two regulations to allow full implementation of the Wage Determinations OnLine (WDOL) Internet Web site (http://www.wdol.gov), reflect changes in a title and various statutory citations as well as updat...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2004

State plans:

Title Type Published
This document gives notice of the eligibility of the Oregon State occupational safety and health plan, as administered by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, for determination under section 18(e) of the Occupational Safety and He...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2004

State plans; standards approval, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document gives notice of OSHA's approval of supplements to Oregon's occupational safety and health state plan. These supplements were submitted in September 2003 as a revised state plan and later updated through August 2004. OSHA is approving th...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
There will be a meeting of United States Study Group 7 to discuss the status of the United States Study Group 7 Working Parties and preparations for the Fall 2004 meeting of International Telecommunications Union Study Group 7.
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
In the Federal Register issue of Friday, May 7, 2004 (Volume 69, No. 89), pgs. 25613-25615, Notice [04-060], make the following corrections: "Security Classification: Some of the material contained in the system has been classified in the interests o...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to request extension of a currently approved information collection consisting of National Archives Trust Fund (NATF) Order Forms for Genealogical Research in the National Archives. The NATF forms...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

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National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council

Title Type Published
The Compact Council, established pursuant to the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact (Compact), is publishing an Interim Final Rule ("interim rule") to permit the outsourcing of noncriminal justice administrative functions involving access...
Rule Dec 16, 2004
Pursuant to the publication requirement in title 42, United States Code, 14616, Article VI(e), the Compact Council, established by the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact (Compact) Act of 1998, is providing public notice of the attached Sec...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

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National Women's Business Council

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal
Notice Dec 16, 2004

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Panama Canal Commission

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
Commission termination and CFR Chapter removed; notification
Rule Dec 16, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

State Department logo State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Cultural Programs Division of the Office of Citizen Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for grants that support exchanges and build relationships between U.S. non-profit arts, educational and cultur...
Notice Dec 16, 2004
The Study of the U.S. Branch, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, announces an open competition for public and private non-profit organizations to develop and implement the U.S. Studies Institute for Sout...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. The existing AD currently requires modification of the telescopic girt bar of the escape slide/raft ass...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2004
The FAA is revising an earlier NPRM for an airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ series airplanes. The original NPRM would have required repetitive detailed inspections of the...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2004
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747, 757, 767, and 777 series airplanes. That AD currently requires modifying certain drip shields located on the flight deck, and follow-on actions. This...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2004
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 767-200, -300, and -300F series airplanes. This proposed AD would require verifying the part and serial numbers of certain main landing gear (MLG) bogie beam pivot...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2004
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Boeing Model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes modified in accordance with STC ST00127BO. This proposed AD would require installation of bonding straps to the safe side harnesses...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2004
This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2004-19-01, which was published in the Federal Register on September 17, 2004 (69 FR 55943), and applies to certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) 120, 140, 140A, 150, F150, 170, 172,...
Rule Dec 16, 2004
The FAA supersedes Airworthiness Directive (AD) 79-20-08, which applies to all Great Lakes Aircraft Company, LLC, (Great Lakes) Models 2T-1A-1 and 2T-1A-2 airplanes with a Lycoming IO-360-B1F6 or AIO-360-B1G6 engine installed. AD 79-20-08 currently r...
Rule Dec 16, 2004
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) to supersede AD 2001-17-13, which applies to aircraft equipped with a Kelly Aerospace Power Systems (Kelly Aerospace) part number (P/N) 14D11, A14D11, B14D11, C14D11, 23D04, A23D04, B23D04, C23D0...
Rule Dec 16, 2004
The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain LETECK[Eacute] Z[Aacute]VODY Model L 23 SUPER--BLANIK sailplanes. This AD requires you to do a repetitive, non-destructive magnetic test (NDMT) inspection on the elevator rocker lever (par...
Rule Dec 16, 2004
This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Lockheed Model L-1011-385 series airplanes, that would have required repetitive inspections to detect corrosion or fatigue cracking of certain structural elemen...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2004
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas airplane models, that requires an inspection of the retract cylinder support fitting and the cylinder bore of the support fitting of both main landing g...
Rule Dec 16, 2004
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 airplanes. This proposed AD would require replacing existing dual anti-skid control manifolds (DACM) with new, improved or reworked and reidentified...
Proposed Rule Dec 16, 2004
The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Raytheon Aircraft Company, Model 390, Premier 1 airplanes. This AD requires you to inspect the routing and security of the left and right main landing gear (MLG) squat switch wire harness...
Rule Dec 16, 2004
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Short Brothers Model SD3-60 and SD3- SHERPA series airplanes. That AD currently requires a one-time inspection to detect cracks and/or corrosion of the gland nu...
Rule Dec 16, 2004

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Airports (ARP) is proposing revisions to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing instructions for the airport development projects and other airport actions under its authority. ARP ha...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Financial Management Service, as part of its continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection. By this n...
Notice Dec 16, 2004

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